Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 579

"Crash" is a very interesting movie. The stories that happened to several people within 24 hours echo each other and form a perfect circle.Although artificially magnifying the conflicts between people is a bit too dramatic, it is precisely because of this that the movie clearly expresses the feeling that "people living in society, their fates are always closely connected".

When Angela watched this movie in her previous life, the first thing she thought of was the fable about that anger being passed back decades later.That story was about someone on his birthday who got mad at the bakery staff because of a problem with the cake, and the staff got mad at someone else, who got mad at someone else because of it.Such a continuous cycle, after dozens of circles around the earth, this anger finally returned to the person at the beginning - when he was celebrating his birthday, because someone with anger stained his clothes, he became angry. He threw the cake in his hand to the ground.

It is very ironic and thought-provoking, and what is amazing is that the story of "Crash" may happen in any country or region, class and racial discrimination are only superficial, it can be cause and effect or rivers and lakes.

All in all, each of the several stories in this short 24 hours is thought-provoking, and each has a special taste.What impressed Angela the most was the Mexican locksmith and his daughter. The phrase "Dad, the fairy's invisibility cloak is really useful, I protect you" touched countless people, so she chose this movie early.

Of course, the more important thing is that this movie does not use too much skill in the multi-line narrative technique and the use of cross montage, and it also echoes each other just right, playing a role as a textbook!

Although Angela has a good understanding of multi-line narrative in previous directing, "Stealing and Kidnapping" imitated from "Two Smoking Barrels" is undoubtedly a failure-but it can be used as a negative teaching material-and "Memento" is a bit too tricky, so she needs to fully experience the cross-montage technique through this excellent work.

The movie is different from the diary. The diary is written by Rabe, so it is natural to describe everything at that time from his perspective.The movie adapted from the diary should also center on Rabe, but the people around him, Chinese, Americans, French, and Germans, are also worthy of description, and the safe zone is not entirely maintained by him.What Angela wants is to use the film to outline the group portraits of those who led by Rabe who have contributed to the Nanjing Safety Zone, not a character like Schindler.

In fact, at the beginning, the girl only wanted to make appropriate modifications and adjustments on the basis of the original movie, but whenever she sketched in her head, no matter what, there was always an inexplicable feeling of being out of place.Angela was puzzled by this, and it was not until she really faced her inner thoughts that she finally understood what she wanted.She decisively gave up the idea of ​​modifying the original version and began to conceive from her own perspective.

If this kind of theme wants to impress people and let them accept it, it must first ensure the most basic truth.For example, although the real Schindler was a typical playboy, he did try his best to save more than 1000 Jews in the end.Another example is that Spielman seems to have survived by luck, but those who helped him can be found in reality.

Of course, the Nanjing Safety Zone does exist, but the focus must not be solely on John Rabe. After all, it was the Nanjing International Security Committee that established the safety zone, and even many people who were not members of the committee contributed a lot.The original version did not focus enough on this point, so Angela decisively abandoned it.Therefore, the significance of the movie "Crash" is particularly important for girls who are not from a professional background and are completely groping on their own.

Fortunately, she originally planned to make this movie last year, but due to various reasons, she had to replace the original plan with "Brokeback Mountain", which made Angela more aware of the importance of "Crash"— —However, "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash" are both from my own hands, which is really a bit dumbfounding.

It is precisely because of this that the girl proposed to start production now. The script has already been completed, and the actors have basically been selected. In addition, the whole story is basically familiar by heart, and the shooting cycle will not be too long.With a little luck, it will not be difficult to close the mirror at the end of February.

With Angela's current rights in the film department, she can do whatever she wants, and telling Ed just means "look, I'll let you know".Ed naturally knew this too, so although he was surprised that the influence of the last movie hadn't faded, and even the schedule hadn't been released, why did he start making the next movie?But he didn't say much.

So the film department also quickly started project preparations and sent invitations to the selected actors.The reporter's nose is very sensitive, and Angela has been the center of public opinion since last month, and recently a conservative organization mobilized the public to ask Oscar to boycott "Brokeback Mountain", so they quickly discovered Angela new action.

"Miss Angel has started preparing for a new movie?" The headline immediately aroused countless speculations after it appeared in the newspaper, and everyone was as confused as Ed was.How can you start making a new movie when the last movie is still showing?

"Obviously, she intends to use this opportunity to hype a new movie. This must be a gay movie, and she is already obsessed with this subject." Some people said sarcastically.

Of course, most people dismissed this statement. Which movie Angela has directed in the past few years needs to be hyped in this way?But why she would start working on a new movie at this time is indeed confusing.

