Chapter 646： The remnants of the defeated generals, each to survive

The third season of the popular American drama "Six Feet Under" has been broadcast on starz TV.

Sunday, August 24th.

Another new American drama will land on starz TV.

The first TV series of Marvel Studios, another derivative of the dark Marvel series - "The Punisher"!

America at this time has a special atmosphere.

The shadow of the September 11 incident is still looming, and the situation of the Iraq war is very tragic. It seems that justice and law cannot play a big role in the international situation.

At this time, the anti-hero "punisher" who only adhered to the inner justice and regarded the law as dung appeared.

In addition, in the past three months, "Daredevil: War Hour" has paved the way for the "Dark Marvel" series, and "The Punisher" has immediately become the most watched TV show in the United States!

Of course, the main reason is that the summer vacation has passed.

Audiences can turn more energy from the movie market to the TV market.

Dunn received the latest news that the subscribers of the sta TV network have exceeded 16 million!

Since signing operating contracts with many TV operators and renewing contracts with Comcast, the number of users of sta TV network has grown rapidly. In the past 4 months, the number of subscription members has increased by 2.3 million!

The uptrend is gratifying, and it's still going!

As the summer season draws to a close, the box office rankings of the major summer movies have also been released (not released, continuing to grow)——

The first place, Pixar's animation "Finding Nemo", the North American box office of 330 million US dollars, overseas box office of 560 million US dollars, and the global box office of 890 million US dollars;

Second place, Warner Bros. sci-fi film "The Matrix 2", grossed $280 million in North America, $440 million overseas, and $720 million worldwide;

The third place is Universal Pictures' comedy "Fake God", with a North American box office of 230 million US dollars, an overseas box office of 220 million US dollars, and a global box office of 450 million US dollars;

Fourth, Warner's "Terminator 3", with a box office of 420 million US dollars; fifth, 20th Century Fox's "X-Men 2", with a box office of 400 million US dollars; sixth, another Warner movie --The rebooted "Batman" made $380 million at the box office.

Marvel's Daredevil made $360 million at the box office, Dunn's "National Treasure" made $350 million, Sliwood Animation's "Bone Treasure" made $260 million, and Universal's "Speed ​​and Passion" made $240 million at the box office.

These four films are ranked seven to ten.

It can be seen that Dunn has a monopoly on the summer vacation.

In the top ten of the box office list, there are six movies under New Universal!

And that's not counting "Gone Lover," which opened in April and has grossed more than $500 million worldwide.

Compared with these hugely successful films, many well-received films have suffered serious failures, such as the two films that were once called the rise of feminism by female characters at the box office - "Charlie's Angels 2". and Tomb Raider 2.

Of course, there is an even more miserable movie - "Jedi 2" produced by Sony, with a production cost of 130 million US dollars and a promotion cost of 70 million US dollars!

The film was released on the same day as Warner Bros' "Batman", and as a result... suffered a spike in the box office market.

6 weeks after its release, "Batman" has reached $380 million at the box office, and "Jedi Boys 2" barely reached $1.4!

Among them, the overseas market contributed 87 million US dollars, and the local market only accounted for more than 50 million US dollars at the box office.

Loss of vomiting blood!

There is no doubt that after this incident, Sony Pictures will face a big change.

John Carley, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, who has always had a rift with Dunn, is not far from stepping down.

Before him, it was Jerry Bruckheimer who got out earlier.

After being dumped by Disney, Sony Pictures also ended its partnership with Jerry Bruckheimer Studios.

Jerry Bruckheimer was not discouraged, turned around and signed with Paramount.

Under the strong pressure of New Universal and Disney, Paramount can only search for some remnants of defeated soldiers to supplement its strength.

After all, the TV show "Crime Scene Investigation", supervised by Jerry Bruckheimer, is the trump card of cbs. The pillars of programs such as "Breakthrough" and "The Bachelor".

After this battle, Dunn's three opponents, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay, and Bruce Willis all fell into the cliff, and they all looked for new backers in an attempt to save their lives.

Jerry Bruckheimer found Paramount, and he was too busy to take care of Michael Bay's little brother.

Michael Bay also has some means to directly take refuge in DreamWorks!

The days of DreamWorks are worse than Paramount!

In order to operate, he has repeatedly made big bets.

Even John Wu, who failed miserably in "Wind Whisperer" and was abandoned by the entire Hollywood, dared to take over and continue to entrust the heavy responsibility of filming an action film "Memory Cracks".

Not to mention Michael Bay, an American?

The worst is Bruce Willis.

He didn't even think about making mainstream movies anymore. He went to the B-level movie market and tried the water.

The remnants of the army were defeated, and they each survived.

...

Dunn's filming on the crew of The Departed has come to an end.

According to the current shooting progress, in September, Dunn's role will be finished and he will return to Los Angeles.

