Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Oh, I'm home, I'm home..."

Sigourney Weaver rejoined the shoot, wearing a cashmere coat, cashmere turtleneck, cashmere gloves, and a white fuzzy headband.

The plot in which she said this line was that Catherine, who she played, returned home. After opening the door, Weaver made an exaggerated move, using a crutch with a white leather brace under his arm and standing on tiptoe. , jump forward quickly.

"Oh, God..." Catherine rushed into the bedroom to change.

The camera was still facing the door, and Melanie Griffiths followed in. She was the one who wanted to call God.

He was carrying a Louis Vuitton suitcase in each hand, a small lady's bag on his body, and a briefcase under his arm. The stuffed gorilla that Ronald personally selected was lying on the on her back.

"Huh..." Melanie Griffiths walked in, put down the two big bags, and then unloaded the gorilla on her back on the chair. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the chair.

This is the moment when Tess changes from a princess back to Cinderella. After time, the beautiful decorations and clothes have turned into pumpkins and their prototypes have appeared. Tess changed back into the black and white vertical striped woolen coat, which was still paired with a cheap black suit and white shirt.

Only her blond hair was cut short by her friend Xin, and she still retained the look she had when she was pretending to be a manager.

Tess's boss, Catherine, is a person who is very good at controlling others with words. When she was in the car, she called her boyfriend Jack Traynor and asked him to come to the house, and half-coquettishly said that he would not accept his refusal.

She used the same method to treat Tess. She immediately turned Tess, who was still immature as a working woman, into her personal maid. On the pretext that her broken leg was not healed yet, she used her as a coolie and wanted Tess. Do this, do that.

"Crackling", the first thing Catherine did when she got home was to turn on the computer. She remembered that she had written down her plan to embezzle Tess on the computer's memo software, and then she also wrote down the words that Tess should not know.

"Did you happen to see these when you came here before?" Catherine is very skilled at manipulating people's hearts. When Tess sat down to catch her breath, she immediately asked her if she had seen her computer to test it out. other side. At this time, most people are unprepared.

"What is that?" Of course Tess knew what she was talking about and decided to play dumb.

"You know what? I was writing down your ideas,

Final check and ready to send to Jack Traynor. But now it seems that the words I wrote down at that time read as if they were my thoughts.

The problem was, Jack had been in trouble once when he was accused of stealing an idea from the company, so he was very cautious about where his ideas came from. If I told him that a colleague came up with the idea, he wouldn't even consider collaborating... let alone a secretary. "

Sigourney Weaver naturally read the letters and made up lies. Play a bitch to the point of perfection.

Catherine judged others by herself. Tess must have read this memo. What she has to do now is to use the art of words to deceive this ignorant secretary and not to ruin her own affairs.

"What am I talking about? If you saw it, you would definitely ask me what happened... Trust!"

She rounded things off with a clumsy lie, and then hit Tess. This is how a workplace animal like Catherine can excuse herself.

Sigourney Weaver's dialogue skills are the best among the three leading actors. She completes her long lines in one breath. At the end of each sentence, she does not give her opponent a chance to answer and immediately picks up the next sentence. If ordinary people weren't wary of her, it would be easy for ordinary people to be led into her train of thought.

Then Sigourney Weaver turned around and entered the bathroom on crutches, "Oh, I need help when I change clothes and take a shower."

In the next shot, the camera is on Melanie Griffiths, capturing her reaction to this statement.

Melanie was still breathing. She couldn't stand her boss's shameless behavior, so she rolled her eyes and snorted.

"cut!"

After watching the director instruct this scene, the two beautiful actresses let out a sigh of relief. They didn't want to do this kind of scene again. Melanie had to move so many boxes, and Sigourney had to pretend to be a cripple and jump and walk quickly. Both scenes were very physically demanding.

The two looked at each other, "Pfft...", hugged each other and laughed.

When you act in a movie, you either talk or listen to the opposing actors. Acting is the reaction after seeing the other person's lines and facial expressions. If the acting skills of two people are too different, the signal sent by one actor will not be picked up by the other actor.

Only two opponents who are evenly matched can make the performance enjoyable. One person's performance can inspire another, and the other's reaction can, in turn, inspire the first actor.

The scenes between Melanie and Sigourney were very enjoyable for the actors. One is Bichi's boss, the other is a scheming subordinate, and the two women are fighting each other, which makes them very happy.

"The next scene is Sigourney's bed scene. Get ready. We'll wait for Harrison to arrive." Ronald directed the lighting team to start lighting the next scene.

"Ronald later...you didn't have any problems with him, right?" Sigourney Weaver and Melanie were whispering. She knew that Melanie was almost fired.

"Ronald is a good director, and what is past is past..." Griffiths didn't want to say too much.

"It's really good. He is an actor's director. Many times he allows us to realize it by ourselves and does not rigidly dictate how we should act... For example, the gorilla, I only figured out Ronald after seeing your scene. idea.”

Sigourney Weaver felt she understood completely. The gorilla was a symbol of the intimidation and usurpation of subordinates brought about by power in the office.

