The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 965: Eager to try

In the last life, "Gravity" achieved an extremely outstanding box office worldwide, and received unanimous affirmation and recognition from the audience. The North American box office data of 274 million US dollars was 723 million. The global box office data of 10,000, compared to a US$100 million investment, is a real profit.

What's more, after the Oscar won the Best Director Award, Warner Bros. also made a fortune in the video tape rental market. This is the case for both fame and fortune.

In comparison, the box office of "Tree of Life" was only 13 million, while the box office of "Gravity" was so successful. the reason? The best part of "gravity" is not in philosophical reflection, but in the ingenious combination of philosophical reflection and plot advancement. In other words, a proper balance has been found between art and commerce.

It's like "Inception".

In the trade-off between art and commerce, "Pirates of Dreams Space" is slightly more oriented towards commerce, and artistic reflection is a little weaker. Therefore, its box office is even better, and awards are even more inferior; "Gravity" is slightly more inclined to art. The commercial attribute is slightly insufficient, so its box office is slightly lower, but the awards have won a big win.

This is the difference between Christopher Nolan and Alfonso Caron.

Countless audiences complained about the "gravity" script is too weak and too blank; but in Lan Li's view, this is precisely the film's success.

Alfonso deliberately left a lot of blanks, without preaching or explaining, instead relying on the performance of the actors to fill in the blanks, and leave the reflection and lingering to the audience. In addition, Alfonso still strictly follows the pace of commercial films , Within 90 minutes, tell the ups and downs of the ups and downs, the whole process has no pee points, the highs / tides are repeated, wonderful and wonderful, all in one go.

Therefore, all the content that Renly and Alfonso discussed just now, so profound, so profound, and so complicated, will not actually be presented in the movie, but left in the blank space and left to the actor to be responsible.

Audiences who are willing to explore in depth can savor and think over and over again; audiences who are not willing to complicate matters can simply enjoy the audiovisual enjoyment brought by the movie, which is enough.

Lan Li likes the commercial part of "Inception", and truly interprets the audiovisual entertainment in Christopher's own style; similarly, Lan Li also likes the commercial part of "Gravity". The breakthrough in technology has made the movie creation. Dream technology has reached its peak.

These characteristics, Lan Li hopes that the film can be preserved, just like "the edge of tomorrow". Not all movies have to be treated artistically.

what does that mean?

This means that the more profound the discussion between Renly and Alfonso, the more difficult it is for the actors to perform.

All connotations and thoughts will fall on the shoulders of actors. Especially under the minimalism that Alfonso insists on, the camera space is relatively static, and the performance power of the actor must be subtracted and more subtracted; at the same time, the performance of the actor must be added and more added.

This is a contradiction, which puts forward almost harsh and perverted requirements for the actors. But this is not all.

The "gravity" of the last life, Sandra's performance is extremely wonderful, this is beyond doubt; but on the other hand, the female identity has created a little convenience, but also created more constraints. Alfonso’s thinking is more or less confined to the “female” body, without further opening his horizons, getting rid of the attributes of gender, and resting on life—

This is also the core of the discussion between Lan Li and Alfonso just now.

In other words, after stripping off the advantages and disadvantages of gender, the theme of the movie is even larger, just like the philosophical core of the movie "The Tree of Life", truly tracing the origins of the earth and mankind. The difficulty of the actors' performance has definitely increased by more than one level.

These requirements are the ultimate challenge for any actor. What cannot be ignored is that this is a one-man show, with all the details enlarged to the extreme. Any negligence and changes will be exposed. Even for those top old actors, it takes great courage to accept such a challenge.

What's more, "gravity" is so special, this is not all the difficulties.

At the beginning of today's conversation, Alfonso's eloquent long talk revealed the biggest difficulty. It took them five years to solve the problem of weightless shooting; next, the actor must be placed in a weightless environment to complete all the shooting.

Lan Li is not a technical nerd. Although he can understand, it does not mean he can simulate. Now, Lan Li is also unable to determine the difference between weightless shooting and the green screen environment, whether it is more difficult or simpler; what is the connection with motion capture technology, and whether there are different requirements for the way and intensity of performance.

But what is certain is that before taking a green screen shot on "Edge of Tomorrow", Paul Greengrass adopted a combination of real scene and special effects to ensure that the actors can truly simulate the environmental effects; and "gravity" No matter how simulated, they are on the earth. This fact cannot be reversed.

