Hollywood Road

These once again let Murphy see the difficulty of film distribution. The previous extremely naive idea of ​​recruiting some people to set up a distribution department and then releasing the films he shot and produced could not only sell well in North America, but also sweep overseas markets , It is also getting weaker and weaker. If this idea is really implemented, Stanton Studio is likely to go bankrupt.

Even a company of Miramax's level has certain limitations in participating in overseas film festivals and overseas distribution.

Fortunately, Murphy doesn't need to be too distracted by these things. After all, he is the director of the film, not the producer and investor. Many links related to distribution are just a participant, not a decision-maker. More energy Still put it on the filming and production of the film.

As agreed, on the second day, Quentin Tarantino came to the warehouse set again to replace Murphy in the lead for a day. He is not Robert Rodriguez who is full of bad taste , Sometimes the scale of the mouth is very large, but the shooting is very careful.

A director who does not follow the mainstream route can achieve the level of Quentin Tarantino in the future, and actually knows how to control the scale reasonably.

For the shots shot on this day, Murphy plans to compress the final editing to about three to five minutes.

Quentin Tarantino's guest appearance lasted only one day, and then Murphy took back the guide tube of the crew and continued the intense filming work.

The time has entered mid-February 2002, and we must hurry up to complete all the productions by the end of April.

There is a huge red heart-shaped water bed in the center of the bedroom of the barbecue shop built on the warehouse studio, and two cameras are set up opposite the end of the bed. Murphy and Philip Lascher, and David Robbie, who needed to control the lights, and everyone else walked out.

The next thing to be filmed is a scene in which the heroine has sex, and the crew needs to clear the scene for filming.

Of course, this was not what Murphy requested, but a clearly stated clause in the director's contract that Jessica Chastain signed with the crew.

When filming a movie, apart from the director, cameraman and a few necessary types of work, the crew must clear the scene for shooting.

This article is also written in the records of the Actors Association.

Hollywood has developed to the present, and various rules are extremely mature, especially actor contracts, there are specific regulations ranging from the specific remuneration to which parts are exposed when undressing.

Jessica Chastain and Robert Downey Jr. walked in one after another, they glanced at each other,

Robert Downey Jr. has been in Hollywood for many years, and his face is normal. Jessica Chastain's face is somewhat embarrassed when shooting this kind of scene for the first time.

Murphy didn't care about this, and after the two actors were in place, he said directly, "Start shooting!"

The right leg is wrapped with a green screen, Jessica Chastain is lying on the edge of the water bed, Robert Downey Jr. takes off his shirt, then unbuttons his pants, and goes to take off Jessica Chastain's clothes.

Robert Downey Jr. was completely in character, and Jessica Chastain was left with nothing but her bust.

Her expression was stiff, and she was like a wooden man. She had already played the show, but Murphy didn't stop. Most actresses basically needed a process of adaptation, and it would be much better after a few more times.

He totally treated it like a rehearsal.

Soon, Jessica Chastain was stripped naked. Her face, which was already pale, was already pale without a trace of blood, but she had enough professionalism. Actors break down or yell like that.

Jessica Chastain was very nervous and felt that she was out of breath. She knew that she was in a play, and her performance must be as bad as it could be. What she wants to hear most now is for the director to stop, and then Hurry up and pick up the blanket next to you to cover your body.

"Stop!" Finally, a voice like the sound of heaven sounded.

As soon as Robert Downey Jr. got out of the way, Jessica Chastain pulled the blanket over her body, and her breathing became extremely short due to nervousness.

Murphy looked at him and said, "Jesse, you are so tight now that it looks like a rubber band is about to break, you need to relax!"

Hearing this pure working voice, Jessica Chastain shook her trembling right hand and asked Murphy, "Is there any smoke?"

"Which one of you has a cigarette?" Murphy doesn't smoke.

David Robbie took out a cigarette and threw it together with the lighter. Jessica Chastain next put the butt of the cigarette into her mouth, and raised the lighter with her right hand to light the cigarette, but her trembling hand couldn't. It didn't listen, and it didn't light up several times in a row.

Robert Downey Jr. walked in front of her and said in a gentlemanly manner, "Do you need me to help you?"

Jessica Chastain looked up at Robert Downey Jr. He hadn't put on his clothes yet, and he was wearing a pair of weird safety shorts, standing in front of her...

