Exploiting Hollywood 1980

Chapter 352: Dreaming of Dirty Dancing Again

After sending little Douglas away, Ronald took the script of "Dirty Dancing" out of the drawer, read it for a while, and then put it back again, repeating this process several times.

The dream sequence and dance scene in this movie are a level better than the other movie I shot, "Break Dancing".

For those dances in "Break Dance", the actors found are top-notch actors. Boogaloo prawns, Sabado, and even "Hand Man" are all top-notch dancers individually.

But the men and women dancing in the warehouse on "Dirty Dancing" were not just about dancing.

In that scene, every move of the dance partners seemed to be flirting. The arms, legs, eyes, and even hats all conceal the love and teasing between lovers.

This kind of dance with hidden emotions can also bring back some memories of your high school graduation dance. Dim lights, passionate dance moves, sweat on the partner's body, mixed with the smell of cheap perfume...

Whenever Ronald closed his eyes, he could recall moments with certain female companions.

With the combination of music and dance, coupled with the movement of lights and cameras, Ronald felt a synesthesia similar to that of Coleman University's senior brother, Jonathan Demme.

This is a very advanced directing technique.

Ronald has been in the industry for many years, and he has only done this to arouse the audience's sense of smell, touch, and taste in a few shots of aircraft carriers taking off and landing in "Top Gun" before and after sunrise in the early morning.

This kind of shot will be deeply imprinted into the depths of the audience's thinking. It leaves a much deeper impression on the audience than a single picture or soundtrack.

Even years later, when they talk about such a movie again, they may have forgotten the plot, protagonist, bad guys, and good guys, but in that scene, a scene that evokes memories will definitely stay in their hearts for a long time.

When they talk about that movie, they think of the smell of steel on the deck when they saw the movie, or the smell of cheap perfume under the dim lights of the warehouse.

This unforgettable shot is like a little bug crawling next to the spine, seducing Ronald's passion several times. He really wanted to make this movie.

"Forget it, I still have a family and a girlfriend. If I lose everything, they will also be affected."

Ronald put the script in his briefcase and drove home.

Helen Slater has joined the cast of "Secrets of Success" to combat the heroine's drug abuse problems.

Diane Lane, through Schwarzenegger's recommendation, went to the crew of "Therunngan" released by Samsung to audition for the heroine.

Through CAA's relationship, Ronald found Tristar to say hello. Now Samsung, the two joint venture shareholders, HBO and CBS, have withdrawn, leaving only Columbia, the bare-bones commander.

Not bothering two owners, Columbia's own distribution company also began to gradually merge into Samsung.

Just like when MGM acquired United Artists, United Artists' distribution staff also faced the same problem. One studio does not need two distribution companies.

Recommended by the popular director and the leading actor of the movie, Diane quickly replaced the original heroine and starred in a heroine who did not have many roles.

The screenwriter was also caught and revised the script based on Diane's background. The heroine is no longer a Latina girl, but an orthodox American brunette.

In American stereotypes, brunettes are beautiful and smart, but they are far from blondes in terms of sex appeal. Diane just met the requirements, and the producers were actually very satisfied.

"Is the president of Samsung also Jewish?"

Ronald still couldn't let go of "Dirty Dancing", so he asked Niceta one more question.

"The new president, Stephen Cannell, has a very Jewish name," Niceta answered.

"Why don't you know?"

"He used to work in television. Samsung recently merged with his production company, and its business began to involve cable TV networks, so I'm not sure. However, his resume shows that he had a smooth sailing after entering the entertainment industry, and it is very likely that he is Jewish. ”

"Hmph..." Ronald touched his ears. These Jews are very smart. They know that if they openly say that they are Jewish, they will arouse the dissatisfaction of other ethnic groups, especially actors who make up the largest number of people in Hollywood.

Except for Jews like Barbra Streisand, who has a big nose that is difficult to hide, other entertainment industry employees generally do not talk openly about their ethnicity and religious beliefs.

"Thank you..." Diane got the heroine. After her agent informed her, she came to Ronald immediately. She hugged Ronald tightly when she entered the door and refused to let go.

"There are a lot of action scenes. Remember, if there is danger, let a substitute take over. In addition, although it is a science fiction film, I feel that the script still has a lot of room for development, so you can act freely."

Ronald finally found a movie for Diane that neither sang nor danced, so that Diane could give full play to her acting skills.

"Um……"

Diane even looked at Ronald with a little admiration, and wanted to hear more advice from Ronnie on her acting skills.

"Why are you looking at me? You know more about acting than me..." Ronald pinched Diane's nose.

"Hehehe," Diane responded, "Anyway, thank you. The advertising fees in Japan are equivalent to making more money because of the rising exchange rate. I can also play some roles in movies, which is already very satisfying."

Ronald looked at Diane until she lowered her head and smiled embarrassedly.

Diane's rebellious period of youth gradually passed, and she fell from a teenage actor who was one step away from becoming a star to a small actor who could not get a script. She encountered a multi-level marketing scam again, and her temperament gradually changed, and she began to look a bit like a traditional American woman.

But that shy feeling still appeared frequently. The more Ronald looked at her, the more he felt that this was the material of an actress. Coppola liked to use Diane, and he might have seen this potential.

Looking at Diane lying on the bed with a blushing face, Ronald went to the kitchen, beat a few eggs, fried toast with egg liquid and butter, and made fried eggs with the rest, and paired them with Coke, and the two of them had a big meal.

Diane's long-standing depression and emotional tension were relieved, and she fell asleep on the bed soon after dinner.

