Song and dance films once had extremely glorious periods in Hollywood, but they declined in the 1970s and 1980s, and they did not turn around until Duke's last few years. Although "Chicago" appeared several years in advance, Duke was not very worried. After all, the so-called resurgence of song and dance films in the new century is just a pseudo-concept.

The movie "Mold Rouge" once brought musical and dance films back to the Hollywood vision. When "Chicago" was released, the nostalgic Hollywood mainstream circle couldn't wait to announce that the time has come for the musical and dance films to reshape their glory. What's the reality?

This is just a flash in the pan. The subsequent "Sweetheart Dance" is only a little stronger than the floppy guy. "Singing and Dance" is a TV movie, with a limited influence, but also the most unwelcome youth idol type in Hollywood. The music and dance films have only experienced the brief resurgence of "Mold Rouge" and "Chicago", and this short resurgence is inseparable from the content and themes of the two films.

Nostalgia can be said to be a practice in mainstream society. There are always a large number of nostalgic people in every era. There is no shortage of such people in Hollywood and movie audiences. This is the soil for "Chicago" to survive. Not to mention the irony of the film, just the nostalgic meaning in it, it will definitely arouse the feelings of many people, especially when the song "all." was played, I don't know how many people who have watched the opera...

The most important point is that Broadway just announced not long ago that it will choreograph "Chicago" again to make this classic song and dance drama return to Broadway!

It is not too difficult for movies and musicals to bring some people to a little miss the glorious era of singing and dancing films.

Moreover, Duke is very aware of the fact that the musical and dance film has declined. This can only evoke memories of some people for a short time, and it is impossible to create an action science fiction movie-style viewing craze.

These are important reasons why he chose "Chicago" with a typical American flavor instead of "The Moulin Rouge".

Of course, such a transformation is really a bit big. The media and movie fans will inevitably be shocked. It is difficult to say how to comment at that time, but this is also beneficial. The film will definitely not lack topicality at that time, controversy will arouse curiosity, and some curiosity will turn into box office.

In fact, there are many reasons for this choice. After experiencing the shooting experience of several films, Duke has a certain confidence in his narrative techniques. To put it bluntly, many things are also attracting audiences with visual impact. This is not difficult for Duke. The most difficult part is the singing and dancing part. He does not have such professional qualities.

However, Hollywood and Broadway are not short of such people. Although hiring professional singing and dancing coaches is a bit troublesome, it is not impossible to solve them.

Another point is that the investment in the film will not be very high, and it is relatively easy to make a profit. For film companies, winning awards is false. Winning awards is just a means of profit, but winning awards cannot bring profits. The director's investment rating will still be reduced or even blacklisted.

Finally, this video is like the previous films of Duke. It is a standard mainstream film. It is not impossible to do things that are out of the mainstream, but it is not yet time. After all, his capital is not particularly sufficient.

As for pure horror films with high returns in small investments, it is completely out of the scope of Duke's consideration. Why do he transform? Why do those horror film directors transform? If he transforms into plasma horror films or poor horror films with overdrawn credibility, it is simply a dead end that he is hiking into a dead end, and it is better not to transform.

However, all these will be done after "Save Private Ryan". Duke's current job is to complete the production of this war epic.

After spending three days with his mother in London, Duke returned to Ireland, and the crew gathered on the set near Dublin.

The crew only had very few scenes in studios, mostly filmed open air. After a brief meeting with his team, Duke left a temporary studio and walked towards the "Radar Base Station" near the edge of the "Brave Heart". When he arrived there, he found that there was not a particularly far place in the left front, and there were a large number of figures shaking, as if the crew of "Brave Heart" next door was filming.

"What's the situation?" Duke asked.

The main shooting venues of both sides are separated by a certain distance, but the edges are not very far apart, about a few hundred feet away.

"That's their set, but it's the edge." Robin Grande is relatively familiar with the situation. "It should be a not-so-important scene before Christmas."

Duke nodded, he didn't care. He was too busy with time. As long as the other party did not cross the line, it would not affect his crew and would not bother to care.

When he arrived at the arranged radar station, Tom Hanks was ready. Duke and John Schwartzman communicated about the camera position and light color issues, and walked to Hanks.

"Tom, this scene is a bit difficult." Duke sat on the ruins. "It's nothing to you. Pay attention to crying silently. You are the backbone of the squad. You can't let others notice the weak and overly sad side."

