King of Hollywood

\u003e Chapter Seventy-Eight The Musical

Yes, Adrian started shooting his new movie in February 2001, which is the musical "Moulin Rouge", so he let Nicole start dancing and singing training early, so he will send the script to to Buzz? Luman, and invited him to come over to discuss when he was in the UK, these are all for the smooth start of shooting today. www. NgWeNXuE. m

Of course, the preparatory work is far more than that. As a musical film, it still tells what happened in the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris. few. The costumes at that time, the environment at that time, and the stage at that time must be restored one by one. For this reason, Adrian had people fully restore the interior scenes of the Moulin Rouge in the studio.

Fortunately, this is a musical that doesn't need too many locations. Occasionally, one or two locations can be produced with CG, so there is no need to do on-location shooting, because there are too many materials about Paris and the Moulin Rouge.

In addition, the actors have to be trained. After all, musicals are not Broadway stage plays, and the requirements for acting skills are much higher, so it is impossible to let stage actors act in movies. However, high requirements for acting skills mean low requirements for dancing skills. Movies can use editing, transition shots, and montage techniques to show actors' dancing skills, instead of being like stage actors who have to take a dance once they dance. Jumping from start to finish can't go wrong.

Even the actors in front of the camera can dance more vividly and contagiously, and it can also give people a sense of versatility, so musicals were very popular once upon a time. However, times are changing, audiences' tastes are also changing, film shooting techniques are also changing, and musicals will inevitably decline. In recent years, they have even disappeared from various award ceremonies. Musical films are awarded, and the actors must dance and sing in person.

This is why Adrian asked Nicole to practice for a year. He used Audrey when he persuaded Naomi to practice like Nicole? Hepburn's "My Fair Lady" as an example. This movie should have allowed Audrey to get another nomination for Best Actress, but the problem is that the dances and songs in it are almost all doubles, and the songs are also sung by others, so the Academy of Film did not nominate her for this reason.

Even earlier in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", many people said that it was because someone else sang the theme song for a few minutes that Audrey passed the second statuette.

Since Adrian decided to use "Moulin Rouge" to promote Nicole, he must do his best, and these aspects are the keys that cannot be missed. Of course, other people don't have to work so hard. It is enough to give them two or three months to prepare and practice. After all, this is not a stage play.

"After all, this is not a stage play, and you don't need to complete the dance every time. In this way, both the actors and the film crew will be overwhelmed." After trial shooting several shots, Adrian said to the assistant director.

Although he "plagiarized" many movies and accumulated enough experience, it was his first time directing a musical, so he found a pretty good stage director as his assistant. But this one's name is Aubrey? Although Xiapa's director directs stage plays well, he has never tried movies before. It is inevitable that he still has the style of stage plays in handling the details of movies, which makes Adrian quite depressed. If he knew that he should let Sam? Mendez came to be his assistant.

This is indeed a good idea. Although Mendes became famous after he won the best director with "American Beauty", he did not randomly accept the invitations that flooded him. At the request of the director of the next stage play. In addition, his Oscar for best director can be regarded as Adrian's praise. If the director of Miracle asked him to be his deputy, he would definitely not refuse.

However, Mendes is famous now. Although he can attract some attention as an assistant, after the movie is released, he will inevitably be pointed out by some people with ulterior motives. Besides, not all stage plays have to be sung and danced. Whether he can be a good assistant can only be known after trying. In addition, Xiapa's performance is generally quite satisfactory. Adrian is not a person who turns his face and refuses to recognize others. So just think about it.

"Okay, guys, let's do it again, everyone must go all out!" Adrian clapped his hands and shouted loudly at this time, and then told the three leading actors one by one.

"Ivan, reflect on your second shoot, it was the best."

"Richard, you have to show a little gentlemanly demeanor. Although this duke is a jerk, he is still a duke at least on the surface."

"Nicole, I only have one request. Although you have done a good job, I hope you can do better!"

What is currently being filmed is Satine's first appearance in Moulin Rouge. The crowd sang and danced to show her beauty perfectly, and then because the Duke fell in love with Satine and wanted to know her, but when the theater manager arranged it because of a series of Due to some mistakes, Satine mistakenly thought that Christian, who came to collect the wind, was the Duke, and thus opened the prelude to the whole story.

Adrian basically still uses the "original cast". Needless to say, Nicole plays Satine, and Ivan still plays the role of Christian? McGregor took the role. Some people changed their destiny because of the butterfly effect, while others continued to follow the established track. McGregor still played Obi-Wan in "Star Wars Prequel", so he successfully entered the In this case, Adrian simply asked him to play the leading actor.

