Rebirth In Hollywood

On October 15th, the premiere of "Argo" kicked off on time. For such a politically charged film, the premiere will naturally not be in Los Angeles, but in the political center of the United States. Washington DC.

Likewise, it was not only the media and Hollywood insiders who came to the premiere, but also many celebrities in the political world. As Ryan said before, politics has never been far from the movies.

The premiere is basically the same routine, red carpets, interviews, media group photos, etc., but when Antonio Mendez and his retired wife, who is also a special agent, and the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife who participated in the incident, went on the scene one after another. On the red carpet, tonight's premiere showed a different side.

Whatever Antonio Mendez himself thinks, he has been made a hero by Disney and the CIA.

In this land, the stories of heroes are often the most engaging works.

As soon as he entered the theater, Ryan was surrounded by a large number of people. These politicians, known or unfamiliar, greeted and greeted him enthusiastically. In their eyes, Ryan, the owner of a large media group and the top leader in North America. One of the rich is naturally the goal of striving for it.

Ryan dealt with it skillfully, and would never make any promises and promises.

Speaking of which, the people around him are more inclined to the Democratic Party, such as Scarlett Johansson. A few days ago, the little fat girl publicly expressed her support for Kerry.

After dealing with these flies-like politicians, Ryan rubbed his forehead and walked towards the screening hall.

"Hi Ryan."

"Hi Tony."

Looking at Antonio Mendez who came up from behind, Ryan gave him a light hug, "How does the red carpet feel?"

"I haven't had such a big round of applause in the past 30 years."

After walking into the screening room, Antonio Mendez gestured and said, "My peaceful life has been completely shattered since you increased the publicity, you know? Ryan, last weekend, we had a total of 600 people came to visit my house and in 20 minutes they ate all the food we had for the weekend."

"Enjoy this, Tony!" Ryan patted his arm and walked towards the front row.

Since the release of the memoir "Argo", the peaceful life of the Mendez family has been completely shattered.

Disney's limousine took the couple to Hollywood and New York several times, and the film's publicity propelled them into what may have been completely unfamiliar territory for the two former agents, but a great opportunity to become famous.

On top of that, as an unknown person who has worked on the hidden front for a long time, Antonio Mendez is enjoying these 'sweet troubles' very much.

Ryan didn't sit in the middle of the crew, but sat with some of the studio executives who attended the premiere, and as soon as he sat down, he heard the voice of Warner Bros. Gerald talking to someone.

"Although we thought that there are some problems with the movie..."

After a few chats between the two parties, Gerald mentioned that "Alexander the Great", which was still in theaters and actually only made more than 100,000 US dollars a day at the box office, "I didn't expect the market to respond so badly. This is the history of Warner Bros. One of the most unsuccessful works."

Indeed, "Batman and Robin" was bad enough back then, while "Alexander the Great" had higher investment but worse box office and reputation.

"There is no need to talk about why the movie is so bad, there is no coherent script, there is no spectacle, the photography does not contribute to the beautiful picture, and most importantly, the characters do not really show any characteristics, like puppets in the drawing board Generally ridiculous."

This is a comment from fans that Ryan saw on the Internet a few days ago, which undoubtedly represents the views of most audiences on this film.

In any case, the vast majority of North American audiences directly attribute "Alexander the Great" to the ranks of bad movies.

The impact of this film is huge. Many Hollywood studios have canceled their epic plans, and even 20th Century Fox is worried about the unfinished Kingdom of Heaven.

After an unprecedented boom in war epics, the genre inevitably hit a low point.

The theater lights went out row by row, the big screen was illuminated, and after the classic Disney title flashed by, the buzzing voices disappeared, and "Argo" kicked off.

"This is the Persian Empire, known today as Iran, and it began 2,500 years ago, and one king after another ruled the land, and the king was called the Shah. In 1950 the Iranian people elected Mohammad Moshadha—a A secular democrat - as Prime Minister, he nationalized the Anglo-American controlled Iranian oil and returned Iranian oil to the Iranian people..."

"But in 1953 Britain and the United States staged a coup that ousted Moshadha and arranged for Reza Pahlavi to become the Shah. The young Shah was a big spender, his wife bathed in milk, and His lunch was airlifted from Paris by Concorde, while the Iranian people were starving. The Shah maintained his power with brutal internal police, and thus began an era that marked the beginning of torture and terror."

