Chapter 134 Only a traverser can do it
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In October 1934, when the war in China had just subsided, a "masterpiece and thunder" that was later called the greatest, most exaggerated, and most thunderous in the thirties of the twentieth century, and also the most beautiful women and the most Oscar-winning actresses, was opened in Xuansen, Bavaria, Germany, and the famous Ludwig Castle.
The name of this movie is "The Legend of King Arthur".
The film was the world's first color film, so it was called Lei Zuo in later generations, because he played King Arthur and the twelve round table priests under his throne, all of whom were beautiful women with delicate faces and sexy bodies. So much so that those who attacked the film called it "selling meat films".
Therefore, it is called a masterpiece because of the before and after in the movie, including the little girl who runs a few tricks, there are more than 12 Oscar-winning actresses in the whole film, which can be called an unbreakable miracle in film history. The pyrotechnic lighting effects, reflectors, lifting and lowering arms, special shooting props such as rail cars, and various long-shot, close-up, wide-angle and close-up shots used in the filming process, have become a reference model for filmmakers from all over the world to bow to in the future.
This is a thunderous movie that only a time-traveler would make, because only a time-traveler can predictably poach Vivien Leigh, who is still studying in film and television school and has not yet become famous, to play such an important role as King Arthur's queen Gnevie. At the same time, Audrey who was still Lori was found from the Netherlands. Hepburn, from Minnesota, USA, found only ten years old Judy. Garland, shoehorned into the play. Appeared for a few minutes. The actresses who played the Knights of the Twelve Tables of King Arthur in the film may have been unknown at the time, but a few years later, or even more than a dozen years later, almost all of them became smash hits.
When the film was released simultaneously in the United States and Germany on the first day, it blinded countless Americans and Germans.
As early as December 1932, after watching the fifteen-minute musical short drama set in "The Legend of King Arthur", Lin Han had the idea of making this musical short drama into a movie.
Lin Han put his thoughts with the famous German female director Leni . As soon as Riefenstahl said, Riefenstahl, a feminist, was amazed by this, and the two quickly hit it off.
In the next two years, Riefenstahl helped Lin Han shoot "The Great Wall of Flesh" reflecting China's Anti-Japanese War. He filmed the famous documentary "The Triumph of the Will" for the National Socialist Party. The rest of my time and energy is spent preparing for the filming of "The Legend of Arthur".
In the process of communication, Lin Han told Riefenstahl all the expressions and shooting techniques that he could think of in later films. Riefenstahl is the only woman to be selected as one of the 100 directors in the 100-year history of Riefenstahl's films. In terms of both directing and cinematography, he can be called a grandmaster-level figure. As soon as Lin Han's idea was said, she understood it at once.
And the "home-run" German government. also fully supported this matter, and the official specially sent people to create the special camera props that Lin Han envisioned one by one. Later, these techniques and props were tried once during the filming of "Triumph of the Will" and it was a great success.
And the casting of the film. In line with the principle of "preferring to be short of things", from the very beginning, Lin Han opened the list of characters in the "Ranking of the Greatest World Actresses in the Twentieth Century in the Hundred Years" in his memory, as long as he was born in this era, whether it was a famous actor who was popular, or a school student who was not yet famous, or Luo Li, who was still underage, he ordered his "famous star headhunters" or economic people to pull them over and sign contracts by any means.
Out of a mentality of "pulling famous actors to make up the number, the more the better", under Lin Han's strict requirements, the headhunter company went to the Netherlands, and finally found Xiao Luo (Lo) Audrey, who was not yet six years old, at the address he gave in Caitongguò. Hepburn tried her best to get her parents to agree to play a role in the film - playing the daughter of a certain Knight of the Round Table, with only three lines and three appearances, but each time she was given a close-up.
Whether it is a director, a producer or a headhunter, they can't figure out what Lin Han, the producer behind the scenes, is thinking, how he could spend so much effort to go to a foreign country to find a six-year-old girl to play such a trick role - and her appearance lines and plots are all specially added for her.
A similar character is Marilyn. Monroe, who is less than nine years old, plays the older sister of Hepburn's character in the film. As for only 12-year-old Judy. Jialan did not escape the clutches of Lin Han - this little girl was a fan of Katyusha at this time, and Katyusha came forward and easily hooked her away. If it weren't for Elizabeth. Taylor was only two years old at this time, otherwise he would not have escaped Lin Han's "call". And the same six-year-old Grace. Kelly, the future princess of Monaco, escaped Lin Han's clutches because of her family's good fortune and her family's refusal.
