Exploiting Hollywood 1980 Chapter 405 Thor

A glass of sparkling wine with two cubes of sugar was brought to Ronald. It was Olympia Dukakis who played his mother Rose.

Ronald drank it all in one gulp. The sparkling wine helped blood circulation, and the sugar quickly provided energy to the body. After a while, Ronald returned to normal.

"Are you okay?" Dukakis looked at the director and asked with concern. The filming just now was very enjoyable. Did the director spend too much effort on filming? The dinner table scene has always been a difficult action that the director tries to avoid.

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"I probably haven't eaten. It's already half past two. You should go and eat something. There will be a packed dinner tonight."

Ronald waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

In Toronto, the crew was not familiar with the local entertainment facilities, and most of the actors were middle-aged, so they did not have the enthusiasm of young people to indulge in parties. So after the filming was packed, instead of having a carnival party, it was replaced by a dinner party.

David Watkin listened happily to the chamber classical music played in the high-end restaurant, "This is the most interesting packaging event I have ever participated in."

"Hahaha, pass the salad to me." Ronald asked Nicolas Cage on the other side of the table to pass the plate that he couldn't reach.

The staff and actors, like the big Italian family in the movie, gathered around several large dining tables and chatted while eating. Everyone was talking about the filming experience of this movie and predicting what the movie critics would say after it is released.

There are still a bunch of Broadway actors, who often collaborate on Broadway, but after all, movies are a kind of mass entertainment, and they have some expectations after they are released. No matter how famous Broadway is, these actors still don't have much popularity, but movies

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"Olympia, how did you come up with that impromptu idea of ​​flushing the future into the toilet... Hahaha, it's very similar to what Italians would say."

Vincent Gardenia, who plays his father Cosmo, asked Dukakis some details about the noon scene. Broadway actors usually talk about the day's performance after the show. Film shooting can be so complex.

It's rare to see a plate.

"Hahaha, those are the exact words my mother said to me. She is of Greek origin, but older people speak the same words."

Dukakis has been on Broadway for decades, and she and her husband are both actors. However, she has only gained acting skills, and has not played any leading roles or won any awards. The few films she has participated in have not been noticed by film critics.

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When she reached middle age and her children were about to go to college, she took this opportunity to earn money for tuition. Her mother was angry and said very unpleasant things to her daughter.

Greeks and Italians are similar and have a tradition of large families. Therefore, parents will complain when children grow up. Ronald picked up the wine glass and said, "After a certain age, everyone becomes Italian. For the family! Cheers."

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After the dinner party, all the actors and staff went their separate ways the next day.

Only Ronald and director of photography David Watkin were left, still waiting for film in Toronto.

Toronto is one of the film and television drama production centers in Canada. There is a company called Medallion Film Laboratory, which is responsible for the development and printing of the films shot here for "Moonlight".

"Moonlight" is the first major movie that MGM participated in the production after more than a year of chaotic mergers and acquisitions. The project was decided when Weintraub was still in charge, so all technical

The preparations above are the best.

Therefore, the Technicolor printing process with the highest color quality in the industry was used this time.

This color film is the oldest color printing process in Hollywood. It has been used in blockbusters such as "Gone with the Wind" for a long time.

By the 1950s, Technicolor had new technological developments, and the degree of color restoration was the best among all color printing processes for restoring real-world colors.

Many of Marilyn Monroe's films were shot with Technicolor, so that American audiences can still appreciate the true style of this sex symbol decades later.

However, the disadvantage of this process is that the cost is very high. It needs to use three primary colors to print separately, and then use color dyes to color it. Although it can be stored for a long time without causing the fading problem of ordinary color film, it is generally not used for large-scale productions.

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The most recent and famous blockbuster that uses Technicolor technology is Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."

The next day, Walter Murch, who was invited by Ronald to serve as his film editor again, came to Toronto, and together with David Watkin and Ronald, went to the Medallion Laboratory to see the developed feature film.

Effect.

"You came just in time. The samples during the shooting were all quickly developed using a simple printing process. Like you, I have never seen the full-length effect of the real Technicolor process."

Ronald sat in the screening room, talking to Walter Murch.

"Let me take a look at the effect. I just came from New York. The exterior scenes you shot in New York were developed and printed in the Technicolor New York factory. Although the effects on both sides use the same process parameters, the new and old equipment, potions and dyes are different.

The batch size and the level of care of the workers may cause subtle differences, which need to be adjusted during later color mixing.”

"MGM has spent a lot of money. They must make the first movie to be re-produced a big hit. They have dedicated people watching at the photofinishing plant."

"I only trust my own eyes in any process where people are involved."

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Samples of the movie were played one by one on the screen, and Walter Murch was very satisfied with the technical level of the Toronto factory.

"Actually, the level of craftsmanship and the experience of the workers here are better than those at the Special Arts factory in New York.

You know, my father is Canadian, and I didn’t expect that their technical level is no worse than that of America.”

"The people our crew hires here are also very capable. Another movie I produced, Disney's 'Adventures in Babysitting,' almost had a filming accident because the Toronto cleaning workers were too dedicated."

