Two Hundred and Forty-Seven - The Gorilla with the Duster
“The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States to commemorate the alliance between the United States and France during the War of Independence. It was designed by the famous French sculptor Bartholdi and took ten years to complete. It represents the American people. free will..."
On the first day the crew came to New York, Wayne took off his long-lasting suit and put on jeans and a baseball jacket. In a casual outfit, he accompanied Naomi Watts around the Big Apple.
A few people were like tourists around them, listening to the explanation of a tour guide not far away.
From the moment they got off the plane, Naomi Watts and Nina began to urge him to change clothes and go out to visit the world's financial center together.
The Australian girl also wore a mask and big sunglasses to prevent herself from being recognized while shopping and causing unnecessary trouble.
The group of people were just like walking around, starting from the Statue of Liberty, then moving on to the neon advertisements in Times Square, various luxury stores on Fifth Avenue, and the urban forest in Central Park. It can be said that they did not have a clear goal at all. Just take one look and leave.
The only landmark that interested Wayne and stared at it for a long time was the Twin Towers that were still standing.
"Want to go up and have a look?" Naomi Watts saw him stop and stare at the building in a daze, and said, "I heard that the Twin Towers are one of the tallest buildings in the world. The entire New York City can be seen on the top floor. You have a panoramic view of the scenery, let’s go up and have a look?”
"Forget it." Wayne shook his head, took one last careful look, and turned to leave. "I don't like this place. Nina and you have bought clothes and bags. We can wander around as we like and then go back."
After the two women walked into Fifth Avenue today, within a short time, Sergey's body was covered with bags. Only when they were satisfied did they start randomly visiting the Big Apple.
He originally felt that New York was not suitable for him, and the way he came here was so evil. Although there was only one World Trade Center building now, it was quite evil, and he really didn't want to go up there for a walk. After all, he watched it online in his previous life. Go through that video.
"We can turn back now and go to the Empire State Building."
"Why?" Naomi Watts hugged his arm and tilted her head to look at him in confusion.
Shrugging his shoulders, Wayne did not explain his bad taste. He actually wanted to tell the Australian girl that in the future, standing on the top of the Empire State Building, there would be a gorilla with a duster, and it was very destined for you!
The Empire State Building is located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It was built on the Statue of Liberty that we have seen and is known as two landmarks of the Big Apple City. Especially the lights on the top of the building can be said to be world-famous.
The four people got on the elevator and went directly to the 8th floor with their hands in their pockets and looked towards Long Island. But he began to think about whether to get the gorilla out in advance for Naomi Watts.
If this woman's screen classic wings are blown away because of her butterfly, then it really should be considered a small regret.
The fundamental problem is still the special effects. Hollywood in this era still adheres to the concept that as long as it can be solved during filming, it will never be postponed to post-production.
Because the cost of modeling and shooting now is definitely much less than that of CG computer synthesis. However, with the rapid development of technology, this situation will slowly reverse after the arrival of the digital age.
At that time, film control and real scene control will become a different kind of director again.
Nowadays, if he wants to create the gorilla with the duster, Wayne has calculated in his mind that the best way is to shoot with all green cloth, and then use computer CG synthesis to show the minimum screen effect. .
Moreover, the basic unit of this cost must be calculated in tens of millions of dollars, because no one has done this before, and the specific production cost is absolutely unknown.
"You're distracted again, Wayne." Naomi Watts stretched out her white fingers and touched his face with concern.
"It's okay, I just suddenly had an idea about the Empire State Building. I'll tell you after I sort it out."
Feeling the cold fingers on his face, Wayne sighed inwardly and prepared to go back and sort out the script framework first, and then make a project plan. After calculating the specific costs, he would hand it over to Warner Brothers for operation.
If the feasibility is relatively high, it shouldn't be a problem to find the big fat man from New Zealand in advance.
"That's Long Island, should we go there and take a look?" Nina asked, pointing in the direction he was looking.
The assistant lady went to college in the Big Apple, so she is relatively familiar with it. She led them everywhere they visited today.
Wayne nodded indifferently. "Okay, let's go there and have a look and then we'll go back to the hotel. There's still a lot of work waiting for me."
