Hollywood Road

Once the crew is watched by reporters, it is not so easy to get rid of it. Murphy filmed such a big scene in Manhattan at night, and it lasted for several days. It was hard not to disturb the media reporters. It was four consecutive days of late night. At that time, under the street lights of this street, a large number of guys with cameras gathered.

But this is also a good thing. Media reports and tracking are also a kind of disguised propaganda.

Therefore, Murphy not only did not let people drive these reporters away, but allowed them to follow the crew to a dilapidated warehouse in the suburbs of New York, and also took the lead actor James Franco, and took a little time to accept the reporters. Joint interviews in order to create more topics.

Near the gate of the warehouse, Murphy and James Franco walked in front of the reporter under the **** of many security personnel.

Since I was notified before, the people who can walk into this place are reporters from some considerable entertainment media. The number of people is not that large, so there is no such messy scene like a vegetable market.

Murphy and James Franco have limited time. The two sides greeted briefly, and the interview began immediately.

The reporter's question first came to Murphy, "Director Stanton, what do you think of this collaboration with Mr. Franco?"

"This is a very crazy character, and it is a big challenge for James." Murphy said without much consideration, "The character he played is very original, very scary, and extremely marginalized. This He is a very young character, very lawless, and has injected a lot of primitive horror and panic into our hearts, and James did it to the extent that it shocked me."

Hearing what Murphy said, a female reporter turned to James Franco, "Has this role bothered you?"

"Very much." James Franco was obviously on purpose. "I can only sleep three or four hours a night in the last few weeks, and I can't stop thinking. My body is exhausted, but my brain is still working. Now, I have to take two sleeping pills every day, but it only works within two hours."

Then, the reporter turned the question back to Murphy and asked, "Director Stanton, has Mr. Franco met your requirements?"

"For a movie, especially a noir crime movie, the ability to have an extraordinary villain will definitely play a practical and correct role in promoting it, and it will never be met."

Murphy did not answer positively, and slowly said, "The character created by James is definitely a breakthrough for the villain. He completely subverts the impression of bad people in our memory. Common bad people are murder and arson, stealing, robbery, etc., but he provides It's a high-quality crime..."

Upon hearing this, the reporters couldn't help widening their eyes and asked one after another, "Director Stanton, can you tell me more specifically?"

"No!" Murphy first refused decisively, and then explained, "Because so far, no one has seen the true ending of the film, including the actors who participated in it. My purpose is very simple. I hope the audience will be there. When watching a movie, brain cells can always be in a vortex of excitement. I don’t want to say some hypocritical or pretentious rhetoric, I’m just trying to do my duty for this movie-the answer So it’s called the mystery because it won’t be revealed until the last moment."

Having said that, Murphy stopped, and let the audience study the film by themselves.

The reporter turned to James Franco. James Franco is similar to Murphy, the same dripping water.

Since there is still shooting to be carried out, Murphy threw James Franco at the door of the warehouse alone, and took the lead to return to the warehouse. The shooting location here has been set up under the command of Michelle Williams. about there.

The filming started quickly, but compared to the previous car chase action scenes filmed in Manhattan, it was not very smooth. It is probably because Christopher Waltz and Henry Cavill have been out of their respective roles for too long, and they are in very ordinary state, one after another. Murphy kept calling to stop.

This night scene was NG. The crew had been blowing in the cold New Jersey wind for nearly two hours. Some people with poor health had already started to sneeze again and again, and Murphy had to call both actors over.

"How do you feel?" Murphy looked at Christopher Waltz and Henry Cavill, and said unceremoniously, "Don't tell me you have completely abandoned the character during this time!"

Christopher Waltz smiled apologetically, Henry Cavill's head was covered by the mask, and his expression was not visible.

Standing up from the director’s chair, Murphy took two sips of hot coffee from the assistant, walked back and forth two more times, and then said to Christopher Waltz and Henry Cavill, “Linch and Chris Dan Well, the reason for this last dialogue is because they know that if the truth is revealed and the real murderer is exposed, then the magician will truly win the battle of souls in New York, and the city will completely lose hope."

