Simon first know who Kathryn Bigelow was in 2010, when the Hollywood female director, won the Oscars for her film "The Hurt Locker".
Speaking of which, his first impression of Kathryn Bigelow was her appearance.
At the 2010 Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow, who wore a linen silk long dress, looked very young, and both her body and temperament were enough to crush most of the actresses on the red carpet.
But in fact, Kathryn Bigelow was born in 1951. Even in 1986, she is already 35 years old.
Simon can only lament that there is no shortage of fairies in the world that can resist the erosion of time.
Then there is the other party's work.
After that year Oscar, Simon watched several of her movies.
In all fairness, most of the films directed by Kathryn Bigelow can only be said to be average, but the feeling of the roughness of "The Hurt Locker" is very impressive. This woman seems to be using all the masculine lens language to tell the audience in front of the screen that if the man can do it, then I can do it too.
Simon even felt that there is a breath of anger in her work.
The bus starts again, going south along California Highway 1.
After the slight gesture, Kathryn Bigelow put all her attention on the manuscript.
Judging by the text format on the paper, Simon know it's a movie script in her hand, so he decided not to interrupt her.
After more than an hour, when Kathryn finally read the last page of the manuscript, Simon gathered the courage to ask "Is this a script?"
The sixth sense of women is always very keen, when reading the script, Kathryn felt that the young man beside her would look at herself from time to time. As a beautiful woman, there is never a lack of men trying to talk and flirt with her, and she has become accustomed to this kind of thing.
However, the other party did not bother her for more than an hour, and only talked to her when she finished reading the script, which gave Kathryn some inexplicable feelings in her heart, so she smiled at Simon and said, "Yes."
Although responding, Kathryn did not want to talk to Simon too much so she kept her answer short.
Although this young man has a handsome and angular face, his temperament is more mature than his peers, but in any case, this is obviously just a teenager who is less than 20 years old. If her friends know that she had been approached by such a young boy, she will be the butt of the joke.
When she was about to turn her gaze out of the window to make a suggestive gesture of rejection, Kathryn heard the young man next to her continue: "Actually, I also have a script. how about we exchange with each other to let the time pass, it will take several hours to go to Los Angeles."
With that said, Simon stood up neatly, removed the backpack from the overhead luggage rack, picked out one of the two manuscripts and showed it to Kathryn.
Kathryn felt a little surprised that Simon came up with a script, but she still cateorized Simon's move as a pickup move. when she intended to express her refusal, she glanced at the title of the script in Simon's hand, she couldn't help but wonder, and subconsciously asked: "The Butterfly Effect", what does it mean?"
"This is a hypothesis made by Edward Lorenz, a professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to explain his theory."
Simon said, handing the script to Kathryn, and continued: "Professor Lorenz assumed that the impact of the airflow generated by the flap of the wings of a butterfly in the Amazon forest in South America, can cause a series of chain reactions and eventually formed a terrifying tornado in Texas. "
Kathryn listened carefully to Simon's explanation and couldn't help but shake her head: "But the butterfly flapping its wings to create a tornado, how is this possible?"
Simon said: "Professor Lorenz used the butterfly as a metaphor to describe the huge impact that a small variable May have on the entire system. Moreover, I think it is very possible, It's just that we can't justify it yet."
Kathryn hummed softly and did not argue with Simon. She was not a person who liked to argue with people. taking over the script called "The Butterfly Effect" she opened it curiously.
Then, feeling that the young man beside her was still looking at herself, she remembered what he had just said.
After hesitating, she still handed over her script.
Anyway, as he said, let's pass the time.
Glancing at the script in her hand, and flipping a few pages Kathryn was surprised.
It turned out, including the title on the cover, the entire script is all handwritten in neat English fonts similar to printed text, this made her look at the young man beside her who had turned his attention to her script.
In this era, the typewriter is already a very common office appliance, and to patiently hand-write over a hundred pages of scripts with such beautiful handwriting, say a lot about the young man.
Simon didn't know what Kathryn was thinking. In fact, Handwriting the script is also his helpless move, living in a mental hospital, even if the doctor allowed him to own a typewriter, he could not afford it.
Putting the script on his knees Simon started reading, "Near Dark" This should be the first cinematic feature film directed by Kathryn. After the Academy Award of "The Hurt Locker," he read the introduction of the film out of curiosity when querying Kathryn's information, it's just that he didn't take the time to watch this movie.
As the reading deepened, Simon quickly sorted out the outline of the story in his hand.
One night on a farm in Oklahoma, Caleb Colton a young man in a small town, meets an attractive young drifter named Mae, they fell in love at first sight, But Mae is actually a vampire, so she turned Caleb into a vampire.
Caleb was later taken away by Mae's group of roaming vampires and forced to wander around the world.
