[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

Joey has taken about ten deep breaths in a row... Each time he looked at Tom Cruise with a serious look.

"Breathing in...breathing out..." She murmured silently, while Tom in front of her was looking at him with a smile on her lips.

Then, he fiddled with his phone nonchalantly, "Aren't you ready yet? Director?"

Joey rubbed the back of his head, full of complaints in his tone, "You asked me if I was ready? You didn't even tell me that you were going to audition. How do you want me to prepare?"

Tom shook his head and re-read the script helplessly, "Okay, then I'll give you another 10 minutes, director."

Joey stared at him with wide eyes, "Why did you suddenly think of coming to audition?"

Tom flipped through a few pages of the script with his fingers, "Because I am very interested in this story and this character, I have always wanted to act in an anti-war film. I haven't acted in such a film for many years. The last time was 20 years ago. .”

Joey took a deep breath, "No, you seem to have forgotten that you just starred in "Assassination of Hitler" last year. That should also be regarded as an anti-war film."

Tom looked up at Joey, "But it's not a war movie, I really want to try the identity of a sharpshooter."

"Okay." Joey finally compromised helplessly, "But Tom, you can come to audition, but you know, I am a director who has high demands on actors."

Tom's gray-green eyes looked at Joey a little ridiculously, "Are you questioning that I can't act? Do you really think that I have acted in commercial films for 20 years and have forgotten how to act?"

In fact, Joy does have such worries. She admits that Tom Cruise's acting skills are beyond reproach. He has been nominated for three Oscars and won two Golden Globes.But that was all ten or twenty years ago.

Ever since he found out that academics might never recognize him as an actor who can conquer the world by his appearance, he seems to have no desire for acting awards.

He couldn't break Oscar's prejudice on appearance, and he couldn't get rid of the label of "milk pie" that people put on him, so he had long since given up on this.

He simply let go of the burden of acting and plunged into commercial films to create higher commercial value.

Indeed, it has been more than ten years, and he has never played a role that needs to conquer the audience with his acting skills.

Joy put this worry on her face, but soon she figured it out, "Okay, then you can audition and show me, to prove that you have not become an everyday person in these long years. For the first time, an actor in a commercial film who only needs to play six points of acting skills can control the film."

Only then did Tom get up slowly, and he walked to the middle of the studio. At this time, the assistant director and others on the side were still wondering what Joey was saying to Tom Cruise.

I saw that Tom Cruise has come to the middle, is this going to start auditioning?

Oh my god, no one told them Tom Cruise was going to be in this movie!Now, I feel that the taste of this movie has changed. Isn't it more commercial?

But Joy may have her own considerations. She never said that "American Sniper" is not a commercial film, but a commercial film that requires a group of actors with good acting skills.

But Tom Cruise... has acting skills?

Yes, he has, but the movies where people can think of his acting skills seem to be from more than ten or even twenty years ago.

In the past ten years or so, he has long given up on being an acting school, and is working hard to become an actor with higher commercial value.

Well, the audition has begun.

Tom is now lying on the ground with a gun in his hand, and he is aiming.

Joy didn't pay much attention to his body language, in fact, she was watching his face.She knows this role, and the most important thing is a psychological change.

Because the theme of this movie is that the war changed everything, and it also changed the American soldiers stationed in Iraq, and the trauma and distortion it caused to their hearts.

This scene is a series of psychological changes, hesitation and struggles that the hero makes when shooting an enemy, because the other party is a woman with a human bomb.

Joey didn't know how Tom understood the role and how he planned to perform it. He had auditioned five actors before, and each of them performed differently in this scene.

Then, Joey was stunned by Tom's interpretation, and then hooked.

After a moment of hesitation, Tom pulled the trigger decisively.The whole process was not sloppy at all, and there were not too many psychological changes and elaborations.

He doesn't act like the sniper executioner in those other limp chick flicks, all the self-repentance, fear, fear of complaining.

He is just like the protagonist of the story, a fresh-hard Texas cowboy.

He shoots and kills the enemy to defend himself and his companions. He is not afraid or regretful. It seems that even if he meets God, he is not afraid at all!

It echoes the soul of what this movie should be - not only am I brave, but I know why.

Among the five actors who came to audition, Tom's handling was the most decisive and tough, which won Joey's heart in this way.Because this is a documentary, there is no need for that kind of soft procrastination. The real anti-war thinking is implanted in the theme of the film itself, not in the performance of the actors.

It was just a short audition and it was over in a flash.

After it was over, Tom walked up to Joey, "What do you think of me?"

