Chapter 813: Comrades Are Mortals [Second Watch]
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The filming of "Inception" went quite smoothly, with the world's top directors pressing the lineup, and the Oscar-level cast, and every staff member worked wholeheartedly and worked quite efficiently. The foreign crew pays special attention to the welfare of the actors, so Yang Lin can arrange his time freely during the two days of the weekend.
Yang Lin didn't go out to hang out, but stayed in the hotel and read the script of "Single Man" carefully, and he found that he liked such a challenging role. The main character, George, wears black-rimmed glasses, a suit and leather shoes, is meticulous, and has the standard image of a middle-aged scholar, living in a glass house that is quite out of place with the atmosphere of the era. He is a single man and this is the 24 hours of his life. More precisely, the last 24 hours of life. Eight months ago, his gay lover Jim Jim died suddenly in a car accident. 16 years of life together is just a moment of negligence, and the loss of a loved one for eight months is an unbearable long time. So eight months later, on this day, he decided to end his life and never wake up again.
The story is set in Southern California in 1962, George is a professor of history at a university, and he is very gentlemanly and gentlemanly in his daily life. At school, George was a teacher who was loved by his students and respected by his colleagues; In life, he is a kind and kind middle-aged man. However, George's sexual orientation is unusual, and he is a homosexual who has made his identity public. On the campus of the university, he lived with his lover for 16 years. However, misfortune chose this pair of calm men, and George's lover was in a car accident and died.
Faced with the loss of his lover, George ushered in the darkest moment of his life, and he tried his best to maintain a gentle gentleman image in front of others. But every day he lives in the endless memories of his deceased lover. Talking to a Spanish man with the same sexy lips as his lover, he became depressed and silent as time passed. A lot of the time. He even contemplated suicide - after all, in the United States in the '60s, it was difficult to find another gay lover at George's age. However, at this time, his colleagues did not abandon the poor man, and they came to George's side to share his pain. His 'best friend' Charelli seems to care about him very much. Because Charelli himself is going through the pains of life. Charelli tries to take the opportunity to confess to George, heal the wound of his lost love, and reclaim the old relationship between the two of them that has been lost for many years. However, Charelli underestimated the extent of George and Jim's love, and it was impossible for her and George to go back to the way they were.
There is no passion drama in the whole text, there is just a homosexual who has lost his lover, showing his psychological journey, how did he spend the last 24 hours of his life?
Attracted by this story, the pattern of the movie is very small, and the entry point is very clear. A person, a day, a thing, but it's not narcissistic chatter. Because for everyone who has ever faced the choice of life and death, every second of desperate struggle in the shadow of death is like a year, and at that critical moment, every detail, every moment of hesitation, has the potential to completely change a person's life. Or go to subversion, or be reborn.
Gays are also mortals, how many people of the same sex are there in the crowd? What kind of disdain and discrimination have they received? George, who came out publicly, would rather die than live alone. This love is not inferior to the rest of the world. The world of 1962 disappoints George, his friends can't keep him, and the lost love brings him only endless pain. But the longer, the longer he lasts, the more likely it is that the fleeting seconds that contain all the meaning, passion, and secrets of life will come, the more likely it will be. And such a possibility may be those glimmers of light that penetrate the isolated island of life, quietly, mysteriously, entangled and contended with the deepest wasteland buried in our hearts, withering and changing, changing seasons, and reciprocating.
The script is quite well written, and the protagonist George's mental journey is completely and profoundly analyzed in front of the audience, which is quite a test of a person's acting skills, how to show his melancholy, hesitation, and relief, this is a problem that Yang Lin needs to think about.
"Tom Ford is here, he made an appointment, will you come?" Zhang Qian held the mobile phone in his hand and asked Yang Lin, "At two o'clock in the afternoon, he asked you to meet in the café." ”
Yang Lin said without raising his head: "Okay, let him explain the location and seat number clearly." "He really wanted to act in this movie, and he had a strong hunch that maybe this movie would also allow him to sweep the world at awards ceremonies, leaving those critics with nothing to say.
Tom Ford, the darling of the fashion industry, has a handsome face, he sits at the table in a suit of his own design, looks down at the novel, and becomes a quiet backdrop in a quiet café, no one would think that he is the gold point who brought Gucci from death to life while drinking coffee.
