Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 223 US-Mexico Border
Although many movie fans expressed their desire to address Robert Downey Jr. However, for this level of public opinion, Tang De's heart did not waver at all, but he wanted to laugh a little.

Because no matter who wants to attack Downey from the direction of going to prison, his face will be swollen in the end.

Norton Eye didn't even need to issue a response. Tang De just gave a direction to the cooperating reporters. In just two days, newspapers began to clear Downey's name.

"Robert Downey Jr.'s Road to Redemption"

This report describes in detail Robert Downey Jr.'s series of experiences after being released from prison.

He works as a stand-in for MV singers and plays supporting roles in low-budget movies. He has a humble attitude and a low-key manner.

It seems that the arrogant Downey once disappeared completely and changed his appearance.

The reporter then described in detail Downey's mental state when he received the invitation from the crew of "Inception" and his efforts for it.

This article, in just a few hundred words, created a character of a prodigal son who could never change his fortune, making many readers empathize with him.

Especially the last sentence of the article.

"Inception" also took advantage of the situation and became familiar.

No matter what, Downey has resurfaced in Hollywood to let everyone get acquainted with him.

and what they did.

Javier Bardem plays a psycho killer.

Nolan seems to be very keen on shooting snowy mountains. Snowy mountain scenes have often appeared since "Batman Begins", but for "Inception", this scene is really a bit of a drag.

After Tang De finished working on "Inception", he began to prepare for "No Country for Old Men".

There are still five months left, which is still plenty of time.

"So what if he goes to jail? He admits his mistakes and actively corrects them. He is a man! I support him!"

Not long after, the crew of "No Country for Old Men" was officially established and came to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Desolation, this was Tang De's first impression of this place.

As for the actors, Tang De was also invited directly based on the original version.

"We must allow a person to make a mistake and start over again. This is America."

For example, the college scene in the movie came from the University of London, the mirror space was shot near the Eiffel Tower, and the snowy mountain scene came from Banff National Park in Canada.

"Look, Don, what do you think of these locations?"

Not to mention there are also filming locations such as island countries, Morocco, and France.

Tommy Lee Jones plays the old cop in the movie.

"It's really unimaginable that a former Oscar nominee for Best Actor would be a stand-in for a music video. Oh my god, what a huge gap it is."

So he directly changed the scene to the bank.

After confirming the actors, the film officially entered into preparations for filming.

"I like Downey's performance in "Chaplin". It is so natural and appropriate, and he brings the Chaplin in my mind to life. I believe that anyone who can play such a role will not go to jail again. "

However, the protagonist group also wears white snow suits, so in many cases the audience cannot tell who is which.

Compared with "Inception", this movie is much simpler. The filming location is located at the junction of the southern United States and Mexico, a desolate place.

Readers commented on this.

"Inception" is initially expected to start filming in October.

When Tang De watched it, he felt that the scene was very complicated and boring.

From a visual point of view, the vast white snow-capped mountains are so empty that it is difficult to identify people.

In front of Tang De, there were photos taken from various places. The movie "Inception" involves many different environments.

Josh Brolin plays the title character in the movie, a greedy hunter.

Spurred by this article, various tabloid news emerged one after another.

Within a week, public opinion had reversed. Because after Robert Downey Jr. was released from prison, he did not have any black spots and all his behavior was very low-key.

I plan to have a shootout to make the whole scene more exciting.

"No matter what he does, he will always be the most handsome in my heart."

Sitting in the car, looking at the deep yellow desert in the distance against the backdrop of the Blues Moment, as well as the dry and rugged branches, many staff members in Los Angeles and New York in the crew exclaimed.

These three people are all typical capable actors. Although their appearance is not outstanding, their acting skills are first-rate and delicate.

It's just that Tang De changed some places in this version of "Inception". For example, Tang De changed the snow mountain scene.

Having lived in the city since childhood, they had never seen such a scene. There were low houses and drought-loving plants everywhere.

This undoubtedly made many passers-by feel good about him, so that the pile of wrong things he once did have become the only way for a man to go through.

After confirming most of the filming locations with Karl, the crew began to intensively contact various venues and coordinate the time.

Karl was sitting on the sofa, communicating with Tang De about the filming work of "Inception".

To this end, he also plans to invite John Woo over for guidance.

When they were invited by Tang De to star, they were all a little surprised, because they all knew that Tang De was preparing for "Inception", so how could they still have time to shoot another movie?

However, Tang De expressed his disdain for this. Although the work was indeed busy, it was better than being invited by several people at the same time and then getting entangled.

There are no people on the road at all, and from time to time you can see some abandoned vehicles parked on the desert, which have become a habitat for birds.

"A place like this is really suitable for killing people." Javier Bardem suddenly said this, startling Josh Brolin next to him.

"Hey, man, are you into this? Wake up!" Josh Brolin was a little restless. They were all in makeup at this time, especially Javier Bardem.

With a gloomy mushroom haircut and a short blue beard on his chin, he looks as scary as a murderer when he smiles.

Javier Bardem was very resistant to this look at first, groaning in pain and saying: "Oh no, I don't want to wear it for two whole months."

But as he gradually got used to this hairstyle and carefully thought about the character's heart during the script meeting, he began to enjoy it a little bit.

Like this moment.

He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, took out a coin, tossed it gently, and landed it in his palm.

Looking at the heads above, Javier Bardem grinned: "You can't escape."

"FXXK!" Josh Brolin hurriedly left him and sat next to Tang De: "It's so scary! I guarantee you will become a nightmare after the movie is released."

"Maybe." Seeing Josh Brolin leave, Javier Bardem turned around to scare other staff members.

