Made in Hollywood

French director Jean-Luc Godard, who once tried to prove that Spielberg is a mediocre director, said angrily - if you really want to know why he is mediocre, I will split his film into one shot The lens lets you see it and tells you what it is.

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 without reason, because any film split into individual shots looks very mediocre.

In other words, no matter how brilliant a movie is, it is basically composed of some mediocre shots alone.

This is a trial.

Nicolas Cage and Anne Hathaway sat confidently in the prosecutor's seat, confident that they would bring him to justice, even if they were facing Gotham's most famous gang leader.

Sitting behind the director's monitor, Duke's eyes are entirely on Nicolas Cage, who is the focal point of the scene compared to Anne Hathaway, who is the vase, and the other actors who are the backdrop.

Perhaps the early preparations were sufficient, and Nicolas Cage's performance was excellent.

"Since McConney is in a mental hospital, there will definitely be someone who will stand up and preside over the overall situation for the so-called family."

Going to the witness stand, Nicolas Cage used body movements to enhance his performance, "Is that person in court today?"

The witness nodded slowly.

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

"You won, prosecutor." The witness suddenly showed a weird smile, "That person is me."

Hearing this, the smile on Nicholas Cage's face disappeared instantly, showing a surprised expression, but he responded very quickly. Walking to his seat, he took a testimony and said righteously, "You have sworn this testimony, this person..."

He pointed to Eric Roberts' character, "Salvator Maloney is the new head of the McConnie gang."

"Maloney? He's just a puppet." The witness said naturally. "I'm the real head."

There was a burst of laughter in the courtroom, and Nicolas Cage walked up to the judge and said to France, "I request that this witness testify in bad faith."

"Malicious testimony?"

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

With that, he pulled out a black pistol. Aimed at Nicolas Cage and pulled the trigger.

Nicholas Cage was slightly stunned, and it seemed strange that in a court with very strict security checks, the other party brought a pistol, but the pistol sounded like a pin. But no bullet was fired.

He reacted extremely quickly, grabbing the pistol with one hand and punching the witness with the other. And grabbed the pistol.

Filming here, Nicolas Cage's performance made Duke very satisfied. The former Oscar winner seems to be in very good shape today.

But then, Duke frowned slightly, as Nicolas Cage disassembled the pistol. There was obviously a small mistake, and the magazine was withdrawn twice before it came out.

However, Duke did not stop, and Cage is in good shape now. Even if this one needs to be retaken, it can be used to make him more familiar with the character.

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

"Made in carbon fiber, .28 caliber..." He looked at the pistol, walked over to the main camera, and said, "Made in Russia!"

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

The scene was over, Duke watched it again, and then shouted over there, "Nikola, come over here."

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

"It's ok."

Filming has just started, and it's normal for actors to make mistakes. Duke asked the assistant director to replay the footage for Nicolas Cage before he said, "Your punch wasn't moving fast enough, and then there's the pistol. "

Seeing Nicholas Cage nodding, Duke added, "This is not a single shot, it has an important relationship with Harvey Dent's transformation in the future, and his neat punches show that he is not just a civilian prosecutor. He skillfully retracted the magazine from the back, and even made the action of withdrawing the bullet from the gun chamber, which is also paving the way for him to use the gun skillfully in the future."

Why did Harvey Dante become so powerful after he became a two-faced person? All these need to be foreshadowed. The court scene is actually explaining that this prosecutor is not only good at writing, but also martial arts.

This shot must be shot again, Nicolas Cage NG again, but the second time, Duke shouted through.

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

Tina Fey handed over a glass of water before replying, "Nicholas Cage said the gun arrived when it was made in Russia."

Duke took the glass, took a sip, and said, "Let someone go to Heath Ledger to see if he's done putting on his makeup."

The crew continued to transition, Duke temporarily handed over to Anna Prinz to be in charge, while he chatted with Tina Fey.

In recent years, Tina Fei has spent less and less time by his side, and has gradually taken charge of herself. She is responsible for discussing many things at Duke, and she does the work that is inconvenient or has no time to deal with. .

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

Warner Bros. and News Corp. have signed a formal contract, and the investment amount involves as much as 30 billion US dollars. The design of the project will be launched later, and the construction will not start until around 2009 at the earliest. If the park opens, it will take longer.

However, Duke is not worried about the speed of capital recovery, because from the moment the project contract was officially signed, Warner Bros., News Corporation, and even Tina Fey, who represented Duke, became the number one PR for countless banks across the Pacific. Object, getting a loan can be said to be a breeze.

The joint project team formed by Warner Bros. and News Corp. has also determined the loan strategy. Ninety-nine percent of the construction funds of Warner Fox World will be borrowed from banks by using the future ticket income of the park as collateral.

While talking about things on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Duke and Tina Fey walked into the adjacent shooting set, which was set up as an interrogation room, and Heath Ledger, who was wearing makeup, was leaning against the wall. Sitting on the ground, it seems to be looking for the feeling of the role.

Tina Fey followed Duke and glanced at the young actor, the Australian who made her feel quite eerie, like the makeup on his face.

Then, she looked to the other side, Christian Bale had put on a bat suit and was walking back and forth beside the interrogation table, as if he was still muttering something.

Although she didn't embark on the path of an actor, Tina Fey has been with Duke for so many years, and she knows that every actor has their own habits, and these habits are often how they adjust their state.

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

"The second scene, the first act..." The scene card was placed in front of the camera, "Start now!"

The lights on the set suddenly came on, and Batman was like a ghost, appearing behind Heath Ledger, holding down his head and slapping him on the table.

Heath Ledger held his forehead with one hand and looked at Batman who turned to the front. What he said seemed to be nonsense, "Don't hit someone in the head first, the victim is dizzy first, and then feels uncomfortable. It's time for your next punishment..."

Batman attacks again, but the Joker doesn't say anything.

"Do you understand now?" He looked at Batman.

"It's me you're looking for, and now I'm here..."

Looking at the monitor, even if he didn't pay much attention, Duke could see that it was an unbalanced scene. Heath Ledger got into the state very quickly, obviously he had done a lot of preparations, and Christian Bale's performance could not be said to be bad. But in front of the role of the clown, it will appear inferior.

Fortunately, there is 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 covered with white powder, there was a strangely wriggling mouth. The blood-red lips seemed to continue to tear to both sides, and a string of amazing words came out from it.

Duke heard from the crew that after studying the characters alone in the hotel, in order to achieve the effect set by the script, Heath Ledger went to study ventriloquism, and even conducted special training to achieve a moving mouth and a 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 gave a weird laugh. "What would I do without you? Go back and blackmail the gangsters, that's not good, I don't want that."

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

The Joker is a chatterer, he has a whole philosophy of his own, the Joker is not far from the crowd, but in the midst of the people, face-to-face with the people.

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

At the moment when their own lives are at stake, not only will their own sense of justice and sense of honor be overturned and disintegrated, but the laws they live in and the rules they originally abide by will also be destroyed. When nothing is coming, everyone hopes to be righteous and decent, but "if there is a small disaster, it will be a waste of shit", "As long as there is trouble, these educated people will eat each other raw. other side".

This is the Joker, a man who doesn't follow any rules and wants to break all the rules. (To be continued ~^~)

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