Chapter 643: The Best Bad Plan
Due to the limitations of the theme itself, it is unavoidable that the ending of the film will be 'leaked' in advance, but "Argo" cleverly avoids the mystery of 'whether the rescue can be successful', and instead spends pen and ink on 'how to rescue successfully'.
The rescue plan naturally becomes the core of the whole film, the idea of pretending to be a film crew is very entertaining, and the film grafting politics and personal heroism are intertwined, and here, even the fake movie is equated with life.
Every viewer knew from the beginning that this task would be done, but still looked forward to seeing how it was done.
"Have you seen a science fiction movie? For example, "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" are movies that need to find exotic places to shoot, such as places like deserts. ”
Tony? Mendez stood in the conference room and spoke to a group of bureaucrats, "Imagine that they are a Canadian film crew, going to inspect the location of a science fiction movie, and we go to spread the news, and the Canadian producers are also going to spread the news, and the crew is going to Egypt and Istanbul, and then the crew goes to the Iranian consulate and says, 'We also want to go to Iran'......"
"I'll fly to Tehran, then take them with me, and fly back together disguised as a film crew, mission accomplished!"
Such an unbelievable rescue plan naturally met with strong opposition, but Tony temporarily persuaded these bureaucrats to go to Los Angeles to find his friend, John? Chambers, one of Hollywood's top Oscar-winning makeup artists.
The film is also interspersed with the frenzy of the Iranians and the restlessness of the six Americans to highlight the urgency of the rescue operation.
Now that I have come to Hollywood, the world's largest film industry base, according to the usual practice, it is natural that some small self-deprecation from film practitioners is indispensable.
For example, when Tony said that this operation was to save a group of people from the most terrible place in the world, John? Chambers replied - Is that the place a Disney studio?
As a professional, John? Chambers solemnly told Tony that the plan wanted to succeed. Then they need a well-known producer to run the project to cause even more sensation, so the outdated former famous producer Liszt joins the ranks, and the hyped rescue triumvirate is here.
Liszt was a master of cinema, setting up Studio No. 6, buying the script for Argo, holding a grand press conference at the Beverly Hills Hilton, and advertising in the media for Variety, Vanity Fair, and The Hollywood Reporter.
Posters, storyboard illustrations...... In short, a movie should have a qiē. This fake movie has it all.
By all accounts, this is preparing for a real movie.
In this way, the media, producers, actors, screenwriters, and even film companies all participated in the rescue operation, but 99% of the participants at that time did not know about it.
What a sentence is answered - a secret without a secret is the biggest secret.
This plot, the movie uses a relaxed enough rhythm, and from time to time it will also pass Guò Liszt and Johann? Chambers intersperses a few remarks of Hollywood's self-deprecating sneer, but the situation in Iran, which is often seen in TV dramas, is a constant reminder to viewers. Behind this seemingly nonsense fake movie, human life is at stake.
"your Argo!"
After the Big Three toast, Tony convinces the bureaucrats with the help of his boss, played by George Clooney. Travel to Istanbul and start executing this 'best bad plan'!
Canada played an important role in this, and they provided the CIA with a series of help, such as blank Canadian passports, in a bizarre relationship. It can only happen between the United States and Canada, which are collectively known as North America.
Before Tony entered Iran, Times reporters were given a list of embassy personnel and found that six of them had escaped from the embassy. And hiding in the Canadian embassy, the CIA can only try to temporarily suppress the matter, and Tony's rescue operation must be accelerated.
All of them are highlighting the urgency and urgency of Tony's rescue!
Tony finally enters Iran, and from the moment he walks into Tehran's airport, the film plays up the country's current horror and horror atmosphere......
At the Canadian Ambassador's residence, Tony meets the man he wants to rescue.
After a brief opening remarks, Tony introduces the rescue plan and hands out the six people with "Studio 6" business cards with their "job titles" in the company.
6 people still from Tony? Mendez was given "Hollywood-style" clothes, forged Canadian passports, and fabricated resumes, which Tony demanded to memorize and hand out maple leaf markings to attach to suitcases and backpacks.
During the period, whether it was the Canadian ambassador Ken? Taylor's Iranian housekeeper discovering the true identities of the six men, and the Canadian government's decision to close the embassy in Iran, are adding to the urgency of the rescue and the resulting tensions.
