"I was very surprised and happy to hear that Mr. Corleone was going to film the Ten Commandments. This is a great subject, a charming subject. I think it is difficult for me to not be attracted by this subject as a filmmaker. The movie I had in 1923 actually did not perfectly show the exciting history. I hope Mr. Corleone can shoot that spirit and that thought. I am very confident in Mr. Corleone!"

Sissy Dimil is very friendly to this movie of the same name.

One of the biggest reasons why the Ten Commandments attracted public and media attention is probably the unique artistic style of the film.

TV movies, like this style. No one has ever said it before.

So, when I was interviewed by reporters and explained what TV movies were to them, the reactions made by the media and the public were beyond my expectations.

It can be screened on TV or in a cinema. The film is only one hour long and a movie is divided into ten parts. Each part is independent and connected with each other. Each part explains a precept in the Ten Commandments...

These statements have made the audience's curiosity about this movie soar.

They were even a little confused. What would a movie like like like this?

I'm afraid they will know this after the movie comes out.

The Ten Commandments shocked Hollywood filmmakers and audiences, and also attracted the idea of ​​theorists. The emergence of television has become the focus of theorists' research. This TV movie spans two major media and has become a new artistic style, so it inevitably enters the realization of those film theorists.

Among these film theorists, the one with the most profound views should be Adam Bernstein.

"Although we have not seen the huge impact of television, and we have not seen what society will become under this new technology. But most of our visionary people can vaguely feel it. Dreamworks invented and promoted television can definitely become a driving force for changing world history and changing people's lifestyles. Its role may be even greater than that of movies."

"We should see. Although movies and TV have the same places in some aspects. For example, both screens can be viewed, there is a fundamental difference between the two. For example, the viewer's appreciation environment is collective appreciation in the theater. In the appreciation process, the audience's judgment of the movie is often easily influenced by others, while the appreciation environment of the TV is more inclined to family-style personal appreciation, which is more free. The respective characteristics of movies and TV determine that their lens use is also different. Because the screen is smaller, TV prefers medium-close scenes, while movies prefer panoramic and medium-scene. In addition, in terms of rhythm and some specific aesthetic standards, TV and movies also have fundamental differences."

"In a sense, television and film are two completely different arts, so most of the creative rules of film cannot be moved to television..."

"Since the founding of the Rocketler TV Group, the movies they broadcast have been almost all films used in the cinema. Although this has some advantages, it always makes people feel a little strange to play those movies on TV."

"I think Mr. Corleon may have noticed this issue, so he boldly looked for a new path between television and film, that is, television film. This art form is not only suitable for television, but also for filming. The shooting of the Ten Commandments, especially the shooting of a series, is of great significance for both the history of filming and the development of future television history."

"Mr. Corleon is always visionary, but I think that even though TV movies are the most suitable art form today, this art form is just a historic transition. As TV becomes more and more mature, I think TV will have an artistic style that is completely different from movies and is completely suitable for its own development. This artistic style may have developed from TV movies."

After reading this article by Adam Bernstein, I have to admire the wisdom of this senior Hollywood film critic. He accurately grasped the inner rules of movies and TV. The comments he made were convincing, and at the same time pointed out an accurate direction for the future development of TV.

Today, Hollywood, including the entire American film industry, regards television as a variant of a movie. Many people have become television as "small movies". There are only a few people who can see TV and movies very differently like Adam Bernstein.

And his view will undoubtedly remind Hollywood film researchers that they recognize the unique charm of television.

Research in the field of film theory will also serve as a guiding role for Hollywood filmmakers.

The first TV movie in history, "The Ten Commandments", received such attention before filming started, which was beyond everyone's expectations. This also added to me unlimited confidence.

From these Hollywood filmmakers’ comments, I see this emerging media’s brighter future.

In early May, after all the crew's work was ready, I pulled a bunch of people to the pre-selected community and started the filming of the first episode.

DreamWorks attaches great importance to this TV movie, and Hollywood people even more so.

Los Angeles Mayor Pang Mao sent people to block all the communities we filmed. Without a pass, no irrelevant people could enter.

I took a group of people and took pictures inside and it was dark.

This movie focuses almost the vast majority of DreamWorks movie stars, except for Betty Davis, who filmed "Blue Angel" by Stenburg and Stiller's "This Killer Not Too Cold", all other stars are basically present.

Actually, I learned this from Sissy Dimil. In a movie called Chicago, Sissy Dimil actually pushed all the more than 60 MGM first-line stars and captured the audience's attention. Then why can't I use all the dreams of DreamWorks into movies? Moreover, in order to increase the weight of the film, I even personally took on the role of the male lead. Such a movie is difficult not to attract people.

It was a surprise to me that when the list of cast members of the first "Song of Life" of the Ten Commandments was published in the newspaper, the audience went crazy.

Gary Grant, James, Julie, Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Dodo, John Wayne, Mubini... Every name is famous in Hollywood actors in public.

The first part of the Ten Commandments explains the first commandment of the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament: I am the Lord. God of the earth has brought you out of the house of slavery in Egypt, except me. You must not have any other God in the earth.

