Made in Hollywood

"Have you never read the script of "The Dark Knight"?"

Hearing Tina Fei's question, Scarlett Johansson shook her head and said, "I have been busy preparing for "Captain America" ​​recently, and I haven't watched it yet."

"I just watched it a few days ago," Tina Fey's eyes turned to Duke again, "Very touching, this should be Duke's most in-depth script since "Saving Private Ryan". "

Without waiting for Scarlett to say anything, she went on to explain, "Unlike the superhero movies of the past, even "Batman: Hour of War", this is more like a police film based on reality."

Scarlett showed a curious look.

Tina Fei continued, "Let's put it this way, if the real world really has a superhero like Bruce Wayne with abilities beyond ordinary people, what power can restrain them?"

"They themselves?" Scarlett asked tentatively.

"That's right." Tina Fei nodded, "In other words, only their own moral code can restrain them. If a person is only restrained by morals and then acts according to his own rules, it is actually A very dangerous thing."

Scarlett understood immediately, "If he breaks through the 3≌ guidelines set by him, the harm he will bring may be greater than the crime he fought?"

"That's it." Tina Fei put her arms around her chest, looking at Nicholas Cage, who put on makeup on the other side, "Harvey Dante has become a double-faced person, and the consequences are extremely serious."

Scarlett also looked there, but the muttering in her mouth became irrelevant, "When did Duke become interested in such a complicated movie."

In her impression, the films made by Duke, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, have always been relatively simple, and the only film in her eyes that she wants to explore is "One Hundred Thousand Hurry". I only touched some in-depth things a little, which led to being criticized by critics as a "movie praising the Los Angeles police."

There is no doubt that "The Dark Knight" has deep practical significance. Fans have interpreted countless meanings, and even each line has a different understanding, but Duke will not remember so many details. However, the lines designed still touch on chaos, laws, and ethical standards.

A smart director will not easily give definitions, but will only leave it to the audience to judge. Compared with the past superhero movies, the theme and plot of "The Dark Knight" are undoubtedly much more complicated, but he will not be too complicated. The truth is very good. Simply, ninety percent of the people in this world would not think that unintelligible movies are good movies.

Just like he reminded Zach Schneider on "Watchmen." "The Dark Knight" is a commercial masterpiece first, and then the others.

This movie will be very dark, but it will not be completely dark. A completely dark movie will not be accepted by the audience, and it will also attract crazy criticism from the mainstream media.

Christopher Nolan used to be independent and special, but he still has to compromise in this regard. The most typical one is the choice of two ships and the crew on board. According to the style of the whole movie, it seems that the ship should explode.

however. The ship did not explode in the end, and the audience here is undoubtedly hope...

Imagine if the ship really exploded, what would the media who take the responsibility of maintaining social morals look at this movie?

This is not a literary film that only spreads in a small area, but a Batman movie with countless fans.

and also. Let a black man throw away the remote control...

To put it bluntly, Christopher Nolan is still essentially a mainstream director. Of course, Duke will make the same choice. The first choice for throwing away the remote control must be and must be a black man.

Not only these, but also plays related to children.

In the dark studio. Harvey Dante, played by Nicholas Cage, tossed a coin for the last time during his lifetime to "trial" Gordon's son head-on.

Just as Cage threw the coin into the air and waited for the result, Batman dressed as a stuntman rushed over and threw Cage down. The two turned to the edge of the building arranged as the explosion site, and then fell down.

Of course, both of them fell on the mat below.

After Duke called for approval, the crew moved again to film the following scenes. The stuntman held Gordon’s son in his left hand and hung in the air with a wooden board in his right hand. He tried his best to hand the child to Gordon above, and then dropped On the green mat below.

The scene of the film's ending took only half an afternoon to be filmed, but Duke did not announce the end of the scene, but shot another ending.

This ending is a bit too sensitive, and Duke didn't decide whether to launch it in a future DVD version.

The ending must be changed, and it is equally dark, Harvey Dante shot Batman, making him unable to fight back, and then completed the trial of Gordon’s son, but the coin showed a clean side...

Then, he tried Gordon again. Gordon passed the trial as well. The two-faced man left, but he would come back again after speaking. He would not easily let go of these murderers who indirectly killed Rachel.