In order to be able to scavenge more current and future Oscar-winning actresses to participate in the filming, Lin Han allocated a total of $3 million to the actresses - in fact, only half of it. Lin Han's idea is very simple: this movie, no matter what, must be made into a classic, and in the future, this film will be the source of his long-term "faith meal ticket" for several of his people.
The three main characters of the film, King Arthur, Lancelot, the First Knight, and the villain Mordred, are not human.
King Arthur is played by Hannah and Lin Han - Hannah has to deal with German affairs, it is impossible to stay on the set all day, many scenes are played by Lin Han into her appearance, Lin Han is tired of this, because during the filming process, she can take advantage of Vivien Leigh, who plays the queen Gnevilie, by virtue of her "woman" status. The classic scene of the cold and arrogant King Arthur and the innocent and lovely Vivien Leigh kissing in the movie was performed by Lin Hanlai.
The role of the final villain boss Mordred is naturally performed by the bad girl Katyusha.
The first knight Lancelot is played by Li Huamei, who flew from China, and she also serves as a martial arts consultant with Lin Han.
The Fairy in the Woods is played by Catherine. Hepburn - she took $100,000 from Lin Han after less than ten minutes of appearance. Afterwards, Lin Han ruthlessly "unspoken" her for a few nights. only to return to the basics psychologically.
Grethai. Garbo plays the evil sister who steals King Arthur's scabbard in the film, and after her role is finished, she is "forced" to use her body to contain King Arthur's "long sword" in the "scabbard".
Betty. Davis plays King Arthur's cousin Gawain, Jin Jie. Rogers plays the role of Bedwell, the knight who gave King Arthur's funeral in the finale, and the Knight of the Round Table, Garahan, who finds the Holy Grail, is played by the nineteen-year-old Ingrid. Baumann plays. As for other Oscar-winning actresses or well-known actors, they play other knight roles.
And Lin Han himself, in addition to acting as Hannah's stand-in to help her shoot some warm and affectionate and fighting scenes, he also played the first villain of the first part of "The Legend of Arthur", a villain leader from the northern Saxons.
The story of the first part. One opens. Hannah plays an innocent peasant girl who is running across the field, with young Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn chasing after her, shouting her name: "Artoria". Then the three of them happily played on the grass.
After giving the trio a warm shot close-up. And then the far side of the shot. A black army appeared. The villain boss Lin Han led the army to the stage.
Lin Han used his "foreigner" identity in this movie "Zoff. Klinsmann", who plays a handsome and charming evil villain who appears as the leader of a Saxon detachment of the Germanic people.
When I appeared. Lin Han wore a black mask on his face, held a huge black-red magic sword, rode a tall black horse, and the magic sword in his hand was named Frost Sorrow, and had powerful dark power.
On a lookout with Ludwig Castle in the background, a lookout wearing a black blindfold sees the dark army through a lookout and rings the alarm bell.
Then all the men and knights of the city were armed and lined up outside the city, while Arartoria took refuge in terror with the two little girls.
Outside the city, Lin Han rushed forward alone, alone against the opponent of a knight order.
The first line he uttered was:
“NOmancankillme!”
Then, the frost sorrow in his hand brought out a large area of sword qi (foreigners believe that this is a magical storm generated on the sword), and directly blew the opponent away like a piece of paper.
After easily crushing the resistance of the Knights, he stormed the city, and when he broke through it, he shouted to his men: Kill all the men, and leave all the women behind. So his half-human, half-demon men rushed forward to mend their swords, killing all the members of the Order who had been knocked to the ground by him and groaning. In the meantime, he was accidentally stabbed from behind by a knight lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and the long sword pierced his chest, but he didn't do anything, but turned around and laughed arrogantly at him:
“NOmancankillme!”
Draw the sword, the wound will automatically heal, and then slash the opponent's head with a single blow.
Hiding in the city, Artoria escaped from the burning city with her two little sisters under the leadership of her cousin Gawain.
Lin Han led his army to plunder the city, killing and burning women, during which a beautiful nun in a church questioned him: "What are you doing in this way?" ”
Lin Han replied: "It's nothing, it's just because life is too boring." ”
Then he grabbed the nun, carried her on her shoulder, and took her away.
