Made in Hollywood

"Jane, you're half an hour late."

In front of an AMG theater in Manhattan, Ivanka Trump complained to those who came to her, "You asked me out to see a movie, but you were late."

"Hey, Evie, you know the traffic in New York."

With an apologetic smile, Jane Lauder took her arm and walked towards the theater, "Come on, the show I scheduled is about to start."

"What movie?" Ivanka followed her into the theater and asked curiously, "It can make you so anxious?"

"Duke Rosenberg's new film."

During the conversation, the two walked to the ticket window. It was a Friday afternoon, and there were not many people in the theater. After receiving the reserved movie tickets, Jane Lauder pulled Ivanka Trump into the movie theater. In the hall, I found two suitable seats and waited for the movie to start showing.

Seeing that Ivanka Trump remained silent, Jane Lauder suddenly asked, "I heard that you had a bad time with Duke's New Year's party?"

"Just a little misunderstanding."

Ivanka Trump adjusted to a more comfortable position and said, "I saw him later at Wharton, and we've talked about it."

"Wharton Business School?" Jane Lauder instantly showed gossip, "He went to find you specifically?"

"No," Ivanka shook her head. "It seems that one of his director friends was filming a movie near Wharton and happened to meet."

"That should be Sofia Coppola." Jane Lauder immediately made a judgment.

This time the curious person was replaced by Ivanka, "Jane, it looks like you know him well."

"He doesn't have many friends, only a limited number, one of them is Erin."

Rolling her eyes, Jane Lauder said helplessly. "When you have a sister who talks about him a lot, it's hard not to understand."

Little girls have a gossip mentality, and Ivanka asked inquiringly, "Is he chasing Irene?"

"No, he and Irene are just friends."

Having said that, Jane Lauder pointed to the big screen. "Stop talking, the movie is about to start."

Ivanka Trump let out a sigh of relief. She had received a package from New Zealand some time ago, but she didn't expect that guy to remember her...

After dispelling these unreliable thoughts, she looked at the movie hall. There were not many people, only a dozen or so.

"Isn't Duke famous?"

While the screen is playing the title. Ivanka asked in a low voice, "Why are so few people watching his films."

"Honey, it looks like you don't know much about the film industry." Jane Lauder, who became a teacher immediately, said earnestly, "This is just a small production with an investment of 10 million US dollars. Warner Bros. does not do much publicity. , and it's the off-season for movies, and those who like big-budget commercials won't come to see this kind of small production."

"Why are you pulling me here?" Ivanka asked.

Jane Lauder immediately gave the answer, "Because I'm a Duke fan."

"Is his movie really that good?"

Hear Ivanka's slightly questioning words. Jane Lauder turned to look at her and said seriously. "Better than you can imagine."

Seeing this comment from her friend, Ivanka Trump couldn't help but concentrate and look at the big screen.

The title title of Warner Bros. and Duke Studios just flashed past, and a violent collision sounded suddenly in the theater. A high-powered off-road vehicle crashed into the escort vehicle that had just opened the door in front of the bank. Two men wearing hoods and Kevlar body armor jumped out of the off-road vehicle, holding a reloading bomb in their hands. Drum AK-47 automatic rifle.

Robbing a bank van? Ivanka just had this idea. The rapid gunshots sounded like a rainstorm hitting the glass. The two gangsters didn't have any extra words, no extra actions, and they didn't even do any thinking. The quasi-money transporter was shot violently, and several escorts and bank security guards were immediately shot and fell to the ground, and the bulletproof cash transporter was also hit with a crater like a hornet's nest...

Without hesitation, mercy, or even humanity, they are like bloated humanoid monsters, constantly shooting...

Not only the escort and the security guard of the bank, but also the pedestrians in the distance were affected when the camera quickly switched. Some people were injured by bullets, and the glass of the car was smashed. The entire bank immediately fell into a panic.

The two gangsters finally stopped shooting. The vicinity of the money transporter had turned into a pool of blood. One of them replaced the drum and then held a gun to monitor the surroundings. The other person stepped over the corpse and entered the money transporter, but only took out a bag of money.

"Only a bag of money!"

Even if he was wearing a hood, he could see the anger in his eyes, and it seemed that he would take up his gun and aim at the surrounding area at any time to shoot again.

Fortunately, the other gangster was sensible and reminded him that the police would come at any time. The two ran to a Chevrolet parked on the side of the road and drove away.

