King of Hollywood

Montana is located in the northwestern part of the United States, adjacent to Idaho, and borders Alberta, Canada. It is famous for its minerals, oil processing, and prairie. Of course, the most famous one is Yellowstone National Park. As the world's first national park and the most popular and most spectacular national park in the United States, countless families come here for vacation every summer.

Although "Brokeback Mountain" was not filmed in Yellowstone Park, it is not too far away, basically in the Rocky Mountains, so the station is in the northwest of Montana, not far from Canada called Graz small town.

The name sounds familiar, doesn't it? That’s right, it’s exactly the same as the name of Graz, the second largest city in Austria. Of course, this small town called Graz has nothing to do with Austria, and the residents of the town are not of Austrian origin. The reason for giving the town this name is Adrian. Ann guessed that he probably flipped through the newspapers when he was choosing the name, and thought that the word Graz sounded good, so he used it.

This situation is very common in the United States. As long as someone is willing to search in detail, it is guaranteed to find the names of well-known cities in various countries on the map of the United States, such as Paris, London, and Barcelona. This can be regarded as a practice in the history of pioneering in the United States. At that time, after a town was established in a certain place, it would not be possible to think of a suitable name for a while, so it was better to simply use what already existed in the world to save trouble.

Of course, those who did this were basically small towns with a population of several thousand, and they would not have been discovered if someone hadn't deliberately searched for them. If it is not for the popularity of the Internet. In addition, Adrian would probably not know about the need to come to Montana to film the scene, so even if people from other countries noticed it, they could only laugh it off as a joke.

"Are you ready? How bright are the lights?" After getting a positive reply from the props artist, Adrian hurried to the makeup artist and lighting engineer.

"It looks pretty good." After checking the numbers on the light meter, Adrian nodded, and then patted Rui Fan's shoulder as the test subject: "Let's start, go all out."

Montana in mid-March is still somewhat cold. But it is also in line with the season of "Brokeback Mountain", and there is not much rain during this period, which is very suitable for shooting. After everyone got ready, and River Phoenix and Brad Pitt, who had put on old-fashioned denim clothes, also took their positions, Adrian made a start gesture to the recorder.

This is the first scene of "Brokeback Mountain", the encounter between Ennis and Jack outside the rancher's trailer, and the beginning of the entire movie. In fact, Adrian originally wanted to shoot the grazing scene first. It's just that the owner of the sheep flock who had been in contact with him suddenly changed his mind, and the crew couldn't get in touch with anything else for a while. In addition, considering that Rui Fan and Pete still needed to get in touch, Adrian also revised the plan and started filming from the script.

I have to admit, no matter Rui Fan or Pete. It took a lot of time and energy to prepare, and where to stop, it is no different from the cowboys decades ago. Moreover, Ennis' taciturnity and Jack's unrestrained unruliness were well interpreted by the two of them with their body language in front of the camera, especially the movement of Rui Fan leaning against the wall, turning up his collar and retracting his neck. As well as Pete's big back hair and thick sideburns, they are very in tune with the atmosphere required by the whole movie, and reflect the characters' personalities very well. What's even more rare is that they proposed these two items on their own initiative. So, use more experienced actors. It's relatively easy for directors.

Of course, Adrian also did enough homework before. Although he conducted research based on the information collected by his assistants most of the time, with a competent secretary like Ivanka and the works of his previous life as a reference, Also very accurate. For example, everyone knows that men think women are good. He would look at her directly and appreciatively, but it would be very rude to look at a man with this kind of look. If you do this on the street, you might get punched.

So how can homosexuals appreciate people who can see? Use the mirror to look indirectly, so at first Jack had a shot of looking at Ennis in the rearview mirror in this car. Here, Adrian redesigned the plot, and Ennis noticed Jack's sizing up, but he just pulled his collar and didn't say much.

But this is not intended to show Ennis' homosexuality. Throughout the novel, Jack is obviously more active. He knows that he is gay, accepts this fact, and falls in love with Ennis. But Ennis is not necessarily gay. If there is no Jack, he might spend his life in a dull life after marrying Alma. Not a man.

Therefore, Adrian added a small gesture here, which not only showed Ennis's character of not resisting homosexuality, but also foreshadowed the complicated relationship between the two.

Of course, whether the audience sees it this way is their business. No movie has a perfect plot. If you want to find it, you can always find logical loopholes. Just like "Brokeback Mountain", the plot seems to be very self-consistent, and the inner journey of the two men and the lingering relationship between life and death are also in place. However, since they stayed so hard in the interior, why didn't they go to San Francisco?

The atmosphere on the coast is always more relaxed than inland, no matter which country it is, San Francisco has been a stronghold of gays since the 1970s. Therefore, if they can't stay in Montana and Texas anymore, they can save a sum of money and go to San Francisco together, and there will be no future tragedies.

