[US Entertainment] 1994

In the dimly lit screening hall, Carlos Ross glanced at Josh, and saw the suspicious expression on the other's face. He raised the corners of his lips and said lightly: "I'm an ordinary audience now, to support the movie, no ?"

"Yes, yes—" Josh raised his eyebrows, "Why are you sitting next to me?"

"The crew's benefits to the general audience." Carlos replied solemnly, "Mr. Producer and Mr. Director are so kind that I can't bear to refuse their kindness."

"..." Josh was silent for a moment, and finally lowered his head, lowered his voice, and moved his mouth close to Carlos Ross's ear, "I haven't seen you for a few days, how did your skin become so thick?"

"It's probably because - I don't have a thick skin and I can't catch up with my boyfriend." Carlos looked at Josh quietly with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Am I not right?"

"Shut up!" Josh glared at Carlos viciously, and pinched the soft flesh on the inside of Carlos' arm mercilessly with his fingers, but just as he was about to withdraw his hand, a hand stretched out forcefully from halfway. Come out, hold Josh's hand in the palm of your hand.

"open!"

Carlos Ross kept a smile on his face.

"Hey, Carlos Ross, you perverted hand fetishist..."

Carlos raised his eyebrows slightly: "Correct one thing, I'm not a perverted hand lover, I'm a perverted Josh Walter lover."

"..."

Josh, who was holding his finger, thought desperately, what Carlos said was too reasonable, what should he do if he couldn't refute it at all?

The feeling of being bound by his fingers is really uncomfortable, especially when the heat of the other party's skin is transmitted to him without reservation, Josh can't concentrate for a long time, and all his attention is on the fingers that are being held superior.

Fortunately, the big screen turned on after a while, and Josh withdrew his attention and focused his attention on the movie he starred in with all his heart.

The first thing to appear is the classic logo of Universal Pictures, a blue planet and several huge letters of UNIVERSAL. In the next scene, City Light Pictures, as one of the producers, also appeared in the opening title, followed by the director Martin Brest's name, then lead actor Al Pacino, titled "Scent of a Woman," after which the name of Josh Walter appeared on the black screen, and then several others The main actor's name.

Most movies have different title styles, whether it is typesetting, actor names, or the list of producers and distributors, but in general, simple titles often cover a lot of information, but generally speaking, the information does not Few viewers will care, only professional industry insiders can dig out the details of the movie through the title information and judge the quality of the movie.

Gradually, the big screen turned from pitch black to bright. Under the dim and warm light, teaching buildings with a medieval architectural style stood. It was probably time for class. There are only boys and no girls. Judging from their attire, there is no doubt that this is an all-boys school with a style that is biased towards men.

In the next scene, Josh suddenly saw his own face.

To be more precise, it was the back of his head first, then the side face, and finally the front face.

... Josh was caught off guard by himself and was so handsome.

Is really handsome, not fake handsome.

The voices in the back row of the auditorium can clearly prove this point.

The photographer gave Josh enough shots in this scene, and because of the soft lighting of the film, Josh's face is perfectly displayed in front of the camera.

Before this "Scent of a Woman", although Josh's face was recognized by the industry as handsome, he didn't have too many opportunities to show his handsomeness in the movie.In the eyes of the audience, the character he played in "The Uninhibited Sky" is an emotional betrayer. Generally, in a drama series or movie with a rich plot, the villain may be loved by the audience for various reasons, but A scumbag—even if he has a handsome face, it is difficult for the audience to fall in love with a scumbag.

Even if the role of Scott cannot be simply defined as a scumbag, there is no doubt that it is difficult for emotional audiences to like him.

And in "My Cousin Vinny", Josh played the silly cousin. The audience and industry insiders praised Josh's silly performance, but handsome?

In Hollywood, comedy has never been associated with the tall word handsome.

Of course, this is largely due to the fact that "The Uninhibited Sky" and "My Cousin Vinny" are both small-scale popular movies, which cannot bring more attention to Josh. , the former's homosexual theme destined her to be difficult to be favored by the vast majority of audiences, and the latter's successful attempt to combine law and comedy did make this low-budget film gain attention in the film market, but the film's two The protagonists, Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei, are not well-known in Hollywood, let alone Josh, whose coffee rank is even lower.

