Chapter 519 "Saving Private Ryan" premiered
On June 5, the premiere of "Saving Private Ryan" was officially held at the Chinese Academy in Hollywood.
When night fell, the long red carpet was lined with reporters with long guns and short cannons, frantically pressing the shutter in their hands to record the celebrities who came to attend the premiere. Fans who came from all over the world held posters in their hands and shouted their favorite actors.
The actor Tom Hanks has just walked across the red carpet, and a team of Cadillacs slowly came to the end of the red carpet.
"What kind of car is this?"
"Cadillac!"
"Nonsense, don't I know Cadillac? I'm asking which Cadillac is this?"
"This car is so fierce? especially the front of the car, it looks like a beast!"
"This car is definitely a custom Cadillac car, and the logo is different from the usual Cadillac. ”
"This style is a bit like the local tyrants in Saudi Arabia!"
While everyone was talking, John got out of the car and wore a black suit today in order to ride with Cadillac.
"Damn, it turned out to be a demon guide!"
"Isn't this very low-key? I usually drive his broken Buick, why is he proud today?"
"I guess I received black money from Cadillac!"
"Oh!"
Everyone suddenly realized.
Although John is not a star, as a top Hollywood director, his influence is no less than that of a first-line superstar, and it is normal for manufacturers to ask him for endorsement.
"Hmph! and you want to trick us into buying a car!"
"This car is really fragrant, but the strength does not allow it!"
Cadillac managed to show its face and achieve John's purpose, and tomorrow this car will appear with him in major media, be noticed and discussed.
Walking across the red carpet and into the theater in the flash, John greeted the insiders around him.
"Director Chris Deng, I wish the movie a big hit!"
"Thank you!"
Hong Fatzi was invited to attend the premiere of "Saving Private Ryan" with several members of the Hong family, and it was the first time he participated in the premiere of Hollywood, which was very different from that of the harbor.
Hong Fatzi had the idea of coming to Hollywood to make a film a long time ago, but he never had the opportunity to realize it, this time John invited him to come to serve as a martial artist, and the reason why he agreed so readily was to take this opportunity to try his luck in Hollywood.
"Hello Director Chris Deng, congratulations on the release of the movie!"
"Hello Director Cameron, oh yes, I have already written the theme song and soundtrack of your movie, find a time to listen to it together another day. ”
"Oh, great, it shouldn't be next Monday!"
"Good!"
Cameron actually wants to hear the soundtrack of Ofune right away, but John's movie has just been released, and this week will be very busy, and sometimes you have to be a little eye-catching, especially John's status in Hollywood is not lower than his, not the group of actors under his command who can scold and scold.
"Congratulations to Director Chris Deng!"
"Thank you for coming to my premiere, director Spielberg!"
"I'm looking forward to your war films! I also like World War II war movies very much. ”
"Oh, I also have a good World War II script here, but it's a TV series, so I can cooperate with it if I have a chance!"
"Okay! make an appointment to read the script together another day!"
"Okay!"
Spielberg's cheerfulness surprised John, but after thinking about it, it became clear that Spielberg is now not only a director, but also the owner of DreamWorks, and it is important for film companies to have a good relationship with good directors.
"John, that Cadillac is very good! How much did you buy it?"
"You like it!"
"Yes, especially the glass top, I love it so much!"
"$500,000!"
Sophia pulled John and muttered.
John Smith learned that his boss was going to hold a premiere, how could such a good exposure be spared!
Of course, this is a premiere, not an awards ceremony, and guests can't be prescribed to ride, so John gave these cars to a few friends to use and asked them to help promote them, but I didn't expect Sophia, a weak woman, to like such a sharp car, is it possible that every weak woman lives in her heart with a giant beast!
The time came to eight o'clock, the premiere was about to begin, the huge theater was full, John invited not only people who knew in the circle, but also invited 100 World War II veterans, and the rest except film critics and reporters, that is, fans from all over the world.
"It's about to start, I'm looking forward to it!"
"Except for the enchanting director, whose movie can make people look forward to it so much!"
"Yes! Last year, a "Independence Day" blew up the whole of North America, but I don't know if this year's "Saving Private Ryan" can be so explosive. ”
Several fans sat together and chatted, although they didn't know each other, John's film became a bridge between them.
The film critics Harry Quinn and Botolo Moody in the front row heard the fans in the back talking about "Independence Day", and the corners of their mouths twitched, "Independence Day" is a shame for the entire North American film critics, John slapped them hard with this film, and today they film critics are here to get back on the field.
The lights in the theater went out, the curtain lit up, and after a flash of the opening credits of the new line and Studio Crown, a bugle sounded in the theater, and an old Star-Spangled Banner appeared on the screen, fluttering in the wind.
The film began to play, the people in the theater fell silent, and everyone was focused on the big screen, and the deep timbre of the military trumpet surrounded the theater, like a ray of light in the dawn, dispelling all the darkness.
Under the fixed lens, the film lifted its veil little by little, an old man walked into a cemetery with firm steps, followed by several family members, and came to a white marble tombstone, he finally couldn't hold back the emotions in his heart anymore, looking at the tombstone and crying like a child, the dusty past slowly unfolded through his pale blue eyes, bringing people into that magnificent ...... of the times.
In the sound of huge waves, the dense landing craft carried the Allied troops chopping waves towards a beach, the wind was high and the waves were strong, the landing craft was very bumpy, many soldiers lay on the side of the boat and vomited, the camera then showed an Allied captain officer in the cabin, stopped at his trembling hands, even after a long time on the battlefield, he was still afraid in his heart in the face of war.
Then, the war began without warning, the bullets fired from the opposite side mercilessly strafed into the cabin, and the shells continued to fall around, and the killing began at this moment, and countless people fell in pools of blood before they had time to wail, and their lives were fragile in the face of war.
The roaring guns, the corpses, the broken arms all over the ground, the blood-stained water, the half-body in Captain Miller's hands, the war showed its cruelty at this moment, like Pandora's box was opened and the demons inside were released.
"Is this war?"
Anita Roddick covered her mouth tightly when she saw a soldier on the curtain stuffing her entrails back into her stomach, she used to think she knew about war, but now she didn't know enough.
"War is cruel to everyone, there are no superheroes on the battlefield who can't be killed!"
Spielberg pinched his chin and looked at everything that happened on the screen, and the experience of his own nation made him have a deeper understanding of World War II, and at the same time he was also lamenting John's shooting techniques.
As the top director today, Spielberg can analyze John's shooting techniques and scenes at that time just by looking at the picture.
Using a hand-held camera to follow the shooting in the documentary way, abandoning the wide-angle lens that was liked in previous war films, using a bird's-eye and panoramic shooting composition, using a 45-degree lens to focus on portraying individuals from close-up, medium-shot, and long-range shots, and using overlapping editing to combine these shots in the later stage.
And in order to increase the sense of realism, the lens and film have also been specially processed, Spielberg guessed that John may have used a 40-year-old camera to shoot this scene, since the documentary method is used, the picture must be presented as before, the current camera is much better than before, and it can't shoot that sense of age, so the old camera must be used, and the film is also ENR desaturated, which makes the film look more like an expansion film, this expensive treatment, there is currently only one technical color processing factory in Los Angeles has this technology。
And what makes Spielberg feel even more rare is that in today's world where special effects are so developed, John still shoots in such a simple way, which is very rare, reflecting John's dedication and respect for art.