"Then he preached the Westernization of Iran, angered those religious conservatives, the people of Iran overthrew the Shah in 1979, and the exiled cleric Ayatollah Saeed Ruhollah Khomeini returned to rule Iran. Then this The country went through purges, death squads, and into chaos, Shah, who was about to be killed by cancer, found political asylum in the United States, the Iranian people marched outside the embassy, ​​demanding that the United States hand over the Shah, they were going to try him and hang him ."

With illustrations and video materials, the film quickly and concisely introduces the background of the story by means of narration.

Fanatical Iranians launched massive demonstrations in front of the US embassy. The multi-day event and some behind-the-scenes hints of connivance finally produced a jaw-dropping scene in the history of international diplomacy.

Those followers of Khomeini stormed the US embassy.

The opening scene did not involve Ryan. As George Clooney said at the beginning, the pictures were full of the texture of the 1970s and 1980s. He deliberately chose an old-fashioned 35mm film camera to shoot the entire scene, even while shooting During the parade, they found an old-fashioned super 8mm camera that was used in news video recordings in the 1970s, and completed most of the close-up shots of the characters with this antique-grade equipment that has long been rarely used.

The Iranians rushed into the embassy, ​​but the Americans could not wait for any support from the Iranian government. In desperation, they could only do the worst and start destroying the secret information in the embassy.

Like the embassies of all countries in the world, there is always something to behold in these places.

For the sake of life safety, a limited number of American soldiers did not shoot to resist, but only fired a limited amount of tear gas. The telephone connection between the US State Department and the embassy has been ongoing, but they were helpless in this situation. Many US embassy personnel could only held hostage by the Iranians.

At this time of crisis, the six Americans in charge of the visa hall luckily escaped through the back door of the embassy, ​​and the movie also shows a little bit of Great Americanism, such as letting the Iranians waiting for visas escape first, and they stand behind...

Although some people were taken in by the embassies of other countries during the escape process, the theme of the movie is not in this regard. At this time, they have been simplified. They escaped into the Canadian embassy and were taken in by Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador at the time. .

Ryan's script did not mention the issues of the UK and New Zealand. They are all members of the five basic friends in the English-speaking area. There is no need to smear each other's face in such a vague incident. protest.

As for the Iranians, who cares about them.

In other words, it is them who are black. After all, Iran is one of the sources of evil in the world in the minds of most Americans.

Therefore, the film shows almost a country of fanaticism in which everyone is a terrorist.

When Tony Mendez single-handedly entered such a dangerous country, he just borrowed this atmosphere to show his heroic temperament.

After the incident, the US State Department and the Washington authorities also came up with a series of measures, but there was no good solution. After 69 days, yellow ribbons and blessing slogans were everywhere on the streets of Washington, but there was no progress in the rescue of the hostages.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to release Shah in exchange for hostages. The puppets that the United States has raised all over the world is not just this one. If he is abandoned, what will those little brothers think?

Compared with those who were caught in the embassy as hostages, the six people who escaped are the real headache for the US government. Once they are caught, they will most likely face the gallows of the Iranians.

Since it is a standard theme movie, it must be shown that the US government will never give up these six people, and will do everything possible to rescue them from Iran and return them to the country, and it is time for the hero to appear.

Tony Mendez, played by Ryan, is a typical American in the seventies.

On the way to the CIA headquarters, whether it was the yellow ribbons fluttering on the roadside, the shouts of angry people on the radio, or the slogans in the lobby of the headquarters commemorating those who died for the country, they all promoted the concept of patriotism. theme.

The rescue fell to the State Department and the CIA, who faced enormous conundrums.

The Canadian side thought the risk was too high and notified the US authorities to pick up the six people quickly, while Khomeini's Islamic Guard called a large number of child laborers to stitch together the images of US embassy personnel shredded by paper shredders...

Everything shows that rescue is imperative.

At a joint meeting attended by officials from the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, the rescue plans full of fantasy were ruthlessly smashed by the reality of Tony, a rescue expert. All the pig teammates were setting off the image of the protagonist, but Tony. Can't find a suitable solution for now.

Like all American heroes, Tony faced some family issues, which, while vulgar, was a favorite for North American audiences.

In the phone call with his son, Tony got a prompt and saw the "Decisive Battle for the Planet of the Apes" broadcast on TV... r1152 ()