Well, this is a joke, if they did, there would be no Brokeback Mountain novels and movies.

"Very well, guys, you all did a great job." Adrian was not stingy with his praise, and it is not often that things go so smoothly at the beginning.

It's a pity that this situation didn't last long. After the first scene was over, we encountered obstacles when we started filming the second scene. The ranch owner has only two leading roles here. The first is naturally the encounter between Ennis and Jack, and then Jack wants to take advantage of the opportunity to work for the ranch owner to meet Ennis again in the second year. But the ranch owner had already noticed their situation before, so he drove him away with mocking words.

Because there is only Jack in the scene here, it should be easier to pass than before, but for some reason, Pete, who had performed very well just now, cannot satisfy Adrian no matter how he behaves now.

"You have to pay attention, Brad, you can't show your emotions too obviously. Jack certainly doesn't want others, especially the ranch owner, to find out that he cares too much about Ennis. But at the same time, he can't be too restrained. It's completely invisible, Jack It's not Ennis. Do you feel conflicted? That's right!" Adrian took the trouble to tell a play for Pete so that he could better mobilize his emotions.

Although the previous smooth state was very good, it was basically something that could be encountered but not sought after, so he was not disappointed because the subsequent shots failed several times, take it slowly, and this also made him discover some problems.

So, after dozens of times of NG finally passed this shot. For the next three or four days, the crew wandered around town, filming bits and pieces, like memories of Ennis, or some of the more mundane meetings with Jack. But privately after that day, Adrian ordered Rui Fan and Pete to live in the same room. The euphemistic name is to allow them to further feel the sincere feelings of the two characters.

"There's no need to do this, right?" Rui Fan who was dragged into the room asked a little depressed. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, it was just that being forced to live in the same room with Pete felt somewhat weird.

"It's necessary." Adrian was not polite at all, "I know that you have often exchanged feelings before this, and you still have a lot of experience, and it is very effective. I have seen all of these. However, these are obviously not enough, you guys I have to continue to communicate and cultivate the relationship until I think it's OK."

"What if you always think it's not possible?" Rui Fan asked back, even though he already knew the answer.

"Then it's a pity that you will live together until the filming is over, even if your girlfriends come to visit." Adrian replied as a matter of course, and then added a sentence seriously: "Of course. Don't pretend to be real. Do."

Pete, who had been listening obediently by the side, suddenly spit out, and Rui Fan rolled his eyes.

No matter what they thought, the matter was settled like this, so the two big men began to live together in the crew, and after the news spread, it was inevitable that someone would look at them with ambiguous eyes on the set. However, the mentality of both of them is also quite good, they don't care about these non-malicious gazes, and even put their shoulders together in front of everyone, with an intimate appearance, which seems to be faking the truth.

Adrian also let them be so funny, after a few days of running-in, as soon as the weekend was over, after observing that it was okay, and the flock had not yet been fully connected, he was ready to shoot the first orgasm.

"In short, you have to put yourself into the role of a wife who senses that something is wrong with her husband, but is not sure what's going on, and then when she inadvertently sees that scene, that kind of The shocking feeling will be convincing. I know this may be difficult for you, Kirsten, but I also believe that you can do it." After the crew arranged all the props and scenes this morning, Adrian said this to Kirsten who arrived on the set.

"I can do it." Kirsten, who had short hair and a clean look, nodded vigorously.

This is the first time Little Fairy has worked with him in so many years, so Adrian didn't use the nickname Kiki, but called her full name to show respect. Of course, when working with his own woman, Adrian seldom uses nicknames on set, even if everyone knows her relationship with him, this is considered a professional attitude.

It was supposed to start filming the married lives of the two men at the end of March, but since the problem of the sheep has not been completely resolved, and Kirsten's schedule has already been reserved, Adrian let her Came over from Los Angeles.

"Are you sure the foreman won't fire you?" After hearing that her husband was going fishing on Brokeback Mountain with friends, Alma walked out of the room with her arms folded, her eyes full of indescribable complexity.

"The foreman owes me that last Christmas, in a snowstorm," Ennis said nonchalantly, "and I'm only there for a day or two."

As soon as the two conversations were over after turning on the phone, Adrian had to stop.

"I need you to restrain yourself a little more," Adrian said to Kirsten after pondering for a while. "You are still a little obvious. Anyway, Alma always hoped that Ennis would change his mind, otherwise he would not turn a blind eye to his date with Jack on Brokeback Mountain. So even if I saw them making out before, no matter how shocking I was, I couldn't hold back. With the surface of peace, you can..."

