The 70th Oscars, in the midst of people's attention, passed like this. This year's Oscars left people with a lot of talking points: Titanic won 14 nominations and 11 awards, and the nominations and winning all tied the record, so that all those who were lucky enough to see this movie were all talking about it for a while, and at the same time, the eavesdropping storm 8 nominations and 2 winning the prize also made the entire critics all complain.

"If there is only one film this year that will stand the test of time, then this movie must be a bugging storm and not the Titanic. In terms of depth, structure, and narrative, the eavesdropping storm is much stronger than the Titanic, and the award was given to them just because the Titanic was a big production, which is a shame for the Oscars! ”

Almost everyone in the critics was scolding the Oscars loudly at this time, and the eavesdropping storm was at this time, and it was also named one of the most wronged movies in history, which was repeatedly mentioned by people. Although in terms of awards, compared to the purple in Spielberg's 11 nomination 0 in 85, there are still some gains, but their tragedy is comparable to that of Citizen Kane 10 nomination 1 winners.

Moreover, the film also has a lot of similarities with Citizen Kane. Orsson. Wells also made his debut that time, which caused a great sensation, but unfortunately there was no award in the end, and it was quite similar to Levy.

"After Citizen Kane, people are expecting a new masterpiece from the director. Wells never showed a work that could be compared. And after the storm of eavesdropping, Nicholas. It is also a huge question whether Levy will be able to produce new good works. Because he was too young. denied him the qualifications to receive the award, such a practice. Undoubtedly very wrong. ”

People were still complaining about Levy until now, and what they said. But it's rather speechless: Orson Wilson hasn't made any more films than Citizen Kane since then – and of course, because Citizen Kane has such a high starting point – and it's always strange to use him as a metaphor for Levy.

However, this is not something difficult to understand: in the eyes of many people, Eavesdropping Storm can be regarded as the best political film in years. Such a film as a debut film is itself a huge test for the director. If you want to surpass such a film and achieve continuous progress, it is also a huge test for the director himself.

After the Oscars. Many people are also talking about what Levy's new movie will shoot. It was at this time that Levy held his own press conference in New York, where he announced his new plan to shoot a movie, and this plan, as soon as it was revealed, caused an uproar.

and Winona. Ryder cooperates. Filming a romantic comedy? And according to the news of the press conference he held, is this romantic comedy still a romantic comedy with a surrealist theme?

From a director who shoots the darkness of realism, he jumps to a director who shoots surreal love. That's a big jump. When the media saw Levy's idea, they all talked about it.

Even Levy's friends are similar. After seeing Levy's new plans. Leslie called Levy, "Man. The response to your idea is not very good. ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's too big! You're the one who shoots serious political films. What kind of romantic comedy to shoot! Is a romantic comedy the type of movie you should consider? On the other end of the phone, Leslie was quite excited, "Nick, you have a better choice." If you need it, I can get in touch and introduce you to new movies. Warner does not reject films with serious themes, with your current fame, you can ask them to invest, as long as it is less than 100 million, you can ask for whatever you want, as for the subject matter, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Hoover, is it not up to you to choose? Why give up on yourself and shoot a romantic comedy? ”

"It's not self-defeating, it's just trying something new. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, I'm always shooting heavy subjects, and people will be too depressed, so I have to change my taste and shoot something else. ”

"Oliver. Stone changed his tastes and photographed something else, but at the end of the day, he had to go back to what he was good at. Nick, you'd better not waste your talent, I don't want to see you drain your talent early because you're too nonsense, and you won't be able to make a good enough TV show for me when you arrive. ”

"Don't worry, no matter how bad I am, the TV series can still cope with it." Levi knew that this was not Leslie's casual remark, he called himself, on the one hand, because they had been working together for a long time and had friendship with each other, and on the other hand, naturally because he still hoped that he could continue to produce TV series for CBS, "Look, my movie will be very good, and my talent will not run out, this movie is over, and this summer, our company will also consider making a new drama." ”

In addition to the filming, those friends also had to be maintained. Levy knew he should help Leslie from time to time so that he could get help from CBS.

Levy has such confidence in himself, but other media outlets have expressed their disapproval of Levy's idea of wanting to shoot a romantic comedy.