Joey pursed his lips, "The question I need to consider now is that it seems that I have to find an actress again."

Tom didn't mind Joey's off-topic answer, "Why? Does it have anything to do with our audition?"

Joey sighed, "It's a big deal! Because it seems obviously impossible for you to be a husband and wife with Keira Knightley at your age!"

Tom immediately understood what Joey meant, "You mean, you think I can act in this movie? I heard you like Matthew before?"

Joey grinned at Tom with a little pride, "This is the director's right. I think you are more suitable. You can change Matthew at any time."

Tom seemed to be quite determined, and he was not surprised that Joey chose him, "Keira Knightley? Is that the actress who played the heroine in "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Indeed, she looks very young."

Joey picked up the cast list again and looked at it, "Okay, I'm going to try with Katherine Winslet."

Tom looked at the information in Joey's hand, "It shouldn't be so troublesome, I think the Charlize Serra you auditioned before is very suitable."

Joey asked curiously: "The aura is so strong, aren't you afraid of being suppressed?"

Tom responded lightly, "I don't think this will be a problem, do you have too little confidence in me?"

Joey couldn't help correcting: "I'm not talking about acting skills, but about height."

"..."

Tom's expression twitched a little, and he could see that he wanted to pinch Joey.

He seemed annoyed that Joey had mentioned this question several times, but he seemed unable to refute it, and Joey had already started laughing wildly behind Tom's back.

In fact, Charlize Theron 177, Kate Winslet 169, no matter how you look at it, Kate Winslet is more suitable, if it is to match Tom.

Of course, in fact, Westerners don’t care much about height. Charlize Theron’s boyfriend Sean Penn is half a head shorter than her...

Finally, with Joy's approval, the crew invited Kate Winslet to audition for the role of Kyle's wife.In fact, Kate Winslet originally had other film engagements, and she was planning to audition for the starring role in the TV series "Desperate Love".

But as soon as she received the audition invitation from Joey, let alone "Desperate Love", her mind was full of "American Sniper".

That's right, she just won the Oscar last year, and she is still immersed in that honor at this moment, but now the movies produced by Joy must be high-quality, and she is very willing to try it.

Kate Winslet will come to audition soon. This is Joey Grant's movie. Everyone wants to be in it, except for those who can't because of objective reasons. Who would refuse Joey's invitation?

Joy has no objection to Kate Winslet's performance. In fact, she is quite grateful to Kate Winslet. After all, she is also an Oscar queen, and she is willing to act in a movie where the heroine is not so brilliant.

In the end, she decided to sign a contract with Kate Winslet.

However, when Kate Winslet learned that the actor was played by Tom Cruise, she was stunned.

"What? Tom Cruise is in this type of movie too!?"

Joey couldn't help feeling sorry for Tom in his heart, thinking that the 19-year-old boy who broke into Hollywood alone also had the ambition to conquer the audience with his acting skills, why is he confused like this in people's hearts now?

People don't even want to believe that Tom Cruise will also star in such a fringe commercial film with a dull atmosphere and relying on acting skills?

Meanwhile, the American Sniper project has been well underway.

Because it is a movie with the main theme, this kind of movie, such as "The Hurt Locker", requires the cooperation and help of the US government to complete the shooting.

Joey submitted the relevant application documents and applied to go to Jordan and Kuwait for filming, during which he also needed the protection of the US government.

The U.S. government agreed to Joey's application and found a place in Jordan and Kuwait for Joey's crew to film, during which American soldiers would protect him.

Joey has already made up his mind to shoot this movie in a new way, because the filming of "American Sniper" in his previous life really made Joey very dissatisfied.

The "American Sniper" in the previous life was of a terrible standard in terms of photography, editing, and soundtrack, and it was completely assembled, let alone.In terms of narration, director Clint Eastwood told the story in chronological order abruptly like a fascination, and there are no bright spots.

There's also cheap patriotism and male supremacist savagery.Guns, bibles, cowboys, texas, hard liquor, soldiers, wives, flags.

I really can't believe it was produced by the famous hardcore right-wing director in Hollywood, Clint Eastwood.As a serious film director, it is extremely disappointing to make such a mediocre work dominated by values ​​at the age of 84.

Also in their 80s, Ridley Scott and George Miller are still exploring the essence of human thought and existence in movies, but Eastwood is still sparing no effort to compete with ideology. What is the picture? .

Joy sincerely hopes that when he is in his 80s, the movies he makes will not become so dull and mediocre in value.

But what is even more surprising is that this movie full of mediocre values ​​and cheap patriotism actually earned 3 million at the box office in its previous life and became the highest-grossing war movie ever.

