The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)
Chapter 1716: Push to the altar
This year coincides with the 30th anniversary of Sundance’s founding. All major mainstream media have sent interview teams. After the Lanly Symposium ended, the heated topic craze made the main reporters of the mainstream media rush to Park City, and more and more The lively scene seems to have broken the blockade of the awards season and has become the biggest focus since the beginning of 2014. Even the Golden Globes, which rebounded in ratings last week, were willing to go down.
It was in the midst of this craze that "Burst Drummer" held its premiere.
The excellent reviews of "Variety" magazine are just the opening game. The score of 100 points clearly opened the curtain for the professional media reviews of the premiere. At the same time, the film reviews of other major authoritative newspapers and magazines also showed up. A booming posture of full blowout.
"The New York Times" film critic Elizabeth Weitzman has always favored Renly. When "Love Crazy" landed on Sundance, Elizabeth was one of the first film critics to watch the movie. For the whole story, she was completely complete. She felt the same feeling. After watching the movie several times, she wrote a review.
To this day, "Love Is Crazy" is still one of Elizabeth's personal favorites. It has nothing to do with the quality of the film, but with personal experience. Similarly, Elizabeth's love for Lan Li has not been shaken, she can almost be said to be accompanied all the way. Lan Li grew up and witnessed the transformation of Lan Li on the path of performance.
If "Gravity" and "Drunk Country Folk Songs" have created a new career high for Lan Li, reaching a peak that can hardly be copied or surpassed, then "Blasting Drummer" has truly allowed Lan Li to enter the palace of an actor. The ranks-Yes, Lan Li is only twenty-four years old now, too young, but the fact is that he has now reached a new stage.
At least Elizabeth thought so. Maybe, a little bit of selfishness, just a little bit.
"We can find 10,000 reasons to dislike "Burst Drummer", but we only need one reason to like "Blast Drummer": Lanly Hall.
Hall once again dedicated a stunning performance, endowing the film with unparalleled light and shadow charm, which is enough to become a reason for people to enter the cinema; fortunately, this work also has a fascinating uniqueness outside of Hall. The temperament not only shows the retro charm of jazz, but also shows the uniqueness of artistic creation. "
Elizabeth did not conceal her personal preferences at the beginning of the film review, but objectively speaking, watching the film is originally a private matter. Even if it is a film critic, their comments will inevitably bring a personal perspective and point of view-East Coast and The West Coast has different definitions of outstanding movies and outstanding performances. The influence of culture, education, environment, race, class, etc. are all permeated into the viewpoints of everything, and film critics are no exception.
What's more, Elizabeth is not an avid fan, not to like but to admire because of her excellence.
"The success of'Burst Drummer' lies in the real and vivid presentation of the struggle and confusion in the process of artistic breakthrough. Are pain and torment the driving force for art? Are humanity and sensibility the source of artistic creation? On the road to success, what must be sacrificed to achieve the ultimate?
This work goes a step further than'Black Swan', presenting the whole process in a true and cruel manner, which makes the whole film full of blood and darkness, and brings a chilling sense of horror; but the movie is over. The sense of breakthrough after that brought an incredible experience. It's definitely a feast!
Art creation is undoubtedly a very abstract process. Damien Chazelle, JK-Simmons, and Lanly-Hall, the three of them have joined hands to complete an incredible conversion process.
The two actors have joined hands to dedicate one of the most exciting and shocking opponents in the new century. The image of Simmons's demon mentor reminds people of Al Pacino's terrifying posture in the "Devil's Advocate"; and Huo Er, with perseverance, delicate and rich performance, allowed the hero to completely transform step by step in the pursuit of art, giving the jazz art a vivid soul in a concrete way.
Simmons acts as a guide and catalyst throughout the entire work, but all the weight of the drama still falls on Hall, and Hall has lived up to expectations and dedicated the top performance again. The exploration and breakthrough of this young actor in the field of performance has reached To a whole new level, performance has truly become an art.
Simmons and Hall's performance made watching this work become a kind of suffering but also a kind of enjoyment. "
Undoubtedly, Elizabeth gave full marks without hesitation, and appeared on the front page of the official website of the New York Times, expressing the magazine’s official position in this way.