There is a metaphor in English about a monkey on its back. This is a metaphor for a problem a person encounters. This problem is like a monkey that cannot be shaken off no matter how hard it is.

The monkey on Tess's back is Catherine's abuse of her time, letting an office assistant do everything, even parts that don't belong to her, and using the art of words to coerce her.

Gorillas are also a kind of monkey, very powerful ones.

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While discussing Ronald's "superb guidance skills", Sigourney Weaver changed her clothes. She was wearing high-end similar underwear and a low-cut silk pajamas. After getting ready, she heard Harrison Ford sound, so she walked out.

"You look so beautiful today, Sigourney."

"You're handsome too, Harrison."

The two stars exchanged greetings and prepared to film the next scene, a traditional Hollywood farce.

Catherine was lying on the bed, applying powder to her chest to cover the freckles that white women often have.

While she was urging Tess to keep getting concealer and perfume, she dressed herself up beautifully. He also told Tess in a ostentatious manner that his partner Jack Traynor was coming soon.

Tess didn't want to meet Jack in this situation, so she excused herself to a doctor's appointment.

Catherine also ordered her to go to the drugstore to buy contraceptive pills. Today she was going to reunite after a long absence and reveal the truth about Jack's proposal. The art of words was what she was best at. She directly said that she could go to the doctor later and handed over five dollars and a prescription.

It is Catherine's consistent style to always be self-righteous and not take other people's time seriously.

Melanie Griffiths exits and Harrison Ford's Jack enters the room.

Sigourney Weaver used various methods to create romance, letting Jack smell her perfume, letting him go to the refrigerator to get champagne, etc.

Jack Traynor, who was about to break up with Catherine, was still a little bit innately afraid of this woman. When Catherine said that he was going to propose to her, Jack completely exploded. How could there be such a self-righteous person?

"Catherine, now is really not the time to chat." Harrison Ford tried to get away with an exaggerated smile.

At this time, Tess bought the pills and peeped through the crack in the door outside the room. She wanted to know if Jack was treating her like a fool like Catherine?

Upon hearing this, Sigourney Weaver completely misunderstood. She approached Harrison Ford, and then put her hand under his body, "You are right, now is not a good time to talk, isn't Big Jack Can you come out for some air? Katie is very lonely..."

Harrison Ford's expression changed. Such a direct acting method? "no no……"

"Jack, what's the matter with you?" Catherine's face changed. She always had this way of making others feel guilty.

Jack, played by Harrison Ford, also had an expression that felt like he was in the wrong. He finally made up his mind and said those words, "I have another person..."

"Another person?" Sigourney Weaver repeated, like a high school teacher scolding her students.

"I mean, there is another important person, a client... who has made an appointment with me. We can't delay it. I'll tell you later, bye..." Jack kissed Catherine, and then took advantage of her inconvenience to fly. Seemed to have escaped.

It was originally time for Jack, Tess, and Mr. Teske to meet with Metro Broadcasting to discuss the merger plan, but Jack left in a hurry.

"Humph..." Tess, who was eavesdropping behind the door, smiled... She saw Jack going out, and waited for a while, pretending to have just returned from buying medicine... "Here he is..."

"cut!"

Ronald was quite satisfied with the results of the dispatch. This plot was common in classic comedy farces of old Hollywood. The two heroines, one in the light and the other in the dark, use the door and other scene settings to create various misunderstandings and coincidences to advance the plot.

However, the "working girl" in modern dramas cannot use this old plot too hard. Ronald only used it here. The audience didn't think of the complaint of "it's the same old plot again". it's over.

"Here, here is your medicine..." Melanie Griffiths took out her notebook from her cheap leather bag, reached in and took out a handful of change. , placed on the table.

"I have to go, I'm going to be late at the doctor's office," and then Tess, just like Jack, turned around and ran away before Catherine could react.

Tess also hurried to the meeting.

Catherine held her chin with her hand and thought, what happened today was so strange, everyone left in a hurry. She felt something was wrong in her heart, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

"Tess, have you forgotten your notebook?" Catherine noticed that Tess was leaving in a hurry and had forgotten her notebook. At this time, there was the sound of Tess going downstairs and closing the door. It was too late.

With a confused expression on her face, Sigourney Weaver picked up Tess's notebook...

Everyone is curious, just like Tess was curious and peeked at Catherine's computer memo. Now it was Catherine's turn to peek at Tess's notes.

Tess wrote in her notebook the schedule for working with Jack Traynor to meet with Mr. Teske, as well as the plan to meet with the media assistant next Monday to make a proposal.

Catherine flipped through the pages, and her expression suddenly changed, "This slut, this hateful little secretary!" She jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom.

"cut!"

These scenes were shot very well, and it can be seen with the naked eye that the scenes between the two female leads are much more exciting than those played by Harrison Ford.

However, Ronald did not mention this matter. He invited the two heroines and Ford to taste a high-end Japanese sushi. The ingredients and chefs were flown in from Japan.

