Morocco is a remote part of North Africa, but it has a rich and diverse topography, with the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the snow-capped Atlas Mountains in the middle, and the vast Sahara Desert in the southeast. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info*/

In the 20th century, when the film industry boomed, people with cameras discovered it and began to set up camp and shoot films in Morocco, and some of Morocco's cities, mountain villages and even desert areas gradually became landscapes on the screen, and the location industry here also flourished.

Having said that, Morocco is indeed born with all the conditions for a location.

There is plenty of sunshine all year round, 'the weather is too good to be true', and the colors are contrasting, red Marrakech, red Ait? Root? The small village of Haddou, the red desert... There is also the Atlas Mountains across Morocco, which create complex terrain and diverse landscapes, which are the favorite backdrops for blockbuster directors like Duke.

Ouarzazate, a small town on the edge of the Sahara Desert, has been inhabited by Berbers for generations, and the scenery of this area has frequently appeared in the films of major Hollywood directors since Hollywood directors discovered this treasure of feng shui.

Locals have built a cinema city called Atlas Studios on the location where the directors filmed, and the growing cinema area has now covered more than 150 hectares, and many movies are not only filmed here, but also built here.

Just like Bollywood in India, it is nicknamed "Molywood".

A chase scene in Inception, Duke chose to shoot in the small town of Ouarzazate.

Although the script is set in Mombasa, Kenya, Duke will not go to that country to shoot, in fact, the whole Hollywood crew is basically like this, and most of the African scenes in Hollywood movies are filmed in Morocco.

The crew demarcated the filming area of one alley and half a street. And it was temporarily closed, and the relevant staff nervously arranged the venue, and Duke found Leonardo, the key person in this scene? DiCaprio.

He stood by a crack in an extremely narrow wall. He kept using his hands to gauge the width of his body and the gap in the wall, and he needed to drill through the other side when shooting.

Duke walked up behind Leonardo. Remind him, "I think it's better to use a stand-in." ”

Leonardo turned his head, looked at Duke, and then at the narrow crack in the wall, and seemed to understand something, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Hey, Duke, do you think I'm going to be able to get through?" ”

I looked at the crack in the wall. Looking at Leonardo's body much wider than himself, Duke didn't say anything, but had a tacit attitude.

"You really think I can't get through!" Leonardo confirmed this and circled Duke, "I tell you, I can do it!" ”

Duke shrugged his shoulders and patted Leonardo's arm, "If you get stuck inside, I'll find a specialized demolition company to rescue you." ”

Whatever the reason, the once Leonardo? It's an indisputable fact that DiCaprio is evolving into a middle-aged uncle.

Compared to Duke's slightly emaciated body. He can indeed be described as wide and fat.

After the crew was ready, on-set filming soon began, and Leonardo was chased all the way. I got into the crack in the wall from the alley opposite, trying to squeeze through the middle......

Leonardo had just entered the crack in the wall when a camera assistant immediately set up a camera across from him to capture the frontal shot.

In the crack in the wall, Leonardo desperately squeezed forward, although Duke teased him that he couldn't squeeze in, but in fact, the crew chose this place as the filming location, and the field test had already been conducted, and Leonardo was a lot fatter than before. Squeezed over and there was no problem.

Besides, no crew will make Leonardo? Superstars like DiCaprio take some unnecessary risks.

Squeeze through with difficulty. Leonardo took a few more steps forward before Duke announced that the shot was complete. Immediately after that, Ken Watanabe and James, who had been prepared for a long time? Franco came on the stage one after another, and the crew began to be busy again in the filming.

The filming time in Morocco is not as tight as in Japan, and Duke in the Kyoto area of Japan has been to it more than once before, but Morocco has not been here much, so I took the time to hire a local vehicle and driver to talk to Leonardo and James? Franco and the others went out for a few spins together.

A movie-savvy tourist like Duke travels through the valley along the road from Ouarzazate to the Sahara Desert as if he has entered a blockbuster shot, vaguely recalling the landscape shots of many films, and it seems that many films have been filmed here.

Driving along the road between the Atlas Valley, the driver clearly recognized Duke and his party, and told them from time to time that this movie had been filmed here and that it was the location of that movie.

It's just that Duke and these people are focused on the scenery outside the car window.

As the car drove all the way by, the scenery flashed out of the car window one by one like a blockbuster, which was already dazzling enough, and the legendary experience in the movie made it even more mysterious.

In Duke's eyes, the scenery in front of him is no longer a simple landscape, but has been given a lot of story situations by the movie.

