The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan

Author:Amy Tan [Tan, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Putnam Adult, ISBN-13: 9780399150746
Published: 2012-09-29T21:39:53.238000+00:00

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t h e o p p o s i t e o f f a t e in China. To me, these scenes are stunning—so stunning they

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strain credibility. A woman in the focus group said, “All the

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scenes were gorgeous—until we got to China. You should get

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rid of those matte paintings. You can tell they’re fake.” I turned

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to Wayne and poked him. “See? We didn’t have to suffer in

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China. We could have used better matte paintings.”

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I Cried My Eyes Out

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Moviemaking, I learned, is an emotionally draining experience.

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I was moved by seeing the realism of the sets, the authentic

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touches, and hearing the private revelations made to me by the

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actors, stars as well as extras, about why being in this movie

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meant so much to them.

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During filming in the States, I began each day by popping in

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a videotape of the previous day’s filming that had been delivered

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to me at home by messenger, and then I would cry my eyes out.

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I was amazed that the scenes I had seen enacted before me had

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assumed that real movie quality on film. A strange transforma-

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tion had taken place, as if this reel life were more real than real

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life. But that’s what movies are all about.

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At major stages, Ron and I worked with Wayne and the edi-

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tor, Maysie Hoy, as the movie was being cut. That process was

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fascinating but tedious, a matter of deciding over milliseconds.

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Our movie was running way too long, and to get it into theaters

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meant every one of those cuts was essential. Through meticu-

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lous editing, milliseconds could add up to minutes, and in the

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end it would seem as if nothing had been cut. I ended up think-

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ing Maysie was a saint.

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