Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 425 Box Office Pillar
"Thank you for accepting our interview, Mr. Kubrick." A reporter from "Rock" magazine contacted many parties and finally interviewed Stanley Kubrick who was traveling in Hollywood.

"Three years have passed since The Shining. I don't know what kind of new film Mr. Kubrick will bring us?"

"I have several scripts that I like that are in progress, we will wait and see."

Britain is Kubrick's second home, and it's also the reason for his mixed British and American accents.Disgusted with Hollywood and rising crime in America, he emigrated to Britain in [-].Have lived there ever since.

Back in Hollywood this time, the outside world generally speculates that it has something to do with his preparation for the next movie.So the reporter asked him the question straight to the point, but Kubrick slipped "cunningly".

"Which directors have influenced you the most during your career?"

"Ah, there are many, but the directors of the bad movies are the ones I should be most grateful for. The only reason I have the courage to do a movie director is because I saw all the bad movies in the 50s and [-]s. I think, although I don't like Directors don’t know anything about their work, but they can shoot better than them.”

"Is there a specific director?"

"There are a lot of directors who have influenced me a lot, like Chaplin, whose 'City Lights' is one of my favorite movies. Others like Max Ophuls, David Lane, Elijah Kazan, Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini, all inspired me a lot.”

"Are there any directors who are closer to our time that you also admire?"

"Huh, I'm good friends with Steven (Spielberg), and I like some of his movies. Also, there's a young guy named David Lynch recently. I like his 'Eraser head'."

"How about Coppola?"

"Hmm... Lucky guy, his 'Godfather' may be the best casting in the history of world cinema."

"Is there any younger director that you also like?"

"Huh? I don't know, but there was a recent movie 'Night of the Comet,' which was very interesting, directed by Ronald Lee, who is a crafty guy."

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Ronald had no idea that Kubrick was really "praising" himself to the media.

He is happy to see that the box office of "Night of the Comet" is still strong in the new weekend.Although the release of "Superman III" took away some theaters, the attendance rate of the remaining theaters is still quite high.

It would appear that theaters that decide to keep showing "Night of the Comet" will keep the film running for a long time.

Even Tom Coleman, the president of the Atlantic, was surprised, which is rare in his career.Movie theaters that continue to show are concentrated on the east and west coasts, and the big cities in the central Great Lakes region.

The publishers in those cities reported to the headquarters after going to the scene that there were many young women and some students who obviously had good grades in school, and many of them wore glasses.

Ronald and Tom Coleman discuss why it appeals to both groups.Young women are easier to understand. The real protagonists of this movie are two sisters, and the story revolves around two young women.

This is completely different from Hollywood's traditional male-centric narrative. Many people see their own projections from Regina and Samantha.

In America in the 80s, women don't need to be men's vassals, women can achieve a career by themselves, and it doesn't prevent them from finding romantic love.This is simply an idol for young women.

But what attracts nerds, he didn't understand until his cousin Donna called Ronald.

Donna specifically called Ronald to ask for an autographed photo of the heroine. This movie caused a stir in their high school. Many students who choose natural subjects, such as physics, biology, geology, astronomy, etc., often talk about this movie. A movie with a lot of science elements mixed in.

As Ronald's cousin, Donna's social status in school is rapidly rising.She needs autographed photos of the two heroines to consolidate her "social circle".

In American high schools and colleges, there are always some students who are good at science and are usually not popular in social circles.But they are also quite clinging to each other, considering the boys on the football team and the girls on the cheerleading team to be brainless.

Although they also want to squeeze into the hottest social circle formed by these "brainless people", they often can only play bridge and chess with their nerds at home to relieve boredom.

And "Night of the Comet" made them suddenly become decent people in the school. Some students would always ask them about something they didn't understand. They talked about the relationship between comets and the solar system, and why dinosaurs became extinct.

Although the real purpose of the cheerleaders is to get a set of cheerleading uniforms and sneakers like Samantha in the movie, and when you go to the movies with your favorite football quarterback, you won’t have nothing to say except kissing.

The absolute number of these nerds is quite a lot. Usually they always complain that the scientific details in Hollywood movies are not accurate. Finally, there is a sci-fi movie that can be roughly described in the past. "Night" contributed to the second, third and fourth box office.

Ronald also made another trip to Sherman Oaks to test the theory.Indeed, the most people who came to see were groups of young women and students who generally wore glasses.

Those young women are not only high school and college students, but many of them are obviously already working.It seems that this kind of story of independent women is quite attractive to them.

"Your movie is still in the top ten at the box office. It's amazing." Darryl Vidal, a karate coach, came to Ronald's apartment again. leaderboard.

This time it was Ronald who asked him to discuss the trick, "Yes, it is estimated that he will stay there for another two months."

