In the quiet two "passenger carriages", the remaining actors were intently reading the new script that had just been unpacked - "The Great Battle".
This is the most important "script seminar" before filming starts nowadays. So actors and creators are involved together. Analyze the characters in the play, understand the plot conflicts, accurately shape the characters, and be fully prepared for the start of filming.
Although the entire text is in German, the black and white text is the script of "The Great Battle". Of course, this is not the original plot of the personal branch plot line of War Girl Danielle and her era friends and family. The duplicate title of the script is just some kind of coincidence.
However, everyone, including Danielle, the war girl who had done enough homework when she arrived, read another meaning. Could it be said that the plot counterattack has already happened?
"Let me say it first." Legendary French actress Josephine Baker first broke the silence: "Why Sicily?"
"The inspiration for the creation of "The Great Battle" came from a private exchange between 'several friends' not long ago." The screenwriter who personally participated in the creation of the script answered seriously: "Our common interest is: the next 'Great Battle' 'Where will it happen?'
"So, you think it's here." Legendary French actress Josephine Baker pointed to the soles of her feet.
"No, if possible, I hope (the next 'big battle') will never happen. So to be precise, the script of 'The Big Battle' is the harvest of that exchange." The screenwriter avoided things he didn't want to participate in Realistic topics.
"Ah, among the 'several friends' who participated in the 'private communication', some people thought this was here." Under the current environment, the screenwriter must be cautious in creation, which satisfied the legendary French female star Josephine Baker.
"Why should we film a war that didn't happen?" Out of the same caution, Czechoslovak actress Lyda Balova followed up by asking: "Will this cause unnecessary trouble?"
"Movies are the art of light and shadow. They are far more magical than reality. As for 'Trouble', I can assure you and all the actors here that I will never offend you. Look, we are sitting on the Führer Train discussing 'Trouble'." The screenwriter's sense of boundaries is very clear.
"Hahaha..." So this German humor made everyone laugh.
"I have a question about the content of the filming." German actress Anneliese Akerman expressed herself at the right time: "Too many war scenes will weaken the character portrayal."
"Madam, I assure you, war is only part of the movie. Love will always be the core of creation." The screenwriter also thought of it.
"Ah, it's another version of "Gone with the Wind." Someone has already exclaimed.
The adaptation of "Gone with the Wind", which was released in the United States on September 9, 1939, broke all publishing records at the time, with a circulation of 10 million copies in the first 6 months, with a peak of 50,000 copies sold in one day. The price of this best-selling novel "Gone with the Wind" has been raised from $3 to $60. It tells the love story between Scarlett, the rich daughter of Tara Manor, and Rhett Butler, the elegant businessman after the outbreak of the American Civil War. This nearly 4-hour film, shot in 1939 and lasting 80 years, has endured for a long time. After adjusting for inflation and other factors, "Gone with the Wind" topped the box office with a total box office of 3.44 billion U.S. dollars, and in 1998 , ranked 4th among the 100 greatest films of the 20th century by the American Film Institute.
"It can be understood that way, no problem at all." The screenwriter seemed relieved when he heard "another version of "Gone with the Wind"". Art creation will be safer if you have a reference that has been proven successful.
Face to face with the female reporter, the war girl Danielle immediately woke up. This is a "play within a play" script. It’s not so much the filming of “Gone with the Wind” that belongs to the Third Reich. It would be better to say that under the guise of making a movie, the garrison stationed in Sicily was mobilized in a reasonable manner. The purpose of doing this is to "knock on the mountain and shake the tiger." Let the Allied forces, which had just won the North African campaign, not dare to act rashly.
Moreover, under the guise of making a movie, the defenders were mobilized and commanded. So that all those, including Marshal Albert Kesselring, the commander-in-chief of the German Southern Front, "want to believe that the Italians will fight to defend the motherland, and that as long as they have a small number of German troops and equipment to help them, the Italians can defend the country." "The enemy is outside the country", the top Nazis came to actually observe the combat effectiveness of the Italian Coast Division.
During the filming process of "fake show and real show", taking the opportunity to eradicate dissidents, change coaches and seize power may be one of the many purposes.
What a brilliant idea indeed.
By the way, there is no precedent in history for the masterpiece "Escape from Tehran" adapted from the real incident of rescuing hostages in the name of filming.
Good guy. He is indeed the head of the Third Reich who is very happy with his achievements. The head of state really does a lot of things like this.
In 1934, the famous German female director Leni Riefenstahl was invited to shoot "Triumph of the Will". Conceived by the Nazis and funded by the Third Reich, the film documents the meetings, rallies and marches of the Nazis at their peak. To support the filming, the Empire provided unlimited funding, a crew of more than one hundred people, countless spotlights, sixteen first-class photographers, thirty cameras, twenty-two cars with drivers and uniformed mobile police officers. , this large and luxurious filming team, coupled with Riefenstahl's genius creativity and aesthetic concepts, created one of the most perfect and controversial masterpieces in film history. "Triumph of the Will" has been called "the most authoritative propaganda film" and won the Best Documentary Award at the 1935 Venice Film Festival and Paris Film Festival. Leni Riefenstahl became one of the greatest female directors in film history.
Do you think this is the only one?
"Triumph of Faith" in 1933, "Day of Freedom: Our Defense Force" in 1935, "Olympia 1: The Festival of the Nation" in 1938, "Olympia 2: The Festival of Beauty". Leni Riefenstahl's tetralogy of the Third Reich were all born under the Führer's concept of "unlimited funding"!
"I'm curious, who is the director?" Female reporter Lisa still couldn't help but be curious.
"A talented Italian director from Venice: Giovanni Tinto Brass," said the screenwriter, who disclosed the director's resume information on the slide for the first time.
"..." Compared with the people in the play, Danielle, the war girl who had done enough homework when she came, recognized the photo of the "famous director" at a glance, which is the famous "It's not a big deal to expose your butt" , it’s a natural thing” - Tinto Brass!
He starred as an Italian director in "Dark Angel." The one without a signature!
"This is indeed another version of "Gone with the Wind."" German actress Anneliese Akerman couldn't help but express her feelings.
"Yes." Czechoslovakian actress Lida Barova, who had carefully read the director's resume beside her, nodded seriously: "War, espionage, singing and dancing, and the indispensable love."
"I'm just worried about whether this Venetian (not famous) director, who was highly recommended by the Italian Film Minister, can handle our "Battle"." Lisa, a well-informed female reporter, interjected just right. It diverted the attention of everyone nearby.
"Ah..." This is also what the legendary French actress Josephine Baker is worried about. She had never heard of this Italian director from Venice.