In Joey's view, "The Hurt Locker", which is N grades higher than it, is also an Iraqi anti-war film, and even almost lost money at the box office.

Joey can only say...the patriotism and heroism of the American people are too easy to sell.The American people can never stop loving and worshiping heroism.

Therefore, the shooting method used by Joey this time is actually more documentary-oriented.

You can hardly see those smooth shots in all kinds of commercial films. In Joey's "American Sniper", the camera is always a documentary-style dangling shooting technique, surrounded by terrified American soldiers and Iraqis like ants.

Because it's more real.

Joey uses a loose narrative technique that can only be found in independent movies, through the eyes of the hero Chris Kyle, to show the audience one after another. There may not be a compact narrative and repeated climaxes, but this way It will be suffocatingly real.

At this time, a clip was being filmed, and Joey asked the photographer to carry three or four cameras to face Tom at the same time, to capture the visual information on Tom from different camera positions, and then edited the materials captured by different cameras.

This made several photographers doubtful. They have never seen such a shooting technique, or in other words, this kind of technique basically does not appear in commercial films, but more in documentaries.

A cameraman looked at the material in the camera and said, "Since the shooting started, Joey seems to have never taken a shot that lasted more than 3 seconds?"

Another photographer was amused, "I found out a long time ago. I thought I was the only one who would find it strange. It seems that you also find it strange?"

"That's right, in this way, you can see that the footage of our movie is far more than other ordinary movies. Did Joey do this on purpose to make it look like a documentary?"

At this time, Joey’s voice came from behind at some point, and she heard their conversation, which shocked them, and Joey said: “No, you misunderstood, I didn’t want to create any documentary style of filmmaking."

The photographer was puzzled and asked: "Then why do these shots exist? Could it be that the battlefield plot of the whole film is composed of these shots that hardly lasted more than 3 seconds?"

Joy stood there and licked her lips, seeming to be thinking about how to explain to the photographer, and finally she said: "I will cut today's material with the editor tonight, maybe you will understand after reading it."

After that, she didn't continue to explain more, because the shooting task of the day was very intense, and the schedule was also very tight. After all, this is not the United States, but Jordan and Kuwait. Riots may break out at any time. They are protected by the US military. That said, it would be good to finish shooting one day earlier.

Afterwards, Joey stepped up and started the next filming.

Until the evening, after the day's shooting schedule was over, Joey hurried back to the hotel, and began to communicate with the editor about the day's material.

She and the editor cut out about one version, without any post-retouching, just simply editing and piecing together the materials.

Then she took the edited material to the assistant director and the two leading actors, along with several photographers during the day.At this point, everyone sat down to see how the day's shooting turned out.

Kate Winslet actually felt something was wrong during the day, because Joey shot small clips and small clips for a very short duration. This kind of shooting is unheard of.

But Tom quickly gave her an explanation, which seemed to be a good reassurance, "You should trust Joey, which movie has she not made some new tricks so far? But which movie didn't rely on these new ideas?" Mingtang has achieved impressive results? So you have to trust her."

But at this moment, when everyone saw the effect of some clips put together by the editor during the day, everyone gasped.

But Tom seemed to have anticipated what kind of trick Joey was going to play. He had a faint smile on his face, but he couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes.

He guessed right. This "American Sniper" Joey uses this documentary-like shooting method, using three or four cameras to capture the scene and characters from different directions, and each time lasts very short, Not for the documentary aesthetic of the film, nor for the full range of captured footage.

This technique is based on highlighting the psychological state, based on the true feelings of the protagonist and other characters on the battlefield.

In just one day of shooting, Joey shot a lot of short shots.It’s a massive library of footage, and she’ll edit the shots in a logical order to piece them together.

Most of the time, these shots are actually simulating the line of sight of the characters.For example, when Chris Kyle is shooting, the camera is the eyes of his teammates, because his teammates must pay close attention to the changes in the surrounding situation and provide Chris with a shooting environment.

Their eyes will change from moment to moment, scanning around quickly, and shifting quickly.Such shots and gazes highlight the psychological state of soldiers on the battlefield.

Joey intends to expand this shot to the entire movie, not only during the battlefield, when the team members are resting in the barracks, even when Chris and his companions confide in their hearts, they also use this short shot of height change .

Obviously, the psychological effect of Joey's use is amazing.

The tension on the battlefield has been relegated to the second place. Such shots and clips suggest that the characters are in a state of abnormal psychology. They can no longer fully watch things in a normal way, and their attention is forced to constantly shift and disperse. All fragmented, discontinuous, they fail to develop a sense of wholeness about the existence around them.

