Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 659 Scorsese's Wrath

The flight landed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Ronald is not very used to this flight time. Most of the time, he always travels between New York and Los Angeles.Chicago, the Midwest, the Deep South, in fact he came very rarely.Ronald's impression of these places that account for most of the American population is limited to those places that he looked down from the plane and flew over.

"Put this on," Little Bud, who accompanied him, took out a coat from his bag and put it on for Ronald.

"Thank you"

Chicago's winter is very cold, much colder than New York, not to mention the warm Los Angeles.Ronald put on his woolen overcoat and let out a breath of white air.

"The latest news is that the famous Hollywood director Orson Wells died of a heart attack at his home in Hollywood. Wells originally planned to go to UCLA to participate in the work of a theater director that day, and tonight with Merv Griffin's talk show Recorded. His driver found him unconscious at his home.

Orson Welles was interviewed a few days ago, so let's take a look at footage from his last TV appearance. "

At the luggage carousel, Ronald and his agent, Nisita, were waiting for their luggage when they accidentally saw breaking news broadcast on TV.

Ronald licked his lips. This talented director who had a good chat with him a few years ago actually passed away.

"I really shouldn't be working in Hollywood. Hollywood is a big market, and the market is always against the artists. If those Hollywood producers don't like your work, then you are miserable. You have to spend a lot of time and energy. In my case For example, I spent the rest of my life trying to convince them that their feelings were wrong and that I could make films that were both artistic and marketable."

"I don't believe in compromise, I won't compromise. There is no truth in compromise, unless you are a politician. But film is an art of compromise. In a way, making film is like engaging in politics. You have to learn to compromise, so I It doesn't belong in the movie."

Looking at the heartfelt words of Orson Wells, Ronald believed that maybe the 70-year-old man had foreseen that he would die soon, so he told the truth.

His mood was a little affected, so he went to the counter to buy a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, handed one to Nisita and Little Bud, and the three smoked at the exit.

They are all people in the film industry, and they are very sorry that Orson Welles' genius has not had a chance to be used.

Bud Jr. went to Heard's car rental counter to pick up the reserved car, and the three of them drove to the set without saying a word.

"The Color of Money" was filmed in Highland Park on Chicago's north side.This is an affluent area of ​​Chicago, about 25 miles from downtown Chicago.Old buildings, quiet surroundings, mansions abound.

With a total of less than [-] residents, it is the seat of Chicago's high society.

Paula Wagner emerged from the set and gave Ronald and Nisita each a visitor's sign.

"Careful, Marty is not in a good mood."

Ronald put on his badge and stepped into the scene with Nisita and Paula.

"Cut!"

Martin Scorsese just yelled, it's still in rehearsal, but he's used to directing in formal filming terms.

"Ha..." As soon as Tom Cruise heard the call to stop, he immediately ran to the trailer, all the way fast, and kept rubbing his hands to keep warm.

Sitting in the trailer is his co-star Paul Newman.

"Son, you still have a lot to learn." Newman handed him a cup of hot tea, "Did you audition in the summer and confirm the costume?"

"Ha..., yes." Tom Cruise took the hot tea and took a sip to warm up.

"Always, always remember, you have to ask when the shooting will start and what the local climate will be." Paul Newman, wearing a coat with a fur collar, comfortably taught Tom Cruise.

"Hi," Ronald saw Tom, nodded to him, and then went to director Martin Scorsese.

"Marty," Ronald stepped forward to hug Scorsese.

"Ronald" Scorsese also hugged him. Recently, his health has improved a bit, and he is not as prone to coughing in winter as before, but Scorsese is still wearing thick clothes.

"Have you heard? About Orson Welles?"

"Yes, I saw it at the airport, why so suddenly."

"Hey, I like his black-and-white movies the most. I watched them countless times while teaching you students at New York University."

"Are you here to visit the class?" Scorsese finished the greetings and asked Ronald why he came.

"Well, my producer wants to do some reshoots, so I'm begging you to borrow Tom's time."

"What drama?"

"There are only two ambiguous sex scenes, and the filming will be finished soon. I promise not to delay your filming."

"Oh, that's impossible."

Martin Scorsese flatly declined Ronald's invitation.

"My films are all works of art. I don't like actors cross-playing. My time is very tight, and I don't know how to shoot in many places. The actors must be immersed in the characters to have a chemical reaction. Many times I count on Improvising with the two male protagonists.

You know, Ronald, this kind of chemical reaction is difficult to enter. You let Tom play an ambiguous scene, and when he comes back, he still has to find the feeling to enter again. Once in and out, I have at least three to four days to face a Cruise without status.

Or you can postpone it until I finish filming. "

"This?" Ronald didn't expect Scorsese to be so ruthless, "Then when will you finish filming?"

