"Eat... vinegar?!" Angela twitched the corners of her mouth in disbelief.
"Yes, jealous," Natalie turned her head away and rubbed her face in annoyance, as if this was a very shameful thing, "different from the half-joking jealousy before, this time I really feel Here comes... Jealousy, Danger and Threat!"
Angela, with some cold sweat on her back, leaned over her body, made a cross with a subtle movement—it was so rare—and decided to strike first: "Um—I think you're talking about Kate and Jesse?"
Natalie suddenly smiled bitterly, she waved her hand irritably and then replied in a weak voice with a little dejection: "Yes, I don't understand... I really don't understand... How could... I shouldn't..."
"Dear Nat," Angela cupped her shoulders, "know what my conclusion is? You're under too much pressure!"
Natalie was about to refute, but Angela raised a finger and shook it: "Okay, I'll analyze it for you this time. You want to get into Harvard but you're worried about your grades, so When you do things, you are always suspicious. You are worrying about yourself, and it will affect your judgment over time."
"Don't be kidding, Angie, I'm very confident in myself. Even if I don't get the AP National Scholar Award like you did, it's absolutely fine to apply to Harvard." Natalie said with some displeasure.
"Really?" Angela raised her eyebrows, "Then why didn't you attend the premiere of "Star Wars Prequel"? Although I am in Poland, I am still clear about certain things."
"Because I have exams, AP exams, and I can't spare any extra time, do you want me to give up the exams to attend the movie premiere?" Natalie folded her arms and stared at Angela, her eyes full of "You are a fool ?" words.
"I'm sorry, Nat, I happen to know the time of the AP exam this year." Angela smiled like a sly little fox, "You think even 6 days between May 12th and May 18th is still not enough for you. ?"
Natalie rolled her eyes: "I have to be fully prepared."
"Yeah, I'm very confident in myself, but I'm worried that I'll have problems with the exam because of my participation in the premiere, and I completely ignore the one-week buffer." Angela said proudly, pinching her chin. .
"It's always good to be strict." Natalie continued to roll her eyes.
"Of course, then why are you still worried after that?" Angela asked back, and then waved her hand again: "Don't be too busy to refute, I ask you: Did you forget to take something after getting on the plane? Are you right now? Do you think it's easy to think too much? Are you unable to fall asleep when you're resting?"
"Yes, I did forget to bring my comb, but it's normal, everyone always leaves one or two things at home after packing up when they go out." Natalie defended, "And I definitely didn't think too much about it. You slept well too!"
"Really—" Angela dragged her voice, and Natalie stopped suddenly, opened her mouth and closed her mouth again, so that a few seconds later, a frustrated and unhappy expression appeared on her face.
"Okay, Nat, listen to me, it's normal for this to happen," Angela said in a reassuring tone, pulling away her smile, "You see I'm doing pretty well, right? But you know what, There were times when I fell into some kind of trance that I couldn't get out of. I had to allow myself to be a completely calm spectator to record what happened, but some emotions couldn't be stopped once they came up. Nat, you have to understand that reason and sensibility are always intertwined, maybe you think rationally that you don't have such or such emotions, but in fact?"
"Okay," Natalie said after a moment of silence, "I may be… really stressed."
She didn't know that Angela was greatly relieved when she said these words: it was not easy, I finally coaxed her, if it were Kate or Jessica, she would have given up the investigation long ago.
Nat is just too smart, calm and rational sometimes, Angela sighed in her stomach.
It was difficult to divert Natalie's attention from being jealous and that sort of thing, of course she couldn't make her think about those things, so Angela turned the conversation to other places, such as the previous visit of Perlman and Williams and That night's chat with Perlman also included merciless criticism of the "Cello Crazy."
On the one hand, Natalie was very envious, and it was a pity she couldn't meet Perlman; on the other hand, she also agreed and understood Angela's views on that movie.
"When women are doing unparalleled things somewhere, those guys start to think about their personal lives to find something to choreograph. What's more outrageous is the same understatement problem that occurs with men. When it appears on a woman, it will be magnified many times." Natalie said, and then she comforted Angela a little: "Fortunately, you are not a strong woman now."
However, for this comfort, Angela could only answer by rolling her eyes.
With the appearance of a huge group of relatives and friends, the actors on the crew also began to change their views on Angela, and the serious and most perfect woman finally had the brilliance of a girl - this is what Brody said, at the cost of playing in restaurants The piano section was repeated over a dozen times. But how much has an impact on the progress of the shooting.
