"Tom, this is Jackie Warner, the most professional diet and body training expert in Hollywood. This is Dr. Walter K. Kay, the best anorexia and weight management doctor in the United States. He also has a psychiatrist license..."
Tom Hanks's weight loss is a bit too pursuit of artistic expression. Now, it is no exaggeration to say that he can go to Spielberg's studio in Poland and directly shoot "Schindler's List" without any makeup.
of concentration camp victims.
"Hi, Jackie, hello, Walter..." Hanks' voice was a little weak when he spoke. The huge physical exertion made it easier for him to get into the role, but it also paid a heavy price on his body.
"Is this really necessary?" Tom Hanks's wife, Rita Wilson, felt a little panicked when she saw Ronald taking things so seriously. She is also an actor, and actors have done this before, such as Robert
·De Niro's role as Raging Bull involved extreme weight gain and loss.
"Be prepared, do you know how many cases of anorexia and mental illness caused by errors in weight management exist in Hollywood?" Ronald reminded.
"Oh, I'm a little scared of what you said..."
"Of course it's just a precautionary measure. I don't want my friend Tom to suffer any physical harm. But don't worry, Jackie advocates a Mediterranean diet. I see that in her recipe, there is a strong emphasis on Greek yogurt, salmon, and chicken breasts.
…”
"Oh, then I'm relieved. You know, we Greeks rarely have weight problems."
"Yeah, I'm using her method myself..."
Tom Hanks finally accepted Ronald's scientific plan. The final scenes of the movie, in which the protagonist lawyer loses weight due to illness, will be filmed after Hanks's physical indicators reach the standard.
After returning to his home, Ronald planned to formulate a plan for similar movies in the future, and make a talent reserve list of coaches, doctors, and psychologists who would be needed. Working with these people for a long time, this kind of real talent
Caring is the cornerstone of building a long-term relationship.
"Ronald, I understand, Orson Welles is a genius."
After lunch, Walter Murch called.
After he took over the task of re-editing "The Last Day", Rick Schmidlin, an expert on early Hollywood history, continued to look for people who were still alive when the movie was shot and conducted interviews.
I originally thought that most of these people had withered away, but I didn't expect to find a former Universal executive named Ernie Nims.
When Rick Schmidlin called him, he didn't have much expectations because he was already over eighty years old.
At that time, Rick Schmidlin asked him if he was Ernie Nims, if he worked at Universal, and if he had worked with Orson Welles.
Ernie Nims was very excited when he heard the name of Orson Welles. He shouted directly on the phone, "Of course I have seen Orson Welles. He is a legend. He is my favorite in Hollywood."
The only genius I have ever seen, he was twenty years ahead of his time."
Ernie Nimes also said that Orson Welles still had some information with him that he could provide to Ronald and the others.
Ronald was curious, so he and Rick Schmidlin came to visit him. Ernie Nims had worked as an editor for Orson Welles in the 1940s, so he was very interested in his talent.
Very understanding.
In his opinion, the reason why Orson Welles did not do well in Hollywood was because his thinking was so forward-thinking that none of the studio bureaucrats in Hollywood could understand him. But the technical staff
Everyone knows how groundbreaking his routine is, and everyone is proud to work with him.
Ronald read carefully the dozen pages of Orson Welles' manuscripts that the old man had carefully collected, and then realized that the editing suggestions he gave him were actually in response to the bad attitude of Universal producers.
A roundabout tactic.
So after he made a copy, he faxed it to Walter Murch in San Francisco. After discussing it, the two suddenly realized that Orson Welles could not say that he had made a mistake in the filming, and could only use other reasons.
Cover yourself up, otherwise producer Albert Zugsmith will surely seize the opportunity to attack him.
So those suggestions, don't worry about Orson Welles' reasons, such as mistakenly using a wide-angle lens for a close-up, which distorted the face of the character Menzies. In fact, those are all bullshit reasons, just delete that shot
Just do it, and ignore the reasons Wells made up.