Seeing Robert Downey Jr.'s appearance, Jessica Chastain's nervousness and fear suddenly disappeared. For some reason, she just wanted to laugh, and then she let out a nervous giggle.

Robert Downey Jr. didn't know what was going on, he looked at Jessica Chastain in surprise, Jessica Chastain just laughed there, so he turned his head and looked at Murphy, Murphy and Phil Raschel was discussing something and didn't pay attention to this side at all.

Probably noticing the surprised attitude of Rott Downey Jr., Jessica Chastain leaned on her waist and said out of breath, "You...the way you look now...look...it looks...a bit absurd."

Hearing this, Robert Downey Jr. looked down, somewhat embarrassed, but he didn't pay much attention to it. It's good to shoot this kind of film. Many leading actors and actresses of European literary and artistic films often walk around naked on the set. go.

Compared with the nudity and teal scale of those films, this film is nothing at all.

"Sorry, Donnie." Jessica Chastain finally controlled her emotions, "I... have no other meaning."

In front of beautiful women, Robert Downey Jr. will always look like a modest gentleman, "It's okay, Jesse. It's good that you can relax."

Once Jessica Chastain relaxes, there is no difficulty in this scene. After two more shots, Murphy called for approval. prevent spreading.

This is a stipulation in the contract between the two parties. Hollywood has always had strict rules and regulations in this regard. Once it gets out, even Miramax will encounter a lot of trouble.

In Hollywood, whether it is an actress or an actor, sex is commonplace, and the actors' union has clear regulations on this.

Sometimes there are sex scenes or bed scenes like this in movies. The actor union and producer union have corresponding contract clauses for this kind of special scenes before, during, and after shooting to protect the producers and the producers. Actor's interests.

The Actors Union has a relevant agreement on this, requiring relevant actors or substitutes to sign a "Nudity Waiver Statement" before performing these scenes. This statement is not just an actor's prior statement on his voluntary nudity and sex scenes , must also include a description of the degree of nudity or physical contact, to ensure that in the subsequent shooting process, the shooting will be carried out within the range accepted by the actors in accordance with the agreement reached by both parties.

Of course, if the actors go back on their word after signing the statement, they are also allowed to withdraw their statement, and the producer will directly send a substitute on the stage. Without the consent of the actor, even the substitute cannot be used casually.

Due to the particularity of nudity or bed scenes, in order to avoid being used by others and spreading them and causing adverse effects on the actors, the actors' union has strictly regulated the procedures for shooting these scenes.

Except for the main cast and crew, the scenes are not open to any parties, and no one is allowed to take stills of these scenes without the actor's prior written permission.

Sometimes in order to prevent producers from using nudity or sex scene performance clips in other places, experienced casting agents will use prohibition clauses when negotiating and negotiating to dissuade producers from thinking that they may have These clips are not allowed to be used outside of the feature film. Even if they are used in the feature film, it is necessary for the actor to have the right to review the nude appearance during the dailies.

In short, this will never be as imagined outside, the director or others can use the opportunity of filming this kind of scene to make some messy actions.

Of course, no director is so brain-dead.

Murphy concentrated all the large-scale cyan scenes in these two days. Except for Jessica Chastain, who just stepped out of the ivory tower, the other actresses who participated in the film have been in Hollywood for a long time. The scene was just ordinary, and the shooting lasted for two days, and finally came to an end.

Afterwards, Murphy brought the crew out of Venice to a small abandoned airport between Los Angeles and Long Beach to film the last remaining ending battle scenes.

There are a lot of shots of gun battles and explosions, which is also the most expensive scene of the film, but compared to the stingy and haggling in the past, Kim Kleiman, the representative of the guarantor, did not bother Murphy anymore, but kept his mouth shut. Just watching the filming go on.

The reason is very simple. At this point in the filming, Murphy not only did not exceed the planned budget, but saved a part of the funds. Although the funds were only tens of thousands of dollars, Kim Kleiman also understood that Murphy is a very understanding Frugal Director.

Explosions, flames, gunshots, beauties, zombies... These are all essential elements for filming. After another week of hard work, when everyone's ears are buzzing from the sound of explosions, "Planet Terror" Filming is finally over. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )