Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 418 The Circle
After hearing Rossi's translation, Yu Dong looked at Giuseppe with some surprise: "You mean, you started thinking about the next movie before the filming of "The Pianist on the Sea" was finished?"

"Why not?" Giuseppe smiled and said, "It's always the next movie that is more fascinating, isn't it? And I just have a rough idea now, it's not very mature yet, so I want to study with you, the original author. Research, maybe you can give me some inspiration."

Yu Dong looked at the manuscript in Giuseppe's hand, "This is your new plan?"

"No no no." Giuseppe shook his head, "This is the Italian version of "Death of a Widow". I asked Rossi to translate it for me. It's a pity that some of your short stories cannot be found in Italy."

"There will be soon." Yu Dong said with a smile, and then asked: "Can you tell me about your new idea?"

He looked at Giuseppe, waiting for his answer.

When Giuseppe went to Jinling last year, he was asked to recommend novels. At that time, he recommended "Death of a Widow" to Giuseppe.

It seemed that Giuseppe had listened to him.

At that time, Yu Dong recommended "Death of a Widow" because he remembered the movie "Sicily".

"Death of a Widow" is different from "Sicily", the novel has multiple structures, but Li Xuelian's experience in the village is similar to "Sicily".

Zhang Yimou's film "Soft Knife" cut apart the multiple structures of the novel, focusing on the part where Li Xuelian was in the village.

Therefore, "Soft Knife" is similar to "Sicily".

Yu Dong was curious at the time, whether Giuseppe would think of making "Sicily" after watching "The Widow's Death".

And now is the time to reveal the answer.

Giuseppe organized the language: "The overall structure of the story is similar to the story of Li Xuelian in the village. A woman with all kinds of charms suffers because of her beauty... Beauty is a gift from God, but at the same time it may also become a source of suffering. The root cause of..."

"I wanted to put the story in the 40s, in my hometown of Sicily."

"Like Cinema Paradiso?" Yu Dong laughed and said, "You seem to like Sicily in the 40s."

"Probably so."

Giuseppe did not elaborate on why he would like to photograph Sicily in the 40s.

He was born in 1956, so his impression of Sicily should be from the 60s, and Sicily in the 40s should be more in the memory of his parents when they were young.

"By the way, I want to add the first perspective of "Widow Death" to the movie."

"First perspective?"

Yu Dong recalled for a while, and then remembered that the first perspective of "Death of a Widow" was that student.

Giuseppe continued, "Through the perspective of a teenager, I can see more different things. I think the first 'I' in "Death of a Widow" actually admired Li Xuelian, didn't I? Influenced by him, he couldn't recognize his own heart, and ended up doing absurdly wrong things."

Yu Dong did not speak, this part is Giuseppe's own interpretation, he has always been reluctant to interfere with readers' interpretation of his works - as long as it is a normal interpretation.

"In a place like Sicily, there's always..."

Giuseppe's new idea has just taken a prototype, and it can be heard that it is "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", but there is no specific story, many of them are just an idea, including the town in his mind, there is only a rough idea. Outline.

Giuseppe told Yu Dong that he planned to go to Sicily after filming "The Pianist on the Sea" to see if he could find the town in his heart.

"Since you already have a plan, I'm afraid I can't help you." Yu Dong said with a smile, "My impression of Sicily still comes from your movie."

"No." Giuseppe said quickly: "Such a story doesn't require you to know much about Sicily. I still need some key things, but I haven't figured them out yet."

Rossi licked his lips, but still translated Giuseppe's words to Yu Dong.

To be honest, Rossi thought Giuseppe's words were a bit funny, he didn't figure out what key things he needed, so how could he expect YU to know?

But Yu Dong didn't think it was strange, and replied with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this matter, "Sea Pianist" still has a long way to go from filming to editing to release, and you also have a long time to settle down." , thinking, if you have any specific questions in the middle, you can come and discuss with me at any time. As for the story you told, I will help you think about it later.”

"That's what I mean." Giuseppe clapped his hands, "I need the support of you, the original author."

"I'll try my best."

Yu Dong nodded, his idea was to wait for Giuseppe to explore by himself, and if there were really different situations later, he would take out the reference answer for Giuseppe to refer to.

Of course, Yu Dong still believed in Giuseppe and believed that he could handle the script.

In the end, regardless of whether Giuseppe completed the script of "Sicily" independently, this movie is inseparable from "Death of the Widow".

……

On the day I talked about "Sicily" with Giuseppe, Yu Dong and the others set foot on the road back to China.

On the plane, Yu Dong was writing and drawing with a notebook.Cheng Yanqiu was covered with a blanket beside him, and had already fallen asleep.

Yu Hua sat in front and turned her head to look through the gap between the two seats.

Seeing a circle drawn in Yu Dong's notebook, he asked curiously, "Are you studying semiotics again? What knowledge does this circle have?"

Yu Dong's previous American version of "Golden Dreamland" has been written, and he is currently studying the materials he got from Dan Brown.

Those materials contained a lot of content related to semiotics, and Yu Hua and the others knew about this, so when Yu Hua saw this circle, he thought that Yu Dong was studying semiotics again.

Yu Dong looked up at the curious Yu Hua, and said with a smile, "A circle represents infinity, without beginning and end. However, what I drew is not just a circle, but a moon."

"The moon?" Yu Hua shook her head, "Although the moon is always round, if you want to draw a moon, it's best to draw a moon with a gap, otherwise people won't think it's a moon. Like this—— "

He tried to reach for the pen in Yu Dong's hand, but found that it was impossible.

Yu Dong smiled and took a pen to draw another crescent moon on the paper, "Is that so?"

"That's right!" Yu Hua nodded in satisfaction, "In this way, others will know that it is a moon. But why did you draw the moon and still stare blankly at it?"

"Because my next novel is about the moon."

"Is it related to the moon?" Yu Hua asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going to write a novel related to semiotics?"

"I won't write that one for now, I will write another one first." Yu Dong said.

"Science fiction?" Yu Hua recalled what Yu Dong said at the Galaxy Awards ceremony. This year he will write a science fiction novel.

"Well, science fiction." Yu Dong nodded.

Yu Hua turned her head away, shook her head and sighed: "Oh, I'm envious, you have too many inspirations. My mind is full of Serie A matters now. It's a pity that I didn't see the official game this time."

The new season of Serie A hasn't officially started yet. Yu Hua and the others traveled to a lot of cities a few days ago, watching hot matches. Although the level is quite high, they still feel regretful.

And their biggest gain from this trip is to get the signatures of many stars, such as Baggio, Maldini, Del Piero... Because of the relationship with Deep Space Company, it is not difficult for them to get signatures.

"The next year's World Cup in France, I must go and see it..."

Yu Hua was muttering about football, while Yu Dong was still staring at the moon on the book.The novel it is about to write is related to the moon as well as the circle. It was born out of a British movie-the moon.

(End of this chapter)