It's the pinnacle of perfection.

That's the only thought in Ethan Cohen's mind at this moment.

From Cannes to Venice to the Oscars, in the past year, everyone has said that Lan Li has delivered unmatched and perfect performances in "Gravity" and "Drunken Country Ballad", truly presenting the highest level of acting skills today, not only the first young actor of Generation Y, even in the whole of Hollywood, comparable to Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis's peak strength.

It is precisely because of such praise that the hat is really too big for a twenty-four-year-old actor, coupled with the historical moment of EGOT, which has led to overreach, throughout the awards season, everyone is rejecting Lan Li, despising and belittling Lan Li has gradually become the mainstream of the industry, and it seems that everyone is "kindly" cooling down Lan Li, looking forward to him being able to have a longer career.

Ethan was noncommittal.

As a director, Ethan has personally experienced every performance in every scene of "Drunken Country Folk", although he is not the kind of director who is good at adjusting acting skills, he can still really feel that the delicate texture and three-dimensional depth that Lan Li gives to the role in the performance is indeed far ahead of his peers, even Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence, who are now famous, have an obvious gap when compared with Lan Li.

Ethan was dismissive of the cooling remarks, and fully agreed with the compliments.

To be honest, in this year's Oscar competition, Lan Li is the only candidate in Ethan's mind, in terms of strength, talent, and aura, it is difficult for other competitors to compete with Lan Li head-on, but ...... The battle for Oscar has never been a contest of strength, even if Ethan wants to witness Lan Li's second award, he is powerless.

In other words, Ethan also believes that "gravity" and "drunken folk songs" are indeed the pinnacle of Blue Rites. He doesn't think that anyone will be able to challenge Lan Li's two performances in the short term-

Yes, even if you don't have the qualifications to challenge, let alone break through or overtake, even Lan Li himself may not be able to replicate such a feat. After all, such a difficult and wonderful performance is unbelievable for the consumption of energy and physical strength, and the actor is also mortal/flesh/body, and the performance state is like a competitive state, which is bound to have ups and downs. If you want to replicate it again in a short period of time, the difficulty is multiplied and multiplied, and even some actors release all their energy for a short time, and then they return to mediocrity and disappear from everyone.

Jamie Fox is a typical example, with 2004's "Soul Singer" and "Murder by the Knife" instantly blooming, but that year seemed to have burned all his energy, and since then he has not been able to deliver a performance worth mentioning.

But today, Ethan has to overturn his own ideas -

"Burst Drummer" is the real pinnacle!

The premise is that the film itself explores the process of finding the pinnacle of art - the game between Fletcher and Andrew, from the start to the uphill to the setback, and then the comeback only to suffer a serious blow, the bottom and the destruction of hope, and finally the breakdown and the back-up, with the act of killing the father to complete the soul baptism and sublimation, and achieve perfection.

The whole movie clearly shows the whole process of artistic transformation and sublimation, which is even more complete than the "black swan".

Although Damien Chazelle's technical control, including camera scheduling, editing, and use of light, is slightly inferior to Darren Aronofsky, and even more youthful compared to David Fincher, the integrity of the performance complements the director's work and completes the film's integrity.

This also means that "Burst Drummer" is different from "Drunken Country Ballad" and "Gravity" in terms of innateness, and the actor has been given a role platform that can openly explore the acting ceiling and artistic barriers, if he can perform well, then it is bound to be brilliant and unstoppable!

This was the case when Natalie Portman starred in "Black Swan".

In "Burst Drummer", Lan Li truly presents the psychological transformation on the road of artistic exploration, from the torture of the physiological level to the collapse of the psychological level, and then to the double baptism of the psychological and physiological levels, step by step in the ocean of art to find the true and brilliant self, and in the last performance reached the peak state, the soul of art is unreservedly displayed in front of the audience, bringing a pure supreme enjoyment.

Wonderful! Wonderful! Can't help but want a standing ovation!

In particular, the contrast and reversal of the momentum of Andrew and Fletcher vividly and truly interpret the plot of "killing the father" on the road of artistic upgrading, and the transformation of the "black swan" Li Nina to strangle the superego, release the ego, and break through the self, showing the fission and sublimation of the spiritual level in the process of artistic transformation.

