Chapter 1069 1069 About Sparks

"Richard, Richard..." A voice sounded from far and near, interrupting Richard Linklater's thoughts, he was stunned, looked up and saw the people in front of him with standing ovations , turned his head following the voice and saw Hugo looking at him with a suspicious gaze. Hugo was talking, "It seems that Richard was too moved just now, and his thoughts didn't keep up with our rhythm for a while."

Hugo's words made the audience burst into laughter, and Richard couldn't help but smile. He looked at the microphone that Hugo handed over, and then he came to his senses, took the microphone, and hesitated, "Uh... "And then he said, "I am indeed a little surprised. I am a little flattered that everyone likes this movie so much."

Richard is still not used to such scenes. As an independent film director, his career is destined to be lonely and deserted. There is no media attention, not to mention praise, and even criticism is only a handful. It seems that I am making a movie for myself to watch. The countless thorns on this road are not comparable to the loneliness that bites my heart.

Therefore, facing the Sundance Film Festival, facing the applause of the audience, Richard is not used to it.

Richard looked at Charlize and Hugo who were standing beside him, and finally his eyes stayed on Hugo. When the Sundance Film Festival is over, the scene will enter a free discussion stage. There is no host, just three-way communication between the audience, reporters and crew members. It is casual and free, allowing everyone to join in the film debate. So, Hugo took the initiative to open the topic just now, and Richard was asking Hugo with his eyes: What did you just say?

But Hugo didn't give him an answer. Instead, he pouted and stared wide-eyed, with an expression of "the microphone is in your hand", which made Richard very helpless. Richard really didn't know how to deal with such a scene. He turned his head and looked at the audience in front of him at a loss.

These faces are different, but the anticipation, curiosity, excitement, doubt, and excitement in their eyes are so similar, and they converge under the light, as if... just like the stars in the night in Vienna in a movie.

"As a matter of fact, I was actually thinking about how I felt when I first saw this script. I thought this person was crazy." Richard tried to organize his words, but unfortunately the effect was not very obvious, but the scene The audience burst into laughter because of the phrase "crazy", which made him look at ease, "But the next thought is, I like this script."

"I've dreamed up stories like this before, but had a hard time finding the right entry point. So when I saw Hugo's script, the whole thing just came out. Hugo was so bold, so brave, so risky, to put The whole story is presented in this unique way, almost a suicidal experiment." Richard speaks clearly when he speaks here, because he is not communicating with the audience, but with himself , he likes moments like this, "but seriously, this is the most appropriate way, such a simple and simple way to present the true meaning of love. So, I am honored that Hugo invited me Be the director of this script."

"So, we are now in the mode of complimenting each other?" Hugo was not moved, but said with a rhetorical question. As soon as these words came out, the scene instantly became a sea of ​​laughter, Richard. The honest man scratched his head embarrassedly.

There was a question from the audience just now, asking Richard, as a director, what was his first thought when he saw this script. That's why Hugo handed the microphone to Richard. No, Richard's answer just matched the question. Immediately afterwards, another audience asked Hugo why he thought of using the entire dialogue to make a movie, which is almost an unprecedented challenge.

You must know that audiences are ubiquitous, and even commercial blockbusters will be dismissed as not exciting enough, and Hugo is so extraordinary to use a hundred minutes of dialogue to form a movie, there is no doubt that it is a time suicide.

"Actually, the inspiration came from a small talk I had with a wise old man named Ernst Lehrmann. We used to talk about how to write a love story, or, to be more primitive, how to write a script, through Dialogue, through plot, through characters to build a story." Hugo simply said, "That's when I had an idea: If there is a way to fully show the chemistry between men and women. In the end, I came to the answer, the conversation. Or to be more specific, the eye exchange, the entanglement of breath, the communication of ideas, the confirmation of souls between men and women during the conversation, through each conversation, a Little by little, little by little, little by little falls. So, the idea of ​​the script came out.”

