The streets of Los Angeles are hot in the sun in May, and the air smells hot, and there are many more people flipping through magazines in the air-conditioned bookstore.

"It's a pity that the king of the summer file has no works released this summer." A few people are discussing, "There are a lot of things to see in this summer file." ”

"After winning the annual box office in North America and the world for two years in a row, and now he is running to produce "Chicago", it looks like he is tired of the summer season."

Someone chimed in, "It's sometimes a sad thing to not find an opponent." ”

A few people laughed softly, and suddenly one of them pointed to the magazine hanging in a prominent position and said, "Isn't that the king of summer files and the explosive maniac you are talking about?" ”

"He rarely gives interviews, and he even appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair."

In the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine, there is a frontal close-up of Duke, which is obviously taken from the bottom up, in which Duke stands firmly in front of the Duke's studio, looking down at the whole of Hollywood.

There's also a note on the cover - Duke? Rosenberg has given the audience a new possibility, a broad space for movie lovers, a new way for action movie fans to show off their skills, and a new style, logic, and even way of thinking to commercial films!

This is Duke's interview with Vanity Fair, and the cover is followed by a large number of reports about the interview......

In 1991, Duke was a 21-year-old with a video camera and wanted to make a movie. Driving around Hollywood in a dilapidated used car, he's too poor to afford a new one!

In 1996, it ended with the worldwide screening of "Saving Private Ryan". Duke only used four films to create a total global box office of $2.3 billion, of which 1994's "Independence Day" broke many box office records in North America within a week of release, including the largest release, the highest midnight box office, the highest opening weekend box office, the fastest box office to exceed 100 million yuan, etc., and finally became the highest box office of the year, and the second film to reach $900 million in the world.

Duke's movies don't just sweep movie theaters. is also loved by fans, his place. The female work "Speed of Life and Death" first appeared. The audience was full of praise for Duke. Of course, there are also critics, who think that Duke is either a trick or a shallow dialogue. But combined with the situation for several years. But it is not difficult to see the audience's recognition and enthusiasm for him.

In the hearts of many audiences, Duke is the guarantee of the quality of the film, and "Duke production, it must be a high-quality product" is not a joke, judging from the current quality of the work, it is almost a fact.

From an ordinary youth who loved movies a few years ago to being regarded as an explosive maniac today, Duke has created a total of four films during this period, an average of one a year. It can be classified as a prolific director. What's even more amazing is that these four works are like a game of chess with a cleverly laid out, and the moves fall on the spot. So far, there has been no miss.

Up to now, the success of this game of chess can be said to be perfect, Duke has become one of Hollywood's top directors, and this young super director, after the Oscars, entered "Vanity Fair"!

"Vanity Fair" uses the most intuitive question-and-answer approach. Exclusive interview ...... published

Vanity Fair: Director Rosenberg, you have a variety of options after high school. What made you choose to specialize in film production? Choosing to enter Hollywood to become a director?

Duke: People are learning all their lives, and the California Institute of the Arts is just the beginning of learning, and work is a learning process. I hope that I will be a film student forever, and I can make different films, experience different characters, go to different parts of the world, and experience different stories. Because I happen to have the talent and opportunity to make movies, I hope to use movies to learn about life and myself.

Vanity Fair: So cinema is very important to you? What does cinema mean to you?

Duke: It's very important, making movies is not just a job for me, it's my life. I don't have any hobbies, I'm very lazy when I'm not making movies, and making movies is my life, my way of life. Although it is very hard to make a film, and I wish that people all over the world knew how hard you worked, when the dream thing is displayed in front of your eyes, not only joy and surprise, but also thank God and all the people who have struggled with you, even if it is a small reward, you will feel great joy and feel that life is very meaningful.

Vanity Fair: The four films you've released in the past have been full of intense conflicts, is that related to your personality and the environment in which you grew up?

Duke: Actually, I'm a person who likes to be calm, because I grew up in a very strict environment with my mother, and I think people can't be vain and exaggerated, you have to work hard and work hard, and only when you give enough will you be successful. But when I work, I have to make certain changes, and I need to make movies with lion-like wildness, and I need to make the most of this wildness in movies. I don't need to be calm in the movie, I have to rush as much as possible, take as much adventure as possible, and try to make everyone as thrilling as possible!

