At a time when everyone else is under pressure to perform, it can be said that in this play, the least pressure to perform is Robert. De Niro too.

He is a little different from others, Pete is playing a type that he has not performed before, Norton is in the play, to reflect more melancholy and depression, rather than the neurotic side, although Liam Nison has an outstanding image, but playing this role also needs further speculation to be able to play well, but for De Niro, playing a gangster character is too simple.

He didn't dare to say anything about other roles, but if it was purely a gangster character, he would definitely dare to say that no one knew how to act better than himself. Since he was young, he has always been a master of gangster movies, at that time, he has already put a lot of effort into this kind of movie, and he has the experience of driving a taxi for a year in order to play a good taxi driver, even if he is old now, but the accumulation of his youth is still there, and there is no problem at all.

"When I was your age, people said, I can be a police officer, or I can be a criminal. But when someone points a gun to your head, is there a difference between a police officer and a criminal? ”

In front of Levy, the gang boss played by De Niro stands in front of young Andy and talks, trying to convince the young man to go undercover for him. In his expression and tone, it seemed that he was reminiscing about the past, but there was a hint of ridicule, as if he was mocking his past ignorance. He gently confused black and white, reversed right and wrong, and instilled wrong logic in Andy, but that calm tone and hidden melancholy, as if to say a truth, people couldn't help but agree with him, but also found that this person may have a heavy past, and developed curiosity and affection for this person.

The gang boss played by De Niro has really done this kind of work, from his expression to his actions. He shows a wicked but charismatic character in all of them.

“cut！ Well done, Robert, very well done. ”

Levy shouted to stop and strode over. De Niro just smiled, patting Heath Ledger on the shoulder and encouraging him before walking to the sideline and letting the makeup artist touch up his face while he started talking.

"Nick. This young man you found has good acting skills and is quite sensible. Did you notice his fingers and lips during filming? The details are well grasped, and people who understand these things at such a young age are rare now. ”

De Niro exclaimed a few words, and Heath Ledger, who was on the side, also smiled and said, "I still have to thank Robert for his help, when I first started acting, I could see that his eyes were suggestive to me." I still didn't understand it, but after thinking about it for a long time, I was able to read all his hints, and I acted well. Or did he bring it well. ”

"It's good if you're willing to go to school." De Niro was also not modest and accepted Heath Ledger's touting, "Study hard, you have a future." ”

Heath Ledger said yes and left. De Niro turned his head towards Levy, "I think this part is performing." It should be fine. But don't let him leave the crew just yet. The more I read this movie, the more I felt that there were a lot of things inside, and I also had a lot of new insights into the analysis of the characters in the play. Let him stay first, in case I have a deeper understanding of the characters in the play, I hope he can re-shoot this scene with me. ”

De Niro and Levy were talking, Levy nodded, he knew that for good actors, many times they don't need the director to tell them that they don't act well, they themselves have high requirements for themselves, once they find that their understanding of the characters is not deep enough, they will be dissatisfied with the previous filming parts, and ask for a new - De Niro's seriousness and surprise in acting are very commendable, and his request, Levy will naturally agree.

It's just that there is one thing that he is also interested in.

"Can you tell me, what did you interpret in this movie? You've worked with Scorsese so many times and have your own opinions on film, can you tell us about it? ”

For De Niro's interpretation perspective, Levy is still very interested. As and Martin. Scorsese has worked with a lot of actors, De Niro has a deep enough understanding of gangster films, and his opinion will definitely not be such a superficial and crude conclusion that gangster films are easy to win, and Levy also wants to know what he thinks of this movie.

