Hollywood Road

A red BMW car parked next to the Clarke Theater in Burbank. Carla Faith in the driver's seat unfastened his seat belt and said to a young woman in the co-pilot, "Here, this is it."

"It seems that you have a good relationship with him," the young woman picked up her handbag and pushed the door to get out of the car. When Carla Faith walked over, she said again, "You came to me specifically for him."

Carla Faith walked towards the theater first and saw the young woman following up and saying, "Jenny, I've told you many times, and Murphy Stanton and I are like-minded friends."

Jenny raised her eyebrows, but didn't speak.

"And don't you think his experience is suitable for Vanity Fair to write a report?" Carla Fess said again.

"My dear, if it weren't like this, how could I come over?" Jenny followed Carla Faith a little faster, "a paparazzi who doesn't even have a proper job..."

"It's a freelance journalist who runs social news." Kara Feith emphasized.

Jenny had no choice but to say, "Well, it's a freelance journalist. A freelance journalist went to jail again, did not receive higher education or professional studies, but became a director with a gross box office of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars. This legendary experience is my favorite."

"Carla," she smiled and looked at her side, "you knew him a long time ago. You must know some unknown stories in your fortune. Shouldn't you tell me something exclusive?"

"Of course, I have prepared it for you." Carla Faith will never mention anything that shouldn't be said to others, it's just asking for trouble. "You see him first and watch his movie. I'll talk about it later."

Jenny has already arrived in front of the Lakley Theater, "Then I will first look at this strange and legendary director."

Hollywood star actors who have emerged from the slums and have no cultural literacy abound, but there are very few outstanding directors who have not experienced higher education and professional learning experience.

Walking into the theater, Carla Faith quickly found Murphy in the front hall and walked over with Jenny.

"Hi, Murphy."

"Hi, Carla."

Murphy just got out of the entertainment, and saw Carla Faith coming over and greeted him. The two are old friends and they are not so polite.

"Murphy, let me introduce to you," Carla Faith pulled Jane over. "This is Jennifer Mona, a full-time reporter for Vanity Fair. Jane, this is Murphy."

Jennifer Mona shook hands with Murphy, and said in a little surprise, "I didn't expect you to be so young."

Murphy smiled, "I look tender."

"Really?" Jennifer Mona didn't take it seriously, but changed the subject, "Do you have time to accept my interview?"

"Oh?" Murphy looked at Carla Faith, and when Cara Faith nodded, he said, "I'm afraid it won't work today."

He turned his head and motioned to the dozens of guests who had already arrived in the front hall to participate in the preview, "I don't have time today, and I need to communicate with my agent."

Jennifer Mona directly handed a business card over, "You can call me at any time."

She made no secret of her interest in interviewing Murphy.

After talking about business, Carla Faith turned to look at Murphy's side, "Don't you tell us about it?"

When she first came over, she noticed the beautiful girl next to Murphy, who had a nice face, outstanding temperament, and a tall and slender figure.

With her eyes, it is not difficult to find that this girl has experienced harsh body shaping.

Gal Gadot also looked at Carla Faith curiously. She also just came here. Due to some unexpected incidents, Lisa Hewitt did not come. She wanted to find a place to stay alone after the greeting. The movie started directly into the theater, but before he could leave, two more people came to greet Murphy.

Among them, this blonde girl is not only **** and beautiful, but also shrewd and powerful all over her body.

Even without much social experience, Gal Gadot can guess that this must be a strong female professional woman.

Sure enough, Murphy introduced the two people, "Carla, this is Gal Gadot, Miss Israel who participated in this year's Miss Universe contest. Gal, this is Carla Faith, the deputy channel of Fox, which is responsible for social news. long."

Carla Faith and Gal Gadot greeted with a smile, and Gal Gadot said to Murphy again, "Be busy, I won't bother you."

"I'll find someone to accompany you around and introduce the people here." Murphy beckoned to a corner of the front hall and called the public relations agent Grace over. "This Miss Gal Gadot is my friend. , You accompany her around here."

Gal Gadot declined, "Don't be so troublesome..."

"It's okay." Grace said with a smile.

Gal Gadot had to let her accompany her around in the front hall.

As the director of the film, Murphy is one of the protagonists of today's preview. He also needs to entertain the media and film critics, so he has no skills.

