v2 Chapter 223： Vanity Fair Interview

The streets of Los Angeles in May are sunny, and the air is full of a scent called hot. There are many more people reading magazines in the air-conditioned bookstore.

"It's a pity that the King of Summer File has no works released this summer." Several people were discussing, "This summer file has a lot of highlights."

"After winning the North American and global annual box office championships for two consecutive years, and now running to produce "Chicago", it seems that he is tired of the summer file."

Someone agreed, "It can be a sad thing sometimes to find an opponent."

Several people laughed softly, and suddenly one of them pointed to the magazine hanging in a conspicuous position and said, "Isn't that the king of the summer file and the explosive madman you are talking about?"

"He rarely accepts interviews and actually appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair."

In the latest issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine, there is a close-up of Duke's front. The close-up was obviously taken from the bottom up. Duke stood firmly in front of the Duke's studio, looking down at the entire Hollywood.

There is also a comment on the cover-Duke Rosenberg gave the audience a new possibility, a broad space for movie lovers, a new way to show off skills for action movie fans, and a commercial film Come with new styles, logic, ♀, and even ways of thinking!

This is an interview with "Vanity Fair" accepted by Duke. The cover is full of large-scale reports about the interview...

In 1991, Duke was still a 21-year-old young man carrying a camera. He wanted to make a movie and drove a dilapidated second-hand car around Hollywood looking for opportunities. He was too poor to buy a new car!

In 1996, with the global screening of "Saving Private Ryan", Duke used only four movies to create a global box office of 2.3 billion US dollars. Among them, "Independence Day" in 1994 broke a number of box office records in North America within one week of its release, including the largest release, the highest box office at midnight, the highest first weekend box office, the fastest box office exceeding 100 million yuan, etc., and eventually became the highest box office of the year. And the second film in the world with a box office of 900 million US dollars.

Duke's movies have not only swept the movie theaters, but are also loved by movie fans. As soon as his debut female work "Speed ​​of Life and Death" appeared, the audience praised Duke. Of course, there are also critics who think Duke is either showing off his skills or talking superficially. But based on the situation over the past few years, it is not difficult to get the audience's recognition and enthusiasm for him.

In the hearts of many viewers, Duke is the guarantee of the quality of the film, and "Duke produces, it must be a boutique" is not a joke. Judging from the current quality of works, it is almost a fact.

From a few years ago, ordinary young people who loved movies crazily, to today are regarded as blasters. During this period, Duke created a total of four movies, an average of one a year, which can be classified as a high-yield director. What's even more amazing is that these four works are like a game of chess with a sophisticated layout, and the moves fall on the spot. No one has missed so far.

So far, the success achieved in this game of chess can be said to be perfect. Duke has become one of Hollywood's top directors, and this young super director, after the Oscar, walked into "Vanity Fair"!

"Vanity Fair" published an interview with the most intuitive question and answer method...

Vanity Fair: Director Rosenberg, you have many choices after graduating from high school. What prompted you to choose a major in filmmaking? Choose to enter Hollywood to become a director?

Duke: People are learning all their lives. The California Institute of the Arts is just the beginning of learning. Work is a learning process. I hope I am a permanent film student, able to make different movies, experience different roles, and go to different places in the world. Experience different stories. Because I happen to have the talent and opportunity to make movies, I hope to use movies to learn from life and myself.

Vanity Fair: So is the movie very important to you? What does the movie mean to you?

Duke: It's very important. Making movies is not only work for me, it is my life. I have no hobbies and I am very lazy when I am not making movies. Making movies is my life and my way of life. Although the filming was very hard, I wish people all over the world know how hard you are, but when the things you dream of show up in front of your eyes, you will not only be happy and surprised, but also thank God and thank all those who have worked with you. People, even with small rewards, will feel great joy and feel that life is very meaningful.

Vanity Fair: The four movies you have shown in the past are full of fierce conflicts. Is this related to your personality and growth environment?

Duke: Actually, I am a person who likes to be calm, because I grew up in an environment where my mother is very strict. I don’t think people can be vain and exaggerated. You have to work hard and work hard only if you pay enough time. , Will be successful. But when I work, I must make certain changes. Filming must have a wildness like a lion, and I need to give full play to this wildness in the film. I don’t need to be calm in the movie, I have to try my best, take risks as much as possible, and try my best to make everyone thrilling!

