Sean stepped into this kingdom for the first time in his life.

Mexico was called "Corn Country", "Cactus Country", "Silver Kingdom", and "Country Floating on the Sea of Oil" by different people at different times.

These are indicative of the country's identity. It's a resource-rich country. Rich to the end all cheapened the rogue neighbor of the United States. Actually, the brokerage in Mexico is not bad, but when people think of Mexico now, many Americans have the impression of being dirty and messy.

Every year, illegal immigrants in Mexico make up a large portion of the United States. The Mexican gang has also become the main source of danger for the instability of the United States today. Especially on the U.S.-Mexico border, the chaos is staggering.

Drugs, prostitutes, and gangsters have become synonymous with Mexico in the eyes of many people in the United States. Crime, chaos, vandalism, this is the impression that Mexicans give to Americans. In short, this is a very contradictory and dangerous country.

Mexico City International Airport.

Sean's trapeze journey came to an end, and as soon as he stepped off the plane, he was greeted by a heat wave with a Mexican flavor. The main language in Mexico is Spanish, but English is also a place where you can communicate simply. However, for the sake of convenience, BMW still provided Sean with a translator very intimately.

Compared with the leisurely pace of filming in Hong Kong, this shooting in Mexico was relatively intense. There is no way, the king of sunglasses alone occupies the time of three directors, which makes BMW, which urgently needs to launch new models to seize the market, naturally let the directors behind speed up the pace of shooting.

BMW's turnover fell by several percentage points in 1999, which is why BMW wanted to use advertising to match the launch of the new model.

Therefore, this time Sean got off the plane, he could only hurry up and enter the shooting rhythm. Sean didn't have much time to adjust to his condition, so he could only start shooting immediately.

This tense state of work made Sean, who had just stepped out of the slow rhythm of Wong Kar-wai, a little unaccustomed.

But thankfully Alejandro. Gonzalez is not as undisciplined as the king of sunglasses, and he has already sent his script and shooting plan to BMW in advance. Before, Sean had roughly read the script, and during the flight, he looked at his own scene word by word.

Overall. This is a story about humanitarianism. In terms of pattern, it is more compelling than the previous two advertisements. This one is more in line with the style of Mexican and Latin American filmmakers. The focus of their films is relatively high-end, and war, human nature, poverty, disease, and other social problems are all common themes for them.

In the story, Sean plays a driver who has to rescue a journalist named Steve Jobs in the midst of war. Reading between the lines shows the director's discussion of war and human nature, and from this script, Sean can see that this is called Alejandro. Gonzalez's Mexican directors are definitely in the frenzied festive faction of film festivals.

After more than two hours, Sean and the translator took a Ford off-road ride and finally arrived at the filming location this time. A military jurisdiction located northwest of Mexico City.

At a glance, patches of cornfields and real guns and nuclear bombs show a serious sense of GI.

These GIs in combat camouflage uniforms glanced at every stranger who appeared, looking at their cautious appearances, and Sean, who was sitting in the car, subconsciously tensed his whole body, and here he smelled a very familiar smell.

This smell is called war!

It can be seen from the posture of these GIs with short guns that they are absolutely in a state of combat readiness at all times, especially the indifference to human nature in their eyes, they are all professional soldiers who have experienced the smoke of gunpowder.

"These are government troops, which can be regarded as relatively restrained. You don't have to worry, Mr. Sean. The translator seemed to feel Sean's tense state. smiled and comforted, "This neighborhood is a military jurisdiction, because the neighborhood is connected with Texas, so there are often drugs and traffickers, and these government troops are to prevent drug traffickers." ”

Sean smiled and didn't explain, but the tense body seemed to really relax because of the other party's words, and adjusted his sitting posture, his body seemed relaxed, but if you look at Sean's eyes, you will find that he will always observe the surrounding environment with his afterglow, intentionally or unintentionally.

There is a state called loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Professional soldiers, especially those who have experienced the smoke of artillery fire, will have their own occupational diseases.

"Passed—"

After some inspection, the GI on duty raised the railing of the inspection post. Let the car pass smoothly.

Sean couldn't help laughing, it's been so long, and he still can't change his occupational disease. Looking back at the lush cornfields not far away.

It's a country full of dangers.

But for some reason, Sean seemed to be very energetic. swept away the depressed state that had just gotten off the plane before, and seemed to have adjusted his mental state all of a sudden.

The car was parked in a run-down hotel. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a middle-aged man with dark skin and typical Mexican features, small black curly hair, and stubble on his cheeks.

