The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1366 Top-heavy
The filming of "Singing with You" was not smooth, but it was not a serious problem, mainly due to the equipment.

Mangold and Kitcher, the two James, reached a consensus and insisted on using the equipment of that era to restore the texture of music. This was also the key reason why they favored Anson in the first place.

All the live performances in the movie were shot live, and the live effects were presented through authentic equipment.

Essentially, music plays a key role in this biopic. They want to show how Johnny Cash turned his life into music, and how music completed his self-redemption, rather than just treating music as a prop like other movies.

Music has soul.

It is precisely because of this that the importance of equipment and facilities is highlighted.

However, these old equipment are not only expensive, but also prone to errors, which indeed brought many challenges to the "Sing Along" crew; at the same time, it is also a challenge for the actors. Not only Anson and Reese, but also other actors who play contemporary singers, all need to show their real skills.

Despite all these difficulties, the crew's filming progress is still gratifying. After the delay in the start of filming, it has now caught up with the plan.

The entire crew was working enthusiastically.

As the filming progressed, the real challenges began to emerge one after another.

The first thing to bear the brunt is naturally the core of the core of the entire movie:

Anson.

When Johnny Cash's life was stuck in a quagmire of tugs and entanglements, it was a moment to test Anson's acting skills, and even the two Jameses did not have 100% confidence.

From a theoretical perspective, Anson is indeed the wisest and most perfect choice, and the band's performance at the Grammy Awards on August 31st also proved this; but these are all just talk, and actual combat is another matter.

Today, the crew is preparing to shoot a major scene, the first performance of Johnny Cash and June Carter on the same stage.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the concept of concerts was still immature and television programs were just emerging. Everything was in the early exploratory stage. Apart from radio programs, show culture was the mainstream of the market.

What is a show?
In fact, if you simply refer to the current resident performances in Las Vegas, you will know that in the form of a theater, a comedian will be the host and different singers will perform on stage. This is probably the model -

Theater is still a very important part of entertainment activities.

Farmers, workers and other audiences are often allowed into the shows. They dress up and go to watch the performances, but the lack of higher education leads to uneven quality, so the shows are keen on telling some restricted jokes to please the audience, and even play some borderline jokes.

Later, the show gave rise to the even more vulgar "beef show".

Literally, naked, direct, brutal and bloody.

It is precisely because of this that, for a very long time, show performances in Las Vegas were labeled as vulgar and inferior, and the real top singers refused to go to Las Vegas for resident performances because that was a sign of career decline. It was not until later that Las Vegas worked hard to change its image and got rid of this stereotype.

But that’s another story.

Extending outward from show performances, two to three singers would perform together in different theaters across North America. This type of cooperation model was a very popular commercial tour at the time. Legendary superstars including Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley all grew up from these performances.

In reality, Johnny Cash and June Carter had performed together for a long time. The two helped each other and achieved each other. Their cooperation was a guarantee of box office success. However, the beginning of this cooperation was not pleasant. The first time Johnny Cash and June Carter worked together on the same stage was when Johnny forced June to perform with him in a platter show. After the performance, June flew into a rage and had a violent quarrel with Johnny.

At that time, Johnny's career finally took off and he began to perform on different shows in North America. His first single reached number 14 on the Billboard and continued to rise, appearing like a comet. However, outside the stage, Johnny, like all rookies, was dizzy by the bizarre and dazzling world of fame and fortune.

On the one hand, Johnny was on the road for a long time, and Vivian and the children were at home. They missed Johnny but could not reunite.

On the tour, all kinds of girls threw themselves at Johnny, but he stuck to his bottom line because of his inner beliefs and rejected those women; however, after returning home, Vivian didn't believe it.

Reading the letters and swimsuit photos sent home by fanatical fans, Vivian couldn't believe that Johnny could resist these temptations. Her anxiety led to a quarrel between the Cash couple, which made Johnny exhausted after the long journey.

On the other hand, Johnny fell in love with June Carter at first sight and gradually approached her uncontrollably; however, June Carter was also a devout Christian, so she drew a clear line between them and always regarded Johnny as a friend.

Later, June Carter divorced. For devout people, it was unacceptable that June Carter betrayed her commitment to marriage. In that era, when such things happened, people always tended to blame women. So June Carter stood at the center of the controversy, exhausted both physically and mentally.

In this situation, Johnny tried to get close to June Carter, but what she needed last was another storm and controversy. She didn't want to be the third party who destroyed Johnny Cash, so she rejected Johnny and kept her distance.

This made Johnny furious.

At the same time, Johnny is surrounded by the desires and temptations of fame and fortune.

Although Johnny's career is booming and he has attracted everyone's attention since his debut, standing outside the industry and standing inside the siege are two different things.

Johnny knew that his achievements were not worth mentioning at all, not to mention Elvis Presley who was at the peak of his career. There were many singers who had better achievements and were more popular than him. Putting himself in the spotlight of Vanity Fair, the stark gap was laid out nakedly and bloodily before his eyes, which became a kind of stimulation.

Jealousy. Anger. Anxiety.

These negative emotions began to invade Johnny's brain, coupled with the emptiness of the long journey, Johnny urgently needed some admiration, some cheers, and some warmth to fill his emptiness.

Johnny finally couldn't resist and opened his arms to the strange woman; and like everyone else, alcohol and drugs began to enter his life.

Living a life of drunkenness and dreams, and being unrestrained.

The emotional tug of war between family affection and love turned into a mess in the whirlpool of Vanity Fair, and Johnny Cash began to indulge himself.

Everything happened at this point in time——

Johnny is rejected by June Carter again, but he can't understand it.

It was obvious that June Carter was divorced and was not bound by marriage; it was obvious that June Carter also had feelings for him and it was not just his illusion, but June Carter pushed him away again.

why?
Why is this happening?

(End of this chapter)