Exploiting Hollywood 1980

"Danny raised his hands above his head to confuse the opponent. He raised his injured left foot on one foot and stood only on his right foot. This action confused the opponent as to what Danny wanted to do.

Danny then jumped up with his right foot that was still on the ground and hit Johnny in the face with his right foot before landing on his right foot. "

Ronald described the final blow to his agent, Richard, "Do you know what I mean?"

"I...I don't really understand. But since you wrote it like that, it must make sense. Maybe it will be great when filmed, just like the few moments when Regina knocks down the zombies in your 'Night of the Comet'" Richard replied.

"Here, let me demonstrate it to you." Ronald made an action similar to that of a white crane drying its wings, and then took off with difficulty with his right foot, trying to lift his right foot to kick to the opposite side.

This kind of action that violates human body mechanics is difficult to do. Ronald's right foot only reached his waist and fell down.

"In short, that's what it means. Do you think the audience will like it? This is a trick that was hidden by Danny. When the situation was critical in the end, the protagonist Danny used it and defeated the opponent with one blow."

"Perhaps you need to find an actor who is light-hearted. Your performance is not convincing enough."

"I knew that with such a light kick and one foot on the ground, how could the opponent not be able to guard against it? This kind of kick is obviously very slow. Whether it is dodging or blocking, it is not very effective. Difficult thing." Ronald gave up the demonstration.

Although he felt that it was very unreasonable to use this kind of trick to win the decisive battle, Ronald still respected the image in the dream. After all, this is a classic movie that has been tried and tested in previous lives and also recorded on video tape. It is also doubtful whether it will be changed in a good direction if I change it rashly.

In short, Ronald decided that he needed to find more people to discuss it, not only to listen to the opinions of martial arts experts, but also to listen to the opinions of ordinary viewers.

"What trick should I use?" Ronald started talking again.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

The phone rings at inopportune times.

"Hey...who is it?" Ronald's train of thought was interrupted and he asked unceremoniously.

"Is this director Ronald Lee?"

"It's me, what's the matter?" The caller had a British accent that was not very standard, and Ronald was a little angry. Are these sales calls starting to learn the accent from the other side of the Atlantic?

After going around and around, in the end it always comes back to the almost unified saying of whether you need a Porsche or a Ferrari sports car to suit your identity.

"I'm Stanley. Congratulations on your movie's success. I went to see it. It was shot very well with such a small budget, and the special effects are especially wonderful."

"Then thank you." Ronald replied angrily. When was it the turn of a sports car salesman to evaluate his movie?

"I have a few questions to ask you..."

"Who are you?" Ronald replied. Today's salesmen are becoming more and more careless and don't even need to introduce themselves.

"I'm Stanley, didn't Steven tell you?"

"What Steven? Which one is Stanley?"

"I'm Stanley Kubrick."

"Who?" Ronald was filled with anger. Even if he sold the car, he still wanted to take advantage of himself? Borrowing the name of the senior director Stanley Kubrick, who filmed "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Shining", is this to claim that he is his senior out of thin air?

"Then I'm still Billy Wilder." Ronald hung up the phone, and he also mentioned the name of an earlier famous director.

"What's wrong?" Richard asked quickly when he saw Ronald's angry face after reading Ronald's script.

"Another call to sell a sports car."

"Are you still going to buy a sports car?" Richard asked.

"Let's wait for now. European sports cars are so expensive, and now is not the time for me to use such an expensive car."

"Actually, you can ask first. Some sports car models need to be booked in advance."

"Hey, forget it, last time I went to the dealer, I left a phone number. As a result, I have received sales calls every day for the past two days, which made me really annoyed. But I unplugged the phone line, and I was afraid of missing important calls. "

"You can try installing an answering machine. Our office is starting to install one now."

"That thing is very expensive. It's exclusive to AT\u0026T. It costs several thousand dollars. It can only record ten calls. I'm afraid that the number of sales calls I'll make in half a day will exceed this number."

