Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 113 Director's Talent

Ronald is very familiar with Ingrid Bergman. One of America TV's favorite old movies is "Casablanca" starring her.Saw it a few times on TV before breaking into film.

The film appreciation class opened by Martin Scorsese also missed "Gaslight" and "Anastasia" starring her.It shows the director's admiration for her.

The wife she played was too sensational because of Gaslight's tale of her husband's psychological abuse.So much so that Gaslighting in English has evolved into a proper noun, which specifically describes the way men use psychological tricks to play and abuse women.

The twilight beauty who came down the stairs wore a cashmere shawl, graceful and generous without losing a kind attitude.It was the first time Ronald saw a superstar in his life, and the aura of the star was really strong.

Isabella, a black-haired beauty who looks very similar to her, stepped forward and hugged Bergman's arm, "It's Ronald, he is Marty's student, he saw me just now, and said that if I make a movie, I can play you Daughter, mother."

Bergman stepped forward and held Ronald's hands, "Isabella and Pia are both my daughters. You are Marty's student, which is very good."

All the guests stepped forward to surround Bergman and pushed Ronald out of the inner circle.It seems that they were all fans of Bergman back then. The idols have now forgotten their status, only the admiration from back then is still there.

Bergman's level of hospitality is also very high, saying a word or two to everyone makes people feel that they have not been underestimated.

Ronald looked left and right, looking for Helen's figure.Pia was introducing Helen to his mother, Ronald felt a little bored, turned around and took another glass of sparkling water, and drank it alone.

Bergman had undergone surgery a few years ago, and his health was not very good. After talking with everyone, he retreated to the room to rest.

Pia found Ronald at this time, "Ronald, what are you majoring in at New York University now? Are you interested in coming to the TV station? We have a lot of commercials, maybe I can arrange for you to appear."

"I want to be a film director, and I actually just got an offer to direct a gum commercial and I'm casting."

"You surprised me so many times tonight, Ronald." Pia said, "Why don't you let Helen play? Isn't she very suitable?"

Ronald looked at Helen, he was indeed tall enough to play a college student. "Of course, I think she's fine with being in one of the 15-second commercials."

"I'll tell Gerald, and you'll take her back to her father tonight." Pia set the schedule and called again.

"Gerald, your daughter picked a good guy tonight, a student of my brother-in-law Marty's at NYU, and he's got a job directing a TV commercial, and he'll put Helen in it.  … Don't worry, he's shooting Chewing gum commercials. Yes, Helen needs a platform to start her career in acting, after all, she went to an acting college."

"His name is Ronald, and he is a good guy. I haven't inquired about his family background, but being able to direct a TV commercial in college is either a talent or a good family. Yes, I will let him send Helen back, you can check it yourself .My mother will live in New York for a while to see her grandchildren, so please call me when you are free."

After Bergman left, some of the guests took their leave.Helen and Pia and the others went to talk, leaving him to wait to send Helen home.Ronald dozed off on the couch.

"Ronald, do you want to find a place to sleep?" A female voice with a Swedish accent woke Ronald up.

"Ms. Bergman, I'm sorry, today was a long day for me, and I accidentally fell asleep." Unexpectedly, Ingrid Bergman came out, saw him dozing off on the sofa, and kindly woke him up.

"Helen's father is the decision-maker at PBS, and my daughter Pia works at CBS, so it's hard to be anxious sometimes. I hope you don't mind. How did you know Helen? I heard Pia say that she would take a male companion Come." Bergman asked Ronald with a smile.

Ronald felt that although Bergman was nearly 54 years old, the charm of a star was still hard to resist, so he talked about the situation when he picked up Helen at the gate of the [-] club, "I am afraid that the male companion who booked is the same Howard who left Helen to go in. .”

"Hahaha..." Bergman smiled brightly, without any of the twitchy gestures of early Hollywood women. "Your experience reminds me of my ex-husband, that is, Isabella's father, Italian director Rossellini. At that time, I also saw his movie by chance, so I wrote to him. It was a coincidence."

"Ms. Bergman, I really like your performance." Ronald saw that Pia and Isabella might not be born to the same father, and there might be some stories in between, so he deliberately changed the topic.

"You're so young, all you watch are movies from when I'm old."

"Of course not. I watched a lot of copies of old movies at New York University. There are few places where you can see classic Hollywood movies and foreign classic movies. I read them very carefully."

