Lanley enjoys the shooting of "lobsters".

On the one hand, this comedy movie allows Lan Li to try to interpret humor in a serious performance, and change the temperament of the entire performance through the change of eyes, tone and rhythm of the action. This is really a wonderful and interesting thing; on the other hand, the script and the story themselves have the possibility of deep digging, which also allows the characters to have more longitude and latitude, and the combination of performance and plot can create more sparks. This is also part of Lan Li's enthusiasm for performance.

In short, Renli can really enjoy it.

Thanks to the actors' wonderful performance, the shooting progress of "Lobster" was very smooth, at least before entering the forest, the hotel scenes were smooth sailing.

The smooth shooting progress allows the crew to finish work and get off work on time, and then... participate in the crew's scrabble game, or relax and rest, or discuss the role with Ouges, discuss the script, build more information for the scenes in the second half of the forest, and complete the script creation.

Tonight, after the filming and dinner, Renly, Visshaw and John left the hotel and drove to Snim town, because according to the staff's information feedback, the only movie theater in the town will play the Buster Keaton special tonight.

For ordinary movie fans or amateur movie lovers, Buster Keaton is a slightly less familiar name; but for veteran movie fans, this is one of the greatest comedians in history: the dispute over who is the greatest comedian in the era of Silly Drama has never stopped.

A little different from Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton is known as the "cold-faced laughter". He was born into a family of juggling actors. He was influenced by juggling and burlesque since childhood. Later, he gradually transformed into a creative performing artist. His performance has his own unique charm.

The role is always expressionless, and even in the scene of panic, fear or admiration, he is still solemn and arrogant. However, he can create a visual image that is consistent with his inner emotional state through his body language, and convey his emotions and emotions to the audience.

Indeed, Charlie Chaplin is a master of comedy, but Buster Keaton's historical status is not inferior. Works such as "General", "Shelf Mess II", "Seven Opportunities", "Hospitality" and other works are classics worthy of history. Unfortunately, this master of comedy has never been able to get rid of alcoholism. The golden period of his career lasted only about six years, and then his artistic creation ability plummeted due to alcohol problems. Coupled with the rapid rise of audio movies, this also accelerated the fall of this comedy king and was drowned in the brilliant stars of Hollywood.

To this day, for young moviegoers, Buster Keaton's reputation is far from comparable to Charlie Chaplin. But in fact, from an artistic point of view, Keaton at his peak was not only not inferior to Chaplin, but may even be more skilled. The "General" is even among the top lists of several authoritative comedy lists.

It was undoubtedly a huge surprise to learn that the movie theater in Snim Town was actually willing to play the Buster Keaton special.

Not only because this is a comedy master, but also because this is a "cold-faced laughing maker" master, he is best at conveying absurd and humorous effects through body language without expression. Undoubtedly, this is undoubtedly a rare learning opportunity for actors who are filming "Lobsters" to review the past and learn the new. Perhaps combined with their own roles, they can get different inspiration during the movie.

So, Lanley decided to finish his work for a day and go to the town cinema to watch the movies, with Visshaw and John.

What was a little surprised was that in the crew, three people with completely different personalities, styles and characteristics unexpectedly became good friends, just like David, a lame man and a big tongue man formed a team, and the three actors always gathered together to talk and laugh.

John's humor, Visshaw's delicateness and Renli's wit were wonderfully harmonious and harmonious, which also promoted the evening's joint outing.

Olivia called it "a date for men's night".

"...I've watched the 'photographer', but it's just a clip. I've seen it unexpectedly on a TV channel before. The short clip ended soon. To be honest, it was not Keaton's peak state. I can tell now that the conflict between Keaton and MGM could already be seen; but I still have to admit that Keaton's body language is really outstanding, and improvisation is undoubtedly the source of his talent." Lan Li tells the story in his memory.

Then, Visshaw agreed, "It's a pity that MGM doesn't think so, so they've 'killed' Keaton."

John had other opinions, "It was not so much that MGM killed Keaton, but rather that the set system killed the traditional on-the-scene comedy."

