Full of self-confidence did not let her lose her cautiousness in the filming. As the filming progressed, Angela became more and more strict, and the arrangement of scenes between different roles made her dance back and forth between several wires.
"At this time, Rabe is not unwilling to save more people, but considering that 100,000 people is already the limit that the safe zone can accommodate, he must first ensure the survival of these people, and he is not very aware of Japan outside. The tyranny of people. I want you to act out that feeling, Heinz, this feeling of anxiety." Angela said this for Heinz during the filming of Rabe as whether to continue accepting refugees.
Then she turned to Steve: "Dr. Wilson was one of the main reasons for changing his opinion, Dr. Wilson worked in the hospital, plus he had previously supported letting Chinese soldiers surrender to the Japanese after disarming, so it's more clear what's going on outside. I want you to express your distaste for Nazis more clearly when you interpret that sentiment, Steve.”
"Rabe Diary" is different from "The Pianist", and its influence is far less than "The Pianist" or "Schindler's List", so proper artistic processing and dramatization are necessary to generate conflict and tension, just like Schindler's List is the same glorification of Oskar Schindler.
Of course, this degree must also be well grasped. Just like Schindler has rescued so many people, Spielberg has not made much cover up about his shortcomings such as greed and lust and a luxurious life. Even "The Pianist" has been artistically retouched in many places, such as Spearman and Hawthornfield's encounter.
Therefore, since Angela arranged it in the back, and Rabe tore the plot of the summoning order in front of the returning Nazi officers who came to recruit him, then an explanation and arrangement that everyone can agree with must be made in the front. Neither contrived nor lack of persuasion, these test her level.
"Remember, you only need to show a trace of your intolerance, because you are executing an order. Even if this order violates an international convention, you must carry it out. This is the mental state of the Japanese soldiers at that time." Angela Speaking of a scene for a Japanese actor, "If you don't feel emotionally, try lowering your head or closing your eyes."
After the translator translated the words, she had a few more conversations before she came to Kagawa Teruzhi again. Kagawa's English was not bad enough to avoid the trouble of speaking with ducks: "Kagawa, we have already discussed the image of Asaka Miyagi Hatohiko. Many times, cold, proud, cruel, Chinese are not people to him. Frankly, I admire you for playing this role."
"You have to face up to that period of history." Kagawa, who was wearing a Japanese military uniform of World War II, smiled and didn't say much.
Now the filming is the scene where the Chinese army was massacred by the Japanese after the surrender. Although Angela also arranged for a Japanese officer to object to the decision made by Asaka Miyagihiko, she still compromised and implemented it under pressure, but showed a trace of intolerance during the massacre.
It was enough for Angela to have such a hint of unbearableness, knowing that she didn't even consider arranging such a plot at first, even though many veterans said in their memoirs how reluctant they were, can anyone prove it? Of course, Angela made adjustments in the end - but that's all, it's better to avoid tears or something.
This also needs to be handled with care, although the feelings of the Japanese can be completely ignored - after hearing that Hollywood's Miss Angel is going to film "Rabe Diaries", many Japanese have protested in various ways. As a dumping ground for American culture, the Japanese have all fallen into the occupation except for animation and TV dramas, so there are also many Angela's Fans. Especially after Angela served as the screenwriter of two "The Grudge", her popularity in Japan has increased a lot, and she is even praised by ordinary people as one of the Westerners who know Japan best.
Now, this woman with huge influence in the world actually wants to put "Rabe Diary" on the screen, and also involves the unconfirmed "Nanjing Incident", and even finds someone to play a prince, this is too much!
However, even if they left messages on Angela's blog, even if they sent emails to public mailboxes or appealed in newspapers, they were all dead and unresponsive. The disappointed Japanese then targeted Kagawa Teruyuki, who played Hatohiko Asaka, and the Japanese actors in the crew. This kind of pressure is not trivial. It is said that Kagawa's family has been threatened more than once. But Kagawa was unmoved, so Angela said she admired him before.
It's just that although you don't care about the feelings of the Japanese, you still have to worry about the image of the Japanese in the hearts of Westerners. From this point of view, their public relations skills are quite good. In short, it is necessary to ensure relative fairness and objectivity, and some compromises must be made to achieve this.
"You're wrong, you're wrong, Angela, if it were me, I would have stood up and questioned." After two weeks of filming, Jiang Wen had an argument with Angela for the first time.
"But you're not Han Xianglin after all, aren't you?" Angela replied calmly.
"You don't know the Chinese people. If he doesn't stand up and ask questions in the face of this situation, he is not a man!" Jiang Wen said sullenly, with one hand on his waist and the other waving widely. .