"Don't worry."

As the two gradually became familiar with each other, Tom Hanks would occasionally joke, "I've practiced a few times during Christmas, and Colin asked me what I was doing."

Duke knew that Colin in Hanks' mouth must be his eldest son, and patted his arm and stood up to walk to the director's monitor. As he said, the scene was indeed a bit difficult, but it was just a small problem for Tom Hanks.

The preparations were soon ready, and after Duke's instructions, an assistant director picked up the record card and walked to the camera.

"Scene 21, Act 1, begin now!"

Sitting behind the monitor, Duke held his chin with one hand and stared at Tom Hanks on the screen.

He sat on the ruins, spread the map in his hand, looked behind him, and suddenly fell down the ruins, as if he was afraid that others would find it, so he hid here, endured the grief and sadness, and did not let himself cry. Just as two lines of tears had just slid out of his eyes and his emotions were about to be brewed...

The sound of horses neighing came several times, and although it was nearly a thousand feet away, it seemed extremely clear in the empty and quiet set. This sound was simply a killer for the actors, and Tom Hanks was immediately out of the show.

Duke stood up and turned to look at the side of "Brave Heart". The distance was a bit far away. Apart from the figure and the horse shadow, he could not see the substantial things clearly, but before his eyebrows could frown, there were a few more horse sounds.

If it is in another environment, this sound is nothing, but on the quiet set, it completely affected the shooting.

"Let's wait."

Although he was a little angry, it was hard to say that the two crews were so close together, and Duke signaled the rest of the crew to stay calm and said, "Let's rest for a while first."

What he didn't expect was that after resting for nearly twenty minutes, there seemed to be no sign of stopping there. Although the horses were not as dense as they were at the beginning, there would be no sound of movement.

"Robin,"

This is not a solution, Duke couldn't help it, "find someone to negotiate with them."

In fact, it is not difficult to solve. As long as the other party brings a chewy horse, it will probably be quiet.

"I'll go there."

Charles Rowan came over and stopped Robin Grand. He knew that Duke's people in this regard were not very good at dealing with the other side, so he simply walked over and found Mel Gibson himself and talked with him for a while.

More than ten minutes later, Charles Rowan left.

Mel Gibson, with long hair in scattered hair, returned to the back of the monitor and looked at the camera that had just been shot. In the picture, the British soldiers played by the stunt actor galloped across the villages, and the war horses would occasionally neigh, as if the British were as rampant as the Scots.

Horses set off people, people set off horses, and Mel Gibson was extremely satisfied with these shots.

"Mer, you won't make concessions?"

I don’t know when Sean Connery walked behind him, “If there were no war horses neighing, the shots shot would definitely not be enough…”

"Bring a chewy horse?" Mel Gibson seemed to be thinking.

"There is Duke Rosenberg's crew over there." Sean Connery deliberately reminded, "He has always had a bad relationship with us, and he has hit you directly, and Martin doesn't like him."

Mel Gibson tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, and Sean Connery continued, "We're just shooting normally, no one can tell anything. They can completely change the shooting plan and shoot other scenes first."

"Suppress their pace?" Mel Gibson turned his head and looked at Sean Connery. "They would spend more time, energy and money on it, right?"

Sean Connery spread his hands and nodded. Why not do it if he can make trouble for his enemies within his ability?

"Tell you the truth, Sean." Mel Gibson was like William Wallace, who was playing him, with a rebellious face. "I didn't like him when I first met Duke Rosenberg at Cruise's party!"

After saying that, he turned to look at his assistant, "Notify and shoot according to the original plan!"

On the other hand, Duke had just finished chatting with Charles Rowan, and his negotiations seemed to be pretty good.

Duke instructed his assistant to notify the departments that Tom Hanks was also quickly in place, and after a brief preparation, the shooting was about to begin.

"Scene 21, Act 1, now..."

Before the assistant director finished speaking, he stopped automatically because Ma Ming came from there again!

Dukehou stood up from the director's chair, looking at the set of "Brave Heart" with dark eyes. He heard the horse's screams in his ears again, his eyes gradually turned cold. Charles Rowan, who was standing next to him, also had a very bad face. It was obvious that he was fooled by the arrogant Australian.

"Charles, let's change the shooting plan!" Duke's voice was very dull, "First take a picture of the battle at the end!"

"I totally agree!"

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