Spearman's scenes on the escape road have basically been completed, and the scenes in the Jewish quarter are all group scenes. Even if everyone is not required to be professional, at least they can't reveal any flaws, right
Although the four little ghosts don't appear on the set every day, as long as they appear, they will always attract laughter from the extras. If they don't adjust once the filming starts, it will be repeated several times for sure.
Fortunately, after a week, Mom and the others left, along with Natalie and the other three. Of course, Angela took the opportunity to chat privately with Kate and Jessica. Compared with Natalie, the two of them are much easier to coax. Although the two did not express jealousy, they each had their own dissatisfaction.
"I'm not angry that you didn't tell me... well, I'm really angry, and what's worse, I don't know why!" Kate came to Angela's room when no one was there and chatted a few words. Then he said a little sadly.
"Just because I told Nat and reminded Jesse, but hid it from you?" Angela said innocently, "I think I explained it, and I hid it from my parents."
After sighing softly, Kate suddenly hugged Angela and hugged her tightly: "I'm just... I'm a little worried, we can't make it public or dare to make it public, so I'm very worried... Maybe I'll lose you."
"It won't be like this, I promise, Kate." Angela said, slightly absent-minded, "and... we will show up on the street above board, for sure." Then she was gagged by Kate.
Many things can't be turned back once the bow is opened, especially for a woman (man?) with Angela's character, she is always indecisive in the face of this situation, unless something major changes.
"You're willing to call Lindsay once a week and only write or email me, what can I say?" Angela said about correspondence when she went to Jessica's room one night. When the other party said with a flat mouth complaining.
"Don't tell me you don't know why I'm doing this, Jesse," Angela took Jessica directly into her arms, "I've always been worried about her, after all, she's not like you have a role model father. "
"It would be great if I was really like my father." Jessica snorted softly in her arms.
"Why?" Angela raised her eyebrows.
"Because—" Jessica leaned into her ear and sighed, "I won't be soft on you!"
Saying that, their hands stretched out to Angela's ribs like lightning, so the two of them started laughing and joking. Of course, because of this and that situation, Angela just rubbed the ears with Jessica, just like when she was with Kate, she just kissed nothing, and her bed was already occupied by four goblins.
Jesse is always gentle, Kate is always warm and Nat is always sane. Angela could only sigh in her heart, but the more she didn't want to let go of the conflict, so she could only bury her head in the sand again until they left.
After the mother and the others left, Angela immediately started the crew to work overtime.
"The progress has fallen behind a lot, and we have to make up for it." She said to the entire crew. Of course, things like overtime pay will definitely not be less. She has long said that the problems that can be solved with money are all problems. not a problem.
In fact, the shooting progress is not as Angela said. Although it is behind, it is always within the expectations of the plan, but she wants to devote herself fully to the work, and secondly, she wants to make the actual progress exceed Planned - even once. Anyway, I have worked overtime before, but the intensity is not very large, so it is not a big problem to improve it now.
"Well done, please keep it up everyone!"
"I hope you will be more rigorous and serious in the future!"
During this period of time, Angela often went into battle and shouted to the extras in Polish with a loudspeaker. It was a little lame at first, but after a few times, it became very proficient - of course, the complex command still depends on other people to complete. So when she left Poland, the most slippery Polish she spoke was these few lines.
In addition to these, Angela often exchanges opinions with the assistant director, several assistants, photographers, lighting engineers, etc., trying to find ways to adjust the lens shooting and use the time better and more rationally. Among the extras, the Jews who knew her were also helping. By mid-July, although the schedule did not go as expected, the progress that fell behind was basically made up, so the next filming in Berlin was left.
In Berlin in 1999, the relocation of the government is coming to an end. As the capital of Germany, it is no longer a misnomer, and the Brandenburg Gate towering in the city center is still one of the must-see places for tourists.
But Angela didn't come to travel, and shooting in Berlin was much more troublesome than in Warsaw. Most of the venues and sets in Poland can be used several times, but the shots to be shot in Berlin are too fragmented. There are radio stations in Warsaw, the streets where Spearman escaped, the walls of Jewish quarters and even prisoner-of-war camps. In many places, it took a lot of effort to prepare props and set them up and only take one or two shots.
Although Angela was a little depressed, she didn't care. Anyway, as long as the actors were in good condition, it was all a matter of money. She could ask people to start work in two or even three places at the same time, and then set it up here. After the shooting is done, quickly rush over to shoot another.
