In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Duke once said that he can play a film with a investment level of tens of millions of dollars at will because he has such commercial value, but he cannot act rashly in large investments and productions. It must comply with the current market laws and the viewing needs of mainstream audiences. △￠

And Duke also has to admit that Japanese culture has more market value than Chinese culture in North America today. The Wudou Pavilion is designed as Japanese and is more easily accepted by the audience. Moreover, from beginning to end, there is actually only this obvious foreign style building.

The reason is obvious. If too many non-Western elements are added to the film in this era, it will inevitably become a niche movie!

Perhaps some people will mention the only box office hit in North America, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which has a distinct Chinese-style picture style. Not to mention the core of the film, the long screening period and the investment of only more than 10 million US dollars, no matter how it is, it cannot be denied that this is a niche movie. Moreover, the theaters that were once screened in North America are close to the settlements of Chinese and Asians.

If there are several Chinese-style pictures in the Matrix scenes that appear in succession in the picture, you can imagine how serious the damage to the overall cyberpunk style of the film is.

To put it bluntly, it is not impossible for "The Matrix" to become a niche film.

Duke doesn't want to be Quentin Tastino, making a niche film that only pleases Hong Kong-style film lovers.

"The Matrix" is a commercial film with great investment and production. It must meet the tastes of mainstream audiences and add something inexplicable to it. Now it is not innovation, but self-digging.

Let alone Duke, think about James Cameron.

Why did the King of the World adopt such vulgar and ordinary stories in movies such as Big Ship and Man and Gangster? He really can't write a more suitable script? I believe that no one who has watched "Terminator 2" would think so.

James Cameron chose two old and scumbag stories because this is the safest way. The prince and Cinderella, the poor boy and the rich girl are the subjects that the audience talks about the most. The high investment in the two films determines that they are the safest and most suitable for the public tastes without arousing the disgust of most viewers.

No one can guarantee that a film can be sold completely, Duke cannot, Spielberg cannot, and James Cameron cannot, but first-line directors are aware of the fact that if you act recklessly when making commercial films, the possibility of failure is infinite.

Commercial movies are not experimental movies after all.

After the filming was completed two days ago, the crew was divided into two. Zach Schneider took Keanu Reeves and others to Sydney for outdoor shooting. Duke left John Schwartzman, who was disagreeing with Schneider, and sent him the increasingly mature Ben Watts. He himself continued to stay at Warner Studios, supervising the remaining action scenes of Yuan Heping's shooting, and like his action team, trying to learn what is useful to him.

In the next few days, the studio was filmed with Triniti's fighting scenes.

Charlize Theron wore a tight shiny black leather jacket, and based on specially designed movement routines, the advantages of long legs and thin waist were fully displayed in the camera. And compared to Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne, Charlize has a better balance ability and the hanging wire is much better than the previous two.

Moreover, this set of actions focuses on leg attacks, which can be said to have put Charlize's vase job to the limit at this stage, especially when the Charlize Theron gun is combined and the upside-down cross is simply beautiful.

"I didn't disappoint you, did I?"

While the break, Charlize Theron found Duke behind the monitor, "I'm doing a good job, right?"

"very good!"

Although the shot was not processed at all, Duke felt that Charlize Theron could completely kill another Trinity in seconds.

Just for the talent and capital, she completely overwhelmed the heroine who Duke had forgotten her name.

"Tired?"

Seeing Charlize gently pounding the heel of his high-heeled leather boots, Duke pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down."

After Charlize Theron sat down, his feet completely off the ground.

Sexy beauty fighting and running on the screen in high-heeled leather boots is a common scene in commercial movies. It looks both beautiful and pleasing to the eye, but this kind of shoes is not suitable for actual combat at all. Not to mention really fighting with others, even when shooting a movie, the heroine wearing shoes is often miserable.

But Duke just glanced at it but didn't say anything. This kind of suffering is just the norm for Hollywood stars.

Seeing Duke flipping through the scene just now, Charlize cleverly chose to remain silent. He gently brushed his short hair dyed with one hand, but did not dare to use force to avoid messing up his hairstyle. He didn't know how many blood bubbles he had worn on his feet in the past few months, and gradually he adapted. As long as he thought about the possible big shot after the film was released in the future, this little bit of pain was nothing.