No one came over for the time being, Murphy simply chatted with Carla Faith. Both of them are busy at work and rarely have time to meet and chat.

Compared to work, Carla Faith is more interested in Gal Gadot.

"Your new girlfriend?" she asked.

"Not yet," Murphy looked back from Gal Gadot. "Future."

"Really? Then you have to come on," the speaker was Jennifer Mona, who seemed very interested. "The story that the new Hollywood director and Miss Universe have to tell, I believe the editorial department will be very interested."

Murphy shrugged, just about to say something, and found that Bill Rossis was walking towards this side with a few people right in front of him. The faces of those people were very strange, but they were all getting older, the youngest of them, Looks more than fifty years old.

Carla Faith also saw these people and immediately said to Murphy, "You get busy, we won't bother you."

Before leaving, she reminded Murphy in a low voice, "They are a few well-known professional film critics. Dealing with them properly will be helpful to your future."

"I know." Murphy nodded slightly.

As soon as Jennifer Mona and Carla Faith left, Bill Rossis brought those people over and took the initiative to introduce Murphy.

The first is a tall guy with a bald forehead. "This is Kenneth Turan, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times."

Turning to a man wearing round glasses, "This is Todd McCarthy, a columnist for The Hollywood Reporter."

Finally, there was a short fat man with a shameless appearance and glasses. "This is Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Albert."

Murphy greeted them enthusiastically, shaking hands one by one, with a bright smile on his face.

After decades of development, professional film critics have long been an important part of the North American film circle. Although some people in the circle say that only those who can only talk to be critics, no one can deny the influence of top film critics. Their appreciation of beauty is indeed out of the ordinary audience, but they have also accumulated a large number of readers in decades, and their influence cannot be underestimated.

In particular, the reputation of a film in their column can directly affect the judges of many Hollywood awards. If you want to get the heavyweight awards in North America, the top professional film critics cannot get around the hurdle.

This is also the main reason Murphy is so passionate.

"I saw the last film directed by Stanton," the person who was talking was Todd McCarthy, a columnist for the "Hollywood Reporter", "a strong personal style blended between retro and black, which is impressive. profound."

"But the personal style is too strong," Kenneth Turan obviously has a different view. "Some places emphasize personal style too much, which is suspected of showing off."

"I don't think the personal style in the movie is a bad thing." Murphy took the words and said with a smile, "Movies need a hundred flowers and various styles. If Hollywood movies are like some commercial movies today, they don’t pay attention to stories and styles. It only relies on special effects. It won’t take long for mainstream Hollywood films to become homogeneous. Without production companies and directors to pay attention to the style and story of the film, only special effects will be piled up. What's the point of such a movie?"

"Well said, very far-sighted!" Roger Albert, who has not spoken, suddenly said, as if he agreed with Murphy's point of view, "Hollywood needs a stylized film and a stylized director!"

Murphy smiled at him, "Thank you."

"Before coming here, I watched your first three films," Roger Albert added, "In every film, you can see your tremendous progress and some incredible shots. use……"

Having said this, he raised his hand, patted Murphy on the shoulder again, and said earnestly, "Young man, I am very optimistic about you, stick to your style!"

Just like his optimism is a very remarkable thing.

Although a little embarrassed, Murphy didn't show it, and instead smiled modestly.

It's just that in the eyes of others, the picture of a person who is a head shorter than him, patted his shoulder, is really funny.

Kenneth Turan does not buy Roger Albert's account, and continues to insist on his own point of view, "Personal style can have, but it should not be too strong or abused, otherwise the Hollywood film industry will inevitably lose its leading position in the world!"

"Leadership?" Roger Albert said with a strong disdain, "Use the position that those films without any style can get, don't worry."

"According to your statement, Hollywood movies will become European movies!" Probably the two people are at odds at ordinary times. Now they are almost diametrically opposed. Kenneth Turan does not care about the occasion. "European movies that insist on and emphasize personal style have almost lost 100%. The 90th audience, what situation are you facing now? You know better than me!"

Roger Albert snorted heavily and said, "A director who shoots a film must forget the market..."

The two men suddenly had a dispute, which was completely beyond the expectations of Murphy and Bill Rossis.