At the Universal Studios on New York Street, one of the largest studios, the crew that Diane Lane was a part of was setting up the scene, and director and producer Walter Hill was working on supervising it.
After Diane's introduction, Ronald met this director with excellent box office success. He had shot two blockbuster movies in the past few years: "The Warriors" in 1979, and "The Fighter" in 1982.
of "Forty-Eight Hours".
Walter Hill is also a director who started out in exploitation films. His "Warriors" tells the story of gangs on the streets of New York. He also admired Ronald's "fast pace" and took Ronald and Diane to visit.
CAA greeted him in advance, and Walter specially took Ronald to visit the sets in the three studios. Along with them, there were two newspaper reporters who interviewed and recorded the conversations between the two directors.
"This is the venue where Ellen, the female rock singer played by Diane, holds a concert." The two walked to a small studio, where the carpenters were working on the stage. "Two scenes will be filmed here.
The concert’s scenery alone will cost a million dollars.”
There is a wooden stage with a few old-fashioned microphones and a worker installing neon light tubes in the background. Below is a large audience area with seats in the front row, but the style is also very old, much like the 1960s.
Cinema.
"This is really a big production, very impressive." Ronald looked envious. He could make a movie with only one set.
"Please come over here, this is the café of the protagonist Tom's sister." The scenery of the café has been prepared in a smaller studio next to it. In this way, several studios can start shooting at the same time, which can save a lot of shooting time.
"This is the largest studio in the world. We will use it to build the night view of Chicago and reconstruct a Chicago subway station and city." Walter Hill was very proud. The group walked to the last room, the largest studio.
Ronald introduced.
This soundstage is only slightly smaller than the one he saw on London's Pinewood Studios where "Supergirl" was filmed. "Day for night?" Ronald asked. It seemed that the film's night scenes
There's a lot of drama.
Day to night is a film shooting technique that uses lights indoors to simulate night scenes. Movie film is not very good at exposing low light, so when shooting indoor scenes during the day with low light, it will appear the same as at night on the film film.
The crew's night scenes were shot this way.
"No, that's not real. I will put a big tent on the outside of this big studio to block all the light and shoot real night scenes." Walter Hill proudly introduced.
"Oh", Ronald was so excited that he could not speak. This kind of generosity is really a waste of money. Who asked Walter Hill to find a good partner? Producer Joel Silver
) just got a production budget of 15 million from Universal.
"At that time, we will invite a costume design master to customize costumes for Diane's concert."
The two had a great time chatting, and both asked about each other's backgrounds. Walter Hill worked as an editor and screenwriter before becoming a director. His experience was similar to Ronald's, and they had a lot in common.
The two reporters recorded some details nearby so that they could go back and write the article.
"Ronald, this is our hero, Michael Pare." Walter introduced a middle-sized man to them.
"Bonjour, hello Diane." Parr is a muscular man with a decadent young look. He seems to have shaved his eyebrows and put on eyeshadow. His voice has a harsh tone, which makes people very uncomfortable.
uncomfortable.
"Ah, oh" Diane was pulled into his arms with a warm hug, then hugged her tightly, and finally wanted to kiss her.
Diane hid twice, but finally was not kissed on the mouth. After breaking away from Parr's hug, he introduced to him, "This is Ronald, my good friend and a film director." Then he hid in Rona.
The position at the back next to Germany.
"Ronald, hey?" Pal raised his chin towards him as a greeting.
"Hello, Michael." Ronald knew that some actors would enter the role in advance, and what Michael Pare was showing now might be the character of the male protagonist in the play, so he didn't take it seriously.
"You're also a director, huh?" Parr took out a butterfly knife, a type of knife passed down from the Philippines. The handle of the knife is two long movable handles.
Parr made a trick with the butterfly knife in his hand, and snapped the handles together, revealing the sharp blade. Then with another dazzling movement, he folded the blade and put it away.
"Oh, your knife skills are good. Which Chinese restaurant are you working as a chef in?" Ronald thought the other party was a bit naive, who were you trying to scare?
"A... restaurant in New York, where I worked as a chef for three years." Parr began to brag about his experiences again, how he idolized Marlon Brando since he was a child, how he was discovered by a talent scout in the restaurant, and how
He got this role through his relationship with actress Nancy Allen.
