Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 70 The troubles of happiness

When Roland crossed, Spielberg was still the only director in film history with a total box office of over 10 billion.

The ones below him are the Russo brothers who filmed "Captain America 2, 3" and "Reunion 3, 4".

Looking at the cumulative box office list of directors, apart from the extremely conspicuous three directors of the Jewish gang, the most eye-catching ones are not IP pushers like the Russo Brothers and David Yates, nor are they famous Hollywood successors like Lang -Howard, but after Spielberg's title, the 27 films that are far ahead.

Compared with the box office results of the six Russo films of 6.798 billion, Spielberg's 27 films of 1.023 billion are not good-looking. Some people even think that he Win by quantity.

Of course, this kind of issue where the beholder sees the benevolent and the wise sees wisdom, there is no reason to discuss it at all.

But there is one point, but it is a fact that no one can refute.

Compared to a guy like a truck driver who only made nine movies in forty years, Spielberg is really a model worker in the industry.

"If James hadn't asked Sony to borrow eight studios, "Captain Hook" would have been filmed long ago."

"Robert, Chris, they should have told you, right?"

“If the whole movie is shot in studios, the more studios you have, the faster you can shoot.”

"Have all the workers gather in one location to set up the set, and when they're done, we can start shooting straight away, and while we're shooting, they can go on to build the next one, so we just need to shoot in sequence. Last time, it took at most one and a half months to shoot all the content of the script."

"Of course, this saves time and effort, but it takes up a lot of space."

"Because you won't know if you need to reshoot until the film is in post-production."

“We will only tear down the set if we are sure there is no need for reshoots.”

"Just like your Uncle David has not sold the house in the filming area so far in order to ensure that "Home Alone" can be re-shot on time. When James is filming, we can't quietly touch his studio and give it to him. Is it dismantled?"

"If that's the case, then he didn't play live PK with you on the set, but rolled up his sleeves and beat me up."

Spielberg is a very sharp guy. When he is serious, he can shoot "Schindler's List" and "Washington Post", and when he is funny, he can shoot "Jurassic Park" and "Ready Player One". , When strictly required, he can make Harrison Ford speechless, and when communicating with children, he has never had a dispute.

In the eyes of others, the movie style that is irrelevant to horses and cows can be switched at will in his hands.

Because of this, launching several projects at the same time is easier for him than eating and drinking.

"Captain Hook" can't be turned on temporarily?

That's all right!

Let's start working on the next project "Jurassic Park"!

After the setting of "Captain Hook" is finished and the machine can be turned on, the site selection of "Jurassic Park" on my side has also been completed, and the setting has started.

And after the filming of "Captain Hook" is over, can't we just turn around and shoot "Jurassic Park"?

As Ganetti thought before, Spielberg is really busy.

The assembly line operation in the Hollywood industrial chain is fully used by him.

When he imitated the angry action of the truck driver and explained the situation clearly to Roland with a smile on his face, Roland only had the word 'Fuck' in his head.

He felt that if the truck driver next door could work as hard as the other, then—

"Avatar", I'm afraid it can be shot to ten.

Of course, whether Spielberg will shoot "Jurassic Park" has nothing to do with Roland.

In his previous life, when he was doing the commentary video of "Jurassic Park", he still had a fresh memory of the reaction of the two children in it.

Although the grandchildren of Dr. Hammond, who created Jurassic Park, occupy a lot of roles in the film, the two of them, more often than not, are just plot propellers—

What kind of childish setting, what ghostly screams, what hysterical escapes, the kind of silly beeping behaviors made to promote the plot, really make people's scalp tingle.

Especially the classic jelly trembling in the sister scene...

That kind of contrived performance has always been the object of complaints from movie fans and audiences.

Of course, this is not to say that Spielberg has a problem with the portrayal of those two children.

Rather, the styles of these two characters do not match what Roland is showing now.

In "Home Alone", which is currently showing, Kevin McAllister is a clever ghost. In "Terminator 2", which is about to close, John Connor is a brave child longing for fatherly love. After casting these two characters with similar characters, if Roland goes to act as a brat again, it will ruin his own reputation...

Don't say anything—

‘An actor must shape every character well. If you can’t even do these things, then you’re still acting! '

In fact, it is for adults to shape each character well.

The character style played by a child star must be stable.

Because the audience of child stars is very narrow, the first echelon who likes child stars is their peers, and the second echelon is those adults who want to instill truth, goodness and beauty in their children. As a villain, adults will definitely instill in their children the bad things about screen characters.

To put it bluntly, if the children don't play that kind of majestic and upright role.

Congratulations, you are doing your best, you are the typical villain that every family resists.

