Rebirth In Hollywood

Maybe Quentin Tastino will bully the big hooligan Hitler in the future, but movies like "Kill Bill" will definitely not become mainstream, and the joining of Charlize Theron has attracted some non-cult movie fans Walking into the theater, quite a few of these people have a hard time sticking to the end of the film.

A niche movie is a niche movie, and it will not change the limited nature of the audience just because of a big-name actor or director.

"No mainstream audience would identify with this film, which is one of the most violent films ever made by an American studio."

Such views undoubtedly represent the voice of the mainstream media. Of course, a director like Quentin Tastino would not care too much about this voice.

Perhaps the addition of Charlize's Oscar-winning actress has indeed increased the appeal of the movie. The box office of "Kill Bill" seems to be better than Ryan's vague impression.

On the first three days, it received $27.55 million in 3,102 theaters. Such a box office is already an excellent result for a niche movie.

Ryan is one of Miramax's major shareholders and naturally wants to see the movie turn a profit.

In the process of filming "Argo", he also took time to pay attention to the box office trend of the film. The box office fell to more than 16 million US dollars in the second week and fell to more than 8.5 million US dollars in the third week.

This situation is normal. According to the real market reaction of niche films, according to his calculations, the North American box office of this film is difficult to exceed 100 million yuan, but relative to investment, it is not difficult to make profits.

Subsequently, most of Ryan's energy was again transferred to "Argo".

The crew was divided into two groups. The assistant director led some people to shoot scenes such as the takeoff of the Swiss Airlines flight and some pure street scenes. George Clooney and the main actors ended the scenes in the studio and began to travel around North America.

The Islamic ghettos in California, the State Department building and the Washington Monument in Washington, and the Virginia headquarters were all places where the crew needed to film. Some are not easy to enter. At this time, the role of the partner CIA comes into play.

With the CIA as a guarantee, although it will not get tickets for some key places, it relatively reduces the difficulties encountered by the crew in many location shooting.

Of course, whether it is the State Council or the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, you can only take a short shot at the entrance. If you want to enter the interior and shoot, it is not as easy as setting up a scene in a studio.

By the end of November,

The crew came to Langley, Virginia. The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency is located here.

In order to assist in the shooting of this alternative propaganda film, the CIA specially gave the crew a day to shoot in the square and entrance of the headquarters building.

In order to reduce unnecessary trouble, we try to lock the lens on Ryan and other actors as much as possible to reduce the appearance of panoramic shots. In terms of scenery, the scenery is fast and concise, but the nameplates of a few shooting locations are replaced. .

In addition, on the parking lot of the square, there are more than a dozen old-fashioned cars brought by the crew.

"Stop! Stop!"

On the parking lot in the square. Ryan made a stop gesture to the camera and pointed to the large microphone that was recording above his head, "Check the recording equipment, I heard noise just now."

Opposite him, George Clooney shouted loudly. "Hurry up! Our time is limited! Don't waste your precious time with these goddamn questions!"

While he was shouting, several technicians were already busy.

"George, I found something very interesting." Ryan put his briefcase on the front cover of the car and looked at him with interest. "No matter what temper, or how gentle and delicate the voice is, after sitting in the director's chair for a long time, it will become a loud and grumpy voice."

"Cough, then I have to pay attention to my image." George Clooney smoothed his hair, and glanced at the reporter who was blocked by someone in the distance, but he was still vaguely visible, "I am not only a director, but also a director. What about the actors?"

The other party is a veteran handsome guy recognized by the media and the public, and of course a veteran playboy.

After about ten minutes, the recording equipment was adjusted and shooting resumed.

Ryan picked up the briefcase, walked to the exit of the building, and made an 'ok' gesture to the camera. After the assistant director called to start, he strode towards the parking lot.

Before he got to his car, he saw George Clooney getting off the black car, gave him an American military salute in the distance, and walked over quickly.

"I actually put the signature collection book at home!" The other party greeted him with a smile, and the two walked straight to the flower bed. He said, "The director called me, he wants to see you!"

"Maybe he wanted to fire me himself." The man who didn't speak much in his work rarely showed a smile.

