The group of people brought the filming equipment to New York. Here, the props team of the crew found a Chevrolet SUV that was more than ten years old but had been carefully maintained by mechanics, as a moving tool for the protagonist LaRusso's family.
Ronald's agent Eddie arranged for an RV to be used by the actors and crew, and together we drove to the small town of Harris, New Jersey, waiting for the sunrise to shoot the next morning.
Ronald did not follow, but took time to deal with personal matters. He went to visit Aunt Karen, personally brought the share of "Night of the Comet" to little Douglas, and then went to Long Island to see Helen S.
Leiter was recuperating at her mother's house.
"Helen, Ronald is here." Her mother knocked on the door of the guest bedroom at home and let Ronald in.
Ronald immediately saw Helen, wearing cotton pajamas, standing in front of the window. After more than a month of training, she did not maintain her 120-pound figure, but gradually returned to the shape she had before filming "Superwoman"
s level.
The two looked at each other for a while, and suddenly laughed at the same time.
Helen came up and hugged Ronald, "I'm glad you came to see me, Ronnie." The two were like friends and talked a lot about what happened since they separated.
In addition to the anorexia caused by the cycle of binge eating and vomiting, Helen was diagnosed with mild depression by a doctor. After a period of psychological treatment, her mood is now much more stable. What she needs most now is the company of family and friends, but her parents are divorced.
, can only live in two reorganized families for a period of time.
The Salkinds, the producers of "Supergirl," seem to have not given up and are still looking for a distributor willing to release the film. To this end, they are willing to cut some more scenes, leaving only 108 minutes in length.
Helen's scenes have been reduced a lot again, but after treatment by a psychiatrist, she seems not to care so much about it now.
The two chatted for more than half an hour, and Helen's mother knocked on the door to remind Helen that it was time to go out for exercise.
"Okay, that's it for today." Ronald was about to leave. He ruffled Helen's hair. "So, we are still in the timeout period?"
"Yeah, I think this is good. I need some time to recover, and our conversation today is like a conversation between close friends, which makes me relax a lot." Helen still said with a soft voice.
Ronald saw that he was still a little worried, so he turned around and walked out the door. His hand touched the doorknob, and he turned back and asked, "Helen, since you said we are friends, can you answer me honestly?
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Helen raised her hand and signaled Ronald to go ahead.
"Before we...did I put pressure on you? Donna said that every time I chatted with my girlfriend, it felt like I was about to take out a ring and propose."
"Hahahaha..." Helen burst out laughing, "This description is very accurate. You are indeed like a good husband material, Ronnie. But we only dated for a while, especially when we were in Los Angeles, you always let
I feel as if I am already a married housewife.
Starting a family is a difficult decision for me. So if we keep it as it is now, my pressure will be reduced a lot."
Helen's parents were divorced, and Ronald's longing for family life that he revealed on weekdays made her a little nervous, and sometimes became a source of stress for her. Helen felt that she was just an ordinary American girl who just wanted to relax and not want to be in the present.
I began to wonder whether the two of them would maintain their love in the future, and whether they would end up getting divorced like their parents.
"Now let's not put any pressure on each other to make a commitment..." Helen told Ronald again her thoughts on love and marriage.
"Okay, let's continue to pause." Ronald didn't like the way this young American used the theories in emotional books and gossip magazines to guide his love life at all. He felt a little tired, so he said goodbye and left.
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"Helen, you haven't smiled as happily as you did just now for a long time." Helen's mother held her arm, and the two of them walked and chatted under the autumn tree-lined avenue.
Ronald found his agent Ed and asked him to drive him to Harris, a small town in New Jersey.
"You know what? Ronald, you should let go of your burden. Many people enter the entertainment industry just to have fun and date a few female stars, such as your friend Douglas Jr. You don't have to care so much."
Ed persuaded Ronald during the drive.
"Yeah, you're right." Ronald just wants to make the movie right now, and don't think too much about the future. When it comes to his girlfriend, it might be better to just let things take their own course. It's not like Aunt Karen.
