"Ladies and gentlemen, the Chicago Theatre is honored to have the first time to perform in China for the first time...... Chicago Area Murderer, Miss Sin ......"

With the passionate voice of the black actors, the stage set up in the studio, the bright lights lit up. Directly across from Schwartzman's main camera, the stage slowly rises upward, with a blonde-haired Lockey and a black-haired Velma in silver-white leather suits fighting with their backs to the camera. Top Novel, www.

What is being filmed is the duet song and dance at the end of the film, because of the lack of professionalism, Duke's script is just a passing mention here, and the song and dance design is from Lily? Fred, who designed this song and dance, consists of the jazz song "Nowadays" and the hot dance "Hot." respectively, except for the re-arrangement and choreography, basically follows the development routine of the musical "Chicago".

This is a film that focuses on nostalgia, and Duke has no objection to this, just looking at the two heroines on the stage, frowning.

Now it's the second time I've shooted, just like the first, Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones is in very good shape, and his desire is particularly strong, and although the plot of this film is mostly from Lockhee's fantasies, it is clearly a two-protagonist setting, and both of them seem to want to completely suppress their opponents and become the first protagonists.

"You can be satisfied with the life you are currently living, you can pursue the life you want, and you can even marry Harry......"

Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones had already turned to face the camera, and from the camera shots, the two men's makeup, despite the gaudy feel of the twenties and thirties, was superior to the talent, as long as it was slightly retouched in post-production. It's definitely a big beauty that can attract attention.

Beautiful and sexy woman, is also one of the selling points of the film, Duke has never thought of making a song and dance film full of literary and artistic style, this film is based on a nostalgic commercial film, and not to mention now, in fact, it was also a song and dance film full of commercial taste.

Naomi on stage? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones is still singing. Duke's brow furrowed even deeper, his hand lightly tapping the monitor, and after a slight hesitation, he finally didn't call a stop.

The singing problem of the two heroines is obvious, Zeta? Jones was by Naomi? Watts pressed the show.

The "nowadays" being sung is a typical Loxi-esque song, with the coquettish and lazy temperament of the blonde Persian cat, and the difference from the wild and straightforward Velma is still obvious, Zeta? Jones worked hard, but the singing on stage was already being replaced by Naomi? Watts dominated.

It's the same as the first shot. The scene is a little out of balance.

Duke still didn't mean to stop, he planned to finish filming this one.

This situation is basically the opposite of the movie in my memory, the former "Chicago", Zeta? Jones is a standard musical and dance theater background, and Renee, whose appearance conditions are less than her appearance? Zellweger is brilliant, and on occasions when Lockhee and Velma appear together, her performances are unusually strong, Renee? Zellweger was completely suppressed. The scenes about the two heroines in the whole movie are completely unbalanced.

Although Renee? Zellweger did Zeta at the Golden Globes, which are easier to shady? Jones, but lost out on the more impartial Oscars.

To put it bluntly. Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones is far from maturity, and his acting skills are not as good as those two people he once had, but he is young and full of youthful vitality, and his outstanding appearance conditions are easier to attract people when singing and dancing.

Zeta, who gave birth to a baby? Jones and Zeta, who never had a baby? Jones, the appearance is simply different.

At the end of the singing of "Nowadays", the two heroines take off their ostentatious leather clothes. The close-fitting bright silver skirt inside was exposed, and the hot dance "hot." kicked off, and the shape immediately changed.

Ren is Naomi? No matter how hard Watts tries, compared to an actor who has won the British Dance Championship, there will be a gap. And Zeta? Jones seemed to want to steal the limelight, and he didn't have the slightest intention of reining in, and burst out with all his enthusiasm.

These two sisters with similar costumes seem to be harmonious and complementary at first glance, and their light and playful dance is also very attractive, but as long as you look closely, you can see that Lockhee is being led by Velma to dance this dance, Zeta? Jones's stage style appears strong and wild.

“cut！”

When the two heroines walk behind the curtain to change to Chicago typewriters, Duke shouts to stop, Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones walked out, no one looking at anyone, and walked separately to both sides, and got off the stage from different places.

"It's still the same old problem!" Sofia? Coppola walked over and stood behind his chair with his hands on his chest, "What do you think, Duke?" ”

"If there's a problem, it's solved."