If that's all, the performance of "Burst Drummer" and the performance of "Black Swan" can only be regarded as comparable, to some extent, Natalie Portman's Nina is slightly better, mainly because director Darren Aronofsky's camera images give the character and the film a thriller temperament, which complements the tangled struggles of the superego, the id, and the ego, making the performance bloom with incredibly powerful charm.

But the reason why Lan Li is a Lan Li is because he is always able to bring surprises continuously!

In the process of the performance, when the tension and courage were fully sprayed, Lan Li skillfully restrained his emotions, pressed all the emotional changes released inward, and used his eyes to figure out the intricate psychological changes -

The so-called transformation of artistic inspiration, no matter which way it is explained, is too jerky and too awkward, even if it is explained by the drum beat of the drum kit, it seems pale and weak, far from showing the subtle changes of the artist's inspiration, while Lan Li tells all the ups and downs through his eyes, combined with the essential transformation of the drum kit, presenting this feeling of artistic upgrading, and finally leaving the space for thinking and recalling to the audience.

Eyes, the simplest but most difficult part of the performance, Lan Li gives infinite possibilities: the eyes of Andrew and Nicole on the second call, the eyes of Andrew talking to Fletcher Bar, the eyes of Andrew hugging his father backstage, and the eyes of Andrew in the last moment of playing......

In the close-up, the psychological changes at each key turning point are all filled in the eyes, compared with the flamboyant release of the drum performance, the performance of artistic comprehension and ideological transformation is all restrained and low-key, convergent and convergent, which also makes the performance of the whole work truly relaxed and free.

The most amazing thing is that the intricate emotional changes presented by those delicate performances can be reflected in the subsequent plots, which combine to help the audience complete the understanding and substitution, and at the same time, follow the gradual sublimation together, and the shock erupts from the depths of the heart.

This control, this interpretation, this expressiveness, and most importantly, this spirituality, easily shook off Natalie's performance in the "black swan" between gestures and smiles, and the natural and flowing emotional interpretation is really too wonderful and terrifying, and even makes Natalie clumsy - obviously too strong, and lacks layers, more of a single line all the way to the end.

Of course, Natalie's performance in "Black Swan" is already first-class, and now among the Gen Y actors in the entire industry, this can still be called the top level, and her strength is beyond doubt.

It's just that Lan Li is too rebellious.

Before today, Ethan had never known what a "perfect performance" was, and even the veteran actors hadn't been able to make him feel it — not that they weren't good enough, but that Ethan lacked acting acumen and understanding, just as some people would never be able to appreciate the good or bad of a liquor or a good meal.

But starting today, Ethan really felt the weight of the word "perfect", not only the bloody drumming, not only the breakthrough of mental torture, not only the overthrow of his own hands/killer/father, not only the coldness of cutting the bonds, but also the paranoia and madness that emanated from the inside out, even the eyes and even the soul have been completely transformed.

When Andrew broke through Fletcher's suppression and truly achieved the perfection of drumming, at the same time, Lan Li also broke through the shackles of performance and truly achieved the perfection of acting. The double breakthrough in and out of the play broke the barriers of the big screen and brought a hearty and shocking viewing experience.

Beyond "gravity", beyond "drunken folk songs", and most importantly, beyond Lan Li himself, touching a new world of performance.

Inexplicably, Ethan recalled a brief interview with Lan Li during the Venice Film Festival, in which he mentioned at the time, "I now hope to try more different styles and different types of roles to explore more possibilities of acting."

The words themselves are official and polite, and almost every actor replies during every film's promotional period, "I want to challenge some new roles and try something different." "But everybody knows that it's just propaganda and that most of the actors in Hollywood have spent their entire careers repeating themselves, and no one is trying something new because they know that nothing will change if they try.

But now, Ethan understands that Lan Li wants to challenge different character types such as comedy, action, horror, and even commercial film performances - not only to relax himself, but more importantly, because at the level of drama roles, he has already seen the mountains, and even a sword like "Nightcrawler" can't bring Lan Li more challenging.

It's strange to say that Lan Li is only twenty-four years old, but after watching "Burst Drummer", this is what Ethan really feels!

Artistic perfection!

Yes, Lan Li touched the perfection of art.

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