Although he can live forever, But after several twists and turns, Caleb found that this was not the life he wanted, so he want to get out of this group of vampires. At the same time, after Caleb's father and sister disappeared, He tirelessly embarked on the path of finding his loved ones.
On the other side, I don't know how long it took. After reading the last page of the script, Kathryn looked up and found that Simon was still turning her script slowly, but suddenly she had a small impulse to grab the script from his hand.
Although she didn't like the pessimistic tone of "The Butterfly Effect", but looking at the whole story, Kathryn had to admit, that "The Butterfly Effect" is a well-conceived and novel plot and much better than "Near Dark".
In the final analysis, "Near Dark" is just a simple love movie with a vampire coat put on it, there are also loopholes in the script that she can't do anything about.
Waiting quietly for Simon to finish the script, Kathryn involuntarily used a consultative tone that she didn't even realize: "How is it?"
Simon thought for a while and said: "I like the scene of Caleb kneeling in front of Mae and sucking the blood from her wrist has a certain sense of transgression that transcends ethics. This should be inspired by the phenomenon of lamb breastfeeding. In the future, this scene will definitely touch people's hearts."
Kathryn didn't expect Simon to express his feelings according to a certain point in the script, Although the "Near Dark" script was not written entirely by her, the picture described by Simon at this time was written by her.
After watching the movie, many fans will make an excessive deconstruction completely beyond the director's intentions. But Simon's understanding at this time coincided with her thoughts. She came from an art school, so it is customary for her to add some symbolic shots to the script.
"So," hesitantly, Kathryn asked directly: "Do you think there is anything that can be improved in this script?"
Simon was surprised when he heard the woman's question, but he said quickly: "Perhaps, the farm can be converted into a ranch, I see there are many farm scenes in the script, but, farms aren't as photogenic as ranches, a pasture full of green meadows has a more visual effect."
Kathryn thought about it, nodded, and asked again: "The last plot, where Caleb and Mae changed back to human settings. Do you think there is any better way to deal with it?"
In the script of "Near Dark", The male and female protagonists are transformed back into humans by blood transfusion, this setting is indeed very far-fetched.
However, Simon shook his head and said: "You should have modified the script many times? If it can be changed, I will definitely not see this kind of plot now. There is really no way to change, Otherwise, the second half of the entire script needs to be overhauled, then it will turn into another story."
Kathryn nodded and understood that Simon was telling the truth, but she was still somewhat disappointed.
Simon looked at the woman's expression and said: "In fact, there is still a place to adjust."
Kathryn looked over again: "Where?"
"The name of the actor," Simon smiled and said: "Did you know? The name Caleb is derived from Hebrew. In fact, it means "mad dog", it's better to change it. "
Kathryn understood from Simon's smile that he was just joking, so she smiled back and asked: "You still know Hebrew."
"Yeah, I'm quite fluent. So, I will mix very well in Hollywood in the future."
Hebrew is the national language of the Jews. and as we all know, Hollywood is the world of Jews. Speaking fluent Hebrew will give Simon the favour of many Jews in Hollywood.
In fact, since the memories of twelve other people were inherited, Simon not only know Hebrew, but he was also proficient in English and Chinese, German, French and Spanish at this time. This has almost covered the most mainstream languages in the world. So, even if he is working as a translator now, he will be a top one.
Kathryn listened to Simon's tone and had a slight impulse to roll her eyes. She felt that the young man had shifted the subject a little and didn't want to over-evaluate her script. Perhaps, compared with his "Butterfly Effect", "Near Dark" there is nothing to say.
Simon was not reluctant to give Catherine more advice, He knows the advantages and disadvantages of Kathryn's series of works.
The point is, the two are still in a state of "just meeting with each other", and he can't just persuade her to converge on the violent aesthetics in all her works, and to show her delicate side.
However, Kathryn is not a strong person, so she followed the topic of Simon with a few chats and said: "So, what do you think should be changed in Caleb?"
"Simon, how about it?"
Kathryn was puzzled: "Simon, is there anything special about this name?"
Simon held out a hand to the woman and smiled: "Simon Westeros, madam, can I know your name?"
Kathryn suddenly understood that this was his name.
"My name is Kathryn Bigelow," she smiled as she shook his hand, and curiously said: "Westeros, a very unique surname, you know Hebrew, so Is this a Jewish surname?"
"No," Simon shook his head and said, "This is my last name."
Westeros is an original vocabulary coined by George R. R. Martin, this word should have appeared ten years later. Therefore, Simon is undoubtedly the only 'Westeros' in the world.
Kathryn could feel some faint superiority implied in Simon's sentence, but she did not feel any disgust in her heart.
He can create a script like "The Butterfly Effect", able to talk casually about the theory of a professor at MIT. He can also master Hebrew, a very niche language, such an outstanding young man, is bound to have some pride in himself.