NOVEL NEXT Exploiting Hollywood 1980.
Chapter 86 Superstition
Chapter 86 Superstition
"Fame, let you win
Fame, make you lose hard to swallow
Fame, make you empty
Fame, it's not sanity, it's fire
Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame..."
"Click", Alan Parker pressed the stop button of the dual-card loudspeaker recorder, "What do you think?"
"Fame is a good name. Our movie is about the process of young people's impact on becoming famous, and tells about the difficulties and failures in the middle."
David Da Silva nodded, "How did you come up with the idea of using this song by David Bowie and John Lennon as the name of the new movie?"
"Hmph, it was suggested by Ronald."
"He was very interesting. He didn't come to me directly, but played it to the children in the rehearsal room. When I asked them if they had any recommendations for new film titles, many children recommended the name of this song."
David cleared his throat, "I'm going to hire Ronald as the set coordinator, mainly to keep Gene under control. If you don't object."
"I haven't had time to mess with a young man." Allen pressed the eject button on the tape recorder and took out the tape.
"Jean is an unpolished diamond, and he may become a black-skinned John Travolta. He and Irene Cara, who is also black, can always act in movies together in the future, and act in many young people's movies." Wei said his plan.
"But right now, his temper is so hot that only Ronald can control him. I don't want to see him smashing the set with a fire extinguisher on the set."
Allen nodded, "Gene did listen to Ronnie. Her mother doesn't sell goods on the set anymore. She sells them outside the school every day, which is very interesting."
As he spoke, Allen shook the tape in his hand at David.
"We need a few more songs as strong as this Fame for an interlude, have you found the right person? George Morold, who works with me on the Midnight Express, is writing a song for Donna Summer's new album and has turned it down The soundtrack for the new film."
"Michael Gore (no relation to screenwriter Christopher Gore). He's the younger brother of the original chart-topping female singer, Leslie Gore. compose."
"Very good, when we start the film, he can join the crew and write songs while watching the shooting." Allen waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't care about David's personnel arrangements, as long as there is one result.
"Have you got your lucky T-shirt sewn yet? It's going to start the day after tomorrow."
"I've handed over to the costumes and will definitely be able to catch the boot."
"Fame, you like limos
Fame, you enjoy it like there's no tomorrow
Fame, what you spend now is a loan to the future
Fame, make us blind, make us sin
Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame..."
The rehearsal of the play was over, and some of the extras turned on the dual-card loudspeaker recorder again, and David Bowie's voice filled the rehearsal room.
"Hey... change to a rhythmic song." The students clamored. This funk-style song obviously didn't suit the appetite of the actors who had just rehearsed.What they need now is relaxation, what they need is disco.
"For Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff.'" One student eagerly put in the tape he had brought.
Ronald started listening to this disco song again. It has been in the top ten of the chart for three months, and his ears are almost callused.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom," the disco rhythm sounded.
"Got to have some hot love, baby, tonight
I need something hot, baby, tonight
I want something hot, baby, tonight"
The lyrics made many American parents uncomfortable, and newspapers in some conservative areas called for the song to be banned, but it was extremely popular among young people.The actors all started dancing to the disco.
The ensemble performers and actors, mainly students from the art school, began to step into the center of the dance floor one by one, and each of them tacitly allocated dozens of seconds to show themselves.Just like the peacock courting in the animal world, it proudly displays its figure in front of the opposite sex.
Ronald was already familiar with this repertoire at the end of every day's rehearsal, and was about to walk away.Gene jumped into the circle, yelling "You're next, Ronald!"
The crowd booed for a while, and they had a good impression of the young man who brought them the air conditioner and iced Coke.Gene also knew that Ronald was a good dancer, so give him a chance to show the pretty girls.
Ronald, who couldn't refuse, jumped off the stage and pointed his right hand at a 45-degree angle to the sky, posing a classic pose of John Travolta in the movie "Grease".
Then circle your hands like a boxer preparing to punch, and then point your left finger at each girl, with your right hand on your hips and twist your hips in rhythm.Slightly outdated old-fashioned disco action, which made the actors laugh out loud.
