[American Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

Chapter 8 Breaking the Curse

The whole movie "Sweet Sixteen" went smoothly from the filming preparation to the completion of filming and post-production. Needless to say, Ken Loach's royal team was natural, and the main characters were cast quickly. The four originally reserved by Loach The monthly shooting cycle was shortened to three months.

"I will keep this ending without cutting a single frame." Rocky and his editor looked at each other, and he saw approval in the other's eyes. "Vincent far exceeded my expectations. If he hadn't been so young, James and I might have been able to prepare a script specifically for him."

According to Rocky's film tradition of focusing on social reality issues, this It’s not hard for a movie to get attention. As the British film market gradually weakened after 2000, the loss of a large number of film talents also caused British films to enter an embarrassing status quo - those who wanted to get ahead had no chance, and those who wanted to come in had no place.

The impact brought by Hollywood in the United States is comprehensive. Even with the impact of the financial crisis, Hollywood still firmly maintains its dominance.

Rocky has always been a staunch "Hollywood opponent" in the eyes of foreign media, but this is not the case. What Rocky is fighting is not Hollywood itself. He does not think there is a problem for a director, screenwriter or actor to pursue any awards. There is no problem that film practitioners need a professional and weighty award to prove their strength.

But for the sake of a film festival, deliberately changing one's style to cater to the judges' preferences and losing one's original intention and true heart are what Rocky despises and despises.

What a person does is not without reason. Rocky cannot interfere with other people's pursuits, but others also have no right to limit their own attitudes and choices.

Rocky adjusted his eyes so that they rested better on the bridge of his nose. His eyes were focused on several screens at the same time. He pointed at one of the scenes and said: "Here, Vincent freely used his understanding. What do you think?" ?"

What Rocky was talking about was exactly Lem's repressed and calm self-struggle after he was ridiculed by his mother's lover, and then his dream was shattered by his mother's words.

It's a contradiction to say this. Although sixteen-year-old Lem lacked a good growing environment due to family reasons, his reason and self-control were beyond the standard range for this age. Although he has a cruel side: for example, when he is holding a knife in his hand, he does not hesitate to strike; he also has a gentle and soft side: when facing children, he is always inseparable from the other party in his words, and the tenderness in his eyes makes people feel I can't help but imagine that maybe Lem will be an excellent father in the future...

"He digested your shooting intentions very well, Ken. Are you sure he has no acting experience before?"

Rocky nodded: "Vincent He is indeed an out-and-out novice, and his basketball skills may be even better."

This is also a little bit of Ryota Kise's caution - for a novice who has never been exposed to acting, when he first entered the big screen lens, They are often full of mistakes, from their movements to their lines, from their body movements to their micro-expressions. A layman can't understand it, but an expert can understand it clearly.

A pure novice like William perfectly demonstrates the mistakes that all novice actors will make. In contrast to William, Ryota Kise is so surprising. But the degree of this "surprise" is still in Kise Ryota's own hands. For him, the interpretation of this movie is not just an interpretation of the protagonist "Lyme", but also a reflection of Vincent To explain the understanding of Lyme from a "novice" perspective - to be precise, this is a double interpretation.