"It's like the superhero movies with assembly line now kill the creative inspiration of traditional popcorn movies?" Lanley's response made both Visshaw and John laugh.

Looking back at history from the present, Buster Keaton's six most peaks and glorious years were from 1923 to 1928. At that time, all his works were independently produced by small film companies, and the distribution rights were handed over to MGM. This also retained his improvisational and live flexibility. His artistic talent was freely displayed. During this period, each of the twelve works created were excellent works and each of them was successful.

In 1928, due to a series of special events, Buster finally decided to officially sign a contract with MGM and became an exclusive artist under MGM.

Although the first work "Photographer" that Buster collaborated with MGM is still a classic, he lost his control over the film and no technical team to support him, which made Buster begin to enter the studio's fixed routine. As MGM's first action comedy star, the crew on the set was completely blank, and they didn't even know how to use props, especially after entering the audio movie, the set's control over the production process became more and more strict, which also restricted Buster's hands and feet.

Buster cannot improvise directly without a script like before, and can only use the script to shoot according to the requirements of the set; and because of the standardized usage time, budget, etc., Buster cannot carefully craft his works, and is even more unable to design movements as he wishes. He must use a special stunt stand-in to ensure the shooting progress, which has also caused a significant decline in the vitality and rhythm of Buster's creative work.

Of course, Buster's alcoholism and the impact of the audio film era accelerated this process; while the assembly line operation of the studio system ensured the number of movies and the bottom line of film quality, but stifled the vitality of artistic creators.

Similar tragedies have occurred in every era, even now.

Lan Li and his group arrived at the cinema with jokes and jokes, and then they saw an old and dilapidated traditional cinema, as if they were walking into the "Paradise Cinema". Unlike those large chain cinemas that have formed an entertainment center, traditional cinemas are more pure and simpler, carrying the beauty of childhood memories.

Among the three, the happiest and most excited was that John, compared to Visshaw, 34 years old, Lanley, 25 years old, and John, who is 49 years old this year, has felt the light and shadow charm of film in such cinemas since childhood. Those beautiful memories surged up. "Now the traditional cinemas in Los Angeles can hardly hold on. I was sighing with them a while ago, but I didn't expect to see it here."

John entered the cinema with brisk steps. There was only one screening hall in the entire cinema, and only one movie could be screened at each time. This also means that all the audience waiting in the hall were ready to watch the same movie. In addition, all the neighbors in the town knew each other, and the friendly atmosphere suddenly came to his face.

"I remember the cinema has its own brochures, so I'll go and see them." John jumped, unable to suppress his feet and moved sideways, as if a crab was walking, and then remembered something, and said to Lanli again, "Can you ask if you can put it tonight? Can we watch two consecutive games? I have a premonition that it must be very interesting tonight."

Before Lanley could answer, John almost tripped himself and stumbled.

Lanli and Weishixiao laughed, and Lanli patted Weishiso on the shoulder, "You go over and watch him, I'll buy movie tickets. Do you need popcorn or coke?"

"No. My dinner has not been digested yet." Visshaw did not refuse, and showed a helpless expression and ran towards John quickly.

Lan Li turned around and walked towards the ticket counter, smiled politely at the ticket seller at the counter, and stopped in front of the counter, looked up at the screening table above, "Oh...'Little Bill Steamboat', this was an unexpected surprise. I thought there were only those well-known classics. I didn't expect that I would meet a special gift tonight. Is this my lucky day? Please give me three tickets, thank you."

The boy standing at the counter saw Lan Li's bright smile in front of him: he had no hat, sunglasses, and no makeup, and there was no cover at all. He stood in front of him calmly. The boy couldn't help swallowing two saliva, but still felt his throat was so dry.

"Um...uh...hey, Lanley!" The boy mustered up the courage to say hello, showing a smile that was even worse than crying, "Welcome to Snim. Are you here to watch the movie?"

"Yes, who can miss the Buster Keaton special?" Lan Li smiled lightly, obviously in a very happy mood.
Chapter completed!