"We ...... We've met. ”

In the elegantly furnished living room full of flowers, Gatsby explained to Nick in some vain that he had inadvertently turned the pendulum of the bell so that it made a 'buzz' sound, and both Nick and Daisy's eyes suddenly drifted over - the atmosphere became subtle and tense at this moment, Nick's eyes moved back and forth between Gatsby and Daisy, and a smile but not a smile gradually appeared on his face -

“cut！” Salvi shouted, "D! ”

The set was filled with cacophony and people rushing around the scene, and Jenny, Leo and Toby walked together to Salvi and were guided by him - this was their second time shooting this shot, and it was a common occurrence on set, and after the actors got into the groove and performed better and better, the director would flip out some of the previous important shots and reshoot them in the hope of achieving better results.

"Leo and J.J. don't have much of a problem with their performance, but Toby, you may not have a full grasp of Nick's mentality - what do you think Nick will think when he sees this?" Salvi was always a little too strict on set, and although his tone was not rude, the implied torture was still oppressive to the actors. Toby's nose furrowed.

"Well, Nick can certainly understand the hidden message of this scene, the tension between Gatsby and Daisy, it is a very simple math problem for him, and he can even instinctively do it in the blink of an eye......"

"The Great Gatsby" means a lot to Americans, as much as Fitzgerald was loved, it is considered one of Fitzgerald's masterpieces, and its high status in the history of American literature is needless to mention - this book is like "Dream of the Red Chamber", for a young American who loves literature, if you haven't read this book, it is almost equivalent to not getting started.

However, Fitzgerald's novel is also known for its high difficulty in adaptation, the book was remade into a movie as early as 1926, and then it has been remade frequently, and now this version is the fifth version, which can be said to be a super IP of American literature - but the first four versions were not very good, although the cast is very strong, but they are all mediocre works that are difficult to leave a name in film history, which of course has its internal reasons. Fitzgerald's novels are not particularly suitable for film adaptation, especially "The Great Gatsby", precisely because the story content is simple, the conflict is very clear, and the author's genius and depiction of the environment are subtle, but everyone can project their own emotions into it, forming a thousand interpretations, and the corresponding simple story makes the adaptation of the script more difficult - if the original plot is not added, then the pace of the film will be relatively slow, and the random changes will definitely attract fierce scolding. In addition, it is extremely difficult to shape and grasp the characters and atmosphere, and it can be said that although this story can be distilled into a very cliché label, if the director really creates the characters according to the labels in people's hearts, the film itself will inevitably degenerate into a superficial and tonal burlesque show, and it is difficult to show the wisdom, compassion and loneliness that Fitzgerald dissolves into the work.

Gatsby loved vanity since childhood, and then by chance because of an adventure, he was adopted by a millionaire and taught him the knowledge of high society, with the death of the rich man, he was penniless again, and was lucky enough to become an officer in World War I, and met and fell in love with Daisy, who mistakenly thought he was from a wealthy family, and then revealed that he was a poor boy, and then he went on an expedition to Europe, and Daisy eventually married someone else. A few years later, Gatsby returns as a wealthy man and reunites with Daisy, who is trapped in a marriage and endures her unfaithful husband - and in a drunk driving experience, she hits and kills her husband Tom's mistress, and Gatsby impulsively takes the blame for her and is shot dead by the deceased's husband, who has already packed her bags and gone to Europe with her husband.

- "The Great Gatsby" is so simple in terms of plot, and there are only a few characters, Nick, Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Baker, it is very easy to label them all, but if you read the novel itself, maybe everyone will have a different experience. Jenny is not quite sure what the experience of the crew of "Gatsby" is in the original world line, but judging from the final product, the effect of the adaptation cannot be said to be too good, and the actors' performances, scripts, editing, and director's concepts have certain problems, which makes the whole film more luxurious and less aftertaste, especially the performances of Gatsby and Daisy, which are also a little out of place with Toby who plays Nick - Toby's acting skills are not very good, but the use of micro-expressions is still very skillful, compared to him, Gatsby and Daisy are too pompous, And Joel, who plays Tom. Azelton gave the most boring performance of his career, bringing one of the most stereotypical and annoying Tom - his ability is definitely more than that, it should be the director's guidance that went wrong, in this version, "The Great Gatsby" is like a third-rate love story, and it fails to portray the irony and coldness behind the American dream, at least for Jenny, this is not a too successful film, and it seems to have failed miserably in the Oscars that year, except for technical awards, The main award was not even nominated.

