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Text Chapter 47 Sullivan¡¯s Travel

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    "We filmed badly? What else did those guys do besides criticizing this and that with their mouths? They didn't even take the camera!"

    ¡°It will still be like this in the future. We¡¯ll shoot almost to death, and then these ¡®film critics¡¯ will talk about it, and we¡¯ll become a pile of garbage.¡±

    "Stop complaining, who told you not to study the Department of Criticism and Theory in the first place?"

    "Everyone, do you know what the screenwriting department says about us? The new slaves of Hollywood with no artistic pursuits!"

    ¡°So those bastards aren¡¯t going to write commercial scripts for Hollywood? What noble saints!¡±

    On the grass, this group of five college students, four men and one woman, walked by talking about something, and seemed to be going to the sports venue across the avenue.  From the corner of their eyes, they saw a tall Asian boy and a blond white girl walking hand in hand. They were middle school and elementary school students. It made people feel strange, but they didn't look much and didn't stop.

    Unexpectedly, the young man turned around and followed them, smiling at them: "Hey, guys, this is a bit like "Eight and a Half", isn't it?"

    The five people couldn¡¯t help but paused after hearing this. They all looked at him. One of them, a young white man with freckles wearing a baseball cap, smiled and said, "Kid, do you know "Eight and a Half Parts"?"

    "Eight and a Half" is one of the masterpieces of Italian film master Federico Fellini. It is a classic stream of consciousness. The story mainly tells the story of a film director trapped in a creative crisis, constantly struggling between dreams and reality.  It can be said that everyone who studies film will have seen this movie, but a middle school student?  Shouldn't he be crazy about Lindsay Lohan?

    "Is it surprising? There are also art theaters in the United States!" Ye Wei joked and introduced himself: "I am Wei, and this is Anna. She is the female lead of my crew."

    Anna smiled generously and said: "Also, we are on a date."

    "Hahahaha!" At this moment, everyone burst into laughter, and within a few seconds their faces were red with laughter. The crew, the female lead, the date!

    Middle school students can play around with DVs, but they¡¯d better not be so serious about it, they¡¯re such nerds!  Do they want to laugh to death?  ?

    Among them, the big red-haired white boy carrying the camera almost smashed the machine to the ground; the other Asian boy with black hair and a wide face was also smiling, as if he was watching a play-house with the theme of making a movie.  Home.

    "What are you going to film, "Comet Beauty"?" The big boy's laughter made everyone almost fall to the floor with laughter.

    "No, no, I think they are more like "Sullivan's Travels", but you are a director, right?" As soon as the freckled boy said this, he danced and laughed again.

    Several other people also laughed to death. "Sullivan's Travels" is also an old black and white movie:

    A comedy director wanted to make a serious movie about the people at the bottom. In order to create, he dressed up as a poor man and went deep into the folk to experience life. On the way, he met a girl who dreamed of being an actress and wandered with her

    It is a classic black humor comedy in the history of film, and many comedy expressions in later generations will regard it as the ancestor.

    "You are really right, yes, I am a director." Ye Wei shrugged, with a calm expression.

    And Anna was frowning. Although she didn't know what "Sullivan's Travels" was, she could see the other party's contempt, "You are just a few years older, why should you look down on people? I think Wei knows more about movies than you do.  He wrote a great script!"

    Her serious look failed to stop everyone from laughing wildly. Only the female college student laughed enough: "Okay, they are still just children."

    "It's okay, you can laugh as much as you want." Ye Wei raised the corners of his mouth, maybe you won't be able to laugh anymore later.

    "I'm Darum, kids, how old are you?" the freckled boy asked with a smile, with a tease on his face: "You just eloped from home?"

    "That's enough!" Anna glared at him, "My parents brought us here."

    Oh God!  Everyone was really tired from laughing. What can you do with two children?  They told them their names, and unexpectedly the young man asked about their major direction. Everyone wondered why he knew USC's teaching methods, but the answer was not a secret, so they just told them.

    The five people are all juniors majoring in film and television production, a typical small student crew: the one carrying the camera is Pete, majoring in photography and vision; the one holding a lighting board is Hurley Kim, an Asian man of Korean descent, majoring in photography and lighting.  ; The one holding a boom and a gun-type microphone is Fulin, who is responsible for recording and mixing; the brown-haired girl who is not holding anything is named Parela, who is the production designer; and Darum, the production director.

    In addition, Parela and Darum are a couple.

    "OK, OK" Ye Wei looked at them again, as if he were looking at five pieces of fat beef.Platoon, asked: "Are you doing short film homework? Whose homework?"

    "Uh, Darum and Peter's" Everyone's feeling of weirdness became even stronger, and Darum had to ask: "Boy, how can you know so well?"

    Anna raised her face, as if talking to the sky: "I told you before, he understands movies."

    It¡¯s not about understanding movies, it¡¯s about understanding how the academy works!  They really don¡¯t understand, alumni?  I have never heard of such a number one person in the academy

    "I just know that this is not the Stone Age." Ye Wei smiled and asked the third question: "Brothers, how are your results?"

    "Why should I answer you" Darum was going crazy, and others were unwilling to answer. Parela asked, "What do you want to do at USC?"

    "Yes, like Anna said, I wrote a ten-minute short film script and am building a crew to film it, so I'm here to recruit people. Are you interested?"

    Everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or what to do. Darum stretched out his hand and pointed to the south: "Brother, you are going the wrong way. The Manual Arts High School is over there!"