Seeing that both of them were listening carefully, Murphy put down his coffee cup and continued, "If even the accepted hope of New York eventually loses the standard of good and evil and enters pure chaos, which is the so-called state of fairness, then New York will Develop as the magician had hoped. So Lynch told Chris Dann that the public must be convinced that these people were killed by Chris Dann!"

He first said to Henry Cavill, "Your character has to bear a heavy burden for the city of New York and become a true nightcrawler."

Then, Murphy looked at Christopher Waltz, "You are a pragmatist. You can only make this choice for the future and hope of New York."

Seeing Christopher Waltz and Henry Cavill thoughtfully, Murphy waved to them, "Go get ready, and start shooting in fifteen minutes."

Perhaps Murphy's analysis played a role, or perhaps the previous NG played a sufficient warm-up role. After the filming restarted, the performance of Christopher Waltz and Henry Cavill improved.

Henry Cavill, wearing Chris Dan's black uniform, looked firmly at Christopher Waltz, who was a little embarrassed, and decided to resist this heavy burden, and said, "Now call them in."

Christopher Waltz hesitated, "They will hunt you down."

"Yes, you will hunt me down, you will curse me, let dogs chase me, because it must be so!"

Although Henry Cavill’s expressions were not visible under the mask, his tone did not waver, “Because sometimes it’s not enough to have the truth! Sometimes people have the right to get more! Sometimes people’s beliefs must be. get payback!"

After that, he stopped staying, stood up and limped to the place where the super bike was parked, leaving only a black back of the camera lens.

Murphy made a gesture, and Michelle Williams led the little actor who played the son of Inspector Lynch slowly to the camera and came directly to Christopher Waltz. Christopher Waltz moved slightly to cover it. The man lying on the ground.

"Nightwalker? Dad, why did he run away." The little actor asked puzzledly.

Christopher Waltz looked at the place where Henry Cavill disappeared, "Because we had to catch him."

The little actor's expression became even more puzzled, "But he didn't do anything wrong."

Looking at the monitor screen, Murphy nodded slowly. This little actor named Jeter Walnot performed very well, completely acting out the doubts and innocence of a child, which is exactly what he wanted. .

Children represent innocence, and their judgment standards are often the most human nature. In the eyes of innocent children, Chris Dan is a good person.

This ending is a bit dark, and it is always necessary to give the audience some hope. Inspector Lynch’s son represents exactly this kind of hope.

Christopher Waltz said his last line emotionally, "Because he is a hero worthy of New York, but not the hero we need now, so we have to hunt him down, because he can bear all this, because he is not Our hero, he is a silent guardian, a guardian who is always on the alert, a night walker!"

"Cut!" Murphy yelled to stop, and when everyone was relieved, he said again, "Not yet, continue shooting!"

In some fierce night breeze, the crew became busy again. Murphy's requirements were particularly stringent. Later, they continued to cause NG due to various problems. The filming of this scene continued until dawn, and it was quite satisfactory to get the three. Murphy only announced the end of the night’s work after the footage.

After all the night scenes were filmed, Murphy gave the crew two days off. After gathering again, he led the crew to film some daytime scenes in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the New York City Police Parade, which is different from the Los Angeles police. The New York police actively cooperated with the filming of the crew, and quite a few police officers who were on vacation came to the crew to participate in guest performances.

With the strong support of the New York Police and City Hall, the filming behind the crew went smoothly, and the progress far exceeded Murphy's plan. By the end of October, the filming was nearing completion.

Murphy led the crew to Paterson, New Jersey. After months of searching, the crew finally found a hospital that was about to be demolished here, which could be used to film an explosive scene on an astonishing scale.

Murphy is not very proficient in explosive scenes on the ground, and he has few contacts in the past. Basically, he has been handed over to the pyrotechnics team. Fortunately, these guys did not let him down. After the switch was turned on, the entire emptied hospital was bombed into rubble.

At this point, all the shooting of "Dark City" was completed, and Murphy returned to Los Angeles to prepare for post-production.