Made in Hollywood

The French director Jean Luc Godard once said angrily to prove that Spielberg is a mediocre director-if you really want to know why he is mediocre, I will split his movie into one shot. The lens will let you see and tell you.

Of course, in the eyes of most people in this world, Spielberg is definitely not a mediocre director.

But Jean Luc Godard’s words are not unreasonable, because splitting any movie into separate shots seems to be mediocre.

In other words, no matter how brilliant a movie is, it is basically composed of some mediocre shots that are individually viewed.

This is a trial.

Nicholas Cage and Anne Hathaway sat confidently on the prosecutor's seat, even if they were facing the most famous gang leader in Gotan, they were confident that he would be brought to justice.

Sitting behind the director’s monitor, Duke’s gaze was completely placed on Nicholas Cage. Compared to Anne Hathaway who served as the vase and the other actors who served as the backdrop, he was the focus of the scene.

Perhaps the early preparations were adequate and Nicholas Cage's performance was outstanding.

"Since McConnie is in a mental hospital, someone will definitely stand up and preside over the overall situation for the so-called family ≯∮."

Walking to the witness stand, Nicholas Cage used physical movements to strengthen his performance, "Is that man in court today?"

The witness nodded slowly.

Nicholas Cage smiled confidently, "Please identify him yourself."

"You won, prosecutor." The witness suddenly smiled weirdly. "That person is me."

Hearing this, the smile on Nicholas Cage's face disappeared instantly, showing a surprised expression, but he reacted extremely quickly. I walked to my seat, took a testimony, righteously said, "You have sworn this testimony, this person..."

He pointed to the role played by Eric Roberts, "Salvator Maloney is the new leader of the McConnell gangster family."

"Maloney? He is just a puppet." The witness said naturally. "I am the real head."

A burst of laughter broke out in the court, and Nicolas Cage walked up to the judge and said to France, "I request that the witness be judged to testify maliciously."

"Testify maliciously?"

Before the judge could speak, the witness interjected, "I will show you what is malicious!"

With that, he took out a black pistol, aimed at Nicholas Cage, and pulled the trigger.

Nicholas Cage was slightly surprised. It seems strange how the other party brought a pistol in a court where the security check is very strict, but there was a sound of firing needles from the pistol, but no bullets were fired.

He reacted very quickly, grabbing the pistol in one hand and punching in the other, knocking down the witness and snatching the pistol.

Shooting here. Nicholas Cage's performance made Duke very satisfied, the former Oscar actor. It seems that the state today is very good.

But then, Duke frowned slightly. When Nicholas Cage disassembled the pistol, there was obviously a small mistake, and the magazine retreated twice before he withdrew.

However, Duke did not stop. Cage is in the right state now, even if this one needs a remake, it can also make him more familiar with the character.

Nicholas Cage also realized that he had made a mistake, and saw that Duke did not stop and continued his performance.

"Made of carbon fiber. Twenty-eight caliber..." He looked at the pistol and walked to the main camera lens and said, "Made in Russia!"

He turned to look at Maloney, "If you want to get rid of a public official, Mr. Maloney, I recommend American products."

The scene ended here, and Duke watched it again before shouting to the other side, "Nicolas, come here."

Nicholas Cage came over immediately, "Sorry, Duke, I made a small mistake."

"It's ok."

Filming has just begun. It is normal for actors to make mistakes. Duke asked the assistant director to replay the shots taken just now for Nicholas Cage. Then he said, "Your punch is not fast enough, and then it is a pistol. "

Seeing Nicholas Cage nodding, Duke said again, "This is not a separate shot. It has an important relationship with the future transformation of Harvey Dante. His skillful punches show that he is not just a civilian prosecutor. Later, he skillfully retracted the magazine, and even made the action of retracting the bullet, which is also paving the way for him to be able to use the gun skillfully in the future."

After Harvey Dante became a double-faced man, why did he become so powerful? All these need to be foreshadowed. The court scene is actually explaining that this prosecutor not only knows how to write, but also can martial arts.

This shot must be taken again, Nicholas Cage once again, but the second time, Duke called through.

"Transition!" He turned his head, just about to ask the assistant director a few words, and found that the person behind had become Tina Fei, and couldn't help asking, "When did you come."

Tina Fei first offered a glass of water, and then replied, "Nicholas Cage said the gun was made in Russia."

