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The reason why I thought of "Million Dollar Baby" was mainly because of Clint, the director who made this movie in his previous life? Eastwood contacted Suda through the original author F.X. Turr and wanted to buy the rights to the film from Suda, but how could Suda be an idiot to sell the gold mine, so he decisively rejected Clint? Eastwood, however, offered to cooperate.

But Clint? Eastwood did not agree at the first time, but only after a week did he re-contact Suda and promised to cooperate with Suda, but the requirements were very demanding, except for investing some money, all other things could not be interfered with, all by him, and even pulled the Warner Bros. in the United States in, putting on an attitude that there is no shortage of money for you at all!

In the face of such a tough attitude, how could Suda give in and invest some money, Suda has no problem at all, and even compromise in terms of profit stratification, but the crew must let Suda intervene, if not, it's a big deal to break up, you can wait for ten years later, Suda and F.X. Tuer's years will expire, and then continue filming, Suda can afford to wait.

So, the situation has been deadlocked until some time ago, and it seems that things have changed, Clint? Eastwood promised Suda to send someone into the crew, and also promised a Chinese character in the movie, which surprised Suda a little, he originally thought that Clint? Eastwood is impossible to compromise because he has the shortcomings of the American West cowboy and is stubborn!

No one embodies the spirit of an American western as vividly as Eastwood. In his 35-year career, he has filmed 26 films (not only, in fact, this interview was conducted 7 years ago, and the old man is 83 years old and still filming). It has won numerous awards, including the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award. He never stops his footsteps, and his work will speak for itself.

F.S. Fitzgerald wrote in The Last Tycoon: "There is no second act in American life. Eastwood's life might disagree. He has been in the film industry for more than half a century, and has twice won the industry's highest honors. Once as an actor and once as a director. For those who used to laugh at him as a "tough guy who just plays cool".

The honor earned him respect.

In 35 years, he directed 26 films. He starred in almost every one of them. In more than a dozen films, he made his own music. He has been nominated for eight Oscars and won twice. He has twice won the "Outstanding Director Award" from the DGA. He even got a Grammy nomination once. Although he is revered in Hollywood as one of the last "classical" directors – a compliment to his storytelling and the way he works, he never shy away from pushing himself to do anything that today's mainstream directors would dare to do.

He has been directing movies for more than 40 years since he directed his first film in 1971, and it is quite common for actors to be directors now, but it was not so common in the early 70s.

He first tried to direct a few episodes of Rawhide (a TV series) on his own. Later, the production company reneged on its promise. CBS doesn't want actors to direct themselves. So at this time he wanted to give up a little, but when he and Leone were filming "Red Dead Redemption" in Europe, he began to observe the crew, and then he had a broader understanding of world cinema. And so his interest began.

He thinks that one of the advantages of being a director after being an actor is that you can stay on the set all the time, so if you pay full attention, you will slowly learn the truth. 1954 to 1955. He signed a contract to work as an actor at Universal. At that time, he often went to the set to watch other people's directs. As long as they allow it. He'll go in and have a look.

Generally speaking, the bigger the director, the more strict they are with the people outside the set, and they don't like to let others in and hang around. went in for a walk, on the one hand, to watch other actors perform, and on the other hand, he was more curious about the director. He has never worked with any of the best directors. Except for one time when he was in William. A. Wellman played a small role in the film. He also went to Hitchcock and Douglas. Secker has seen it on the set.

A lot of people who make movies complain that they can't find the money, so they can't start filming. But he seems to have been lucky enough to have his own studio -- first at Universal, then at Warner Bros. -- over the years. They all have more or less Uncle Dong Mu.

For example, "Bird" (1988), when he got the film, it had been in a state of no one for a long time. The rights to it were in another studio, so he went straight to negotiate with the Warner Bros. guys. Later they made some deals. Many of his films are like this, and they are obtained in this way. It's different every time, but if it doesn't, he probably won't have a chance.

The same was true of his last two films, which are quite successful films now – but not at the time. So he thinks that sometimes the studio is good for him, but sometimes it's not. Warner Bros. wasn't very interested in Mystic River, thinking it was too dark. "Million Dollar Baby" too, they think it's just a story of a female boxer, and it doesn't sell well. But he didn't think it was, he thought it was a great love story. The important thing is that they made the movie, and that's the most important thing.

