Made in Hollywood

You haven't read the script for The Dark Knight?

Hearing Tina Fey's question, Scarlett Johansson shook her head and said, I've been busy preparing for Captain America recently, and haven't watched it yet.

I just read it a few days ago, Tina Fey's eyes turned to Duke again, I'm very touched, this should be Duke's most in-depth script since Saving Private Ryan.

Without waiting for Scarlett to say anything, she went on to explain, It's different from the superhero movies of the past, even Batman: Hour of War, this is more of a reality-based cop movie.

Scarlett showed a curious look.

Tina Fey continued, Let's put it this way, if the real world really has a superhero like Bruce Wayne who is beyond average, what force can restrain them?

They themselves? Scarlett asked tentatively.

That's right. Tina Fey nodded. In other words, the only thing that can restrain them is their own moral code. If a person is only bound by morality, and then acts according to his own code, he is actually A very dangerous thing.

Scarlett immediately understood, If he breaks the rules he has set, the harm he will cause may be greater than the crime he fights?

That's it. Tina Fey folded her arms and looked at Nicolas Cage, who was wearing makeup on the other side. Harvey Dent becomes a double-faced person, and the consequences are extremely serious.

Scarlett also looked over there, but what she muttered in her mouth became irrelevant, When did Duke become interested in such a complicated movie.

In her impression, the movies made by Duke, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, have always been relatively simple, and the only movie that she wants to discuss in her eyes is One Hundred Thousand Fires. It was only a little touch on some in-depth things, which led to being criticized as a movie that praises the Los Angeles police.

There is no doubt that The Dark Knight has deep practical significance. It has been interpreted by fans in countless meanings, and even each line has a different understanding, but Duke will not remember so many details. However, the designed lines still touch on aspects such as chaos, law and moral code.

A smart director will not easily give a definition, and will only leave it to the audience to judge. Compared with past superhero movies, the theme and plot of The Dark Knight are undoubtedly much more complicated, but he will not be too complicated. The reason is very simple, 90% of people in this world will not think that a movie that they can't understand will be a good movie.

As he reminded Zach Snyder on Watchmen, The Dark Knight is a commercial hit first, and then anything else.

The movie will be dark, but not completely dark. A completely dark movie is also unacceptable to audiences, and will also attract maddened criticism from the mainstream media.

The former Christopher Nolan was independent enough, but he still had to compromise in this regard. The most typical is the scene chosen by the two ships and the crew members, in accordance with the style of the whole film. It seems that the ship should have exploded.

However, the ship did not blow up in the end, and the audience here is undoubtedly hope...

Just imagine if the ship did explode. How would the media, whose mission is to maintain social morality, view this film?

This is not a literary film that only spreads in a narrow range, but a Batman movie with countless fans.

Also, getting a black person to throw away the remote...

To put it bluntly, Christopher Nolan is still essentially a mainstream director, and Duke will of course make the same choice. The first choice to throw away the remote control must and must be a black man.

Not only these, but also related to children's scenes.

In the dark studio, Harvey Dent, played by Nicolas Cage, flipped a coin for the last time before his death, and trialed Gordon's son head-on.

Just as Cage tossed the coin into the air and waited for the result, Batman dressed as a stunt double rushed over and knocked Cage down. The two turned and rolled to the edge of the building arranged as the scene of the explosion, and then fell.

Of course, both of them landed on the pads below.

After Duke shouted to pass, the crew switched again and went to shoot the subsequent scenes. The stuntman held Gordon's son in his left hand, and hung the board in the air with his right hand. to the green mat below.

The finale of the film was shot in half an afternoon, but Duke did not announce the end of the scene, but instead shot another ending.

The ending was a bit too sensitive, and Duke didn't even think about releasing it in a future DVD release.

The ending is sure to change, and it's just as dark as Harvey Dent shoots Batman, rendering him powerless to fight back, and then completes the trial of Gordon's son, only the coin shows the bright side...

Then, he tried Gordon again, Gordon also passed the trial, and the two-faced man left, but the last words will come again, he will not easily let go of these murderers who indirectly killed Rachel.