In the face of a desperate situation, people often burst out with great potential, and with the assistance of Tony, they pass some tests deliberately set by the Iranian authorities, especially Ken? Taylor's Iranian housekeeper, in the face of the Islamic Guards' questioning, gave an extremely favorable answer to the Americans.
It has also proved that it is not a bad thing to treat hired servants well and improve their treatment from time to time.
In the time that followed, in addition to reciting fake resumes, the six simulated answering various pointed questions from Tony, and everyone knew that this escape plan was extremely dangerous.
"If you find out, you can be beheaded or dragged through the streets by jeeps." This is the best portrayal of their situation.
To ease the tension, Tony? Mendez tries to turn the process of preparation into a game for everyone to relax and enjoy the process, and while it sounds incredible, interest is more likely to divert people's attention than fear.
On the other hand, the Iranians also discovered that six people had escaped from the embassy, increasing the number of people who were piecing together the broken images, and constantly testing Tony and his party......
In the midst of frequent screen cuts, Tony receives a very frustrated message that his pig teammates are back on the scene.
The president, who listened to the chief of staff, suddenly called for a halt to the operation, and his superiors asked Tony to abandon the six men and leave Tehran alone, leaving him in a dilemma.
However, the reason why a hero becomes a hero is that he will make choices that ordinary people dare not dare to make, and after some struggle, Tony calls Guò secretly to inform his boss Jack? O'Donnell, he wants to take them out of this terrible country, and asks for their help with all the formalities.
Because if they don't, those six people will have to die!
At this time, Liszt and Johann, who were stationed at Studio 6? Chambers has been informed of the suspension of the project and has left the office, while Jack has been busy and breaking through the joints, thankfully they are one of the most famous spy intelligence organizations in the world.
As the protagonist of the movie, Tony? Mendez is like every former Hollywood classic hero, bravely going to the unknown world, completing impossible tasks, and even the most critical moments, to challenge the existing system rules with lofty personal values and become a real savior.
Ten in the morning, Tony? Mendez and his entourage drove to Tehran Airport for a 7 o'clock flight to Zurich, Switzerland, and chose such an early flight because Tony thought that the customs officers at the airport were still sleepy-eyed and would not pay much attention to them.
Although it took some twists and turns to get the ticket and Iranian customs officers also conducted an investigation, the group responded calmly, and the customs officers finally stamped the fake passports and visas.
Although the boarding process in real history is relatively smooth, the movie cannot be so expressive, and it must be suspenseful and entertaining in order to attract the audience.
They were stopped by the Islamic Guard Corps and taken to a closed office next to them.
In the face of these guys who don't speak English, Tony has no good way, and it is Robert Jr. who really solves the siege? Downey plays a Persian-speaking embassy official who crosses the storyboard of the film and tells the colorful science fiction story of "Argo," which touched the hearts of young people full of revolutionary zeal.
The one who led the way took Tony's business card, dialed the phone of Studio Six, and at the last moment when the bell rang, Liszt and John? Burns picked up the phone, and they went through the test.
Finally, Tony boarded the plane with six people, and a very rare accident happened, the airliner suffered a mechanical failure and had to delay its takeoff.
Six people were divided into two rows of seats, and their eyes fell on Tony's at the same time, this unreliable plan was about to succeed, but it ......
To fly is to live, to stay is to die, and the boundary between life and death is within reach.
After a brief period of confusion, the cabin became unusually quiet under the explanation of the flight attendants, and the silence was even a little terrifying, and the six people were either clenching their fists, or clutching the corners of their clothes, or secretly praying, and if they looked closer, they were all trembling.
Every now and then they would look up at the electronic watch at the door of the cabin, and it would be five, ten, fifteen, twenty minutes, as if a century had not been as long as it is now.
Similarly, Tony is also very nervous, and no one can remain calm at such a moment, not to mention that there is a wife and son waiting for him at home!
When he looked out the window, there was a slight hint of anxiety on his indifferent face, but when he turned back, he regained his composure.
He knew that he was the backbone of those six people, and if he couldn't keep them steady, what would happen to those six people?
Under the double blow of fear and hope, someone may collapse from this! (To be continued......)