Exploiting Hollywood 1980 - Chapter 754

   Mental exhaustion can weaken a person’s fighting spirit more than physical exhaustion.

   After wrestling with the actors and various emergencies on the set for a month, Ronald’s mental exhaustion has become very severe.

  The reason why he hired Walter Murch was because he didn’t want to devote all his energy to editing “Dancing Hot”. Because in another two months, we will start to prepare for the shooting of “Moonlight Sultry”. If you can’t rely on rest and vacation to restore your spirits, it is very likely that the shooting of the next movie will encounter big problems.

   As soon as he was on vacation, Ronald became lazy. He spent a few days in Gale’s hometown of Palm Springs, emptying his mind for hot springs and new hot stone massages.

   There are also people who are promoting the new so-called “TraalMeditation”, which is said to be a method of using Mantra to guide transcendence from the Indian Guru.

“Ours is a very ancient meditation technique, many practitioners in Hollywood are learning it, and many directors have also received good results. It is said that it is like a dream, you can think of the movie you want to shoot, and the picture after it is finished. What do you do in Hollywood?”

   A young girl in a bikini pitched this meditation teaching course to Ronald, who was in a hot spring.

   “Hey, is that right? I’m a member of the Directors Guild, and I shoot MVs and commercials. How do I study? Does your guild charge?”

   Ronald became very interested when he heard about the finished film of Dreaming Movies. Isn’t this the biggest source of reliance on which you can maintain your vision and shooting methods that surpass those of your contemporaries? If this transcendental meditation can also trigger dreaming, can it be superimposed on one’s own secrets, so as to dream more frequently, or dream more plots when dreaming?

   “I am a certified teacher of the Los Angeles Transcendental Meditation Association. The six-day course costs you $2,980. You are a member of the Hollywood Directors Guild, and you can also enjoy one of our free trial lessons.”

   The girl’s voice is very nice. Ronald’s hotel is very expensive, and his food is not cheap. He is a good customer. Hearing Ronald’s interest, he immediately changed his appearance and began to sell hard.

   “Huh? That’s it.” Ronald thought it was quite expensive, but in order to be able to dream of movies, it was not a big price.

“For clients like you, we also have an upgraded version of the course, which can provide you with our special plant medicine 14 days in advance. Taking it before the course, and taking it continuously after the course can make Transcendental Meditation have a better effect. .”

  The girl took out a cloth bag and opened it to let Rhona smell the “herbs”.

   “Ouch, what are you doing, take it away.” Ronald asked with a strange, stinky smell.

“Don’t you want it?” The girl was surprised that Ronald didn’t like the taste. “It doesn’t matter, we also teach the same course content to ordinary customers. You can see that we are all formal teaching institutions, and many Hollywood directors are our customers.”

  The girl opened the beautiful course introduction and showed him several photos.

   “David Lynch took our course to make such an acclaimed film as ‘Blue Velvet’.”

   “What the hell, take it, take it away. I’m not learning anymore.”

   Ronald was even more sickened when he heard that David Lynch, a weirdo, had learned something. Is “Blue Velvet” created by practicing this kind of transcendental meditation?

  The protagonist, Isabella Rossellini, has been under a lot of pressure in the media recently.

  Her mother, Ingrid Bergman, is an iconic symbol of America’s reminiscence of the golden age.

  Although Bergman’s derailment at that time also caused public disgust in America. But since the 1960s, with the progress of society, she has also gained the understanding of the people. The Senate also issued a special statement that year, denying that conservative senators attacked her.

  After Bergman’s death, the people’s memory of her has also moved to Isabella, the daughter of an actress and model who is most like her.

   In “Blue Velvet” this time, Isabella played a very lowly role, and there were a lot of **** scenes. The people are very angry, how can the beautiful women in their memory be photographed like this.

  Unfortunately, not only did she not get better resources because of this movie, but she almost lost the endorsement of Lancome.

   “Really, I still have video tapes here, and Director David Lynch certified us.”

   “I really don’t like this, find someone else.”

   “You’re also a member of the Directors Guild, don’t you want to be as successful as David Lynch?”

