Chapter 113 Director's talent

  Ronald is very familiar with Ingrid Bergman. One of the favorite old movies on American TV is "Casablanca" starring her. Saw it a few times on TV before breaking into film.

  Martin Scorsese opened the film appreciation class, and also missed "Gaslight" and "Anastasia" starring her. It shows the director's admiration for her.

  Because Gaslight told the story of her husband psychologically abusing her wife, it was too sensational. So much so that Gaslighting in English has evolved into a proper noun, which specifically describes the way men use psychological tricks to play and abuse women.

  The twilight beauty walking down the stairs wore a cashmere shawl, graceful and generous without losing a kind attitude. It was the first time Ronald saw a superstar in his life, and the aura of the star was really strong.

Isabella, a black-haired beauty who looks very similar to her, stepped forward and hugged Bergman's arm, "It's Ronald, he is Marty's student, he saw me just now, and said that if I make a movie, I can play you Daughter, mother."

  Bergman stepped forward and held Ronald's hands, "Isabella and Pia are both my daughters. You are Marty's student, which is very good."

   All the guests stepped forward and surrounded Bergman, squeezing Ronald out of the inner circle. It seems that they were all fans of Bergman back then. The idols have now forgotten their status, only the admiration from back then is still there.

  Bergman's level of hospitality is also very high, saying a few words with everyone makes people feel that they have not been underestimated.

   Ronald looked left and right, looking for Helen's figure. Pia was introducing Helen to his mother, Ronald felt a little bored, turned around and took another glass of sparkling water, and drank it alone.

  Bergman had undergone surgery a few years ago, and his health has not been very good. After talking with everyone, he retreated to the room to rest.

  Pia found Ronald at this time, "Ronald, what are you majoring in at New York University now? Are you interested in coming to the TV station? We have a lot of commercials, maybe I can arrange for you to appear on camera."

   "I want to be a film director, and I actually just got a directing deal for a gum commercial and I'm casting."

   "You surprised me many times tonight, Ronald." Pia said, "Why don't you let Helen play? Isn't she very suitable?"

   Ronald looked at Helen, he was indeed tall enough to play a college student. "Of course, I think she's fine with being in one of the 15-second commercials."

   "I'll tell Gerald, and you'll send her back to her father tonight." Pia set the schedule and went to make another call.

"Gerald, your daughter picked a great guy tonight, a student of my brother-in-law Marty's at NYU, and he's got a job directing a TV commercial, and he'll put Helen in it.  …Don't worry, he's shooting gum Advertisement. Yes, Helen needs a platform to start her acting career, after all, she still went to the acting college.”

"His name is Ronald, and he is a good guy. I haven't inquired about his family background, but being able to direct TV commercials in college is either a talent or a good family. Yes, I will let him send Helen back, you can check it yourself .My mother will live in New York for a while to see her grandchildren, so please call me when you are free."

   After Bergman left, the guests also said goodbye. Helen and Pia and the others went to talk, leaving him to wait to send Helen home. Ronald dozed off on the couch.

   "Ronald, do you want to find a place to sleep?" A female voice with a Swedish accent woke Ronald up.

   "Ms. Bergman, I'm sorry, today was a long day for me, and I accidentally fell asleep." Unexpectedly, Ingrid Bergman came out, saw him dozing off on the sofa, and kindly woke him up.

"Helen's father is the decision-maker at PBS, and my daughter Pia works at CBS, so it's hard to be anxious sometimes. I hope you don't mind. How did you know Helen? I heard Pia say that she would take a male companion Come." Bergman asked Ronald with a smile.

Ronald felt that although Bergman was nearly 60 years old, the charm of a star was still hard to resist, so he talked about the situation when he picked up Helen at the gate of the 54 club, "I am afraid that the male companion who booked is the same Howard who left Helen to go in. .”

   "Hahaha..." Bergman smiled brightly, without any of the awkward gestures of early Hollywood women. "Your experience reminds me of my ex-husband, that is, Isabella's father, Italian director Rossellini. At that time, I also saw his movie by chance, so I wrote to him. It was a coincidence."

   "Ms. Bergman, I like your performance very much." Ronald saw that Pia and Isabella might not be born to the same father, and there might be some stories in between, so he deliberately changed the subject.

   "You are so young, all you watch are movies from when I get old."

  "Of course not. I watched a lot of copies of old movies at New York University. There are few places where you can see Hollywood classic movies and foreign classic movies. I read them very carefully."