    "No, I'm a student from Harvard-Westlake. Are any of you Wolverines?" Ye Wei asked, it would be much easier to talk if there was an alumni.

    "We are all poor children.", "Wow, that is my dream place. I heard that there are many children of celebrities there, wouldn't you be the same?"

    Since there are no alumni, Ye Wei stopped talking to them: "Anyway, it's just such a thing. I sincerely seek cooperation. The filming will be completed in three days from the 12th to the 14th of next month."

    "Not interested" Darum raised his hands helplessly, and everyone couldn't help but shrug. If Romeo and Juliet weren't so interesting, they would have gone on long ago.

    Anna looked at Ye Wei nervously, not sure what he had in store.

    "Really?" Ye Wei smiled and had already prepared the bait. He took out something from the backpack behind him, a poster of "American Style Painting", and said with a smile: "What now? I don't see it on this, no.  Wrong, this is Tao Zi¡¯s autograph; and this one is Lucas¡¯s.¡±

    "American Graffiti" (1973) is George Lucas's famous work. "Tao Zi" is one of the protagonists of the film, played by Ron Howard. Both are great directors and both are alumni of the University of Southern California.

    But  both signatures are his copy of his copy after the Internet, and then make the handwriting old, looking like it is true.

    "Wow!" Everyone's eyes lit up. They were not star-struck fans. There were a lot of celebrities among the visiting professors of the college. They could also come into contact with big names at various activities, including George Lucas, but this poster  It is still very attractive to them, it is too precious.

    "How did you get it?" Darum asked anxiously.

    "eBay, money." Ye Wei glanced at them nonchalantly: "Do you want it? Let's play a game. If you win, it's yours. If you lose, you have to help me. Of course, you  You can regret it if you lose, anyway, I can¡¯t take you to jail. How about that?¡±

    "What a good idea!" Anna clapped her hands excitedly, "What game?"

    Everyone looked at each other in shock again, what is going on!  Who is this little guy?  Why is he so confident

    "What game?" Darum also asked, first to hear what this kid wanted to play.

    "Maybe you have played it, maybe not." Ye Wei tapped the poster in his hand. This was a game he and his classmates often played in that dream:

    "Name and name, first identify a filmmaker, and then identify one of his professional works, and then both parties take turns to name one of his works. They cannot be repeated. Whoever cannot name will lose. After everything is said, it will be a draw. Let's continue.  A filmmaker. It¡¯s either a best of two or a best of five. It¡¯s your choice.¡±

    Everyone laughed again. This is a bookish game in other places, but it is different at the Film Academy. This shows one¡¯s film reading and memory!  This kid also wants to play the hell difficulty of the game with different professions.

    Although the course of the film and television production major is not like the theory of criticism, there is not much film-making, and it is almost from the first day of enrollment to the last day of graduation, but every student has a compulsory course in film history, majoring in a period and genre.  , like the 40s-50s, 50s-60s, the French New Wave, the Golden Age of Hollywood, etc

    In addition, I am also a movie fan myself and have watched countless movies. How can middle school students play with them?  It's like a baby boxing with Tyson!  An old woman plays ball with Jordan!

    "By the way, I am the one facing you five, at the same time." Ye Wei said again.

    "Wei! Are you sure?" Anna suddenly exclaimed. This is not only unfair, but also too difficult.

      The five college students were speechless. They all took different film history courses. Think about the superimposed effect.  Ant boxing with Tyson?

    "It's nothing, I can handle it." Ye Wei winked at Anna, then raised the "precious" poster again and asked: "In a word, do you want to play or not? College boys and girls."

    Weird!  The five people hesitated, not because they were afraid, not at all, but because this thing was too weird

    After a long while, Darum suddenly laughed and scratched his freckled nose, "Okay, but it's still one-on-one. I don't want to bully the child too much."

    "Yes." "Dalum can do it alone." The other four people all had the same intention. They just wanted to teach the ignorant kid a lesson. Five people were not needed.

    "No, my crew needs the five of you, if you can do it well." Ye Wei's light tone already seemed very arrogant, "Let's go together."

    "Boy, do you know you are very funny" Darum began to want to teach the other party a lesson, but was unable to do so due to moral reasons.

    At this time, some students gradually gathered around curiously. After asking what was going on, they all laughed: "Let's play!", "Let's see how many rounds he can last?", "Boy, do you want to sell this poster?"  ?", "Don't think about it, he is a Harvard-Westlake kid, he doesn't have to worry about money"

    "If you don't want to play, I'll find someone else." Ye Wei looked at the six or seven new people.

    "They are scared" Anna pretended to be mysterious and whispered, and everyone could hear it clearly.

    "Okay, okay, you asked for this. I'll play! You win two out of three games!" Darum said loudly, "I'd like to apologize first for embarrassing you in front of your little girlfriend." Everyone around laughed.  They booed: "Boy, would you choose a filmmaker, Lindsay Lohan?", "Which one is more suitable for those Disney kids?"

    "You choose a filmmaker, I choose a profession, let's talk, stop talking nonsense." Ye Wei smiled, and Anna next to her punched like a warm-up, making a roaring sound!

    "Okay, just Fellini." Darum said casually. Didn't he read "Eight and a Half"?  Let's go with Fellini, choose an Italian, it shows his grace.

    Ye Wei rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and said: "Directing career, of course, listen, "The Road"."

    This guy is so cruel!  The first one was the masterpiece "The Road", and Darum was not polite: ""Eight and a Half Parts"."

    There was a whistle, and everyone¡¯s smiles became more and more joyful.
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