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The conflict of ideas, to put it bluntly, is the difference of ideology, just like the problem of religion and nationality, the conflict caused by different ideologies is also one of the biggest problems in the world today, and compared to others, this concept seems quite lofty, if the film shows this properly, it can undoubtedly improve the style of the whole series. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's right, Murphy didn't want a film, but a series.

As a first-line director in Hollywood, in his current position, the box office results of his follow-up works are important, but it is equally important to improve his style, saying that popularizing it is to raise his own style, and to win the crazy support of countless audiences and critics, so as to leave a name in film history.

Therefore, he will not choose those seriously homogeneous popcorn movies at all, and niche literary films that cannot be widely circulated are also not his dish.

What Murphy wants to do is to give the commercial film a very high style, a theme that can be discussed and obsessed by countless people.

The clash of ideologies is undoubtedly one of the best options.

It's a whole set, and as a starting point for the set, it's about showing that theme to the fullest.

As the night wore on, Murphy didn't feel sleepy, his brain was running at high speed, and it was not easy to show the clash of ideologies just right.

How can ideological conflicts and antagonisms be realized?

This is difficult for Murphy, reflected in the film, is the collision of ideas between the protagonist and the villain, the protagonist has his own bottom line, but the villain also has a complete logic......

Murphy thought for a moment and wrote in his notebook: The protagonist - a combination of multiple ideologies, and the villain - a single ideology.

Everyone knows that a single ideology can bring obstacles to the perception of the world, and it is extremely easy to become obsessed and crazy......

In fact, ideological homogeneity has been widely skepticized and criticized in this day and age, and it is widely believed that this utopian social design theory is the only way to lead to totalitarianism.

Thinking of this, a concept flashed through Murphy's mind, and he quickly wrote it down: sweep everything, leave not a single stone that has not been turned, and what they aspire to build is not just a society that is a little better than ours, but a world that has completely eliminated all ugliness!

How about this as a villain philosophy?

In a society under the control of a single ideology, the power of the ruling class will inevitably be infinitely magnified, and this amplification will lead to the unitization of power.

As a result, the loss of competitiveness brings about the emptiness of the political and moral foundations.

At this time, the legitimacy of the rule of a region or city can only rely on self-referentiality, and has nothing to do with the true moral sentiments of human beings, so in order to maintain its false legitimacy, the ruling class will create beautiful illusions to promote future prosperity, and all human actions will be strictly designed to achieve the goal of maintaining its rule.

Murphy remembers very well that Orwell's "1984" showed the audience such a horrific scene, and the people in it had a horrific personality fracture.

The theme of that film can also be integrated into the idea of the villain. 、

He also wrote in his notebook: "Self-consciousness is freedom, as a crime is obviously a crime, but self-consciousness is justice, just as when there is no humanity to kill, self-proclaimed justice."

"Politics needs to be based on morality, so even a chaotic society like New York in the film cannot be rebuilt with this kind of politics that has lost its moral foundation."

Murphy knew that since it was a fictional New York, it was time to let the city go into complete chaos.

In the chaotic New York, the dueling arena of the positive and negative characters is like a scene of a gang fight in New York, and in order to achieve this, Murphy wrote two words on the theme of the film - dark and realistic!

For the next two days, Murphy didn't go anywhere except to visit James Franco and Lily Collins in the hospital, completely hiding at home to perfect the character and script of the new project.

He thinks more and more, and the setting of the protagonist becomes clearer and clearer.

Finally, on the page that represents the protagonist's setting, such a paragraph is written: with logic as the surface, emotion as the inside, behind the suspense, complex narrative, and meticulous logic, create an almost paranoid character, the character is tired and stubborn to find himself for the most secret motives in his heart, and in order to realize the secret knot in his inner "safe" to do crazy but logical struggle, his paranoia, pain and guilt drive him to complete a great cause.

The protagonist-centered positive characters, who represent complex ideologies and have vastly different philosophies, do not see destruction as a necessity for reinvention as villains with a single ideology, and are more aware of the importance of inclusion and collaboration.

All the main characters have their own motivations and blueprints to try to change the world, and in a city of near madness in New York, they advance or retreat based on their own ideas, and ultimately point to an "ideological war" about choice and game.

