The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)
Chapter 964: tree of Life
Robert Downey Jr. starred in "Gravity."
This is indeed something that Lan Li did not imagine. The "gravity" of Sandra Bullock's version of the previous life, to a certain extent, limits Lan Li’s imagination. All thoughts and thoughts are taken for granted as an actress. Starting from a perspective; but he neglected that during the film preparation stage, everything is possible, and the essence of artistic creation is to break restrictions and frameworks.
To give a simple example, "Agent Sauter", the original protagonist was Tom Cruise. Later, he resigned. After negotiations, the crew chose Angelina Jolie and completely changed the role; another example is the American TV series. In the "Basic Deduction", the role of Dr. Watson is directly played by Lucy Liu, males become females, and whites become Asians.
Such situations are not uncommon in Hollywood.
More importantly, only thirty seconds ago, when he learned that Sandra Bullock joined the "Big Dreamer", he just realized that the butterfly effect has begun to affect the reality and future of Hollywood in all aspects. One's fixed cognition must learn to be flexible. However, he still made the mistake of empiricism just now, and he took it for granted.
Now that he opened his mind, Lan Li couldn't help thinking seriously, if Robert Downey Jr. starred in "Gravity"... In "Iron Man 3", Tony Stark was once trapped in the armor. , Desperate Survival, will the "gravity" become an extended version of that segment?
Just imagining it in his mind, Lan Li couldn't help but laugh. This is not an offense or contempt for Robert Downey Jr., but the finished style of "gravity" is indeed a far cry from Robert.
In 2008, after the comeback of "Iron Man", Robert replaced Johnny Depp and became the first person in Hollywood. Since then, his film schedule has continued and he has also made many different attempts, such as "Tropical "Thunder", or "soloist", these are all breakthroughs and challenges worthy of recognition.
However, after that, Robert gradually became lazy.
After an image or a character has achieved success, it naturally begins to follow the same routine and give up more exploration and pursuit. This can be said to be Robert's choice or the agent's advice. Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Johnny Depp at their peak are all like this.
After 2011, Robert starred in a total of six works, five of which are Iron Man Tony Stark.
The only exception is the 2014 "Papa Judge". But it’s a pity that the word-of-mouth was a mess. The media review scored only 48 points, and the box office performance was terrible. After that, Robert became more "focused". Apart from Iron Man, there were almost no other characters on the big screen. Up.
So, brainstorm, the image of Tony Stark overlaps with Ryan Stone of "Gravity", and the strong sense of contradiction makes people laugh.
"If it's a male character, how are you going to tell this story?" Realizing your mistakes, you must correct it. Lan Li straightened his posture and asked humbly for advice.
Faced with such a problem, Alfonso not only became less nervous, but became more concentrated, supporting his hands on the round table, using gestures to match his words, and eloquently explained, "In traditional religion and philosophy, women often represent Gentleness, there is a new life; while men often represent strength and primitiveness."
Lan Li temporarily put down his knife and fork, and the "gravity" in his mind about the previous life, completely eliminated his brain, cleared his thoughts, and started from scratch to re-understand the work of "gravity" bit by bit.
This is not easy, because the "gravity" of the previous life was a work that Lan Li personally liked very much, but now it needs to be completely overthrown and re-started, even to extract the core idea of the story. The changes are so great that it has surpassed any work that Lan Li has starred in so far.
"If you tell this story from a female perspective, the focus of attention is to nurture life and ground-breaking hope; but if you interpret the whole story from a male perspective, our narrative focuses on the survival of the fittest and the strong."
Philosophy and reflection are always illusory. Alfonso’s words are very abstract and cannot be concretized, let alone associated with characters. Lan Li did not rush to think, but listened carefully, absorbed and digested little by little. For now, it is still in the mist.
"Under the desperate situation of the survival crisis, the man also fell into a situation where his life was hanging by a thread. The tough protective shell was eventually defeated. In despair, he thought of his wife, his children, and even his parents. The fear of the place is magnified bit by bit, especially in the lonely environment of outer space, the softness and fragility that are diametrically opposed to traditional concepts have become a shadow that devours vitality."
Alfonso’s explanation is still abstract, but Lan Li vaguely caught a little inspiration, “Either choose to get caught and die completely; Hands create a way of life."
In a real desperate situation, men and women are actually the same, and the desire to survive is everyone's instinct/instinct.