The camera was flanking them, a foot away at most, but Ryan and George Clooney, both long-time actors, didn't care about the camera.

"Tony, he wants to award you the Intelligence Star Medal!"

With this sentence, Ryan's indifferent face showed a hint of surprise, and the person opposite continued, "You are about to receive the highest award for excellence in the American secret organization. The award ceremony is on the 14th floor."

In a Hollywood movie, what should you do in such a moment?

Of course it will not be humility, nor will it be said to be the result of the leadership of so-and-so, and it will not be shouting a few big and empty slogans.

North American movies have never been stingy in showing family and affection, especially for the description of a legendary hero.

"If it's delayed by a week, I can bring Ian." Ryan's Tony Mendez's first thought must be family. "He's on winter vacation next week."

"The action is confidential, and the award ceremony is also confidential." The other party said helplessly, "Ian can't know, no one can know."

"So they will give me the award and take it back?" Ryan showed a clear look.

"That's right!" The person opposite nodded. "If we wanted to hear the applause, we would have chosen to join the circus in the first place."

He tapped Ryan on the shoulder and strode towards the building.

"Isn't this a circus?" Ryan turned slowly, George Clooney turned his head at the same time, and said as he walked forward, "Jimmy Carter said you were a great American!"

Ryan showed a brief smile, and soon returned to his inherent calm state.

"Okay, let's get to work!"

After George Clooney went to the camera to check it, he quickly asked his assistant to issue a notice to retreat.

Getting into his car, Ryan said to the driver, "Go back to Washington, D.C."

The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency is at the junction of Washington, D.C. and Virginia, and the crew stayed at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., the same hotel where Ronald Reagan was assassinated by John Hinckley.

Unlike the White House, etc., due to its special nature, it is never open to the public. Only customers and employees who work with him, as well as government employees, can enter. Ryan has never thought of visiting the spy agency. It is better to go back to Washington for a few times. circle.

It was still early, he did not go back to the hotel directly, but let the car go around the Lincoln Memorial. Although he had been here before, he rarely had time to visit everywhere.

Speaking of which, apart from this shooting, the last time I came to Washington was when I was a child.

Seems to be when Jurassic Park premieres, right? Ryan seemed to see the shadow of the National Museum of Natural History through the car window.

In fact, in recent years, the White House has invited him to attend the White House Correspondents Association dinner for celebrities, reporters, media people and the rich. Participate on your behalf.

The Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial are also high-photographed buildings in Hollywood movies. Of course, they are also the targets of major destruction. If you count Hollywood movies, these two places have been destroyed at least ten times.

Ryan was not interested in getting out of the car and being surrounded by people. He just asked the driver to slow down the car a little bit. When passing by the door of the Lincoln Memorial, he saw another crew filming here.

Although he didn't watch it very carefully, Ryan knew that this was the crew of Warner Bros. After a long period of preparation, the crew of "Wonder Woman" officially started in Washington a few days ago, and the actor who played Princess Diana was Natalie's friend from Israel.

In this way, the first work that comics wants to break out of the predicament and stand out from the siege is neither "Superman" nor "Batman", but this "Wonder Woman", Tim, who once created the brilliant Batman movie series ? Burton, Time Warner once again placed high hopes.

There were many reporters around the crew. Ryan had no intention of getting out of the car and asking for trouble. After the car passed by the entrance of the memorial hall, he looked away.

In fact, as long as you deal with Princess Diana's enemies and her feminist thoughts, and then find a suitable enemy, the movie will not become a superhero like "Superman Returns" in the previous life. a big pit.

At a few parties, Ryan also heard from Warners that the opponent set for Wonder Woman would be the female traitor of the Amazons, and Ares, one of the gods of Mount Olympus, In order to avoid touching the sensitive psychology of male audience as much as possible.

Over the next week or so, Ryan followed the crew around Washington, D.C., filming scattered footage, and then headed back to California to shoot a lot of Shiite marches in an Islamic community. The picture, after the arrival of December, finally ended all Tony Mendez's scenes.

Although it was still a while before the crew finished filming, Ryan was able to leave. (To be continued..) ()