Chapter 243 238 Each Showing His Magical Power

Chapter 239 238. Each shows his magical power

"Inception", Christopher Nolan's masterpiece, is a classic work that is enough to be recorded in film history.

Douban has more than 2 million people rating it, with a score of 9.4 and a 5-star praise rate of more than 72%, which is higher than 99% of science fiction and suspense films.

The top250 score is 8.8, ranking 14th on the list, ahead of it is "Fight Club" and behind it is "Dune 2".

Yes, it is "Dune 2".

Although the "Dune" series is not very popular in China, it is not low in popularity abroad.

"Dune 2" and "Spider-Man in the Universe" are also the only two movies that have squeezed into the top 50 of the list since 2020.

Of course, Nolan's 14th place is not his limit, because his immortal work "The Dark Knight" has a score of 9.0 and ranks third on the list.

It is second only to the champion "The Shawshank Redemption" with 9.3 points and "The Godfather 1" with 9.2 points, and it is a well-deserved ceiling for superhero movies.

It has brought superhero movies to a height that almost does not belong to it, and has also built a high wall that is almost impossible to climb for later generations.

Entering the new era, Christopher Nolan is the absolute, well-deserved, and undisputed first director.

Not the first director in Hollywood, but the first director in the world.

There is an interesting comment about directors in Hollywood: James Cameron is responsible for innovating film technology, and Christopher Nolan is responsible for innovating film structure.

Eric likes him very much, and if there is a chance, he really wants to work with Nolan.

In the hotel, a group of people gathered around a round table for a meeting, and the main content was to study the script of "Inception".

It has been more than half a year since Eric provided them with the script, and everyone has read the script over and over again for countless times.

During this period, everyone contacted Eric several times, including when he was with Neeko and Charlize Theron, the two of them would ask relevant questions, but Eric never answered them in detail.

Now it's time to sort out the plot. It's best if you can grasp everything clearly. If not, at least you have to understand your role positioning and part.

If you can't even figure this out, the show can still be filmed, but the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

Neil Blomkamp took out the printed script and prepared to distribute it to everyone.

Bale waved his hand: "Thank you, I'll take it with me."

He took out the script with serious wrinkles on the corners from his handbag, which looked like a textbook used by an unstudy elementary school student, and then took out a black notebook.

"Bal, is this your note?" Tom Hardy next to him came over.

Bale nodded and opened the notebook, only to see the plot analysis, character biography, character psychology, etc. neatly written on it.

"Wow! Your handwriting is so beautiful. Wait, this thick book can't be full of character biographies, right?"

"No, I only wrote about half of it, about a hundred pages."

Looking at his calm and calm appearance, Tom Hardy smacked his lips in surprise, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt the pressure suddenly increased.

He had heard that Christian Bale was famous for his dedication, and he could be crazy to get into the role, otherwise he couldn't play "American Psycho".

Although he hasn't seen his live performance yet, judging from his solid preparation, it seems that the rumors are true.

And he and Bale have a lot of rival scenes, so don't mess it up.

Tom Hardy knows that this is a good opportunity given to him by Eric. He also gave James McAvoy the opportunity to film "Assassins" and Michael Fassbender the opportunity to film "Drive".

Although James and Fassbender played the leading roles and he played a supporting role, the configuration of Inception was top-notch in Hollywood, much better than The Assassins and Rush. He was treated no worse than the leading roles.

Who would become popular depended on this time. If he messed up, he would probably only have some minor roles to play in the future, and he would not be able to turn things around in five or six years.

He also quickly took out his script: "I have one too."

Neil shrugged and looked around, only to see that everyone took out their own exclusive scripts.

"Well, it seems that I did something unnecessary."

"But at least it's better to be prepared."

Everyone sat down, and their eyes were focused on Eric. Although he was the director and writer, he had to take care of a lot of things every day, so he also took detailed notes.

"Okay, let's get the plot of the movie clear first, and then ask questions individually."

"I will sort out the plot in chronological order. Bale, Theron, let's start with your story."