"Hey!" Yang Lin walked over, whispered hello to him, then sat down by himself, and said, "I hope I'm not late, there is a traffic jam outside today." He was a little sorry that he had met for the first time.
Tom Ford looked at his watch and said with a smile, "Not late, almost just right." I came to you to talk about "Single Man", although this is my first time directing a movie, but I have been preparing for it for a long time, are you interested? ”
He looked at Yang Lin with burning eyes, and forced the other party to express his position at the beginning, and his strong style made Yang Lin a little stressed. After saying this, Tom Ford closed the novel, picked up the spoon and stirred it lightly in the coffee, waiting for a reply.
"Of course, I wouldn't have come to see you. The novel is well written and the script is good. I'm reading the original novel! "Yang Lin doesn't have any views that discriminate against homosexuals, isn't everyone the same? There are also some gays in the entertainment industry, which is not surprising.
"At that time, what struck me in this book was the simplicity and courage of the protagonist. In 2006, when I was looking for a suitable project to prepare for my first film, I often thought of this novel, and the male protagonist in the book, George, always lingered in my mind. So I re-read the book. Tom Ford picked up the novel on the table and showed it off, the book was yellowed and seemed to have been read I don't know how many times.
Yang Lin was a little surprised, a book that can be read for so many years, how influential is it? He asked for a cup of the most ordinary Blue Mountain. He whispered, "This is a novel worth reading." I wonder why I was chosen, I'm a little different from the protagonist in it, George, right? ”
The atmosphere is always quiet, and although there are quite a few people sitting in the café, everyone is quietly enjoying themselves. There are no bright lights, no brilliant colors, just faint music. This music lingers in the heart, and it is easy to sink into a romantic and soft dream unconsciously.
Tom Ford slightly. took out a stack of posters from the briefcase next to him, which was a photo taken by Yang Lin for a magazine in the United States before. Watching his photo being taken out by a gay guy and admiring it, Yang Lin had a strange feeling in his heart. He was calm and heard Tom say, "Actually, I chose you because you are popular." You're the most popular celebrity in the gay world right now, and maybe you didn't know that gay people have separate social networks that vote every year. You have the highest number of votes, so elect you. Of course, the reason is that your acting skills are good enough to support this character. ”
Unexpectedly, for this reason, he became the favorite male star of his comrades, and this "honor" actually fell on his head. Yang Lin had a dreamy feeling, he didn't have a half-dime relationship with that circle before.
From 1980 to 2006, nearly 30 years, Ford grew from a young teenager to a big name in the fashion industry. But the idea of making this film haunts him all the time. Perhaps for Ford, filming "Single Man" is more than just a debut film. It's more like Ford's comeback journey on the big screen.
Tom Ford said: "For me in my forties, the message in this book is different, it's important that it resonates with me and hits the deepest part of my heart. How terrible it is for a man to be unable to see his future one day; Understanding may seem like a small thing in life, but it's actually more difficult to deal with than a big thing. So, there are a lot of feelings in the movie. I feel that life is the most important thing right now, and it is very close to my heart now. ”
"In that case, will I be able to get the role? Or do I have the rest of the contenders? Yang Lin didn't ask about the rest of the things, next to a good role, the salary time and everything are floating clouds, and those are all problems that can be solved. He rubbed his hands together, a little eager to take the role.
"So far, you're the first actor to reply to me. I gave this script to 5 actors, you, Colin. Feith, Edward. Norton, Pierce. Brosnan and George. Clooney. Although you are the most different from the description of the original book, I am most optimistic about you. Movies are obviously purer for me, although it also involves huge amounts of money and all aspects of investment and income, but I don't rely on the box office to live, I have made enough money in the fashion industry, and movies are more like a way of expression and communication for me. ”
Somehow, Tom. Ford actually felt that the young man in front of him was the best candidate for the protagonist George, he looked at Yang Lin's current dress, and said: "If you really become the protagonist in the end, we will make a little modification on the basis of the original book." ”
After learning that he was not the only choice, Yang Lin did not get angry, but had a feeling of eagerness to try, is he the only one with his own unique vision and fancy this script? (To be continued.) )
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