Although I was very sure of the success of Howard Hawks' "Scarface Thieves", its popularity in the end still surprised me.

Howard Hawks's movie was half an hour longer than other movies, so it was screened an entire hour earlier than the other four movies. Although it was just because of the length of the movie at the beginning, no one expected that Universal Film Company would take a big advantage.

The premiere was an hour in advance, which made many viewers fiercely promote the people standing outside in line to watch other movies after watching this movie: "Watch "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times"!? Don't joke, if you don't watch "The Scarface Thieves" for the rest of your life!? Go and watch it quickly, it's so wonderful!"

At the beginning, the audience who lined up to watch other movies might laugh at this statement, but when one person said this, two people said this, and finally everyone around said this, people began to shake.

So, the audience began to turn against each other and flocked to the cinema where "Scarface Thieves" was screened.

But objectively speaking, this movie is indeed a rare masterpiece. If "No War on the West Front" is the pinnacle of Lewis Milestone's life's film career, then "The Scarface Thieves" also occupies an important position in Howard Hawks' film works.

In later generations, Howard Hawks's movie was rated as one of the top 100 movies, and had a profound impact on American gangster films, so it was imitated by many later movies, becoming a classic work in gangster films.

It is even more difficult to not cause a sensation in such a movie.

After the premiere of "The Scarface Thieves", major media in Los Angeles also praised the movie. The movie also won the first prize for Universal. The box office exceeded 3 million within 24 hours, almost euthanized Lemmer. Universal even held a celebration meeting in a hurry. It chose the same hotel where Columbia Film Company celebrated, which was a solid demonstration of its power to Columbia Film Company.

"Gangster films have existed since the founding of Hollywood and have become a highlight of Hollywood movies. Among the hundreds of movies produced in Hollywood every year, movies with this theme account for about a quarter of the total, which fully demonstrates the important position of this type of movie in Hollywood movies."

"From the establishment of Hollywood to the present, countless gangster movies have emerged in decades, but few can be called classics and remembered forever. But now, we can proudly announce that a movie that can be called classic gangster movies was born. "The Scarface Thieves" is concise, smooth, old-fashioned, like a dagger in the night, which makes people tremble. Howard Hawks has created a unique world of violence, and the thinking that this world brings us is so heavy, and as for us to have to re-examine all our previous values."

"Although the whole movie describes the history of making a fortune by a gangster, it shows the vast ecology of the entire American lower class society, the intrigue, betrayal and loyalty between people, life and death, love and hate, are all condensed in the protagonist's journey of making a fortune."

"From the beginning to the end, the movie is always immersed in dark tones, filled with fierce aura, but facing the bloody scenes above, you don't feel cruel when you watch it. You only feel the sadness of people under the squeeze of society."

"This kind of movie is very skilled. It has a unique perspective, a deep social experience, deep humanistic care, and solid and advanced film concepts. Looking at the entire Hollywood, there are definitely no more than five people who can complete this movie. And such a movie was produced by the young director Howard Hawks, which was beyond my expectations."

"Because people say that Lewis Milestone is the future movie master, but I want to say that Howard Hawks has already stood at the door of the Temple of the Masters of the Movie. He is fully qualified!"

This commentary article written by Griffith himself greatly supports Howard Hawks. Griffith wrote this article not because of the relationship between DreamWorks and Universal, nor because he and Howard Hawks usually have a good relationship, but because in his opinion, "Scarface Thieves" is indeed a masterpiece of a movie.

Anyone who is familiar with Griffith knows that he is a straightforward person and has always been a good person. As long as the movie is good, no matter whether the opponent is the one who shoots the movie or has a holiday, he will say it well. As long as the movie is made into rubbish, even if he is a friend in his life, he will scold him.

Griffith doesn’t write much commentary articles. On the one hand, this habit is because he doesn’t like to show up in newspapers, and on the other hand, it may be influenced by me.

But this time, after watching "The Scarface Thieves", the old man was excited and danced with joy and wrote a commentary article that night to praise Howard Hawks.

