625 - The real city of angels at night
For the project "Titanic", it was almost always made in a bumpy way. Not only was the 20th Century Fox in his heart, but he had the idea of sealing the project, but even Paramount Pictures, which was later fooled, began to have the same idea.
After spending 100 million US dollars on Twentieth Century Fox, James Cameron had no idea of restraining himself. On the surface, he claimed that he went to Mexico to shoot to save money, but in fact, every expense made Twentieth Century Fox frightened.
When Paramount Pictures invested more than $60 million, they also discovered that there was no official completion date yet, and all the shooting work was only halfway through at most.
No film company can accept this result, so Pailai Meng Film simply cut off its capital investment, and it seemed like it wanted to stop the loss as soon as possible. When Twentieth Century Fox saw it, it was impossible. The film finally had hope of completing the production, so it started to raise bloody financing and spend money inside.
This more than three years of production time and a production cost of up to 200 million US dollars have also made the executives of 20th Century Fox the targets of mocking the entire Hollywood.
Countless experiences in the circle have been shown by Chilolo. Even if the project that has been delayed and continuously exceeded the deadline, even if it is barely produced, it will not have any good results. It can be said to be a mess. There are many film companies that are not desirable, and there are many film companies that have been pornographic.
"You will definitely feel familiar with it." Townsend Rossman said in a low voice after chatting for a while.
"uh-huh?"
"I remember coming in late 1993 or early 1994." Townsend Rossman raised his hand, scratched the hair on his head, and said with a hint of malicious intention: "When you were filming "The Joker Returns" in Canada, the crew was poisoned and fucked all of them, right?"
“hey,hey,hey.”
Seeing that Wayne wanted to say something, Townsend Rossman stretched out his finger, shook the two left and right between them, and said with a smile: "I remember very clearly that many media reported that you were all knocked down and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
James also received the same treatment this time. I heard that when he went out to shoot, he scolded a photography assistant very harshly."
"God! James was also poisoned and brought down?" Naomi Watts, who was sitting quietly beside him, straightened his upper body in surprise, and asked with obvious surprise in his tone: "God, isn't it true?"
No one knows better about the poisoning incident during the "Joker Back" period than her. Fortunately, it was filmed in Canada at that time. The report in North America did not last long. If it was filmed in North America, how long would it take to make a fuss in the end.
Naomi Watts was staying in the hospital for several days when Wayne was hospitalized. If it weren't for the poisoning incident, it would be not certain whether the child between the two would have been.
"That's right."
Townsend Rossman shrugged, and the smile on his lips became more obvious. "Everyone knows that James is not only a bad temper in the crew, but also a bad temper in life. I guess the photography assistant has had enough of his bad temper, and he poisoned the crew's working meal that day.
James was not spared. Many staff members of the crew were poisoned and entered the hospital. He was just a little lucky than you. The photography assistant could only find stimulant poisons, so after only a few days of staying in the hospital, they all went back to the crew to continue their work."
"f**k! Director is really a high-risk profession!"
Naomi Watts completely ignored his ladylike image and sweared in a rare way.
Everyone laughed out loud. Yes, from this point of view, the director is really a high-level profession. James Cameron and Wayne are not the first unlucky director in the filming in the circle, nor will they be the last one. There are countless kinds of weird crews.
Twenty minutes later, the crowd around the creative team of "Titanic" dispersed. Wayne and others went over and said hello and left the hotel in a low-key manner. The protagonist tonight was not them, even if it was nearly half a year from now on, the protagonist would be the two men in the hotel.
It was already midnight, and the outside of Greenberg Manor was covered with a smoke screen. Except for the moon hanging in the sky, the entire manor fell into a deep sleep.
You can still see the bright lights in the distance. After the passionate sunshine in California faded, it seemed that the city had truly come alive. Although the sky was completely dark, the temperature in the air was still there, and the subtle wind was passing through the balcony, and the stuffy air was constantly sent into the bedroom of the main building of the manor.
"Extreme poverty, and great wealth coexist in the city of Angels."
On the balcony lounge chair, Wayne was wearing a bathrobe and still had water droplets on his hair. It was obvious that he had just walked out of the bathroom for less than two minutes. He held a bottle of cold beer in his hand. He looked up at the lights in the distance and murmured in a low voice.