To put it bluntly, if a guy like Roland who has already played the role of Wei Guangzheng touches those stupid characters again.

That is to make life difficult for oneself.

As the famous British film scholar Richard Dale said in "The Star": The core appeal of star culture is to sell dreams.

This is a hurdle that all film and television drama practitioners cannot get around.

Only when everyone likes you first, can you have the possibility of transformation.

None of those super-first-tier big names can directly cross this line.

Clint Eastwood was a heartthrob when he was young, Tom Cruise was a cream boy, Leonardo DiCaprio was called husband by many people, even Tom Han When Kex debuted, he was also the hero of a romance movie... These guys can touch the trophy if they cross the line, and even if they don't cross the line...

No one is stupid enough to turn around and self-destruct their image when they first become famous.

Transformation is something that we can talk about when we grow up. At least for now, Roland feels that there is no need to force "Jurassic Park".

What's more, since the emergence of the profession of child stars, no critics or media will attack their honor.

Whether it is commercial traffic or powerful actors, these behaviors of setting the tone will never appear on children.

Just like the original version of "Jurassic Park" in the previous life, even if the little girl in it is acting stupid, it's just the audience and fans complaining. As for the mainstream media? They seem to be blind and turn a blind eye to this, because bear children represent innocence and kindness, and anyone who retorts 'hypocrisy' is contrary to mainstream values.

Even if—

They were really scolded miserably by the audience.

The audience is the basis for the survival of actors.

In Roland's view, even if he was going to shoot "Home Alone 2", a successful sequel under this business model, he would not shoot "Jurassic Park", because he didn't want to give up the audience popularity he had so hard to get. .

No way, this is the happiness trouble Roland is facing now.

If one year ago, he was still having a headache about how to enter the circle, then now he has to think carefully about how to continue, but fortunately, there are enough thighs around him, so he doesn't have to be limited in his choices. Fight for a long time.

If in front of such a luxurious network of contacts, he still can't choose a notebook that suits him, then—

He can find a piece of tofu and just kill him.

As for—letting Spielberg rewrite the script for himself?

Isn’t this equivalent to Wang Xueqin going to Fu Wenpei—does he deserve to be scolded?

Now Spielberg can tease himself with the preferences of truck drivers, and he never mentions Robert Zemeckis, who has a relationship with Roland. He is already very happy, and wants to make the other party change his mind? It's as difficult as climbing the sky!

Of course, compared with the above content, what excites Roland the most is that Spielberg still remembers his preferences.

When the well-dressed guy looked at Roland with an expectant face, the touch across time made Spielberg chuckle—"It's so similar, Robert looked at me like this back then, I hope I can Help him pull "Back to the Future". '

"Since we met, shall we go in together?"

"Your destination is Hakipu Wu Valley? We are the same."

Spielberg patted his hands, and while putting on his gloves, he also extended invitations to the seven people who had successfully rented a car.

Roland is eager to learn, but he knows it.

On weekdays, Roland needs to be filming. Naturally, he will not force Roland to come over for the sake of his apprentice Zemeckis, but now, since we have already bumped into each other, let's go in and have a look together. It just so happens that he can also be at close range. While looking for the real scene, let's see how much that guy Zemeckis taught behind his back.

Facing Spielberg's invitation, Roland would be a fool if he refused.

As for the Olsen couple?

When Roland turned his head to look at them, David, who had reached an agreement with him as early as Christmas Eve, had no intention of objecting.

And Ganetti, who wholeheartedly wants to train the Olsen sisters, will not jump out to stop them.

Not only that, she is even more active than Roland.

Looking at Aunt Ganetti who was holding Elizabeth and going up to chat with Catherine Kennedy—

Roland smiled helplessly.

After seeing his wife's behavior, David patted Roland's shoulder lightly, and said in a low voice, "Just get used to it."

Yeah, just get used to it...

If David hadn't mentioned it to him, Roland wouldn't have paid much attention to Ganetti's actions.

What's more, even he himself now adheres to the principle that nepotism is more useful.

Maybe it's because Kathleen Kennedy's mother is a drama actress, and Ganetti's career is a little bit off, or maybe it's because Elizabeth was too cute when she was a child, and her cute appearance made her maternal love overflow. In short, when the two of them got together to form a partnership, the degree of jumping off the topic directly made Roland bewildered.

From movies to theater, from Hollywood to Broadway, from fashion jewelry to family and children, from daily trivialities to school teachers... The ability to talk about everything that day really impressed Roland.

And the Olsen sisters?

The youngest daughter of the American couple was also constantly teased by the entourage.