If you want to sum up the merits of the whole film, Jenny thinks that the extravagant and erosive scenes in the film are still quite well shot, and in the casting, the looming couple of Nick and Baker performed quite well, and of course the overly pompous acting style to avoid - and thankfully, Salvi's thoughts coincided with her again, and Jenny didn't even have to put forward her own opinions, but found that Salvi took the same restrained and low-key approach as her: still the same as "Monroe", The scenes are extravagant, but the performances of the characters are as realistic and low-key as possible. Especially Daisy, although she is in extreme pain, but for a lady of high society, no matter when and where, Daisy will not be able to make her embarrassment. Bare. Shown nakedly, and Nick is not so dull that everything is not in front of him, yes, he seems naïve and innocent compared to everyone in the story, but he is well educated, he belongs to the upper class - needless to say, he is very perceptive, as an observer and the main point of view, he can detect the changes in the emotions of the characters from the subtle expressions, and his own emotional flow will flow naturally in the gestures - do not exaggerate, Salvi, like every British aristocrat, has a great aversion to exaggeration, and in fact, Jenny even doubts that he secretly uses the tutors written in his bones to measure the performance of his characters, wishing that they would all be as rigid and polite as the English, always without losing their calm rigidity and politeness.

However, no matter what, under his direction, Gatsby and Daisy's love is much more convincing - of course, if Gatsby is not a gentleman with good manners and manners, how can Daisy miss him, even after five years of separation, and almost regret his marriage because of his message? Although he came from a humble background, he yearned for the American dream and high society, but he was more stylish than everyone else, which is what Salvi has always emphasized: his crappiness can only be revealed in the details, and no one can see that he is wrong unless it is a top person like Tom and Nick who is soaked in the atmosphere of high society and has blue blood flowing - although Tom's own actions are the opposite of aristocracy.

Including Nick - although he is a middle-class relative to Tom, but he is still an authentic aristocratic Nick, whose monthly rent is almost the monthly salary of people at the time - his reaction is also aristocratic, unlike lower-middle-class men and women, who put everything on their faces, what Nick needs is to have -

"Very old-fashioned aristocracy, like the English of the Regency, but a little lazy, because after all, they are the descendants of paupers, artisans, and ruffians, and two hundred years have not yet soaked this education into their bones." Salvi said, his pure RP voice causing both Leo and Nick to wrinkle their noses, as if to ignite a hint of patriotism - but neither of them was a passenger on the Mayflower, so the instinct was only a fleeting expression, and they both listened attentively to Salvi's words. Now that Nick saw Gatsby and Daisy's reaction, he could almost anticipate what was going to happen next, he had a hint of revenge, a hint of mercy, Tom, whom he hated, suffered his retribution, Daisy had her suitor, and his hapless cousin Daisy, who didn't like her so much, was still happy that she had found a hint of fun, which was Nick's shallow reaction, but what about Nick's deep psychology? Toby? ”

Toby had read the novel back and forth many times, and Jenny knew that - but neither he nor Leonardo had finished high school, nor had they continued their education, both of them had dropped out of school early to enter the entertainment industry, and Toby had told himself 'My high school days...... I just showed up in school, but I didn't learn anything' - for this kind of typical showbiz child star, they can't be too knowledgeable, and when Salvi has finished talking about the shallow thinking he can answer, he is in a dilemma, "Uh, he-"

"I think Nick is also a little uneasy about the future," Jenny replied on his behalf, "Nick's character in the story is actually a big picture, and in my opinion, although in his own account, his emotions fluctuate a lot, and he feels bitter and confused about the future, but Nick has actually foreseen the ominous trend of the situation, and has noticed the true face of everyone, and he knows that this scene is far from being as rosy as it seems - his wisdom and insight are hidden in his subconscious, blinded by his goodness, Nick just didn't know enough about the world to believe that human nature was really that ugly. ”

Toby blinked, looking a little unconscious, but Salvi had already nodded to Jenny, his expression unchanged, but there was a hint of approval in his tone, "Nick may not be able to say this clearly, but it is true, it is part of his emotions, a faint sense of unease, and at the same time J.J. is not expressing his guilt of self-condemnation." Nick knew he shouldn't have done it - Gatsby and Daisy were like two transparent people to him. ”

He pointed at Jenny, "Daisy, mediocre and cowardly, numbing herself through vanity, she is not qualified to be the Venus goddess in Gatsby's heart, and what about Gatsby?" - He is also far less likable, personable, and affectionate than he is on the outside, and Nick sees his vulgar origins and despair towards the American Dream clearly, and his love for Daisy is nothing more than a kind of self-hypnosis, does he really love her? No, all he loves is everything she represents, the silhouette of high society, and the fact that she was actually moved by him, this is not a true reunion of lovers after a long absence, but a hypnotic game to take what you need. And what Nick did was not to fulfill a pair of lovers, he was introducing sin to sin, and vulgarity to vulgarity - he knew that he was morally indefensible in doing so, but he still made this choice, because Nick was still weak in the end - and he also felt faintly ashamed of his weakness. It's the deep psychology of Nick across all the scenes since then, and I feel like you've instinctively captured that emotion in the other day's shoots......"