The next scene is very important.

It is the ultimate confrontation between "Colin Sulinwen" who shot the black boss "Frank Castro", Dunn and Al Pacino.

This group of plays is an important turning point in the whole film. With this part of the content, there are many ideas for Tang En to "return the evil and return to the righteous".

Before filming, Al Pacino was resting in the car as usual.

He is an experiential actor. It is difficult to enter the play, and it is even more difficult to play, and it often takes a long time to prepare.

Not only experiential, methodological and expressive actors, but also need to be fully prepared for entering the play.

Such as Russell Crowe, need quiet;

For example, Tom Hanks needs not only quietness, but also an independent closed small space;

Actresses are usually better, Nicole, Nate, they usually just need to take a few deep breaths and concentrate.

"The lights are ok!"

"Photography ok!"

"Sound ok!"

"it is good,!"

This scene was shot hand-held, through the trembling sense of the camera, to show the nervousness of the characters in the play at this time, using the perspective of a documentary to record the death of a generation of Irish black bosses.

Create a desolate feeling.

Usually, this crucial shot is shot by the director himself holding the camera.

But Martin Scorsese is too old to carry a camera.

This scene was handled by photographer Michael Bauhaus, who was carrying the camera and stood two meters away.

In the center of the picture, the black boss Al Pacino, who was grabbed in the abdomen, staggered, and had a pale face, was frozen.

As for Dunn's shot... I won't shoot for the time being.

When Al Pacino's shot is finished, the focus of the lens will be on Dunn.

Then take these several strips of film to find the best picture shots and edit them later.

Although, in this time of shooting, Dunn will not be in the mirror.

However, he has to be fully committed.

A good performance is not performed, but brought out.

Only when Dunn's condition is better, can Al Pacino, who is playing the role, inspire the best performance.

It is this seemingly useless extra work that has given birth to so many great performances in history.

Sean Penn, for example, had a scene during the filming of "I Am Sam" where he had to play Dakota Fanning, who was only 6 years old, outside the swimming pool.

In that group of scenes, Sean Penn will not appear in the camera, and his scenes have been filmed long ago. The main thing is to keep shooting the little girl Dakota Fanning to achieve satisfactory performance.

However, in order to make her enter the state, create a real feeling, and shoot satisfactory shots, Sean Penn, as a top actor, jumped into the icy pool over and over again in that winter, and then climbed out over and over again, Play with her over and over again.

until the director is satisfied.

This kind of professionalism gives birth to great actors.

Tang En's status is very high, but performance is performance.

In an abandoned factory, Dunn walked over from the forklift with his mobile phone high in his hand.

Al Pacino couldn't stand still, looked at him, and asked staggeringly, "What's going on?"

Tang En was angry and asked in a cold voice, "You are an FBI informant, are you **** kidding me?"

Al Pacino vomited blood and narrowed his eyes, "Be mature!"

Tang En's attitude was weak, and he asked urgently, "Do they know my identity?"

Al Pacino said mockingly: "I've never betrayed anyone, unless that person is about to be caught. You...don't know anyone!"

Dunn was still worried, walked over with a concerned look, supported him, and said softly, "Frank, Frank, do they know about me?"

Al Pacino clutched the gunshot wound in his abdomen and said with a painful expression: "Only I know about you, Colin, you know that I will never betray youYou are like... "

"Like your son?"

This time, Dunn has a bottom line.

As long as the fbi doesn't know his identity, he can be black and white!

His mood rose immediately, his expression was excited, and he no longer had the respect and respect he had in the past towards Al Pacino. I messed around all my life, and then I didn't even have a son."

Al Pacino was furious and raised his hand to shoot.

However, as an outstanding graduate of the police academy and an elite detective of the police station, how could Dunn give him a chance?

He hurriedly slapped his waist, raised his hand and launched a counterattack.

"Boom!"

Two shots in a row!

It all hit Al Pacino in the chest.

Unexpectedly, the black boss didn't give up when he was about to die. After he fell, the muzzle was raised again and a shot was fired.

Fortunately it didn't hit.

Dunn cursed a few times frantically, and fired three shots in a row!

"Bang bang bang!"

It almost smacked Al Pacino's chest into a plug, bloody.

The black boss, who had been in Boston for more than ten years, finally fell under Dunn's gun.

The game isn't over yet.

Dunn looked at the dead Al Pacino, his eyes getting brighter and brighter, just like the morning star.

In this look, the mystery is full of **, and it is also full of hope for the future.

He is just like Al Pacino once, carrying a huge secret and starting a new life.

This is also a theme that "The Departed" wants to express.

life forever.

Everyone is hiding their true identity.

Everyone is betrayed all the time.

Everyone is struggling to survive.

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(Sanqi Chinese)