After the group arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, everyone got out of the car.

The first thing you see is a motel.

"This will be our temporary residence in the future." The entire place has been rented by Tang De to house the crew and can also be used as a filming location.

There is a classic confrontation scene in "No Country for Old Men" that unfolds in a motel. After that, the crew finished cleaning up and the movie officially entered the shooting stage.

The story of "No Country for Old Men" is very simple, but profound.

The protagonist Moss is a penniless veteran. One day he was hunting deer by the river when he suddenly discovered that there was a gangster conducting drug transactions next to him, and a fight broke out.

Driven by greed, he walked to the scene of the fire and found a box of dollars and a dying Mexican.

The current situation is not a difficult choice for a poor and courageous person. Moss took the dollars and returned home.

But what he didn't know was that there was a signal transmitter hidden in the dollar box.

When the time came at night, perhaps because of his uneasy conscience, Moss returned to the scene of the fire and wanted to give the Mexicans a glass of water.

But the Mexicans were long dead, and there was only another group of people looking for dollars.

A chase ensued, and Moss eventually jumped into the river to escape, but his car was left at the scene. He was worried that the gangsters would come to the door, so he could only tell his wife to leave as soon as possible.

He also took the cash box and started his escape journey.

At the same time, the perverted killer Antong had just killed a policeman and an innocent passerby, and received a call from a drug gang.

He took over the job of retrieving the dollars and began chasing Moss.

And throughout the process, Antong killed many people, whether they were innocent or guilty, they were all treated equally in his eyes.

Before deciding to kill someone, he would flip a coin to decide whether the person deserved to die.

It is precisely because of Antong's idiosyncrasy in adhering to principles that he clashed with the drug cartel itself.

Because Moss did not die in his hands, Moss was found and shot to death by other members of the drug cartel.

So in the end he killed the boss of the drug cartel for his own killer principles.

At the end of the film, he also killed Moss's wife because he promised Moss on the phone that if Moss refused to be captured, everyone in his family would die.

This is Antong's persistence, and it is also the most perverted aspect of this character.

As for the old policeman Bell played by Tommy Lee Jones, he has been following the two men hard, trying to prevent all tragedies from happening.

It's a pity that his age does not support him in fighting the killer, and this cruel era has long abandoned this old man.

All he did was in vain.

Nothing goes unpunished, and Antong was not arrested until the end.

Just like the title of the film, "No Country for Old Men."

Full of irony.

Tang De likes this story. It should be said that anyone who understands this story will be shocked by its core.

This movie is completely different from all previous crime movies. It does not tell about human nature, but a simple and easy-to-understand truth.

Instead, it attempts to depict this unpredictable and cruel era, which may also be the key factor for it to win major awards.

Therefore, in order to make this movie well, every actor must devote 100% of his energy and excellent acting skills.

Of course Tang De is no exception. He made many changes in color matching according to the scene.

But I didn't use extreme contrasting colors like I did in previous movies because that would weaken the story.

Color can be used in film in many ways, and contrast is just one of them.

In order to highlight the sense of reality, Tang De planned to have only one main color in the entire movie, which is the yellow of the desert, and the other colors will serve as foils.

On the night they checked in, when Tang De finished the storyboard and walked out of the room to get some air, he suddenly heard a gunshot.

"Crack, snap!"

Gunshots rang out very rhythmically near the street, followed by a car speeding past, followed by several police cars.

Tang De hurriedly returned to the house, looking through the window with his hand on the holster on his waist.

"Ding ding, ding!" the phone rang.

He picked up the phone and asked, "What's the matter, Tom?"

Now that he has arrived at the US-Mexico border, Tang De naturally cannot put himself in danger. Tom and the hired security team live downstairs to protect the safety of the crew at all times.

Unfortunately, even so, accidents still happened.

"Don, a staff member is injured."

"What?" Tang De was extremely surprised.

"He was just buying beer from a vending machine on the street and was hit in the shoulder by a stray bullet."

"FXXK! Damn it. So who's shooting?"

"It's probably a drug dealer. He might have been discovered by the police selling goods here..."

"So those policemen couldn't even stop a car? SHXT!" Tang De was in a bad mood: "Send him to the hospital quickly, and the crew will bear the medical expenses."

"We've been sent to the hospital, but there's something else." Tom's tone seemed calm, but his speaking speed was slightly faster: "I saw that many staff members were scared. Maybe they would leave."

"Emmm, I understand." Tang De knew that what he said was right. This place was so dangerous and accidents could happen at any time.

The staff are not here to work for their lives, so naturally they cannot be willing to work in such dangerous conditions.

So Tang De had to go downstairs and call the staff to the restaurant for a meeting, promising to provide them with the safest protection and provide them with insurance services.

At the same time, Tang De strictly ordered that no one was allowed to go out in the middle of the night. Smuggling and drug dealing happened at any time in this place. It was fine during the day and there were police patrols, but it was not sure at night.

After convincing the staff, Tang De postponed the original shooting plan and went to the local police station.

The capitalist market is indeed good. As long as you have money, you can buy the services you want.

When Tang De came back from the police station, he was followed by two police cars.

They will accompany the crew everywhere during filming to ensure everyone's safety.

But what Tang De cares more about is not what the police can solve after the danger occurs, but to avoid the danger itself.

Those drug dealers can't rush here even though they know there are police here. If they have a lot of martial ethics, they won't be so stubborn.

After being accompanied by the police, the crew also calmed down.

"No Country for Old Men" is officially filming.

The first location is the desert road, where the perverted killer Anton will show his most cold-blooded side, because he will kill an unarmed old man.

Just to steal his car.

(End of this chapter)