Then the famous Artoria came to the church in order to defeat the demon king Lin Han, found the sword in the holy sword stone, and then pulled it out to become the legendary knight king, and then collected "horse boys" everywhere, gathered together, and made up the plot of twelve knights of the round table to push back and defeat the demon king, but these knights are all women. At the same time, in order to lead the army, Artoria disguised herself as a man with the help of the fairy in the forest (Hannah is dressed as a man in the film)
Artoria said: "The demon king said that no man can kill him, we are not men, only we can defeat the demon king." ”
In the meantime, Artoria met the female knight Lancelot (played by Li Huamei), and fought with her, and after a dazzling fight, King Arthur, who used the usual weapon, was defeated, so he pulled out the sword in the stone, although he knocked down Lancelot with the help of the sword, and received a horse boy Lancelot. But afterwards, because he violated Shi Zhongjian's oath: not to fight for personal self-interest, Shi Zhongjian was subsequently broken.
Then the fairy of the forest appeared, gave her the holy sword and the scabbard Avalon, and then uttered the famous phrase, "The sword of the king is powerful, but its scabbard is more valuable than its sword." The one who wields the sword of the king will never bleed. You must not lose it. ”
After getting the holy sword, King Arthur took twelve beautiful girls and knights of the table to counterattack the demon king army, first fighting the small boss, and then facing off with the big boss Lin Han after the fight.
In order to let Lin Han, the role of the demon king, also earn a group of fans among the audience. Lin Han also prepared some impressive scenes and lines for himself in the script.
The nun who was taken away by him accidentally saw the handsome face of Lin Han who had taken off her mask, and while Chun was moved, she questioned him: "You rule the world so cruelly, your kingdom will not last long." ”
Lin Han replied to her: "The happiness of a few people must be based on the misfortune of the majority, and this world has always been like this. ”
Then he inserted a bloody plot about the origin of Frost's sorrow, and the sad memories whitewashed his demon king a little. The gist of it is that the original name of his demon king was Arthas. Originally a knight who fought for justice. But in a certain battle, faced with the dilemma of whether to save the people of a city or the people of a country, the prince chose to sacrifice himself to save both, and the magic sword Frost Sorrow gained the power of the demon king. He saved the people of the whole city, but he also saved the people of the whole country. Afterwards, he was thought by the people that he was a demon king and wanted to burn him.
He resisted. Kill the person who tried to kill him with the magic sword. He also killed his own king, and then became a king himself, and then became a demon king. Ruling the world with violence. Anyway, it's this kind of bloody plot that seems to want to fight sleepiness in later generations.
On the other side, Artoria took the horse boy to fight the mobs and brush up on the experience, and finally had the ability to stand in front of the demon king.
Artoria questioned the Demon King Lyhan (Arthas): "Killing everywhere, what are you doing?" ”
Lin Han stared at Artoria's chest and laughed, "In order to kill all the men in the world, so as to dominate beauties like you." ”
At this point in the film, the male audience at the scene will laugh heartily.
Then Artoria led the twelve beautiful knights to surround the Demon King, and after a fierce fight, he successfully killed him. Before he died, the demon king Lin Han shouted "Nomancankillme" again, and the thirteen beautiful girls who surrounded him replied to him in unison, "Iamnoman."
THEN UNDER THE SIEGE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL KNIGHTS, THE DEMON KING ARTHAS BURPED, HIS BODY TURNED INTO ASHES, AND BEFORE HE DIED, HE SAID, "IWILLBEBACK.". Of course, during the fight, King Arthuria and her knights of the Round Table were dressed in tatters, and the male audience enjoyed welfare scenes such as shaking their breasts.
And Artoria later claimed to be king and became King Arthur.
In later generations, this kind of feature film is at most the level of "popcorn" movies, but in this era when movies were just born, relying on the impact of various shooting techniques in later generations, it can still make countless audiences shout back the ticket price after watching it.
The plot of King Arthur's second part is nothing more than revolving around the Holy Grail, as well as the plot of King Arthur and his sister having a child in English legends, here Lin Han changed a paragraph, the demon king Arthas used King Arthur and his sister to engage in lilies, and was reincarnated as her daughter, Katyusha appeared in this episode, and the end of this episode is the germination of the warm relationship between Lancelot and Gnavie**. And the third plot is just a slight improvement in the ending of the old version of Arthurian legend in the West.
From the very beginning, this blockbuster has been positioned at the epic level, with a grand momentum, a large production, and a few "big" atmospheres. The whole film invested more than 15 million US dollars, and the German government sent a cavalry regiment to participate in the performance, and the filming locations were not only in Germany, but also in the United Kingdom to shoot some shots. Due to the large number of main characters and scenes, in order to speed up the filming schedule, the film has a total of three directors, and it often happens that three different groups of actors are filming at the same time in three different locations. Afterwards, the shots were cut and pieced together.
