On set, Matthew tied up Anne Hathaway, found another rope, tied it to the leg of a chair, and walked towards the window, as if to rappel through the window.

As soon as he walked away, Anne Hathaway, who had been somewhat blocked, was all exposed.

Ken Watanabe stood in front of Anne Hathaway and saw clearly the style and technique of Matthew binding Anne Hathaway.

"It's too simple, it's too rough, it's too distracting!"

Looking at Anne Hathaway under the rope tie, Watanabe shook his head, "These Yankees are too unsophisticated, this binding has no artistic content!"

Think of his country peers, and look at Matthew Horner's bondage, the difference between the two is just too far, Matthew Horner is at best a kindergarten level.

The lens that should have been art turned out to be the mess it is now.

It's a pity that he is not a director, otherwise he must have called for a stop to filming and let Matthew Horner go to see works like Flowers and Snakes.

Director Christopher Nolan was very satisfied with the shot, and after shouting to stop shooting, he directly announced that the shot was passed, and then moved to a nearby wall to shoot.

This time it was Matthew's one-man show.

"I'll do one last check!"

The crew's stunt instructor stood next to Matthew and personally checked Matthew's safety equipment, "It takes two minutes." ”

Matthew stood on the lifting platform and didn't speak, and asked the stunt instructor to check the safety rope and harness again, then put on his blazer, took another rope, and as rehearsed, he dragged the rope with both hands, and kicked the soles of his feet against the special wall with strong friction, and slowly climbed down.

Crawling near a window, he turned his back to Christopher Nolan and raised a thumb, and Christopher Nolan immediately announced the start of the shoot.

Matthew's palms are extremely powerful, and his hands are full of rough calluses from years of exercise, this kind of abseiling is not a difficult task for him at all, he practiced more difficult abseiling when he first filmed "Black Hawk Down", and there was also related training during the preparation for "Special Forces: Cobra Rise" last year.

In this scene, due to the need for a close-up from the side, he had to shoot it himself.

Matthew continued to slowly descend to the agreed position, ready in advance.

Next, is the most difficult part of this scene.

The originally taut rope suddenly loosened, as if the chair at the other end of the rope had suddenly lost its weight.

Matthew fell rapidly, falling about three or four meters, the rope was tense again, his hand was strong enough, and he had a safety wire rope as an aid, his feet stared hard at the wall, and with the help of the force that rebounded, he stabilized his body that kept spinning.

Then, with a tense face, he looked up.

Above it, of course, was a camera lens, but Matthew's face quickly regained his composure, his hands grasping the rope and his feet on the wall, from rappelling to climbing upwards until he reached a glass window, and then stopped.

With a safety rope hanging from him, he didn't actually exert much effort.

Matthew climbed onto the windowsill, cut through the glass, and got inside.

The voice of director Christopher Nolan shouting to stop is heard, and he unhooks the safety rope and bends down through the passage behind the window, where the lift platform is waiting.

As soon as he got on the lifting platform, someone immediately came over to help take off his blazer and untie the strap hidden under his coat.

Matthew moved his arm, his arm was a little sore, and he took the lifting platform down to the ground, and the crew briefly entered the rest stage, Christopher Nolan came over and sat on the chair next to Matthew, taking advantage of this time to explain the next key points to Matthew.

"You were in good shape today, very good. ”

Clearly, Christopher Nolan was pleased with Matthew's performance, "You try to continue your good form as long as you can. ”

A make-up artist was touching up the horse's makeup, and Matthew couldn't speak, so he nodded slightly.

Christopher Nolan continued, "There's one thing though, you have to step up. ”

At this time, the makeup artist finished touching up, and Matthew turned to look at Christopher Nolan and asked curiously, "What way?"

Frankly, the shoot has been going on for a while, and he's always felt that he did a good job.

It's not feeling good about yourself, and it's a sentiment shared by a lot of people on the crew, including Christopher Nolan herself.

Although his acting skills are not up to the level of outstanding acting skills respected by the academy, he has been in the industry for ten years and has starred in many major productions, which has given him considerable experience and profound accumulation.

The role of Daum Cobb was also not as difficult as expected.

Matthew knew very well that this was the result of filming one movie after another, and through the on-set shooting and on-camera performances, he temporarily felt that the role of Daum Cobb was a little simpler than Robert Neville.

The one-man show in the apocalyptic world is much more difficult than the bitter and vengeful Daum Cobb.

