Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 239 Frequent Accidents
"No Country for Old Men" has a North American box office of 100 million US dollars, becoming another Tang De's film with a box office of over 100 million US dollars.

If it were another director, the 100 million yuan box office would definitely be advertised, and the media would also praise it.

But for Tang De, there was nothing worth showing off about this matter.

Because a box office of more than 100 million US dollars is already common for him. Since his debut, his movie box office has never been less than 100 million US dollars.

Therefore, the media did not report too much on this film. However, film critics praised this film as an ambitious film that breaks the narrative genre of films. It is worthy of being a Berlin Golden Bear Award-winning film.

At the same time as the series of promotional activities for "Inception", the movie "To Kill Hitler" finally made a breakthrough.

The negotiations with Germany finally took a new step. With the dual support of money and connections, they withdrew the previous ban.

The crew was allowed to film at the Bendlerbrook World War II Memorial Site.

The lifting of this ban means that the crew can move forward normally, and Tang De also has to take time to participate in various arrangements of the crew.

However, unlike the linear narrative in his previous life, Tang De's filming this time adopted a montage dual-line narrative.

"Am I not suitable to be an actor?" She got straight to the point and asked Tang De directly.

One story line tells the entire process of the protagonist Stauffenberg and his gang assassinating the Führer.

"Actors should not gather under the tank. Although this big guy is handsome, it can malfunction easily. If your legs are crushed in, we don't have the equipment to save you."

After finalizing the script, Tang De worked with the props team and special effects team to determine various scenes of the movie.

"And when the protagonist thinks the assassination is successful, suddenly revealing this cruel ending is more likely to shock the audience."

Even though the two had a one-night stand, Tang De had no intention of pampering her. This was not because he wanted to hurt her, but because Tang De could not allow her to bring such poor acting skills into his movie.

"Cruise, your hat is crooked! Adjust it, otherwise the head of state will definitely know that you are a spy when he sees it."

"Just shoot the next scene, I'll only give you one last chance! If it doesn't work, don't shoot it."

After Tang De finished talking about this narrative method, the screenwriter first became excited: "Awesome! This idea is great!"

Seeing him being so strict and even inhumane, Fischer pouted at the side, feeling a little nervous, fearing that this hard-won opportunity would be wasted.

This also caused Fischer's self-confidence to be greatly affected. Other actors, especially young actors, comforted her.

There are far fewer female characters in comparison. There is only one named actress, Karice Van Houten, and the rest are purely supporting roles with few lines.

After she arrived at the scene, the official filming of the movie began.

One story line tells the daily life of the Führer, including Germany's deployment of various strategies and some horrific concentration camp behaviors.

"I gave up. I think it's more suitable for me to be a vase." Fischer decided this matter very bravely, which made Tang De look at him with admiration.

After understanding what Tang De meant, Fischer thought for a moment and said, "Then I won't be an actor."

"And those extras who were standing next to the bomb box drinking water, who brought you here! Get out of here, do you understand?"

"What are you doing? Are you pouting because you want to kiss the commander in front of you?"

When the time entered July, the crew immediately flew to the World War II Memorial Site in Germany, planning to film there first to prevent the German government from going back on their word and driving them out again.

To put it simply, two story lines run in parallel and meet at the end to reveal the mystery.

"The light was shifted 30 degrees to the left and now looks too straight, like a stage light."

"What do you mean?"

But she still felt depressed.

Real actors are good at changing their temperament and acting skills to play roles, but Fischer can't do that. What she is most used to is showing a well-behaved expression to make men's hormones burst.

In addition to Tom Cruise, this movie also has a lot of veteran actors.

"Because your temperament and acting skills are not suitable for playing such a serious female role."

It wasn't until dinner in the evening that she found Tang De who was resting.

Soon, her worries came true. During the filming of her reporting scene, Tang De scolded her miserably.

The answer to this mystery is that the second line is actually the story after the head of state was assassinated, which means that the assassination is destined to fail. When the head of state says the execution, the two lines will intersect and the answer will be announced to the audience.

Tang De stood outside the scene, carefully staring at every detail, holding the microphone and constantly correcting their actions.

"If you continue to act like this, I will kick you out! Understand!"

Because the scenes involving the Berlin city government had to be filmed as quickly as possible, they requisitioned more than a dozen tanks and combat vehicles at the World War II Memorial Site on the first day.

"Just follow this, I will change the script now!"

Tang De helped Fischer arrange a small supporting role in the movie. Although there were only two scenes, she still took annual leave to come.

Tang De's effort in this movie was obviously not as good as "Inception". This is the difference between a biological son and a godson, but Tang De still completed his due work.

"This can enhance the suspense of the entire movie. Although everyone knows that the Führer was not assassinated, the fate of the protagonist is still what they care about."

For example, Bill Nighy, who starred in "Underworld," Kenneth Branagh, who starred in "Hamlet," and Tom Wilkinson, who starred in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility."

"Calm down your posture! You are a soldier! But look at your posture now, you look like a slut!"

Tang De nodded: "It should be said that you are not suitable for this kind of movie."

"What do you mean?" Fischer sat next to him, curling his brown hair subconsciously.

On the other hand, producer Yuris was obviously more attentive. He was so busy every day that many of the things that Tang De should do were overridden by him.

"So can you help me take a photo?" She leaned over and smiled.

Tang De was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The cost of my shooting is very expensive."

Fischer licked his lips: "Isn't it enough that I give you my whole body?"

"Director, the scene is ready!"

"Okay, let's get ready to start." Tang De stood up and picked up the microphone. Seeing this, Fischer also calmed down and walked behind him to watch the filming.