It took nearly four months for the film to be filmed, and after editing, the whole film was nearly seven hours long, and it was divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower.
After the film was filmed, the first part was released simultaneously in cinemas in the United States, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and other countries in May 1935, and it caused a sensation as soon as it was broadcast. They played their "greatest king" and the Knights of the Round Table as women, and they were so dissatisfied that they were banned. However, it caused protests from feminists in Britain. In fact, the biggest supporters of this film are feminists and homosexuals from all over the world. And British folk men, after hearing the legend of "beautiful women like clouds" in the film, also stood up to support the feminist protest, and finally the film was able to land in the UK after being banned for two months.
When the first part of the film was released, the slogan was as follows: A real women's film written by women, directed by women, and starring women.
In France and the United States, feminists have touted the film as much as they can, saying that the film represents the rise of women's self-confidence, claiming that all women should go to the theater to cheer on the film. invisibly helped Lin Han pull in countless box offices. The Christian church and the Puritans hated it. said that "the film implies a large number of homosexual (crab) sex (crab) love plots of lewd pirates", and the official should ban it, and even organize people to protest in front of the government. Annoyed that the box office had suffered, Lin Han ordered a media counterattack, and the newspapers were published in various places where Christian priests were toying with the boy. Negative news such as the belly of the great nun -- the Saphirothians are in strict conflict with Christ everywhere in the process of mission. Out of necessity, they have been secretly collecting negative news about each other. This time, he took the opportunity to release all the firepower and release the whole newspaper to retaliate, and as a result, Christianity in various countries lost face in a series of "scandals" caused by it.
DreamWorks' "The Legend of Arthur" aired in a year, and the trilogy grossed $360 million worldwide. This record was not broken until three years later by "Gone with the Wind" starring Vivien Leigh.
In order to squeeze the last drop of oil and water out of this movie, two years later, Lin Han also ordered someone to make an eight-and-a-half-hour ultra-long version of "uncut" and put it into the market, which was still very popular, and actually made a small profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
What is more shameless is that at the instigation of Hannah, a vampire, DreamWorks seduced Vivien Leigh and other unknown actresses who had nothing to do and signed a contract of up to 20 years of "deed of sale". From these actresses, Hannah, a vampire, squeezed countless oil and water, and the "kind-hearted" Lin Han just "unspoken" them for a long time, and then compensated with a large number of homemade gems.
After the release of "The Legend of King Arthur", the four non-human actors who appeared on the screen all brushed a lot of faith power, and the cold Hannah and the rebellious Katyusha brushed the most, and Li Huamei, who played Lancelot, also gained a lot. Another classic of the film is the various eye-catching fight scenes designed by Lin Han, which perfectly combines violence and artistic aesthetics into the fights of the film, which is vividly displayed in the film. Decades after the film's release, countless fans of the film have discussed the most discussed topics in addition to the plot arguing about who is more beautiful among the three non-human beauties, King Arthur, Lancelot, and Mordred, and another debate is the topic of "egg pain" such as who is stronger in the force of these three non-human beauties.
"The Legend of King Arthur" won numerous Oscars in 1935, and Lin Han and Hannah privately bribed and canvassed for tickets, which won the film ten awards, including Best Picture, Best Adaptation, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Original Music, Best Score, and Best Editing.
And Hannah won three awards for Best Actress, Best Adaptation, and Original Music alone, becoming a big celebrity at the Oscars that year. It's a pity that the Oscars of this era don't have the award of "Best Action Design", so Lin Han got nothing, and she didn't gain nothing, during the filming process, the twelve Knights of the Round Table under Arthur's Throne, plus her "sister" and, and "Fairy in the Woods", except for "Lancelot", Lin Han who could be pushed down used various means to push down.
And at the Oss Prize ceremony, when Hannah stood on the stage, illuminated by countless camera flashes, and brushed the power of faith, in a small private room VIP room on the scene. Lin Han was dressed in the costume of the barbarian demon king who appeared in King Arthur's first part, and while enjoying the award ceremony, he hit the buttocks of "King Arthur" wife "Gnivi", and beside him, there were other "Knights of the Round Table" with bright clothes on their upper bodies and smiling at the window with their hands, while they were wearing nothing below the waist, and there was a mess between their legs.
Historically, the biggest winner of the 1935 Oscars was the movie "One Night", but Lin Han and Hannah, who had no discipline, for their own interests, directly set someone on fire when the film was halfway through the filming, and burned all the film to the ground, and finally miscarried halfway, and didn't even get the chance to appear on the screen. (To be continued......)