Likewise, the Duke is also played by Australian actor Richard? Speaking of Roxburgh, there is another interesting thing. During the previous preparations, Adrian couldn't find the name of the Duke actor in his memory, so he wanted Gary? Oldman came to try, but when he asked others to test him in private, Oldman refused without hesitation.

"Duke? Don't be kidding, I don't look like a duke, I'm still a duke who wants to sing and dance." He said so.

It was in keeping with Oldman's character, who, though he was British, had always sneered at gentlemanly manners and hated the academic type of acting. This is also the reason why Adrian didn't show his own brand or make it too clear when he asked people to contact him. If the other party agreed only because the person he invited was him, it would be easy to ignore the fit between the character and himself ——McGregor is like this. When he heard that the movie was directed by the director of Miracle himself, he agreed without asking what type it was.

Since Oldman made such a statement, and Adrian later remembered the original actor's name, the role of the Duke eventually fell to Roxburgh.

"No problem, Ed, I will try my best." After Adrian's exhortation, McGregor made his first statement.

"Then how about I try to use facial expressions to interpret the Duke's heart, and use body language to express the Duke's demeanor?" Losberg asked after thinking for a while.

Only Nicole walked to the side and went her own way to do warm-up exercises before dancing. It wasn't until Adrian arranged everything that she came back and shrugged to indicate that she could start.

But she still couldn't help asking: "Are you sure musicals will be popular?"

"Of course." Adrian laughed. "How can I make a movie like this without being sure? Don't worry, sweetheart."

Having said this in a low voice, he suddenly reached in from under the fur and pinched her buttocks with lightning speed, and got Nicole's big and angry eyes.

Indeed, since the mid-to-late 1990s, there have been almost no musicals at major awards ceremonies. After everything hits bottom, there will be a rebound, even if it is small, so now it is the turn of musicals. Besides, "Moulin Rouge" is nothing new as a musical. Simply put, it is a story of a traditional Hollywood "backstage musical". Backstage love stories as filler genre films were very popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

This love story is simple and old-fashioned. An actress or a prostitute and a wit fell in love after a wrong encounter, and then killed the evil duke to snatch the woman. After a series of hardships, the actress finally chose the wit. Although the evil duke He frantically tried to stop it, but was knocked to the ground in the end and was spurned by everyone.

Of course, the script of "Moulin Rouge" is not without new ideas, at least the hero and heroine are not together in the end, although the heroine got rid of the evil duke, the heroine died of tuberculosis soon, and then left the hero to write their story into a script, But that doesn't help much with the story as a whole, and most of the foreshadowing is arranged in a typical backstage musical routine.

But this is just right for Adrian. He said before that he has no experience in directing musicals, so such a work that is basically a routine is just right for him. Moreover, musicals do not necessarily need new ideas, as long as more efforts are made on the content to be expressed, they can also get a lot of applause. For example, "Moulin Rouge" uses the decadent, extravagant and sensual carnival scenes in the Moulin Rouge to the best of its ability. The ground is laid out in front of the audience, creating a utopian atmosphere to guide the audience forward, and then using collage and fragmented montage techniques to show the love story between the hero and heroine, as well as the accumulation of saturated color blocks, comic-style With unique performances and freely changing camera viewpoints to add a bit of "post-modern" narrative features, it uses another way to break through the standards and stereotypes of traditional musicals in terms of expression.

Therefore, Adrian only needs to hand over the singing and dancing part to the assistant director Xia Pa, and then make minor adjustments and repairs according to the memory as before.

"I never knew...you could still direct musicals..." Nicole gasped.

"If you figured me out, am I still me?" Adrian laughed and kept changing the rhythm. If you want to ask this kind of question, Nicole should have asked it when she got the script. Now she This was just to distract her from trembling so much under the great stimulation, because a large group of people were dancing to the sound of music outside through the thick curtain.

Since Adrian said that he would try to rape her behind the curtain, of course he should do what he said. As for the safety issue, oh, don’t worry, most of the crew knew or guessed about his relationship with Nicole, and Before he pulled her in, he deliberately let some clever people see it, so I believe no one would bother him.

"Don't worry, the singing and dancing outside will take a while, and they won't hear your groans during this time, Nicole." Adrian bit the girl's earball, and the bottom was even more non-stop.