The whole movie is very simple. Eight-year-old Barber lives with his father. His father is a scientist who only believes in science and numbers. Apart from that, he doesn't believe anything. There is a small lake in front of Barber's house. It can skate in winter, but only when the ice reaches a certain thickness can you skate. Otherwise, there will be danger. Barber's father uses a formula to calculate the thickness of the ice surface. Before Christmas, Barber wants to skate. Barber's father calculated the thickness of the ice surface according to his own formula, and thought there was no problem. Little Barber put on ice skates and walked out of the house, and then he never came back.

As the first commandment of the Ten Commandments of the Bible, it is also the most important commandment. It is impossible to explain it clearly, even if you seem to have made a hundred movies and want to explain this problem clearly. It is unlikely to prove it.

So. In this case, you'd better tell a story or a fable so that the audience can understand the meaning of it by themselves.

In this story, I also added some stories that are divided into lines, not only pointing the camera at the tragedy of this story, but focusing on the people living in this world, their attitude towards life, their way of thinking, and their understanding of life and life.

Barber is played by Duoduo, a cheerful, well-behaved, kind and smart child. Barber is played by me, a typical scientist with a mind full of science.

Barber's aunt is played by Garbo, a widow who believes in God. Others, such as Barber's female teacher, a woman whose marriage has broken down and has little hope for the world, are played by Katherine Hepburn.

Some others also have their own scenes in the movie, and each has a story. The most important one is the old actor of DreamWorks, Mubini, who will appear in all ten movies as a bystander's "God's Perspective".

The story starts like a tree root. Under a main line, there are many divisions, showing the life of everyone in a huge world. Finally, when that tragedy occurs, when Little Barber's body was pulled out from the bottom of the lake, everyone appeared by the lake. At this time, they suddenly understood the problems that plagued them for their lives.

The entire movie takes an hour to hand over all these contents, including the ups and downs of life, philosophical thinking, the meaning of survival and even the ultimate existence, all of which are handed over to the audience in these stories.

Two young men, Visconti and Robert Bresson, served as my assistant director. They liked this script so much. Especially Robert Bresson, who had almost brought it when he was eating and sleeping since the first day he received the script. The most important filmmaker who had a deep thought on the ultimate truth was the heart of Bresson.

What excited Visconti was that he could personally participate in the filming of the first TV movie. This guy didn't know what was so interested in this new art form even more than the movie itself.

"Boss, maybe I may become a leader in the field of TV and movies in the future." When Visconti said this, his expression was very serious, and it didn't seem like a joke at all.

Looking at his solemn face, I couldn't help laughing.

He was originally the flag bearer of the Italian neo-realism in history. If he became a master in the field of TV movies and future TV dramas under my influence, then this joke would be a big deal.

As usual, we trained the actors before the filming officially started.

If the training of actors in the past was the most troublesome thing, then this movie saved me a lot of trouble.

Although some extras who participated in the filming were selected from the community, most of them were still DreamWorks actors, and these actors had a graceful experience. They were actors at the level of actors at the best actors and actresses. Even Xiao Duoduo is a performing genius. Training them doesn’t take much effort. You just need to tell them what they should pay attention to. Tell them how to understand the inner heart of the characters, and they will show you accurately, without any problems.

However, for the crew, everything is not smooth. The most important point is the weather.

In early May, although the sun is not hot, the temperature is no longer low, and the contents to be expressed in the movie are all happening in winter.

So nearly twenty high-power snow machines in DreamWorks were transported into the community. In May weather, people around them often saw snowflakes flying over the community, feeling the coolness coming from there. The actors had to wear thick clothes, which was really a pain for them.

On May 8th, after full preparation, the film officially started.

When the filming started, I told them that the movie had to be finished within one month. Although the movie was only one hour long, it was so short. It was definitely a huge challenge for these actors who were used to shooting a movie for half a year.

My purpose in doing this is to tell them that TV movies are different from movies. They must cultivate their new performance style. Nowadays, it takes a month to shoot a TV movie, while in the future, each episode of TV series usually takes about a week, which is more work than that.

And I also had an idea for choosing Visconti and Bresson as my deputy director. At DreamWorks, there are two best candidates to be my deputy director, one is Griffith and the other is Stenborough. These two people have served as my deputy directors many times since DreamWorks was first founded and knows my filming style best. This time I can completely let Griffith be the deputy director of this movie, but after considering the issue, I still denied this idea and chose Visconti and Bresson.

The reason is very simple. Although Griffith's attainment in film is far higher than that of Visconti and Bresson, he has a fatal flaw, which is that he is a filmmaker! A person who devotes his life to the film career and has been determined to do things without having to use the aesthetic principles of the film when he picks up the guide.

But we are facing a new artistic style, and we must adopt a new shooting technique. Letting Griffith join in will inevitably cause obstacles to the extent of the building.

Visconti and Bresson are different. Although they also have certain concepts of movies, in practice, the two of them are completely blank paper. I can apply them to them to the fullest and cultivate these two people according to my vision.

For both of them, I have an idea, that is, to let them start from TV movies and future TV series, and I want to train them into masters in this field. As for whether they will turn back to film movies in the future, that is not the issue I have to consider.

