Chapter 310 Hidden racial discrimination in Hollywood
Winona Ryder has agreed to finish filming her current movie with Cher and go to Rome to report and film Coppola's The Godfather Part III, the sequel eagerly awaited by millions of fans.
Ronald contacted Patrick Schwytz, Demi Moore, and the actor who played the assassin, and waited for them to adjust their schedule to go to New York to reshoot the assassination scene.
The news was still dominated by the sudden incident of the Berlin Wall. After it was accidentally broken through by East German residents that night, the people on the West German side began to take action on their own, using picks and shovels on the long wall.
, bulldozers, etc., dug gaps one after another. Various informal channels began to open.
Progressive young people from all over the world began to spontaneously gather in West Berlin to join this action.
The East German government and border guards once wanted to repair the wall to deal with this woodpecker-like behavior. However, they found that this task was impossible to complete in the face of the increasing number of people.
Time passed in such a messy situation, and a week before Christmas, Ronald finally gathered three actors and flew to Manhattan, New York, to start reshooting the special effects part of "Ghost".
"Huh..." The climate in New York has become very cold. The leading actors huddled in the trailer and waited until filming began. Because the two male and female protagonists in the movie were still wearing thin spring and summer clothes, they had to make a very
A comfortable and leisurely look for shopping on a summer night.
Fortunately, several actors are very professional, so this kind of thing is not too difficult for them. Demi Moore's super control over her body prevents her from getting chills at all.
It’s just that Patrick Schwytz is pitiful because there are several close-ups of him talking. Under the current temperature, white mist will appear when he exhales. As a last resort, he had to hold a few ice cubes in his mouth before shooting to prevent
While speaking, white mist entered the lens, destroying the continuity of the lens and the logic of the story.
"Cut!"
After several consecutive shoots, Schwytz and Demi Moore strictly followed the positioning tape every time. The three special effects supervisors also did a lot of coordination work on set. They finally nodded, indicating that the qualified shots were enough.
If you want more, you can speed up the process and re-do the scene where the male protagonist Sam, played by Patrick Schwytz, has an out-of-body experience and sees his girlfriend holding his body there, helpless and calling for help.
The ghost will pass through the bodies of the two of them who are holding Sam's girlfriend Molly several times. This kind of shot is all shot twice, and the position is exactly the same, which can save a lot of post-production alignment work.
"Thank you, thank you..." After the reshoots were completed, Ronald shook hands with the reconvened photography team, lighting team, makeup team and other members one by one, thanking them for putting down what they were doing and regrouping. Although these people took
Although I received the extra salary stipulated by the union, I also came to help because of Ronald's reputation.
"Thank you, Demi, thank you, Patrick..." Finally, Ronald thanked the two leading actors.
"It's okay. I have nothing to do in Los Angeles. Will you spend Christmas in New York?" Demi Moore said with a smile. She was very willing to come to shoot for a few days. There is a subsidy and a business jet to transport her.
, the most important thing is to get closer to Ronald.
"I'll stay for two days, but I'll still spend Christmas with Diane..." Ronald replied with a smile. After getting married, of course he would focus on his own small family.
"Hehe..." Demi Moore smiled very interestingly. She also wanted to spend Christmas with her family. Everyone enjoyed family life.
Ronald was in New York this time and met another old friend.
Ang LEE and his wife came to visit Ronald. This was a very rare initiative for this Chinese classmate at NYU back then.
Helen Slater helped pour the coffee, leaving Ronald to chat with him privately, while she took Ang's wife to talk about other things.
"This coffee tastes really good..." Ang Lee really didn't know how to talk to the boss about this kind of thing.
"We are old acquaintances. If you have anything to say, you can just say it." Seeing how uncomfortable he looked, Ronald knew that something was wrong with this old friend.
"I think I will go to my hometown this time to participate in next year's New Year's script competition, and if I win, I will make it as my first film..."
Ang Lee was a little embarrassed to tell his purpose. He prepared two scripts and sent them both to the script competition sponsored by the Information Bureau. Double insurance has two chances to win. As long as he enters the top three, he can solve it at home.
Half the cost of the shoot.
Ang Lee is confident because he has recently found a partner named James Shamus. Shamus is a Jew who set up an independent production company on his own and wants to enter Hollywood.
He had also worked as a screenwriter before. Ang Lee was not very confident in his screenwriting skills, so he asked him to help him with screenwriting. James Summers' screenwriting skills were actually average, but he was very good at various three-act plays.
Ang Lee's structure is familiar to him, which can make up for Ang Lee's structural weaknesses. After his revision, the two scripts were more compact, with the formula of a commercial film that can be a hit, without losing the delicate feeling of Chinese Americans.
"Have you decided?" Ronald asked after reading the two scripts and looking at Ang Lee.
In my daydream, Ang Lee actually performed well and helped Helen make many changes based on female psychology in her previous films.
However, Ronald knew that this person, like himself, was not willing to be a screenwriter doctor in the company. Sooner or later, he would take the step of becoming a director. It would always be unstable, very labor-intensive, but always
Very attractive job position.
"I want to understand. I have lived in New York for ten years. My life experience is neither purely Chinese nor American..."
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Ronald had promised him long ago that as long as Ang Lee had a script that passed Daydream's green light, he would invest in making a small-budget movie for him to practice.
However, this time Ang Lee wanted to change the filming location to his hometown. In this way, daydreaming would not be able to provide him with various conveniences.
"I understand. With my English, it is difficult to gain recognition from the staff in Hollywood..."
Ronald sighed in his heart. He understood what Ang Lee didn't say. Although Hollywood is open, it is open to all kinds of technical talents. The techniques and methods from various countries will be very fast as long as they can help the box office.
Introduce learning.
