"Roger..." Ronald saw Roger Coleman coming out of the departure gate of the commercial flight and waved to him happily.
"Ronald... ha, I didn't expect to see you here. Jonathan said the person who came to pick me up was an acquaintance. I'm still thinking about who it is?" Roger Corman still looks as good as he did ten years ago.
, he pulled the box and walked towards Ronald.
"Didi..." Little Bud started the car. Roger Coleman, who had just got off the plane, was very happy to see Ronald coming to pick him up and kept chatting with him along the way.
"It's better that you and Jonathan are nice to me. The ones that let me guest play are all important roles... Hahaha... unlike Jim (Cameron), who at most lets me play a teacher..."
Roger Corman's current new company has seen a sharp decline in film production. He mainly relies on shooting some small productions for the direct-to-video market, and working with old friends like Ronald on some medium-sized productions.
Compared to the time when one person made more than 40 movies a year and directed two movies at his peak, it is not the same. Moreover, the shooting of video tapes is the size of a TV set, which is far from the big screen shooting.
The movie is interesting...
In fact, with his wealth, he can already retire and enjoy a happy life, but for his love for movies, he still doesn't want to leave the film industry. And as he gets older, he gradually falls in love with acting. As long as he has the opportunity, he will not miss his old friends.
Invite him for the opportunity to make a guest appearance.
"Jonathan also asked me to play a guest role this time, but it's not as important as your role at all. I'm very jealous...Why is your role so much more important than mine?" Ronald was talking nonsense with Coleman in the car.
"Hehehe, because I am a classmate of Jack Nicholson's acting class, that's why... you have to learn more to be an actor..."
Roger Corman's role is really important. He plays a big shot: the director of the FBI.
This time, Jonathan Demme worked hard to invite Coleman all the way to the FBI to shoot a real scene. Not only did he give Roger Coleman the role of FBI director, but he also made a portrait of Roger Coleman.
The official photo with the Stars and Stripes as the background hangs on the wall of the FBI headquarters office.
"Well, not bad...Ronald, let's lean against this wall and let them take a photo of us..."
Roger Coleman was very happy when he saw his standard portrait of the director hanging on the wall in the FBI office, and even pulled Ronald to take a photo in front of his photo.
Jonathan Demme also considered why he was given the role of the highest officer in the whole drama. Roger Corman seems to have a lot of experience playing this kind of bureaucratic role. Whether it is a congressman, a teacher, a government official, or the director of the FBI.
This was the first thing Coppola discovered. Coppola invited Coleman to play a senator in The Godfather Part II. According to him, Coleman looked a lot like that kind of political big shot: sanctimonious, but completely different.
He knows what his job is, and he just relies on pretense to fool him.
This time he plays the director of the FBI. Not to mention, there is a kind of friendly hypocrisy in the photo, which is very suitable for this kind of bureaucratic role.
"Hahaha, Ronald, what role did you play?"
After Roger Coleman admired his photos and rehearsed twice with the office, he turned around and saw Ronald changing into his student uniform and laughed.
Ronald wore a sky blue T-shirt, beige pants underneath, and a yellow denim-style metal belt buckle, which was very eye-catching. There was also a leather holster on the belt. This outfit was pretending to be an FBI
Students, there is nothing inappropriate.
Jonathan Demme also invited Ronald to play a small role because of his good looks. Ronald will have a close-up shot, wearing a student uniform, disassembling a revolver and then cleaning it, and there will be a line "Looks good..."
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According to Jonathan Demme, Ronald was well-proportioned, had short hair, was clean-shaven, and had the neat demeanor of someone working in a disciplined force.
If he had entered the acting industry back then, he would have been a good material for playing the role of a disciplined force. Whether he was playing a positive supporting role, where he was killed by the villain not long after he appeared on the scene; or he was playing a spy villain who infiltrated the good guys' side and ended up with the protagonist after being exposed.
Even if he was killed in a gunfight, his face is very convincing.
