Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 424 Name Lead Call

   "Danny raised his hands above his head to confuse the opponent. He was injured and raised his left foot on one foot and stood on only his right foot. This action confused the opponent and didn't know what Danny wanted to do.

   Then Danny took off with his right foot still on the ground, hit Johnny in the face with his right foot, and finally landed with his right foot. "

   Ronald described the final blow to his agent Richard, "You know what I mean?"

"I...I don't really understand. But since you wrote it like this, it must be reasonable. Maybe it will be great to shoot, just like the few times Regina brought down the zombies in your 'Night of the Comet'." Richard replied.

   "In this way, I'll show it to you." Ronald made a movement similar to that of a white crane hanging its wings, then took off with his right foot with difficulty, and tried to lift his right foot to kick the opposite side.

   This kind of action that violates human mechanics is not easy to do. Ronald's right foot only kicked to the waist, and he had no choice but to fall off.

   "Anyway, that's what it means. Do you think the audience will like it? This is a unique trick, which was hidden by Danny. When the situation was critical, the protagonist Danny used it and defeated the opponent with one blow."

   "Maybe you have to find a light-hearted actor, your performance is not convincing enough."

"I knew that with such a fluffy kick, and the one that landed on one foot, how could the opponent be unable to defend? This kind of kick is obviously very slow, whether it is dodging or blocking, it is not very good. Difficult thing." Ronald gave up the presentation.

  Although I felt that it was very unreasonable to use this unique trick to win the decisive battle, Ronald still respected the image in the dream. After all, this is a classic movie that has been tested in previous lives and was recorded on videotape. It is also a question whether it will change in a good direction if I change it rashly.

   In short, Ronald decided that he needed to find more people to discuss, not only to listen to the opinions of martial arts experts, but also to listen to the views of ordinary audiences.

   "What's the best trick to use?" Ronald began to mutter again.

   "Bell bell bell..."

   The phone rang at an inopportune time.

   "Hey...who is it?" Ronald asked unceremoniously after being interrupted.

   "Is it Director Ronald Lee?"

   "It's me, what's the matter?" The call came with a non-standard British accent, Ronald was agitated, these sales callers also began to learn to speak the accent across the Atlantic?

   goes around, and always comes back to the almost uniform phrase that you need a Porsche, or a Ferrari, which fits your identity.

   "I'm Stanley, congratulations on your great movie. I went to see it. With such a small budget, it's very well done, and the special effects are especially wonderful."

   "Then I can thank you." Ronald replied with a yin and yang, when it was a sports car salesman's turn to evaluate his movie.

   "I have a few questions for you..."

   "Who are you?" Ronald replied, the current salesman is becoming less and less particular, and even omits self-introduction.

   "I'm Stanley, didn't Steven tell you?"

   "What Steven? Which Stanley?"

   "I'm Stanley Kubrick."

   "Who?" Ronald's anger rose in his heart. Even if he sold the car, he still wanted to take advantage of himself? Borrowing the names of the senior director, who filmed "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining" Stanley Kubrick, is this to be his senior out of thin air?

   "Then I'm still Billy Wilder." Ronald hung up the phone, and he also said the name of an earlier famous director.

   "What's the matter?" Richard hurriedly asked after seeing Ronald's angry face after reading Ronald's script.

   "Another call to sell sports cars."

   "Are you still going to buy a sports car?" Richard asked.

   "Wait for now. European sports cars are so expensive, and I'm not the time to use such an expensive car yet."

   "Actually, you can ask first, some sports car models need to be reserved in advance."

"Hey, don't mention it, last time I went to the dealer and left a phone call. As a result, I received sales calls every day for the past two days. I was so annoying. But when I unplugged the phone line, I was afraid of missing an important call. "

   "You can try to install an answering machine, our office is starting to install it now."

   "That thing is very expensive. It's exclusively for AT&T. It costs thousands of dollars and can only record ten records. I'm afraid that half a day's sales calls will exceed this number."

