1978 Synthetic Writers - Chapter 489 Sakamoto Ryu 1

"You are just Italian, we are Chinese."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who was speaking was wearing a baseball cap and black sunglasses.

If it’s not Jiang Xian, who else could it be?In fact, Jiang Xian agreed very much with what Lu Yan said.

To be honest, the scene of Cixi's death was later criticized by countless Chinese people.

The sky is filled with blue smoke.

The whole room is filled with large dragon pillars.

Both sides of the room are filled with clay sculptures of the Eighteen Arhats and the Eight Immortals in various shapes.

In short, I couldn't tell whether I had arrived at Cixi's palace or at Lingshan to see Tathagata.

When Zhu Jiahui, a famous cultural relic expert and researcher at the Palace Museum, visited the set, he was also shocked by the scenery and complained about it in an article published in Wenhui Daily:

"Movies are creative, but they can't be too outrageous. Some of the sets are too exaggerated and really hard to understand."

Hearing Jiang Xian's shouting, Bertolucci first listened to the translator's explanation, then frowned and reminded:"Jiang, you only need to be responsible for the script."

"But I can always take my script and leave."

Bertolucci felt a headache when he heard Jiang Xian's words, and had to explain:

“Jiang, I understand what you mean, but I am very satisfied with this scene, and now the scene has been set up. Do you know how much effort it took us?

Our staff spent more than ten days to make these dragon columns and Buddha statues. Well, let's not count these. Do you see the smoke in the studio now? Our staff used the smoke sprayer for a whole hour to create this effect. And the soft boxes above our heads and the lighting lights took our lighting staff a whole week to make. "

The soft box that Bertolucci mentioned is above the studio, covering an area of ​​about a thousand square meters. This director has a very advanced understanding of lighting. In addition to the top of the head, all the doors and windows are also equipped with soft lights composed of 20 spotlights, which are controlled by a huge central lighting adjustment console.

Jiang Xian said: "What's more, you are a foreigner. Do we know what Cixi's palace looks like better than the Chinese?"

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Bertolucci was speechless.

If he used the words that he was the director and Jiang Xian was just a screenwriter, and that laymen should not give instructions to experts, he would try to gain the right to speak for himself.

Amateurs should not guide experts.

Except for Bertolucci, everyone else in the crew was shocked.

The director is the most senior person in the entire crew.

This is true both at home and abroad.

It’s incredible!As a Chinese-American actress in Hollywood, Lu Yan couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xian. She certainly knew that her crew had a famous screenwriter.

But at this moment, because of such a small issue, Jiang Xian actually dared to stand up and confront Bertolucci, the director's home.

This not only shows that the screenwriter is arrogant, but also shows that the screenwriter has an independent status in the crew.

"Should we change it now?"

"Trust me, you only need to do something very simple." Jiang Xian was still very calm. "Just move these grinning, green-faced, fang-toothed Buddha statues away. Although these coiled dragon pillars are a bit exaggerated, they are at least yellow dragon ornaments that can be used to symbolize imperial power."

Bertolucci was very angry when he heard that Jiang Xian was going to move the Buddhist shrine he had carefully made.

"You're a screenwriter, what do you know about scenes?"

"I don't understand, do you?"

The two started arguing as they were talking. The most embarrassing thing was the translator, because Bertolucci and Jiang Xian did not speak the same language, so he had to say all the dirty words on their behalf. In order not to intensify the conflict, he had to explain it in a more tactful way.

This makes the scene look like Jiang Xian and Bertolucci are arguing, but he is the one being scolded and is the one being bullied in the middle.

"OK OK."

Producer Thomas stepped forward to dissuade them. He had also heard what the two had said just now. As a bystander, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was nothing wrong with what Jiang Xian said.

But they are Chinese!"Take these away."

Bertolucci had a sullen face and said to the stage manager in a very unhappy tone, "Move all these clay sculptures on both sides away."

"That's right."

Jiang Xian smiled and said, "I am doing this for the good of your movie."

Bertolucci just wanted to get rid of this annoying guy as soon as possible. "I have listened to your proposal. Now it's my turn to take charge of the work. Otherwise, I won't be able to complete the tasks I planned today."

"of course."

Jiang Xian smiled at him.

He also knew that the shooting time could not be wasted, because the actors would be overwhelmed first.

At this moment, she was wearing a thick dragon robe and a heavy phoenix crown on her head. She was imprisoned on the dragon bed, making it very inconvenient for her to move. She would definitely feel very tired after a long time.

Moreover, her face was covered with wrinkles from glue, making her look very old, but it was also obvious that she had suffered a lot.

In the next few days, Bertolucci began to work like a workaholic, and the shooting location was moved from the studio of Beijing Film Studio to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

It was the hottest weather in the capital, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony was extremely bustling.

Another 2000 soldiers entered the venue and followed the teachers from the Central Academy of Drama to learn how to kowtow, rehearsing in groups.

As for Bertolucci, he is crazy and exhausts himself every day.

He was under great pressure from loans and planned to finish the film within half a year, so he had to speed up the process.

Therefore, once he starts working, Lao Bei becomes very selfless and it is common for him to work 10 hours a day.