Yes, the Two-Face survived in this ending, and the Joker has completely won the battle for souls in Gotham City.

However, after the filming was completed, Duke temporarily sealed this part of the scene, and there is a 99% chance that the ending will not please.

In fact, in the ending to be used, Harvey Dent also completed the trial of Gordon's son. Duke specifically asked John Schwartzman to give Batman's hand a close-up, and he received the coin in his hand, It is the clean side facing up.

In the film, this is more in line with the audience's expectations than another ending shot by Duke, and it is also more valuable for those who like to think, because Batman dare not bet on the outcome of this coin because he thinks tossing Coins are completely pointless.

If tossing a coin really makes sense, then an innocent child really deserves a head, so it seems that Batman saves the child is an overkill, and this overlapped behavior kills because the head does not would kill a child Dante.

Of course, these are all assumptions. Duke didn't shoot the relevant shots, just his own thinking. If Batman didn't knock Dante down this time, the child would still be safe, but who would bet that it must be positive?

Perhaps this heads also shows that Harvey Dent should not be killed in this coin toss, because he wouldn't kill children if it were heads.

And the next trial Gordon, it is not difficult to predict from the development of the plot, Gordon must be the back, so if Batman rescues Gordon at the thirteenth coin toss, it is obviously more necessary.

But neither Duke, nor the former Christopher Nolan, were filmed this way, mainly because it was impossible for a standard American film like Batman to not save children.

Moreover, Gordon was also judged by coins, which destroyed the thinking of Gordon for those who like to think about the movie, because Gordon is a pragmatic representative of Gotham. He knows that there is no perfection, and no one can be pure. , Sometimes good and evil cannot be clearly distinguished, and he is willing to use evil means to solve evil, as long as it can solve the problem.

So, being pragmatic or accepting reality, whether it is good or bad, can't be decided by the director Duke. It is more interesting for the audience to think than to decide by coins, isn't it?

The shooting in the Los Angeles area basically switched back and forth between Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory. Those larger scenes, like the ending scene and the final personal duel between the Joker and Batman, were all placed on Hughes. In the hangar of the aircraft factory.

The operation of the crew was relatively smooth. Even Nicolas Cage, who was in a fluctuating state, only took a few days to regain his normal state when he encountered a low point.

As the time approached Christmas, Duke went to London to watch the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was watched by the original authors of Robin Grande and Joanna Rowling. , but also reassuring.

After Alfonso Cuaron's transition, Harry Potter Studio finally adopted Joanna Rowling's advice, choosing David Yates, a British director, to helm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

It is now the end of 2006, and those children have grown up gradually, and quite a few are similar to Hollywood child stars, and they have begun to embark on the road of long-term disability.

Even the few who are not disabled have basically not made any progress in their acting skills. For example, Emma Watson has a tendency to change to the point where her acting skills are even worse.

However, their acting skills are not particularly influential, because in the hearts of the audience, no matter how Emma Watson plays, she is Hermione Granger.

The same goes for the rest of the main cast.

The result of this is that the parents and agents of these little stars have opened their mouths to the crew again and again. Basically, before each filming of these films, Robin Grande has to devote considerable energy to Settle down the remuneration of the young actors.

From the perspective of young actors, this is a natural reward, but from the standpoint of investors like Duke, this is undoubtedly a share of their cake.

Fortunately, Robin Grande kept in mind Duke's original exhortation. Although the remuneration of the Gryffindor Golden Triangle has risen to the level of tens of millions of dollars, the crew has never let up on the division.

However, this situation is unlikely to last for too long. For example, the agents of the young actors have been united, and they plan to wait for the end of the series to ask for a huge share.

As the finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be produced and released in the form of two episodes, but it will be shot in one shot.

Undoubtedly, as the end of the series, fans are bound to ignite the enthusiasm, and the agents know how to get the most out of it.

But Duke is also prepared.

Returning to Los Angeles from London, Duke got the good news that the crew had found a hospital in Vermont that was ready to be demolished and could be used to film the explosion on location. (To be continued ~^~)

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