In the performance experience in the West End of London, Lan Li is in it, and he never gets tired of it. Even if the hard work is to the extreme, even if he is on the verge of collapse, Lan Li still has no complaints and no regrets. For the next two and a half months, he will devote himself to it; and The challenge of "gravity" is completely different. This is not a stage play, but the unique performance structure and method of the film industry, which breaks the traditional rules and derives more possibilities.

Of course, all performances are rooted in basic skills, but the challenge form and content have changed. The challenge of "gravity" is something that has never been tried before, and it is also untouchable on the stage. From another angle, another level, re-examine the basic skills of performance.

Lan Li couldn't even be sure whether he should choose the method school or the expression school, or a combination of the two.

First, the actor must find a balance between addition and subtraction; second, the performance must have a deeper meaning without affecting the overall rhythm of the film; third, the performance of one-man shows; fourth, the position of the weightless environment.

Everything implies that the performance of "gravity" is not only a hot potato, but also a potato full of thorns. In order to retain the commercial nature of the film itself and make a difference in the box office market, the burden of the actors will be further aggravated, which is far more difficult than a simple one-man show like "buried alive".

Any actor who remains rational should refuse.

Not only is the $100 million investment all weighed on the actors, but the box office numbers of commercial films are not calculated by the actors. The actors can do their best to dedicate top performances, but they cannot control the box office.

Films like "Gravity" that require actors to dig deeper in performance but have commercial appeals; moreover, the box office is still the most important first appeal. Warner Bros. paid a cost of 100 million US dollars, not for The filming of an art work is like the "Inception of Dreams" back then, and the box office is their pursuit.

Then, once the box office fails, all the gangsters are the actor's back.

The problem is that this is not "Titanic" or "Avatar", nor "Inception" or "Lord of the Rings". The commercial attributes of these films are extremely obvious. Even for awards, their competitiveness in terms of performances and scripts is still extremely weak; but "gravity" is outside the commercial attributes, but the core is a literary and artistic mind that explores philosophy. .

No wonder Alfonso will repeatedly emphasize that all the focus of this movie will be on the actors.

Without the performance of the actors, the whole movie would be meaningless—maybe even more empty than the self-muttering and life reflection of the "Tree of Life"; on the other hand, all the thoughts and aftertastes are left to the actors. , Alfonso can concentrate his energy and complete the filming and production of the entire film in accordance with the rhythm and pattern of commercial films.

It is estimated that everyone can avoid such a problem; but for Lan Li, at this time, he is full of enthusiasm, passion, and eagerness to try.

This is different from the challenge of stage play, and it is also different from the challenge of "Edge of Tomorrow" or "Crazy Love". Lan Li needs to truly understand what is meant to be heavy lifting, and what is meant to be an understatement with a profound aftertaste.

After "anti-cancer me" and "transcendence", after the Almeida Theater, Renly once again ushered in a new challenge in acting, and this is still a commercial film!

Sure enough, the life of an actor is so colorful, never be easily complacent, never stop casually, because the scenery after breaking through the challenge is always beautiful and thrilling.

Thinking back to his decisive action last night, and comparing his current gearing, Lan Li couldn't help but help his forehead: After all, he still had no way to refuse, rejecting a wonderful and intricate role. uukanshu.com refuses a challenge to break through and sprint to the limit.

Lan Li strongly suspects that it is like those strange uncles who cheat children always use lollipops and chocolates to cheat children; and for him, he does not need these things, only a good work, he just Knowing it. So, does this mean that he is still mature?

"In this case, then Ryan's partner, we need to change the setting. Such a female character obviously has other positioning and meaning in the mystery of life. Hmm... Do you have any good suggestions?

My current thinking is that men and women are a complete community, regardless of each other, but also indispensable. Under compelling circumstances, women choose self-sacrifice, not to perfect men, but to survive the fittest in the natural environment. . Wait, will this be ambiguous? In an environment where the weak and the strong eat, are women the first to be eliminated? Such misunderstandings absolutely cannot exist. "

Alfonso was completely immersed in his own story at this time, babbling and talking, and at the same time raised his right hand, gestured on the table, raised his head to ask Lan Li’s opinion, but then he Frozen, "Sorry, I forgot, you... uh, you haven't agreed to join yet, sorry."