"March next year."

"I can't do it. I don't have time. The film was originally scheduled to be released in May. I have to re-edit, cut the negatives, test screening, modify, and then make more than 1000 copies. It's too late."

"This is your problem!" Scorsese pulled his face down, "Paula, Paula..."

Paula Wagner came running quickly.

"I don't agree with Tom's cross-play. You said Tom wanted to be a real actor. Is that how he approached the profession?"

Paula's face was ugly, so she asked her husband to discuss it.

Ronald's face was also very ugly. Scorsese seemed to be unreasonable after filming for two or three days.

"Let's wait a minute, Paula says Marty's been in a bad mood lately."

"Oh..." Ronald listened to Nisita's persuasion, and the two found a place to sit down at the filming location. Ronald poured two cups of wolfberry black tea, and the two slowly drank while waiting.

It was already dark, and Ronald saw Scorsese announcing the end of today's rehearsal, so he stepped forward to talk to him.

"Ronald, are you still there?" Martin Scorsese patted his arm.

"I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood just now. When I think that no one has invested in the movie I want to make, I can only make do with the sequel to this decades-old old movie, and my blood pressure rises."

"Hey, I understand." Ronald waved his hand, took out the Marlboro and handed it over.

Scorsese, who usually has bad lungs, accidentally took one and lit it on the match that Ronald handed over.

"Ahem..." Scorsese coughed twice, and slowly swallowed the clouds with Ronald.

"You know what, sir. I saw the tape of Orson Welles' last interview at the airport today."

"Oh, what did he say?"

"He said he regretted it. He didn't have the talent to compromise. His movies had to be made according to his intentions. If he compromised, he would fall from a good movie to a third-class bad movie. He hoped that he could compromise with the producers and help them. Make a few blockbuster movies, and then make the masterpieces you want to make."

"Hey..." Scorsese sighed, "We artists all face such problems."

The emotions of the two eased down, and Ronald did not mention Cruise.The master and apprentice chatted.

It turned out that what Martin Scorsese wanted to make most was a movie about Christ Jesus that he had been preparing for a long time.But because of the controversial subject matter and story, no one is willing to invest.

Scorsese has even been reduced to doing a few TV episodes since his last film, "The King of Comedy," flopped at the box office.

With great difficulty, the agent, through the relationship between Nisita and Paula, sent this film, a collaboration between Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, the new and old stars, to Michael Eisner, and got the touchstone and the screen Fund investment.

This is also equivalent to making an unprecedented compromise since he was a director. In order to shoot the Jesus story he wanted to shoot, he first helped the production company shoot commercial films.

"You know, Ronald. I'm Italian, my father owned a laundry, and I grew up next to my mother and relatives' irons. They told me stories from the Bible. I was a Catholic, but I'm not that religious and I've been divorced several times."

"I understand that this story of Jesus is the movie you dreamed of." Ronald understood that this was the obsession of his teacher Scorsese since his childhood.

"Yes, you still understand me. A director star is not the same thing as an actor like a director. Even Paul Newman is difficult to deal with. You will taste this feeling soon. I am in a bad mood ,so……"

Ronald said nothing.Scorsese seemed to want to confide something to him, and it was a bit awkward.

"Actually, I'm in a bad mood, and there are other reasons related to Isabella."

It turned out that Scorsese's ex-wife, Isabella Rossellini, soon entered the modeling circle after divorcing him, and made her debut at the age of 30. She resembled her mother Ingrid Bergman's temperament , quickly attracted the attention of many big names, and immediately she became the spokesperson of Lancôme.

Not only that, she also found a model Widman together and gave birth to a daughter, Ingrid.Later, he broke up with Widman and recently fell in love with director David Lynch.

Scorsese, being a Catholic, didn't let his ex-wife make her own movie.Who knew that after the divorce, Isabella flourished, had children, worked as a model, made movies, and did well in the things that Scorsese had not asked her to do before.

"Recently Lynch approached her for a movie, Blue Velvet, where she played a very controversial showgirl, a lot of nudity, and... a scene. I called her, but she wouldn't listen .”

Ronald pouted, he couldn't intervene in this kind of thing.On the one hand, he is his university teacher, and on the other hand, he and Isabella are also friends.

"Listen to me, Ronald, never let your girlfriend do nude scenes in the future, and worse, she will find another director's movie. You will not like this feeling."

Scorsese thought about it himself, threw the cigarette on the ground, and stamped it out with his foot.

"I can ask Tom to make up your movie, but I can only give you one day, you put it on the weekend, don't take up my time."

"No problem," Ronald happily threw away the cigarette, "One day at a time."

(End of this chapter)