Since the interview with Tom Cruise, Lance has tweaked the script a bit, and he's been working on it for almost all of this time. _Ya_文吧_w·w·w·.·. >

The core of the theme of "Killing with a Knife" is very profound, and the story shows the pathos of fate and the decline of morality in the modern city, and finally highlights the insignificance of human beings and the coldness of society. Lance hopes to dig into this theme, and even go a little deeper, to take a step closer and think more dialectically about the sinful society presented in the "City of God".

If you want to achieve this goal, character setting is only the first step, Lance must also re-set a main line of thought, combining the characters' dialogues, actions, and story twists and accidents, which is a very test of script skills.

"Yes, I noticed." Peter's face was still full of gentleness, as if the elders were caring for the work and studies of the younger ones, "But I don't quite understand, why did you change the ending, if according to the story, Max saved Anne, and then Vincent was abandoned in the subway and disappeared into the bustle of the metropolis, this is undoubtedly a good choice." Peter turned his head to look at Shirley, then at Wade and Brad, as if asking for everyone's opinion.

Sure enough, everyone's eyes were focused on Lance, and the invisible pressure poured heavily on Lance's shoulder, making him a little out of breath for a moment.

Not only was Lance not timid, but he also stretched his shoulders slightly, leaned his straight back forward slightly, and said confidently and calmly, "Because I hope that through the script of guò, I will further show the indifference and cruelty of society, and dig deeper into the deep meaning of the story." Lance's voice was unhurried, neither humble nor arrogant, and his calm and powerful voice unconsciously held the attention of others in his hands.

"I borrowed from Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 'Rashomon', do you know the story?" Lance looked at the three audience members in front of him, and the expressions of the three people did not change at all, as if they understood the story, and Lance had no intention of explaining further. Yawen bar_='8'.com if they really don't know how to pretend to understand, it will be beneficial to him, "I just hope that Guò 'borrowed a knife to kill' to show the philosophical truth in the story of 'Rashomon'." Everyone interprets the world from their own standpoint, from their own perspective, and from their own interests, so that the truth is buried, morality is abandoned, and order is disrupted. ”

It doesn't matter if they really understand "Rashomon" or not. But at this moment, they all looked at Lance seriously, and the unhurried tone of their voices made people slowly immerse themselves in it, and the thoughts in their minds began to think together with Lance's rhythm. "For example, Vincent in the movie, he thinks this world. Every second someone died, and the people he killed were only one of them, and even if he didn't kill people, war or disease was taking away lives thousands of miles away, so he didn't feel anything wrong; Another example is the gangsters in the movie, they think that profit is the most important thing, so they will do whatever it takes for profit, and what they do is no different from Wall Street or ordinary blue-collar workers, but the way to obtain benefits is different. ”

Brad looked at Lance's azure eyes, a stream of wisdom shining in the deep and quiet light. There is also a hint of cunning and evil, and the prosaic words seem to be just talking about the script of "killing people with a knife", but it always makes people feel vaguely diaphragmatic - as if Frans's words mean something, satirizing Paramount's behavior today, in fact, it is no different from Vincent and the gangsters, just standing on his own position and doing whatever he wants.

Brad wasn't quite sure if he was wrong, but Peter clearly didn't think about it, and he just said, "It's pure!" This is just a quibble by people to defend their own interests! ”

"Yes. That's what I mean. Lance smiled and nodded his chin and said in a cheerful tone, and he could see Shirley's expression in the corner of his eye, his eyes unpredictable. Apparently, the heart is turbulent, "It's like the Iraq war, under one banner, but in fact it is for another purpose." _ Yavin bar w-w·w'.=y·a'w·That's a politician, isn't it? uses some high-sounding excuses to cover up their true purpose, but they still use morality and law to wrap it. Live as a matter of course and with dignity. ”

Brad didn't have to turn his head to feel Shirley's eyes fluctuate, and the gaze that almost condensed into a substantial blade wanted to dismember Lance. But Lance was not timid at all, but showed a puzzled look, and looked at Shirley boldly and directly, as if he didn't understand what was going on, and all he said was closely related to the script of "killing people with a knife". This caught Shirley off guard, and she couldn't help but admit herself, so she could only pull out a smile and whitewash the peace.