"The premise of the whole film is absurd. Christopher Nolan has never made a secret of this, saying, "But the style of the film is mainly realistic, and all your scenes, especially your performance, must meet the requirements of realism." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, "I understand." ”

Christopher Nolan's words continued, "It's not just that we look realistic, but that the audience feels like these dreams are reality." He said, "The scene design of the film is very absurd, and if you want the audience to experience the reality of dreams, the performance of the actors, especially your male lead, is very crucial." ”

Matthew thought for a moment and said, "That is, let the audience decide that the dreams are all real through the characters." ”

"That's right. Christopher Nolan added, "At the end of the day, when we dream, we think it's real. ”

Matthew felt that the latter sentence was a little familiar, and suddenly remembered, isn't this the line in the script?

Christopher Nolan glanced at the time, stood up and said, "You've done a good job, much better than I expected, but you can do better! ”

Again, he emphasized, "Daum Cobb is not a character, but a real person on the set. ”

Matthew didn't say anything more, but nodded solemnly.

Christopher Nolan then left and went to the director's monitor.

Sitting here, Matthew seriously considers Christopher Nolan's words, how can he make his performance more realistic?

It may be difficult for others, but he has fully studied Christopher Nolan's transition to mainstream commercial cinema since "Batman: Time to War", whether it is "Deadly Magic" or two new Batman movies, which undoubtedly have an extraordinary sense of realism.

No one can deny that the sci-fi color of the comic book of "The Dark Knight" has been very light.

What is the performance style of the main actors of these typical Christopher Nolan-esque realist commercial films?

Matthew has his own experience - the hatred is deep and bitter!

Therefore, in the performance he prepares for the future, his feelings and demeanor will continue to strengthen in the direction of hatred and bitterness.

In this regard, it is not only his performance that requires his efforts, but also the cooperation of the technical departments of the crew, especially the makeup and photography departments.

During the ensuing shoot, Matthew asked Christopher Nolan to see the finished footage.

In general, Hollywood directors rarely let the actors watch the shots that pass through, which can effectively reduce disputes between the director and the main actors.

For example, the director shot a shot that he was very satisfied with, but the lead actor thought it was not handsome enough......

In the vast majority of cases, it is difficult for an actor with a card not big enough to compete with the director.

However, Christopher Nolan is no ordinary director, and Matthew is no longer your average actor, and this request soon becomes a reality.

Of course, Matthew just watched and basically didn't express an opinion.

Realism is important to the cinematography and to every aspect of the film, and Nolan didn't want the dream passages to reflect a sense of transcendence of reality, and wanted the dream shots to be as solid as the real world.

In this film, sometimes the characters don't know that what they see is a dream, so the visual connection between reality and dream must be traceless, unless there is a certain point, Christopher Nolan wants the audience to know the difference between this, and most of the time the sense of reality in the film comes from the environment, not the cinematography.

According to Christopher Nolan, by maintaining a sense of realism, a subtle feeling of bizarre or unsettling can be created when needed, without taking the viewer out of the story.

Also, Christopher Nolan always tries his best not to make the shots look too complicated.

The structure of the story seems quite complicated, but as the shooting progresses, Matthew can tell that Christopher Nolan doesn't like shots with complex structures.

It seems that his secret is to work as easily and quickly as possible.

There's also a scene this afternoon, where the crew moves to Venue 11 for filming, where Matthew's Daum Cobb wakes up from a dream as he falls backwards into a bathtub filled with water......

Matthew fell into the bathtub and was soaking wet, but fortunately he was able to shoot once and didn't have to do it a second time.

After his scene today, he went to the dressing room to remove his makeup and change his clothes, and came back to continue watching the crew filming.

Although it is impossible to be a director in this life, he has the heart to be a gold medal producer who can make a lot of money, and he takes everything on the set seriously.

Watching Anne Hathaway filming Mel's scene, Matthew suddenly remembered an analysis after watching the online piracy of "Inception".

I have long forgotten the specific content, but I vaguely remember that the man said that the whole movie was a dream, a wonderful dream that Cobb had on the way home, the so-called story of his wife, his crime, the dream thief, all of which were dream things and had nothing to do with reality.

Just as Matthew was thinking, a staff member walked over.

"Mr. Horner. The expression on the staff's face was rather weird, "A guy who claims to be your girlfriend came to visit the class......"