Chapter 449: "The Silence of the Lambs" test screening
"Distracted!"
This is He Chaoqiong's answer, and because of this answer, it touched a trace of pity in Chen Ping'an's heart, and finally agreed to He Chaoqiong's request.
After He Chaoqiong and Xu Jinheng got married, although she said that she had a happy marriage and a happy life, and said that Xu was the best man, Xu Jinheng had scandals with many actresses one after another, and finally the two divorced, and Xu Jinheng married the most beautiful Hong Kong sister.
If such a man is still the best man in the world...... There is really no discipline in the entertainment industry, and all kinds of remarks can only be listened to as jokes, unless there is a picture and the truth.
Thinking that He Chaoqiong might marry Xu Jinheng next year, from the daughter of the He family to Mrs. Xu, he agreed to He Chaoqiong's request.
Let her relax.
Chen Ping'an gets off the plane in San Francisco.
It is also fate, most of the scenes of "The Silence of the Lambs" were filmed in San Francisco, and several main scenes of "The Nuns Are Crazy" were also chosen in San Francisco.
For example, the heroine hides in the saint. Catherine Convent, the initial selection is the Catholic Church of St. Paul in San Francisco, the police station is also very convenient, continue to borrow the last police station, open up an area of a few rooms, just rearrange it. Anyway, in "The Silence of the Lambs", the footage inside the police station was also filmed here, and both parties are very familiar.
Chen Ping'an came to San Francisco to see if the Catholic Church of St. Paul was suitable, and after looking at the layout of the entire church, he found that the assistant director had chosen it very well, and it was exactly what he wanted in the script.
So the saint in the movie. Catherine Monastery is identified as the Catholic Church of St. Paul.
The priest of the church is also a careful person, and he wants to use their church to film, money and everything are negotiable, and the most important thing is the script. The church scene in this play is particularly heavy, so they have to review the script. Ensure that the content of the script is not as good as tarnishing the sanctity of Catholicism.
America is a country that believes in Christ, and even the most heinous thugs would not dare to shoot a fake nun in a nun's suit.
See in the script. Several killers pushed around for fear that they would not be forgiven after killing the nun. The priests laughed, they liked the script very much and said that they would fully cooperate with the filming in the future.
The crew of "Nuns Are Crazy" is still under construction, and Chen Ping'an came to San Francisco specifically to determine the extremely important filming location of the church.
After finalizing the church, the rest of the work was handed over to the assistant director, and he flew to Detroit to visit Chung Chuhong. Zhong Chuhong endorses a car and is filming a car commercial there. as well as attending a number of endorsement events.
During this period, He Chaoqiong did not bother, she studied in the United States and had many friends in the United States. Leave contact information with Chen Ping'an, and make an appointment to notify her before the filming of "Nuns Are Crazy", and she will go to work on herself.
In Detroit, Chen Ping'an and Zhong Chuhong got together for a few days. The American paparazzi are also very dedicated, digging up a picture of the two eating together and shopping together. However, the scandal between the two Orientals was not very interesting to the American people, so this scandal quickly died down without even stirring up.
Because I still have "The Silence of the Lambs" in mind. A few days later, Chen Ping'an said goodbye to Zhong Chuhong and returned to Los Angeles to devote himself to the post-editing of "The Silence of the Lambs".
His arrival liberated the editors of Dark Horse International American Films. In the eyes of these professional editors. This movie is too difficult to edit, because there are so few clips available for editing, and if you are not careful, you can edit it for less than an hour, who would dare to do it?
Chen Ping'an doesn't care so much, he has a draft in his heart and a basic picture in his head. Except for the heroine played by Lin Qingxia in the play, who was invisibly discriminated against and cold violence at the beginning because of her skin color, the other plots are similar to the original book.
In the eyes of editors, there is too little film to edit. But in Chen Ping'an's eyes, it is simplified and complicated, and it is very easy to edit.
Lin Qingxia had already returned to Hong Kong at this time. Follow the itinerary that the agent has made for her. After "The Silence of the Lambs" was finished, she had a few days off. Then it will be ready for a number of commercial events and advertising appointments, and it will be busy again.
But Anthony Hopkins is not in a hurry to leave, he is waiting, waiting for the editing of "The Silence of the Lambs" to be completed, and he is also familiar with Hollywood.
It took five days for Chen Ping'an to complete the editing of "The Silence of the Lambs" with several editors. During this period, Lin Qingxia came to Los Angeles again for post-dubbing. After the master disc was edited, Chen Ping'an finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered to go to the crew of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" to see how Wu Yusen, Zhou Yunfa and others were filming progress.
It feels very good!
This is Wu Yusen's answer, and he thinks that this movie may even surpass the height of "Bloody Heroes". The pursuit and interest in violence in the United States far exceeds that of Hong Kong people, so this Western film can fully bring out Wu Yusen's violent aesthetic concept without the slightest constraint.