But it was difficult to bear such great pressure, so I couldn't sleep well. I took special medicine prescribed by a Chinese doctor all day long and asked a sinologist to give me a back massage.

However, compared with Bertolucci, the co-production partner Beijing Film Studio seems very relaxed.

Because the country was a planned economy, they had no idea about the pressure from Bertolucci. He was so anxious that he shouted on the set all day long. He was as popular as if he saw Jiang Xian, and kept saying that you have to work.

Have no idea.

Bertolucci makes movies like he is fighting a war, and he often improvises.

Whenever he comes up with some novel ideas, he will immediately incorporate them into the movie.

This guy is worthy of being a director who spent several years in jail for making movies. He always has crazy ideas in his mind and always changes his mind on the spot.

With this kind of rhythm, not only the Chinese, but also the more than 20 British people in the crew couldn't stand him.

After all, the actress who played Wanrong was his own wife, and the director was a weirdo with a long history of bad deeds.

If one is not kept under control, Zhu Lin might suffer any consequences.

However, perhaps because he had argued with Jiang Xian many times over the issue of Wanrong, Bertolucci no longer focused on romantic scenes in the role of Wanrong, nor did he focus too much on Puyi's bed affairs.

"Tired?"

Zhu Lin was a little embarrassed, "Can I get in your car? It would be embarrassing if someone saw me."

"What are you afraid of?"

Jiang Xian said calmly, "Now everyone in the country knows that you are my wife."

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"What's the difference?"

"Um"

Zhu Lin thought for a moment and said, "Just talk about shooting habits. The shooting habits of foreigners are really different from our domestic shooting methods."

"What's different?"

Xu Chenhui was curious, "Open the angle? What does that mean?"

"That is to say, the on-site shooting depends entirely on the decision of the photographer. The photographer says where to start the first shot, and the crew will start shooting from there. This is called opening the angle." Jiang Xian explained to Xu Chenhui on the side.

After all, I have been a screenwriter for so long and have worked on so many movies, so I am very familiar with the domestic shooting mode.

The current domestic operating model is that before filming, there is a detailed storyboard script, which is marked with internal and external scheduling instructions for scene types and images.

This is actually the Soviet system model, and the photographer has the final say on the picture.

"Correct."

Zhu Lin took a sip of water, "But they foreigners don't do that. Their photography team has a director of photography. This person doesn't control the camera, and the composition work is left to a position called the operator.

Because of this, I thought on the first day that the bearded guy was the photographer Storaro. In fact, the photographer Storaro did not touch the camera. He was only responsible for lighting, directing the lighting staff in the camera group, setting the light source position, and adjusting the strength of the lamps or reflectors.All in all, the work he does is basically the work of a photography assistant and lighting team leader."

Looking at his wife, he suddenly had an interesting idea. What if people would remember Zhu Lin as more than just the Queen of the Daughters in the future?

Or rather, more than just an actress.

She can be a female director, a female producer.Jiang Xian's thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he heard Zhu Lin muttering beside him:"This photographer Storaro really opened our eyes this time."

"This guy is really good at what he does."

If you have seen "The Last Emperor", you will know how beautiful the light and shadow in this movie are.

The lighting for this film was basically done by cinematographer Storaro.

The most amazing thing about Storaro is that he uses magical light and shadow to set the tone for Puyi's different stages of life.

Throughout the entire movie, when Puyi went to prison, the colors were cold blue-gray.

When the adult Zunlong appeared, the red color suddenly expanded, filled with desire.

When Zun Long went to the Tianjin Concession, the sky suddenly turned into a gloomy blue, and Zun Long also sang "Am I blue".

As Puyi's life declines further into the future, the gloomy tone of the entire film becomes stronger and occupies a larger proportion of the screen.

Until the end, when Puyi was finally transformed into an ordinary person and gained the freedom he had longed for all his life.

What else can I say except awesome?

"River!"

As the two were chatting, a man who looked very nonchalant suddenly stopped in front of Jiang Xian's car.

"Let's go drink!"

Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin looked at each other.

A look of helplessness.

This guy is Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Jiang Xian had fantasized countless times that this master of the music world, this pianist who played "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", should be as aloof and independent as 1900 in the movie "The Legend of ", and should be like a two-dimensional cartoon character, handsome, talented, fashionable and gentle.

He has now become a rising star in the film soundtrack industry with "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", and his moving melody has won him countless fans.

Moreover, he played the role of a Japanese spy in the movie, looking gloomy, cold and full of bad intentions.

As a result, in private, this guy is completely nonchalant, which is totally inconsistent with his image in the movie, and he doesn't have any idol baggage at all.

He spent the whole day taking the staff out to eat and drink, and never returned home at night.

Sakamoto Ryuichi soon discovered that there seemed to be only one person in the crew who was not deliberately avoiding him, and this person was also very idle.So, Jiang Xian became his regular drinking buddy.

Jiang Xian originally wanted to make friends with this pianist, but he ended up being dragged around Beijing by this guy to eat and drink all day long.

The thing that Ryuichi Sakamoto talks about most in music is:

"unacceptable!"

"Why did you give me another composing task?"

(End of this chapter)