As Chris Kyle himself said to Joey, this is like a process in which a person gradually annihilates in the environment and gradually loses his sense of self after taking drugs.

Of course, only Joey will use this method to narrate on the battlefield. After Chris Kyle returns to China, such shots will be reduced a lot, but replaced by many slightly shaking and whitening illusion shots.

What is shown is the instability of the character's psychological state. He often thinks that he is still in Iraq.

At this time, the clip edited by Joey has ended, and the last scene that fell into everyone's eyes is that Chris Kyle, played by Tom, fell into a long trance when facing his wife.This is a slow motion full of stream of consciousness, a pale scene.

After connecting a large number of short-duration fragmentary shots in front, this slow motion suddenly appeared at this time-its tension and deterrence are simply beyond imagination.

Just like...

Kate Winslet searched a long time to find the word.

Like the last glimpse a person casts into the world before losing himself completely (death).

After seeing the patchwork of these materials, everyone fell silent.

The reason why Joy did this is because she knew that many people would definitely ask her why she wanted to shoot like this, but she didn't want to explain it over and over again, so she simply did it for everyone to see.

Then, after watching it this time, everyone was struck by the astonishing power of those ultra-short shots.

They looked at Joey, and at this moment they realized that maybe a person's talent is really unreasonable. Just like you ask Joey now why she came up with this shooting method, she can't tell , This is just a feeling, thinking that such a shooting will feel more shocking.

But why can't others figure it out?

Usually people call this unexplainable thing a gift, or a genius.

Born to be the kind favored by God, everything unscientific cannot be explained.

In the end, Joy summed up her thoughts in one sentence, "The reason why I shoot this way is because I don't want people to only pay attention to the appearance of heroism, while ignoring the relationship between the character's psychology and the environment that shapes it. , If you look at it in combination with his heart and environment, you will find that this so-called heroism itself is a kind of paradox.”

And what creates this paradox?

is war.

So, why are we anti-war?Because we don't want to see those heroes who stand in front of us one day, but they are all people who have psychological distortions and diseases caused by war.

So war is never well-intentioned and it ruins everyone, including the heroes who return from battle.

This is what Joy wants to explore, about the film's ultimate anti-war sentiment.

After explaining my logic and ideas to everyone, the shooting of the film can be said to be smoother.

On the set, Joy could see that Kate was trying very hard to play the role well, so she was very serious, and every line had to confirm that the expression was in place and correct.

And Tom also showed a full level of play, at least the Chris Kyle he created has been integrated in the eyes of others.

Joey will not interfere too much with Tom and Kate, because the actors who have reached their level are all people who take acting as a living. They don't need any guidance, they have already formed their own way.

On the contrary, the director's pointing and pointing can easily interfere with their thinking and shaping.And they even know how to play a role better than the director.

Therefore, unless it is an unavoidable issue, under normal circumstances, Joey does not guide them how to act. After all, Joey never thinks that he knows how to act better than an Oscar queen.

But overall, she seems to be more satisfied with Kate Winslet than Tom.

On this day, after the filming ended, Tom found Joey. He changed his costume and put on his black shirt and proposed to Joey, "Let's have something to eat together?"

Joey nodded, and put on a coat by the way, "OK, let's go."

The two went to a restaurant under the Jordan Hotel. Joey ordered a very tacky Coke, and Tom only wanted a glass of water.

Joey picked up a random topic, "How does it feel to work with Kate?"

Tom stuffed a piece of gum into his mouth, "I think she is very dedicated, she is an actress who is very strict with herself."

Joy responded, "She just got divorced this year, so maybe she wants to focus on her work."

Tom leaned back comfortably on the sofa, and seemed to feel a little sorry for Kate, "Actually, I knew her ex-husband, and I didn't expect them to come to this point."

Joey also sighed, "Everyone has their own story. Just like the protagonist of this movie, Chris Kyle."

Tom took a sip of water, "I will try my best to play him well, at least to your satisfaction."

"But obviously," Joey lowered his tone, "you didn't do your best."

Tom was obviously surprised by Joy's words, he hesitated for a moment, then stared into her eyes, "What do you mean?"

Joey explained: "I'm not questioning your professionalism, and I don't think you haven't played your own strength [-]%. What I mean is that you may have committed a common problem of a commercial actor."

Tom stared at Joey with a silent gaze, and it took a long time before he asked, "Common problem?"