Having said this, Hugo turned to look at Charlize who was standing beside him, "In the process of conceiving the script, I got the help of many people, I am a man, I can only think according to the mind of a man ." Hugo said while making a helpless look, making the audience laugh again, "including Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock and others, as well as Charlie Here, we will exchange views with each other on a certain issue, and even have an argument. Therefore, I will not attribute all the credit to me for the birth of this script."

Hugo just brought the topic to Charlize, and the audience immediately raised their hands and asked, "Charlize, in the movie, the chemistry between you and Hugo is very convincing, may I ask you, during the filming process, are you? How did you adjust your mentality. I know you are friends, but your communication and emotions on the screen are really touching.”

"A date! A date! A date!" The audience actually started booing, making Richard smile, and he actually took a step to the side, widening the distance between himself and Hugo and Charlize, signaling to stay alone The space was given to two people, and this small gesture made the audience immediately burst into laughter.

This is the difference between Sundance and other places. They don't deliberately create scandals, they just discuss based on the movie, with a little humor and a little ridicule.

Charlize didn't shy away from looking at Hugo, the two smiled at each other, and they were teasing each other, and then Charlize said, "This is not an easy task, after all, we are friends, and we are very close to each other. It is difficult to spark. But the shooting process is not as difficult as imagined, because of the script, it describes the whole process of love germination and fermentation in great detail, so as long as we take the role, it will naturally follow the progress of the plot. That chemistry."

Speaking of this, Charlize's eyes were slightly raised, and there was a naughty playful light in his eyes, "It must be objectively said that Hugo is a very attractive man, and his temperament between a boy and a man is easy to make People are fascinated, so when shooting, it wasn’t as difficult as I imagined.”

Hugo immediately raised his hands, "Stuart will kill me." One sentence made the audience burst into laughter again, and Charlize wanted to make fun of Hugo, but now he was slapped back, and his cheeks couldn't help. Slightly hot.

"Actually, the filming process was a very interesting thing, as you can see, this is two strangers meeting on the road, because this is a turbulent travel, because of the unfamiliar environment, all this makes the adrenaline very intriguing Get up, so the sparks burst out easily..." Hugo took the topic and answered actively, "And Charlize and I are friends, we have known each other for nearly three years, so It's an amazing process when we have to go from friends to strangers who explore each other and fall in love with each other."

Of course Hugo wouldn't take the initiative to mention his throbbing during the filming, but now that times have changed, he and Charlize are back as friends again, and he can face everything during the "Before Sunrise" filming, so He didn't mind talking about some of the details of the time.

Nicholas - McClen sat on the scene, actually a little disappointed.

In movies like "Before the Sunrise", sparks erupt between the hero and heroine, and then develop into couples. This is a very frequent and normal thing. After similar love movies came out, when reporters did not release news, scandals were always The best hype tool, even many film companies will take the initiative to let the media hype scandals, this is the best means of publicity. Nothing makes a better publicity stunt than "shoot a love movie come true."

What's more, any audience who has watched the movie will sincerely hope that Hugo and Charlize can fake it. sincerely.

So, when Nicholas heard Hugo and Charlize calmly tease about the chemistry of the shoot, he had to admit his disappointment. And not only him, but other reporters were also disappointed. But...here is Sundance, a different, maverick Sundance, maybe this is what Sundance advocates.

"You can feel the relaxed and tacit interaction between Hugo and Charlize on the set." Richard said unexpectedly, without the shyness just now, as a director, he obviously He has the most say, "I have to say, in fact, the success or failure of this film is completely dependent on the performance of the two actors, no matter what the lines of the film are, and no matter what method I choose to shoot, only the actors can make the kind of It takes a subtle feeling to be successful. So, I was lucky enough to meet two very, very good actors."

Richard's compliment caused the audience to applaud, and it could be argued that what makes "Before Sunrise" such a boring dialogue film fascinating is the chemistry between Hugo and Charlize. There is no doubt about this.

"Richard, you used a lot of long shots in the filming process, but these shots don't make people feel boring, can you talk about your idea?" The audience asked again, but it was obviously very professional. .