"No, I'm not talking about the one that comes standard with the phone company. It's a new model from Japan. It's recorded on tape and can record calls for a long time. You can record a welcome message yourself, and you can also call when you're not at home. yourself, play the recording with the password."

"Isn't this okay? The last time I asked someone to buy it, they said that the phone company was forced to install their own certified answering machine, otherwise they would be forced to remove it."

"Hahaha, don't you read the financial news? AT\u0026T has been sued and settled on monopoly charges by the Ministry of Justice. On January 1 next year, they will be split into seven companies to compete freely. They will no longer be allowed to compete. Force users to use the telephones and answering machines they bundled with them.”

"That's great. Can you buy one for me? That's exactly what I need."

"I'll ask the supplier over there in the office to send one over." Richard wrote down this matter in his notebook.

"Ring, ring, ring..." The phone rang again.

"Hello, I'm Ronald, who's there?"

"It's me, Stephen."

"It's you, Mr. Spielberg. What are you busy with recently?" Ronald recognized that it was the great director Spielberg.

"I'm preparing for George's second Indiana Jones movie recently. His Star Wars trilogy is finished. There will be a party. You can come with me then."

"Okay, thank you for your invitation. I will definitely go."

"Hey, there's something I forgot to tell you. Yesterday, Mr. Stanley Kubrick asked me for your phone number. He wanted to talk to you about some details of 'Night of the Comet'..."

"Oh, shxt," Ronald thought to himself. It was really Kubrick. "Sorry, Steven, I thought he was a fake salesman, so I hung up on him." Ronald said embarrassedly.

"I know, Stanley called me. You should call him back. His number is..."

"Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Kubrick. I'm Ronald Lee." Ronald dialed the number.

"Wait a minute. I'll call him." The secretary put the phone down and went to find Kubrick.

"Hello, I'm Stanley." After a while, Kubrick's British accent with a hint of Americana came from the microphone.

"Um... Mr. Kubrick, I'm Ronald, I'm very sorry just now..."

"Don't worry, I just want to ask you a few questions. Besides, just call me Stanley." Stanley Kubrick didn't care much about etiquette, and immediately asked Ronald several details of the shooting like a machine.

"How did you shoot the red sky?"

"Filter."

"Same as I thought." Kubrick ticked a box in his notebook with a pencil. These were the doubts he wrote down after watching "Night of the Comet".

"How did you make your opening title? As far as I know, using the machine that Lucas used for the Star Wars title, a title costs more than one million US dollars, and your movie budget is obviously not enough."

"I used the ado special effects machine, they just came on the market, and the effect is pretty good."

"ado", Kubrick wrote down the name in his notebook.

"That calcified red dust, how did you find such a pure dark red and very fine dust? Was it made by your special effects director? You can also tell me his name."

"Well, it is the result of crushing red bricks, grinding them into fine powder, and then sifting them through a very fine sieve. My special effects director is James Cameron."

"Ha, I have heard of his name. His scripts are now circulating in Hollywood." Stanley Kubrick replied.

"There is another question. If you think it is your secret and needs to be kept secret, you don't have to answer it."

"Please go ahead, Mr. Kubrick."

"How did you shoot the shot of the empty city in the morning? I asked about your budget. That little money is not enough for the city government to cooperate and clear that block. Did you use any special method to draw the background according to the perspective ratio and then put it in front of the camera to use the perspective principle to block the characters in the camera?

I know that early Hollywood directors, Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, have used this method to shoot."

"Hahaha, you are asking about that shot, Stanley. In fact, I don't have any special effects methods, because the real estate developer has not started to sell commercial and residential properties there on a large scale. Only a few office workers go there every day. It was a weekend morning, so there was no one."

"So that's the case. I didn't expect it. For these questions, I would like to congratulate you on making a wonderful movie with such a low budget. Do you have anything to ask me?" Stanley Kubrick ticked the last column of questions.

"Me? It's nothing. Can you tell others what you just said about me?"

"Hahaha, bye." Kubrick laughed for the first time and hung up the phone.