But "Scent of a Woman" is different. Although Martin Brest is not well-known in the director industry, Bo Goodman and Al Pacino can be regarded as a strong combination of famous screenwriters and famous actors. For Josh to be able to participate in such a movie, the improvement of his acting skills and popularity is leaps and bounds.

Al turned around, only to see a dense crowd of people with clear boundaries. Although there was no sound in the auditorium at the moment, it was obvious that the exclamation just now was not a hallucination.

The old man turned his head and looked directly at Josh's side face.Sure enough, as he expected, the smile on the young man's face has already spread, and the corners of his mouth curved into a brilliant arc——

What a superficial guy.

Old man Al curled his lips, as if he looked very disdainful, but if someone accurately captured the movement in his eyes at this moment, he would probably be able to see joy, appreciation, and——

envy, jealousy, hate?

That's right!

Although Al Pacino's identity as an acting school has been recognized by all Hollywood, and everything that was not recognized in the past can be ignored, but the old man still remembers that when he first entered Hollywood, an extremely exclusive industry, those things that filled his ears negative voice.

80.00% of the negatives come from his unremarkable appearance, as well as his thin figure and short height.

At that time, Al Pacino was not as imposing as he is now, and it was difficult for him not to worry about it. He always sneered at guys who were more handsome than him, such as Robert Deni who was next to Martin Scorsese. Ro.

Later, Robert De Niro won the Oscar statuette first, which made Al feel depressed. When he was young, he was quite confident in his acting skills, and he didn't feel that he was better than Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Dave Guys like Steen Hoffman are inferior, but on the road to Oscar, he took a lot of detours than those guys.

Later, the reason why Al stopped complaining about what happened to him when he was young still has to do with Dustin Hoffman.

Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar winner for "The Kramers" in 1980. He is a recognized acting school, but when Hoffman was young, he joined the famous Pasadena Theater in California. He and his roommate and classmate Gene Hackman was both considered the least promising actor.

The fact is that Gene Hackman won the Oscar winner in 72 with the movie "French Drug Traffickers", and has been nominated for several Oscars since then. This year, he participated in the role of Clint East Wood's "Unforgivable" is considered the most promising actor to win the supporting actor award this year.

It is also one of the biggest obstacles for Josh to achieve success in the supporting actor department.

In comparison, Al thinks it's nothing to be criticized for not being good enough.

After all, looks are born, and experts in the field thought there was no way out when he first entered the industry... How did Hoffman survive?

In short, in Al Pacino's lifetime, he didn't receive the treatment of the audience exclaiming just because of a face.

In this scene, Charlie found the job of taking care of Lieutenant Colonel Frank through the Thanksgiving job advertisement on the wall.

The movie went on.

George, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his troublesome male classmates are in disbelief when they see the new car driven by the principal, thinking that the principal got the keys to the car because he flattered the board of directors.

A boy rushed over to greet the principal and praised his new car. The principal's praise was very helpful.

George and a few boys were discussing their vacation travel plans. Charlie just finished reading the vacation job advertisement, and George chased after him: "Are you going back to fucking Iowa for vacation?"

Charlie glanced at him. "I'm from Oregon."

"I mean fucking/Oregon."

One of the boys invited Charlie to their vacation, and Charlie declined without hesitation after inquiring about the cost.

George asked, "Why did you invite him? He's on a scholarship."

"During the holidays, the rich always give to the poor."

The first scene and the last scene of the movie are obviously corresponding, which is also a detail that cannot be ignored to promote the development of the movie's plot.

If Charlie hadn't been poor, he wouldn't have been enlisted to take care of Lieutenant Colonel Frank, and their meeting would have been impossible.

If Charlie is not poor, the principal who has been pranked will not let go of the real mastermind, and aggressively question Charlie who is unwilling to betray his classmates.

After this scene, Charlie finally ushered in a meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Frank. He was received by Lieutenant Colonel Frank's niece. She took Charlie to see Frank, but before they met, Charlie was startled by Lieutenant Colonel Frank's roar inside the door arrive.

He began to have a hunch that this should not be an easy job.

