The revival of musical and dance films in Hollywood had an extremely glorious period, but in the seventies and eighties it went into decline, and it did not turn over until the last few years of Duke's past, although "Chicago" appeared several years in advance, Duke was not too worried, after all, the so-called resurgence of musical and dance films in the new century is just a pseudo-concept.

A "Moulin Rouge" once brought the song and dance film back to Hollywood's vision, and when "Chicago" was released, the nostalgic Hollywood mainstream couldn't wait to announce that the time had come for the song and dance film to regain its glory, but in fact?

This is just a flash in the pan, the later "Sweet Dance" is only a little stronger than the street goods, "Youth Musical" is a TV movie, not only limited influence, but also the most unpopular youth idol genre in the mainstream of Hollywood, and the song and dance film has only experienced a short-term resurgence of "Moulin Rouge" and "Chicago", and this short-lived resurgence is inseparable from the content theme of the two films.

Nostalgia can be said to be the practice of mainstream society, there are always a large number of nostalgic people in every era, and there is no shortage of such people in Hollywood and movie audiences, this is the soil in which "Chicago" can survive, not to mention the irony of the film, in terms of nostalgia alone, it will definitely arouse the feelings of many people, especially when the song "all.that.jazz" sounds, I don't know how many people who have watched the revue will be awakened......

The most important point is that Broadway has just announced that it will rearrange "Chicago" and bring this classic revue back to Broadway!

Movies and musical dramas are both out of the same direction, and it is not too difficult to drive some people to miss the glorious era of song and dance films.

And Duke is very aware of the fact that the song and dance film has declined, which can only evoke the memories of some people for a short time, and it is impossible to create a zào action sci-fi movie-watching craze.

These are important reasons why he chose "Chicago" with a typical American flavor over "Moulin Rouge".

Of course, such a change is really a bit big, the media and fans will inevitably be shocked, and it is difficult to say how to comment at that time, but it is also beneficial to this way, when the film will definitely not lack topicality, controversy will cause curiosity, and some curiosity will be transformed into box office.

In fact, there are many reasons for this choice, after experiencing the shooting experience of several films, Duke has a certain confidence in his narrative technique, and "Chicago" to put it bluntly, many things are also using visual impact to attract the audience, which is not difficult for Duke, but the most difficult part is the singing and dancing part, he does not have such a professional quality.

However, there is no shortage of such people in Hollywood and Broadway, and although it is a bit troublesome to hire a professional cabaret director, it is not impossible to solve.

Another point, the investment in the film will not be very high, and it is relatively easy to return to the cost, for the film company, winning awards or anything is virtual, winning awards is just a means of making profits, and the film will not bring benefits when it wins awards, and it will still reduce the director's investment grade or even blacklist.

In the end, this film, like Duke's previous films, is a standard mainstream film, and it is not impossible to do things that deviate from the mainstream, but it is not yet time, after all, his capital is not particularly sufficient.

As for pure horror films with small investment and high returns, it is completely out of Duke's consideration, why did he transform? Why did those horror film directors transform? If he transforms into a plasma horror movie or an inferior horror film that overdraws his credibility, it will be like drilling into a dead end by himself, and it is better not to transform.

However, these will have to wait until after "Saving Private Ryan", and Duke's job now is to complete the production of this war epic.

After spending three days with his mother in London, Duke returned to Ireland and the crew regrouped on the set in the suburbs of Dublin.

After a brief meeting with his team, Duke walked out of the makeshift studio and walked towards the 'radar base station' near the edge of the "Braveheart" set.

"What's the situation?" Duke asked.

The main shooting locations of the two sides are separated by a certain distance, but the edges are not very far apart, about a few hundred feet.

"That's on their set, but it's the very edge." Robin Grande is relatively well aware of the situation, "It's on the set before Christmas, and it should be a scene that doesn't matter much." ”

nodded, Duke didn't care, he was short of time, as long as the other party didn't cross the line and didn't affect his crew, he didn't bother to care.

Arriving at the radar station that had been set up, Tom Hanks was ready, Duke talked to John Schwartzman about the camera position and the color of the light, and walked over to Hanks.

"Tom, this scene is a bit difficult though." Duke sat on the ruins, "It's nothing to you, pay attention to the silent cry, you are the backbone of the team, you can't let others perceive the weak and overly sad side." ”

"Don't worry."

