The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 962: Core changes

"Gravity" is a movie that Lan Li personally likes very much.

Above the 84th Oscars, among all nominated works, Lan Li liked and admired "gravity" the most. Personally, he would choose this work as the best film, not "as a slave". "Twelve Years" is a work that is stable and moderate.

From a certain point of view, "Twelve Years as a Slave" is just another variant of "The King's Speech". It is completely tailored for the awards season. There is nothing new in the artistic and ideological aspects. Old bottled The new wine, even the new wine, is nothing new; however, "Gravity" is more brave and breakthrough work than "Social Network" and "Avatar".

Not only the 18-minute long shot at the beginning of the movie, the technical difficulty has surpassed that of "Avatar"; as well as all the weightless shots afterwards, Alfonso has set an almost insurmountable peak and truly opened a new chapter.

For many viewers, it seems that they cannot capture the true excellence and profound meaning of "gravity". They are amazed by the power of technology and the wonderful visual effects, but they have complained about the weakness of the script and the mediocrity of the story, always involuntarily. Compare it with "2001 Space Odyssey", and then think that "gravity" is far inferior to the former.

In fact, "2001 Space Odyssey" and "Gravity" are both incomparably outstanding classics.

The former discusses the exploration of mysterious space and the rebellion of artificial intelligence. Just like its English title, "A-Space-Odyssey", the Odyssey is a magnificent ancient Greek epic alongside Homer’s epic. The core of the movie is explore.

The latter discusses a completely different topic: the origin of mankind. The core of the movie lies in speculation.

The technical aspect of "gravity" is certainly brilliant, but the metaphor in the simple script is what really touches people's hearts in this work. Surviving through desperate conditions in space metaphors the origin and birth of mankind, and explores the most primitive philosophical topics, which is similar to the "fantasy drifting of the juvenile school".

Perhaps, the relatively weak and minimalist script did not further dig deeper and restricted the work to explore a larger blueprint; however, it is not enough to be deep, but it is enough to be called great!

All the core ideas, with the heroine as the carrier, permeate into the whole work quietly. The gestation of women, the reproduction of life, and the origin of species. These philosophical reflections are presented through different composition of the picture, giving up the script The language of the lines is purely used for the composition of the shot and the performance of the actors to complete the communication.

Woman, this gender attribute, plays a vital role for this role.

In the previous life, the heroine was played by Sandra Bullock. After winning the Oscars through the work "Weaknesses", the controversy about Sandra is really not small, because it was also a young Oscar year, Sandra's standout is more of the taller among the short ones; but in the "center of the earth" In the work of "Gravity", Sandra really proved herself.

"Gravity" is the same as "Buried alive", both of which are desperate situations, they are also narrow spaces, and they are a one-man show of one person. But the performance difficulty of the two works is different.

First of all, the "buried alive" environment can be learned from in real life; while the "gravity" outer space environment is not.

Second, "buried alive" needs to face the urgency of a narrow space; and "gravity" needs to show loneliness and panic in a weightless environment in addition to this.

Third, the overall appeal of "buried alive" is relatively simple. The horror and horror genre film explores social reality through the setting of characters and scripts, but does not go further; while "gravity" is not only about survival, but also about life. The minimalist script puts all the emotional responsibility on the protagonist.

It can be said with certainty and certainty that it is also a one-man show, but the difficulty and depth of "gravity" performance exceeds at least two levels of "buried alive".

Sandra's performance is delicate and deep, with a sense of hierarchy, and draws all the performance aura inward, but does not affect the transmission of emotion at all. Under the capture of the camera, it truly presents the poetic and philosophical themes of the film. Came out.

Above that year’s Oscar, Sandra won the Oscar’s best actress nomination for the second time by virtue of her outstanding performance. Although she eventually lost to "Blue Jasmine" Cate Blanchett, Sander La has gained countless affirmations and truly established his position in the industry, as if he became the leading figure of Hollywood's first actress.

In the work "Gravity", there are only two actors, and all the performance weight is on the heroine.

In the previous life, the two roles were played by Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, but George was completely reduced to a supporting role and became the best witness in Sandra's one-man show.

It is no exaggeration to say that Sandra has achieved "gravity" and "gravity" has also achieved Sandra.

From a technical point of view, Lan Li likes "gravity" very much; from a performance level, "gravity" will be a new test for the film industry, not only the self-performance of the actors, but also the need to adapt to the film. The magic of DreamWorks, making corresponding adjustments, is a completely different challenge from the West End of London.