With this understanding, Walter Murch's editing progress suddenly became very fast. As of today, Murch has revised all 58 comments written by Wells in the first cut.
On the Sony 28-inch monitor, Walter Murch saw for the first time the complete image cut out according to Orson Welles's opinions. He was so shocked that he couldn't help but call Ronald immediately.
"I understand why Orson Welles said that the wrong wide angle was used for the Menzies lens. In fact, it was a need for narrative... rather than a technical error..."
Murch's general idea is that that scene is the protagonist, Vargas sees through the evidence that Menzies' boss Quinlan cheated, and Menzies understands that Vargas has seen through the little secret between him and his boss, so he has a painful expression.
This expression also made Vargas understand that his guess was correct. Then in the last half hour of the movie, all the plot that Menzies did to rediscover his conscience and help Vargas fight with his boss Quinlan became
It was completed under the coercion of the protagonist Vargas. This expression is like a noose around Menzies' neck, forcing him to help the decent character Vargas do things in the future.
If this scene is cut, Vargas, the character, will not be able to find out whether he guessed correctly at the scene. In other words, the noose has been cut.
Although the audience already knows how Menzies and Quinlan cheated because they have seen all the plots, Vargas, the character in the play, does not know. Menzies's transformation in the end was his own active choice, not
coerced.
This greatly increases the depth of Menzies' character, and the battle between Vargas and Quinlan becomes an ensemble drama of three people.
But Orson Welles couldn't tell the truth, otherwise Albert Zugsmith would definitely use it as a bargaining chip to speak ill of Welles to Universal executives, and whether the film would be completed would be in question.
"Okay, I can't wait to see the finished film. Take your time and don't worry about cost and time. This is the first time that a classic old film has been re-edited and restored according to the director's wishes. We must ensure the quality."
"Okay, I just can't help but be excited. I want to share it with you. After that, there will be arduous sound restoration. The alignment and repair of those tapes will be a lot of trouble..."
"Diane..." Ronald put down the phone and was about to walk in the garden with Diane when the phone rang again.
"Is there anything else you forgot to mention?" Ronald thought it was Murch, so he picked up the phone and asked.
"Guess I am... uh... why don't you play your cards according to common sense? I'll call you again..." The phone was hung up abruptly.
"Ring ring ring ring..."
"Hey, I'm Ronald, who are you?" Ronald, who couldn't laugh or cry, put down the phone and waited for the other party to call before picking it up again. He had to act it out again with him.
"Hehehe, Ronald, guess who I am?"
"Has the pizza I ordered arrived?" Ronald suppressed a smile...
"Hahaha, I'm MJ..." Michael Jackson liked to play such kid-like pranks the most, and Ronald's cooperation made him very happy.
"How are you doing?" Ronald wanted to know why MJ called him today.
"I was on Oprah's talk show recently, did you watch it?"
"I didn't read it. To be honest, I've been busy with panda leasing recently..."
"Oh, the panda is a cute animal. But I will be attending the Grammy Awards tonight. You must watch it this time..."
"certainly……"
Ronald felt that Michael Jackson's behavior was a bit strange. Although MJ liked to play pranks in the past, making phone calls that made people watch TV was definitely not his style. He called Richard to inquire, only to discover this talented musician
, has been deeply involved in the suspicion of bleaching and plastic surgery recently.
Since last year, there have been some weird rumors surrounding Michael Jackson. For example, he sleeps in a coffin every night and is actually a vampire. Another example is that he doesn’t like being black and has undergone multiple plastic surgeries and bleached his skin.
After the surgery, he now looks completely white.
So he attended Oprah's talk show a few days ago, where he disclosed that he has vitiligo. The so-called bleaching is purely a rumor. It is actually a disease. He did not disclose it for the sake of personal privacy.
…
"It is my honor and pride to award the 1993 Grammy Legend Award to my eldest brother, Michael Jackson." On the stage, wearing white clothes and a white necklace, the person presenting the award was Janet Jackson.