The narrow valley in the Atlas Mountains, is it out of the hero of the 'Tower of Babel'? There, the ordinary village at the foot of the mountain, is it the Jerusalem of the 'Celestial Kingdom'? Among those majestic and magnificent peaks, are they the 'heavens' in the eyes of Pharaoh of Egypt, Petra, Cleopatra, and even God?

The yellow and red soil, the rugged stones, and the gentle stream under the mountain stream here do have a unique temperament.

Because of the 'Molywood' relationship, many locals make a living from movies, and labor is cheap, which is another important reason why European and American film crews are here.

During the lunch break, the driver took Duke and others to a Berber village to watch them weave carpets. Franco had always thought that the owner of the house was very familiar and must have shown his face in some Hollywood blockbuster.

In the end, Duke and his party went to the tour area of Atlas Film City, where the Inception crew was not filming.

Presumably Duke's bodyguard tipped enough, or maybe it was Leonardo? DiCaprio's relationship with the superstar, the driver and guide who accompanied the Duke trio Imad was particularly enthusiastic and talked a lot, constantly introducing the buildings or scenery they encountered.

Walking in Atlas Cinema City, even if it's Duke, Leonardo and James? A professional like Franco, Imad still talks about it.

"We have plenty of sunshine, a variety of scenes, much lower prices than in Europe and the United States, and even extras that are ready to be recruited, which is the most suitable for Hollywood blockbuster shooting." "This wasteland has also fed more than 3,000 people. ”

Although the visiting area of Atlas Cinema City is not large, every scene has a great history in the introduction of Imad.

The solemn Romanesque temple is the judgment hall in the final temptation of Christ, and a short walk away is the ancient Egyptian temple in the return of the mummy, smoky and burning as if it had been in a war; Turning into a courtyard where Alexander's senators held meetings, a row of earthen houses next to it served as a slave market for gladiators, a richly decorated palace opposite belonged to the glamorous Cleopatra from the French film Cleopatra's mission, and the mirage-like castle in the desert in the distance was the royal palace of Jerusalem, the holy city of the Heavenly Dynasty......

In fact, every building you see, no matter how beautiful and heavy it looks, is a forgery made of wood mortar in the eyes of professionals like Duke.

As the sun receded to the west, Duke and Leonardo stood on a high staircase and looked into the distance, and in the slanting sunset, three riders in Arabic robes sat firmly on horseback, coming from the distance of "Jerusalem", past the "Temple of Karnak", and then around the ruins of several ancient Greek temples, straight to a Tibetan-style lama temple - that was Martin? The place where Sicorsese photographed the little living Buddha - and go.

This time-traveling scene seems to make people fall into the situation of a Hollywood magic movie.

Morocco has little to do with the words "isolation" and "chaos", perhaps because of the special geographical location of France, perhaps because it is too close to Europe, but in short, it is not only Hollywood directors who are interested in the colorful and contrasting scenes, but also the photographers and designers of the fashion industry.

In Atlas Cinema City, Duke and his party also met a fashion crew, and many female models were shooting fashion blockbusters under the direction of photographers.

Seeing those female models, Leonardo was the first to stop, followed by Duke and James? Franco also stopped.

The reason is very simple, among the female models, they saw an acquaintance, led by one of whom was Candace, the signing angel of Victoria's Secret? Swanepour.

"Would you like to go over and say hello?" Duke said to Leonardo.

The other party has blonde hair and long legs, which is in line with Xiao Li's aesthetics.

Leonardo shook his head, "Let's go, I guess they won't be able to finish filming in a short time." ”

See Candace between shoots? Swanepel nodded to him, Duke nodded slightly over there, and then with Leonardo? DiCaprio left Atlas Film City.

Candace? Swanepel is obviously not making a fashion blockbuster for Victoria's Secret, but other brands.

In fact, since the reform at the beginning of the century, Victoria's Secret Angel is no longer the exclusive model of the only brand, and the model who signed an angel contract with Victoria's Secret only works for dozens of days a year, and the rest of the time is free.

And compared to the first batch of Victoria's Secret's exclusive angel Heidi? Krum and others, now the Victoria's Secret angels can get a lot of remuneration from Victoria's Secret, more than hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and as few as even less than 100,000 dollars.

Compared to their income in other aspects, this money is somewhat insignificant, but many models still want to become Victoria's Secret signing angels, because signing a contract with Victoria's Secret means more exposure opportunities and greater fame.

Less than a week after filming in Morocco, Duke led the crew to Paris. To be continued.

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