In Salvi's easy-to-understand explanation, Toby quickly began to experiment, and after a while, he thought for Salvi to start rehearsals, and Leo and Jenny, left the makeup artist and walked back to their buried positions.

"It's a deeply unpleasant story, don't you think?" "The story itself is not pleasant—and Salvi's narration makes it even more chilling," Leo said as he walked, and I simply don't know what the horror is, Salvi or Fitzgerald." ”

"Salvi is the one who makes the interpretation," said Jeanne, "Fitzgerald is a little more terrifying—so he's one of America's greatest novelists, but a good story is often unpleasant, isn't it?" That's what is real, and truth is often less pleasant. ”

"So that's why I don't like the real thing." Leo muttered, but soon, as the two of them walked to the burial position, he adjusted his state and returned to the position he had taken at the beginning of the shot, leaning on the hanging bell with one hand. Salvi also came from behind the guide barrel with a somewhat vague voice, "Standby, 3, 2, 1-!" ”

"We ...... We've met. ”

With a "buzzing" sound, Nick and Daisy's eyes fell on the clock, Gatsby immediately stood up straight, he pulled the cuffs with some restraint, Daisy's eyes stared at him softly and intently, in the joy of reunion after a long absence, and the obvious, restrained joy effort, it was faintly seen that she had some sense of weighing Gatsby, and Nick's eyes roamed back and forth between the two, he followed Daisy's eyes, and looked at Gatsby's diamond cufflinks with her-a kind of smiling aura, Hidden in his eyes: Nick saw through Daisy's emotional instincts, she wanted to know if Gatsby was bluffing or really wealthy, she was weighing whether Gatsby's love for her was still there, whether she was still charming, calculating the possibility of leaving Tom and starting a new life with Gatsby...... Don't look at her innocent on the surface, she loves to laugh and make trouble, but Daisy is quite shrewd at critical moments.

“cut！” Salvi's voice rang out. “good――r――”

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Although there are only three people in this scene, and these three actors don't care about whether they work overtime or not, the working hours of the lighting engineer, recording engineer and scene reporter are accurate, and when the eight hours are up, they will have to pay overtime for filming again. And Salvi didn't mean to rush to work, so when it came at five o'clock in the afternoon, the studio ended on time, and people either went directly to the cafeteria to eat, or made an appointment to go to the town to have a tooth sacrifice, and Jenny also refused Leo's invitation to go to the town bar to sit, and after changing her clothes, she went directly back to the resort that was half contracted by her, Leo and Toby: This resort is not far from Santa Monica, and it is only more than 20 minutes away from the crew to drive. This also made Jenny not hesitate to pay out of her own pocket and choose this place as her own shelter.

The sun hung low over the edge of the skyline, the garden was silent, Leo and Toby's villa was silent, and the waiters who usually came to run the bar at this time were not there—the garden was almost the preserve of the three of them, Jenny didn't drink, but Leo and Toby sometimes came over for a drink. Jenny found a spot on the edge of the bar, bracing her cheeks and looking at the lawn in the distance, almost thinking about nothing, not thinking about Daisy, not thinking about the special effects of "Journey of Life", not thinking about Los Angeles at hand.

"Hey." Salvi said he sat down next to Jenny.

"Hey." She said, turning her chair to face him, "Is the filming session over?" ”

"It's going pretty well." "It went very smoothly – after all, the storyboard was done on the first shot." ”

Jenny nodded, but did not speak, and they fell into a pleasant silence, just silently watching the sun set over the skyline, leaving a fiery red shadow of morning twilight.

The night light in the garden flickered for a while, then lit up, and in the dim light of the resort, the night sky was like a dark blue velvet, embellished with sparkling diamonds, Salvi stretched his upper body, and naturally leaned over, and shallowly hugged Jenny in his arms, and his kiss fell on the corner of her lips, so shallow, Jenny couldn't help but smile lightly on his lips.

"See you tomorrow." She said.

"See you tomorrow." Salvi said he stood up and walked outside the garden gate: he doesn't live here, and Salvi lives in town with the crew for meetings.

Jenny stayed until all the lights were on and returned to her room, feeling calm and happy, looking forward to tomorrow's performance.