Ronald didn't call her, but lay beside her, smelling the fragrance of her hair and fell asleep together.

"If this scene is made into a movie, it will also evoke other people's memories of smelling the fragrance of hair." Ronald still regretted the "Dirty Dancing" incident.

...

"It's a Blu-ray version, a southern A-grade product, exactly the same as the original one, produced in the same factory, you can see that there is even a commemorative album inside."

In Ronald's dream, he heard a voice selling to him.

"Is it true? The same as the original? Are there tidbits, interviews, and commentary tracks?"

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you, there are all."

Ronald found himself in a cramped little shop, and on the walls around him were all kinds of small plastic boxes with covers of various movies on them.

As if possessed by his past life, Ronald found that what was sold here was not the current VHS videotapes, and that small box was much thinner than the videotapes.

"Come and see." The voice opened the box and stuffed something that looked like a CD music record into the machine.

A TV on the wall flashed, and a picture appeared.

It was Patrick Swayze, standing behind Jennifer Grey. Jennifer was wearing a dress, her head leaning back, leaning on Swayze's shoulder, and she reached back and touched Swayze's face.

"Dirty Dancing", a red artistic title, appeared from below them.

"The night we met, I knew I needed you very much

If I had the chance, I would never let you leave"

Another nice black-style interlude sounded.

"This is definitely not a videotape, it seems that you can choose the scene. It seems to be more advanced than the previous dream." Ronald thought in the dream, the picture on the TV was very clear, much clearer than the movie played on the computer in the previous dream.

"So you don't say you love me?

I will make you proud of me"

The music continued, and the title of "Dirty Dancing" was "20th Anniversary Edition".

Ronald immediately became energetic when he saw this line of words.

It seems that this movie will never fail, and someone will release a commemorative edition for the 20th anniversary.

"Look at the last dance, the Blu-ray version is much clearer."

Ronald didn't know what Blu-ray was. The voice pressed the remote control and selected the last movie.

A red light came on, and the protagonist Baby was found by the male protagonist at a dinner party on the last day of vacation, and she was pulled onto the stage.

"It's obviously red light."

Ronald looked at the red background light in the film, and the highlight on the face of the person, which was also red.

The skin of the two protagonists was also illuminated by this kind of lighting, as if their heartbeats were accelerated, and their blood was boiling when they danced, and their faces were red.

This scene made people's heartbeats inexplicably faster.

The two danced a hot dance alone on the stage. Ronald felt that it was like the mambo in Latin dance, with many knee movements and a sense of rhythm.

The more they danced, the happier they were. The male protagonist Johnny danced to the climax, a big jump in ballet, and jumped from the stage to the audience.

"Oh oh..." The audience in the movie screamed.

Patrick Swayze followed with a 720-degree volley spin, and then danced solo.

His partners, wearing their own clothes, danced neatly from outside.

Johnny was at the front, and the dancers formed a square and marched toward the stage, inviting Baby to come down.

A fat girl stood next to Johnny, played by Patrick Swayze. Although she was fat, she danced very gracefully and rhythmically, and her hands kept touching her hair from her neck.

Ronald felt that this actress, who would never be considered sexy, actually had some feminine charm under the music and dance.

Baby, played by Jennifer Gray, saw Johnny's invitation and nodded excitedly. She was picked up from the stage by the dancers, and she accelerated and jumped near Johnny.

Baby flew up, with her arms open, flying forward like an angel.

Johnny stabilized his lower body, raised his hands, caught Baby, and lifted her up with a force.

"Oh oh..." The dancers and the audience began to shout.

"Can you catch me like this?" In the small movie store, a fat girl asked her boyfriend.

"But...it's okay..."

My boyfriend is not strong, even a little thin.

"Let's give it a try"

As the fat girl said this, she imitated the posture of the baby on the TV, ran towards her boyfriend, and jumped up.

"Oops..." The boyfriend realized that he had made a miscalculation and could not lift the fat girl with both hands.

"Hey, hey, don't come towards me." Ronald, who was standing nearby, saw the boy coming toward him crookedly.

"Ah..." The fat girl couldn't hold on any longer. Her boyfriend slipped out of her hand, and she dodged and bumped into Ronald.

Ronald was hit by her, and his muscles were quite painful.

"Hmph, you want to eat my tofu, why are you blocking me here?" The fat girl raised her hand and wanted to hit him.

"Oops..." Ronald was rubbing the place where he was hit, and when he heard this sentence, he cursed angrily. Seeing the slap coming towards him, it was estimated that it would be very painful if it hit him, so Ronald quickly dodged it.

"Ronnie, Ronnie, what's wrong with you?

Diane, who was sleeping with Ronald, was awakened by Ronald's movements. Turned on the switch of the bedside lamp.

"I, I had a nightmare." Ronald looked at Diane in his arms, thinking about the fat girl in his dream... a cold sweat broke out.

"Ah, why are you sweating so much?" Diane quickly went to get a towel.

"I'm fine..."

In my dream, at least twenty years have passed, and this movie has already been released in its 20th anniversary edition. From what the boss said, that edition is still of very good quality.

Suddenly, Ronald felt confident.

What are you afraid of? Anyway, this movie will be a hit and it will be a hit.

"Do you want to go see a doctor?" Diane looked at Ronald's frightened look. Was it because he was under too much mental stress and anxiety?

"It's okay, it's okay. I thought too much during the day and dreamed about filming a movie at night." Ronald drank some water and controlled his mood.

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