When Chen Ping'an went to the crew, he was just in time for Wu Yusen to shoot the gunfight explosion scene, the scene was so loud that he stood far away before he heard a loud bang, dusty and broken wood flew sideways, a large puff of smoke billowed up, and the impact of the strong advance discouraged Chen Ping'an.
Why does this explosion sound familiar?
When the smoke and dust settled, he found an acquaintance - Luo Lixian!
Wu Yusen attaches great importance to his first film in Hollywood, and specially recruited Luo Lixian and his stunt team. At present, Luo Lixian is basically no longer in Hong Kong, and has long been in Hollywood with the team.
Affiliated with the name of Dark Horse International American Film Company, they conquered all foreigners with their amazing flying car technology. As long as there is a speeding scene in many large-scale zuò movies, they are often invited to join [,!] ]
Luo Lixian and his stunt team are very popular, if it weren't for old friends, Wu Yusen wanted to ask Luo Lixian to lead the team to help, I'm afraid it would be two months later.
As for money, that's not a problem at all . The treatment of the stunt team is very good, like several other companies, Chen Ping'an and Luo Lixian are seven or three open, Chen Ping'an pays money, Luo Lixian sells technology, and they began to make substantial profits two years earlier.
Therefore, the matter of money is nothing more than a change of left hand for right hand for Chen Ping'an, and it is not tight.
In order not to disturb the filming progress, Chen Ping'an said a bunch of words of encouragement and pressure relief, stayed in the crew for less than half a day and left, invited Wu Yusen before leaving, and returned to the company the day after tomorrow, in the company's small screening room, to participate in the trial screening of "The Silence of the Lambs".
On the day of the test screening, many people came to the small screening room.
"The Silence of the Lambs" has been confirmed to compete for next year's Oscars, which is settled by Chen Ping'an. Anne Heard and many of the company's top executives have reservations.
Americans are different from Orientals, they are not superstitious and do not pay too much attention to human feelings, only strength is supreme. So this test screening, many people came, in addition to Anne Heard and the company's top management, as well as several of the most famous directors in the company, Cameron also came.
Every year for the Oscars, major producers will focus on winning a movie to compete for the Oscar, which is usually decided before the movie is released. Movies that are eligible to show their prominence at the Oscars, just like the elections in the United States, in addition to their own strength, also rely on money to pile up.
Some films are jointly invested and produced by multiple film companies, and if several investors think that the film is very good and has hope of competing for the Oscars, they will work together and start to promote it vigorously.
When Chen Ping'an shoots movies, he often likes to eat alone. "The Silence of the Lambs" is invested by two companies, one is Dark Horse International in the United States and the other is Dark Horse International in Hong Kong, both of which are still his.
Therefore, if this film wants to compete for the Oscars, it can only rely on the full promotion of Dark Horse International American Film Company, and the pressure can be imagined. So Anne Heard and the company's top brass were very cautious about the film.
Cameron's "Terminator 2" is obviously not suitable as a film focusing on next year's Oscars, because it is too commercial and does not match the concept of Oscars that focuses on literature and art. However, it can use its sci-fi theme to impact next year's Saturn Awards.
Out of politeness, Chen Ping'an called He Chaoqiong and informed her, who thought that she was very interested, and actually flew from New York and didn't plan to leave.
"Boss, what is this?"
"He Chaoqiong."
The simple and clear answer made Wu Yusen, Zhou Yanfa and Bao Dexi cry and laugh.
He Chaoqiong is the beloved daughter of gambling king He Hongshen, and she is a celebrity, and her exposure in Hong Kong is very high.
Wu Yusen and others were curious, how He Chaoqiong came, and what was the relationship between Chen Ping'an and He Chaoqiong. In their impression, Chen Ping'an does not seem to have dealt with the He family in Macau, let alone He Chaoqiong.
However, Chen Ping'an didn't say it, so they naturally wouldn't ask more. Today I came to try to watch "The Silence of the Lambs", Wu Yusen can figure out Chen Ping'an's directing techniques, Zhou Yunfa is looking forward to pondering the acting skills of different actors, and Bao Dexi also wants to see what shooting techniques can be used for reference.
Anthony Hopkins is naturally indispensable, and he has been thinking about the movie he starred in, although his footage is less than twenty minutes.
Turn off the lights and the movie is released.
At the beginning, it was a shot of Lin Qingxia exercising hard in the mountains and forests, which was slightly bland, and the picture was relatively ordinary, just to highlight Lin Qingxia's efforts, in contrast to the cold violence she received later.
The beginning of the movie is relatively bland, except for those male detectives who are rude to Lin Qingxia who is about to graduate, and Lin Qingxia endures it silently, the rest are simply flat and straightforward. Even the perverted murderer Buffalo Bill kills people and skins them, but they don't use tense conflict plots to show it.
The heroine's acting skills are good, but other than that, there don't seem to be any bright spots......
It wasn't until Lin Qingxia came to the prison and came to see Hannibal, the cannibalistic psychiatrist who was locked inside, that everyone's eyes suddenly lit up! (To be continued)