People of that era, getting married back then was just like falling in love now. Divorce was like changing a girlfriend.
After all, Ronald has not really lived through the era of hippies. He feels that his thoughts must also be baptized by the spirit of freedom. He does not have to be as open as hippies, but he does not need to be too conservative. Young people only think about the happiness in front of them.
"Tell me something that makes you happy, your ex-girlfriend Meg Tilly." Seeing that Ronald still didn't smile, Ed thought for a while and then said.
"What's up with her?"
"She was fired from 'Mozart' by the director."
"Why?" Ronald knew that Meg's husband, Zinnemann, was trying very hard to make Meg a star, so he shouldn't be rejected.
"She was on the set in the Czech Republic, playing football with local children the day before filming started, and broke her leg. Now the director, Milos Forman, is looking for a replacement all over the world. Even my clients have received audition notifications."
"Haha..." Ronald wanted to laugh a little. Fate always plays a joke on you when you are not paying attention. Zinnemann must have spent a lot of effort on Meg to win the Oscar for Best Director's latest masterpiece.
He played a bad role and ended up playing bad football.
The next morning, the genius was bright. At the junction of Franklin Road and Hamilton Street in Harris Township (many small towns on the East Coast are named after the founding fathers), Ronald and director of photography James Crabb lay down together.
On the roof of the tallest building, there are small row houses next to it. In front of the building is a row of parking spaces with densely packed cars parked there.
The Chevrolet SUV was parked in the parking space downstairs. Randy Heller, who played the mother Lucille, and Ralph Marzio, who played Daniel LaRusso, were sitting in the car getting ready.
The light-colored Chevrolet is weathered, and there is an obvious dent on the back of the butt, indicating that it is an old car. If you are a car enthusiast, you will recognize that this is a model from ten years ago. There is a Cat on the roof.
Itachi 24-speed small wheel bicycle, that is Daniel LaRusso's means of transportation.
For a job opportunity on the West Coast, the mother and son loaded all their belongings into the car and drove along the interstate. This is why America is called the country on wheels.
"camera?"
"full speed."
"Boy Longwei, first scene, first shot"
Gu Xi
"Action!" Ronald called out the command with a portable loudspeaker, and the filming of "The Dragon King" officially began.
The shot of this scene was shot from a distance, and there was no on-site recording. Ronald had already arranged the scene with the two actors in advance and was waiting for the magic light time after sunrise to be filmed.
Randy Heller said the lines, started the car, turned the steering wheel and drove out of the parking space.
"Cut! cut!" Ronald stood up and yelled to stop. The residents of the town got up very early every morning. Several early-rising housewives and children saw Ronald and others on the roof, whom they had never seen before.
During the filming of the movie, everyone came to watch. A naughty child took the lead and rushed into the viewfinder.
"Let them move away a little, don't come into the shot...yes, don't come into that line" Ronald yelled from the rooftop, making gestures, and asked the assistant below to help drive people away.
The assistant finally persuaded them to get out of the circle, and then Ronald started filming again. Lucille drove the SUV onto Hamilton Street, and then drove straight ahead to Franklin Road, and the shot was over.
"Cut! Cut!" The housewives followed the rules, but they couldn't stand the naughty children. When they saw the camera above, they couldn't wait to come out and surround the car, shouting at Ronald.
In a small town where life is dull and boring, it is rare for residents to see how movies are made. For them, being able to have a good time and show their face in front of the camera is an anecdote that can last for years.
"Damn it, if we were in Los Angeles, pedestrians would just take one look and leave. What's the point of seeing a crew without a single star?" Ronald cursed as he walked to the edge of the roof and slowly walked down the maintenance stairs.
climb.
"Please be quiet. Do you want to appear in the movie?" Ronald walked up to the housewives and children.
"Hehehe..." The children laughed happily, and the housewives nodded.