This scene is a coordinated operation between trucks and tanks, and various detonation points are placed as the background of artillery fire. But the crew promised the German government not to damage any scenes, so everyone was very nervous, especially the explosion team, who determined the explosion range many times before filming.

After finally getting it done, Tang De announced the start of filming.

Tanks and wagons immediately began to advance.

Each one was filled with troupes of soldiers, looking very solemn.

In order to better observe the whole scene, Tang De also took out his binoculars to check the status of each car and the status of the actors. Soon the vehicle movement was about to be filmed, and each detonation point exploded smoothly.

However, just when everything was going well, Tang De suddenly saw sparks appearing from the side door of a truck.

I blinked and looked again, but nothing happened, as if the previous spark was an illusion.

If it were another director, he might not care about such a small problem. At worst, he would check it after the scene is finished.

But Tang De firmly believed in his eyesight, and he didn't think he was wrong.

Then there is only one possibility, there is really something wrong with the door of that truck.

So he directly picked up the phone and shouted: "Click!"

This shocked everyone.

"Don!" Producer Yuris ran over: "There is still a long way to go. What went wrong? This scene will be finished soon. If it were to be repeated, those trigger points would have to be reinstalled!"

He didn't see any problems at all. Everything was in accordance with the script. He just felt that Tang De must have read something wrong.

"I said! Ka! I don't care about the triggering point or the cost. If I think there is a problem, it must stop. It's that simple!" Tang De did not give any explanation. It is the director's prerogative to shout ka, and he is the director of the entire set. That person.

Yuris wanted to continue to refute, but Tang De had already taken a step forward and shouted "Ka!" again.

This time the crew stopped filming completely, and the vehicles also stopped moving.

Yuris was a little angry, but didn't say anything. He wanted to see why Tang De was shouting.

"Everyone exits the vehicle and allows technicians to inspect the interior."

Unexpectedly, he got such a strange answer.

The extras left the vehicle one after another, and technicians checked one by one, and were constantly reported on the condition of the vehicle.

"The tank is fine."

"The truck is fine."

Now everyone focused on Tang De, and the pressure came one after another.

After all, this crew is not the same group of people that Tang De usually uses, so there is no way to trust Tang De unconditionally.

However, Tang De showed no expression in the face of such pressure. He just pointed out the problematic truck and asked them to take it away and replace it with a new one.

Yuris shrugged and said he didn't understand. He could only think that this was what Tang De did to save face.

But Tang De ignored him and sat back in the director's chair to wait for the staff to complete their work.

However, just as the driver drove the truck away from the site, everyone suddenly heard a strange noise, and then the rear half of the truck spontaneously ignited.

"boom!"

The back half of the truck broke off, flames shot into the sky, and exploded in front of everyone's eyes.

This was obviously beyond everyone's expectations, and their mouths were opened wide for a moment in shock.

"There's something really wrong with this car!" The staff swallowed, unable to imagine how many people would be injured if the truck exploded during filming.

"As expected of Lucky Tang De." Another staff member thought of Tang De's nickname.

Everyone focused their attention on Tang De again.

Juris had nothing to say. If this incident had happened during the filming, the entire crew would have been published in the New York Times, and the German government would certainly hold the crew accountable.

And even if the lives of those dozen people were not in danger, they would definitely demand a large sum of money from the film company.

In fact, this happened in a previous life. After the truck exploded, twelve extras were injured, one of whom was seriously injured.

These people jointly sued, demanding $1100 million in compensation from MGM and United Artists, which is not a small amount of money.

It has to be said that the filming process of the movie "The Assassination of Hitler" was not smooth. Even if the explosion was avoided, there were still other unexpected events waiting.

For example, while filming a high-altitude overlooking scene, a camera fell from above and fell to the ground.

Fortunately no one was injured.

For another example, when filming the World War II memorial site, when Tom Cruise and other actors were walking by in German uniforms, a strange sound appeared in the tape recorder. The sound was like someone roaring with a sharp high-frequency tone, which scared me. The sound engineer directly approached Tang De and wanted to leave.

Fortunately, Tang De and the producer managed to calm him down, and went to the church to invite a priest to pray.

After this incident passed, the entire crew entered a tense atmosphere, fearing that they might accidentally offend the undead from World War II.

Many people even bought some Jesus statues overnight and took them with them.

However, Tang De felt that this was just a psychological effect, just like the sound in the recording, which was probably due to wind noise or equipment problems.

But rumors are always easier for others to believe, and even Tang De can't stop the spread of rumors.

And after filming the scene at the World War II Memorial, another outrageous accident happened.

"What? Handed the waste film to the washing factory?" Tang De was stunned when he heard the assistant director's reaction, and then said speechlessly: "Is the film delivery guy drugged? Or is he drunk? I can’t even see through a roll of film!”

"Sorry, director, he said he saw it well at the time..." The assistant director was embarrassed and explained: "But when we were taking the film, he said he heard your voice and asked him to take the roll on the left, so he Just changed it temporarily..."

"My voice!" Tang De was about to laugh angrily. Did the paper submitter think that this statement would prevent him from being expelled?
"No matter what reason he uses, a mistake is a mistake, I..."

But just when he was about to make a decision, producer Milis suddenly ran in and shouted: "Don, our film is all ruined!"

"What?" Tang De wondered: "What do you mean, our film hasn't been developed yet!"

"?"

Mills was stunned. He looked at the assistant director, who looked at him.

"I just received a call from the film developer saying that the film had been developed because their temporary workers used the wrong chemical reagent."

"what!"

The assistant director was stunned.

"So what's going on now?" Milis was confused.

"It's okay, we'll continue shooting as usual, but..." Tang De shrugged: "Maybe we should hold a celebration party for the paper carrier."

(End of this chapter)