As the two grew acquainted, Tom Hanks occasionally made a few jokes, "I've practiced a few times over Christmas, and Colin asked me what I was doing." ”

Duke knew that Colin in Hanks' mouth must be his eldest son, slapped his arm, stood up and walked over to the director's monitor, as he said, this scene is indeed a bit difficult, but it is only a minor problem for Tom Hanks.

Preparations were quickly made, and at Duke's signal, an assistant director picked up the sign and walked over to the camera.

"Twenty-one, Act One, start now!"

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke rested his chin on one hand and stared at Tom Hanks on the screen.

He sat on the ruins, unfolded the map in his hand, looked behind him, and suddenly went down to the bottom of the ruins, as if he was afraid that others would find out, and hid here, forcibly enduring grief and grief, and did not let himself cry out loud......

The sound of horses neighing several times in a row came, although it was nearly a thousand feet away, in the empty and quiet set, it was very clear, this sound was a big killer for the actors, and Tom Hanks immediately came out of the play.

Duke stood up and turned his head to look at Braveheart, a little far away, except for the figure and the shadow of the horse, he couldn't see anything substantial, but before his eyebrows could be furrowed, a few more horse chirps sounded.

If it was in another environment, the sound would be nothing, but in the quiet set, it completely affected the shooting.

"Wait a minute."

Although he was a little angry, the two crews were so close to each other that it was difficult to say that the other party was deliberate, and Duke motioned to the rest of the crew to be calm, "Rest for a while." ”

What he didn't expect was that after nearly twenty minutes of rest, there seemed to be no sign of stopping, and although the neighing of the horses was not as dense as it had been at the beginning, it would not be long before there would be movement.

"Robin,"

There is no way to go on like this, Duke couldn't help it, "Find someone to negotiate with them." ”

In fact, it is not difficult to solve, as long as the other party brings a chew to the horse, it must be quiet.

"I'll go over there."

Charles Rowan came over and stopped Robin Grande, he knew that Duke's people were not very good with that side, so he simply walked over himself, found Mel Gibson himself, and talked to him for a while.

More than ten minutes later, Charles Rowan left.

Mel Gibson, with her long hair studded, returns to the monitor and examines the footage of the freshly filmed stuntman's British soldiers galloping from village to village, their horses occasionally neighing, as if the English were doing something as wild as the Scots did.

The horse sets off the man, the man sets off the horse, and Mel Gibson is extremely pleased with these shots.

"Mel, you're not going to make concessions, are you?"

I don't know when, Sean Connery walked behind him, "If there is no neighing of the war horse, the shot will definitely not be up to ......"

"Bring a chew on the horse?" Mel Gibson seemed to be thinking.

"That's the Dukr Rosenberg crew over there." Sean Connery deliberately reminded, "He's always had a bad relationship with us, and he's been directly involved with you, and Martin doesn't like him either." ”

Mel Gibson's fingers tapped lightly on the arm of the chair, and Sean Connery continued, "We're just shooting normally, no one can say anything, they can change the shooting plan and shoot the other scenes first." ”

"Disrupting their rhythm?" Mel Gibson turned his head and looked at Sean Connery, "They're going to spend more time, energy, and money on it, right?" ”

Sean Connery spread his hands and nodded, within the scope of his ability, to add to his rivalry, why not?

"I'll tell you the truth, Sean." Mel Gibson is like William Wallace as he plays at the moment, with a rebellious face, "When I first met Duke Rosenberg on Cruise's pie, I didn't like him very much!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at his assistant, "Tell me to go down and shoot according to the original plan!" ”

On the other side, Duke had just finished chatting with Charles Rowan, and the outcome of his negotiations seemed to be good.

Duke told his assistant to inform the departments, Tom Hanks was quickly in place, and after a brief preparation, filming was about to begin.

"Twenty-one, Act I, Now ......"

Before the assistant director's words were finished, he automatically stopped, because there was Ma Ming over there again!

Duke Ho stood up from the director's chair, his dark eyes looked at the set of "Braveheart", he heard the horse barking again, his eyes gradually turned cold, and the old face of Charles Rowan standing next to him was also very unsightly, it was obvious that he had been tricked by the arrogant Australian.

"Charles, let's change the shooting plan!" Duke's voice was flat, "Let's shoot the big battle at the end first!" ”

"I couldn't agree more!"

(Temporary two shifts from tomorrow, around 9 a.m. and around 3 p.m.) R1152