What is being filmed outside are all fragmentary dance clips, and there is nothing wrong with the three protagonists, just leave it to the assistant director, so he can grab Nicole who is still in costume and come here.

"You damn bastard." Panting heavily, Nicole, who was listening to the singing and music outside, clamped her legs wrapped around Adrian's waist even tighter.

The same sentence, spoken by different people, has different effects.

"Miracle director directed a musical?" This headline immediately caused quite a stir after it was published in the "Los Angeles Times". Everyone knew that the energetic Adrian had started making a new movie again. No matter how low-key this kind of thing is, He can't hide much time in the entertainment circle, who made him a miracle director? Stare into his eyes more.

But most people didn't know what kind of movie Adrian was going to make, so when the media disclosed it, all kinds of surprises rang out. Normal, to Woody? Allen's "Everybody Says I Love You" is a watershed. After the 1995s, there was almost no place for musicals in the film market. Now Adrian actually wants to make a musical. It should be said that the director of Miracle is too selfish. How big is it? Or does he have a self-confidence that ordinary people can't match? Not to mention he had never directed a film of this type before.

So, how can people in the circle not have various discussions? But what is interesting is that most topics focus on the former aspect, while the latter topic, which should be a big attack point, is not mentioned much. In fact, it’s not surprising if you think about it carefully. Adrian has shot and produced so many movies before, including plots, science fiction, cult movies, and black comedies. This year, he also shot two themes with the same theme in completely different styles. So it's definitely not difficult for him to make a musical.

It is also because of this that people's discussions focus on the extent to which Adrian can do it, and how likely it is to be ordinary.

"Miracle director always seems to be able to come up with some amazing ideas, and he can always put these ideas into reality and get a lot of applause. Now he is aiming at a brand new type of film that has not been tried before. I really look forward to what he can achieve in the end." Someone wrote this on the forum of the imdb website.

Basically, unless it's some really stubborn guy who's been against it for the sake of being against it from the start, no one's saying "it's not going to be good" kind of prediction, short answer, anyone who has done it before He was slapped severely by Adrian. The British said he couldn't make a British-style "Howards End", what happened? Some people say that it is impossible for him to produce three films a year to guarantee the quality. What happened? Someone said he couldn't make a movie like Kubrick, so what? After having such an example, you still don't know how to face the same situation, then you must be a born idiot.

However, some things will undoubtedly spread faster than discussing what the hell the Marvel director is thinking, and why the new movie is a song and dance type, yes, gossip, Adrian and Nicole gossip.

Back when Nicole and Cruise were divorcing, there was a lot of gossip about her and Adrian, especially Nicole's massive performance in "Eyes Wide Shut," which was directed by Adrian. But at that time, the divorce case itself was better than these scandals, and Adrian's playboy title was not so well known to the public at that time, and he had scandals with many women at that time, so although there were many such speculations But it didn't cause much reaction.

But with the development of time, such speculation not only did not disappear, but spread more and more widely. When "Mulholland Drive" was released, it aroused many people's discussions. Fortunately, Naomi was more dazzling at that time. In addition, there is the title of the seventh miracle girl, so this kind of discussion is not too intense.

It's different now. Although the public doesn't know the weight of his title as a playboy, the seven miracle girls before and after are enough to explain some problems, not to mention the rumors circulating in Hollywood. Listen, the fastest way to fame is to have the director of Marvel in bed comfortably! Obviously, any actress who has acted as a heroine in a movie directed by him has a probability of sleeping with him above 90%.

Now Nicole? Kidman is the unique heroine in Adrian's new movie, plus there have been scandals before, so the title of the eighth miracle girl is definitely on her head. The reporter wanted to put this name on Natalie's head before, but it was not mentioned again due to a series of reasons, but Nicole can't escape.

What's more, I don't know which guy on the Internet took the tens of seconds of Nicole and the naval officer's passionate scene in "Eyes Wide Shut" for observation and analysis one by one, and then came to the conclusion that this The naval officer was most likely Adrian himself. This immediately ignited the gossip souls of countless people, everyone expressed their opinions on this, and some refuted, but generally speaking, most of them agreed.

Although these tens of seconds of shots are handled very well, the naval officer does not even have a slightly angled side, only the ears and the back of the head, or the top of the head, but the average guy just took a screenshot from Adrian's cameo in other movies For comparison, and someone took the time to search all authoritative movie websites and found that the name of the naval officer actor was not included in the cast list of "Eyes Wide Shut", which immediately confirmed this statement even more. There was a lot of excitement.

It has to be said that netizens are both fucked up and powerful.

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