American fame and fortune

Chapter 884 Chaos is also a kind of order

 Southern California city, San Diego.

In the parking lot of the Bay Hotel, four people, Martin, Lorraine, Leonardo and Nicholson, got into a somewhat old bulletproof commercial vehicle.

 The bodyguards who followed behind got into another dirty off-road vehicle.

 In the commercial vehicle, two bodyguards who had followed Martin for many years were checking their firearms. The bodyguard on the passenger seat said to Martin: "Boss, your gun is under the seat."

 Martin pulled out a black bag, opened it, took out a pistol, and inserted it into the gun pocket under his arm.

 Another civilian version of the AR short rifle was placed at his feet.

Lorraine grew up

 Growing up in a privileged environment, he said: “Is it necessary to carry a gun?”

“It is very necessary.” Nicholson wiped his sunglasses: “The place we are going to next is a relatively chaotic community in California, which is full of black people…”

 Leonardo corrected: "African!"

Lorraine said: "The police gave up this area?"

Martin smiled: "Don't listen to your father's exaggeration. This is either the most dangerous place in San Diego, or the ordinary African-American and Mexican-American communities."

Two of the pursuers also held a certain type of spray gun in their hands.

This group of people are very good at marksmanship, and they are all masters of soul shooting. They only heard the sound of gunfire, but no one fell down.

In the alley ahead, a group of old black men rushed out. They should be two gangs. The dozen or so in the back were chasing the four or five in front. Everyone had a gun in their hand.

Although he grew up in a lower-class neighborhood in Atlanta, Martin has been away from that life for almost ten years.

Leonardo said: "This kind of mass shooting is also an accidental incident, and we happened to run into it."

Just when the car ran over a pit, a sudden gunshot sounded like water droplets falling into hot oil, causing chaos all around.

Martin reminded Lorraine: "Pay attention to the material you shoot."

The old black men’s painful screams could not be suppressed even by the gunshots.

 The car starts and continues moving forward.

The Joker represents chaos, and this will not change in the new movie.

Lorraine shot pictures of community life through the car window and said: "Everyone here seems to be sick."

Lorraine rarely comes into contact with these things, and today she feels deeply: "This country is **** for the poor."

Lorraine asked: "Can't you change to a safer community?"

Martin has lived in a similar community: “It will probably take a while before the police come, at least to make sure that the gun battle here is really over.”

 The gunshots stopped, and the surroundings quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

"Oh God!" Lorraine's face turned pale. The scenes she had seen on TV and movies were not as impactful as seeing them with her own eyes: "This place is simply hell!"

 Martin also took out a DV and shot the footage.

Nicholson said: "It's not AIDS, it's a disease of poverty."

Nearly an hour later, the car approached the target community, and there was obviously more black on the road.

This time, someone finally fell down on both sides.

Lorraine has arranged the camera and is filming the crowd on the roadside.

These people are not numb, but full of energy.

Nicholson said: "It's normal. People here basically don't pay taxes. Instead, they have various welfare expenses. They only pay but get nothing. Who is willing to protect them?"

 When a large number of such people gather in a certain place, it often becomes a mess.

　　Martin and others were in the car for a long time and never heard the siren.

In the past ten years, the lives of people at the bottom of the American class are said to have become more difficult.

"They are indeed sick." Martin slightly adjusted the DV lens: "The diseases they have are not even curable by doctors, not even God."

San Diego is located next to Tijuana, Mexico, and is the first transit point for drugs entering California.

 Martin asked the driver to stop.

A dilapidated pickup truck rushed out of another box, and the gunman in the car fired randomly at the chasing crowd.

 Martin did not speak, but just filmed what was happening.

Nicholson nodded: “It was a place where African-Americans and Mexican-Americans gathered, and it was full of drugs, depravity and crime.”

 Leonardo was slightly surprised: “I’ve never heard of a large-scale AIDS outbreak in San Diego.”

 The focus of his attention is chaos!

Nicholson fully agrees: “The main roads here are generally relatively safe during the day.”