But no one was able to dig out the truth. Even though the reporters found a few actors who agreed to invite through hard work, the other party smiled and kept silent when asked about it.

"I can only say that this is a very real script, and such stories are happening around us all the time." Terrence Howard once said this after being asked by reporters.Terrence, who is also an actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, etc., is not as brilliant as Angela, but he is also a rare all-rounder.Even such a person thinks that the script is very good, and even lowered the pay to play the role. It has to be said that it is amazing.

In fact, Angela originally arranged to start making this movie during summer vacation or after graduation. After all, she has used summer vacation to shoot movies for the past few years.But this year she doesn't plan to do that. She rents a small island in the Caribbean or Hawaii during her summer vacation, and then brings her friends there to have fun for half a month. Although it's a temporary idea, it's not just a talk.

Although the relationship with Kate and the others became very bad due to a series of changes last year, it has relatively eased with the emergence of the 911/[-] incident.Angela would not think that the matter was over like this, the lake was calm but God knows how turbulent the undercurrent would be.

So just don't touch it and wait for a while. It just so happens that the production cycle of "Crash" will not be very long. If it is completed early at the beginning of the year, there will be free time after graduation.Then call all the close people—Lindsay, Weiwei, even Britney and Christina, etc.—to the sea to play, and in this case, slowly find a way to confess, plus there are friends By my side, it shouldn't be too bad...

Naturally, this kind of consideration cannot be told to others, but various speculations from the public are also troublesome, so Angela simply muddied the water, adding an agreement not to disclose the content of the script when sending out the invitation.Of course, this is not the product of a whim. The filming location of the film is in Los Angeles. Once the filming starts, it will never be hidden from those paparazzi who are quick-eyed.Judging from my previous experience of creating topics and debates, these guys will never stop until the content of the movie is fully exposed.

Although good movies are not afraid of being known about the content of the story, and it is impossible for reporters to go to the set to shoot unscrupulously, but what if these guys pretend to be ordinary people and use DV to film and upload it on the Internet?After all, there are such boring people everywhere, if this is the case, the movie should not be made at all.

Of course, if we don’t talk about the script, we can talk about other things. Whether it’s Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon, etc., the selected actors are all full of praise for the script like Terrence, but never Don't talk about the specific content.

The reporters couldn't dig more valuable news from them, so they turned around and chased after the rightful owner again.But Angela also expected that they would do this, so she immediately used the trick of diverting her eyes.Isn't the news that he entered the top 30 of the "Forbes" list still attracting attention?Then accept interviews from several financial magazines.

"Frankly speaking, I really don't have much talent in business. I still remember that when I first wanted to inject capital into Pixar, my father gave me relevant exam questions. As long as I can basically meet the requirements, he agreed to my capital injection. The end result is that I have been working hard for a long time. After that, I was still a little short of my father's request, if my father hadn't let go of my hard work, maybe I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you now—many people should know this story."

"Yes, you've said that in previous visits, but it's impossible to ignore that you've amassed such a fortune, so how did you get to where you are today?"

"Not being talented in business doesn't mean I'm stupid, right? In this regard, I may not be sharp enough to respond quickly and grasp the fleeting business opportunities, but I have my own judgment .”

"For example, the judgment on the IT industry?"

"Yes, there has never been an industry that has developed so rapidly like the IT industry, especially in the 90s. And I am also very interested in the IT industry, so most of my holdings are IT stocks now. Although the century The traffic IT bubble burst, but now it's rejuvenating in a virtuous circle."

"That's why you put money into Pixar, put money into Apple, and dump stocks before the IT bubble bursts?"

“It’s too general to say this. Apart from investing in Pixar because I like and are optimistic about computer animation, the investment in Apple is largely due to the understanding of Pixar and Steve when he got along with him, and the selling of IT stocks is pure luck. Coupled with the support of my father. Personal judgment does not account for too much, after all, I do lack business talent."

Fortunately, these magazines didn't ask too tricky questions. With Angela's financial knowledge of half a tank of water, she could barely handle it, and with the improvisation on the spot, the joint interview went smoothly.

While the interview won't appear in the various financial magazines until next month, attention was distracted as the news got out, plus Angela also agreed to shoot covers for Fortune and Forbes , so all kinds of news about Miss Angel are mixed, and people's reasons for making a new movie are not so urgent.

In this context, "Crash" began filming on January 2002, 1, on Fleming Avenue in Los Angeles.

Didi's electronic alarm clock rang, and with a crackling sound, one hand hit the alarm clock.The closed eyes slightly opened partly with sleepiness, and then closed again after looking at the bright red numbers.But in the next second, his eyes opened again, and after confirming the number on the alarm clock, they opened wide.