This is Jonathan Demme's shooting philosophy. The quality of a movie is often determined by these inconspicuous supporting characters. In a truly first-class movie, none of the supporting characters play a role. In average movies, the protagonist's role is often okay.
, the supporting characters started to fool...
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"Action!"
Jonathan Demme gave an order, and the camera gradually zoomed in on Ronald.
Ronald opened the revolver, turned the wheel with his fingers, then used a rod to poke a ballistic path on the wheel a few times, and then said to the actor opposite, "It looks good..."
The camera continued to move forward, Jodie Foster poked her head in from outside, and Starling was summoned by her boss and came in wearing training clothes.
The camera panned across Ronald's location, followed Jodie Foster into the front aisle, then turned the corner and arrived at a leader's office.
The camera zoomed in, and two people who looked like leaders told Starling that her boss was busy and she could wait in the boss's office next door.
Finally, the camera follows her into the office, and on the wall opposite is a photo of Roger Corman.
"Cut!"
"Wow wow wow..." Everyone was very considerate and applauded Ronald's performance. Ronald also applauded. The atmosphere of the crew was good. After the scene was shot, everyone's habit of applauding showed the actual state of the crew.
Yes, Jonathan Demme's control is very good.
"Now it's your turn..." Ronald didn't take off his makeup and was still at the scene, waiting to see the wonderful performance of Roger Corman, the Oscar winner, Jack Nicholson's classmate.
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"Hannibal Lecter will be transferred to Memphis..." Roger Corman looked serious and lectured Starling's boss, Jack, on the phone.
"Transfer?" The actor who played Jack was behind the camera holding a mobile phone and playing with him.
"Did you ask one of your trainees to pass false news to Hannibal Lecter, saying that the senator would transfer him to a prison with better conditions? Now Ms. Senator (the mother of the kidnapped girl) is angry
Crazy, here is Mr. Paul Klinder from the Department of Justice, he will go to the Memphis airport and take over everything..."
The camera jerked forward, and Roger Corman's politician's face became even more serious.
"Cut!"
"Bravo!" Ronald led the applause.
"Hahaha, how are my acting skills?" Coleman couldn't hold it in any longer. This role is big enough, and it's so enjoyable to play.
"As expected of Jack Nicholson's classmate..." Ronald gave him a thumbs up.
Jonathan Demme came over and gave them two T-shirts and baseball caps as souvenirs of their participation in the show.
Ronald also gave him a thumbs up.
The pursuit of details is Jonathan Demi's consistent pursuit. The photo of Roger Corman hanging on the wall is a lens language that echoes back and forth. This is the embodiment of Demi's pursuit of details. "Silence
Regardless of whether the movie "The Lamb" is a box office success or not, one thing is certain:
That is, as a fan of this type of film, when you buy a video and take it home to watch, you may discover some new details every time, instead of discovering misleading content, and then marveling at the director's skill.
In addition to Coleman's photo hanging on the wall of Starling's boss Jack's office, there is also a photo hanging on the wall of the director's office played by Coleman in this scene. It is none other than the founder of the FBI, Edgar Hu.
Picture of Buddha.
This is also an echo of the plot that happened in the camera. After Hoover's death, the FBI director was no longer the ruthless figure who had so much power over the United States that even the commander-in-chief had to avoid him.
The FBI after Hoover was brought under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, and theoretically had to take orders from the Attorney General. This is why in the plot of the movie, the director of the FBI had to take orders from the special envoy from the Department of Justice sent by the senator to ask him to
Fully responsible for the handling of Hannibal Lecter.
No matter what the real details are, this kind of treatment at least makes it difficult for people who understand the power structure of the FBI and America to make big mistakes. The concept of making every movie into a high-quality product is also what Jonathan Demme is able to do with the difficult work.
An important reason why directors enjoy their work.
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Ronald and Roger Corman finished their guest appearances and took a business jet back to Los Angeles together.
"Ronald, why do you always use a business jet to travel? Do you know? One flight can allow many poor children to finish high school..."
Roger Coleman sat comfortably on the seat of the business jet. He took Ronald's plane without having to pay for it, which actually made him feel happy.