  Martin also reminded: “If you usually speak smoothly, it will easily leak in public places.”

  In an open community, the roads are bumpy and cracked like spider webs. The walls of independent houses on both sides are covered with graffiti. The wooden houses look extremely dilapidated. The people on both sides of the road are mainly black.

The crackling sound came continuously.

 The bodyguard on the co-pilot contacted the vehicle behind, and the two vehicles drove out of the underground parking lot and headed to the southeast of Santiago along the planned route.

Nicholson patted his daughter on the shoulder and said: "Not only in the United States, but everywhere in the world, poor people live in hell."

These words reminded Leonardo, and he looked at Martin: "You came here for the role of the clown. The clown crawled out of hell?"

"There are factors in this aspect." Martin simply said: "The clown was born in a place that is even more chaotic than this community. He was originally just an ordinary person with a weak personality and was often bullied. However, a series of changes made him taste... With the benefit of chaos, his ambition and madness spread quickly."

 At this point, Martin pointed outside: "These chaotic places will become his territory and become the clown's admirers."

Nicholson understood what Martin meant: "Are you planning to combine it with reality?"

The car stopped near an open space, and Martin temporarily turned off the DV and said: "A person will not fall for no reason, there is always a reason. This is easy to find. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the U.S. economy has been in decline, and social order has become increasingly... The heavy pressure faced by people at the bottom can drive people crazy.”

In addition to being an actor, Leonardo is also a producer and investor. He understood what Martin meant when he heard it: "Let this film become an outlet for public emotions?"

Martin unfolded his fantasy: "I plan to launch a large-scale urban riot by the exploited and oppressed American lower class people in the film, inspired by the clown's series."

Lorraine was surprised: "Do you want to incite Americans to riot?"

Martin laughed loudly: "Commercial movies, of course, are made as long as they can attract the majority of the audience. Most of the people who pay for Hollywood movies are ordinary people. These people are oppressed by companies and are quite dissatisfied with society. They think that the authorities are It’s a bunch of pigs in power.” Nicholson also laughed: “All the faults are the fault of the authorities and society?”

 That was part of the plan, Martin said: "There is order in chaos."

"Have you forgotten the goal of this **** Martin?" Leonardo revealed Martin's so-called true side revealed after drinking too much: "He wants to march into Washington and capture the White House..."

 He ​​deliberately teased Martin: "Is this film part of your plan?"

Martin also started talking nonsense: "I am pointing out an effective development path for the suffering American people."

This group of people took pictures and watched the excitement during the day, and produced a lot of material.

 At night, the danger level in these places doubled. Martin could not risk the safety of a few close friends, so he simply stayed in the hotel and watched the footage together.

Although neither Leonardo nor Nicholson has ever been a director, they have been working in the film industry for decades. They have rich experience and can give Martin some useful suggestions.

 In the next few days, Martin and others wandered around Santiago and nearby cities.

 During this period, we also encountered an American-style Ihe.

Two old men were walking near Chula Vista Park and were questioned by the police. One of them actually pulled out a knife.

The result can be imagined. The magazines of the two Glocks were emptied, and the old Hei who was holding the knife was shot more than 20 times.

 Then, another black protest broke out in Southern California.

In the Bay Hotel, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room of the suite, Martin looked at the small square not far away, where many people were sitting in protest.

Leonardo looked at it for a while and said: "Among the people protesting, there seem to be more white people than African Americans."

Nicholson moved a chair and sat down: "Today's social conflicts are all focused on these bad things."

Martin said: "If a clown raised his arms and shouted and became a model for the United States, would there be a big riot in the early 1990s?" Martin said.

"I found out." Leonardo picked up a glass of wine and raised it to Martin: "You have always had a heart to destroy the United States."

 Martin laughed: "It's a pity that I don't have such ability."

 In the square, the protestors were relatively restrained, and the police did not take any other action except to be vigilant.

 After all, these people are not protesting against America’s squid dads.

 After four days in San Diego, the group returned to Los Angeles.

 Martin immediately threw himself into the preparation of "Joker".