"What a cook, no wonder his neck is so thick." Ronald picked his ears and turned back to Walter Hill.
"That's it. Don't forget to mention my good friend Director Ronald Lee. His new film 'Night of the Comet' will be released soon." Walter Hill also noticed Parr's verbosity and hurriedly
Call reporters to take pictures of them.
"Walter, I've read Diane's script. Why is the movie's script so thin? It doesn't seem to have a name yet?" Ronald and director Walter Hill chatted casually after sending the reporters away.
"That was a common idea between myself and producer Joel Silver. We thought that what was important in this movie was atmosphere, song and dance, lighting, and color. In fact, the story was not that important. We just decided on the name.
Come down and call 'streets of fire'"
"Streets of Rage?" Ronald thought. It was a good idea. This kind of plot where the war hero that teenagers like comes back to save his ex-girlfriend, and the ex-girlfriend is the coolest female rock star nowadays, Diane's choice is actually not bad. Maybe it's just his past.
I haven't seen this movie, so I didn't dream about it.
"Yes, this is a high-concept movie. We asked many young people to investigate what they think are the coolest shots in the movie: customized sports cars, kissing in the rain, neon lights, trains at night, high-speed crashes,
Fighting, rock music, motorcycles, leather jackets, fighting for honor, etc.”
"Oh" Ronald thought to himself that this is a new method that he has never tried before. "You will start shooting next month, right?"
"Yeah, we will start filming on the 15th of next month, but we haven't found the actor for the big villain yet. There aren't many actors like America."
"Oh, what kind do you want?" Ronald became interested, not knowing what type of actor America rarely saw.
"He should be a kind of feminine villain, smart, thoughtful, ruthless and caring towards his subordinates. People will know he is an evil villain at first sight, but they won't hate him."
"You know what? I've met an actor recently. Maybe you can give him a try." Ronald thought of Willem Dafoe, the leading actor in Kathryn Bigelow's debut novel. He was a natural villain, but he also
Looks very smart.
When Ronald took out the "Loveless" poster from the box on the back of the motorcycle and showed it to Walter Hill, the director stared at it for a long time and found that it indeed had the temperament of the big villain in the movie.
He took the poster and went to discuss it with producer Joel Silver.
Ronald stayed alone in the studio and stared for a long time. His next movie would probably be a big-budget project. It felt really good to spend so much money just for the artistic effect in his mind.
"Ronald, Ronald." Diane ran over, "You agreed to go to the movies with me."
Ronald turned around and saw the leading actor Michael Pare coming over to pester Diane again, wielding his butterfly knife.
"Yeah, let's go and talk to the director and leave." He stretched out his arm for Diane to hold, and the two of them went to say goodbye to the director.
"shxt!" Pal shouted, spinning the butterfly knife with a loud bang, and flew the knife forward. With this cool action, he vented his anger on a small setback in his all-conquering battle to pick up girls.
"Clang..." The butterfly knife flew out upside down and hit the wooden wall. Instead, it was knocked sideways and fell to the ground.
"shxt!" Parr ran over to pick it up again, checked it distressedly for a long time, and wiped it carefully with his clothes.
"I'll take you to the hotel. Bert is still waiting for you." Ronald handed the red helmet to Diane and got on the motorcycle first.
"Aren't you going to see a movie?" Diane also moved up, hugging Ronald from behind, and complained.
"Haha, don't you want to get rid of that Parr's harassment? He may be more involved in the drama, right? Next time you come to shoot, remember to ask Bert to come to the scene with you, so that he won't dare to make mistakes." Rona
De and Parr came into contact and found out that he was just a cool boy.
"Okay, but don't forget to go to the concert with me in two days."
"I can't forget", Ronald stepped on the starter lever, turned the accelerator, and the motorcycle drove forward.
"Beep, beep, beep..." The sound of the motorcycle engine was low and violent. Ronald blocked the cold early spring wind in front, leaving only a little bit of warm breeze, which went around his body and blew to Diane behind.
A few strands of Diane's long hair emerged from the helmet, and were blown by the breeze, leaving a ray of warmth.