"First, there is the protagonist Cobb played by Bale and Cobb's wife Mel played by Theron. You two are pioneers of the dream world. Your common pursuit of the dream world made you decide to explore and experiment on yourself."

"So you entered deeper dreams layer by layer until you entered the fourth dream. Since the time flow rate of each dream layer is about 20 times, the time flow rate of the fourth dream layer is already quite slow, so you two stayed here for decades until you died of old age."

"After death, you entered a deeper level of the Lost Domain. Mel hopes to continue to stay with Cobb here and does not want to return to the real world."

"But Cobb missed his children and wanted to go back to the real world. However, since he was also a pioneer, he had no idea how to go back. He could only guess that he might return after death, but he might not be able to return."

"So he had to do double insurance. On the one hand, he used the gyroscope totem to implant the idea of ​​suicide return in his wife. On the other hand, he implanted the idea of ​​doubting everything and trying everything in his wife before committing suicide."

"This was also the first time Cobb used implantation to change a person's mind."

"After they committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks, they returned to reality, but the side effects of the implantation began to appear. Mel completely lost the boundary between dreams and reality, so she chose to commit suicide to free herself from the dream she thought she was in, causing Cobb to become a murderer and had to flee overseas."

"Then, the wealthy Saito, played by Watanabe, hired Cobb to implant ideas into his competitors, hoping to bring down the other company and dominate the energy market."

"In order to return to China, Cobb had to form a team and set up a trap to steal dreams on the plane. . "

"But unexpectedly, Fisher had received professional anti-dream stealing training, so accidents began to happen, and they could only keep moving forward to deeper levels of dreams. "

"Finally, due to Saito's death and entering the Lost Realm, Cobb could only die with Mel and enter the Lost Realm to find him, and finally bring him back to reality. "

"OK, that's the general plot. Now let's move on to the question-and-answer session. I'll try to answer the questions that I can. "

After hearing this, Nicole looked at Eric in astonishment: "Director, what do you mean by answering the questions that can be answered? Does it mean that there are things you don't understand? You are the screenwriter. "

Eric nodded very simply: "Inception is a science fiction movie, and science fiction movies are the crystallization of imagination. "

"Imagination that is not based on reality will inevitably have problems, and I can't be comprehensive, so this meeting can also be regarded as a gap-filling meeting. "

After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, thinking that you are quite honest and don't like to be mysterious like many directors.

Heath Ledger raised his hand.

"Okay Heath, there's no need to act like a student, just speak."

"Director, I want to know how many layers of dreams there are? You just mentioned the fourth layer, so is the fourth layer of dreams the Lost Zone?"

"That's what I want to know, too." Charlize Theron said.

"I'm also confused about this." Daniel Bruhl also looked over.

He will play the role of Fisher, a rich second-generation whose dreams were stolen. At the Golden Globe Awards not long ago, the movie "Goodbye Lenin" starring him was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Although he is a German actor, he has made a certain name for himself in Hollywood.

The point of doubt among several people is exactly the problem that many people were entangled with after the movie was released that year. Some people think that the fourth layer is the Lost Zone, while some people think it is not. The movie did not give a very clear conclusion on this.

Eric nodded: "Good question, my answer is that the fourth level of dreams is not the Lost Zone, these are two different worlds."

"We can turn to page 49 of the script. This scene explains some of the settings of the dream, including that once you enter the Lost Zone, your memory will be severely lost."

"Then turn to page 187 of the script. Here, Fisher entered the near-death stage because he was shot by Mel."

"In order to gain enough time to save him, they entered the fourth level of dreams at the suggestion of the dream builder Aliredni played by Nicole."

Eric almost slipped up and subconsciously wanted to say the nickname, but fortunately he stopped in time. Charlize Theron was concentrating on reading the script and should not have noticed.

Nico's mouth corners slightly raised, and a wink was thrown over.

At this time, Bell raised his head: "Director, when Cobb and Arieldne entered the fourth floor, why was everything here the same as the scene where he and Mel committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks? Does it mean that the dreamer of the fourth floor is Cobb?"

Eric nodded: "Yes, Cobb moved everything he and Mel built to the fourth floor, so it looks very similar."