Ronald pointed to where Antonia was, seeing that she was also laughing at his old-fashioned actions, he grinned too.Taking advantage of the situation, she stopped her dancing posture and ran to the refrigerator, wanting to take a bottle of Coke to cool herself down.
The Coke in the refrigerator in the rehearsal room had run out, and Ronald remembered that the producer had another one, so he ran to the office.
The new assistant in the clothing department was sobbing softly in his office.Holding a few pieces of cloth in both hands, I don't know what happened.
"What's the matter with you? Is something wrong?"
"Ah, I'm fine." The assistant wiped away tears and began to pick up the cloth and put it on the table to stitch it together.
"This is the director's lucky T-shirt." Another costume assistant said beside him.
"Every time he makes a movie, he cuts some out of the costumes and sews them on his T-shirts, and Allen thinks it will bring him good luck for the shoot."
"That one was worn when he was filming the first movie. It was already ruined. When we repaired it for him today, it was completely torn. When she went to talk to the director about it, she was scolded by the director. , she is required to mend it today, otherwise she will be fired."
"This?" Ronald picked up the rags on the table, all faded fabrics, and some had a hole in the middle, "These fabrics seem to have been washed hundreds of times?"
"Yes, Allen asked that the clothes be as close to reality as possible. The clothes we purchased are all rolling in the washing machine now, and the bright colors have to be washed away. To make a real feeling." The costume assistant said.
"The fabric on this T-shirt was cut out from the movie costumes he shot before. Allen insisted on only wearing lucky T-shirts during the filming. There are four pieces in total, and the broken one is the oldest one. .”
Ronald looked at the rags on the table, and at the costume assistant who had stopped sobbing and was trying to stitch together, thinking: "Do you have to be so superstitious to be a film director?"
"Why don't you use a white T-shirt as the base, and then sew these pieces on." Ronald reminded the clothing assistant.
"Thanks, I should have thought of that earlier."
The assistant quickly took a white T-shirt, compared it with a piece of cloth, and began to sew.
(End of this chapter)
"Fame, let you win
Fame, make you lose hard to swallow
Fame, make you empty
Fame, it's not sanity, it's fire
Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame..."
"Click", Alan Parker pressed the stop button of the dual-card loudspeaker recorder, "What do you think?"
"Fame is a good name. Our movie is about the process of young people's impact on becoming famous, and tells about the difficulties and failures in the middle."
David Da Silva nodded, "How did you come up with the idea of using this song by David Bowie and John Lennon as the name of the new movie?"
"Hmph, it was suggested by Ronald."
"He was very interesting. He didn't come to me directly, but played it to the children in the rehearsal room. When I asked them if they had any recommendations for new film titles, many children recommended the name of this song."
David cleared his throat, "I'm going to hire Ronald as the set coordinator, mainly to keep Gene under control. If you don't object."
"I haven't had time to mess with a young man." Allen pressed the eject button on the tape recorder and took out the tape.
"Jean is an unpolished diamond, and he may become a black-skinned John Travolta. He and Irene Cara, who is also black, can always act in movies together in the future, and act in many young people's movies." Wei said his plan.
"But right now, his temper is so hot that only Ronald can control him. I don't want to see him smashing the set with a fire extinguisher on the set."
Allen nodded, "Gene did listen to Ronnie. Her mother doesn't sell goods on the set anymore. She sells them outside the school every day, which is very interesting."
As he spoke, Allen shook the tape in his hand at David.
"We need a few more songs as strong as this Fame for an interlude, have you found the right person? George Morold, who works with me on the Midnight Express, is writing a song for Donna Summer's new album and has turned it down The soundtrack for the new film."
"Michael Gore (no relation to screenwriter Christopher Gore). He's the younger brother of the original chart-topping female singer, Leslie Gore. compose."
"Very good, when we start the film, he can join the crew and write songs while watching the shooting." Allen waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't care about David's personnel arrangements, as long as there is one result.
"Have you got your lucky T-shirt sewn yet? It's going to start the day after tomorrow."