"Okay, then you will be by the car, waving to the actors in the car and saying goodbye." Ronald knew that it would be too difficult to convince these residents not to show their faces, so he simply made changes on the spot, letting them make guest appearances as neighbors and highlight Lucy.
My family is very popular in the local area.
"Remember, no one is allowed to look up there. If anyone secretly looks at the camera above, I will cut off their footage."
The children were laughing secretly.
"Do you want to tell your friends that I am in the movie? If so, just be obedient." Ronald touched the back of the head of the most naughty child in the lead, gave him a piece of chocolate, and he quickly calmed down.
When the filming started again, several children were happily lying on the window of the Chevrolet SUV, calling Daniel's name and waving goodbye to him.
Randy Heller, who played the mother Lucille, turned a corner and drove onto Hamilton Street. The children did not follow and were grabbed by the mothers, who then collectively waved goodbye to the car.
"Cut!" Ronald stopped and looked at the sky. It happened to be a period of good light. The director of photography indicated that the shot met the requirements.
"We're done," Ronald shouted. The kid came over reluctantly and wanted to take more shots.
In order to shoot several moving scenes, the crew had to shoot scenes from New Jersey, Arizona, and Los Angeles, and the broken car was constantly transported to various places. With a standard production scale of eight million US dollars, Ronald
For once, I enjoyed the privilege of not having to save money for the sake of artistic authenticity.
Everyone got into the RV, and the assistants loaded the equipment onto the truck. The crew's convoy continued to move forward and drove to the town of Princeton, where the century-old school is located. Here, Ronald had to shoot a few shots of the gate for the mother and son.
Make a footnote on the journey.
The key point of this kind of montage is to find a few locations that are familiar to all viewers, so that they can understand the meaning of the montage, which is that the mother and son are traveling across the country, moving from New Jersey to California for a better new life.
As the sun set, Ronald filmed Lucille driving by opposite the gate of Princeton. The old car had a problem after a long journey. Lucille and Daniel pushed the car with the door open, one on the left and the other on the right.
Suddenly, the car started to start. The mother and son quickly jumped into the car from the left and right sides and drove forward.
"Haha, you are really great, Daniel." Mother Lucille is always very optimistic, and in this case, she does not forget to praise her son.
"cut!"
After finishing a few shots, the crew also completed filming in the small town of Princeton. Today we booked a room in a hotel next to Princeton for everyone to have a good sleep. Tomorrow we will go to Arizona to shoot some movies that we often see in western movies.
Arrive at the giant rock.
The opening sequence is well shot, with the cast and crew relaxing and hanging out on Princeton's campus, getting ready to go to dinner.
"Hey, there's someone playing football here."
Ralph Mazio saw some girls playing football on the lawn, and happily went up to show off his hands. He played football in a different way from those girls who relied on their bodies. He ran quickly in small steps, swayed left and right with the ball, and several
The girl couldn't get his ball away no matter what.
"That's it, don't get hurt. You haven't warmed up enough yet." Ronald was very satisfied with Ralph's skills. But he thought of Meg Tilley, who was injured playing football, and he didn't want his leading actor to also be injured.
Injuried.
"Okay", I just want to show you my skills. Ralph Mazio is also very satisfied with himself.
"Ronald?!" A clear female voice came from behind, "Why are you here?"
"It's you, Brooke." Ronald turned around and saw a tall girl behind him, wearing jeans and sunglasses, trying her best to hide her glare.
"I came here to shoot a movie."
"Is it Brooke Shields?!" When several crew members saw it was Brooke, they immediately gathered around and wanted autographs. Even Ralph Marzio was ready to move.
"Let's go talk somewhere else. There are a lot of people here." Bo Ji looked around and saw many people coming to look around. Although the Princeton college students were very polite and didn't look at her very much, it was her experience of being politely asked for autographs and photos.
There were quite a few of them, which made her very distressed.
"We are going to have dinner, do you have any recommendations?"
"Follow me." Poji adjusted her sunglasses, wore Ronald and the crew and walked out.