King of Hollywood

"So, Donna, do you dance tango?" After exchanging pleasantries, the well-dressed lieutenant colonel asked.

"Well... I wanted to learn it before, but... Mike didn't want to." The beautiful girl replied with a smile.

"Mike? Who are you waiting for?" The lieutenant colonel raised his eyebrows and asked.

The girl shrugged and acquiesced to the lieutenant colonel's statement, and then explained: "Mike thinks tango is crazy."

"Ha, I think Mike is crazy." Although the lieutenant colonel's eyes were dull, disapproval was clearly written on his face.

"Don't pay attention to him," Charlie quickly interjected, "Well... I think I already said that?"

The slightly embarrassed look made the girl giggle immediately, and the lieutenant colonel couldn't help sighing: "What a beautiful laugh."

Then he faced the girl and asked, "Want to learn tango, Donna?"

Donna was obviously surprised: "Now?"

"How about free service?" The lieutenant colonel, who couldn't see anything, said confidently.

"I'm a little scared." Donna didn't know how to refuse, "I'm afraid of stepping on the wrong foot."

"There is no wrong step in tango, unlike life, it is very simple, so it is great. If you step on a wrong step or trip, keep dancing." The lieutenant colonel said with a smile, his confident expression never changed.

Donna didn't know if she was infected by the lieutenant colonel's confidence or if she really wanted to go crazy, Donna nodded: "Okay, let's try."

The two stood up immediately, and after Charlie explained the surrounding environment to the lieutenant colonel, the lieutenant colonel came to the dance floor with Donna on his arm. The previous piece just finished playing, and after a pause for a few seconds, the prelude to "One Step Away" started.

"Stop!" Adrian shouted loudly. After everyone stopped, he looked at the dance floor and thought for a few seconds, then waved to everyone: "This part, let's do it again!"

He's shooting one of the three most troublesome scenes in the film - the amazing tango in the restaurant!

The reason why this amazing tango is one of the three most troublesome scenes is because this scene is a test of the director's scheduling and shooting skills. How to show that Frank is blind in the tango? And how to make the audience think that he is no different from ordinary people? These all need to be handled carefully, and a little carelessness may be self-defeating. Even though Adrian is familiar with the camera and the plot, he still dare not be careless.

In his opinion, this scene is more troublesome than the other two. The other two relatively troublesome scenes are: Lieutenant Colonel Frank driving wildly in New York City, and the final speech in the school auditorium.

For the former, I have already experienced all kinds of road closures during filming, but that is the job of the assistant and executive producer; for the latter, Adrian already has experience in large-scale scene scheduling, and Pacino happened to be at the time of filming. The state is excellent, and the majestic speech was shot five times repeatedly, and each time was passed in one shot.

I have to admit that the old drama bone Pacino is very good. Among all the characters with disabilities, blind people are one of the most difficult to play. Because the eyes of ordinary actors are very important supplements to personal acting skills, for example, some people think that Nicolas Cage's eyes have added a lot of points to his performance.

But blind characters cannot perform with their eyes. They must transfer the part of their eyes to expressions, movements and body language. Pacino did this very well, especially in the speech in the auditorium, the body movements were not big but quite powerful, and the crew and extras were infected during the filming.

Although Oscar has always favored male protagonists with disabilities, and although Pacino has the advantage of seniority, his excellent acting skills are also one of the important reasons why he can get the statuette. Adrian fully believes that he can still get it this time.

Alright, let’s get back to the shooting of tango. Compared with drag racing scenes and preaching scenes, the key to making a good tango scene lies in the director. As I said before, it is necessary to let the audience feel that the lieutenant colonel is no different from a normal person, but also let them feel that the lieutenant colonel is actually a blind person. Apart from the performance of the actors, it depends on the director's control ability.

For this reason, Adrian has spent a lot of effort, such as drawing out the drafts of the dance shots based on his memory, and then invited two choreographers to complete the dance design based on these drafts, and then borrowed the other bits and pieces of the shot. Time for Pacino to practice dance moves with actress Vera Jamison, who plays Donna.

Trouble is trouble, prudence is prudence, Adrian doesn't think this lens will stump him. Although his works are all plagiarized and copied, it doesn't mean that he will be incompetent to this point.

"Need eye drops, Al?" After filming the scene before the tango twice, Adrian announced a 15-minute break to meet the next challenge, and joked with Pacino at the same time.

"Don't you know? I blink like crazy every time the camera moves away." Pacino responded with the same tone.

"It seems that I should prepare an extra camera to record all these scenes, so that I can add some extras when I release the video tape in the future." Adrian continued to laugh.

Pacino did not interface this time, but shifted to other topics: "I went to see your new movie a few days ago when I was out to relax, and it was very contagious. Although I have met many directors and producers, like you This is the first time. To be honest, Ed, I suddenly want to know what this "Scent of a Woman" will look like when it is finished."

"You will see, Al," Adrian patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "I will have a surprise for you then."

After the break, the filming continued. In order to reduce mistakes as much as possible, Adrian repeatedly narrated the play for several protagonists. In fact, he didn’t say anything. Caspar Jager, who played Charlie, did his job well, and when he danced tango, he had nothing to do with his role; as for Pacino, his methodical acting made him Most of the time is very stately, with a little reminder; therefore, Vera Jamison, who plays Donna, is the one who talks the most.

"...In short, relax and don't be nervous, just like you and Al practiced before. Didn't you perform well in those scenes at the dining table just now?" Adrian patiently comforted the nervous actress , I just took two trial shots, and each time the music was stopped as soon as it started, and Vera was obviously not in the mood.

Adrian originally wanted Kate to play this role. She is very suitable in terms of appearance, but he can only give up when he thinks about the height of about 5 feet 8 inches. He can't let Pacino and him be taller than himself Women one-third the size dance tango, right? So I finally chose this dark-haired, slightly skinny 23-year-old young woman who played supporting roles in some low-budget movies, about 5 feet 5 inches tall. Unfortunately, I don’t know why, but the normal lens is in good condition. He was fine when he was practicing tango with Al, but when he danced in front of the camera, he seemed nervous.

(Let’s talk about it a little bit, there will be everything that should be there, and now it’s just the beginning. Well, my book is really slow...Please recommend tickets)