Tapping his finger on the armrest of the chair, Duke raised his voice slightly, "Nami, Kate, come here." ”

The two heroines, dressed in bright short skirts, walked behind the monitor, they are not stupid, just from Duke's exposed expression, it can be seen that the director is not satisfied with their performance just now.

A stern look swept over the two of them, and Duke replayed the footage while reminding them, "Look carefully, see what your problem is." ”

A few minutes of footage will soon be over, Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones was silent, and Duke turned his head to look at them, "I don't care how you coordinate it, I just want the effect I want, and if I can't achieve it, I'll keep shooting." ”

Zeta? Jones seemed to want to say something, but seeing Duke waving his hand, the clever one remained silent, with Naomi? Watts, like that, left in silence.

"Reshoot in fifteen minutes!"

With that, Duke picked up Tina? Fei sent the coffee and took a sip slowly.

It has been 50 days since the beginning of April, and the overall progress of the crew is slower than planned, although there is a dedicated singing and dancing director team, but his relative lack of professionalism still brings a lot of difficulties to the shooting, and even once doubted whether it was a mistake to choose this film.

No director is omniscient, no matter how chaotic the action scene Duke has the confidence to control the scheduling, and the past movies have also given him this ability, but in the song and dance scenes, he can only rely on the professional team, even if he puts forward some opinions, but it is not like the first three films, after a short run-in period, the crew can enter high-speed and efficient operation.

All directors have their own style, there is no style or a director who can be applied to any style, and the difficulties encountered in the past month or so have also made Duke more aware of himself, he is really not suitable for a film full of literary and artistic models, even if he is thrown a purely literary project, it will eventually become a commercial film full of elements that the audience likes to see.

Fortunately, although "Chicago" has some literary flavor, it is a song and dance film with a strong commercial flavor.

"What do you think?"

See Duke thinking, Sophia? Coppola stood in the back and asked, "How can you get these actresses who like to fight for fame and fortune to cooperate with each other?" ”

Duke shrugged, but said nothing.

"I'll give you a Jianyì."

On the set, Sophia would occasionally make a few jokes with Duke, "Take the two of them to the dressing room, tie them together, untie your belts and whip them hard!" ”

Glaring back at Sophia, Duke's eyes turned to the stage.

Although it was never mentioned, he and Naomi? Watts hasn't been in touch for more than a year, and Duke doesn't want to have any more relationships outside of work when it comes to Chicago's promotional strategy, like most of Hollywood's once intimate men and women, when they no longer need each other, they go their separate ways.

The reason why did he remember to inform Naomi? Watts' audition for "Chicago" is nothing more than the favor of returning the original fire.

The various departments of the crew quickly coordinated, and filming began again.

“cut！”

Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones stepped onto the stage, and just as he was singing to the camera, Duke shouted again, "Start over!" ”

The two actresses returned to the underside of the stage, the lighting props were back in place, and filming began again.

This time the situation was a little better, and Duke stopped when he was two-thirds of the way through the singing, and if the two of them had performed on a Broadway stage, there might have been no problem, but the camera and the big screen could maximize the smallest flaws, and there were many differences in the viewing angles of the audience of the movie and the stage play.

In the next hour, Duke shouted three more stops, and the atmosphere of the entire crew was a little depressed and anxious.

Duke put Naomi again? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones called over, "You two have been rehearsing together for nearly half a year, I don't know what the problem is between you, and I don't want to know, you guys go to the dressing room now to talk one-on-one, if it can't be solved, I will try to reduce the close-up of your faces in this scene." ”

Exactly an hour later, Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones came out of the dressing room, and the crew started filming again, and although it still didn't achieve the effect Duke wanted until the end of the afternoon, there was a noticeable improvement.

In the evening, Duke called Nancy and Vivien over, plus Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones, and the song and dance director Lily? Fred, re-orchestrated the song and dance, and then the next day took a full day, and the shoot finally got through.

The filming of "Chicago" fell behind schedule even more than expected.

The competition between actresses is particularly troublesome, which is a well-known thing in Hollywood, and Duke has always been firmly in control of the crew, even if Naomi? Watts and Catherine? Zeta? Jones didn't dare to use excessive means, and in the following week, the crew completed the rivalry between the two people, and began to shoot some individual scenes of several main actors. (To be continued......) R527