Yes, the double-faced man survived in this ending, and the Joker completely won the battle of souls in Gotham City.

However, after the filming was completed, Duke temporarily sealed this part of the scene, so that the ending may not please 99%.

In fact, in the ending to be used, Harvey Dante also completed the trial of Gordon’s son. Duke specifically asked John Schwarzman to give Batman a close-up of Batman’s hand. He took the coin in his hand. It is smooth and face up.

In the film, this is more in line with the audience’s expectations than the other ending filmed by Duke, and it is also more valuable for those who like to think, because Batman does not dare to bet the result of this coin because he thinks Coins are totally unreasonable.

If a coin tossing life and death is true, then an innocent child really deserves to be positive, so it seems that Batman’s saving the child is an "excessive act", and this "excessive" behavior killed the "because of the positive not Dante who will kill children.

Of course these are all assumptions. Duke didn't take the relevant shots, just his own thinking. If Batman doesn't throw Dante down this time, the children will be safe, but who can bet it will be positive?

Perhaps the heads this time can also show that Harvey Dante "should not" be killed during this coin toss, because it is heads that he would not kill children.

In the next "trial" Gordon, it is not difficult to predict from the development of the plot. Gordon is definitely the back, so if Batman rescues Gordon during the thirteenth coin toss, it is obviously more necessary.

But neither Duke nor the former Christopher Nolan were filmed and produced in this way, mainly because it is impossible for a standard American movie like Batman to save the child.

And Gordon was also judged by the coin and the result was turned out, which destroyed the movie's thinking about Gordon for those who like to think, because Gordon is a pragmatic representative of Gotham, he knows that there is no perfection, and people cannot be pure. Sometimes, good and evil cannot be clearly distinguished. He is willing to use evil means to solve evil, as long as he can solve the problem.

So, being pragmatic or accepting reality, whether it is good or bad, Duke, the director, cannot decide. It is more interesting to think by the audience than by coins, right?

Filming in the Los Angeles area basically switched back and forth between Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory. The larger scenes, like the ending scene and the final personal duel between the Joker and Batman, were all placed in Hughes. In the hangar of the aircraft factory.

The operation of the crew is relatively smooth, even Nicholas Cage, who was in an ups and downs state, recovered his normal state in just a few days when he encountered a trough.

Time is slowly approaching Christmas. Duke went to London to watch the shooting of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". This series was stared by the original authors of Robin Grand and Joanna Rowling. , But also reassuring.

After the transition of Alfonso Cuarón, the Harry Potter studio finally adopted Joanna Rowling’s opinion and chose David Yates, the British director to lead "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Now it’s the end of 2006, and those children at the time have gradually grown up, and many of them are similar to Hollywood child stars and have begun to take the path of long-term disability.

Even the few who are not long disabled have basically no improvement in acting. For example, Emma Watson has a tendency to change to a point where acting is worse.

However, their acting skills are not particularly affected, because in the hearts of the audience, Emma Watson no matter how she acts, she is Hermione Granger.

The same goes for other major actors.

The result of this is that the parents and managers of these little stars have spoken out to the crew of Lions time and time again. Basically, before shooting these films, Robin Grande has to put a lot of energy into it. Settle the pay issue of the little actors.

From the perspective of young actors, this is a reward that should be sought for granted, but from the standpoint of investors like Duke, this is undoubtedly dividing their cake.

Fortunately, Robin Grande kept in mind Duke's original advice, although the Gryffindor Golden Triangle pay has risen to the level of tens of millions of dollars, the crew has never let go of the division.

However, this situation cannot be maintained for too long. For example, the agents of the young actors have been united together, and they plan to wait for the end of the series to require a huge share of the ratio.

As the finale, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be produced and released in the form of the previous and next episodes, but it will be filmed at once.

There is no doubt that as the end of the series, it will inevitably detonate the enthusiasm of fans, and the agents also know how to get the most benefits.

But Duke is also ready.

Returning to Los Angeles from London, Duke got the good news that the crew found a hospital in Vermont that was about to be demolished, which could be used to film the explosion scene. (To be continued...)

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