"Well, I understand, then I have a suggestion."

"What?"

"Do we need to add this sentence to the script? As long as we add the statement that Cobb is the dreamer of the fourth floor, then it will make sense here."

"Huh? Didn't I write it?" Eric flipped back and found that he didn't find this line.

Theron smiled and said, "Director, it seems that you haven't checked the script carefully enough."

"Okay, my question, this is the purpose of this meeting, who has any questions?"

Nico turned to the last few pages of the script: "Eric, the last description is fixed on the spinning top."

"The spinning top seems to be Cobb's totem, so if it falls off and is still spinning, doesn't it mean that he is still in a dream? Has Cobb returned to reality?"

The others all looked over again, and it seemed that everyone had this question.

Eric smiled. This question is actually easy to answer, but if you only read the script text, you may be confused.

He explained: "Of course Cobb returned to reality. The spinning fall is a little trick. The last picture will actually be fixed at the moment when the spinning top slows down and is about to fall."

"I didn't express this description in words, but the final movie will be presented in this way."

"Also, I have a question for you. Is Cobb's totem really a spinning top?"

"No!" Theron and Bell answered at the same time.

Bell made a gesture of invitation, and Theron said: "The script only says that this is Mel's totem and Cobb carries it with him, but it does not give clear information that this is Cobb's totem."

"After comparing the descriptions of several dreams in the script, I think his real totem may be the ring."

"Because every time when it comes to dreams, the description of Cobb adds a description of the ring, but there is no relevant description in the daily plot."

"Eric, since the script specifically emphasizes the factor of the ring, there must be a reason."

"That's my opinion too." Bell nodded at Theron.

"Correct answer, the answer is the ring. It looks like this will be a smooth shoot because you studied the script thoroughly."

Ken Watanabe suddenly realized: "So the last spinning top scene is also a smokescreen. The spinning top doesn't represent anything at all."

Eric laughed: "Inception is a movie that softens the suspense and science fiction elements. It's also one of the fun things to confuse the audience appropriately."

"Director, I have a question too."

Tom Hardy realized the questions raised by others when he read the script. Seeing that others were about to ask all the questions he wanted to ask, he hurriedly raised his hand to express himself, so that Eric would not think that he had not studied the script well.

"Go ahead, Tom."

"My question is about Saito's death. In the script, he was injured in the first dream layer, and then died in the third layer, and was later rescued by Cobb from the Lost Realm."

"Since Cobb can go to the Lost Realm to save people, why not let Saito die directly in the first layer? Anyway, let Cobb save him, so that he won't become a burden in the second and third layers."

"I have also thought about this question, maybe I can try to answer it." Morris Chestnut, who plays the pharmacist, said.

As a character with less obvious characteristics, Eric changed the pharmacist's race from Indian to black.

He doesn't have a good impression of Indians, and the Indian market is not a big box office. Using Indians is really not as good as using blacks to boost the box office.

"I think the reason should be the speed of time. If Saito really died in the first layer of dream, then the time he spent in the Lost Domain would be much longer than the time he spent in the third layer."

"Although the script does not clearly compare the speed of time in the Lost Domain with the real world, it must be very exaggerated."

"If Saito entered the Lost Domain one minute earlier, he might have stayed in the Lost Domain for ten more years."

"When Cobb found Saito, he was already dying of old age. If he stayed for another ten years, he would have died of old age in the Lost Domain without waiting for Cobb to find him."

"According to the setting, once a person dies of old age in the Lost Domain, he will return to reality, but his brain consciousness will also be severely damaged. Saito will be equivalent to a vegetable, and Cobb's hope of returning to China with his help will naturally be dashed."

"That's my guess, director, what do you think?"

After Morris Chestatt finished speaking, Eric looked at him with some surprise. It seems that this buddy has also understood the script to a certain extent.

It's comfortable to work with excellent actors. They not only like to delve into the characters in the script, but also help the director fill in the gaps.

As you can imagine, the filming should go smoothly this time.

"Well, that's a good explanation Morris. It seems I need to add some lines to the script."