"Damn it!" the girl muttered, and suddenly bounced off the bed and quickly slipped into the bathroom, washing and getting dressed in a hurry.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." The end of wearing pants while brushing teeth is that when the pants can't be pulled up, not only can't find the problem, it's impossible to vent anger or call people.

As the mouthwash was spit into the washbasin, the girl picked up a towel and wiped her face well, and then applied moisturizer or other things on her face in front of the mirror.It took a while to clean up, but she flicked her face proudly in the mirror and then gave her middle finger: "Damn freckles, I will clean them up sooner or later!"

Then she went out of the bathroom, stood in front of the full-length mirror, took out several sets of tops, and chose a light blue T-shirt and brown coat to wear.

"Aha, a beautiful and charming star is here." The girl in the dress turned around a few times in front of the mirror, stuck out her tongue cutely in front of the mirror, and then made a sexy look and stretched out her hands from the left and right sides to her buttocks .Although she is only 15 years old, her bumpy body shows that she is changing from a girl to a girl.

"Oops, time." The girl who wanted to be more narcissistic finally remembered what she was going to do, and hurriedly arranged her clothes and sat down at the dressing table to put on makeup.Eyebrow pencils, lipsticks, eyelash curlers, and eyelash brushes were constantly changing in her hands. Although she was already very skilled, the girl didn't make it too carefully because of time constraints.

"That's it, I hope she won't laugh at me." The girl looked at herself in the mirror and said with a sigh, her mind couldn't help but recall the situation when she put on makeup on herself before, when did she become harmonious? It would be nice if she was just as pretty.

Fortunately, the girl came back to her senses quickly. After checking the time, she breathed a sigh of relief and rushed out of the bedroom.

"Ellie, how are you cleaning up?" she yelled and pushed open the door of her sister's room.

"If I waited for you to help, I would have been finished." Ellie Lohan, who was in front of the dressing table and let her mother manipulate her face, immediately made a face at her sister in the mirror.

"Don't move, Ellie, don't let my hard work go to waste." Mother Dina frowned immediately, "If you don't dress you up beautifully, how can you beat other competitors!"

"You can't beat people just by dressing up, Mom." Lindsay curled her lips.

"But at least a beautiful and lovely girl will give people a good first impression," Dina turned her head and said disapprovingly, and then showed a smile with a hint of meaning, "Besides, you will help your sister talk, right?"

Lindsay couldn't help but rolled her eyes, but thinking about what Angela had said to her, she shrugged without saying anything.

"I'll do Ellie's makeup and clothes, and you can go down and help bring the breakfast in the kitchen to the table, my dear." Mom didn't say much.

"Okay, Mom." Lindsay nodded indifferently, turned around and left her sister's room, went straight downstairs and couldn't help being stunned, her father unexpectedly brought breakfast out of the kitchen and distributed it among the children in turn. plate.

"Are you down, dear? Come over and have breakfast first." Michael Gehan said with a smile after discovering his daughter. Although he was still a little unshaven, Lindsay had a long-lost sense of intimacy in her eyes.

"Thank you... Dad." Taking her place, Lindsay bit her lip and coughed slightly uncomfortably.

"Let's have some milk first," Michael said as he poured a glass of milk for his daughter, "this way you and Ellie will be more energetic, and then you will defeat those guys."

Lindsay frowned slightly and was about to speak when her mother came down with Ellie.

Seeing Ellie's cute appearance in a black dress with white lace trim, the girl couldn't help swallowing those words and greeted them to sit down for dinner.

At the beginning, the breakfast atmosphere was good, but in Lindsay's memory, there were very few times when the family could sit together for breakfast in such a harmonious way.So even though mother's cooking skills are not very good, she still enjoys eating.

It is a pity that this harmonious atmosphere did not last long as before.

"Don't worry, kids, I'll drive you there later." Dina said and wiped the corners of Ellie's mouth with a tissue.

"Wait, what are you talking about, Dina?" Michael put down the spoon in his hand, frowned and looked at his wife, "Are you driving them there?"

"Of course." Dina visibly trembled, but she mustered up her courage and said, "We agreed."

"We agreed?" Michael repeated in a strange tone, twitching the corners of his mouth with a sneer: "Why do I remember, it was agreed that I would send them there?!"

"You send it? How are you going to send it, Mike?" Dina retorted, "Don't forget that your driver's license has been revoked for drinking, how do you drive them there?!

"It's just such a small distance, as long as I'm careful!" Michael blushed, and suddenly raised his voice, "Don't I don't know what you're thinking before, Dina, you want to win two children to stand with you Wire!"