"Then which movie of mine do you like best?" Bergman rarely saw a young man in his 20s watch his early performances.

"Everyone in America loves 'Casablanca,' but I prefer 'Princess and Truth.'"

"Oh, why?" Bergman was very interested. Casablanca was actually her game, and it was completely unexpected that she was loved.And "True and False Princess" is the first film she returned to Hollywood after the cheating scandal, and she also won the second Oscar for Best Actress. She also likes it very much.

Ronald wondered where did this start?
"I like your lines the most, Ms. Bergman. In that movie, whether it's Yu Brynner, who plays opposite you, or the empress dowager, all the actors' lines are very good. It's like two fish, fighting each other Chasing each other's tails. I rarely see lines like that in movies."

"Oh, yes. You are very talented, Ronald, and I like the lines in that movie the most. The Queen Mother is played by Helen Hayes, who is also an Oscar winner. Before she retired, she was the queen of Broadway."

Hearing Bergman talk about talent, Ronald took the opportunity to ask a question that he hadn't figured out for a long time:

"Ms. Bergman, I have always wondered, what is talent in the film and television industry? I don't know if I am talented. It is very difficult to survive in this industry without talent."

Seeing that Bergman listened attentively, Ronald added: "I mean, if I finish college and do an editing job, or a technician on the set, it's not difficult to get a salary. But I want to be a director, lead A movie, that has to have some special talent, I don't know if I have that special talent."

Bergman tightened his shawl, as if a little uncomfortable.

Ronald stood up, walked to the cocktail table, picked up two pieces of ginger and put them in a cup, then added a spoonful of coconut oil, and then put in a cube of sugar, squeezed the juice with a juicer, filtered it, added mineral water, handed it To Bergman.

"It's a family recipe, and my aunt often drinks it for me when I'm not feeling well. It works really well."

Bergman took half of the drink, and sure enough, the site of the second operation recently felt a lot better.

"Thank you, this worked."

Ronald copied the prescription with a pen and handed it to Bergman.

Bergman organized the following languages:

"Since you can think of these questions, I'm sure you do have the talent to be a director.

Directors need a special talent. Among the directors I have worked with, some are willing to let the actors play freely, and some stipulate that the actors must act according to what they say.But they all have one thing in common, that is, they must be well aware of the performance effects of actors.

Many directors themselves are also very good actors. In their eyes, actors are a tool to achieve the final picture, but actors are not objects, and they must master the methods that allow us to play comfortably.In short, the talent of being a director, I think, is the ability to drive actors to perform the results they want. "

At this time, Pia came to persuade her mother to go back to rest, and Ronald and Bergman said goodbye.

Helen also finished talking with Pia, and Ronald was going to send her back to his father's house.The hostess sent the two young people downstairs, and when the elevator doors closed, Ronald saw Isabella greet him, as if to say "see you again when we have a chance."

After Helen got into the car, she immediately apologized to Ronald, "I didn't know that Aunt Pia and the others would treat you as my classmate Howard. I've already made it clear to them that I won't embarrass you."

"That's ok, Helen. Pia also offered to cast you in a TV commercial for Chewels that I directed. I'll talk to your father later. Hope he can cast you."

"Really? What will I play?" Speaking of acting, Helen regained her spirits.

"It's about 15 seconds for a college student who is an intern in a company." Ronald replied.

"Gum? My dad would agree, he's always cared about me. I haven't seen him much since he divorced Mum."

It turned out to be the case, no wonder the father and daughter had to send messages through Pia.

The car arrived in the Upper East Side, where Helen's father Gerald lived in this traditional noble community.

A middle-aged man stood in front of the door. After his daughter Helen got off the car, he immediately hugged her.

"You must be Ronald, thank you for sending my daughter back. I am Gerald Slater." Gerald took out a business card and handed Ronald, "I heard about you from Pia If you have any difficulties in filming the Chewels chewing gum commercial, you can come to me."

"Dad, do you agree with me participating in the commercial shooting?" Helen asked from the side.

"You have to show me the script first... Ronald." Then Gerald said to his daughter, "Yes, I agree in principle..."

The father and daughter said goodbye to Ronald.

Ronald raised his hand and saw that the business card read:

Gerald Slater
Chief Executive Officer
PBS TV station

(End of this chapter)