Chapter 433: "The Journey of Life".
"The view of Salvi is still so beautiful......
When the logo of the production company at the beginning of the film disappears and the film officially begins, Alain. Morrison leaned back comfortably and pushed his 3D glasses, "It's just for the box office, and it's really funny to force it to be 3D, it's obviously an art film, is there any point in making it 3D?" If it is made into a movie with an unclear positioning like "Nine", it will take a wave of box office after it is announced, and the audience is very likely to rebound......"
Picking up the glasses for a while, confirming that the scenery is indeed hazy, indicating that the Z-axis has indeed been made, Alain rejoined the film with relief: "It seems that it is the same as advertised, it is a real 3D shooting, not a post-production, maybe there will be some pictures that must be 3D in the future, but if the visual effects are not the highlight or the focus, forcing 3D is always a flaw in this film - see how Salvi will behave." www.lWxS520.coM”
As one of the fans of "Monroe" that year, Alain is naturally quite looking forward to Salvi's next work three years later, but the more this is the case, the more sensitive he is to some possible hidden dangers in the film - judging from the previous trailer, this movie still has some fighting content, with the plot of the bare-handed Heath and the monster fight, and the heroine played by Jennifer also has multiple age groups, which makes it easy to think of "Benjamin. The Curious Affair of Barton and The Time Traveler's Wife, could this be a crappy third-rate fantasy movie? Like Clash of the Gods, completely empty? Whether it's a fight or a battle scene, it's boring? Salvi's first contact with 3D and fight scenes, can he shoot well? Many excellent genre film directors often fail in their crossover attempts, such as Kenneth. Branagh, whose achievements in Shakespeare's plays are undeniable, but he is obviously not so good at commercial fantasy films, "Thor" is a good example, and, although he has repeatedly asked himself not to be superstitious, Jennifer has no investment in this drama and is not a producer, which is really a rare phenomenon in recent years......
Fortunately, for now, Salvi at least did not miss at the beginning, the scene of the wilderness at the beginning of the film is still very felt, and his natural spirituality has not been lost - from the documentary to "Monroe", Salvi's feeling of beauty is extremely amazing, even if it is the same wilderness, it will be particularly beautiful under his lens, composition, color...... This kind of spirituality can't be learned or controlled, and even Salvi himself can't control the existence and loss of this talent, and it is precisely because of this that when he saw the opening of the film, Alain was really relieved - the trailer can be 'faked', but the temperament of the feature film is very mysterious, and it feels like there is something, and if there is not, there is nothing, and now it seems that Salvi has not lost his talent.
"What do you think about travel?" In the twilight, after the colorful grassland shots, a road and a faintly visible traffic jam on the highway appeared in the distance, and the voice of the narrator also sounded at this time. Ledger's voice asked, "What do you think about travel?" ”
Then Jennifer's voice said calmly, "I travel for six months a year, I'm going from New York to Washington, from Mumbai to Singapore, from Rio de Janeiro to Reykjavik -- and speaking of this trip, it's really interesting, one year I saw the Northern Lights in Reykjavik, and then I got on a plane, and I flew for more than 40 hours, made three connections, and each time I took off a piece of clothing, and when I stood at the airport in Galeon, I was still sweating hot, and I just put down my suitcase and took off the last shirt." I bought a floral shirt and a pair of flip-flops in the airport shop, and I tied my shoes around my neck and boarded the taxi to the hotel, and when I arrived, the doorman of the Hilton was very frightened, and he said, Sir, I was just a little bit away from calling the security guard-"
In her indud and frustrated reading, as if reminiscing about herself, the camera slowly pans closer to the vehicle. The actor played by Ledger appears in the camera, he is sitting in the car, wearing a somewhat wrinkled suit, it can be seen from the brand of the car, the details of the decoration in the car, the actor is now on another business trip, and obviously, he is stuck in this country road, and may not be able to catch the next train or plane.
"This is supposed to be Hiss's confession, right? Why are the two sides of the question and answer reversed? Is this a hint at the relationship between the hero and heroine, or does it denote a sense of subject-object absurdity, creating a psychedelic feeling? Alain picked up the Coke and took a sip: the scale of this preview screening was not very large, he was already the oldest film critic to attend, and many of the rest were ordinary audiences, and Alain had a feeling of worrying about the future of the movie, judging from the atmosphere, it didn't seem to be the kind of movie that ordinary people could easily understand...... Almost as soon as it opened, it gave the audience a disadvantage, or at least shut out the kind of audience whose minds were too simple to understand what Jennifer was reading Heath's lines right now.
"Every year I redeem my miles for two first-class tickets from New York to Los Angeles for a two-night stay at the Hilton in Palm Springs, and my wife and I drop off our kids at our brother's house and get on a plane to live our two-person world, which we call the 'marriage spa'......"