Lance made such a simple action that Brad almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Lance got cheap and behaved, he looked at Shirley with wide eyes, as if to say, "Do you have any questions", Shirley had to raise her chin with a smile and take the initiative to say, "I think this theme is interesting, so is this the core idea of the script?" ”

"Yes, that's what I'm trying to say. In the face of self-interest, whether it is against morality or harmful to their interests, this will become a stepping stone for them, and people's values will become extremely fragile, and they take it for granted that the interests of others are the medium to satisfy their own material and spiritual needs. Broadly speaking, most of the evil deeds of human beings can be described as egoism based on some reason, reversing black and white, confusing right and wrong, and doing all kinds of evil. Lance took it when he saw it, and once again brought the conversation back to "murder with a knife" and "Rashomon", "just like the main characters in the story, Vincent, the gangster, the dirty cop/detective, and the tainted witness...... This is true for everyone. This is also the fundamental reason why the whole society gradually degenerates into a sin city. ”

"Apathy, everyone is indifferent to others; Selfish, everyone thinks only about their own interests; Alienated, everyone lives in their own world. So, when an old man dies on the subway, it takes six hours for someone to show up; So, when criminals have enough money and power, they can get away with the law. The gloomy, damp, withered, cruel, and dilapidated Rashomon is the degeneration and transformation of human nature in modern society. ”

After Lance's words were finished, Peter fell into deep thought, Brad and Shirley were thoughtful, but a little absent-minded, obviously, Lance's words were too informative, and the follow-up effects were completely different - the inevitable results of different positions, different types of work, and different professions.

"However, you haven't said why you changed the ending, and the structure of the story in the second half." It was Wade who spoke, and he had no intention of continuing to think about the content of Lance's words, these metaphysical things were actually nonsense to Wade.

Lance was not annoyed, but moved forward, and then raised his two hands, his left hand on the top and his right hand on the ground, and then raised his left hand, "This is Vincent," and compared to his right hand, "This is Max." In the story, Vincent clearly represents evil and indifference, while Max represents justice and warmth, and if you follow the fixed model of Hollywood, the happy ending of the victory of good over evil is pleasant.

But I set the two characters differently. ”

This is also the subtle adjustment of the two characters that Lance has re-made after talking to Tom, which has played a crucial role in deepening the script.

"Vincent is calm on the outside, but flustered on the inside," This represents the current situation of society, which looks calm on the surface, but the dark tide below the sea level has never stopped surging," Max is chaotic on the outside and calm on the inside, "This represents the state of people, who usually seem to be indifferent to all the qiē, but in fact the heart is clear about the moral bottom line and the definition of justice, but he is unwilling to burst out," In the first half of the story, Vincent starts with **Max, But in the second half, Max used his calmness to blow up Vincent. ”

As he spoke, Lance's left hand began to go down, his right hand began to go up, and finally collided together, vivid and vivid, but the connotation was far from so simple, "So, this leads to three different versions of the ending of the story." ”

Lance raised his left hand, "Vincent was victorious in the end, he killed Anne and Max at the same time, killing the last bit of hope. But this version of the ending is too dark, too desperate, and too crude in philosophical significance. I also thought about it, and Vincent ended up letting Max live, but ...... There are still some deviations from the overall style of the work. Vincent chose to forgive Max's words, that is, evil will still have a good day after all, this intention is good, but Max's personality will appear incomplete - justice lingers under the evil minions?

Then Lance raised his right hand again, "Max won the final victory," Brad nodded vigorously, which was also the original ending of screenwriter Stuart Beatty, "It's too simple and crude, weakens the core of the story itself, and the afterglow is too short, almost like wasting all the foreshadowing." It makes the metaphor of "Rashomon" irrelevant.

Lance clasped his hands together and put them down, "Finally I thought about a third ending. Max and Vincent died together, but Anne, whom Max did his best to protect, survived, and Anne would continue justice to the end. "Anne is the prosecutor in the story, she has all the evidence against the gang in her hands, and she is also the most important witness.

In fact, Lance also thought about this ending for a long time, which also means that Max, who represents justice, still snuffed out the evil plan at the last moment, but this glimmer of hope is still too thin. In fact, it is similar to the "City of God", hope is always there, but whether it is Ah Cannon or Max, they are weak enough to change the whole society.

In a cold and evil society, goodness and justice always exist, but there is no way to change the status quo by relying only on one or two lonely heroes. This is also the core idea of the two works "City of God" and "Killing by the Sword".

This also echoes the "Rashomon": the darkness and depravity of society are not formed in a day, and in the same way, the justice and hope of society cannot be returned in a day. (To be continued.) )

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