Chapter 210： "Brokeback Mountain"

When making a movie, if Lehman is to evaluate it, the most difficult thing to do is the preparatory work.

To do that, everything has to be prepared, which is very difficult and troublesome.

But if it is not done well, the subsequent shooting will not go anywhere smoothly.

It is equivalent to laying a solid foundation before building a house, so that subsequent work can provide a guarantee.

After working at Fischka Castle for about a week, I finally decided on the imaging style of the film.

The rest of the set, making the props, choosing the appropriate crew costumes, etc., there are also Ryan and Thomas watching.

Now Lyman can be regarded as relieved, and he is ready to choose the actor.

Isn't it about to start filming soon, it's not a big deal if the actors are not complete.

It is said that after a few phone calls with Heath Ledger, he was hesitant and unclear, and he did not know when the schedule would be free. Ask him, he said that the shooting is almost done, and there is only one left to finish, but what? When the time was over, he couldn't tell. Lehman planned to go directly to find him.

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Back at the homestay, I simply packed my luggage, took the car, transferred to the train, and went all the way to the airport.

The ticket has already been booked by the staff of Europa Pictures. This time, he set off alone. Eva wanted to come, but he refused.

Running around, the schedule is so busy, it is too troublesome, it is better to stay on the set.

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It is rainy in summer. In Wyoming, the United States, it suddenly rained at noon. There was no sign of dark clouds in the sky. It was "sunny and rainy".

On a straight road, Lehmann witnessed the rain in a smooth-running Mercedes-Benz.

He arrived at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday afternoon, and then found a hotel there for one night. The next morning, he took a vehicle arranged by Paramount Pictures to come here.

Brokeback Mountain was filmed on a ranch in Wyoming.

It is said that this film is also a very common novel adaptation work.

The original is a collection of short stories written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anne Proulx.

There are 11 of them, all of which are set in Wyoming, and the theme is roughly the hard life of those farm people in the wild and harsh, wild and unpredictable natural environment.

This article won the 1998 O'Henry Short Story Award and the National Magazine Award before it was intentionally put on the big screen, so it is not short of fame.

Then, naturally, it was adapted into a screenplay suitable for filming by writers Larry McMurtry and Diana Osana.

Stories are good stories, but Hollywood has no shortage of good stories.

The natural properties of this script indicate that not many film companies will be interested. After several turns, many directors such as Gus Van Sant and Joels Macher have successively refused to take over this low-cost film. Producer James Shams spent $3 million to take over the screenplay, and was picked on by director Li Press.

It is quite embarrassing to think that Li is in the current situation of this great director.

A Hulk in 2003 nearly killed his previous achievements.

The shooting cost is 137 million US dollars, not counting publicity.

The release performance was only 245.36 million US dollars in the global box office, which directly caused the producer Warner to lose about 70 million US dollars, and indirectly killed Warner's superhero restart plan.

To know that the Marvel movie copyright in Warner's hands, only the Hulk is still famous and has a relatively good commercial adaptation value.

The birth of Spider-Man, such market achievements, such fan appeal, who is not interested?

Not to mention Warner, 20th Century Fox's X-Men, Fantastic Four, and New Line Cinema's Blades all took advantage of this craze to speed up their creative plans and push them into the market one after another.

Needless to say, the former does not have to say much. The results of each film are quite impressive. Although the Blade Warriors did not respond well, they can still earn a little bit. Only Warner and popular comic characters such as the Hulk have screwed up.

You say, Li Press can be irresponsible?

The reason why I took over such a small-cost work, I guess there is helplessness in this regard. After all, Hollywood has always been realistic.

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The shooting location is in the pasture. After the car reaches the foot of the mountain, the road behind is not easy to drive, so I don’t force it to go up. Lehman found a hotel, put away his luggage and clothes, and prepared to hike up the mountain.

In fact, it's not too far. This mountain is not very high. It's more like a big **** than a mountain.

About 15 minutes away, when we were about to reach the top, we could already see the crew of Brokeback Mountain.

There are green grass around, and there are many cattle and sheep grazing. It really looks like a place suitable for grazing.

Several set up tents were placed there, and the staff around seemed to have nothing to do and were quite leisurely.

Approaching, I saw Heath Ledger sitting on a chair, wearing a cowboy hat, dressed like a ranch man.

The one next to it is...

Oh By the way, Michelle Williams, one of the leading actresses in this work.

Judging by the way they are chatting, it is estimated that they are already getting better.

"Hi, Heath Ledger."

he greeted.

"Lyman." Heath Ledger turned around and saw that Lyman, who said he was going to come over and ask for his address, had arrived.

"Long time no see, how are you doing? What were you talking about? I've been here for so long, and you haven't noticed." Lyman joked.

The two of them are very familiar, even if they haven't seen each other for a while, they're not unfamiliar.

"Nothing, oh, let me introduce, this is Michelle Williams."

Michelle raised her head slightly and looked at it. She is still very curious about Lyman, but what she is most curious about now is that she has a good impression on him while filming, how Heath Ledger, who has that kind of meaning, seems to know him very well.

That is a famous French director in Hollywood.

This kind of friendship doesn't look like a simple partnership. Qiqi's novels are first published on the whole network

"Hello, Director Ryman. Everyone likes to call me Michelle, and you can call me that too."

"Well, hello, Michelle." Lyman waved his hand and said politely.

"Where's the director? Where did Li Press go?" he asked curiously. When you come to someone's crew, of course you have to say hello to the host. Besides, he himself still admires this literary director. He has seen many works several times in his previous life.

"The director has something to do, he went out."

Sure enough, when he just came here, he felt that there was no more shooting here.

"How is it? Are you okay?"

"It's not very good. The final shooting could have been completed yesterday, but because of the way the scene was handled, the director was not satisfied, so it was delayed until now."

Heath Ledger spread his hands.