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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:49:06 AM


Chapter 1144: 1144

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"Oh, you all already know each other." When the Coen brothers arrived in the pioneer village, they could see the actors seated around the bar at a glance. They gathered together in a hustle and bustle, and they were talking happily and happily. The atmosphere was good. Lively, it looks like a normal night in a folk bar.

Thanks to the strong appeal of the Cohen brothers, the cast of "Drunk Country Folk Song" is indeed eye-catching. In addition to the three core starring Renly Hall, Justin Timberlake, and Carey Mulligan, they are also in the supporting cast. Many notable names have also appeared among them.

Known as Hollywood’s most popular "goodman" golden supporting actor, John Goodman (john-goodman) will play a rich squire, Roland Turner, who loves jazz and despises folk songs. Levine took him on a road trip to Chicago.

Garnett Hedland will play Roland’s driver Johnny. He became famous with the TV series "Weekend Midnight Bright" and later starred in "Troy", "On the Road", "Creation: War History" and other works. , Can be regarded as a representative of the new generation of tough guys.

f-Murray-Abraham (f-murray-abraham) will play the owner of a small record company in Chicago and own a bar. He became the last hope of Levine's career, and he personally killed this hope. As early as 1985, the veteran opera bones won the Oscar winner with "Mozart Biography". In recent years, his career has fallen into a period of stagnation, and more of it is still in the field of TV dramas.

There is also Adam-driver (adam-driver), a newcomer who just entered the industry in 2010 and 2011. His appearance is very special and his recognition is very high. This time he will play a folk singer. For his livelihood, he and Jim , Levine collaborated on a commercial song.

Adam’s career trajectory is very interesting. He has passed his face in movies such as "Hoover", "Lincoln" and "Frances-Ha", but he became popular with the American drama "Sisters" and later starred in "Planet". The Great War: The Force Awakens" villain became popular. In the works of "Patterson" and "Thief League", they have won the audience's love with their unique personal temperament.

It can be felt that the Coen brothers spent a lot of effort in the casting stage, and every actor for every role was carefully selected.

At this moment, all the actors are gathered together, not only because this is the first important day for the "Drunken Country Folk Song" crew to gather together, but also because it is the first important day for the entire crew to officially read the script and understand the characters.

In fact, apart from Lan Li, the other actors' roles are relatively short-lived.

John Goodman, who is busy every day, only took three days to complete the filming of all the scenes, and Abraham, who has few scenes, only has one day of scenes. It doesn't matter if he doesn't attend today's script reading meeting. However, on the first day the crew assembled, they still gave the Coen brothers enough face to attend.

Joel Cohen took a step forward, looked around the actor, and couldn't help but rub his hands together excitedly, "Ha, it seems that everyone already knows you. Hey, Lan Li, you too Appeared."

"Isn't this the most important thing?" John Goodman sitting next to him, leaning lazily on the back of his chair, complained indifferently, but his ingenious soft tone had something of his own. The cold humor style seems to imply that the entire crew is waiting for the appearance of Lan Li.

Then, everyone couldn't help but raised the corners of their mouths.

Lan Li could feel that all his eyes fell on him. He didn't panic and explained in a hurry. He just said with a smile, "I think money is." A witty ridicule instantly changed his upward smile. It became a cheerful chuckle.

Afterwards, Ethan Cohen clapped his hands and attracted everyone’s attention. “Now that the entire crew is here, we should start preparing for shooting. I asked about the weather forecasts in New York and Chicago. In the next three weeks, there will be snow forecasts one after another. In other words, this is our shooting cycle."

While speaking, Ethan's gaze was projected towards Lan Li, and he said with an apologetic expression, "Because we need you to walk through the wind and rain all the time. Sorry, this is not a work done in a studio. . But now it’s too late to regret, we have set an amount that you can’t breach the contract.”

Amidst the roar of laughter, Lan Li spread his hands and said frankly, “The last work was trapped in a steam sauna for more than ten hours a day on average, and was grilled like the sun. I thought, It’s time to experience the biting cold working environment all the time."

In an instant, everyone in the entire pioneer village burst into laughter.

Immediately afterwards, the crew officially began to read the script aloud.