"I've handed over to the costumes and will definitely be able to catch the boot."
"Fame, you like limos
Fame, you enjoy it like there's no tomorrow
Fame, what you spend now is a loan to the future
Fame, make us blind, make us sin
Fame, Fame, Fame, Fame..."
The rehearsal of the play was over, and some of the extras turned on the dual-card loudspeaker recorder again, and David Bowie's voice filled the rehearsal room.
"Hey... change to a rhythmic song." The students clamored. This funk-style song obviously didn't suit the appetite of the actors who had just rehearsed.What they need now is relaxation, what they need is disco.
"For Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff.'" One student eagerly put in the tape he had brought.
Ronald started listening to this disco song again. It has been in the top ten of the chart for three months, and his ears are almost callused.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom," the disco rhythm sounded.
"Got to have some hot love, baby, tonight
I need something hot, baby, tonight
I want something hot, baby, tonight"
The lyrics made many American parents uncomfortable, and newspapers in some conservative areas called for the song to be banned, but it was extremely popular among young people.The actors all started dancing to the disco.
The ensemble performers and actors, mainly students from the art school, began to step into the center of the dance floor one by one, and each of them tacitly allocated dozens of seconds to show themselves.Just like the peacock courting in the animal world, it proudly displays its figure in front of the opposite sex.
Ronald was already familiar with this repertoire at the end of every day's rehearsal, and was about to walk away.Gene jumped into the circle, yelling "You're next, Ronald!"
The crowd booed for a while, and they had a good impression of the young man who brought them the air conditioner and iced Coke.Gene also knew that Ronald was a good dancer, so give him a chance to show the pretty girls.
Ronald, who couldn't refuse, jumped off the stage and pointed his right hand at a 45-degree angle to the sky, posing a classic pose of John Travolta in the movie "Grease".
Then circle your hands like a boxer preparing to punch, and then point your left finger at each girl, with your right hand on your hips and twist your hips in rhythm.Slightly outdated old-fashioned disco action, which made the actors laugh out loud.
Ronald pointed to where Antonia was, seeing that she was also laughing at his old-fashioned actions, he grinned too.Taking advantage of the situation, she stopped her dancing posture and ran to the refrigerator, wanting to take a bottle of Coke to cool herself down.
The Coke in the refrigerator in the rehearsal room had run out, and Ronald remembered that the producer had another one, so he ran to the office.
The new assistant in the clothing department was sobbing softly in his office.Holding a few pieces of cloth in both hands, I don't know what happened.
"What's the matter with you? Is something wrong?"
"Ah, I'm fine." The assistant wiped away tears and began to pick up the cloth and put it on the table to stitch it together.
"This is the director's lucky T-shirt." Another costume assistant said beside him.
"Every time he makes a movie, he cuts some out of the costumes and sews them on his T-shirts, and Allen thinks it will bring him good luck for the shoot."
"That one was worn when he was filming the first movie. It was already ruined. When we repaired it for him today, it was completely torn. When she went to talk to the director about it, she was scolded by the director. , she is required to mend it today, otherwise she will be fired."
"This?" Ronald picked up the rags on the table, all faded fabrics, and some had a hole in the middle, "These fabrics seem to have been washed hundreds of times?"
"Yes, Allen asked that the clothes be as close to reality as possible. The clothes we purchased are all rolling in the washing machine now, and the bright colors have to be washed away. To make a real feeling." The costume assistant said.
"The fabric on this T-shirt was cut out from the movie costumes he shot before. Allen insisted on only wearing lucky T-shirts during the filming. There are four pieces in total, and the broken one is the oldest one. .”
Ronald looked at the rags on the table, and at the costume assistant who had stopped sobbing and was trying to stitch together, thinking: "Do you have to be so superstitious to be a film director?"
"Why don't you use a white T-shirt as the base, and then sew these pieces on." Ronald reminded the clothing assistant.
"Thanks, I should have thought of that earlier."
The assistant quickly took a white T-shirt, compared it with a piece of cloth, and began to sew.
(End of this chapter)
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