Hollywood (我就是好莱坞) Part I

CHAPTER 182- Various Motives

Life had to continue after the funeral . Jackson, Shelby's son, had been growing up day by day with the affection from people around him . While Annil, who had been pregnant, expressed to Maureen, Shelby's mother, about her hopes of naming her baby as Shelby after it was born in memory of the dead woman . Maureen accepted it with tears in her eyes .

It was Easter again . In the vivid spring time, there were many people having a picnic delightedly in the outskirts . Suddenly, Annil felt a sharp pain in her stomach and all others hurriedly helped her get in a sports car which was driven through crowds, streets and bridges . And the scene stopped on a stream in the shades of green trees in the melodious sound of harmonica .

Subt.i.tles rose up slowly .

"Tomorrow-is-another-day" Elisabeth Murdoch who was sitting behind Julia involuntarily uttered the concluding remarks of Gone with the Wind . Although the life experience of heroines in Steel Magnolias is not as much sorrowful as that of Scarlet who had been through decades of trials, and those in Steel Magnolias didn't even have any emotional outbreaks, their strongest emotions were hidden in tears running down their faces in silence . They led an ordinary life, which contained an emotion no weak than that of Scarlet who had been through the vicissitudes of life in troubled times . The Jeep gradually driving far away symbolized the hopes in the future .

All the people in the projection hall applauded involuntarily after the light was turned on .

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"Julia, this movie was really amazing . I think Shelby is more lively and vivid than Vivian in Pretty Woman . " Elizabeth applauded while whispering to Julia in sincerity .

"Thanks...Miss . " Julia clapped her hands gently, sizing up the beauty next to her .

It occurred to Elizabeth that she hadn't introduce herself yet, so she extended her hand: "Hi Julia, My name is Elizabeth . You can call me Liz . "

"Hi Liz . " Julia shook hands with her politely without any change in her expression, which showed she didn't know the meaning of the surname of Murdoch .

But Elizabeth didn't mind it and continued whispering to her: "Julia, why do you say that Eric Williams is an a.s.shole just now?"

"Ah, I . . . what I've said is nothing personal... Mr . Williams is a good person . Without him, I was just an actor in obscurity . " Julia tried her best to act collectedly, but her flickering eyes had betrayed her .

Elizabeth, who smiled a meaningful smile, didn't continue the topic that made her awkward: "Julia, can you tell me something about Eric Williams, I intend to use the success of his films as my graduation thesis . "

"Liz, you can ask him, I don't know much about him . " Julia didn't know the background of Liz from her surname, but she realized that the bright girl was not familiar with Eric, so she opened her heart gradually to Liz .

"It's fine . Just tell me what you know..." Sensing the subtle change of Julia's att.i.tude towards her, she started asking questions that interested her .

In the meantime, the senior executives from top seven film companies harbored different motives after watching the movie .

After watching the movie, Michael Eisner was the first to express his feelings about the movie that deserved appreciation, which was no more than formality, though he actually thought it the other way .

Steel Magnolias was a movie too insipid and not well-plotted, which was not fitting his taste, although it indeed had some highlights . As the right-hand a.s.sistant of Barry Diller who had advanced the theory of high concept film, Michael Eisner witnessed the rise of Paramount Pictures under the guidance of this theory, which made him a hard-core supporter for it . The fast development of Disney Studios under the leadership of Michael Eisner was highly related to his sticking to such a theory .