The film was shown for about 8 minutes before Charlie and Lieutenant Colonel Frank officially met.The auditorium was quiet, not even a rustling conversation, and Carlos, who was harassing Josh before the movie started, was completely quiet at the moment, only the one who had been holding Josh's palm tightly How do not want to let go of the hand.

Carlos Ross looked very focused.

On the screen, the communication between Charlie and Lieutenant Colonel Frank is very awkward.

Although Frank's niece had told Charlie not to use the word "Sir", Charlie used this word in the first sentence after entering the door.

Sure enough, his honorific title was rejected by Lieutenant Colonel Frank: "Don't call me sir!"

"Sorry, I meant 'sir,' sir."

In the camera, Charlie's bewilderment is very clearly interpreted by Josh. Although he was still happy about his new job during the holiday a few minutes ago, at this moment, he is standing outside the door like a goose, passively enduring it. Lieutenant Colonel Frank's poisonous tongue attack.

"Ah, got an idiot, didn't I?"

"No, sir, then... er..."

Charlie turned out the note and read: "Lieutenant, yes, sir..."

The taunting sound came from inside the door mercilessly: "Lieutenant Colonel! In 26 years of service, no one has ever demoted me four ranks in a row. Come in, idiot!"

Charlie's embarrassment and grievance can overflow through the screen, and the audience can guess Charlie's character just from the way he froze and didn't know how to deal with himself.

Silent, shy, kind, good-natured.

Because Lieutenant Colonel Frank's aura was too scary, even though he entered the door, Charlie was only willing to hide by the door, and had no intention of going in at all.

Lieutenant Colonel Frank was full of anger: "Come closer, I want to see clearly."

"How's your skin, boy?"

"My skin, sir?"

"Oh, God!"

"Sorry, sir..."

"Call me Frank, Mr. Slade, or Lieutenant Colonel, whatever you like, but don't call me sir."

When we met for the first time, Lieutenant Colonel Frank found out all about Charlie, his academic performance, and his parents' work. After a calm statement, Lieutenant Colonel Frank let out a big laugh.

Charlie, who was opposite him, looked even more like a goose at this time.

Judging from his performance, he should have never seen someone like Lieutenant Colonel Frank in his previous life, and he also lacked experience in dealing with such people.

In the ensuing conversation, Lieutenant Colonel Frank once again criticized Charlie for nothing, criticized his IQ, criticized his stupidity, and asked him "what are you doing in this place where no shit?" Charlie replied that after studying at Broad, He began to question again how Charlie could afford his tuition at Broad.

"Relying on scholarships and fellow villagers, trying to sell corn?"

"I also got the 'Young Light of America' scholarship."

Lieutenant Colonel Frank's answer was an exaggerated "hoo!"Then he sang the song "Glory Hallelujah", and after hearing the knocking outside the window, Frank picked up what was on hand and threw it towards the window.

"It's hard to believe that this is my breed, with the IQ of a slacker, the manners of a goblin, her father is a mechanic, her mother is a housekeeper, her father can repair cars, and her mother bakes delicious cookies, but an idiot is born... ..."

In front of Lieutenant Colonel Frank, who was full of temper, Charlie didn't know how to deal with it. It seemed that every word he said was wrong, and every word might usher in a reason for criticism.

"A kid with a snotty nose and a kilt, everyone wants to be George Bush."

"President Bush is studying at Andover College, right?" Charlie's expression could no longer be described as helpless, and when Lieutenant Colonel Frank asked him "You're picking on me" with an affirmative tone, Charlie's pupils slightly open.

"Don't pick on me! First do forty push-ups, then forty."

"I'll hold your head down into the oil tank until you lose your bearings, do you understand?"

On the screen, Al Pacino's expression was fierce and vicious. He almost acted like a real Lieutenant Colonel Frank. Under his pressure, even if he was as good-tempered as Charlie, his eyes were full of puzzlement and grievance.

He had no idea what he was doing wrong, he just wanted a job.

In fact, the media and audience at the scene frowned when they saw this scene.Al Pacino is undoubtedly the protagonist of this movie, but if the role played by Al is such an uncertain old man who enjoys ridiculing others, then it is obviously not easy for the final movie to deepen this role things.

Even if Bo Goodman is powerful, audiences and film critics won't buy it if the character contrasts too much.