Ronald told Murch a joke about the garbage played by Chris Columbus that was cleaned up by Toronto janitors early in the morning.

"Our new generation of Americans has really lost this serious spirit, if it weren't for Canada's population being too small." Walter Murch shook his head.

Ronald couldn't help laughing. One of the signs of a person getting older is his disdain for the next generation.

The sample film was placed on the last day of filming for the dinner table scene. Ten minutes of film, film shot by several cameras at the same time, was played on the screen.

"This scene has the style of a master."

Walter Murch was full of praise for Ronald's photography.

"It was all arranged by Mr. David Watkin. If it hadn't been for him, I might not have been able to seize the opportunity for this actor to get into shape."

"Yes, you are a very lucky boy." David Watkin was also very satisfied with his filming. "I feel like the God of Movies looked at you at that time. How did you feel at that time?"

"I? I don't know." Ronald looked at Murch and Watkin and looked at him with interest. Both of them have been in the film industry for decades, and they know that this kind of situation is rare.

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Ronald then recalled the state at that time, "I felt as if I had entered a zone, a state. It seemed that the movie should have had such a section, as if I just filmed it."

"Perhaps you were possessed by someone?" David Watkin is a mystic.

"He just concentrated on it and entered a state of autopilot. The human subconscious is very powerful. Sometimes your conscious mind has not thought about it yet, but the subconscious mind has already thought clearly and will take over at the right time.

Many artists have similar experiences when it comes to creation. My father is a painter, and I have seen him live like this.

Francis Coppola also had moments like this. When he was filming The Godfather, there were scenes where he was like a god."

Walter Murch came from the hippie era and was familiar with this kind of chicken soup for the soul.

The praise from the two senior experts made Ronald very happy.

Walter Murch returned to Los Angeles with the developed film. In the editing room there, he will first start the work of synchronizing sound and video and making preliminary cuts.

Ronald is on vacation. He has a good impression of Toronto. There are many Chinese immigrants here. Some Cantonese restaurants are very good and more in line with the taste than those in New York and Los Angeles. Especially when you wake up in the morning and have morning tea, you will be completely satisfied.

Save it, eat some Chinese snacks every day, make a pot of black tea, and let Ronald linger for a while.

Good times are always short-lived. A few days later, Ronald received a call for help from Chris Columbus, the director of "Adventures in Babysitting".

After Ronald saw some of his arrangements on the first day of filming, he knew that Columbus's director quality could be assured. To reassure him, he said that if something happened, he would call him and he would help solve it. Unexpectedly, Columbus really had

If Disney can't solve the problem, call for help.

"What happened?" When he arrived at the set, Ronald found Chris Columbus and asked what specific problems he had encountered that could not be solved and that he needed to intervene.

"I have two things that I can't solve. Time is running out now, so I'm asking you for help because I have no other choice."

Columbus pushed up his glasses. He was not a person who asked for help when he was in trouble. In fact, these two things were beyond his ability, and there were time constraints, so he couldn't take his time.

"Just tell me, one by one."

It turns out that there were two interesting scenes in the script of "The Adventures of Babysitter", and we encountered problems that couldn't be avoided during filming.

The first question is about the heroine Chris Parker. After escaping from a gang of car thieves, she learned that her car had been sent to a repair shop.

The youngest girl under the care of Nanny Parker, named Sarah, has always been a loyal fan of the comic "Thor". When she saw Mr. Dawson, the director of the garage, she thought she was the Thor in the comics.

Dawson looked at the little girl and thought she was very imaginative. As long as it cost to repair the tire, he let them drive the car home. But Chris Parker could not afford the $50 to repair the car, so he only had 45 yuan.

Sarah gave Dawson the Thor's Nordic helmet she was wearing. Dawson was amused by the little girl thinking that he was the Thor in the comics, and liked her innocence and kindness, so he finally returned the car to them.

As Mr. Dawson, the crew originally invited a Canadian bodybuilding champion and rock singer Jon Mikel Sole to play the role.

The actor's own name is Thor, which is the same as Thor's real name in the comics, which is a double heel.

But when filming was approaching, Jon Mikel Sol's true colors were revealed when he joined the set. He harassed actresses and female staff members everywhere, and director Chris Columbus had no choice but to fire him.

In this case, there is a lack of a suitable actor to play Thor in this scene.

If the script is revised and a character is replaced who is not the Thor in the comics, then the foreshadowing of the little girl Sara wearing Thor's helmet and holding a toy with Thor's hammer will be in vain.

"This is easy to solve. Can't you just change an actor?" Ronald asked.

"Jon Mikel Sol is a very famous person. He is a double bodybuilder in Canada and America, and he is also the lead singer of the famous rock band 'Rock Warrior Thor'. If you change any actor, there will be no

The effect of making the audience smile is lost. It also loses the convenience in marketing.”

Chris Columbus explained the difficulty. The scene was about to be filmed, and he needed to find an actor who could have some gimmicks to replace it.
To be continued...