When Duke finished picking up the coffee cup, Charlize Theron asked, “I heard that the film will be released in May next year?”

"That's right."

Although the news has not been officially announced, it is no longer a secret within the crew. Duke put down his coffee cup, turned his head and asked with a smile, "Why, can't wait? Sally, as long as you can maintain your current state during filming, I promise that even if the film fails, you will become popular."

"How could your video fail?" Charlize first gave a bright smile and continued, "I'm a little worried. I learned from the agent that there were strong big productions released in the week before and after our release date, as if DreamWorks cost $85 million The Great Crash of Heaven and Earth and Sony Columbia Pictures' $150 million investment in Godzilla."

"It's okay." Duke shook his head, "Dear, that's the summer season. Every weekend is a hot season. There are summer season weekends that are completely free of all weekends? It's better to have these two films released in the past. The Memorial Day of Commercial Films in the past."

How many weekends are there in total from May to July? How many summer seasons are produced in Hollywood a year? Competition is actually inevitable.

Moreover, the summer vacation is nominally the end of July, but in fact everyone knows that after the Independence Day, the effect of the summer vacation weekend will decline to a certain extent. The audience who has been bombarded with large-scale commercial films for two months will not only have their pockets to become weaker, but also have aesthetic fatigue.

According to the tradition of North American, unless a special film like "Independence Day" is used, the higher the investment and the more hot the effect, the more often it will appear in the summer season, especially the beginning of the summer season.

The market has hunger and saturation. Since the concept of summer season was formed, March of the Academy Awards Ceremony and April of the official end of the awards season were generally the most dull periods of the year. There is no hot spring schedule now. Films with big investments will not choose to be released in these two months. There are no heavy films released for two consecutive months, and the market will feel hungry. Then, the films that are blocked by the weekends in May. As long as they are not too bad, they will be the direct beneficiary of this feeling of hunger.

In fact, looking at the entire North American film history, it is not difficult to find that in mid-to-early May, which represents the beginning of the summer vacation, there are always many blockbusters released in large numbers.

This can be said to be one of the most intense periods of the year.

Of course, if you want to sell all summer films, you will face fierce competition.

Although there was DreamWorks' "The Great Collision" in front and Sony Entertainment's "Godzilla" in back, Duke has never been afraid of competition. As he said to Charlize, even if it was a weekend, there would be a situation where there were wolves in front and tigers in the back. Since the film chose to be released in the summer season, competition is inevitable.

And there is one benefit this weekend. According to information provided by Warner Bros. Doug Walter, Duke did not find any name he had in the films released on the same weekend, nor did he invest more than $50 million in big productions.

Although it has not yet entered the new century, the proportion of commercial films' box office in the first week is getting heavier. Avoiding collisions with competitive films on the same weekend is the priority for each distribution company.

After chatting for a few more words, Charlize took the initiative to leave to make up. Duke walked behind the camera and discussed the shooting progress with Yuan Heping. Not long after, the shooting of Trinity's action scenes began again.

Perhaps because of Africa, Charlize Theron's sexy figure hidden under the tight leather jacket has a natural wildness, like a female leopard from the African savanna. Her body, which has done a lot of modeling and ballet training, is flexible and soft enough. She actually completed several high-leg kicks herself, and her efforts are also commendable.

There may be shortcuts for Hollywood-style success, but there is absolutely no shortcut to hard work. Moreover, Hollywood-style success lacks the support of hard work, which often means slipping towards failure at a faster pace than success.

At the end of the day's filming, Duke was not going to work overtime, and the Star Wars crew at Fox Studios prepared a media party. Due to the good relationship between Duke and Lucas, the other party also invited the main cast and crew members of the "Matrix" to attend.

Of course, this will bring more celebrities and celebrities, and will attract more attention. It is a completely mutually beneficial activity.

After packing up his own things and picking up the briefcase that was placed aside, Duke habitually wanted to call Tina Fei. Then he remembered that he had sent her back to North America, so he had to shake his head and walk out of the studio.

After walking a few steps, a slightly heavy footsteps came from behind. Charlize Theron seemed really tired and chased after him with heavy steps.

"Can you take your ride back to the hotel?" she asked.
Chapter completed!