"Very good, this paragraph is over, Charlize, well done!"

After shouting to stop, after a short while, Levi spoke again, and when he heard Levi say it, the crowd around him, which had been very quiet just a moment ago, immediately became busy. They were running around moving the set, and next to the two main actors, makeup artists and assistants immediately came over.

Everything was like it was in Hollywood...... Theron looked at the people around her with bowed eyebrows, smiled and rejected the mirror he handed her, and walked over to Levy.

"Now, I really feel the cultural differences you are talking about." As he walked towards Levy, Theron also spoke, "It's just a pity that the movie is almost finished." It's incredible to shoot a movie in a month. ”

"If it were another actor, I would be very excited to be able to get paid within a month." Hearing Theron's words, Levy shrugged and teased.

Hearing Levy's teasing, Theron slapped him on the shoulder with some annoyance.

"Who do you think I'm worried about? I'm not worried that I've acted in a bad movie, I'm worried about you. The film was shot so fast that I always found it difficult to produce a high-quality product. Sitting next to Levy, Theron also frowned a little, "It only took a month of filming time, and many people in the crew used Japanese, so wouldn't it really smash your brand with a movie shot like this?" ”

Levi glanced back at Theron, who gave him a slight smile with a look of disgust.

"I said, you don't have to think about me, just think about you. I'm very satisfied with having an Infernal Affairs this year, this movie is made for you, and it's just for you, it's good if you can play it, and don't worry about the rest. ”

Hearing Levy's words, a smile appeared on Theron's face. Levy was able to make a movie for her at the expense of his fame. What else is she not satisfied with?

Levy and Theron talked, and everyone around them was busy with their own business. Looking at these quite dedicated people, Levy also exclaimed: not only Theron, but even he had to sigh at the dedication of these Japanese.

There was no mistake in choosing to shoot this Lost Tokyo film in Japan.

The movie that Levy gave to Theron is this one Lost in Tokyo. When he said in the first half of the year that he wanted to make a movie for Theron, he thought of this movie.

This movie, Levy did make for Theron: there was only one biggest reason for choosing this movie: he wanted to see Theron win this year's Oscar - all the time. He wanted to give Theron some gifts, which he thought was the best gift for Theron.

Not the heroine, of course, but the supporting actress.

This year's Oscar actress really has nothing to fight for: since Julia Roberts has acted in a good movie, no one should think about competing with her. The title of Hollywood's No. 1 actress is not fake, and as the most popular actress in the United States, it is unimaginable that she is very popular in the United States, where the hobbies of the American audience are quite working-class. What they like is always the kind of actor who is not too beautiful, but quite close to the people. As the only actress with a salary of 20 million, Levy doesn't think Theron has the ability to compete with her.

Therefore. Spelling for the best supporting actress is the biggest possibility.

Theron's image determines that her acting path is not particularly wide, which is also one of the biggest bottlenecks she encounters when acting. Levy wants her to get an award. Naturally, she had to find a way to remedy her. And how to remedy it? As a director, Levy still has some ways to think of it. It's about shooting Lost in Tokyo.

There is a very good thing about the movie Lost in Tokyo: the identity of the woman in this movie can be said to be the heroine or the supporting actress. If she is reported as a supporting actress, then the super long scene will be very stained, and it is very likely to be selected.

Moreover, the original work of this movie is Sophia. Coppola, because it is the work of a female director, is also relatively female-oriented - compared to other films, the story is plain and beautiful, focusing on the catharsis of emotions rather than the twists and turns of the story, which is the characteristic of female-oriented films, and it is easier to shoot female characters from a female perspective.

And if you want to say that there is another thing, this movie is in his memory, it is a very unique film, using the lens to show the communication of characters, and using an obvious and clear focusing process to highlight the face, which is difficult to use in other movies, because it is very non-standardized. However, in a movie with romance as the main line, it is very good. This kind of hazy technique, it is better to shoot this kind of hazy movie.

What makes Levy more concerned is that because of this focused shooting style, the actors' faces will appear in the movie for a lot of time. With a lot of facial expressions, it is more beneficial to the performance of acting.

With all of this, Levy thinks he can also highlight Theron's acting skills. Filming this movie, it is very likely to get an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In memory, Scarlett. Johnson acted in the film. However, she is very unfortunate, on the one hand, she is a little too young, and she will play a young woman at the age of 19, which is a little different. Moreover, she filmed two movies that year, Lost in Tokyo and A Girl with a Pearl Earring, which also caused a split in votes. Now, Theron doesn't have that concern, so Levy thinks she still has a lot of hope.