…

"Last night's dinner was really wonderful..."

The next day, the scene where Tess's identity was revealed was filmed. The filming location was very classic, an old-fashioned round table, so that the two M\u0026A teams, the buyer Teske Enterprises, and the seller Metro Broadcasting, could all sit down equally.

Tess and Jack's costumes were both inherited from yesterday's shoot. They met in the foyer and started talking.

"Shall I sing solo today?" Tess became more and more confident in herself.

"Of course, no problem." Jack was very satisfied with his partner's progress. "Teske and Armstrong are over there. Let's wait and see what color smoke comes out of their chimneys."

This sentence is an allusion to the Holy See. Every time the Pope changes, a meeting is held in the Vatican to decide on the candidate. The ballots are burned every day, and the people can see the smoke from the chimney.

If no candidate is selected, the straw will be burned together, resulting in black smoke. Once the next president is elected, only the votes will be burned, which is white smoke. The most recent person to use this method of burning smoke to succeed a pope was Paul II, who was born in Poland.

Jack used this metaphor to describe the outcome of the conversation between buyer and seller.

“My colleague has a new M\u0026A idea, would you like to take a look at it?” Melanie Griffiths asked Harrison Ford while waiting for the M\u0026A meeting to begin. She also wanted to confirm whether Catherine was telling the truth.

"Of course, if you ask me to help, I will" Jack said of course no problem.

"Are there no moral concerns? For example, if others plagiarize..."

"Of course not. I've always been very careful and nothing like this has ever happened."

"What's wrong with you? Why do you ask?"

"I'm just a little nervous."

"You'll be fine..."

The two were talking, and the two heavyweights over there had already come up with the results.

Everyone sat down for a meeting, and Armstrong announced that Metro Broadcasting would be sold to Teske Enterprises for $68.5 million.

"boom……"

There was a loud noise, and Catherine jumped in on crutches. "Thank God I arrived. This woman is a liar. She plagiarized my idea." Then she raised her crutches, pointed at Tess and said:

"This woman is my secretary. She is not a manager at all. Jack, you have been lied to."

"What are you talking about? Tess can't be your secretary." Jack Traynor saw that Tess's wit and tenacity contributed to Tesk's interest in the transaction. How could she be a secretary?

"Then you ask her? Is she my secretary? Tess?"

"I can explain...this is my idea." After Tess's identity was revealed, she was very embarrassed and had to speak in a low voice.

"Oh my God, you really are her secretary," Jack Traynor also noticed something was wrong.

"This woman took advantage of my broken bones to plagiarize my ideas and pretend to be my colleagues. This was my idea, my project!" Catherine had the victory in hand and sat down carelessly.

"That's what I thought!" Tess shouted. "I can explain, Jack, that she was the one who lied." Melanie's voice became smaller and smaller. She knew that it would be difficult to explain clearly in a short time, and she was full of embarrassment and shame. In her heart, Tess suddenly didn't know what to do and stood up and walked out.

"Well, the name of the game is that we finalize the details of the merger and acquisition." Harrison Ford had a baffled expression on his face. He opened the thick merger and acquisition contract and began to continue working.

"cut!"

Ronald stopped the filming and led everyone in applause.

After filming this scene, only the final ending and some location scenes that had nothing to do with the main storyline were left to the second team for reshoots.

"Excellent. Let's go have a feast today..."

…

Several celebrities finished their dinner and went to enjoy the weekend.

Ronald still has to continue working, looking at yesterday's dailies and preparing for the finale shooting that will start next Monday.

He picked up the phone and chatted with Cameron Crowe, "I don't think the ending is strong enough. Do you have any good ideas?"

"You want a more powerful ending?" Crowe was in the apartment, communicating with Ronald every night, revising the following script. It has been several weeks, and he has become accustomed to this way of working.

"The previous scenes are so exciting, and the scenes starring several actresses will whet the audience's appetite. I'm worried that the original ending won't be able to keep it down."

"This is a classic Hollywood twist, why aren't you satisfied? Tess proves that she is the original author of the plan to acquire radio broadcasting, Teske believes in her, Catherine is fired, and finally Tess and Jack The kiss ended with a classic Hollywood ending."

"I always feel that it won't work. We have revealed enough information before, and the audience will more or less guess the ending. We have to go beyond that and give them something they didn't expect..."

Ronald deeply felt that if the early filming was too exciting, it would cause the script's structure to be unbalanced. Later scenes would have to be added to suppress it, so that when the audience walked out of the cinema, they were still thinking about the plot and recommending it to their friends.

"Okay, let me think of a way. At this time, you need a Billy Wilder-style reverse ending..." Cameron Crowe scratched his head, wondering who is best at this kind of powerful ending. , and it has to be his idol, the famous director and screenwriter in the 1950s, Billy Wilder.

"Well, do you have any inspiration? Let's do this... let's have an interview tomorrow when the crew is off. No, those inspectors from the Writers Guild are still supervising me. I have to think of a good place to get rid of them. In this way, I have arranged for your phone."