"Sean Cross?"

"Alejandro. Gonzalez? ”

The two men smiled, and although they hadn't met, they were both sure of each other's identities at first sight.

"Welcome to Mexico, I'm sorry I can't pick you up." Alejandro. Gonzalez looked at Sean and said with a smile, "Because this is the U.S.-Mexico border, the infrastructure is a little worse, I hope you won't mind." ”

"It's okay, this place feels good to me." Sean smiled sincerely.

Alejandro. Gonzalez didn't know if Sean was telling the truth, and instead of dwelling on the topic, he went straight to the point.

"I guess you'd have read the script for this Powder Keg short before you came, right?" Alejandro. Gonzalez didn't wait for Sean's answer before continuing, "I'll shoot your scene tomorrow, no problem, right?" ”

"No problem."

"It's for the best." Glancing at Sean, Alejandro. Gonzalez nodded, "Any questions?" ”

Sean glanced at the Mexican director in front of him, and threw the handbag he was carrying over his shoulder, "If I could have a bottle of vodka, I think I would sleep more peacefully at night." ”

Alejandro. Gonzalez stared at Sean, smiled, and patted Sean on the shoulder, "Don't worry, it's not as dangerous as you think." The only noise is the gunfire at night, but don't worry, the vodka you want will be delivered as promised. ”

Gunshot?

Sean walked up the rattling wooden staircase, glancing out the window at the soldiers patrolling around with live guns and nuclear bombs, at the messy streets, at the prostitutes and women standing on the streets, and at the government soldiers with guns on their backs and watching around the stone walls of the streets.

It's a chaotic battlefield.

Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire was heard not far away, and the pedestrians on the street were numb and chose to ignore it. Even the soldiers with real guns and nuclear bombs lazily held their guns, without the slightest hint of wanting to check them. It seems that the gunfire is so commonplace.

"It must be the outlaw drug dealers, who not only exchange fire with government forces, but also like to kill civilians, and there are often gunshots in the cornfields not far away."

The innkeeper glanced at Sean, who was standing by the window, shook the key in his hand, and muttered impatiently with a frown, "God, I hate this city." I really can't figure out why you guys are here to make a bullshit movie......"

"Doesn't anyone care?" The interpreter pointed to the government troops on the street, "Aren't these army people?" How could there be no one to exterminate them? It's really unimaginable......"

Looking at the white-faced translator in front of him, the innkeeper sneered and mocked, "What the hell, you have to know that this is the US-Mexico border, and that group of drug dealers even has anti-missile weapons, where do you think this is?" This is Juarez! Government forces to exterminate them? Here, government forces are only on the defensive. ”

The innkeeper threw two keys to Sean and the translator, "What an ignorant Yankee, do you think this is Washington?" ”

Perhaps it's because of the U.S.-Mexico border, where people are used to speaking English. Maybe in their hearts, they would prefer the United States to take over this place, right? Just like Texas a hundred years ago.

"It's such an unappetizing place." The interpreter swore and walked into his room, leaving only his bags on his back and looking out at the gloomy street.

Gray stone walls, potholed streets, numb expressions, green cornfields dyed with a dark color, even the sky seems to be a little gray. This place is separated from the United States by a fence, but it is like two worlds.

This made Sean think a lot.

It seems that the mind has drifted to the places where there was once fierce fighting, and the flames of war are full of gunsmoke, numbness and walking corpse.

This feeling made Shaunt uncomfortable. Sitting in a chair, holding a beer in one hand and a script in the other, Sean reads the script for this short film called "Powder Keg", and every shot, Sean will ponder for a moment.

There is a long fitting mirror erected opposite Sean, and every time he opens his eyes, Sean will see a different expression and interpretation.

Mirror Acting Method.

Wong Kar-wai gave Sean a mirror when he was filming "Tracking", asking him to look at himself and act for himself, and he was in a director's perspective and watched the effect of his acting.

In Wong Kar-wai's words, this is to exercise the actor's self-awareness. It's like a director, to observe, not just experience.

Although Sean scoffed at this unscientific way at the time, he had to admit that Wong Kar-wai's perception of movies did have his own set.

Big slow?

That's right, this is the nickname that Sean gave Wong Kar-wai.

Of course, the king of sunglasses will definitely not admit it. He just called Sean a big bird or a big eagle because he claimed to be a hawk man!

There is fate in the dark, and Sean's nickname has gone through another reincarnation.

"Knock knock—"

As Sean closed his eyes and pondered, there was a knock on the door. (To be continued.) )

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