Duke took the water glass, took a sip, and said, "Let me go and see Heath Ledger. Has he finished his makeup."

The crew continued to transition, Duke temporarily handed over to Anna Prinz to be responsible, and he had a few words with Tina Fei.

In recent years, Tina Fei has stayed by his side for less and less time, and she has gradually taken her own role. She is responsible for many of Duke’s affairs, and she does the work that is inconvenient or has no time to handle. .

For example, in July, I went to the other side of the Pacific to participate in the official signing of Warner Fox World.

Warner Bros. and News Corporation have signed a formal contract. The investment amount involves as much as 30 billion U.S. dollars. The design of the project will begin later. Construction will not start until around 2009 at the earliest, and it will take longer when the park opens.

However, Duke is not worried about the speed of fund recovery in this regard, because from the moment the project contract is officially signed, Warner Bros., News Corporation and even Tina Fei, who represents Duke, have become the number one PR for countless banks across the Pacific. Target, getting a loan can be said to be a breeze.

The joint project team formed by Warner Bros. and News Corporation also determined the loan strategy. Ninety-nine percent of the construction funds of Warner Fox World will be borrowed from the bank by using the park's future ticket revenue as collateral.

While talking about things on the other side of the Pacific, Duke and Tina Fei walked into the nearby shooting scene, which was set up as an interrogation room, with Heath Ledger leaning against the wall after putting on makeup. Sitting on the ground, it seems to be looking for the feeling of a character.

Tina Fei followed Duke and took a look at the young actor. The Australian felt very strange to her, like the makeup on his face.

Then, she looked to the other side again. Christian Bale was already wearing a bat suit and was walking back and forth at the interrogation table, as if he was still muttering something.

Although she did not embark on the path of actors, Tina Fei has been with Duke for so many years. It is clear that every actor has his own habits, and these habits are often the way they adjust their own state.

Walking to his seat, Duke beckoned to an assistant director. After learning about the progress of various preparations, he told the crew to start shooting.

"The second scene, the first scene..." The scene sign was placed in front of the camera lens, "Now it's on!"

The lights on the set suddenly lit up, and Batman appeared behind Heath Ledger like a ghost, pressing his head and slapped him on the table.

Heath Ledger held his forehead with one hand and looked at Batman who turned to the front. What he said in his mouth seemed to be nonsense, "Don’t start hitting someone. The victim is dizzy first, and then feels sick. It’s your next punishment..."

Batman attacked again, but the Joker did not say anything.

"Understood now?" He looked at Batman.

"What you are looking for is me, now I am coming..."

Looking at the monitor, even if he didn't pay much attention, Duke could find that this was an unbalanced scene. Heath Ledger entered the state very quickly. Obviously, he had done enough preparation work. Christian Bale’s performance cannot be said to be bad. But in front of the role of the clown, it will look inferior.

Fortunately, he still has a mask on his face, which can make up for the lack of character to a certain extent.

It's just that Heath Ledger, dressed as a clown in front of the camera, is too eye-catching.

On the rotten face coated with white powder, there was a strangely squirming mouth, and the blood-red lips seemed to continue to tear to the two sides, and a string of shocking words came out from there.

Duke listened to the crew mentioned that after studying the roles in the hotel alone, in order to achieve the effect set by the script, Heath Ledger went to study ventriloquism and even conducted special training to achieve the mouth is moving, the voice But it doesn't seem to come out of the mouth, there is a misalignment effect between the lips and the voice.

"I didn't want to kill you." Heath Ledger let out a weird laugh, "What should I do without you? Going back to blackmail the gangsters, that's not good, I don't want that."

"It's you..." He seemed to be more serious, "It's you who made me more complete..."

The clown is a chatterer, he has his own set of complete philosophy, the clown is not far away from the crowd, but among the people, face-to-face contest with people.

He also thinks he has mastered a certain "truth" of human nature. This "truth" is "at the last moment of life, people will reveal their own nature." He refers to the cowardly and corrupt nature.

Faced with a moment when their lives are at stake, not only the individual's sense of justice and honor will be overthrown and collapsed, but the laws they live in and the rules they originally abide by are also wiped out. When nothing comes, everyone hopes that they are just and decent. However, "If there is a small disaster, it will be ridiculous", "As long as there is trouble, these educated people will eat each other raw. other side".

This is the clown, a person who does not pay attention to any rules and wants to break all the rules. (To be continued...)

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