   “I don’t give a damn, security?”

   dismissed the salesman, and Ronald didn’t spend much time in Palm Springs when his leisurely vacation was interrupted by an equally hapless actress.

“Really, they won’t let me see the demos, bro Ronnie. I’m so scared that my first movie back in the mainstream Hollywood failed again, can you help me think of a way to go into the editing room and take a look How is my role?”

   It was Diane who came to Ronald.

   Diane, who just played the leading role in “The Running Man” starring Schwarzenegger, always had an anxious expression on her face.

   She just learned from her agent Richard that she had finished filming “Dancing Hot”, and she couldn’t wait to come to him for help.

“Did you know that in Hollywood, the editing room is the director’s prerogative? If you hadn’t signed an agreement, even the leading male star would not have the right to enter the editing room. I’m not familiar with the director and starring roles of this film, and I’m afraid neither The way into the editing room.”

   “But Arnold has a say in the movie, he can come into the editing room, I think…” Diane shook Ronald’s arm.

   “Hey, I’ll try to call him.” Ronald acted coquettishly and begging for help to this younger sister-like Diane, and he couldn’t refuse. Pick up the phone and call Richard to contact Schwarzenegger’s agent.

“I asked, and Arnold agreed to let me watch the clip and give my opinion. But you can’t go in, it’s the rule.” Ronald and Schwarzenegger said a few words, and the other party immediately guessed what he meant and took the initiative. Invite Ronald as a friend to see a copy of the clip.

   “Okay, thank you”, Dai Anxin let go of half of her heart, feeling that she would be good to Ronald. Massaged his head.

  It was a bit of a surprise. The smell on Diane was very relaxing. Ronald’s mental stress was relieved a lot, and he actually fell asleep on the reclining chair.

   When I woke up, it was already dark.

  Diane got out from the side and asked the waiter to bring a cart of food, “I know you are a carnivore, so I ordered sausages and bread, vegetable salad.”

   Then Diane arrived and handed Ronald a glass of orange juice.

   “You can eat with me too.” Ronald slept very comfortably, his mental exhaustion recovered a lot, and his appetite increased.

   “Wait a minute Bud will come and pick me up, we’ll be in Los Angeles, and I’ll go to the ‘Challenge Warriors’ tomorrow to see.

   On the second day, Ronald came to Columbia’s editing room.

   “Hi Arnold. Thank you for inviting me to see your new work.”

   Ronald was careful to give director Paul Michael Glaser an excuse for the past. After all, everyone is a member of the director’s union, so don’t break the unspoken rules between directors because of Di An’s plea.

   “Arnold’s friends are my friends.” Glaser didn’t show a big Ego, and at least on the surface, he didn’t have a strong dislike for Ronald’s viewing of rough-cut copies.

   “I came to see my friend Arnold’s performance. I heard that the story is very exciting, so I want to have a sneak peek.”

   Rough cuts for the entire film were done, Ronald sat down and watched them play with the cut copies.

In this film, Diane played a beautiful woman who worked out every day. She was hijacked by Schwarzenegger, and was finally thrown into the “Running Man” competition. She and Schwarzenegger escaped from the stars. She also remembered the password given by the hacker, helped the rebels hack into the broadcast satellite, and finally showed the truth to all viewers.

   In short, Diane’s appearance is very good-looking, there is no problem with acting, and the chemistry with Schwarzenegger is also in place. It seems that she has achieved 120 points for the heroine in an action movie with a sci-fi background.

   But Diane’s concerns were justified, not in her and Schwarzenegger’s performances, but in the director’s.

   The whole movie, how can I say? It’s like a very low cost TV movie.

   The sets in many places are dark, and there is no texture needed for the film. Mirror movement is also a very simple positive and negative play commonly used in TV dramas.

   What’s worse is that even the lighting is not very good. It seems that the director himself does not know how to make the details of the movie and let the audience immerse in the dream you created for them.

   “How? Do you have any ideas for my movie?”

  Director Glaser looked confident after finishing the rough cut. He felt that his work was not much worse than Ronald’s. Everyone is from MV shooting.

   “Ah, very good, I’m still thinking about the plot, will we all watch TV to get information in the future, thinking that what is said on TV is the truth.”