The only thing that annoys her is that there are far more reporters in Berlin than in Warsaw. Although Angela set the filming locations in the old town or outskirts, these guys who want to get the scoop are still everywhere with their keen sense of smell.
"Very good, very well done." Angela applauded, and most people followed suit, whether it was the persecuted outside the barbed wire, the German prisoners of war inside the barbed wire, or the surrounding Soviet soldiers.
"Take a break now and wait for the props to re-set the set before starting." After instructing to rearrange the set, Angela walked to Brody, who was talking to Kleicherman.
"It seems that you have a good chat." Angela said with a smile.
"Of course, he saved my life." Brody pointed to Kleicherman solemnly.
"The problem is, you didn't save my life." Unexpectedly, Kleichmann, a strict German, would also have humorous moments.
"God, it looks like the sun is coming out from the south today." Angela blinked and patted Brody's arm with regret: "It's a pity that I don't have DV in my hand, if it is recorded, it may be sold in a few years. Good price."
"No no no," Brody shook his head repeatedly, "If I had DV in my hands now, I could sell it for a good price right away."
He said and pointed to the blurred silhouettes of the mountains in the distance: "They have been waiting eagerly."
"I have to regret to tell you, Ed, they're not TV reporters," Angela folded her arms, "so if you want to sell the tapes you have to go to town and I'll kill you before that. ."
Brody immediately raised his hands, and Kleichmann burst out laughing and then went to remove his makeup and change his clothes.
"To be honest, you've laughed a lot more since your mother and your friends came to visit." Brody said this suddenly after being silent for a while.
"Why, was I scary before that?" Angela asked curiously.
"This..." Brody thought for a while, "Can you not say it?"
"If you want to wait for the record twenty times of NG." Angela directly threatened.
"I remember you always stressed that the actual progress and the plan are in line with the plan." Brody reminded.
"Overtime, anyway, the terms of the contract are clearly written." Angela didn't care at all.
Brody could only throw up his hands in defeat again: "Okay, okay, let me think about it... Honestly, although I took the role without hesitation, it was mainly because you got the best The director's nomination - I admit, when I first got the script, I had my doubts about your ability to make a movie like this."
"Then why did you agree again?" Angela asked while pinching her chin.
"I don't know," Brody spread his hands, "perhaps to take a risk, after all, you are a recognized genius."
After a pause, he spoke again: "It turns out that you are indeed a genius and have a good grasp of movies, but you can't see the characteristics that a girl should have in your body, the pursuit of perfection and the pursuit of details have a far-reaching view of various things. Well beyond your age, you were serious, unsmiling and slightly sad until your mother came to visit."
Angela was silent for a while before speaking again: "What about now? Much better?"
"Most of the time it's still like that... you're still the no-nonsense director on the scene where I'm sadly walking down a deserted, cluttered street," Brody shrugged, "but during breaks. You are indeed more of a girl than before, like the joke just now."
There was another few seconds of silence, and then Angela smiled and pushed him: "Okay, let's start preparing, if you really NG 20 times, I will definitely kill you."
"Understood, Miss Director." Brody took a step forward and said with a bit of laughter, followed his face and turned around and patted Angela's shoulder and said seriously: "I can cooperate with you. It's an honor, Angie."
"Me too." Angela smiled and nodded.
She knew how Adrian felt, and in fact, if it wasn't for her mother, uncle's family, and Kate's three visits, she might have become as depressed as Spielberg had been. And while filming the scene Brody just said-especially when Spearman came downstairs to his house and saw the corpses of two men and a child lying on the ground, Angela would inevitably experience The feeling of being in a trance, after all, this impact is double for her.
So from this point of view, the visit of the mother and the others was really timely.
Angela took a deep breath and put these aside, and waved to the assistant director and assistants to continue. But sometimes things are so easy to find, because the scene was shot in the open air on the outskirts, so the next day's "Sun" published a photo and an article, in the photo Angela and cloth Lodi smiled and stood together, seeming to be very happy to talk because of the angle issue.
"After countless setbacks, our reporters finally got something useful from the Miss Genius set. Apparently Angela has met another male friend worth talking to. I don't know what Gyllen Hill in New York will do. What do you think? Of course, maybe he'll be glad he doesn't have to suffer any more, but he wonders if Mr. Brody is mentally prepared for it..."