But at heart he is still a veteran who came from World War II, and was influenced by the hippies. He has a strong desire to do something for the people at the bottom. Seeing that his disciple Ronald is now becoming famous, he will also say what he needs to say.
Until then.
"My aunt told me that the secret of hard work is to sleep well. I always sleep well on business jets. If I sleep well, I will be more efficient. If I am efficient, I will make a smooth movie, and I can save a lot of money on filming..."
Ronald's series of absurd reasoning made Roger Corman laugh.
"Besides, Sony gave this to me for free. I actually donated a lot of money to some foundations that support poor students..."
Ronald not only provided scholarships to poor children in Staten Island, but also established a scholarship in the name of Lao Yan for Chinese students coming to America. Every year, he used a little profit from the Lightning Light, plus his own money
, supporting international students in the New York and Los Angeles areas.
I heard that because of their English problem, many people can only go to Chinese restaurants to wash dishes to earn living expenses. The intensity of labor there and how much energy they have to study is a problem. Ronald will try his best to help everyone. Xiao Yan
Because he was also an international student, he helped Ronald take care of this charity fund.
"Very good, work hard, have fun and give back to society, you are really good!"
Roger Corman treats the young people he supports equally and is very proud of their artistic achievements. But from the perspective of a producer and businessman, he still likes Ronald the most. He takes into account both business and art.
Talent can bring more job opportunities and better movies to Hollywood.
Ronald raised his mineral water bottle to show respect to Coleman.
"I agreed to the thing you mentioned. It's also a good thing to help you. Although I am Jewish, it is not a good thing for those people to monopolize opportunities in the creative industry... When I was young, Hollywood was not
Now like this..."
Roger Corman sighed. Back then, there were drive-in theaters and low-cost film distributors like AIP, which could advance payments to Corman's company to make films, and they cultivated batches of highly educated film talents.
It can be said that it completely changed Hollywood.
In today's Hollywood, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to make low-cost films. When you make a video or TV movie debut, you will have many bad habits due to the size of the screen. Seeing that the art of big-screen movies is in danger of being lost.
Roger Corman is a man of insight. Although he has never been truly accepted and recognized by Hollywood, he can be regarded as a living fossil in the film industry and is quite worried about the current situation.
"I hope they won't embarrass you too much. They won't say you are a traitor among the Jews, right?" What Ronald asked Coleman to do is actually quite taboo for Jews. There is a rule for Jews in Hollywood.
The general rule is to leave opportunities to people of your own ethnic group as much as possible.
"Hey, they actually don't see me as the same kind..." Coleman sneered, "I don't see them as the same kind either. Jews can only be successful if they integrate into mainstream society and don't see themselves as a special group.
The way out..."
Roger Corman actually prefers liberal Jews, and he also celebrates Christmas. The general trend of Jewish thought before the war was to integrate into the mainstream American values. It was not until the impact of World War II that a large number of Jewish elites from Eastern Europe came to
America has completely changed the demographic composition and mainstream ideological trends of the Jewish people...
"I'm going too far. I'm actually just a guest in this matter. They won't do anything to me. But the friend you mentioned who really took action is under much greater pressure than me..."
Roger Corman had a rough idea of Ronald's plan and his mentality of wanting to get "other people's money" and the two "Forrest Gump" movies. This kind of thing was very difficult for the somewhat arrogant Jews.
It's not that easy for Jewish people. They would rather the script not be filmed than let non-Jewish people try it.
"Hehehe, don't worry about him, he has a special status, those Jews can't do anything to him..."
Ronald replied with a smile.
There are some things that he has not told Coleman yet. Confucius said it well, "If a monarch does not know how to keep secrets, then he will lose his country. If a subject does not know how to keep secrets, then he will lose his life."
.If you don’t know how to keep things confidential, then you won’t be able to do it.”
Besides, this is also for Coleman's benefit. If he knows too much about the plan, he will be under more pressure after it is completed. It is better for everyone to maintain such a tacit understanding of knowing it but not making it clear.