Vanity Fair: Your movie is thrilling enough. No one can deny that, but there has always been a voice that thinks your movie is too naive and naive, and there are few things worth thinking about. What do you think of this?

Duke: The mainstream movies that audiences all over the world see are actually relatively naive, and the philosophical part is almost the same. If it is a book, you can slowly imagine that it can take a week or two to watch, but the movie is only about two hours. You must keep the audience from being distracted and let them concentrate! There was a period when I also had a lot of completely artistic ideas. I felt that I could art to the end, making the most expensive art film, taking a photo history. Later, I found out that if I can't satisfy the broad audience and don't have the recognition of the audience, my film has no value. After all, I am not talking to myself, and I only shoot the kind of director who I can see.

Vanity Fair: How do you think movies can find a balance between business and art?

Duke: How do business and art find a balance? I think it has something to do with how much money is invested in a movie. For example, for me, I can shoot anything less than 10 million US dollars. I have this market value. But it’s not possible to change to "Saving Private Ryan". If I remove the fierce war scenes and simply talk about the emotional conflict and the psychological process of rescue, just listen to me, investors will be nervous-how to sell this thing? ? Then the movie can't get investment.

Vanity Fair: Many people don't understand why you choose "Chicago" which is so different from your own style?

Duke: In the past few years, I have also learned a lot in film shooting, and I am also learning how to make films in different ways and styles. After the third film "Independence Day", I was very afraid of being fixed as a certain type of director, so I wanted to try to make different movies. This requires regaining trust and even making a lot of financial sacrifices. The world is big and there are many things to do. Why do you repeat the same thing? Of course, some people just use the same number of ways and methods to get deeper and deeper, but for me, I like to try different things, like taking risks, and like learning. There must be a breadth of creation so that I can learn and progress in different types of creation.

Vanity Fair: Now that you have become one of Hollywood's best directors, does this make any difference to your creation and life?

Duke: I am a filmmaker and a storyteller. I think people have to live a sincere life. As I get older, I sometimes find that my thinking becomes slower and I want to take pictures of things I imagine. It's more difficult to come out than before. I have always wanted to take pictures of my messy, unbelievable things to the audience. Why do people like to watch movies? What is a movie? It is actually the most illusory thing and the most real thing. My films often talk about things beyond the scope of human control. In fact, there is another yearning in it. I hope to have a heart-to-heart communication with you through my works. I hope I can be sincere and I hope everyone appreciates it. That's it.

Vanity Fair: What are your plans after "Chicago"? Is it convenient to reveal some?

Duke: My current creation is at a crossroads. "Chicago" is a magnificent musical, with a lot of visual art performance. This thing is relatively new to me. I can also have a lot of fun in it. I hope the audience will like it. In the future, I will try movies with a more complex narrative structure, so I wonder if I can think of a slightly more complicated and interesting structure, and then make it...

Throughout the interview, Duke was elegant and full of gentlemanly demeanor. From him, he could feel that kind of strong self-confidence. Duke seemed to always reassure fans, and his work is always worth looking forward to.

Sometimes I look at Duke, it really looks like a high-precision machine. Duke’s creative team is also stable. As a director, screenwriter and producer, he has the same group of talented collaborators, Sophia? Coppola has collaborated with him on four films and is his most trusted assistant. The producer is Robin Grande, a veteran of Hollywood, who is good at straightening out interpersonal relationships. Photographer John Schwarzman just got it. Best Photography Oscar...

These factors combined, for Duke's next work "Chicago", and all the following works, it has to be said that there is almost no such worry as a movie fan.

Duke is too trustworthy, credible to a little impersonal, but this is of course a good thing for the audience.

After all, some people want to hear stories, some want to be dazzled, some want to subvert what is known, some want adrenaline soaring, and Duke has everything we want!

The interview published in "Vanity Fair" once again pushed Duke to the front desk. In the short term, there were even more paparazzi at the door of Warner Studios.

None of this affects Duke's full involvement in the shooting of "Chicago". (To be continued...)