As he spoke, he frowned slightly, and then looked at Rui Fan with depressed and worried eyes: "Are you sure the foreman won't fire you?"

The tone was very gentle, and there was a bit of indescribable anxiety, so that Rui Fan showed a surprised expression: "Are you all right, director?"

Kirsten burst out laughing. The tense atmosphere brought about by Adrian's call to stop earlier dissipated, so he just gave Rui Fan a look and didn't say much.

"Understood?" Adrian asked Kirsten, and then slapped Rui Fan again: "Don't put too much pressure on her, we'll come again."

In all fairness, Kirsten's acting skills are still very good. Although "Spider-Man" made her very popular, she has also acted in many literary and artistic movies in recent years. It's just that who asked Rui Fan to play against her? Phoenix? Basically, Rui Fan has never participated in major A-level productions in Hollywood, and the roles he played have always been very distinctive, which has allowed him to maintain a good reputation after the drug-taking incident.

These good reputations are not just words, Adrian was deeply touched, and he knew Rui Fan's acting skills before. But I always look at things from this layer, and then I finally saw it in the first collaboration of "Brokeback Mountain". Among other things, he is always the first person to enter the play among all the actors, and he has a good sense of proportion, if not for the current Adrian's experience. It may not be possible to control him.

In this case, it is conceivable that Kirsten, who is playing against him, is under a lot of pressure.

"It seems that we should step by step, first shoot some life scenes of Alma and Ennis, and then proceed to in-depth shooting." After countless repetitions, rests, and repetitions. It took an afternoon, and after the scene finally passed, Adrian said so.

"Of course, you've actually done a good job." He then praised Kirsten who was a little depressed.

This kind of non-stop NG at the beginning is indeed very easy to damage the confidence of the actor, but on the other hand, it can also allow the actor to grasp the inner character of the character as soon as possible, and successfully integrate with other actors. If you have a fragile heart that cannot withstand blows and denials, it is better not to be an actor. Of course, there is no shortage of time to praise, encourage, or encourage.

"Speaking of which, I sometimes think that it would be interesting if Kirsten and Rui Fan also played against each other in "Interview with the Vampire." Adrian then teased them and said, "I almost I can only imagine what people who like spoofs will write about this movie. After Malloy visits Louie, Louie falls in love with Malloy, but Malloy accepts him and rejects him, and after meeting Claudia, who lost his memory, married her, and Louis found Malloy through all kinds of hardships, and they started dating again, and Louis immersed himself in the emotional world with Malloy, but turned a blind eye to Claudia Claudia, who recovered her memory, was double-betrayed, and finally divorced Malloy in anger."

After this comment was eloquent, those who understood the scene suddenly burst into laughter, and those who did not understand also laughed after other people explained. Rui Fan and Pete shrugged or scratched their heads amidst the laughter Saying it's okay, Kirsten cheered up a little amidst the laughter.

"Since everyone is so happy, let's try to shoot another scene." Adrian then said.

"But, Mr. Director, time..." An assistant wanted to remind.

"It's okay, just take a test shot, let them get ready to find out how they feel, and it will be fine if you turn up the lights." Adrian said immediately, "Act 48, Scene 33."

Hearing the two numbers he reported, everyone's eyes became a little weird, and they looked at the two actors one after another. Rui Fan was fine, and started to prepare calmly, while Pete couldn't help but cook again. Scratch your head. Because the plot of this scene is that Jack finally couldn't bear the longing and rushed over from Texas. After the two met, they couldn't help kissing in the corner.

That's right, the kissing scene of two men, this is the shot that Adrian is going to try to shoot, and it is also the first climax he was going to shoot before. This is also the reason why after Kirsten came over, he shot the scene with a relatively large conflict from the beginning. The kiss scene of the two men was just in front of this scene.

Now that the director has given the order, the crew will naturally start to operate, and everyone will be ready soon. First a long shot, Ennis saw Jack coming from the window in the house, and immediately rushed to the door, the camera cut to Jack’s smile and then cut back, from here, Ennis opened the door and jumped up the stairs a few steps He got down, rushed to Jack, wrapped him firmly in his arms with a smile on his face, and then the two grabbed each other and pushed to the corner.

This shot lasts about 1 minute, mainly from Jack's perspective, including Ennis' body language, showing that he is completely different from his usual restrained and silent appearance. If it didn't feel vulgar and didn't match the style of the whole movie, Adrian might have used a 360-degree rotation shot here.

The whole process was very good. Rui Fan jumped down and held Pete tightly in his arms. The combined movements and the joy from the heart were all in place, but when the next scene came, it became different. up.

"Cut!" Adrian standing on the sidelines yelled, waving his hand to stop the filming, "Are you two kissing?!" (To be continued...)