"No, I'm not talking about the standard phone company. It's a new model from Dongying, which is recorded on tape and can record long-term phone calls. You can record a welcome speech yourself, and when you're not at home, you can also call For yourself, play the recording with the password."

   "Isn't it okay? When I asked someone to buy it last time, they said that the telephone company forced the installation of their own certified answering machine, otherwise they would be forced to remove it."

"Hahaha, don't you read the financial news. AT&T has been charged with monopoly by the Ministry of Justice. On January 1st next year, they will be split into seven companies to compete freely, and they will no longer be allowed to do so. Force users to use their bundled phones and answering machines."

   "That's fine, can you buy me one? I need this."

   "I'll ask the supplier over there in the office to send one over." Richard wrote down this matter in his notebook.

   "Ring, ringing, ringing..." The phone rang again.

   "Hey, I'm Ronald, who is."

   "It's me, Stephen."

   "It's you, Mr. Spielberg. What have you been up to lately?" Ronald could tell that it was director Spielberg.

   "I'm currently preparing for George's Raiders of the Lost Ark Part II. His Star Wars trilogy is over, and there will be a party, so you can come too."

   "Ok, thank you for the invitation, I will definitely go."

   "Hey hey, I forgot to tell you something. Mr. Stanley Kubrick asked me for your number yesterday. He wanted to talk to you about a few details of 'Night of the Comet'..."

   "Oh, Shxt," Ronald thought, and it was really Kubrick. "Sorry, Steven, I thought he was a fake salesman, so I hung up on him," Ronald said shyly.

   "I know, Stanley called me, you still call him back, his number is..."

   "Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Kubrick, I'm Ronald Lee." Ronald dialed that number.

   "Wait a minute, I'll call him." The secretary put down the phone and went to Kubrick.

   "Hello, I'm Stanley." After a while, Kubrick's Americian British accent came through the microphone.

   "Uh... Mr. Kubrick, I'm Ronald, I'm so sorry just now..."

"Don't worry about it, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. Besides, just call me Stanley." Stanley Kubrick didn't pay much attention to etiquette, and immediately asked Ronald a few questions. Shooting details.

   "How did you get the red color of the sky?"

   "Filter."

   "As I thought" Kubrick ticked a pencil over there in the notebook. These are some of the doubts he wrote after watching "Night of the Comet".

   "How did you make your opening title? As far as I know, with the kind of machine used in the Lucas Star Wars title, a title would cost more than a million dollars, and your movie budget is obviously not enough."

   "I used ADO's special effects machine, they just launched, and the effect is not bad."

   "ADO", Kubrick wrote down his name in his notebook.

   "That calcified red dust, how did you find such a pure dark red and very fine dust? Did your special effects director do it? You can tell me his name."

   "Uh, that's the result of the red bricks being crushed, ground, and then sifted through a very fine sieve. My special effects supervisor is James Cameron."

   "Ha, I've heard his name, and his script is circulating in Hollywood right now," replied Stanley Kubrick.

   "There is one more question. If you think it is your secret and needs to be kept secret, you can leave it unanswered."

   "Please speak, Mr. Kubrick."

"How did you shoot the scene of the deserted morning in the city? I asked about your budget, and that amount of money was simply not enough for the city government to cooperate to clear that block. Did you use any special method, according to Draw the background in perspective ratio, then put it in front of the camera, and use the perspective principle to block the characters in the camera?

  I know that early Hollywood directors, Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd, used this method. "

"Hahaha, you're asking about that shot, Stanley. Actually, I don't have any special effects, because that real estate developer hasn't started selling commercial and residential properties there on a large scale. Only a few office workers go there every day, and that day It was a weekend morning, so no one was there."

"It turned out to be so, I didn't think of it. Just these questions, congratulations on making a wonderful movie with such a low budget. Do you have anything to ask me?" Stanley Kubri Gram ticked the last column of questions.

   "Me? It's nothing. Can you tell others what you complimented me just now?"

   "Hahaha, bye." Kubrick laughed for the first time, then hung up the phone.

   (end of this chapter)