"Your film is not quite the same as Martin's film." De Niro certainly knew what Levy was trying to ask, "In the beginning, I also thought that you wanted to make a gangster movie in New York, which was a tribute to Martin. However, during the shooting, I slowly realized that your script is not a tribute to Martin at all - your script is so clean, it is not Martin's style at all. ”

Clean, this is the biggest feeling after De Niro started filming. Compared to reading the script, after arriving on the set, people are often affected by the information transmitted at all levels, visual, auditory, tactile, these aspects give people different feelings. The set of this movie is so clean. Whether it is the layout of the scene or the dialogue of the characters, there is almost no ugliness that can be created, there is no deliberately created tyranny, all are quite plain words and environments. Compared with other gangster films, the biggest difference between this movie is that the movie does not rely on the filth of the outside world, the tyranny of language, the physical brawls, and the pain of the actors to create a sinful environment. There weren't too many abusive words in the script, there weren't fierce men with tattoos everywhere on the set, there wasn't too much fighting and torture in the action scenes, and the scene layout tended to be cold rather than filthy - these things are different from Levy's gangster films.

Compared to those outward performances, Levy hopes to show sin through the inner inner language.

"You're choosing a completely different path than Martin. Martin's films, like to use external ugliness, to make people get an intuitive impression, but you don't do that, your film is like his name, 'departed', you are in the plot, through the struggle of each character, to show the psychology of these characters, and through the struggle of everyone, to outline a large social environment, and even the consistency of mentality - these two approaches, which is better, Martin's is more intuitive, and the theme of human struggle that he wants to reflect is more appropriate, And if you play it well, it's more tangled, and more relevant to the theme that you want everyone to be lonely. ”

As a top actor, De Niro is not in the mood to slander another big director in order to please the director of this play, since he is asked to evaluate, he has to compare the two more accurately and prudently. Compared with Scorsese, Levy's films are obviously more elegant and quiet, and this style is applied to gangster films, and his films are also full of gloomy and solemn atmosphere - these can be seen through the art design, and this is probably the reason why Levy chose the New York faction, and the indifference of the metropolitan environment is in line with his theme.

Martin Scorsese's themes are mostly reactions to human struggles, so he doesn't need to sketch people's hearts in detail, as long as he can portray human suffering, and then deepen the themes through simple and crude resistance, he can perfectly interpret his films. Levy, on the other hand, wants to use the silhouette of the human heart to outline the world, which is a different way in itself.

It's not about who is good and who is bad - Levy's technique is so delicate that if you shoot a taxi driver or an angry bull, it would be typical of literary and young sadism, but if Martin shoots this one, it will be difficult to grasp the essence of it.

His words made Levy nod slightly, and he also smiled: at least, De Niro didn't think that he had made a gangster literary film - De Niro had made enough movies, and he had a deep understanding of the style and expression of the film, and he was very satisfied with his approval.

"However, you should also be careful, it is not easy to make such a movie."

Most of today's gangster movies use brawls, street scolding, simple and rough style and intuitive characters, and even abandoned factories and dark alleys to express the darkness because this way is very simple, easy to learn, and easy to use. In De Niro's many years of experience in film, he has seen this kind of gangster environment that does not use violence, but uses a gentle way to show a gangster environment, probably only the godfather has done the best. And Levy's movie, in a sense, is on the same path as that movie.

This is a gangster movie that wants to win by fighting lines, acting, and character portrayal. And such a movie has high requirements for supporting roles, lines, scripts, actors, and directors. Why do people always say that The Godfather is the number one movie in film history? Isn't it because the movie does everything the best it can be?

But can this one really be filmed so well? This is also the biggest question in De Niro's mind. This kind of expression is also extremely difficult to control.

However, such a movie, after it is made, will also be better - sometimes, too intuitive expression, will reduce the depth of the film, making the film not thick enough. I have to say that Levy's way of filming is more likely to be classical: outlining society through people's hearts, which is extremely wonderful in itself.

Therefore, De Niro is not particularly worried: Martin shows human anger and has his own methods. Levy expresses the loneliness of people, and also has his own methods. can have his own consistent shooting techniques in movies with different themes, and Levy's level is definitely not low. With such ability, why should you worry about bad movie shooting?

This director can be trusted. (To be continued......)