Chapter 620: Bold Adventure
Finally, "Butterfly Effect" is officially launched.
Generally speaking, the crew often chooses a simple and easy scene for the first scene, and goes through it easily to get a good start, which means a good start.
Including when Gus was filming "Elephant".
However.
The two rookie directors, McGee and Eric, did not follow common sense and chose a very difficult scene in the first scene, and it was also a key scene.
In the movie, Evan has been suffering from short-term memory loss since he was a child. He often cannot remember certain fragments. He is there but his memory is blank.
For example, Evan remembered that when he was seven years old, Keller's father bought a video camera. He remembered that he asked himself and Keller to go in front of the camera and take off their shirts, saying that he wanted them to film a video. Video.
But he didn’t remember what happened next.
Evan found Keller and carefully explored what happened that afternoon; but he never expected that Keller avoided what happened that afternoon, fell into madness and lost control, burst into tears on the spot, and ended it after going back own life.
This incident hit Evan hard.
It was at this turning point that Evan used the diary to go back to the past for the first time, to the afternoon when he was seven years old, and stopped Keller's father in his own way——
That afternoon, nothing happened.
Then.
When Evan regained consciousness and returned to the current timeline, the butterfly effect took effect.
Keller has no childhood shadow, she has not lost the ability to love and trust, and she and Evan have come together. Their childhood sweethearts entered college hand in hand and started a new happy life step by step.
Everything is as beautiful as a fairy tale.
Evan is confused and confused. He is not sure whether he should believe that all this is real. He is not sure when happiness will slip through his fingers, and he is not sure whether he is in a dream. .
But at the same time, even if it is just a dream, Evan wants to hold on tightly and be happy for a little while longer. Even if it is stolen happiness, he wants to be cautious and greedy for a moment.
In fact, Evan’s ominous premonition was correct——
Because of Evan's obstruction and interference, Keller's father did not hurt her, so he vented all his anger on Keller's brother Tommy, which made Tommy become paranoid and twisted.
After learning that Evan and Caleb were together, Tommy's last source of support also left him, so he grabbed a baseball bat and rushed towards Evan, ultimately causing a tragedy.
Of course, Evan has no way to predict the future, and he has no idea that danger is approaching.
Look back to the crew.
What is about to be filmed is an important intimate scene in this timeline.
After modifying the past, Evan returned to the current timeline. After experiencing the chaos of the morning, the collisions of the day, and the continuous groping, when night fell, Evan finally found some sense of reality:
He had happiness. .
Keller was in his arms, he could see it, touch it and feel it; but at the same time, the feeling of worrying about gain and loss always lingered, so that he had to be as careful as walking a tightrope. cautious.
The first scene took place on the bed, when two people finished a fried rice meal.
To be precise, this scene is in the middle of the movie. It has no place in the world and no place on the ground. Anson has no idea why Eric and McGee want to advance this scene and make it the first scene of the whole movie. Scene——
The difficulty lies in Evan's mentality. The anxiety and nervousness of always worrying that everything in front of him is just the moon in the mirror, obviously has levels, not just worry or fear, but also deeper caution and hesitation. In his previous life, Ashton Kutcher simply treated this scene as an idol drama, in which a big boy rediscovered the joy and happiness of his beloved doll.
It’s not impossible, but firstly, letting Keller evolve into a simple trophy is not enough to explain the meaning of happiness; secondly, letting Evan’s psychological arc flow on the surface and cannot be displayed The complexity of fate.
In Anson's case, Anson was not sure whether he could show a new look; but for the first scene, Anson was unsure.
The difficulty also lies in the cooperation between Anson and Rachel, because this is a scene that requires both parties to be honest with each other. The cover of a sheet is far from enough to offset the unfamiliarity between two strangers in intimate scenes. and embarrassment.
However.
McGee and Eric persisted.
They sat down with the two actors for an in-depth discussion and expressed their opinions:
They believed that the purpose of starting with this scene was to break the deadlock.
The emotional bond between Evan and Caleb is undoubtedly the core of the entire movie. In essence, this is a pure love movie; but the point is that the movie does not have a lot of time to spend The pen and ink describe the emotional pull between two people, leaving no space in the script and movie. The director must rely on the actors' chemistry.
Therefore, the first scene was completely drained, putting the two actors in an extreme environment, breaking the ice, breaking the constraints, and being honest with each other, setting the tone for the entire movie.
In response, Anson protested that there were many ways to break the deadlock and there was no need to use such means.
But McGee disagreed. Obviously, he had evolved it countless times in his mind.
“I read an interview that when Wong Kar-wai was filming ‘Happy Together’, Tony Leung’s first scene when he arrived in Argentina was an intimate scene with Leslie Cheung.”
“Also, Tony Leung also I thought I was playing the role of going to a funeral.”
"Even until the filming of that scene was completed, he was still confused and couldn't react."
"This is the effect I want."
"Anson, you can do it."
It turns out that McGee has been eager to imitate the master's shooting style, but the point is that not everyone can imitate Wong Kar-wai.
I never expected that Gus did not imitate Wong Kar-Wai when filming "Elephant", but McGee and Eric took action to follow Wong Kar-Wai's footsteps when filming "The Butterfly Effect", and Anson didn't know either. This is good and bad.
After all, imitation, if you are not careful, may lead to the bad situation of painting a tiger instead of a dog. Countless novice directors think they can learn from the masters, but they don't know that inferior imitation will only expose their own shortcomings in all aspects.
There are not even 100 but 80 directors who imitated Wong Kar-Wai, but the result was extremely tragic, with almost no survivors. It is really hard to grasp whether the directorship of McGee and Eric can handle such a scene. A sweat.
And.
Anson knew what McGee meant. He understood and could try such a performance, "I can, but the point is..."
Where is Rachel?
However, she never expected that Rachel interrupted Anson and seemed to have anticipated Anson's worries in advance. The moment she noticed Anson's gaze, she said first, "I have no problem."
After saying that, Rui Qiu swallowed, glanced at Anson briefly but immediately turned away. You could see her nervousness and apprehension; but she still straightened her back and tried to show her confidence——
She was already Ready.
(End of this chapter)