Joy's tone was light, she didn't intend to question Tom, but just wanted to make a suggestion, "Yes, I can understand, because you shoot too many commercial films, and a commercial film actor usually only needs to play a very good role." With a score of six, you can be fully qualified for any commercial film. And you, in the past commercial films, you can do well with six points, and then you came to my "American Sniper", and you worked hard to give full play to your strength of nearly ten out."

Afterwards, she paused, and said again: "But have you ever thought that when you work hard to perform at a very high level, you can actually try to work towards a higher goal, or get [-] or [-] points?" ?”

Tom didn't answer.

Joey continued to explain what he meant, "I know that the habit of commercial actors is to divide one's strength into ten points. If you are in a commercial film, you should act in six points. If you are in an independent film, try to act in ten points." .So you only scored yourself ten points. But those big names in the real acting school never divide themselves. They want to break through themselves and get more points every time. Twelve points, Thirteen points, fifteen points, higher each time, so as to satisfy the audience who have increasingly inflated expectations of them."

Actors in commercial films, they will work hard to shoot roles that require acting skills, but they don't like to challenge acting skills, because they know that using a certain amount of charm of appearance and most of their acting skills can achieve the most cost-effective audience return.

As for acting skills, as long as they reach above the level and continue to climb up, it will be a business with lower and lower cost performance, because the higher the level, the harder it is to climb, but the benefits won't increase.

So Tom is the same, he pays attention to cost performance.

But this is Joy's movie, and she has high requirements for actors. She hopes that Tom will break through more levels and heights, instead of talking about cost performance with her.

Tom was still silent for a moment, and then he spoke slowly, "I have put in a lot of effort to play this role, so you think it's not enough for now?"

Joey said in a tone of expectation: "20 years ago, when you were nominated for an Oscar for the first time, for the role in "Born on the Fourth of July", I believe that your ten points at that time are the same as your ten points now. This standard has not changed in any way, but it has been 20 years. Shouldn’t you try to break through something new? Although you haven’t attempted a breakthrough in acting in the past 20 years, you are more successful than you were 20 years ago, because you I have found the most cost-effective way. But in my movie, I hope to see you at a higher level."

Tom stared at Joey, and the meaning was not very clear, "Indeed, it took me more than 20 years to practice this most cost-effective route for an actor."

"But you forget your original intention." Joey interjected, "I think more than 20 years ago, the person who traveled from New York to Los Angeles on the West Coast to audition for a small role in a sitcom That 19-year-old Tom Cruise, certainly doesn't think so."

Tom suddenly smiled, that smile was full of tolerance, and he couldn't help laughing from the bottom of his heart. He didn't mean to blame Joey at all, "Tell me, how do you know what I thought more than 20 years ago?"

Joey also smiled at him and said: "Because I have also walked this road, every Hollywood actor, director, screenwriter or other film practitioners who have walked this road have the same original intention at the beginning, that is I want to be a good actor, a good director, a good screenwriter. Of course, I mean all of us, except those who are favored by heaven."

Joey patted Tom's chest, "Hey, you must have thought so at the beginning, right? I want to become an excellent actor and conquer the audience with my acting skills."

Tom obviously didn't want to talk about it or admit it much, but eventually he replied, "You're right, I did think so."

Joey clapped his hands together, "That's fine, just use your original intention at the time to make my movie, instead of maximizing your strength."

Then she raised her eyebrows slightly, and said confidently: "What's this called? Don't forget the original intention, and you will always be there? Every person who walks into Hollywood, I think, once had a dream-chasing heart."

Tom said the word in a frivolous but ambiguous manner, "Tsk... dream-seeking childlike heart?"

Joy hummed a tune, looking relaxed.The reason why she is so sure is because this is how she came here. She doesn't believe that generations of people have traveled all the way to Hollywood and tried their best to survive here, not for pure dreams in the first place.

Fortunately for her, God gave her another chance after losing her way.This time, she stuck to her goal all the way.

She looked at Tom under the dim light of the dining room, and Tom showed a calm expression under the soft light. She looked at him and said, "Did I say something wrong?"

Tom's tone of voice didn't change a bit. At his age, it was already difficult for him to be emotionally affected by the other party, and he didn't show too much emotion because of Joey's words.

He looked at Joey against the light with his eyes, "You didn't say anything wrong, your meaning is very clear."

It's just that at this moment he suddenly discovered that the reason why he had a good impression of the woman in front of him didn't seem to be accidental, but a kind of necessity.

She can always evoke some of the first memories in his heart at a certain moment.

When I saw her, it was as if I could see myself back then.

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