"Unfortunately, I know more about China than most Westerners," Angela spread her hands, "Chinese people should be the most tolerant people, especially when they want to save more lives in the face of national disasters. Frankly speaking, it is very difficult for today's Chinese to understand the mental state of people at that time, like they don't understand why there are such numb people. Besides, according to Mr. Han's biographical information, it is very strange that he would remain silent at this time. possible."
After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Wen scratched his head and finally sighed: "Well, you are the director, I can only listen to you."
Angela also breathed a sigh of relief. In this film, she did not avoid the numbness of the Chinese at that time, and there were a lot of scenes where the Japanese killed them after driving them together. After all, this is a fact. Besides, there are numb crowds everywhere. Aren't the Jews in "The Pianist" lined up to be slaughtered? So nothing to be ashamed of.
But at the same time, she wanted to overthrow some people's inherent cognition of the Chinese at that time through the role of Han Xianglin. She wanted to show the role of this role without making Westerners disgusted. She had no choice but to make Han Xianglin more cautious. Fortunately, the incidents of his being Rabe's assistant and his appointment as a food commissioner are well documented, otherwise...
In addition, there are many annoying things, such as extras and reporters from all over the world.
Extras are always a headache, no matter where they are, but Angela is too demanding this time. The seconded soldiers were fine, as long as the director's orders were meticulously carried out and kept serious—except for the harsh criticism of playing Japanese soldiers—and Angela rarely featured them.
But those refugees were different. Angela hoped that they could still show a trace of numbness when they were frightened, but this was an almost impossible task, and few of the extras who participated temporarily could meet her requirements. Although Angela was very angry, she was helpless. Many of these extras were survivors who were rescued by Rabe back then. They did not even want to be paid for their participation in the performance, but only hoped to repay Rabe in this way.
Faced with this situation, Angela had to redesign the lens with the photographer, and then found a few experienced professional helpers to barely pass the test.
Although those reporters were completely blocked from the set, they never stayed idle. I don't know what means they used to dig out the fact that Angela sponsored Alice's documentary in her own name. You know, Angela's original agreement with Alice was that Alice could not disclose this to anyone unless she agreed.
After the news was disclosed, Angela's popularity in China, especially among young people, suddenly increased a lot. Every day, there were more people waiting outside the studio to see if they could be an extra and ask for an autograph. Interestingly, CCTV also organized an "Angela Movie Week" on the movie channel, and selected several movies related to her to broadcast.
The Japanese temporarily died down. From this news, Angela obviously would not give up shooting. Since she chose to ignore them, and Kagawa and other actors were not moved, then they had to pretend to ignore this matter— Even a few reporters who were originally guarding the set withdrew.
The United States is still in a state of calm. Many people watched the documentary because of this news, and the result was an uproar. Many people left messages on the website saying "Is this true", "Has such a terrible thing happened in China", "This is so cruel", so that those who accused Angela of supporting the enemy country kept their mouths shut. , replaced by various analyses of the documentary, some of which were not rigorous, some said that the source of the information was wrong, and those who questioned Alice's identity qualifications in the past also appeared. However, none of these can reverse the overflowing sympathy of the Americans. Sparrow has done a very good job, and the influence that Angela has accumulated over the years has slowly been revealed.
So when she received Alice's apology call, Angela didn't blame her at all. After all, she knew that there were others who sponsored the documentary, and the time of the leak was just right.
However, even if there were so many reactions from outside, Angela left them all behind, and refused all kinds of invitations—whether exclusive interviews or receptions—she was completely immersed in making movies, besides eating, drinking and sleeping with actors and actresses. Staff discuss issues. Even Kayla's calls were mostly answered by Alizee. This kind of focus and seriousness is her first time in more than ten years.
The high degree of concentration and the extremely cooperative actors naturally kept the quality of the shots at a very high level, but the progress was much slower. The show, which was supposed to end at the end of April, was delayed by at least a week.
"That's fine, at least I can take a good look at your directing style - this is the first time we've worked together - and then try to figure out the character's character based on the actual situation," Meryl Streep said.
Although Angela had informed her that she could come back in a few days due to schedule reasons, she still arrived in Shanghai at the end of April according to the original regulations. Anyway, the scene of the crew there has been completed.
"I look forward to your perfect performance." Angela nodded, then turned her attention to another beautiful girl who was talking to Alizee, Scarlett who came to Shanghai with Meryl. The movie Meryl participated in before was the Devil Wears Pudala that Angela specially modified for Scarlett.