"Levy makes films about reality. The strength of his films is that they are thick and able to provoke people to think, rather than romantic love sketches. Not only movies, but also his TV scripts, there are no love scenes, and the description of love is not what he is good at, why should he try this field that he is not good at at all? ”

Many people commented that Levy's approach was a bit too risky, and even some of the more generous ones were hesitant at this time.

"Eavesdropping on the feelings of the three protagonists in the storm is also delicate. It's just that such delicacy is the delicacy of people's feelings after being amplified in a heavy background. Romantic comedies need more than this kind of emotional romance, can Levy really do it? ”

It's no wonder that people are complaining a lot about it now: political films with realistic themes. and romantic comedies, these two are really things that can't be beaten. Finished filming the former. immediately went to shoot the latter, and naturally people couldn't figure it out: what the hell was this director thinking. Will you shoot such two works that are far from each other?

A good director only shoots one scene in his life - a director shoots the same theme all his life. Except for those who are desperate to make money and don't care about the theme of the movie at all, directors who have a little pursuit have to think about what theme their movie is for.

And to say that political films and romantic comedies are the same theme...... This common ground is really hard to find.

In fact, even Levy himself admits that if he hadn't had a ready-made movie in his head, he wouldn't have chosen this one.

But now...... He was still able to find the common ground between the two films.

In the midst of all the talk, Levy was also in New York. I've met the rest of the cast and crew.

The props for the film, the studio, the working group, these are almost ready. The special effects company Alexander has been doing what Levy has told, and New York, a city that has given birth to countless great directors and films, has no problem building a studio, and even Winona has contacted some necessary live-action shooting locations. Add to that the soundtrack, cinematography, and editing that Levy himself has contacted, and the behind-the-scenes team for the film is ready.

And the behind-the-scenes working group was removed. The actors in front of the stage are almost in place. When Levy arrived at the crew, he was the first to see him. It is the actor who plays Christian Bale.

By the time I saw him, he had shaved his hair short. And he also wore a dress with an old color style, but it was quite flattering. These looks. is also what the movie requires him to have.

In the crew, Christian Bale is ready. As the nominal actor in this movie, he has also read through the script many times, and in order to meet the needs of the movie, he has also adjusted his image appropriately - he knows very well how lucky he is to be able to appear in this movie.

Levy's last film has just received critical acclaim, and now that he's making a film, he's sure to get a lot of attention. In addition, the heroine of this movie is a top actress like Winona Ryder, a good director directs, and a good actor plays a role, such an opportunity is not available all the time. Bell knows that acting in the United States as a foreigner is difficult, and he caught up with this good opportunity because of his relationship with his n girlfriend, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Bell can be regarded as a child star debut, he has been working hard all these years, but there are fewer opportunities. In his many years of acting career, he has also accumulated a lot of experience. Compared with Winona, who is lucky, he knows better that attitude is everything, and he is not ambiguous about trying to meet the requirements of the characters in the play.

"The only thing I hope for now is that you'll take a little more of your British accent. It's a movie shot in New York, and it's better to have more New York accents. ”

There was only one request made by Levy, and Bell immediately agreed to this request: although many actors have their own natural accents, in addition to their natural accents, they will also exercise their voices for their acting careers. Good actors practice different tones, such as Depp's filming of the barber Todd used British English, and even learned an Irish accent, so that in Pirates of the Caribbean, his British accent is more pure than that of the British actor who plays Barbossa. And Bell has also learned American pronunciation, and he has also practiced it, but he needs to use New York slang, and he still needs to learn it.

"I'll try to speak the language well, please give me some time." Of course, Bell didn't immediately agree, but he decided that he would ask a professional drama actor to correct his pronunciation - out of respect for the movie.

"Yes, you can arrange your scenes in this movie later, and we can shoot those scenes without lines first."

Levy agreed to his request, which was not excessive.

Compared to Bell's efforts, his request was nothing. Levy is still very happy to have such an actor: Winona is really a bit lazy in acting, and the actors she likes are more industrious, which may be a big boost for her, right?

She has to act well, but she said that she might win an Oscar. (To be continued......)