As one of the most watched films of this year's awards season, the strong alliance between Bo Goodman and Al Pacino attracted many professional film critics to attend the premiere of the film.

Some critics did want to enjoy the new movie, especially now that Al Pacino and Josh Walter are both in contention for the Golden Globes.

The job of film critics is to find out the advantages and disadvantages of a movie, and in the ten minutes after the release of "Scent of a Woman", the image of Lieutenant Colonel Frank was completely formed, which indeed made many film critics look curious. After all, even if there is no shortage of movies with warm and touching plots in the awards season every year, there are still a few of them like "Scent of a Woman" that fully reveal the annoying side of Frank's character from the beginning.

Critics have two concerns.

"How will the movie work out next?"

"Josh Walter's brilliance was completely robbed by Al Pacino. I can't see why he can rely on this movie to be nominated for the Golden Globe again. Is the threshold for the Golden Globe already so low?"

With such curiosity, film critics focused their attention on the follow-up plot of the film.

After a while, Chris Gide, the film critic of "Variety" magazine, narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's still the problem of the character itself. In the previous scenes, Josh Walter's character has no room to play at all. A good boy who can We can act, we'll have to wait."

Although there are many parallel importers among the judges of the Golden Globe Awards, not everyone is blind and does not even have the ability to distinguish good from bad.

In the follow-up plot, Charlie witnessed the whole process of his classmates teasing the principal. Therefore, he and George were left to accept the principal's interrogation alone. The principal threatened and lured Charlie, but Charlie never revealed the truth, and George also hinted at him. This school is very united, and it is difficult for betrayers who are not united enough to get in.

Josh stared intently at his performance on the screen.

In fact, even though the movie has been screened for less than half, there is not much room for the role of Charlie to play, which means that Josh does not have many opportunities to show his acting skills, but Josh is not depressed because he thinks he As an actor, he always serves the plot. As long as the plot is fully displayed, it doesn't matter if he has less room to play.

Chris Gide chuckled: "At least for now, I am satisfied with Josh Walter's performance."

He picked up the pen and scribbled a few lines in the notebook.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stared intently at the screen, his mind full of images from the film...

This is an old-fashioned story, you don’t need to watch Roger Ebert to guess the final ending of the movie, it’s nothing more than Charlie’s plight has been resolved, and Lieutenant Colonel Frank is no longer that annoying old man, But Bo Goodman's screenwriting and line skills are undoubtedly qualified. From the very beginning, he divided the film into two lines. After Charlie officially became Frank's assistant, the two story lines merged into one.

Generally speaking, the gap between a good movie and a bad movie is usually the script. If the script is qualified, the performance of the actors will be particularly important. In the plot shown in this movie, Josh Walter and Al Pa Sino's performances are all qualified.

Even far beyond the qualifying line.

If another person plays Lieutenant Colonel Frank or Charlie, the effect of the movie will be greatly reduced.

Although the role of Charlie seems a little weaker, it doesn’t mean that Josh’s performance is weaker than Al Pacino’s. The actor gives the character a sense of presence. If Charlie should be weak, Josh’s performance is strong. Then his performance is substandard.

In the movie, Al Pacino's strength and Josh's weakness are in stark contrast. Although it seems that Al's light is stronger, in fact, there is a feeling of harmony between the two. It seems that Frank Lieutenant Colonel and Charlie were supposed to be like this.

Carlos Ross gently pinched Josh's palm with his fingers: "You were bullied so badly."

Josh squinted at him: "So you want to avenge me?"

While the two were talking, Al Pacino, who had been paying attention to the movie before, suddenly raised his head and smiled at Josh: "What kind of revenge? I don't know how to let the old people go?"

"..." The flesh on Josh's face was tangled into a ball: "Please, dear Al, you were the one who bullied me the whole time, okay?"

"I'm just giving some life guidance to young people who may go astray." Al curled his lips and looked at Carlos Ross curiously. "You can be calmer, Josh."

The author has something to say: I tried my best to write, but I still didn't complete the goal, only half completed.

... I don't know what to say.

Every time I set a goal, one is to pay off the debt, and the other is to encourage myself to write seriously. After all, what I promised must be done.

But... all I can say is sorry.

Strive for 9000 tomorrow.