When the camera turned, Michael Jackson, wearing a diamond-encrusted white top and black pants, stood up and came to the stage to accept the award.
"Oh, it seems that plastic surgery is real..."
Ronald watched the Grammy live broadcast on the TV station as scheduled. He hadn't seen Michael Jackson for a long time, but he occasionally talked on the phone. This close-up shot made Ronald feel that if he watched it with the idea of plastic surgery,
MJ's facial features have indeed changed a lot.
The two biggest changes are the nose, which is strong and has a small tip. However, his plastic surgery effect is worse than that of Jennifer Gray in Dirty Dancing. Both nose wings are a bit contracted.
Another change is the chin, which is obviously filled with fillers and looks very full. There is also a small depression in the middle of the chin.
After two adjustments, plus my skin color due to vitiligo, I do look more like a white person.
"Congratulations, Michael Jackson. I just wanted to say how proud I am, how much of a legend you have become, and how much I love you..."
Janet Jackson also had to give a speech during the award ceremony, and there were unhappy audience members shouting "Fuxk off..."
"Tsk..." Ronald didn't know what to say.
Does Janet Jackson really need to stand on the stage for such a long time and talk to her brother? It’s okay if you just hand out an award and then go down. Standing side by side with your brother on the stage, the TV audience will definitely have the same impression as Ronald
It’s the same, “Are you from the same mother?”
Comparing the two of them, their skin color has exceeded the tolerance of the TV camera. One is black and the other is white. The facial features of the two are completely different. Moreover, the younger sister wears a typical black braided hairstyle, while the elder brother has it completely straightened.
The black shawl long hair...
Immediately, the TV station also discovered the problem and cut to the camera on the right side, trying to show only the side of Janet Jackson's face.
"I also want to clarify another rumor..." MJ held his sister in his arms and looked at the camera again. Now the director had no choice but to give a close-up of the two of them side by side.
"Janet and I have always been two people..."
"Hahaha..." The audience laughed like crazy. Before, when the two of them looked very similar, there were rumors that Michael and Janet were actually the same person wearing men's clothes and women's clothes respectively.
Ronald saw that MJ was handling the situation well and that he still had the charm of a superstar.
"I didn't read all the news about me before, and I was surprised when people told me that people thought I was weird. But if you are like me, you have been performing in front of 100 million people since you were five years old.
, you will also feel that you are different...
My childhood was all about traveling, performing, rehearsing, and singing. I didn’t have any ordinary child’s childhood, so I like to be with children, and I get inspiration when I’m with them..."
Michael Jackson then talked endlessly for five minutes about how he was deprived of the joy of childhood and how he found inspiration for several of his masterpieces from children. The weird feeling came back.
"I hope I won't end up on a national live broadcast, and I don't know what I'm talking about..." The longer the time goes by, the more uncomfortable Ronald feels. Maybe celebrities who have been away from ordinary people for too long will feel like others are paying attention to them.
The gaze is an innate feeling. It would be great if MJ could just say thank you after telling the joke and end it.
"I'll pack your clothes for you..." Diane didn't want to look anymore, stood up and went to prepare Ronald's luggage.
"Dark blue double-breasted metal buttoned top, yellow pants, French shirt, cufflinks..."
Although she had assistants and maids, whether it was packing her husband's luggage or cleaning up after a business trip, Diane still insisted on doing it by herself. The kind of shirt with metal cuffs, paired with a navy top, gave her the image of a mature western elite.
It's very prominent. If you go to Congress to testify in this way, you can immediately show your Hollywood identity.
A very formal tie, formal shoes, and a top made of fine fabrics make it very comfortable no matter how you sit or stand, and it also has a bit of New Yorker taste.
In the current Congress, there is a TV station called C-SPAN, which broadcasts the entire process live. Important hearings and activities will also be recorded and broadcast. Therefore, when Ronald went to Washington this time, he was also facing a live TV broadcast, and his image was specially designed by a public relations consultant.
of.
"How do I look?" Ronald stood in front of the mirror and turned around.