"To be honest, I was surprised that you came to China with Meryl." After returning to the hotel after filming, Angela, who was half lying on the sofa, became a little lazy.
"I... just want to come and see you." Scarlett whispered after serving her a cup of tea. She sat on the chair with her head lowered slightly, her folded hands twisting from time to time, "Lily answered the phone calls to you several times, and you didn't reply to emails, and your blog may not have been updated for a long time," Lily said. …”
Speaking of this, there was suddenly no sound, and Angela couldn't help but raised her head: "What did she say?"
"She said..." Scarlett raised her head, with a hint of worry and jealousy on her face, "Your state is not very good, although you didn't show it, but as someone who is always by your side, she... Happening."
"Really..." Angela didn't deny it, just muttered something like this and didn't speak.
Just like on the set of "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist", facing these kinds of things will always make people feel a lot of negative emotions, especially when there are many bloody massacre scenes. Even knowing that it was fake, Angela still felt pain. But she couldn't lose her temper on the set and had to try her best to stay calm and rational, so she had to suppress those negative emotions in her heart, and she would inevitably become dazed or even a little neurotic when she rested for a long time.
"You always make this kind of movie... Of course it's going to be hard work." Scarlett's gray-green eyes became a little complicated. Although her hair was dyed brown because of the need, it did not harm her innocent and sexy image.
"I can't always..." Angela murmured, and she suddenly stretched out her hand: "Manny, come here."
Scarlet hesitated, and still sat beside her, but before she could sit firmly, Angela pulled her into her arms.
"What are you doing?" Scarlett fell into her arms in a panic but obedient.
"Let me hug you." Angela whispered with her eyes closed, hugging Scarlett tightly from behind as if she wanted to get some warmth. Scarlett leaned on her and said nothing, just grabbed her arms tightly with both hands.
The silent room fell into a strange atmosphere. Although they all noticed it, no one broke it. After a long time, Angela whispered in Scarlett's ear: "Sleep with me tonight, okay? ?"
Sleeping together has many meanings, and sometimes what she thinks does not match the actual situation. Scarlett, who promised to do it by ghost, has a deep understanding of this. She thought Angela wanted her, but in fact Angela was just holding her to sleep, and she was ashamed of it.
However, the problem is that the two young carcasses are so closely attached to everything, and the absurdity of the past makes them quite familiar with each other's bodies, so it is inevitable that they will subconsciously comfort each other. Fortunately, both of them were able to restrain their impulses and avoided certain sensitive places, so they slept soundly this time.
As if eating the marrow and knowing the taste, Scarlett and Angela still hugged and fell asleep in the next few days, even though Angela did not ask. As the number of times increased, the intimacy between each other became more and more, except that there was no kiss and no further action, each other had touched each other's body all over.
Scarlett endured very hard, but she couldn't do it if she wanted to leave. She thought that after that absurdity, she could drop everything and only be friends with Angela, but every time she met Angela, it would only make her more sad. Especially when I guessed that when I was dating Kayla or when Angela was teasing Liv in front of her, this feeling was even stronger, and it was constantly tormenting her.
Scarlett reminds herself that "we agreed" every time Angela teases herself, she is not reminding herself.
After the ghostly answer to Angela's request that day, it was as if a small gap had been opened in the dam of her heart, and then it was crumbling under the daily impact. In particular, I learned from the American staff of the crew that Angela was on the verge of collapse after she had a rare smile these days.
"I should say sorry to you, Manny." Angela said casually while wiping Scarlett's back in the steaming hot tub.
"Why?" Scarlett turned her head.
"You came to Shanghai for 7 days, but I didn't go out with you once." Angela sighed, "You also always waited on the set for me to start and finish, and became similar to Lily."
"It doesn't matter, there are cities like this everywhere in the country, and there is no regret even if you don't visit." Scarlett shrugged, then looked at her with a smile: "Besides, I came to see you, not here. city."
"Sounds like someone treats me as an ornament?" Angela stopped and raised her eyebrows.
"Aren't you?" Scarlett said sarcastically.
The bathroom was quiet for a long time, followed by screams, splashes of water, and laughter. After a while of fighting, Angela finally pressed Scarlett against the wall of the bathtub.
"This is the end of the joke about me." She said viciously.
Or because of the water vapor, both of them blushed and their chests rose slightly. After staring at each other for a long time, the two got closer and closer, and the four red lips slowly pressed together.
"No." Scarlett suddenly whispered, tensing her body and turning her head to one side, "We... we agreed... "
"I regret it!" Angela replied in a low voice, and then pressed tightly against her graceful carcass. After a few seconds, Scarlett's tense body began to relax slowly, and finally softened completely.