Rooney suddenly remembered Telluride, the first time she and Lan Li had met. They had a wonderful afternoon and a wonderful evening, not the kind of dating/dating, just the exchange of movie fanatics, they talked endlessly about movies, about acting, and the passage of time lost its meaning before you knew it.

In the blink of an eye, Lan Li has become one of the best actors in the industry.

Not because he won the Berlin Best Actor and the Oscar, but because he showed different qualities in different works, really injected vitality into the characters and works, even old actors like Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, and Sean Penn may not be able to do it.

Rooney has always known this and knew it clearly, but today it was a completely different feeling, and it was very beneficial to really stand in the position of an actor.

She couldn't help but fall into thinking, thinking about Lan Li's method of analyzing the character, thinking about Lan Li's way of building the connection between the character and the script, thinking about Lan Li's ideological framework for exploring performance, and those seemingly random conversations and actions showed Lan Li's talent and focus. Among them, there are many that are worth learning and learning from, and that are worth discussing and studying.

Rooney had been studying the role of Alex Kowalski for a long time and had a lot of experience, but after today's conversation, she sparked again, not only about Alex herself, but also about the relationship between Alex and Ryan, and inspiration began to surge.

Just the first day of entering the "Gravity" crew, Rooney was already immersed in it. She loves it.

"Rooney, why are you still here? The clearance is complete, and we can leave now. Alfonso came to the door and was about to leave, when he saw Rooney Mara standing at the door and couldn't help asking.

Rooney didn't move, just shrugged her shoulders, "I want to stay here." ”

"What?" Alfonso thought he had misheard.

Rooney smiled and explained, "I want to stay here and spend those twelve hours with Lan Li. ”

"Rooney, you know, you don't have to. Alfonso spread out his hands, his face full of helplessness and embarrassment.

Rooney smiled brighter and nodded, "I know." However, I just want to seriously experience what a real actor is like. For twelve hours, I could think slowly about ideas, as if Alex and Ryan were together, and maybe I could have some different inspirations. ”

"You can go back to your room and rest......"

"However, there is no Lan Li there, and there is no Ryan. ”

Rooney's answer made Alfonso choke, and when he turned his head and looked at the studio that was gradually turning off the lights, only a faint light of the light box was left, illuminating the entire space, and the boundless darkness was surging like a rolling wave, and the sense of silence and vast space was faintly revealed.

As for Lan Li's figure, he could only outline an outline through the outer wall of the light box, but he couldn't see it clearly.

With a long exhale, Alfonso withdrew his gaze, "Do you need me to stay here and be with you?"

"No, I don't. Rooney shook her head politely and smiled again, "In space, it's just the two of us who rely on each other, aren't we......?" He'll be fine, too. ”

Looking at Rooney in front of him, thinking about the blue lily inside, it stands to reason that Alfonso should be happy to finally meet two dedicated and dedicated outstanding actors, but at this time, the worry outweighs the movie itself, and the actor's full devotion really makes Alfonso feel admired.

So, Alfonso patted Rooney's arm lightly, and without saying anything more, he took a step and left with the staff. The actors are doing their job diligently, and he must also put his heart and soul into his work and do his best to make a real masterpiece.

Watching Alfonso's back as he walked away, he heard the sound of the studio door closing, turned his head, and saw a metal sliding door slowly closing, and the vast and lonely image disappeared from sight little by little, all completely gone.

After sending off the last staff member, Rooney was now the only one left in the studio, and she walked to the side, sat down cross-legged, raised her head and looked up at the sky, and let her thoughts settle down gradually, drawing little by little the picture of the sky and the universe above her head.

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In fact, Lan Li likes this process very much, sitting quietly in a corner, quietly admiring the process of all the noise and noise slowly precipitating, and finally, at the end of the song, all the crowd has left, all the lights have gone out, and all the sounds have disappeared, as if the whole world has fallen into a deep sleep little by little, with a kind of calm but thrilling beauty.