On set, what he values most is "to be interesting". He wants everyone to have a sense of humor. Then, he will be quiet. He liked the atmosphere where there was no tension or anxiety at all. He didn't like the kind of set where one yelled at the other. But what he hates the most is that everyone "shush" at others and tell them to be quiet.

They actually make a lot more noise. Once at MGM, he was passing by a photo studio and heard that loud bell ringing. He thought to himself, "What the is this?" ”

When you're filming an emotionally charged scene, or the kind of scene that requires concentration, something so loud will definitely not work.

If you ask the actors who have worked with him, Sean Penn, Tim. Robbins and others, they're the kind of people who like to start acting quietly. For those actors who don't have much experience. The atmosphere on his set is important to them and it keeps them focused.

People say Eastwood is quick to handle things on set, and there are rumors about it in Higal.

And he believes that the speed of filming depends on personal habits. Some directors think a little more, and some act intuitively. He used to work with directors who were faster – and Wellman wasn't slow.

He knew what he wanted, and after the shooting, he hurried on to the next one.

However, Eastwood came from a TV series. In the TV series, he is undoubtedly forced to be fast. He thinks the most important thing is what it looks like on the screen. He likes to be fast, because he thinks it's better for the actors and crew, and it will give them a feeling that we are making a lot of progress.

However, he also feels that his reputation for "making films quickly" is not necessarily a good thing. He always knew he had to make the movie he really wanted. When he was an actor, the directors who worked better with him were all faster in filming. Maybe that's why Higal gets along better.

A lot of people retire because they want to retire and they feel it's good to retire. Eastwood has always felt that he will have such a day. He always felt that one day he would say to himself, "Okay. That's pretty much enough. It's time to go and rest on the beach in Hawaii. ”

But that day has not yet come. He's kept making movies not only because it's fun to make movies — fun is important, and making movies should be fun — he thinks it's fun because he can learn from it.

In fact, this is also the best way to delay aging, and always learn new things, no matter what profession you are engaged in.

He has been with the DGA for 36 years and he was especially happy when he joined in '70. He's happy because he can finally direct movies independently, and not only that. He is more happy because he has joined this big family.

There are a lot of seniors he has worked with, a lot of seniors he's heard of before. For example, William. Wellman and Robert. Wise. There are many others that he personally admires, Coppola, Howard. Hawkes, John. Ford. They are all part of the DGA.

So, after learning what kind of person Eastwood was, Suda asked someone to investigate why Eastwood compromised. even asked Lee Yoon-shin to come out, and finally got a surprise news for Suda, that is, Warner Bros. doesn't pay much attention to "Million Dollar Baby", and if it weren't for Eastwood, they wouldn't even waste a penny invested in this movie.

Right now. They heard that there was a big man in the East who was willing to invest some money, and in order to have the management of the crew, he was even willing to reduce the profit stratification, which made the Warner Bros. executives feel that they were simply giving them money.

No, Warner Bros. and Eastwood have a disagreement on Suda's requirements, Eastwood naturally does not want Suda to intervene, although he is not a tyrant-type director on the set, but in terms of the requirements for the control of the crew, it is estimated that Eastwood is in the forefront of American directors.

It's just that Warner Bros. is his financier, and Warner Bros. is clearly not optimistic about "Million Dollar Baby", and thinks that this kind of film can't sell much money, which makes Eastwood very disagreeable, he thinks it's a great love, he has a stubborn character, he wants to make this movie, but in the face of Warner Bros.'s disapproval, and Suda's request, Eastwood is very angry.

But helplessly, Suda's attitude is tougher than him, if he doesn't agree, then he will break up, Suda is not in a hurry to shoot "Million Dollar Baby" at all, especially the most important point, that is, Su Da seems to be more optimistic about the future of "Million Dollar Baby" than him, in the end, Eastwood still made a compromise, it's a big deal to put the person Su Da arranged overhead, the subject Chinese actor, and it is enough to arrange a role for a trick.

It's just that Eastwood doesn't know that he is facing a future person, and he is not satisfied with a dragon role. (To be continued......)