I love the twists and turns (spoilers included) of this film :
Turning Point 1: Tommy and Greg move to LA
This is, their dreams are rising, but unfortunately the reality is very skinny. First Greg found an agent, but the agent didn't give him a job. Tommy repeatedly hit a wall in auditions because of his personality, accent, and looks.
Turning point 2: They decide to make their own movies (and go downhill from here)
Tommy's series of writing close-ups start off with a bloodbath, as if he's produced some earth-shattering good script. But when Greg finished watching, he was willing to accept Tommy's invitation, but his reaction was not as drastic as he had imagined.
Just when we thought that this pivotal decision would change their fortunes, in fact, they were faced with all kinds of difficulties.
1. Equipment and scene problems: Tommy has a lot of money and bought two cameras in one go. But the problem is that one of the two cameras is digital and the other is film. Generally speaking, the crew will choose one for the consistency of the film. Alternating use will result in different textures (I haven't seen the original movie, so I don't know if this is a problem). A lot of the money for the scene was spent unnecessarily. The scene inside the shed on the street corner is set up exactly like the street corner outside. The scene on the rooftop can be shot in real life, but it has to be shot in the studio, and a green screen is drawn for the background.
2. Shooting problem: Tommy is very headstrong. The costumer hoped that he would not stuff things into his pockets, and it would be better to keep the style consistent, but he stubbornly said "I keep all my stuff" and stuffed the pockets all at once. On the first day of Tommy's shooting, Greg kindly told him not to be nervous before filming started, but he went mad and insisted that he wasn't nervous. As a result, I forgot the lines as soon as I turned on the phone, and NG dozens of times. In the end, the entire team will be memorized, but he himself still won't.
3. Team issues: Tommy has a particularly bad attitude towards the team. Don't prepare water, don't prepare air conditioner, get angry and curse at random. Because of Tommy's eccentric personality, the team also speaks ill of him behind his back. At the same time, because Tommy was always late and unprofessional, the team became more and more slack on filming. So there were a lot of technical mistakes in the shoot, and the team shuffled through a lot of shots because they were impatient.
From a promising start, the film's production has been going downhill, and Tommy and Greg's relationship has gone downhill with it. The fight scene between the two of them was really intense and pushed the conflict to the extreme.
Turning point 3: The "success" of the film
The so-called success at the end is not the success Tommy imagined, but because the film is so bad that it achieves some inexplicable comedy effect. After struggling, Tommy finally compromised and told the audience that this is a comedy I made. This ending is realistic, not a heroic, earth-shattering success ending, but a bittersweet achievement.
In reality, things will never forget the direction we envisioned. And that unknown direction may be good or bad. Tommy's bad film is justifiably bad, but the film is bad enough to be considered a success.
The Easter egg at the end of the video is also very interesting! The flop shots of this film are largely restored to the original movie shots, including scenes, angles, eyes, movements, and more. When I get a chance, I must go and enjoy the original work!
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