Logically, Lan Li has no reason to refuse, and he should even be eager to try.

However, from the perspective of film, Lan Li believes that female characters can give films more connotation, especially philosophical reflection. This is a shortcoming that male actors do not have inherently.

There is no doubt that Lan Li is deeply honored; but it is precisely because of love that Lan Li has to remain objective and calm: Sandra Bullock is the best choice for "gravity".

"From your description, this is a survival in a secret room in outer space. Are you going to shoot a work like'buried alive'?" Although the memory of the previous life is very vivid, Alfonso has not yet said the script. For the detailed content, Lan Li can't make predictions in advance, and can only guide it in a persuasive manner.

"'Buried alive'?" Alfonso was full of question marks.

Lan Li couldn't help but froze slightly, and then laughed blankly.

In fact, Alfonso revealed last night that his knowledge of Renly is very limited. It is very likely that he has never seen Renly's works; all his knowledge about Renly comes from the performances of the Almeida Theater. , This also became the driving force that drove him to find Lanli. Therefore, "buried alive" may be a name that has never been heard before for Alfonso.

This is the first time that Lanly has met people in the industry who have never heard of "buried alive", but it does not mean that it is rare that they have not met.

Lan Li did not explain further, but changed the subject with a smile on his face, "I mean, what is the core idea of ​​the whole movie? Is it just to survive? It's just that this time, survival is more special. It takes place in outer space. Other than that Does the movie have no other demands? Does the actor's performance have no other demands?"

"Yes, of course." Alfonso's eyes lit up slightly. "The space dilemma is just an external package. The real connotation lies in the birth of life."

After all, Alfonso is not an actor, and the meaning may be inaccurate when he expressed it, so he paused for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued, "It's like winter has passed and spring has arrived. On the frozen ground, seeds It takes root and sprouts bit by bit, and even needs to crush the boulder above his head, and grow up tenaciously and unyieldingly. The reason why life is valuable is that it is constantly fighting."

"In an environment of absolute loneliness and endless despair, Ryan is like an embryo, or a seed. By the way, Ryan is the protagonist of the script. Ryan is facing a dilemma, he can choose to give up, then he will completely Disappear and perish; he can also choose to persist, not necessarily able to survive, but at least able to grasp a ray of hope.

This is the case for the birth of any life, only after layers of tests, the survival of the fittest, the weak and the strong, will finally give birth to the beauty of life.

Being in outer space, it is an extremely special environment, just like a woman's son/gong, everything is quiet, deep in my heart, belief in survival, and attachment to the earth. That will and determination became the essence of his continuous hard work, continuous efforts, and finally successful salvation. "

The script for "Gravity" was written by Alfonso Cuaron and his son Jonas-Cuaron. Although he is not an actor, he is a screenwriter and director. He has a pure and profound grasp of the core of the story.

"It's like gravity," Lan Li said in a summary.

This is the source of the movie title, the connection between Ryan and the earth, the connection between embryos and life, starting from the gravity of physical phenomena, pulling Ryan from the weightless state of outer space into the gravity state of the earth; The will to survive derived from the philosophical level is like a seed germinating from the ground, breaking through numerous obstacles and blooming life.

A gravity, a down-to-earth gravity, reflects the origin and birth of mankind. It's not weightlessness, it's not space survival, but "gravity". Again, "2001 Space Odyssey" is about exploring ~lightnovelpub.net~ and "gravity" is about speculation.

Alfonso opened his mouth wide, his face and eyes were full of shock, and he couldn't make a sound. He was stunned, squeezed, and finally exclaimed, "God!" He blurted out and sighed, which finally broke. Shackled, he approached the round table very excitedly, "Yes, this work is called'Gravity'! **** Christ! How do you know it!"

Bad.

After speaking, Lan Li exclaimed from the depths of his heart, revealing the details if he didn't pay attention. Looking at the ecstatic Alfonso, Lan Li pretended that this incident had never happened before, and changed the subject calmly, "Since it is about the origin of life, using actresses should be a more appropriate choice. You know, the composition of those images and metaphors, the matrix represented by women, is always philosophical."

This is true in every work of art, especially painting. In those great works, gender itself is a kind of symbol, combined with philosophy, mythology, and literature. Through the composition and setting of the painting, it reflects the artist's self-exploration and thinking.

"Ha!" Alfonso couldn't help laughing happily.