   "Then which movie do you like best?" Bergman rarely saw a young man in his early 20s watch his early performances.

   "Everyone in America loves 'Casablanca,' but I prefer 'Princess and Truth.'"

   "Oh, why?" Bergman was very interested. Casablanca was actually her game, and it was completely unexpected that she was loved. And "True and False Princess" is the first film she returned to Hollywood after the cheating scandal, and she also won the second Oscar for Best Actress. She also likes it very much.

   Ronald thought to himself where did this start?

"I like your lines the most, Ms. Bergman. In that movie, whether it's Yu Brynner, who plays opposite you, or the empress dowager, all the actors' lines are very good. It's like two fish, fighting each other. Chasing each other's tails. I rarely see lines like that in movies."

   "Oh, yes. You are very talented, Ronald, and I like the lines in that movie the most. The Queen Mother is played by Helen Hayes, who is also an Oscar winner. She was the queen of Broadway before she retired."

  Hearing Bergman talk about talent, Ronald took the opportunity to ask a question that he hadn’t figured out for a long time:

   "Ms. Bergman, I have always wondered what is talent in the film and television industry? I don't know if I am talented. It is very difficult to survive in this industry without talent."

Seeing that Bergman listened attentively, Ronald added: "I mean, if I finish college and do an editing job, or a technician on the set, it's not difficult to get a salary. But I want to be a director, lead A movie, that has to have some special talent, I don't know if I have that special talent."

  Bergman tightened his shawl, as if a little uncomfortable.

Ronald stood up, walked to the cocktail table, picked up two pieces of **** and put them in a cup, then added a spoonful of coconut oil, and then put in a cube of sugar, squeezed the juice with a juicer, filtered it, added mineral water, handed it To Bergman.

   "This is a family secret recipe that my aunt often drinks for me when I'm not feeling well. It works great."

  Bergman drank half of it, and sure enough, the site of the second operation recently felt a lot better.

   "Thank you, this worked."

  Ronald copied the prescription with a pen and handed it to Bergman.

  Bergman organized the following languages:

   "Since you can think of these questions, I'm sure you do have the talent to be a director.

  Directors need a special talent. Among the directors I have worked with, some are willing to let the actors play freely, and some stipulate that the actors must act according to what they say. But they all have one thing in common, that is, they must be well aware of the performance effects of actors.

  Many directors themselves are also very good actors. In their eyes, actors are a tool to achieve the final picture, but actors are not objects, and they must master the methods that allow us to play comfortably. In short, the talent of being a director, I think, is the ability to drive actors to perform the results they want. "

   At this time, Pia came to persuade her mother to go back to rest, Ronald and Bergman said goodbye.

   Helen also finished talking with Pia, and Ronald was going to send her back to his father's house. The hostess sent the two young people downstairs, and when the elevator doors closed, Ronald saw Isabella greet him, as if to say "see you again when we have a chance."

  After Helen got into the car, she immediately apologized to Ronald, "I didn't know that Aunt Pia and the others would treat you as my classmate Howard. I've already made it clear to them that I won't embarrass you."

   "That's okay, Helen. Pia also offered to cast you in a TV commercial for Chewels chewing gum that I directed. I'll talk to your father later. Hope he can cast you."

   "Really? What will I play?" Speaking of acting, Helen regained her spirits.

   "It's about 15 seconds for a college student who is an intern in a company." Ronald replied.

   "Gum? My dad would agree, he's always cared about me. I haven't seen him much since he divorced my mom."

   So that was the case, no wonder the father and daughter still wanted to send messages through Pia.

  The car arrived at the Upper East Side, where Helen's father, Gerald, lived in this traditional noble community.

  A middle-aged man was standing in front of the door. After his daughter Helen got off the car, he immediately hugged her.

"You must be Ronald, thank you for sending my daughter back. I am Gerald Slater." Gerald took out a business card and handed Ronald, "I heard about you from Pia If you have any difficulties in filming the Chewels chewing gum commercial, you can come to me."

   "Dad, do you agree with me participating in the commercial shooting?" Helen asked from the side.

   "You have to show me the script first... Ronald." Then Gerald said to his daughter, "Yes, I agree in principle..."

   The father and daughter said goodbye to Ronald.

  Ronald raised his hand and saw that the business card read:

  Gerald Slater

   Chief Executive Officer

  PBS TV station

  (end of this chapter)