英文电影宝典——Network

时间:2008-05-04 11:05:41 来源:英文大吧 作者:
 

"Peccant" is guilty or sinful, but this word is rarely used. She does have one script in which I kill myself. A "script" is the written form of a movie or play. An adapted television version of "Anna Karenna." "To adapt" a book into a film is to change it in any necessary way to be able to work in the new media ("Anna Karenna" is a Russian novel). You’re in for some dreadful grief, Max. "Dreadful" is a powerful adjective meaning horrible or perhaps painful. "Grief" is great sadness or sorrow. Diana and her communist TV stars work out the details of their show, and Max reveals to the world the horrible truth about corporate capitalism. It received a 47 share. The network promptly committed to 15 shows with an option for 10 more. "Promptly" is another word for immediately. In this context, an "option" is a legal word for a right, but not a requirement. There were the usual contractual difficulties. A common expression for all lawyers that work with contracts! "Gross proceeds should consist of all funds the sub-licensee receives, and not merely the net amount remitted." Typical "lawyer talk" found in a contract, meaning that the total income is considered to be what is received, and not just what is paid. Language like this is why so many people hate lawyers! Don’t fuck with my distribution costs! Laureen’s way of insisting that she wants to be paid for the costs of producing and sending out her TV show. The gentle words of a true "Communist businesswoman." I’m already deficiting 25 grand a week. In this case, "to deficit" is to lose, though this word is never used as a verb (A deficit is the amount of money that is still needed to pay off expenses). A "grand" is a common slang word for $1,000 dollars. I’m paying William Morris 10% off the top. To pay a person 10% "off the top" is to pay them as soon as money is received, before any other expenses (William Morris is a famous talent agency that represents famous actors in Hollywood). I’m giving this turkey $10,000 per segment, and another $5,000 for this fruitcake. Two funny words that are used to describe people who one considers strange, crazy or possibly stupid. The Communist Party won’t see a nickel out of this show until syndication. In a TV context, "syndication" refers to the selling of the show to local stations across the country, in order to air old episodes that have already been shown on national television. You fucking fascist! Did you see the film we made of the San Marino jail breakout? Note that there is a long and honored tradition of communists accusing each other of being "fucking fascists." A "breakout" is an escape from a jail or prison. You can blow the seminal prison infrastructure out your ass! A funny but grammatically difficult insult. "Blow i

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