Made in Hollywood

"It is an indisputable fact that Duke Rosenberg has a soft spot for IMAX. There is a precedent for the success of "The Dark Knight". More than 1 hour of footage was completely shot with IMAX cameras, and this is by far the record for the longest IMAX shooting time in a Hollywood movie!"

The release time is getting closer and closer, and Warner Bros. has more and more various promotions. IMAX is undoubtedly one of the promotional points of the film.

In early April, Warner Bros. held a 6-minute IMAX clip viewing for movie fans and media reporters, and the screening event was well received.

"When the lights go down and the show starts, you can feel the energy rising up in the auditorium!"

"It feels great!"

Such remarks are also circulating on the Internet.

Corresponding to this, there is also Duke's comment on IMAX.

"When we learned that we formed a team to use IMAX machines to shoot movies in Hollywood, many people told us that it was too difficult. What an ironic thing. Since these cameras can go up to the Himalayas and down to the deep sea It’s even been used in outer space, so why can’t we make movies with it?”

A few days later, the crew of "The Dark Knight Rises" held a global press conference at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Hollywood.

Duke, the director, stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, James Franco, Michael Caine, Laurence Fishburne, scorer Hans Zimmer, producer Charles Rowan and other creators attended the press conference to answer questions from global media.

This is undoubtedly a heavyweight publicity event before the release of "The Dark Knight Rises". In addition to attracting nearly 700 reporters from all over the venue, NBC also broadcast live broadcasts to North America and overseas through TV signals.

"There is no doubt that Duke Rosenberg's "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" not only raised the Batman movie, but also the entire superhero movie to a whole new level. This is also the "Dark Knight" The reason why the finale of The Rise is highly anticipated by movie fans around the world."

Before the start of the press conference, a reporter from NBC was sidelining the somewhat complicated live broadcast, "As for the ending set for Batman in the film, Duke said before that he thought about the ending of the story first, and then went backwards to conceive other ideas. The plot, he said that "Batman" is a comic that has been serialized for more than 70 years. The characteristics of serialization require that the story can be extended endlessly, but he hopes that this set of trilogy can become a self-contained story, so the third The first part must be a perfect ending to the whole story."

The press conference kicked off quickly. When asked whether he would direct a "Batman" movie in the future, Duke made it clear that it was time to say goodbye to "Batman". Ten years, it's been a very important time in my life. It's been an amazing journey and it's time for that journey to come to an end. It's a bit sad for me to leave the series, and of course I may still be with the crew The members have worked together on other films, but with the Batman franchise, it's time to say goodbye."

The scene of the press conference. Compared with Duke's calm and eloquent talk, Christian Bale seems to have not fully come out of the role of Batman, with deep eyes and often lost in thought.

When asked by the media "Which villain in the Batman series do you want to play the most", Bell gave a somewhat surprising answer. Calling Batman a villain, "The reason why I like Batman is because he is almost a bad guy. He walks on the edge of good and evil. He has evil thoughts in his heart, but he can always restrain these thoughts. Make sure you He is still standing on the side of justice. Batman acts like a hero on the surface, but in fact, his real motivation deep down is not so pure, but fortunately he can use altruism to restrain himself and ensure that he is still a good person.”

Like Duke, "The Dark Knight Rises" is destined to be the time when Christian Bale says goodbye to the character of Batman. When talking about the feelings of the farewell moment, Bale seems to have mixed feelings, "As Duke said, this set The trilogy is also a big part of my life, but Duke has always been right about the film, and he said it was time to say goodbye, so he couldn't be wrong."

After the routine interviews with other actors, almost all the reporters focused on Duke, and the questions came to him like waves. Most of the time, Duke basically answered all the questions.

The reporter from the "Los Angeles Times" was the first to stand up and ask, "Is it a very tricky thing for you to deal with the ending of the last "Dark Knight" and the plot connection of this one? The ending of the last one And how will that affect the characters in the film?"

"As the third installment in the series, our challenge was to shoot a story that was worth telling and that made the audience feel compelled to come back to the series, to get back to Gotham City."