But the director is the soul of the film crew, and the crew must operate according to his orders. In this kind of position, there is still a kind of racial discrimination in Hollywood.
Whether they are British, European, or Australian directors, it is relatively easy to find projects in Hollywood. However, those directors from Asia, Latin America, and other third world countries who are of different races from their own have difficulty in Hollywood.
It's not that easy to find a directing job anymore.
For example, in the director industry, Akira Kurosawa, who is world-renowned, basically cannot find a job in Hollywood. If Akira Kurosawa still has a language barrier, then the Indian director Satyajit Rai, who is of Bangladeshi origin,
A very famous director can't find a job in Hollywood, so we have to say that there must be racial discrimination.
This kind of implicit discrimination also exists in the acting industry. It is not uncommon for actresses with foreign styles to be able to play the leading role in major Hollywood productions because there is such a role in the script.
However, it is almost impossible for a yellow-skinned actor who speaks Japanese, Chinglish, or Indian English to get a leading role in a Hollywood production.
This is implicit racial discrimination, but it is also the reality of the Hollywood market. How many teenage male audiences (also the most important group of movie audiences now) are willing to watch a foreigner with a different skin color talk to a white American beauty?
What about love?
The special case of Bruce Lee was due to his personal charm and the kind of neat kung fu that Americans had never seen before, which made him popular. However, during his lifetime, there were many audiences who did not like him.
There are no white heroines in Bruce Lee's movies, even though he himself married a white wife.
Ang Lee smiled. He knew that with his English proficiency, many crew members would be hard-pressed even if they didn't look at his appearance. In this case, it would definitely be a disaster if he couldn't hold back the work team while filming in Hollywood.
the result of……
But it's different when he returns to his hometown. He is a graduate student at New York University and works for Daydream Films, which has been very strong in Hollywood in recent years (some films directed by Ronald were introduced and screened in his hometown, so there are still some Daydream films there)
Reputation)
In this way, those people working in the film industry in their hometown looked at Ang Lee with a halo when he returned from Hollywood.
As for the script competition organized by Director Song of the Information Bureau, Ang Lee, who had studied at New York University and Hollywood, had an infinite chance of winning.
"Okay, what you said makes sense, but I still have to invest in you. If you need it, just call me directly and don't use Daydream's account. In addition, if the movie is released in America, I will still be here
Some distribution channels for Chinese movies..."
Ronald might as well give Ang Lee some benefits. It is impossible for today's Hollywood to force talent to retain talents. After the success of Dirty Dancing, independent films began to rise, and people with skills can find financing anywhere.
If you can't keep it, invest in it. Besides, there are many movie theaters in Chinatown that are happy to cooperate here, and there are also some newly built Palm Tree movie theater chains in New York and Los Angeles, and the help of the established Hollywood movie theater chain on the East Coast.
There are actually advantages to releasing this kind of foreign language film.
Being able to have high-quality movies to fill the distribution theaters is a win-win for both Ronald and Ang Lee.
Christmas is a holiday for most people in America. Ang Lee chose to go home and celebrate the Chinese holiday with the theme of family reunion, and then come back after the Spring Festival. By then, the Information Bureau’s awards would be awarded, and he would be able to
Start your own dream.
Ronald went back to Stanton to spend a day with his aunt, and then chose to go back to Los Angeles to spend a full Christmas with Diane.
Two men and women who lacked a complete family since childhood now finally have a family of their own. They spent this Christmas very happily.
The driver, Little Bud, also came with his fiancée Lucy to celebrate the festival. Ronald's bodyguard Dan, the Queen Mother and his wife who were responsible for taking care of Diane, and the single Richard, everyone who could come was called by Ronald
I came here mainly to give Diane a warm experience.
Everyone had a very lively dinner together, which made Diane feel very happy. After eating and drinking, she and Ronald lay on the sofa and watched the annual Christmas TV station's repertoire, the old movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
The room was very warm, and the two of them felt a little drowsy after seeing the protagonist played by Jimmy Stewart return to the real world with the help of angels and being thanked by everyone.
Diane was about to go back to her room to rest, but Ronald was interrupted by a phone call.
"Who is calling at this time?"
"Mr. Li, you have to be responsible for my clients!"
The voice of Winona Ryder's agent came over the phone.
"What are you responsible for? You have to speak clearly..."
Ronald picked his ears. If Diane heard this, wouldn't it cause misunderstanding?
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Suddenly I broke down and cried on the phone, saying that I was under great mental pressure alone in Rome and could not fulfill the director's requirements, and would collapse if I went on again.
Winona is a sensitive girl. I was worried that something would happen to her, so I took the liberty of calling you through Mr. Niceta..."
"What is all this?" Ronald lamented that he couldn't have a good Christmas no matter what.
Speaking of which, he is also responsible for Winona Ryder. Because at the beginning, her agent did not recommend her the role of The Godfather Part III. He took a sidestep and scouted out Ban Cher's movie. "
"accidentally" told the actor himself the news.
In this case, to a certain extent, Winona Ryder is actually his "Ronald's person" in the crew of The Godfather Part III.
Now Winona Ryder has a serious psychological problem there. If Coppola ignores the actor's psychological and physical condition and something goes wrong, Ronald actually has the responsibility to speak out.
Of course, there are many irresponsible producers in Hollywood, but Ronald is famous and Winona's agent is still in Los Angeles, so she has no choice but to ask him for help.
"What, are you going to solve the problem?" Diane heard some clips and looked at Ronald's frown, a little worried.
"I will solve the problem, but I don't want to go to Rome now..." Ronald smiled and touched Diane's waist. He picked up the phone and called Richard.
"Richard, something happened to Coppola's crew. Can you go to Rome on my behalf? You are really embarrassed to have to work during the Christmas and New Year holidays."