Ronald was in a good mood, "I came to you this time to ask, among the several martial arts you have practiced, such as karate, Wing Chun, and the Philippine short stick, is there any kind of standing on one foot, jumping on one foot, and standing on one foot? Foot attacks?"

"Why such an awkward movement?" Vidal didn't understand, what's the benefit?Such an attack has neither strength nor speed, and it is easy to be defended anyway.

"Not only is there no advantage, but there is also a weakness. The reason is that before the final, the main character, Danny, was instructed by the opponent's coach to instruct other players to injure one of his legs with the foul trick of sweeping the legs. So now he only has one good leg to use. to launch an attack.

In karate, it is difficult to move after a leg injury, and it may not be easy to attack an opponent with intact mobility with fists.So Danny had to practice a trick of attacking with one leg. "

"I see." Vidal touched his chin, "Actually, there is a trick."

"Oh, what kind of move?"

"You know that I learned Wing Chun from the Zhenfan Martial Art Museum founded by Bruce Lee, but his Jeet Kune Do was not taught there, and several of Bruce Lee's apprentices monopolized the teaching of Jeet Kune Do.

But my master and Bruce Lee used to practice martial arts together, so I know some Jeet Kune Do moves.I once asked him for advice, and he said that the biggest feature of Jeet Kune Do is counterintuitive. "

Vidal made a karate kick first, left hand and left foot forward, heavier right punch and right foot behind.

Then he took a step forward with his right foot and made a right-hand-right-foot-forward posture.

"You see, Jeet Kune Do's starting gesture is the opposite of all martial arts. His strong hands and strong feet are in front."

"Bruce Lee is right-handed?" Ronald recalled his posture in the movie, and he realized that Jeet Kune Do is different.

"Yes, his right hand is a strong hand, but it is placed in front. This way, he can hit the opponent with the stronger hand and foot faster than the opponent."

"That's right," Ronald expressed his understanding.

"It's back to a famous Bruce Lee trick my master told me about." Vidal returned to the Jeet Kune Do stance, and suddenly raised his left foot behind him, as if aimed at Ronald's leg. come over.

Ronald instinctively wrote down a letter with his hand, making a blocking gesture.

Vidal's left foot was not kicked out, it was a feint!
With his right foot standing on one leg, he kicked Ronald's head high.

Ronald's attention was on the opponent's left foot, and he was caught off guard by this trick, so he had to take two steps back to avoid it.

"This is the true meaning of Jeet Kune Do. Predict your movements in advance, then use false movements to mislead you, and finally use the strong side in front to quickly intercept your movements based on your reaction. That's why he is called Jeet Kune Do."

"How did you practice this move?" Ronald was very surprised. Just now Vidal's left foot pretended to kick, but Ronald didn't notice any preparatory movement of his right foot.All of a sudden, he kicked himself in the head with an explosive kick.

"This requires practice. Didn't you say that you need to complete the attack with one foot? I want to practice for a while, and it is enough to make a movie." Vidal demonstrated it to Ronald again.

"If you want to mislead the opponent, you can actually use the fist to fake the opponent's attack first. First, the boxing posture, aiming at the opponent's head, and when his attention is defending his head, then do the left leg kick. False action. In this way, the opponent will be disrupted in the center of defense at once, and his attention will be shifted to the bottom plate.

And at this time, if you use this trick to kick the head again, you can turn the opponent's attention and center of gravity back and forth, and you can completely defeat the opponent's defense.This kind of one-legged posture, in fact, the strength and speed of the attack are not enough. Only by misleading the opponent can the attack effect be achieved. "

"Yeah." Ronald also took a Jeet Kune Do pose, but he didn't put his right foot forward, but put his feet side by side, then raised his hands and placed them in front of him close to his sides, as if two different Stretched crane wings.The two hands and five fingers are gathered together to form a bird's beak shape, which can attack the opponent's head at any time.

Ronald then faked a left-foot attack.With his center of gravity on his right foot, even if his left foot is injured, he can still perform this feint.

Finally, he suddenly took off with one right foot, then kicked towards Vidal on the opposite side, and then landed on one foot with his right foot.

Not having enough time or height to complete the kick, Ronald nearly fell.

Vidal supported him, "You still need to practice. There is a trade-off between speed and strength. But your move is very beautiful, and it works well in movies. What's the name of this move?"

"White crane airing its wings?" Ronald thought to himself, could it be that in the tradition of Tai Chi, this move is actually used in this way?

"Just call it a crane kick? Look at my hands, they look like the claws of a crane." Ronald raised his hands again, gathered them together and waved them twice.

"Hey...Uncle..." Ronald imitated Bruce Lee's movements and calls.

"Hahaha, it's pretty good. To make a movie, you need good-looking moves. This crane hand, plus that move with the front leg kick, is very entertaining."

"Well, in this case, we must add some reaction shots of the opponent Johnny being misled by fake moves." Ronald took out a pen and paper, and began to draw a sketch.

(End of this chapter)