Adjusting a comfortable sitting position, Duke prepared himself for a long-term battle with the reporter, saying, "From the very beginning, I didn't want to use this film as a simple episode of the Batman series, but to form a complete series of three episodes." Therefore, the ending of the last movie must have an impact on the plot of this movie. The story of the previous movie still has a deep meaning in this movie. The story of the previous movie must continue to be extended in this movie. That's what we thought."

After the reporter of "Entertainment Weekly" was named, he took the microphone and asked, "Why do you insist on using IMAX technology for production?"

"I don't insist on anything, it's just a choice. When I shoot in IMAX and project it on a huge screen, I can say that I've never seen the image quality of IMAX in any other film format. For me, the characters and stories of the Batman series are a kind of existence beyond reality, and the super-huge images of IMAX can reflect this quality of the film.”

Duke knew the essentials of publicity very well, and then said with a smile, "There are only four IMAX cameras in the world that we use. We broke one when filming "The Dark Knight Rises", so there are only three left in the world." .”

There was a burst of laughter at the press conference.

These words are all true. During the filming of a crash scene, an IMAX camera was unfortunately destroyed. This is the second IMAX camera Duke has destroyed.

After the laughter stopped, Duke continued, "IMAX can attract audiences to leave their TVs at home and watch movies in theaters, because IMAX's huge visual effects cannot be created in the living room, and now it attracts audiences to leave their homes to watch movies in theaters. It's getting harder, but IMAX gives audiences a reason to have to."

The reporter of "Boston Globe" asked, "It is said that this film is currently the longest film shot in IMAX. May I ask the director, how did you decide which shots were shot with IMAX cameras and which shots were shot with ordinary cameras? Woolen cloth?

After thinking about it for a while, Duke gave an interesting answer, "Because IMAX cameras are noisy, dialogue scenes are usually shot with ordinary digital cameras, but fights and war scenes are usually shot with IMAX cameras." filmed."

There was laughter again.

Because a 6-minute IMAX clip has been watched before, and the plot of the film has been revealed to the outside world, so the next "Times" reporter asked a question about the plot, "This film seems to have some political issues. The implication is that in the test screening, the plot of Bane leading the mob to destroy will definitely become a very controversial scene, did you want to make a very political film from the beginning?"

"I don't think my films have ever been very political. When The Dark Knight came out, a lot of people looked at it politically..."

Duke now puts it closer to the realm of the truth than before, "The truth is, we make movies to entertain and to tell a good story. I like to build plots in a fictional environment like Gotham City. , so that the film can resonate more widely among the audience, because each audience can bring their own living environment into the film. In the process, some audiences may follow their own ideas, from a political perspective Understanding the film, this is also inevitable."

A reporter from the "New York Times" focused on several newcomers, "The last film in the series has achieved unprecedented success. Will this put pressure on you to shoot this film? Especially for this newcomer. Is there any extra pressure for the actors?

"It is true that the success of the previous film has brought us a lot of pressure. But when we sat down to conceive this film, what we only wanted in our minds was to make this film well. We cannot deliberately copy the previous film. Department's success."

Duke took up the question first, "The success of the last one was unbelievable. Sometimes I can't explain it myself. It was great. But the real pressure is from the film companies. They spend so much money on making movies and promoting them. I Movies have to make money for them, and that's where the pressure is."

The microphone was switched to Gal Gadot, who said, "I was a little nervous at first, because other actors have more or less cooperated with Duke, but I am a newcomer. But everyone is very enthusiastic on the set, To introduce the situation to me, Duke and the leading actors treated me no differently from other old members, and the initial anxiety gradually improved.

James Franco's face was full of sunny smiles, "When "The Dark Knight" was launched, I watched it twice and loved it very much, but at that time I didn't think I would become a member of the series. At that time Then I worked with Duke on Inception, which was an adventure full of surprises and thrills, and then I got a chance to be in this movie. For me, it was really a dream come true .”

At the end of the press conference, the first trailer for The Dark Knight Rises was released. (to be continued ~^~)

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