   “Hahaha, this is also a theme I want to talk about in this movie… By the way, which part of my movie is the most impressive to you?” Director Glazer didn’t plan to let Ronald go.

   “Ah, the dance at the opening of the TV show Running Man, right? Who choreographed it?”

   That dance was a group dance. The actors were wearing sci-fi costumes under the lights, and the dance was very dynamic. Ronald was impressed. This is completely different from the ambiguous style in the spicy dance that I shot, and it is full of futuristic sense of technology. He is very curious about choreography.

“It’s Paula Abdul, the original Janet Jackson choreographer. It’s her first film work, and it’s pretty good. Any more clips? You don’t see a sci-fi movie for a dance project. The deepest. Don’t you only focus on the scenes of the song and dance when you make a musical?”

  “…”

“Ronald, didn’t you say you want to introduce my new Harley?” Schwarzenegger saw that Ronald was in a bad mood by the director Glazer’s aggressive words, and made an excuse to go with Ronald first. .

   “Don’t talk about it, Ronald. It’s the first time I’ve seen a complete rough cut. I’m very depressed now. I feel wrong when I’m shooting.” Schwarzenegger took the initiative to complain to Ronald.

   Diane’s close-up did not give her any impression of the audience. On the contrary, under the poor guidance of the director, her skin was a little dark, not like the new Grace Kelly who was very agile back then.

   “Shxt! Why did Samsung find such a director for a TV series?” Ronald scolded him when he saw no one beside him. I thought I could give Diane a chance to let the audience remember her again.

   “With a budget of nearly 30 million US dollars, why did you find such a product. He’s making a TV series, right?”

   “Yes, he was a TV actor before, and then he switched to a TV director.” During the shooting, Schwarzenegger felt that the sets and props were wrong, and it smelled of plastic, which was not suitable for films that paid attention to details and texture.

   “No wonder it smells like a TV show. It’s dark.” Ronald complained.

   “Do you think there is still salvation?”

   “To be honest, it’s hard. Even if you get Jim, I’m afraid you’ll have to reshoot on a large scale to make a decent version.” Ronald told the truth.

   “Hey, I should have insisted at that time.” Schwarzenegger, as the actor who raised financing for the film, actually had the right to ask the company to propose a change of director.

   But he is a foreign immigrant, he has no roots in Hollywood, and he doesn’t want to appear too strong. People say that he is using the power of his wife, the descendant of the Kennedy family, Maria Shriver, to oppress people, at least not in Hollywood.

   “I’m sorry, I didn’t expect this movie to be this bad. There’s no way to save it.” Ronald brought bad news to Diane, who was waiting for him at home.

“what……”

   Diane looked disappointed.

   “My new film is about the love of middle-aged people. There are only a few young female characters. Would you like to make a cameo?”

   “Okay, don’t forget it.” Diane was a little worried.

   “For this movie, I pushed two small productions, and one was co-starring with my old partner Matt Dillon.”

   “Don’t worry, with me, you won’t be out of acting.” Ronald hugged Diane gently in his arms, combed her hair, and comforted her.

  Diane is actually very unlucky. Her last movie that impressed the audience was the “Love at Sunset Bridge” as a child actress. There will be no movie that will make the audience remember her screen image after she is a teenager.

  Coppola’s “Urchin”, “Betta Fish”, and “Cotton Club” are actually a waste of her talent and the most crucial period of time. Now that the audience sees her, it is difficult to connect her with the little girl who was in love with her back then.

   No matter how beautiful an actor is, it takes one or two movie roles to be remembered by the audience. What they remember is not your beauty or your temperament, but that shining character.

  Imagine if Vivien Leigh didn’t have Hao Scarlett in “Gone with the Wind” and Elizabeth Taylor didn’t have Cleopatra, would the audience still respect them as much as they do now?

“Hey, you really comforted me, Brother Ronnie. I know actresses are in trouble after this period of time. The competition is so fierce. I’ve only been out of mainstream cinema for two years, and I don’t have a good script. hand it to me.”

   “Otherwise I’ll go to a TV show.”

   “Let’s take a step by step, I think you are a very talented actor, you can play until you are old.”