Made in Hollywood

"There is no need for a war, but a relatively gentle and simple method to confess the death of the three Ryan brothers."

Facing the blowing sea breeze, Duke said to Tom Hanks, "It is also enough to express the necessity of rescuing James Ryan. I actually think so."

Knowing that Duke hadn't finished speaking, Tom Hanks still looked at this side seriously.

"But then it's not a war commercial film, but a purely literary film." Duke did not conceal his thoughts, and said directly, "The title battle is costly, but indispensable. First of all, we must use it to show the war. Cruelty..."

"Arousing reflection on the war?" Tom Hanks gave a knowing smile.

Duke shook his head. In the final analysis, reflection and humanities are nothing more than booing heads of the film, so as to improve the style of the film. He continued, "The most important meaning of the title battle is to attract the audience into the theater so that they can Keep watching and let more people pay for our movies."

"Let's put it this way, Tom." Duke said seriously, "If you remove the two war scenes from the beginning and the end, how many viewers do you think will go into the theater to watch this film?"

This is a very simple truth, Tom Hanks immediately wanted to understand, such as "1, if the film can produce the level of the script, it is likely to be a work with a double harvest at the box office and word of mouth, but the young director in front of him really Can this be done?

Tom Hanks has no doubt that with Duke's ability, the film produced is hot enough, the box office after the release may not be a problem, but can he fully reflect the things in the script? Although the script comes from him, it can be written, but it may not be filmed.

In particular, the North American film critics are now in doubt. I am not optimistic about this film at all. If it is just a film critic, after all, after "Independence Day" went viral, they are notoriously not dealing with Duke, but quite a few people in the industry who have seen the script are actually worried. I think it is more likely that Duke will make this film into the World War II version of "Independence Day" or "Brave Death Island".

I have to say that people will be affected by the environment and public opinion, even Hollywood stars are no exception.

After chatting with Tom Hanks for a few more words, Duke called the director of photography, John Schwarzman, and when he came over, he asked, "How do you feel, John, are there any obstacles to portable photography?"

"The beach is a bit soft." John Schwartzman stepped on the wet sand hard. "It will definitely have an impact, but you can rest assured, Duke, I have already contacted the latest portable camera, which has a lighter weight and is more convenient to move during shooting."

"You are like war reporters following soldiers on the battlefield." Duke is not joking, he said in a very serious tone, "Like we discussed. I want a sense of reality and use documentary methods to shoot. The landing battle at the beginning. The film crew wanted to take a real shot of the entire landing scene."

"I want these shots to resemble a color battlefield documentary filmed on the spot on June 6, 1944!" He emphasized.

"I will find a way." John Schwarzman assured.

Staying here until the afternoon, Duke and other talents took the car back to the studio in the suburbs of Dublin. On the way back, the deputy director Zach Schneider got into his car.

"Is it more difficult to shoot the landing battle first?" he asked.

"Zach, Tom and the others are carrying out related military training, but they can't bring any essential changes."

This is a plan that Duke has long thought of, and naturally has his considerations, "We shot the landing campaign at the beginning of the entire filming, to show how terrifying the landing scene as much as possible, so that the actors and including you and me The other crew members inside can feel some of the life-and-death trials that soldiers had to face bravely in those days, which will help change our attitude when shooting future battle scenes."

To make such a film, you need to pay more than money and time.

The preparatory work for the film is busy and cumbersome. Duke needs to work overtime almost every day. Sometimes the difficulties he encounters cannot be solved by himself. It is often necessary to convene the people in charge of various departments to work together, and he also understands that he wants to One person can complete such a huge work, it is tantamount to daydreaming.

For example, coordinating the filming of the Irish army with the crew of "Brave Heart". If Duke himself goes out, then things will inevitably evolve in the worst direction, and Charles Rowan, who is experienced and can be called the old skater in the circle, is relatively compared Solved this matter easily.

The progress of the next studio is relatively smooth. The war scene of William Wallace’s coalition against the British army has been filmed. The rest of the scenes will not use so many soldiers on a large scale. Charles Rowan wrangled with them more than ten times. After going to Dublin to find a key member of the Irish military, these 800 soldiers drove into the set of "Saving Private Ryan".

