King of Hollywood

"I've never been in a situation where, when I'm trying to describe a person, I don't know where to start. This is a very strange person, and a wonderful person, and I didn't meet him face to face. After talking, I always like to look for their idiosyncrasies in the works of directors. But this time is an exception. I watched his three works several times, but I didn’t find any connection among them. This is really very exciting. Accident.

To put it simply, the three movies seem to be shot from three different perspectives, without any interference with each other. We know that many directors have their own style, no matter what kind of film they make, they will more or less find some shadows of other works. But in "Memento", you will not see the slightest possible connection with "Two Smoking Barrels", and in "Shawshank's Redemption", you will not see the shadow of the first two movies.

I often wonder what kind of person this youngest Oscar nominee for best director would be. His three works are like three unrelated people producing and directing. When I got to know his experience a little bit, I felt even more incomprehensible. Just 2 years ago, he was just a drunken dude - yes, that's right, literally. Adrian Cowell's father, Jeffrey Cowell, was once the president of a company. He and his wife died in an air crash four years ago, and Adrian has been hanging around bars ever since. However, after two years of this kind of life, he seemed to wake up suddenly, picked up the guide tube and became a director, and achieved surprising results.

We all know that he has made three films so far, and we also know that he is a cutting-edge director in Hollywood and has the title of genius, but I believe many people probably ignore the time it took him to make films. According to my investigation, "Two Smoking Barrels" was launched in June 1990, and then this film participated in the Venice Film Festival in August; while "Memento" was launched in November 1990, and then participated in the The Berlin Film Festival in February 1991 was held; as for "The Shawshank Redemption", it was launched in April 1991. Although it was released at the end of October, all the work was completed by the end of August!

God, no director has ever had such efficiency, right? In addition, the three films have earned high box office, and "Memento" and "The Shawshank Redemption" have gained quite a high reputation, although the reputation of "Two Smoking Barrels" is not as good as the latter two films , but the exquisite tailoring still won a lot of applause.

Frankly speaking, I didn't see "The Shawshank Redemption" before the Oscar nomination list came out, because of his previous two films, I thought this was another similar film. I didn't realize what I almost missed until now. This movie reminded me of all the hardships I encountered when I was a small reporter 8 years ago. If I didn't hold on to it with hope, I wouldn't sit at the typewriter I typed these words for you before. Can you believe it? It only took him 4 months or less to make this movie!

The theorem that quality and speed are inversely proportional does not seem to work on Adrian, at least I know that he started the production of the fourth film before "Shawshank's Redemption" was released, and also invited Al Pa Sino is in the leading role; besides, having just finished work on this new film, he immediately started working on a fifth film...is he never going to run out of energy?

This is so amazing, a dude who didn't understand anything two years ago, was nominated for Oscar for Best Director two years later, and three of the four films produced in these two years won Success, how many people can do this? ! Well, if you think this is not enough, according to the information I got, he wrote many high-grossing film scripts last year, such as Warner Bros.'s "Bodyguard", or Universal's "Scream", etc. .

When I put these materials in front of myself, I was stunned for 5 minutes. I really can't imagine what kind of person this is and how he did all this? He thought he should not be called a ghost, he should be called a wizard, if possible, I hope he can accept my exclusive interview. "

-- Haggis Painter, The Washington Post

With the announcement of the 64th Oscar nomination list, Hollywood immediately attracted the attention of the public. This year's Oscar unexpectedly made the horror movie "The Silence of the Lambs" shortlisted for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actor, and Best Film. Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay and other 8 awards, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins' superb performances are therefore unanimously favored by film critics. Can Foster get Best Actress again? Can Hopkins win Best Actor for a performance under 30 minutes? These are all talked about by people.

However, although the strong nomination of "The Silence of the Lambs" has attracted a lot of attention, it is not the most concerned. The most concerned is "The Shawshank Redemption" and its director Adrian Cowell!

"The Shawshank Redemption" was shortlisted for 8 Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Soundtrack, Best Editing and Best Cinematography! This is definitely a remarkable achievement, and Adrian alone has also won three nominations for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. One can imagine how surprised people should be. But what surprised them even more was Adrian's personal experience.

Before the "Washington Post" chief entertainment reporter Haggis Painter's report came out, people's impression of Adrian was just a cutting-edge director with the title of ghost, and the three films he produced were all successful. Not to mention that he did a good job of keeping a low profile in front of the media.

And when the Oscar nomination list came out, people discovered that this 24-year-old young man had actually become the youngest Oscar nominee for best director—unfortunately, the original youngest nominee for best director was younger than Adrian John Singleton, who had been waiting for twenty days, was squeezed out-in addition, he was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing at the same time, which is amazing.

But after the report of Payent came out, this feeling of surprise was magnified countless times. A dude who used to hang around bars 2 years ago, suddenly took up the director and became a director, and made 3 films in a row. Not only did each of them sell well at the box office, but the last one was the same as "The Silence of the Lambs" Nominated for 8 Oscars, in addition to being the screenwriter of "Bodyguard" and "Scream", he has an unusually short film production process. Each festival has its own achievements, this...isn't it too amazing? This is simply a fantasy novel!

The public's interest in Adrian suddenly rose by dozens of percentages.

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