In Hollywood, being praised by Griffith means that this person is definitely a skilled person and a person who will leave a name in Hollywood history.

In addition to Griffith, Howard Hawks also received praise from another person. It was really surprising that this person could give a thumbs up to "The Scarface Thieves".

Because this person is Alfred Hitchcock.

Hitchcock admires "The Scarface Thieves" very much, and there are also a series of praise words that appear very rarely in his articles.

"Howard Hawks's treatment in "The Scarface Thieves" made me feel ashamed of myself. First of all, the atmosphere of this movie, the dark, commotional, and aggressive atmosphere that is immersed in the whole movie. Society is so heavy, so horrible, so hideous. People live like maggots. Howard Hawks's right grasp of the atmosphere is simply perfect."

"The biggest highlight of this movie is the portrayal of the character's psychology. It can be said that Howard Hawks created a new example of psychological portrayal. In the past, when we portrayed the psychology, we were direct. We used actions, lines, eyes or tone to show the character's psychological activities and personality specialties. Primary directors would use yelling to express a person's anger, and senior directors would show the anger in his heart by expressing a person's trembling all over. This method occupied a huge market in Hollywood. But a real good filmmaker and a real psychological master are obviously higher than this level."

"Overy directors will focus their attention on the characters they want to reflect when shooting shots that show their psychology. It can be said that almost 99% of people in Hollywood have done this. However, when a psychologist deals with such a shot, he will completely jump out. His eyes will not be focused on the characters, but focus on the environment around the characters. Through the portrayal of the environment and the rendering of the atmosphere, the perspective and ability of the real psychologist! And in Hollywood, there are only a few people who can understand this truth. If you want to roughly calculate, Andre Corleon is one, Munau is one, and Griffith may be one. Now Howard Hawks can completely join this top ranks with his outstanding performance in this movie."

"Although Howard Hawks's movie is a gangster film, I prefer to call it a gangster psychological film, and I am very sure that he has created this new type of film."

Hitchcock praised Howard Hawks, which inevitably surprised many people.

The reason for being surprised is that, first, people familiar with Hollywood know that DreamWorks and Lei Dianhua are mortal enemies, and they have always hated each other and rolled their eyes when they meet, let alone praise each other for praising each other. Although Second Global Company is still harmonious with Lei Dianhua Film Company on the surface, who doesn't know that Universal is DreamWorks and DreamWorks is Universal? As the number one director of Lei Dianhua Film Company, he actually stood up to sway the flag and shout for Universal's films, which made many people unable to understand.

What makes people feel most difficult to accept is that I have always been the second best person in the world who dares to recognize the best person in the world. This time, I actually raised Howard Hawks to his head in the article. By the way, I also praised me, Griffith and Munau. This obviously does not conform to his usual domineering and selfish style.

But if you think about it carefully, this situation can be explained.

Although Hitchcock has various shortcomings and is also domineering and selfish in character, one thing is very good, that is, his serious attitude towards movies.

On this point, he had a big imagination with Chaplin.

For him, no matter how strong his opponent, even if he is a mortal enemy, as long as the movie is better than his and is a masterpiece, he will still look up to you in the mainland. s, especially when he finds that someone has achieved results in psychological movies.

For Hitchcock, his achievements in psychological films are his greatest pride and the foundation for his ability to gain a foothold in Hollywood to capture fame and fortune, so in this field, he has an extremely sensitive nerve.

Howard Hawks's film is indeed remarkable in psychological portrayal. But I admire Hitchcock's division of psychological film directors even more.

For a long time, how to shoot the camera numbers that show the characters' psychology has been a headache for Hollywood filmmakers. Ordinary directors do deal with psychological cameras as Hitchcock said.

What I admire about Hitchcock is not that he pointed out several levels of handling psychological film shots, but that he pointed out how real film psychology masters deal with psychological shots.

Hitchcock explained this method very clearly, that is, not to focus only on the characters, but pay more attention to creating the environment deep in the characters.

Such a statement is definitely something that has never appeared in Hollywood, and it is extremely correct. Hitchcock made a great contribution, and he deliberately or unintentionally revealed the secret of his success.