Although I was stuck for some time by the crew of "Brave Heart", Duke still took some advantage. The most typical problem is that new actors love to watch the camera. For these actors who have filmed many medieval war scenes , It has been properly resolved, at least not making the lowest level mistakes when used as a background painting.

After several exchanges with the Irish officer who led the team, Duke asked Zach Schneider and others to lead the army into the beach position first, together with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. The actors and actresses must rehearse before shooting.

The crew has been stationed in Ireland for a long time. In addition to the regular holidays, family members of the cast and crew have successively visited the class. Mrs. Leah, who has been busy with business in New York, also came to Dublin.

"mom?"

Duke was a little surprised to see the mother brought in by Sophia. After the successful planning of Victoria’s Secret, Santa Feia has become one of the top advertising companies in the United States and has taken over the business of many luxury brands. He also became more and more busy, staying in New York most of the time, and sometimes not returning to Los Angeles every few weeks.

After pouring a cup of coffee for Mrs. Leah, Sophia wisely chose to leave temporarily.

Duke walked over, took the coat and hat that his mother had taken off, hung them on the hanger at the door, and gave his mother a strong hug.

"Mom..." He could see that the wrinkles on his forehead at the corner of his eyes deepened a bit.

Helped his mother move the chair, and brought Sophia's hot coffee, Duke sat next to him, "Mom, work is endless, just leave the company to professional managers."

"What should I do if I don't work?" Mrs. Leah's eyes floated over, "Waiting to get old?"

This is not a good topic for women of any age. Duke did not answer and said, "You should always take a break."

"You are about to become Scarlett." His mother was vaguely pointing out that he said a lot today.

"I just haven't seen you for a long time, mom."

Although there are not many conversations with my mother, the family love accumulated over time does not need to be expressed too directly. Duke asked concerned, "Aren't you busy at work? I originally planned to find you in New York during the Christmas holidays. It."

"I'm going to London to deal with business." Mrs. Leah handed out a coffee cup. Duke took it and hurried to pour another cup. He heard his mother say, "Come and see, Scarlett was going to follow, but she was here. Los Angeles……"

"To London?" Duke handed over the coffee cup.

"Victoria's Secret..." Mrs. Leah sipped her coffee and said, "Preparing for the first annual catwalk in London after the New Year."

Hearing this, Duke immediately came to his spirits, "How many media were invited?"

"At present, there are more than a hundred companies that are sure to attend." Mrs. Leah understood what he meant. "If you want to bring the crew over, I will greet Victoria's Secret. I think they will welcome you and Tom Han very much. X."

"Tomorrow I will ask Robin to contact Warner, Fox and Disney."

This is completely a win-win publicity opportunity, "They should be happy to see such a situation."

Maybe Leonardo DiCaprio can make a model with long blond legs and have a vigorous scandal? This idea jumped directly into Duke's mind, and then he remembered it, intending to let Charles Rowan or Robin Grande contact Xiao Li's agent to see if there is any practical possibility.

"Duke..."

Just when he was thinking about it, his mother's slightly serious voice sounded in his ear, and he quickly recovered, "Mom?"

Mrs. Leah looked at Duke and said in an admonishing tone, "I have no intention of interfering in your private life. There is no shortage of models in these circles, but Duke, some glamorous models, are not suitable for socializing. ."

"I understand, mother."

Duke is not a stupid boy full of rebellious thoughts. Knowing that his mother cares about him, he vowed to say, "If one day I have a girlfriend, I will take her home first."

"It's not necessary." Mrs. Leah regained her faint tone, "I believe you know what to do and what not to do."

Mother came to visit the class. Duke simply discarded the work at hand and accompanied her on the set tour. In fact, there was nothing good to see here. Most of the built scenes were ruined walls after war trauma, more like a large construction waste. field.

"And one more thing."

When approaching a bridge that was just built, Mrs. Leah suddenly stopped and said, “In the last few months, the Victoria’s Secret share expansion financing, I returned the 10 million US dollars and the interest of 2.71 million US dollars. The profits from "Life and Death" are invested in, and I set up a trust. When you become more mature and stable at the age of twenty-six, you will automatically get this part of the shares."

"mom……"

Suddenly, Duke didn't know what to say.

Obviously, in this way, his mother returned the money he earned back to him. (To be continued...)

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