Made in Hollywood

The time has finally entered 2009, and there is still an unusually large production crew entrenched in the gypsum desert of New Mexico. In the uninhabited desert far away from tourist areas, Duke led thousands of people to busy filming.

There are lonely smoke in the desert, car chasing gun battles, long-range sniping, melee fighting, heavy metal rock, tones with saturation overflowing the screen, and perfect golden section composition.

But Duke is very clear that "Fury Road" is an orthodox hero film.

He always kept this in mind while filming.

For more than half a month after that, Duke continued to shoot, using IMAX cameras and various digital cameras to fully record the breathtaking action performances of the stuntmen and the drag racing scenes from all angles.

Today, the film crew has shot close to 160 hours of shots, that is, it takes a week without sleep to watch these things.

However, filming was only two-thirds complete.

In the desolate desert, the war machine stopped there quietly. Charlize Theron was wrapped in a dirty and worn-out blanket, and walked to the edge of the dunes with her back to everyone. Oasis was a little disappointed, but she was still extremely firm, just like she resolutely led five bearers on this violent road.

Where is the future of this doomsday world? No one can tell.

Duke sits behind an IMAX camera and directs the shoot himself, with his lens on Tom Cruise.

Undoubtedly, Tom Cruise's actor Tom is an unusually taciturn person. He looked at Charlize Theron's tall and strong back, stood up and walked over.

This is also the scene where the male and female protagonists have the most conversations in the script.

The IMAX camera slides slowly, along the rails to the front of Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise. Through the camera, Duke captured every expression on the faces of the two.

The large microphones used for live recording were also slowly lifted by the boom boom directly above the heads of Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise.

"I've talked to the others." Charlize Theron said without looking back at Tom Cruise, "this is the best chance to cross the desert, if we leave the truck here and get on the motorcycle Let's start with a full load. We can drive for at least one hundred and sixty days..."

She turned her head, looked at Tom Cruise with his hands on his hips, expressionless, and said, "We have one for you, full of gas."

Charlize withdrew her gaze and looked at the ground, her voice still low. "You are very welcome to join us."

Tom Cruise still looked paralyzed, he shook his head and refused, "No, no... I will go by myself."

Looking up, Charlize Theron showed a bit of disappointment on her face. But without any force, she turned around and walked towards where the women were without any hesitation.

"You know what?" Tom Cruise said again, "It's a mistake to hope."

hear this. Charlize stopped and looked back, and Tom Cruise looked back. The eyes of the two collided and they glanced at each other. Tom Cruise turned around and said. "If you can't change the status quo, you can only be defeated by reality."

Duke manipulated the camera, gave a close-up of the two people's faces, and then stood up, "Cut! This one is over!"

Without waiting for the crew to catch their breath, Duke shouted again, "Transition, take the next shot in fifteen minutes."

The next one is that the male protagonist changes his mind and goes after the female protagonist and his party.

The previous shot is at night, and the next shot is at daytime. This is a very common situation in Hollywood filming. Under non-essential conditions, Duke’s evening scenes are basically shot in the daytime, and then the background is adjusted through post-production. .

The entire crew cooperated tacitly, and just after the fifteen minutes were up, Duke yelled to start.

Here's a close-up shot of Tom Cruise standing between the bike and Gears of War, looking at the dust the bike kicks up in the distance, and finally changing his mind.

Again, there's no fancy little girl here, and in Duke's hands, Fury Road is a film on its own, with Tom Cruise's character a taciturn and struggling figure At the same time, the conscience in my heart has not been completely wiped out.

After filming the scene where he catches up with Charlize Theron and others, the crew finally left the hellish desert and returned to the vicinity of the Devil's Farm. Although this is also a wasteland, compared to the desert area, it is no different from paradise like existence.

Almost all of the scenes here are action scenes. Except for a very few shots that need to be synthesized, most of the scenes need to be shot in real life. The stunt actors are performing juggling scenes every day. There are endless shots of collisions, car rollovers, and explosions. Someone is hurt.

However, the safety protection of the production crew is quite in place, and the injured are almost all minor injuries such as bumps and rubs.