Therefore, as soon as his article was published, it immediately caused an uproar, and the views he put forward were also argued by many people and opposed by some people. But more people were thinking deeply.

And I didn't obviously miss this opportunity, so I immediately wrote a commentary article published in the "Movie Manual", and asked Bizer to make a movie topic in that issue of "Movie Manual". The topic of this topic is: several levels of psychological film.

With my articles in front, Bizer has invited more than 20 first-class Hollywood directors to write, and invited experts from psychology, philosophy, sociology and other fields to conduct a heated discussion on related issues and deeply analyze this issue.

As a result, as soon as this issue of "Movie Manual" came out, it caused a grand discussion. The depth of the discussion and the huge impact of the discussion were not only what Hitchcock did not expect, but also what I did not expect.

After discussion and research, Hollywood basically formed a consensus. This consensus is that Hitchcock's statement makes sense and is extremely guiding for the creation of Hollywood movies in the future. Hollywood filmmakers even named this creative technique "Howard Hitchcock Technique", which can be regarded as a reward for the contributions made by Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock on this issue.

This result can be regarded as an unexpected gain from "Scarface Thieves".

Hitchcock and Howard Hawks were naturally overjoyed about the naming of "Howard - Hitchcock Technique". Under my suggestion, Howard Hawks even invited Hitchcock to participate in his related screenings. Hitchcock also agreed to the request. For a time, an extremely harmonious situation occurred between major Hollywood film companies.

The first peak of the Christmas schedule of Hollywood movies in 1929 completely opened up the whole Christmas schedule with the brilliant highlights of five movies.

This unprecedented grand occasion made Hollywood filmmakers feel full of confidence and joy, and also reminded them of the grand occasion of last year's Christmas schedule. However, many people believe that this year's Christmas schedule will far exceed last year's in terms of scale and image.

The five films have achieved remarkable results, and some even became dark horses throughout the year. This has also brought great pressure to other film companies and other filmmakers, but in the eyes of many people, this pressure is also exciting.

Dunar is one of the exciting people. Griffith and he are both representatives of the older generation of Hollywood filmmakers, and they are also the ones who are the ones who are focusing on launching this year. Now that his good friends are so prosperous, he naturally feels pressured.

So, under the leadership of Dunar, the crew of "King Kong" began a crazy charge in the last period. The movie was already coming to an end, and after their attack, the process accelerated greatly.

"Boss, if we continue to do this, our "Penting Age" seems to be left behind." When Bu Liesong said this to me, I was holding a director to direct the crew to film.

"Robert is really right. The original plan was that Griffith was in front, we were in the middle, Dunar finally formed the three sets of DreamWorks. Now, Griffith has completed the task. And it was very good. Dunar attacked, and it was probably only advanced but not lagging behind. As for us, we were actually dragging our legs. This is not possible." I squinted my eyes, shook my head and smiled.

"Boss, it's wrong for you to say that. Although Griffith and Dunar are fast, they filmed earlier than us, and our film is heavier than theirs, and the task is arduous." Stiller obviously wasn't convinced when I said this.

He is a very strong person, so he is naturally unwilling to be left behind.

"But there is no need to hurry. Our shooting is over now. We can finish it overnight. We can complete it on the 11th." I sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and nodded very comfortably.

"That's right! We are working hard and also hitting each other, and then we will make Dunar lose his temper! This old guy has been squeezing me these days, kidding at our speed." Stiller immediately became arrogant when I said this.

"But, our plan will premiere on the 14th. Even if we finish filming on the 11th, the editing will take time!" Kava, who was standing next to me, began to worry about me.

His question immediately hilariously between Bresson and Stiller.

"What, am I wrong? The filming was completed on the 1st, and it is only three days before the premiere. I want to edit a movie in three days. Isn't that kidding?!" Kava opened her eyes wide.

"Kava, you worry boss thought of it when the film started." Stiller hugged Kava's shoulders and laughed so hard that he almost shuddered.

"The boss has considered it?!! Why don't I know?" Kava was stunned.