Louise has signed a third-party guarantee with the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company on behalf of the film studio, and the casting director has begun selecting actors for the major roles.

 Some of the behind-the-scenes staff who worked with Martin during the filming of "Shark Beach" gradually joined the crew.

However, the last time the filming crew led by director of photography Dan Rostershin was a member of Chad Starsky's team. Chad is currently preparing to shoot "New York Continental Hotel", and the schedule conflicts with Martin's.

 Martin chose Jeff Cromweiss, who was recommended by David Fincher.

 The latter started collaborating with David Fincher when he directed "Fight Club".

 Martin and Jeff Cromwes have filmed "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Gone Girl" together, and they know each other fairly well.

Jeff Cromwes believed that filming TV series was not in line with his career plan, so he did not follow David Fincher and cooperate with Netflix and stayed in the film industry.

This photographer’s photography style matches the dark and neurotic style of “Joker” very well.

In terms of location, Louise suggested choosing New York, which has mature studios and favorable tax rebate policies.

 Martin has participated in filming at Brooklyn Studios many times. The only difficulty was that it was a little troublesome to shoot the outdoor scenes. .

The film has a very important supporting actor role, and Martin tried to invite Nicholson. After all, it was a huge publicity boo.

 But Nicholson was determined to retire and refused outright.

Martin also suggested choosing one of Nicolas Cage, Al Pacino or Robert De Niro, depending on the makeup audition and schedule.

"I don't think Cage is suitable." Louise rarely vetoes Martin's suggestions when it comes to casting, but this time she was extremely insistent: "In order to pay off debts and pay taxes in the past few years, Cage has accepted all bad movies and thrown them away casually. Give him a script and as long as the price is right, he will sign the contract."

 Martin suddenly remembered the movie White Ghost. When people are poor, they really have no choice.

Louise added: "One failed movie after another, Cage has ruined his reputation. The current situation is that every movie Cage stars in will be promoted as his turnaround. , it was extremely disappointing to movie fans after it was released. After several times, movie fans didn’t want to buy movie tickets when they saw Cage’s name in the list of the film’s creators.”

 Martin was not adamant: “Cage was dropped from the shortlist.”

He thought for a moment and then said: "In this case, Al Pacino is not suitable. He has been accepting all bad movies in recent years."

 Louise nodded: "Yes, he took on movies like crazy in order to raise those sons and daughters."

Martin said: "Robert De Niro is slightly better than them."

Louise said: "Choose Robert De Niro, you worked with him in "Never Ending"."

 Martin responded: “Okay.”

Louis returned the finished storyboard to Martin and said: "You have placed the clown in a realistic background."

"Although the movie is an adaptation of a comic, the main content is closely related to real society." Of course, Martin will not give up the influence of the comics: "Bruce Wayne will also appear in the film. I have so many fans, so I have to find a way to attract them. Purchase tickets and spend.”

Louis asked: "Who are you going to cast as young Bruce Wayne?"

Martin said directly: "For small roles that are not important, let's choose them through auditions, but we need to build a reputation. This is Batman casting!"

 Louis pushed up her glasses: "DC will have opinions."

"Don't worry about them." Martin said: "The copyright of this sequel is completely in the hands of Warner Pictures, and Daniel will support us."

 Louise nodded and added: "I have communicated with Daniel that this film will be released during the holiday season next year, and the specific timetable can be October or November."

Martin thought for a while and said: "I have a "Split" this year, and it will be released at the right time next year. It seems that "The Revenant" that Leo is planning to invest in will also be released next year... Haha, maybe I can get Leo. ah."

Leonardo, who has already won the Best Actor once, can he win again for "The Revenant"?

 In the following time, Martin concentrated on preparing for "Joker", focusing mainly on the director's work, leaving all the crew's affairs to Louise.

 The two of them are quite similar to Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas.

 By April, "Shark Tank" ended its overseas screenings, with a global box office total of 317 million US dollars.

  Martin led the crew to leave Los Angeles and head to New York for final preparations and shooting.

 (End of this chapter)