However, from the actual situation, I imagine that it is becoming a reality step by step.

From the first day of the shooting, the shooting progressed extremely smoothly. According to the script, every scene I encountered, almost any questions

Most of the dramas are just passed once, and the smoothness surprised me

Sometimes, I even gave Visconti and Bresson a camera and a small crew each, so that they and I could start work at the same time. In this way, the crew's progress has accelerated a lot.

This time, all the filming was made of DreamWorks color film. Although our TV is still black and white, it is still not screened in black and white TV, but after this TV movie was filmed, it was also screened in the cinema.

This situation has inadvertently helped DreamWorks, that is, for viewers, it seems to be two versions. One is the black and white TV version and the other is the color movie version. Most of the audiences within the TV signal coverage will watch it on TV and then go to the cinema to watch it.

During the filming process, I still adopted the experience I got when filming "Paradise Cinema": the crew had a film washer. After the day of shooting, all the films were quickly washed out and the effect was checked at night. This practice has increased the workload of the crew, but it ensured the quality of the film.

The movie was filmed so quickly, and by the end of May 20, it was already two-thirds of the time, and the progress was much faster than I had imagined before.

As the end of May approaches and June arrives, Hollywood's annual mid-year movie schedule is also approaching.

Unlike in the past, the opening of the mid-year movie schedule is not a DreamWorks movie.

On May 24, the film "The Ugliest Man in the World" directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable was premiered after listening to the Codex Execution Bureau at the G-level, becoming the first Hollywood film series in the mid-year period.

The sensation caused by this movie after its premiere was beyond everyone's expectations.

In the whole movie, Frank Capra thoroughly demonstrated his extraordinary film abilities, and Clark Gable's performance became one of the most critical factors in the success of this movie. This previously unknown actor has suddenly become one of the famous Hollywood male movie stars with his outstanding performance in this movie!

The public and the media in Los Angeles praised the movie even more.

"The Columbia Film Company, which was silent for a year last year, gave everyone a surprise this year! A surprise that no one expected! What Frank Capra showed in this movie is the skill and elegance that only movie masters can have! This is no longer a simple movie, it has become a work of art with distinct personal characteristics. He completely belongs to Frank Capra, but also completely belongs to all audiences!"

"The Ugliest Man in the World" made Frank Capra, and made us see that there was another movie master in Hollywood, but it made Clark Gable. He was handsome, gentleman, and elegant. This man was definitely not the ugliest man in the world. He was a poison, a real poison, which made all the women who saw this movie willingly die with their hands in their arms! All the men who watched this movie lowered their heads and said: Why am I not Clark Gable!?"

"There is no doubt that Clark Gable will undoubtedly become countless movie stars in Hollywood that people will always remember. Looking at the history of Hollywood, there are not many people who can reach the name, except for Chaplin, Andre Corleon, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne and others, there are basically no such movie stars."

"We should thank God! Thanks for sending us such a young man! An almost perfect actor! We want to thank Clark Gable, who will make Hollywood more and more brilliant!"

As the most famous newspaper in Los Angeles and even the entire West, the Los Angeles Times gave Frank Capra this movie, as well as Frank Capra himself and Clark Gable's comments were very high, almost to the point of being amazed at the top of his voice.

The evaluations of other media are no worse than those of the Los Angeles Times.

"Clark Gable is an actor I have seen, and there are not many actors who can compare with Chaplin, Andre Corleon! His body, his eyes, his indifferent smile, and even his tone of speaking seem to have a kind of magic! Whether it is a man or a woman, when he sees his movies, he will be conquered by his magic! Such an actor is a terrible existence because you will hand over all your feelings to him! You will throw away all your reason, you breathe with him, cry and laugh together, you are him, he is you! Clark Gable is the creator of the new Hollywood myth!" - The Hollywood Times.

The Citizen News even made a full five special topics and focused its attention on Clark Gable. In Hollywood, there are absolutely few people who can receive such treatment. They used a large number of photos and text to introduce Clark Gable's life experience and his growth experience. This issue of the newspaper was sold out as soon as it was published. After that, it had to be printed twice, but it still could not meet the needs of the audience.

The movie posters sold by Columbia Film Company were in short supply. Long queues were lined up everywhere in Los Angeles to buy posters with stills from Clark Gable. Many movie fans even surrounded the doors of Columbia. Under their strong request, Clake Gable had to come out to meet many audiences. After taking them, it made the audience scream. It was said that many people fainted on the spot.

There are many Hollywood male movie stars, handsome and attractive, but he is probably the only male movie star who is as masculine as Clark Gable and can make a woman live and die with just one look!

The movie "The Ugliest Man in the World" was so box office that it posted a 400 USD in the first week of its premiere, which made Colombia's boss John Cohen happy to hold a celebration meeting in advance.

This film made Frank Capra, Clark Gable, and Colombia. This film company that had been silent for a year in 1928, and this film company that was already full of trends, finally broke out.

Its outbreak also gave the Hollywood mid-year 1929

But the crazy movies are more than this one from Columbia.
Chapter completed!