Vanity Fair: No one can deny that your films are thrilling enough, but there has always been a voice that your films are too naïve and childish and have very little to think about, what do you think about that?

Duke: The mainstream movies that audiences around the world see are actually relatively naïve, and the philosophical part is almost there. If it's a book, you can imagine it for a week or two, but the movie is only about two hours, and you have to keep the audience distracted and keep them engrossed! There was a time when I had a lot of completely artistic ideas, and I felt that I could make the most expensive art film and leave it in history. Later, I found out that if I can't satisfy the audience, without the audience's recognition, my film has no value, after all, I am not the kind of director who talks to himself and only makes it for himself.

Vanity Fair: How do you think cinema can find a balance between business and art?

Duke: How do you find a balance between business and art? I think it has something to do with how much money is invested in a movie. For example, I can shoot anything within 10 million dollars, and I have this market value. But if I remove the fierce war scenes, and simply tell the emotional conflict and the psychological process of the rescue, just listen to me, investors will be nervous - how to sell this thing? And then the film didn't get the investment.

Vanity Fair: There are a lot of people who don't understand why you chose Chicago, which is so different from your own style.

Duke: I've also learned a lot about filmmaking in the last few years, and I'm also learning how to make films in different ways and styles. After my third film, Independence Day, I was afraid of being fixed into a certain type of director, so I wanted to try to make different films, which required regaining trust and even making a lot of financial sacrifices. The world is big and there are so many things to do, so why do the same thing over and over again? Of course, there are people who use the same number of methods to go deeper and deeper, but for me, I like to try differently, I like to take risks, and I like to learn. There should be a breadth of creation, so that I can learn and progress in different types of creation.

Vanity Fair: Now that you're one of Hollywood's best directors, has that made a difference to your work and life?

Duke: I'm a filmmaker, and I'm a storyteller, and I think people have to live with sincerity, and as I get older, sometimes I find that my thinking becomes slower, and it's harder than before to make some imaginary things, and I've always wanted to shoot my messy and whimsical things for the audience. Why do people like to watch movies, and what is a movie exactly? It's actually the most illusory thing, but it's also the most real. What my films are often talking about is beyond the scope of human control, in fact, there is a kind of yearning in it, I hope to use my works to communicate with you a heart, I hope to be sincere, and I hope that everyone will appreciate it, that's it.

Vanity Fair: What are your plans after Chicago? Is it convenient to reveal some of them?

Duke: I'm at a crossroads right now. "Chicago" is a gorgeous musical and dance drama, there are a lot of visual arts, this thing is relatively new to me, I can also get a lot of fun in it, and I hope the audience will like it, in the future I will try to have a more complex narrative structure of the film, so I thought if I could think of some slightly more complex and interesting structure, and then make it zuò......

Throughout the interview, Duke was elegant and gentlemanly, and the strong confidence that could be felt in him seemed to always reassure fans, and his work was always worth looking forward to.

Sometimes watching Duke, it is indeed very much like a high-precision machine, Duke's creative team is also stable, as a director, and also a screenwriter and producer, he also has the same group of talented collaborators around him, Sophia? Coppola has collaborated with him on four films and is his most trusted assistant, and the producer is Robin? Grande is a veteran of Hollywood and is good at straightening out relationships. Schwartzman just won the Oscar for Best Cinematography......

All these factors combine to make Duke's next work, Chicago, and all the other that follows, almost nothing to worry about as a movie fan.

Duke is so trustworthy that it's a little impersonal, but it's certainly a good thing for the audience.

After all, some people want to listen to stories, some people want to be dazzled, some people want to subvert the known, some people want an adrenaline rush, and we want it, Duke has it!

The interview published by "Vanity Fair" once again pushed Duke to the foreground, and at the door of Warner Studios, there were even some more paparazzi in the short term.

None of this would have prevented Duke from fully devoting himself to the filming of "Chicago". (To be continued) R466