Similar words have been seen in Naomi Watts' ears in different forms since she came to this city, but she had a deeper experience tonight.
The Australian actress was also wearing a white bathrobe and squeezed directly into Wayne's large recliner. She reached out to pull out a bottle of beer from the ice bucket, hugged her legs with her arms, and looked at the lights under Beverly Hills.
After they came back from the hotel tonight, they wanted to go to a convenience store. The scene on the street once again made her feel what the real Los Angeles looked like.
"skid row." The woman murmured softly the name of the street.
"That's right."
Wayne leaned on the lounge chair, looked at the woman's back near Chi Chi, nodded and said, "Sergey usually calls that street Seventh Street. To some extent, it is Los Angeles in the eyes of most people."
He still remembers Naomi Watts's surprised expression when Ross Lace wanted to take a shortcut and drove into that street from the bustling little Tokyo. Australian actresses certainly hadn't been in contact with the slums in Los Angeles that had been overnight, and it was one of the poorest streets.
"It seems like it is a dilapidated wall like a building in the last century, with garbage everywhere on both sides of the street and various food residues, and syringes thrown on the ground..."
Perhaps Naomi Watts didn't know how to describe the sense of gap, but she clearly saw that under the dilapidated tents connected on both sides of the street, there were people of color of different shapes. The eyes of those people looking at the car were full of greed and fear that emanated from their bones.
It is precisely this terrifying scene that will completely disappear from people's eyes after the sun comes out, and no one knows where these people have gone.
"Hey, don't think about those."
Wayne had seen the same scene more than once. He reached out and pulled the woman into his arms, shook his head with a smile. "That kind of damn life has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with you, of course, and even more to our little Fendi."
"Wayne, you animal, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. It's useless to use warmth."
Naomi Watts pursed his lips and his white fingers reached into the man's bathrobe and pinched him hard. "You can call Cate Blanchett and see if he has time to mess with you!"
The cheeky face had already been integrated into Wayne's blood. The expression on his face remained unchanged and he blew into the woman's ear. "Ha, dear Ms. Watts, don't you think we haven't played those exciting games for a long time? Do you just miss it at all?"
Since 1990, Naomi Watts didn't know the man beside her. She rolled her eyes helplessly, stood up from the recliner like she accepted her fate, curled her lips at the man, turned around and walked towards the cloakroom, where all their game equipment were there.
“no,no,no.Nami.”
Who knew that Wayne hurriedly called out before she could walk out of the balcony. In the other party's puzzled eyes, the man shrugged and whispered to the night sky outside the balcony. "Dear Ms. Watts, don't you envy Ruth at all? I have a bold idea. Do you want to try it and let me draw you a picture?"
"Ahh?"
Recalling the scenes in tonight's movie, Naomi Watts smiled. Yes, she also liked this unique little game, so she happily untied the laces of the bathrobe, and while walking back, she left the white bathrobe in place.
In fact, Wayne knows nonsense painting. His painting level is usually enough to cope with the level of storyboard manuscripts. He has no idea what the so-called painting art is.
When he saw Naomi Watts leaning against the recliner in the movie, he was too lazy to even look like he looked. He just watched with a smile for a while, and then couldn't wait to walk towards the woman.
When the sunshine in Los Angeles appeared again, the entire Greenberg Manor seemed to come alive again. Patrol security personnel, weed gardeners, and several female staff members who helped back and forth formed the busy morning of the manor.
"Dear, the newspapers are reporting on Titanic, do you want to see it?"
Wayne jogged around his neck and returned to the living room from the garden while jogging, Naomi Watts had a breakfast in front of him, and shook a stack of newspapers on his hand and asked, "Shower or have breakfast first?"
“Let’s have breakfast together.”
Since today is the weekend and the crew is resting on a daily basis, Wayne rarely has time to run two laps in the morning. His long busy work has made him still maintain his shape when he graduated even though he is almost thirty years old.
I don’t have much time to exercise, but the reason why I don’t gain weight like most directors in the circle is simply because I work hard and continuously.
"How is the media's evaluation of Titanic?"
Holding up a glass of milk, Wayne sat opposite the Australian actress and asked while drinking.
Naomi Watts shook his head and said, "It's not good. All critics are negative about the movies, and so is the trend in the media."
Chapter completed!