In the previous life, they were able to travel across the oceans, and their reading comprehension on major English textbooks proved that the popularity of the two of them was unfounded. Get their attention.

The cute eyes and expressions of the two little guys are what those guys like to see the most.

David, who took the children, even guided them and kept looking around.

Compared with his mother, three younger sisters, and his father, James may be the one with the worst treatment among all of them.

When Ganetti chatted with Elizabeth and Catherine, when David held Ashley and Mary and played hide-and-seek with the uncles in the car beside him, James could only sit there alone, watching them quietly Performance.

What, you ask Roland?

Of course Roland couldn't be with him!

From the very beginning when choosing a car, Roland climbed into Spielberg's car very sincerely, proactively, swiftly and briskly...

Although the car on the left was chatting happily, and the car on the right had cute angels and eyes of death, but Roland was not afraid at all, and since he got in the car, he didn't care about the other people in the same car , because the storyboard manuscripts next to Spielberg's hand directly attracted all of his attention, making him unable to move his eyes away.

"Director, your artistry is much better than Director Chris."

Roland picked up the storyboard very 'naturally', and flipped through it curiously.

"Really? How is it compared to James?" Spielberg asked directly, not paying attention to the topic Roland initiated.

"It's hard to compare, because James's style is realistic, and yours is more like a cartoon."

"This dinosaur really has the feeling of DC and Marvel, and James, what he drew is a real machine."

The serious answer aroused Spielberg's interest. While looking at the scenery along the way, he also asked casually: "Huh? You also know how to draw? But it doesn't show in your daily life."

Roland knows how to draw?

don't know.

But he can draw.

Before, in the time loop, Roland used more than 3,000 sheets of paper just for the young Elizabeth. In the face of this kind of hard work, even though his basic skills are not solid, he can copy a landscape and draw a picture. One thing, it's still fine.

At least, he won't be in the same situation as Marcus in Detroit: Become Human.

As far as Spielberg is concerned, whether Roland can draw or not is what interests him.

Because of the guys in their circle, there is no one who didn't start with painting first.

Akira Kurosawa once said: "If you can really draw them on paper, it means that you have considered the specific arrangement of each part. The purpose of the sketch is to tell the staff 'this is the general feeling'."

And Spielberg, who is a loyal fan of Akira Kurosawa, naturally regards this sentence as the truth.

Film is an industry, and it is impossible for a single director to provoke the entire film alone.

A good storyboard can present the director's ideas in front of all the staff in a more systematic and clear manner.

None of those big directors can draw. Tim Burton was originally an animator for Disney. Mr. Xu’s main job is to draw comics. The truck driver even opened an art exhibition. Hitchcock is directly an artist born…

Back then, the reason why Spielberg, the director who likes to shoot science fiction the most, did not take the project of "Back to the Future" was entirely because of Robert Zemeckis's storyboard draft, which was so beautiful!

If there is no storyboard draft that can be compared with each frame, Spielberg can't rely on his words, persuade Universal Pictures, and give Zemeckis nearly 20 million!

So, when he realized that the child next to him might be able to draw, the thought of trying to teach him suddenly arose.

"I have a pen and paper here, draw one for me to see?"

"You can draw whatever you want."

"Portrait, landscape, machine, monster..."

"We might be a little wobbly along the way, so let's draw what you do best..."

Note: ①The director ranks among the top ten in the box office, and there are three Jewish gangs, besides Spielberg, Zemeckis and Howard. ②Howard's title of "The Taker" is not an insult. He is a director with a very steady style. In many films, the producer was dissatisfied with the original project, fired the original director, and called him to fight the fire. ③ Spielberg called Akira Kurosawa the Shakespeare of the film industry, and at the 1990 Oscars, together with Lucas, awarded Kurosawa the Lifetime Achievement Award. ④The guys in the Jewish gang draw their own storyboards. Robert Zemeckis’s "Forrest Gump" storyboard is very, very, very beautiful. This is a ruthless person who plays light and shadow well. ⑤Tim Burton is indeed an animator for Disney, but he was also an animator who was expelled because of the 'ugly' drawing. ⑥ Hanks also made his debut as a niche player. His first big hit was "The Mermaid" by Ron Howard, but at that time he was not included in the Jewish gang. His sister and Howard recommended Hanks to him, but he insisted on using Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro, and Robin Williams. Then, when filming "Forrest Gump", Howard Recommending Hanks to Zemeckis, in this way, he became the best actor in a row. At this time, Howard pulled him to shoot "Apollo 13", which made a big circle, Spielberg Gecai accepted the recommendation of his apprentice Zemeckis, and worked on "Saving Private Ryan" with Hanks. So far, the two talents have officially hooked up.