Long Island is not far from Manhattan. It is a very famous resort and attracts many wealthy people to settle there. Especially after World War II, a large number of Jewish middle class and wealthy people like to settle here, and many of them are from Jerusalem.
After strolling around Winter Park, Naomi Watts playfully pulled Wayne into a roadside dessert shop. There are many children in the store. This kind of place is also the best place for people to forget their work worries and return to their childlike innocence.
Wayne sat in the corner seat, and Naomi Watts went to buy a few pieces of Black Forest cake and brought back four glasses of juice.
Looking at the children happily tasting desserts around him, he couldn't help but smile and taste the cake. However, it was obviously not to his taste, so he only took one bite and threw it back on the table.
"What's wrong? Don't like it?"
The Australian girl and Nina both looked at him, and then looked at Sergey, the Russian bear, who also put the cake back on the table.
"It's too sweet. Why is this thing so sweet?" Sergey gave a pertinent comment on behalf of the two men. Wayne also shrugged. What makes children happy may not necessarily be suitable for adults.
The first day he came to New York was spent sightseeing. Early the next morning, Wayne took a long lap around the hotel with heavy steps and against the occasional falling snowflakes in the sky.
The weather here seems to have suddenly cooled down, and in the past few years, he has been busy with work and has rarely had time to exercise. He rarely wants to go for a morning run and encounters bad weather.
After running through the hotel door, she took the elevator back to her suite. Nina had already placed breakfast on the table, reached out to take the hot towel handed over by Naomi Watts, wiped her face, and ate her breakfast. , while flipping through today's newspaper.
The above are almost all forward-looking comments about the awards season. The entertainment section of the "Los Angeles Times" did a box office summary of Hollywood in the past year.
On this point, Wayne's "The Return of the Clown" is undoubtedly on the annual list, ranking 1 and third. The first one is undoubtedly "Forrest Gump", which received the most revenue this year. The total box office has reached 330 million US dollars, and it has also made Tom Hanks unparalleled in popularity.
The second place is "The Lion King" produced by Disney Animation Studio and distributed by its subsidiary Buena Vista, which achieved a North American box office of 312 million US dollars. Wayne knew that this was the last glory of Disney Animation Studio. From then on, Hollywood animated feature films, Will enter the Pixar era of Joe Gang Leader.
"The Return of the Clown" followed with 2. This horror film that he tinkered with in advance is definitely one of the biggest surprises this year.
In addition to its annual box office rankings, the Los Angeles Times also reviewed the film.
"This year's summer season has been particularly fierce, with great films like "Forrest Gump" and classic animated feature films like "The Lion King" being produced, but it's an American horror film, "The Return of the Clown." The film also completely changed people's prejudices against horror movies.
As early as 1 Berg and his "Joker", he began to be worshiped by movie fans around the world. Movie fans went into the theater again and again to watch this unique comic book character and tirelessly analyzed all the details in the film. .
This year's "The Return of the Clown" swept the entire September schedule, winning four consecutive weekend box office championships, once again creating a movie-watching frenzy among young people..."
"I read it with such gusto, I knew it was a compliment to you!" Naomi Watts' head suddenly stuck out in front of the newspaper, glanced at the report in the entertainment section, curled her lips and sat back down. .
Wayne put the newspaper back on the table, picked up the milk, took a big sip, and said, "Everyone likes to hear nice words. I am also a layman, Nami."
"Your little pet is already here, don't you want to meet it?" Naomi Watts said with a sarcastic tone in her tone. "The filming will start again tomorrow. She only has a few scenes. If we don't hurry up, she will leave New York soon."
These words made him stunned for a moment, and he subconsciously turned to look at the assistant. Nina made a 'Charlize Theron' lip sync to him before he reacted.
"Nami, respect women."
Anyway, Wayne was thick-skinned enough, so he pretended not to hear the Australian beauty's angry tone. After eating, he hugged his notebook, lit a cigarette and leaned on the sofa to plan the shooting.
All the actors will arrive in New York one after another today, and filming here will officially start tomorrow.
December is about to enter, and he plans to finish all the lens materials within one and a half months, leaving enough time for post-production work.
We still need to cut a qualified trailer before the Super Bowl, and the release time must also be considered. The initial judgment is that it must be at the beginning of the summer season in May. The specific weekend of the filming will depend on when the production is completed.