The only difference is that the female symbolizes the nurturing of life and emerges from the cocoon in a gentle and tough manner. Therefore, in the "gravity" of the previous life, there is a composition of the picture where Sandra curled up into a baby, floating. In the space station, the state of the zi/gong is simulated.
The male symbolizes the rebirth of Nirvana after being tempered by fire in a tough and decisive way. Correspondingly, the state of zi/gong can also be simulated in the movie, but the actor is required to be tougher and stronger, just like Pangu, splitting the chaos and giving birth to the world.
The same implication is that under the difference of gender, actors use subtle and delicate performance differences to give different philosophical meanings to the film screens, but in the final analysis, the core ideas reflected are still the same——
"Yes, that's what I meant!" Alfonso nodded in affirmation, and the words continued.
"In the absence of any hope, Ryan calmed down and tore through all the problems with his bare hands. He defeated the impossible, defeated nature, and also defeated the laws of the universe, and forcibly opened up a new life. Not only completed. Self-salvation also means that human beings have regained gravity, and a new life is quietly born in the cruel living environment of the universe."
Gradually, Lan Li sketched a vague outline in his mind. It was still not very clear. It was just a fragment of inspiration, but got rid of the influence of Sandra Bullock's "gravity" and scribbled the male character version. "Gravity". He needs more concrete symbols.
"Have you watched this year's Oscar-nominated work'Tree of Life'?" Lan Li's question caused Alfonso to be stunned for a while, his thoughts did not seem to keep up, so Lan Li went on to explain, "In this film In the movie, the first third of the scenes are worthy of reflection. The director intersected and juxtaposed earth life and human life.
"On the other side is the birth of the earth, from the Big Bang to the Cambrian and Jurassic, life grew out of nothing, single cells to complex humans, natural changes and earth changes, all the way to the demise of the dinosaurs. There is the birth of human beings; on the other side is the gestation of human beings, the cells, bacteria and embryos placed under the microscope. In fact, the origin of the earth and the birth of human beings are interlinked."
"The Tree of Life" is a very esoteric movie. Before watching the movie, the audience must have a certain understanding of science, philosophy, religion, biology, astronomy and other related fields. Otherwise, the metaphors and implications of those pictures will not be true. Felt.
As far as Lan Li is concerned, he does not like this kind of work, because it is more like an American conservative Catholic self-interpretation of faith, religion, and life, lacking true tolerance and tolerance; but from an artistic point of view , The picture, composition, photography and plot setting are indeed worth studying.
"It is the place where the branches of the tree of life stretch, and we see rays of light that cannot be traced, the vast nebula, the moving stars, the planets before forming, the sun and the moon are blocked by the black storm, and the lightning that gives life power. , The pristine lake throbbing, prehistoric plants and animals, slowly dancing jellyfish, hammerhead sharks, dinosaurs on the banks of the river, the eyes of a fetus, and most importantly, a newborn child."
This is not Lan Li's own words, but the opening chapter of "The Tree of Life", a few strokes of poetic prose that outlines the origin of the earth, the birth of life, and natural changes.
"What I mean is that when we stand on the surface of the earth and look up at the tree of life, what we see is the vastness of the universe; then, if we are in outer space and look down at the earth and life, then what we see should be What's wrong? The flow of the river of life, the eruption of the volcano of life, or the emptiness of the vicissitudes of life and the passage of time, we are like a drop in the ocean, small but great."
Undoubtedly ~lightnovelpub.net~ Lanly goes further than Alfonso, standing on a higher, broader, and deeper perspective, giving "gravity" a deeper meaning. Even getting rid of the shackles of gender, blurring the differences between living bodies, just refer to "life".
Alfonso carefully tasted some mystery, "So, how should we present it?"
"If it is an actress, the picture may show a son/gong, implying the birth of life; for an actor, the picture shows nothingness or chaos, and then it is like the one at the beginning of the universe. The big bang, bang, life began, and time began. There was no chance of life, but he opened up a ray of hope." Lan Li gradually concretized his thoughts, the character's image The outline and the way of performance slowly began to become clear.
"Aha! Yes!" Alfonso suddenly realized, snapped his fingers, but then fell into contemplation again, "No, this kind of composition is still too simple. We should go deeper, wait, the script needs to do something. Adjustment……"
Thinking about it, Alfonso ignored Lan Li's existence and fell into his own thoughts.