From launching the robbery to escaping, it took them less than 5 minutes, the car escaped from two street corners, and the bandit took off his hood, revealing a fierce appearance, which is very in line with the consistent aesthetics of North American audiences for robbers and the like. .

One of the gangsters opened the bag of money. The bag was huge, but there was change in it, and there wasn't much money at all.

"They didn't rob too much, they're definitely going to rob again."

Before the camera cuts back to the bank, the police officer Michael played by Liam Neeson is checking the scene, "The gangsters have automatic firepower and are equipped with steel core armor-piercing bullets..."

The scene was a mess, and the film also used this method to emphasize the ferocity and ruthlessness of the gangsters. The robbery resulted in 3 deaths, 2 serious injuries and 3 minor injuries.

When such a serious case happened, the entire Los Angeles police were mobilized. As the interim person in charge of the case, Michael also took on another task to inform the families of the victims that the deceased had been beaten into a hornet's nest, which was not suitable for immediate use. Let the family members see that for humanitarian reasons, the Los Angeles police will send someone to notify the family members so that they can be mentally prepared.

Just like the real case in the mainstream media publicity, the Los Angeles police must have a very good image in the film.

Duke is a mainstream director, and he never thought of taking a non-mainstream path.

In fact, the theme of the film is very simple. It promotes the inevitable victory of justice that Hollywood has always advocated, discusses family issues that mainstream society cares about, and touches a little on the psychological and ideological conditions of Larry Phillips and Emile Matasalinu.

"It's not quite the same as Duke's past films, the pace is a bit slow."

Ivanka Trump heard Jane Lauder's murmurs and did not respond. She was not an avid movie lover, she was just a bystander, and when she saw the content of the film, she immediately remembered The North Hollywood bank robbery that the media once reported on…

Compared with the impression, the scope of the film adaptation seems to be a bit large.

She peeked at more than a dozen people in the theater, and everyone was watching the screen. It seemed that the film was quite attractive.

Ivanka doesn't feel anything about the shootout, she just wants to know how the film will develop, and the inhuman killing of the gangsters at the beginning has inspired her sense of justice, and she wants to see two people fall under the law as soon as possible.

This is also the reason why Duke did this in the title sequence. The film is clear about good and evil, and there is no need to cover up or justify the gangsters.

There is a mother and daughter in the film. The mother is cooking and waiting for her husband to come home. The daughter is sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons and laughing with her mother from time to time. It is a very warm family.

However, there was a knock on the door, and the news brought by the police officer Michael broke the warmth of the family. The hostess went from shock, doubt, certainty, sadness to despair, and finally even collapsed on the sofa and was taken away by her. My daughter hid at the turn of the stairs, big tears rolling down her face silently...

"I promise that the perpetrator will be brought to justice!"

Facing the pained Catherine, Michael could only offer such comfort. He had said this many times in the past, and most of them could not be fulfilled at all, but he had never seen this broken family and caught the gangster's murder. strong.

"I promise, I will catch them!"

The grieving hostess, the little girl who wept silently, and the sworn police officer had a constant intersection.

"This kid's acting is good."

Jane Lauder had the air of an expert, and regardless of whether anyone listened to her, she commented on her own, "It's much better than her mother's rigid face."

Ivanka Trump gave her a sidelong glance, didn't respond, and continued watching the video.

After showing the grief of a broken family, the camera follows Officer Michael back to his home, and like all heroes in Hollywood films, there is always a family in question behind the protagonist.

Although the girl who appeared on the camera is not a typical problem girl, her somewhat indifferent expression and her blunt communication with Michael all interpret what it means to be a father and daughter without hatred, and in the dialogue between the two, they also confessed the family. background.

Michael neglected to take care of the family because of his work, which led to the breakdown of the relationship between husband and wife. Lily, who grew up with her father, was in a period of rebelliousness and was extremely hostile to her father's occupation, believing that the police occupation took away her originally happy family.

The father and daughter broke up unhappily, and the two people hiding in the room behaved differently. Michael didn't know how to communicate with his rebellious daughter. In addition to the anxiety about the case, he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

Like most fathers in this world, he loves his daughter deeply, but can't find a suitable way to express it.

On the other side, under Lily's indifferent appearance, there is a heart longing for family affection. The distress caused by the breakdown of the family made her choose drugs, and she switched from marijuana to cocaine. She chose to use swallowing. Fog the way, numb your pain.

Every family always has its own troubles, the camera changes, the three-line narrative, the other two lines also start to appear in the shot. (To be continued ~^~)

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