Someone once said that a city, a building, a piece of land, they all have life. In this regard, Lan Li can understand, but he can't really understand it, until now - their lives come from human beings, from history, from culture, and every subtle trace left behind records the scale of life.

In the middle of the 19th century, Napoleon III proposed a major renovation of Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe as the center, like a cake-cutting boulevard, and radioactively transformed the entire city, completely pushing it into the chaotic, crowded and narrow streets.

It is true that in the process of urban development, this seems to be a historical inevitability, but also an inevitability of economic and social development, and almost every major city in the world has experienced such a painful period.

But at the time, this major operation was controversial among the locals in Paris. In the short term, urban planning can help improve people's lives and truly change the poor and backward quality of life, but in the long run, such sweeping overthrow and reconstruction are destroying the city's history and pulse.

In the end, the major surgery in Paris was not completed, and only the central area was remodeled, while the surrounding area still retained the chaos and twists and turns of history. Now, two centuries later, the heart of Paris is a thriving tourist district with a thriving business and a world reputation, but the city's culture and wisdom come from the surrounding area.

Among the large cities in the United States, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and Chicago are all cities without characteristics, and all the heritage and precipitation have disappeared with the passage of time, while among the large cities in Europe, Berlin, London, Rome, and Paris, they carry the weight of history.

Therefore, it has been repeatedly mentioned that Europe is a land with historical heritage, while the United States is a paradise for modern nouveau riche. The skyline of the skyline is the most striking feature of the cities on the North American continent, but on the European continent, every city is different, and every footprint of time can still be traced.

This is true of cities, and so are objects. The toys in "Toy Story 3" carry childhood memories, which are a wealth that cannot be traded.

Now in the light box, Lan Li really feels this.

Quietly, Lan Li closed her eyes and listened intently to the breath of this building, the heartbeat of this light box, this feeling was really amazing, every detail was magnified little by little, and began to slowly extend towards the border.

The tentacles of thought began to delicately grind every corner of the space, it was a video camera, it was a wheelbarrow, it was a wooden box...... The sharp outlines become rounded in the dark, and then the height, width and length of the space are outlined, and the three-dimensional image suddenly becomes lifelike.

He can even sketch the busy figures of the staff, as if they have a glimpse of them piecing together the first version of the shooting props piece by piece, and after the experiment, find out the loopholes and shortcomings, further improve them, and finally, present the current light box, and build the current shooting scene.

That distant history, but at this moment, breathing very clearly, on the surface of his skin, can clearly feel the pulse of this building, like a gurgling stream, wonderful, immersive.

The body was trapped on the mechanical props, but the thoughts slowly penetrated into the thick black mist along the halo, and extended further, as if it could be explored endlessly.

Slowly, slowly...... Little by little, the whole world was expanding, and it seemed that the boundaries and obstructions of the buildings in front of them were not felt at all, and the pure black stretched inexorably, and then, the speed began to increase, faster and faster, faster and faster.

"Bang!"

There was a loud sound of ringing in the ears, like a big bang in the universe, and a roar sounded in my head, and then a black chaos mixed with white and gray, and a new world was born, and the stars slowly lit up a sky, and the pure and translucent darkness slowly lit up a glimmer of light.

So magnificent, so immense, so huge, Lan Li felt like a giant standing up to the sky, following the footsteps of Pangu to open the world, witnessing the emergence of the world, but also witnessing the birth of life, that kind of majesty and vastness, making him feel incomparably small, but incomparably majestic.

Slowly, slowly opened his eyes, the faint halo penetrated the darkness and penetrated into the field of vision, and the soft gray halo brightened little by little, like a warm light cluster, tightly wrapping Lan Li in it, as if it were ...... Like a newborn baby, a wave of joy and happiness filled my chest.

Then, when you really open your eyes, you will be fascinated by the infinite light and the colorful colors. What unfolds in front of you is not a lightbox, but the whole universe, so vast that all languages lose their meaning, just jaw-dropping to admire it all, quietly wandering through it.