Chapter 116

Fox Studios.

It's the end of July. Katherine Bigelow enters a studio in the studio, greets her acquaintances, and soon finds Simon speaking for Robert De Niro and Janet Johnston.

Today's film is an interaction between Butch Coolidge and Esmeralda veralobos, a taxi driver.

In order to let the actors concentrate on the performance, except for the beginning and the end, the rest of the plot is shot in the studio. In the original film, the street view outside the window is obviously a big screen projection.

Simon gave Janet her favorite role as a taxi driver. These days, women are preparing very carefully. When Catherine learned of this, she agreed to come to visit the crew today and see how her best friend, who had never been in front of the camera, performed.

See Simon several people are busy, Catherine did not come forward to disturb, just nodded to notice their own characteristics of Jennie, first sit down in the rest area, casually chatting with the film producer Laura zekins.

Ron McMillan, who worked with Simon in "Lola Run," was sent to be the producer of "death is coming.". This time, Orion film recommended Laura zegins to come.

Laura zegins, a blonde in her thirties, has just helped Orion complete the movie spy Navy soul starring Kevin Costner and Sean young, which will be released next month.

Just after they had a few words of conversation, Simon and Janet came over together.

After hugging Katherine intimately, Janet raised her arms and twirled in front of the woman: "Kate, what's up?"

Catherine looked at Janet's Pajama like loose red robe with flower and bird print and her fluffy, lazy brown hair, and said, "it's weird."

Janet smiled and shook himself, showing the naked feet of white broad leg pants on the next month. "I feel the same way, but I think the bad ass is right."

Simon looked at herself inquisitively and explained, "in fact, I'd like to use a completely red one. Red stands for danger, and in the supernatural stories of the East, women dressed in red at night are usually not human beings, but very dangerous ghosts. "

Katherine felt Simon's eyes coming up, subconsciously dodged a little, and said, "why don't you use that?"

Simon said with a smile: "because this is a black comedy, rashly adding surreal elements will interfere with the style of the whole film."

Laura zegins, who had just been standing beside the three and listening quietly, heard Simon say this and said, "Simon, in that case, what about the things in that suitcase? You haven't explained in the script what that golden thing is. It feels like there is something in it that shouldn't exist in reality. "

"It's just an egg for the audience to guess," Simon shook his head. "Since no one knows what's in the box, it won't affect the plot of the movie."

Several people were chatting. The deputy director came over and said that he could start shooting again. Then everyone walked towards a car model in front of the projection screen not far away. De Niro and Janet enter the car and start burying. Simon checks again, makes an OK gesture to the deputy director, and then operates the camera himself.

Of course, the film hired a full-time photographer, but when it comes to Janet's part, Simon decided to come by himself with little consideration.

When Simon is ready, the projection on the big screen and the car model work at the same time to simulate the state of the taxi.

"All set."

"Vulgar fiction, scene 26, the third time."

"Action!"

The field board is down.

Inside, Robert De Niro began to tear off his injured gloves. Janet in the front row, with one hand on the steering wheel, showed a little vigilance and curiosity in her expression, and glanced at the rearview mirror from time to time.

A moment later, Janet spoke in a soft waxy accent that she had practiced for weeks.

"Sir Hey, Mister? "

"Why?"

"You were in that fight, right? That fight on the radio. You're the boxer?"

"What makes you think that?"

"You are him. I know you are him. Tell me, you are him! "

behind the camera.

At the end of the performance, Simon raised his head and made a sign to the crowd: "card."

Everyone, stop.

Simon got to the open car and gave DeNiro a good look. Then he said to Janet, "Jennie, tell me you're him." I want to see your excitement, a kind of tension that suppresses your inner madness. "

Janet pauses, looks in the rearview mirror, slightly changes her mood, and repeats her lines: "tell me, you're him!""Almost," Simon said, shaking his head and thinking, "by the way, hold your breath. Hold your breath when you say that."

Janet took a breath, looked in the rearview mirror again, and repeated, "tell me, you're him!"

"Don't take a deep breath ahead of time, it's not coherent. Naturally, don't think of it as a show. Remember, you are Esmeralda, some crazy and dangerous female taxi driver. Then, suddenly, you meet a boxer who just killed his opponent with his bare hands. The evil in your heart is suddenly aroused. You have a strong curiosity about how you feel after killing a person, so you don't give up on Butch. "Simon lowered his voice a little bit and described for a moment in a bewitching way. He felt that Janet gradually integrated into some emotions, and the most important thing was that he was not willing to give up He raised his finger to De Niro in the back seat and said, "look, ACE, he's the murderer."

With that, Simon stepped back behind the camera again.

"All set."

"Vulgar fiction, scene 26, fourth time."

"Action!"

Inside the car, De Niro, who was sprayed with sweat, began to tear his fists again.

Behind the crowd, Catherine watched the scene quietly.

The fourth time still failed. Simon stepped forward again and patiently pointed out how Janet should play. Occasionally, he would not hesitate to learn the voice of a woman and personally show Janet how Esmeralda should speak.

Then.

The fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth

Simon kept shouting "cut", and then did not impatiently point out for Janet again and again. There was no other director's mania after many mistakes. Jeanette also did not resist to adjust to Simon's request again and again, and seemed extremely obedient. It's just that this obedience unconsciously means a little more madness.

So nearly two hours passed, and Catherine watched in silence for two hours.

At a certain moment, Catherine suddenly felt that these two people were about to go crazy.

This group of scenes started shooting at 1:00 p.m. are still boring to repeat until after work time. I feel the input of a certain pair of men and women, and no one proposes to leave work.

Until seven o'clock in the evening.

The projection on the big screen lights up again and the car model starts to work at the same time.

Inside the car.

Perhaps because of fatigue, the woman sitting in the driver's seat's shaggy brown hair seems listless, and the soft hair also adds a bit of coquettish and lazy atmosphere to the woman. One pair of eyes is still bright, with curiosity in the eyes, and the whole person is like a dangerous cat that can pounce on the prey at any time.

At this point.

Everyone inside felt that this was Esmeralda, a taxi driver with the same name as the heroine of Notre Dame.

Coquettish, charming, with an accent, soft and waxy tone, at the same time, the whole body is suppressing a kind of danger and madness that may break out at any time. It seems that in a twinkling of an eye, it will pull out a sharp blade and poke a few blood splashing holes in a living person.

On camera.

The woman slightly raises her chin, her eyes are not smart, but the state of being fully integrated into the role makes her have some mysterious attraction, even more than the two Oscar winners sitting in the back row.

"..."

"..."

"So, Esmeralda, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know what it's like to kill someone?"

"I can't tell you. If you don't say it, I don't know how to tell you when he's dead. Anyway, I don't feel guilty at all. "

"..."

The thirty first performance is over.

The projection is still playing, the model is still running, and the two people in the car are all immersed in the role. Although they are silent, they keep their own state.

A moment later.

Simon finally looked up and said, "good."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally got off work.

Everyone began to clean up the scene quickly. Robert De Niro got out of the car, took the towel from the staff and wiped his body. He turned his head inadvertently, but noticed that Janet was still sitting in the car and didn't move at all.

Then, everyone noticed Janet's strange, Simon also quickly stepped forward.