"The world belongs to the people, and sometimes they make mistakes due to bounded rationality and information asymmetry, but in the end they choose the most correct way."

Even during mealtime, Murphy never stopped thinking, he knew very well that if he wanted the style of the film to be infinitely elevated, the theme and discussion must be something high-minded, "such as deep thinking about the human heart, human nature, life and human society." ”

This world is a chaotic body composed of different viewpoints and standpoints, and various forces restrain each other, implicate each other, give birth and die, and balance, order, chaos, interests, and foundations collide to form the world.

Murphy couldn't help but think of the "Tahiriya Tales" he had seen, and some of the things in it could also be properly integrated into the film.

"In a void of nothingness, there are three consciousnesses that think of the world at the same time: Consciousness No. 1 believes in freedom, Consciousness No. 2 believes in balance, and Consciousness No. 3 believes in order...... One believes that the world must be done by itself, and that the other two consciousnesses are enemies that must be destroyed; Two thinks that the other two consciousnesses can cooperate with him to crash out of the world, and must choose; Three believes that the other two are tools he uses to create the world and must be used...... Number One learns to be angry because of helplessness, Number Two learns to be bitter because of hesitation, and Number Three learns to deceive...... In the end, Two explodes with self-sacrifice, forming the First World; One and Three collide in a duel, forming the Second World, which closely surrounds the First World...... Later generations called these three remnants of consciousness Heaven, Earth, and Hell. ”

Whether the city of New York is heaven, earth, or hell, different people will have different opinions, and different people will take it in different directions.

Back in the study, in addition to the protagonists, villains and supporting characters, Murphy always felt that something was missing, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting Murphy's thoughts, and he picked up the phone, and it was agent Bill Rossies.

"Something?" Murphy frowned slightly, it didn't feel good to be disturbed at this time.

"There's an invitation." Bill Rothes knew what Murphy was doing these days, and he didn't talk nonsense, so he hurriedly said, "Warner Bros. and DC Comics' new film "Batman v Superman" will be released in March, and Warner Bros. invited you to attend the North American premiere of the film, are you going?" ”

Hearing "Batman v Superman", Murphy was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized that he finally knew what was missing.

Still, he answered Bill Rothes's question first, "Bill, take the invitation, I'll go and see." ”

"Well, I'll get back to Warner Bros."

After receiving Murphy's exact reply, Bill Rothes added, "Then I won't bother you." ”

Bill Rothes hung up the phone on his own initiative, and Murphy casually put the phone aside, walked behind the desk in a few steps, and wrote a word on the notebook - people!

The protagonist of this film will be the nemesis of crime, but he does not have real law enforcement powers, just like Superman, what will the public think of such a person who crosses the line?

In Man of Steel, Murphy shows the two sides of the crowd towards Superman, especially the rejection and fear side, thus leading a thick sense of pathetic epic for the character.

Undoubtedly, this is one of the reasons why "Man of Steel" is higher than the previous one, and it is also a way to raise the profile of the film very easily.

This technique can be applied to the new work, which shows the treatment of the protagonist in the public from a unique perspective.

Then, there are the motivations of the protagonist and the villain for what they do, and the cost of the motivation.

In this regard, the villain is easy to say, his motivation comes from a single ideology, but the protagonist's ideology is mixed and cannot be the driving force at the beginning, so the protagonist needs to have enough convincing motivations, and it is impossible to fight crime for the sake of fighting crime, especially to show the complexity of the motives, and only this complexity can reasonably bring about the inner struggles of the characters.

Murphy never wanted to create a great or tall protagonist, and throughout all the films, his protagonist is almost always on the margins, and if he is not careful, he may completely collapse and fall into a situation from which he will never recover.

Nietzsche once said, "Those who fight with the devil should be careful that they also become devils in the struggle." When you look into the abyss, the abyss is watching you. ”

This is the best portrayal of the protagonist's inner struggles, and these will be shown through the characters' motivations and the costs that come from them.

Motives and costs! Murphy deliberately wrote these two words with a red-colored pen as a reminder of their importance to the film as a whole.

Sitting in the chair, he gradually thought more about these two words.

Once upon a time, Murphy was instilled with the firm belief that good will eventually triumph over evil, but he never knew what the motive was and what the cost was. (To be continued.) )