If the "New York Times" represents the mainstream views of the East Coast, then the "Los Angeles Times" is the banner media of the West Coast-even professional media such as "Variety Show" and "Hollywood Reporter", in terms of many news events, Their views are also in line with the "Los Angeles Times", and the authority is naturally unnecessary.
For a long time, the "Los Angeles Times" has maintained a calm attitude towards Renly from the East Coast-not only Renly, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Tony Kaye, Noah Baumbach Wait a minute, they are all treated the same. It has nothing to do with personal preferences, but more of a difference in artistic and cultural atmosphere.
Of course, excellent works are excellent works, and the Los Angeles Times will not be stingy with their own words of praise, but compared to the East Coast's pursuit, their comments are calmer and less enthusiastic; vice versa, some The work is highly regarded on the west coast represented by the Los Angeles Times, but it is much calmer on the east coast.
The cultural differences between the east and west coasts are the regional characteristics of the entire North American continent that have been inherited for many years and are closely related to historical causes. What is more distinctive is the central region, where there are many media magazines with religious attributes, with more conservative views and more stubborn attitudes; in addition, there are new The Internet media of the times has weakened the regional influence, but expanded the network factor, and the opinions are more distinctive.
Naturally, the views of the "Los Angeles Times" and the "New York Times" are bound to be different.
This time, facing the "Burst Drummer", Roger-Moore, a senior film critic of the "Los Angeles Times", gave his opinion.
"How should I praise Lanly Hall? This seems to have become a fixed routine after every movie is released. Every film critic and reporter is racking his brains to think about this issue, hoping to use the art of language. To express your shock and affection.
From a certain point of view, this is a frustrating process, because the lack of vocabulary always makes people feel powerless, and long-term praise also makes ordinary words lose their magic, and even makes people feel a kind of complaint. And the urge to curse Hall.
But after changing the perspective, this is a magical process, because the actor can always create more miracles in the world of performance. Complimenting Hall gradually became a habit, but the "Burst Drummer" further proved that it was because he was worthy of such treatment.
Lanly-Hall did it again.
Although there are quite a few commendable parts in the work of "Burst Drummer". Chazelei’s talent uses drums and melody to control the rhythm of the film’s shots, which makes the viewing process a kind of enjoyment; Simmons’s performance, almost vicious and cold-blooded, gives the character a unique texture and makes the character and the movie theme Perfectly combined.
But... all the spotlights still focused on Hall. This is not fair, and it is not fair to the wonderful performance and excellent results of Chazele and Simmons. But Hall's performance did make the movie themes advance layer by layer, and then reached a sublimation transformation, he is still the core soul power of the entire movie. "
Roger used this sentence in his comments to express his amazement at Lan Li:
"If you still have doubts and hesitation about Lanly Hall, then please be sure to watch'Burst Drummer'. Not because it is a better work than'Gravity' or'Drunk Country Folk Song'-in fact, It is not; it is because it shows Hall's breakthrough and concentration on the path of performing arts exploration."
"Los Angeles Times" also highly praised "gravity", but Roger has never used such a clear and emotional vocabulary. This is the first time in history that all the focus has been on the blue. Li's body.
From quantitative change to qualitative change, the emergence of "Blasting Drummer" is gradually evolving the halo on Lan Li's body into a radiant light. This is the case with Stephen of "Variety", Elizabeth of the "New York Times", and Roger of the Los Angeles Times. In part of the scene, professional drummers performed truly professional performances; but during the actual shooting process, Hall personally played the whole process, and the real drum beats were perfectly presented in most of the shots, which allowed his performance soul to penetrate into the music. , Has the power to shock the soul.
Just so, Hall has dedicated a wonderful performance that is enough to be comparable to Natalie Portman in the "Black Swan", and he has further explored new heights during the performance, from pure psychological thriller The suspense level has transformed into a tragic artistic exploration of ancient Greece.
This skill is what makes Hall outstanding.
In the movie, Hall showed meticulous crafting of his personal life beyond professional skills, truly showing his powerful control and penetration in performance, especially the subtle relationship between the character and his father, which is worth repeating. Taste and then taste, this also makes the theme of the whole movie rise to a whole new level, truly among the ranks of a top masterpiece! "
With a perfect score of 100, Roger put an end to his film review in such a simple way.