Moreover, this movie has another benefit: compared to the movie, this movie can be said to be very simple, there is a month, it can definitely be filmed, and go home after work. It's only September, and if the film is made faster, it will definitely be able to catch up with this year's Christmas schedule.

He knows a lot of other good movies, but he can make them in two months, almost none. If you want to catch up with this year's Christmas schedule, this one is still the most likely.

The film was Sophia in his memory. Coppola's films, and now, as far as he knows, Sofia. Coppola is now sweetened in her married life. It is said that this is a work after she and her husband began to have conflicts, and now her marriage is still very happy, there are not so many contradictions, so naturally she has no intention of writing this work.

Since she didn't write it, Levy used it. In his heart, he can only say one word, maybe this can save a failed marriage, which is not bad.

The film. Levy also invested in the filming. In the first half of the year, he was already preparing and found the original actor Bill. Murray, who also came to Tokyo to shoot this film. He also contacted Sony Co-Production, asking them to find Japanese actors and art directors for him to ensure that the filming went smoothly.

Of course, the so-called smooth refers to the difficulty of the filming, but to all other things in the film itself. In the process of shooting, Levy is also making revisions.

Sofia. Although Coppola's film won a lot of praise at the beginning, there are still some places that have big problems.

First of all, there is the interpretation of culture: I chose Tokyo, a place where Eastern and Western cultures are mixed and freaked, and if I used it well, it would have been very good. However, this film also has the usual pride and arrogance of Americans, and there are also cases of deliberately scandalizing Japan in the filming - for example, the male protagonist takes a shower too low when he takes a shower. Laughing at the short stature of the Japanese, the repeated mockery of the Japanese accent English, laughing at the excessive hospitality of the Japanese, these things. It's all a kind of discrimination against other cultures from the inside.

Filming cultural differences can be shown in a better way, and it is a little low-level to use this way of distorting and scandalizing others.

in this regard. Levy is definitely going to change. In his eyes, there is no good or bad between American culture and Japanese culture, a hodgepodge and a freak, and no one should laugh at anyone. Although it is true that the Japanese have a lot to fall short. But there is no need to pollute your own movies in order to scandalize them.

Moreover, the investment in this movie is a little low. Because of the lack of investment, many shots can only be taken in a candid way. If the footage shot in this way is not beautiful enough, the movie will naturally not be good enough. The night view of Tokyo at the beginning of the movie is beautiful, but there is no such scenery in the future.

This problem also does not exist for Levy. He just wanted to pick up Theron and let me spend a little money.

And the most important point is that Sophia. When Coppola made this movie, it was only his second film, so he was still very immature in terms of story theme and shooting. Coupled with the fact that she is originally a female director, she focuses on feelings rather than stories, so the movie seems a little bland and scattered.

What kind of story does this story tell at the end? What has changed since the two of them communicated? They used to have a hard time tolerating cultural differences, but have they changed since then? None of this has been explained - or rather, the director himself does not want to explain, because Sofia Coppola was thinking about her divorce when she was filming this work, so it is not only the people in the film who are lost, but also herself. And Levy didn't want to be so lost when he made a movie.

"The two people in the movie, Harris and Charlotte, are both lonely. The difference, however, is that Harris has been married for 25 years, and he has become accustomed to this loneliness, only because it is more pronounced after arriving in a strange place. And Charlotte had just gotten married, and she wasn't used to this kind of confusion, and he was hesitating. Therefore, the communication between the two is that Harris guides Charlotte to have a deeper understanding of life, and Harris is helping Charlotte adapt to life and gain redemption in the process...... That's the story. ”

Levy made some changes to the original film: he is a man after all, and he can't shoot too stream-of-consciousness female works, so he must revise them. In the original work, such feelings actually exist, but because from the director's female perspective, a lot of ** feelings have been added, which has affected the depth of the movie.

Harris's part of guiding Charlotte is strengthened, and it also combines the exploration of life and the integration of cultural differences, so that the adaptation makes the clues of the film clearer and the theme slightly higher.

It's just that Levy knows very well that such niche movies, even if they can be improved, still have the problem of being too small, such a small-format movie, whether it is a box office or a good evaluation, don't expect it to be too good - if someone else makes such a movie, it is called a success, and for the current Levy, it is a little too much to watch.

However, this movie is not for making money, nor for any good reviews. Once the filming was complete, it was enough for Theron to show his acting skills - he had already said that it was a gift to Theron. (To be continued......)