"If you know, even stones in this world will know." Bu Lie Song couldn't help laughing.

"Boss, is there any way to edit a movie in three days?" Kava asked as she looked at me and muttered.

Obviously, he didn't really believe that he could finish editing a movie in three days.

"Kava, it is actually not impossible to finish editing a movie within three days. The key is that there are many people, and there are hundreds of editors in three days." I squinted my eyes and smiled.

"Boss, stop telling jokes." Kava knew that I was joking about him.

"Kava, when the boss started filming, he was afraid that time would delay the schedule, so when the shooting location, he took a day's shot and washed it out for editing. So on the day the movie was finished, our editing was almost done." Looking at Kava's ignorant look, Bu Liesong laughed so hard that tears were almost back.

"No wonder every time the sample is reviewed, the boss takes the film to the office and sits. It turns out that he is taking pictures and cutting them!" Kava suddenly realized.

In fact, this method is really no way. In fact, this matter is not as Bresong said, how I plan for the future. In fact, this is a way I was not sure about at that time.

For me, it was too tight to finish a movie in more than a month and edit it, and to be precise, I have never encountered such a difficult task since I entered Hollywood to set up DreamWorks.

One month is too much for a movie, not to mention the editing and post-production.

So when I started shooting, I discussed with Griffith and others and determined the work policy of cutting while shooting, shooting and editing.

Since the invention of color films, people in DreamWorks have formed a habit of making movies, that is, when filming movies, the films shot on that day will always be washed out for the director to review. This was done just to ensure that there was no problem with the shots, but now it has provided me with a convenience.

Since I can rinse out the film of the day, why not edit the film of the day first? Anyway, my script will generally not be modified once it is completed. I can edit it completely according to the scenes on the script.

In this way, the editing time is left in an instant, and the video can be improved at any time during shooting, which can be considered a killing of two birds with one stone.

So "The Pentium Age" is another special case: filming and editing. Looking at Hollywood, no one has ever done such a thing, and our approach cannot be said to be the last one, but it is unprecedented.

After all, I really have to thank us for this idea at the beginning. Otherwise, I wouldn’t cry even if I cried now. Although it is theoretically possible to edit a movie within three days, it is actually a fantasy. The premiere date of "The Pentium Era" is impossible to postpone. If it is postpone, not only will DreamWorks miss the best time for the Christmas holiday of Hollywood movies, but it will also have a bad impact on its reputation. It is considered a loss of face.

Now, I've been rushing a little, but I can complete the task with confidence.

Griffith's "The Pianist on the Sea" premiered by No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, and the crew of "The Pentium Age" filmed the ending scenes of the movie in the town of Santia outside Los Angeles.

On December 12, amid the jubilation of the Santia Racecourse, the biggest highlight of DreamWorks was finally completed.

The news that the completion of "The Pentium Age" was quickly spread throughout the United States through reports from major media, and immediately attracted a lot of joy.

"Andre Corleon is finally going to start a massacre!" An article in the Washington Post was very provocative.

Since the filming of "The Pentium Age" was announced, this movie has become the most anticipated movie among the American people. In the past month, any news about this movie will cause heated discussions, and major media have tried every means to get some exclusive reporting materials because there are some reports on the newspapers about this movie. Then the newspapers that day will definitely be stolen.

However, the shooting process of "The Pentium Age" is very concealed, and many shots do not allow reporters to record and take photos at all. Only two media, Lockettke TV and "Citizens", are qualified to provide in-depth reports on the filming of the film. Therefore, these two media were jealous of other media.

"The Pentium Age" was completed on December 12, but it was completed before and after, and the movies submitted for review were not just us. On December 9, on the day of the premiere of "The Pianist at the Sea", Paramount Film Company announced that the film "God of War" directed by John Ford was completed. At the completion ceremony, John Ford said that the crew would learn the DreamWorks-style speed and quickly edit it so that "God of War" would be released on the 14th.

Although this news did not attract some people's attention because of the premiere of several movies such as "The Pianist at the Sea", no one in Hollywood dared to underestimate this movie.
To be continued...