Charlize Theron also had an accident, when she accidentally fell off the car while filming the scene where she climbed on the "giga horse" and killed the undead old Joe.

When filming this kind of scene, the car is of course stationary, and the ground is adequately protected, but the 'giga horse' is a bit high. When Charlize Theron fell, it happened that her knee fell on the mat first. superior.

If it is an ordinary person, this is nothing, but Charlize Theron's knee was injured in the early years, and it was because of this that she left the ballet school. At that time, she was so painful that cold sweat rolled down her forehead.

Duke hurriedly sent her to the hospital in Santa Fe. After a careful examination, she was relieved that the situation was not serious.

The shooting time was tight, leaving a special person to take care of Charlize Theron. Duke returned to Devil Farm to continue his work, and planned to adjust the rest of the shooting plan, but what he didn't expect was that only two days later, Charlize ? Theron returned to the crew.

"I told you to rest."

Looking at Charlize who was sitting opposite him, Duke's face was a little gloomy, "Don't forget, your leg was seriously injured in the early years."

"The film is going to the Cannes Film Festival..." Charlize Theron didn't look at Duke at all, but turned to the shooting site directed by Anna Prinz, "I don't want to delay your plan because of my problem. Besides, All my action scenes have been completed, and the rest of the literary scenes don't need to use my legs."

Duke thought for a few seconds, then nodded slowly, "Pay attention to yourself."

After speaking, he stood up, took another look at Charlize Theron, and strode towards the shooting location without looking back.

Charlize Theron sat on the chair and didn't look back, just sighed softly.

She knew very well that with her and Duke's personalities, the past was the past, and it was impossible to come back.

When she was young, she thought that fame and career were more important than anything else, so she could not care about other things. As she grew older, she gradually realized that career is important, but the things that passed by her are equally important .

Now that she had made her choice, Charlize Theron would not regret it, and she knew that it was useless to regret.

After all, he was a man with a firm will and a heart like a stone.

Charlize Theron had watched Ivanka Trump coldly from the sidelines, and from the very beginning, she disliked Duke and Ivanka Trump.

Although she hadn't seen it a few times, she had heard about Donald Trump's behavior and seen him touch Duke's bottom line again and again. With Duke's character and principles of doing things, how could he tolerate it without limit? There is also instant sharing, which involves too many differences of interest...

After so many years of hard work in Hollywood, where the battle for fame and fortune is infinitely magnified, Charlize can see clearly that Duke must consider interests when making many decisions in his current position. He represents not only himself, but The benefit of a whole team.

As smart as Charlize, of course he can see that the problem between Duke and Ivanka Trump is actually a conflict between two different capital groups about the competition for interests. This kind of conflict cannot be resolved at all unless One party is willing to give up voluntarily.

But is it possible for capital to give up the pursuit of profit?

Take a look at what Duke did later, which fully revealed the side of the capital. He exchanged the shares he shared in his hands for shares in Google. This is such a well-recognized successful transaction. After sharing the majority of voting shares, at the latest general meeting of shareholders, Ivanka Trump was driven from the position of chairman of the company without hesitation, and the control of instant sharing was completed.

If Duke didn't see this when he sold his stake to Google, Charlize wouldn't believe anything.

She has been paying attention to this matter. Because of the economic downturn, the Trump family's real estate industry has encountered a serious crisis. Donald Trump has been pursued by many creditors, and the entire group is facing bankruptcy. It is said that Ivanka Trump Trump is preparing to sell his instant share of equity to save the entire Trump Organization.

Charlize Theron turned her head and looked at Duke who was sitting behind the director's monitor. Who could tell if there was him behind them?

Based on what she knew about Duke, he would definitely not be just a spectator.

It has always been his style to treat the enemy harshly and ruthlessly, seize every possible opportunity, and launch the deadliest attack.

"Boom..."

There was a huge explosion, and a modified car was blown into the sky on the set. Charlize didn't respond at all. She was used to working in this environment. This kind of explosion scene has been seen countless times.

She looked away from the studio. She didn't know what was going on, and suddenly thought of David Ellison. She heard Tina Fey say that the new film he collaborated with Spielberg seemed to want to be in line with "Frenzy." "Road" head-on collision... (to be continued~^~)

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