Generally speaking, before a crew reads the script aloud, the main actors and main staff will briefly introduce themselves and determine their respective positions, especially the roles played by the actors, to have a preliminary understanding of each other; some directors also I will go further, hoping to exchange views with the actors on the script and roles to ensure that the actors are on the right path.

But the Coen brothers looked different.

All these links were omitted. They arrived in the Pioneer Village in less than two minutes without even warming up. They immediately started reading the script, which demonstrated the vigorous and resolute style of doing things, but also revealed the roughness of the independent crew. And savage, like native plants, grow up wantonly.

There is a need for familiarity and cooperation between actors and actors.

To put it simply, Lan Li read a line aloud. He needs to know who he is talking to, then overlap the actor's personal image with the character a little bit, and adjust the rhythm and tone of his lines and other details; more directly, He may need to look directly into the eyes of the opponent's actor and read the lines in a communicative manner.

But now, after the Coen brothers have skipped the relevant link, the script reading link has become stumbling, as if it were frolicking. Sometimes, someone snatches the line; sometimes, someone fails to get the line; sometimes, looking in one direction, the source of the line is another direction.

The whole scene is a bit chaotic.

However, Lan Li could feel it, and the Coen brothers enjoyed the chaos very much.

This reminds me of the basic lessons when I just started learning acting. Facing a group of people, facing strangers, and facing the air, they step forward to perform irrespectively. The jerky and embarrassing performances often make people curl up, but this kind of presentation that breaks the barriers of strangeness often Can reap unexpected results.

Some are familiar and some are unfamiliar.

Gradually, Lan Li also tasted the difference in details.

John and Abraham, who have not played many roles, sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. There is no room to play, but they are always calm. In the relatively limited performance space, both Carey and Adam have shown good performance spirituality, whether they are outstanding, It needs further testing in actual shooting, but at least they all have a strong personal style, and the characters will be brightened in an instant.

Justin is still Justin, basically it can be said that it is a natural performance, the acting content is not obvious, and the style of "Saturday Night Live" is not much different. The feeling of the whole line is relatively "impatient", especially when it is further amplified in the chaos. ; While Garnett’s performance is rather boring, without the control of facial expressions, the context of the performance disappears in the lines.

Everyone says that the Coen brothers are not good at tuning/teaching actors.

Although Francis McDomond of "Ice and Blood Storm" and Javier Baden of "Old Nowhere" both won the Oscars, their excellence comes from their own understanding and interpretation of the role, not the director. The capture of performance details, so the Coen brothers always prefer to use actors with solid performance skills and temperament suitable for the role.

In this way, they can focus more on the use of lenses, storytelling and style delivery.

It now appears that the Coen brothers have their own understanding of actors, performances, and styles. They can find the most suitable actor according to their own style of work, and unearth the unique temperament of the actor, which blends naturally with the story. , To ensure the integrity of the work.

If the actor can find a fit between performance and style~www.novelhall.com~, then they can shine; but if not, the actor will be completely submerged in the director’s style and become a perfection for this work Parts location.

Among the directors that Renly has collaborated with so far, Paul Greengrass, Tony Kaye, and Alfonso Caron can all be regarded as artistic creators with distinctive styles.

However, Paul’s "Edge of Tomorrow" was originally a popcorn work, and the exploration of acting skills was not profound; while Tony and Alfonso both focused their shots on the actors, trusting the actors wholeheartedly, magnifying the performance and letting the performance. In a sense, the style is a director who pays more attention to the performance of the actors.

It should be the first time like the Coen brothers.

Involuntarily, Lan Li was thinking in his mind, is Oscar Isaac from the previous life, under the lens of the Coen brothers, really good? Still submerged? This is an interesting topic. He couldn't help but compare "Drunk Country Ballad" with "Mechanic Ji", "The Year of the Storm" and other Oscar-Isaac works.

"Lan Li?" A shout came from his ear, Lan Li's eyes lifted, and then he noticed that the eyes of all the actors were on his body. He apologized and smiled politely. I was a little distracted just now, but didn't apologize further, but the calm appearance made everyone slightly stunned.

Then, everyone showed a different reaction.

Joel Cohen didn’t care at all, and repeated his words, “Is there any problem? We are discussing how the music in the movie should be re-arranged, which is more in line with the style of the whole story. You’ve heard it before. It’s mastered, what opinions do you have now? Or, what opinions were you thinking about just now?"




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