In Jennifer's narrative, Alain's impression of Hiss has gradually become clear - in the second half of his thirties, he has children, his relationship with his wife is a little tense, in short, he is a character in a deep midlife crisis, and Hiss's performance also supports his impression appropriately, his tightly knit eyebrows, that expression of being tortured by life and almost helpless - constantly looking at his watch, answering the phone, or pleading or threatening to communicate with the other end of the phone, getting out of the car from time to time to check the traffic in front of him, Wandering back and forth on this narrow country road, cursing loudly, and helplessly walking to the side of the road to pee...... In Jennifer's pretended joyful narrative, Heath's performance is particularly desperate, making the best footnote to his life.
- The first ten minutes of the film are like this, in the middle of a gloomy wilderness, a narrow country road, a joyful chattering narration, and Heath's silent performance, perhaps for the average audience, this beginning is inexplicable enough - Alain thought so in his busy schedule, but he didn't really care, because these ten minutes were a complete feast for him, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, and secretly staggered in his heart, even when the expectations were already so high, And the feeling of surprise: it wasn't brought to him by Jennifer or Salvi, it was brought to him by Heath, which Alain hadn't expected. "Heath's acting skills have really made another breakthrough...... After "Brokeback Mountain", he is the most noteworthy actor in his age, and in "Batman: Night Knight", his performance is refreshing, but who would have thought that in just a few years, he has improved so much? Just talking about these ten minutes of performance, it is enough to be nominated for an Oscar, and his contemporaries should be a nightmare for actors, and in this generation in the United States, there is really no one who can compete with him......"
Except for some commercial movies shot when he just entered the star career, there is not much acting skills, in serious literary films, Heath has always been famous for his delicate and natural acting skills that integrate into the role, but here, his acting skills are obviously on a higher level - especially for a middle-aged man like Alain, he really portrayed a mediocre, helpless, trivial and unwilling to trivial, too good to portray a mediocre, helpless, trivial and unwilling to be trivial, there is not even a trace of acting skills here, if it weren't for Alain's familiarity with Hiss's life, He almost thought that Heath was acting in his true colors - this back-to-basics performance method was completely Hiss's sudden progress in this film, and this also made Alain secretly frightened: there is no development context, sudden changes, this is Heath's new attempt in this movie? Breakthrough? Is his chemistry with Salvi so strong?
And Jennifer's voice is in stark contrast to Hiss's performance, her elation is as high as how extraordinary Hiss is, and at the same time constantly putting pressure on the picture - it can be clearly seen that on a bad day, the nagging wife - or the boss's persecution, and the annoyance of reality, Hiss's temper is getting more and more out of control, almost just a little bit, he is about to explode. God knows what he will do to ruin his life, and then he can't bear the consequences, sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of life. Although only voices have appeared so far, Jennifer's performance still makes Alain nod in satisfaction, but his approval is slight, because "Jennifer never disappoints." ”
And just then, Jennifer's tone changed, and her voice suddenly became very mysterious, like an incredible dream, "When I saw it, I was in Southampton, and I thought it was my hallucination - an Indian white camel, appearing outside Southampton. ”
At this moment, the sound effects of the wilderness gradually appeared in the audience's ears, as if the sound had been artificially isolated from the flood washed over just now, the chirping of birds, the sound of the wind blowing the leaves - so many sounds are very layered, from far to near one by one, this opposite treatment of reality makes the atmosphere of the whole movie more magical, and Heath, who is bored leaning on the roadside fence and smoking, also shows a surprised expression and looks at the wilderness in the distance. With his gaze, a tall and vigorous Indian white camel gradually came from a distance, in the dark sky around, this cow is like a spirit in the wilderness, full of mystery, its big and bright eyes seem to hide some mystery, and His's expression gradually changed, as if enchanted and looked at him, his worldly side gradually faded, this vulgar man's face showed innocent curiosity, he looked left and right, but did not find that other drivers noticed the appearance of the cow, still leaning against the fence or in their own cars, talking loudly and cursing the damn weather.
"I thought I had drunk too much last night, but it just showed up, and it stood there, looking at me like an old friend, and in the traffic to the pitch, the cow only saw me, and I was the only one who saw the cow."
Jennifer's voice faded like a muffled whisper in a dream, and Heath looked left and right for a moment, his expression clearly revealing his mental activity: curiosity, struggle, exploration, and the urge to do something crazy...... Yes, it was a big variable in Hiss's boring life, and he had always been so subservient - he was so eager to be extraordinary-
In the end, he pressed the fence, clumsily flipped over, almost fell, the corner of the suit was still hanging on the nail, so that the clothes tore a big hole, in the surprised cries of the drivers behind him, Hiss panted and ran in the direction of the white bull, his expression was so excited that it was even a little distorted, under the accompaniment of some exciting music, it seemed to be his personal grand exodus, and the white bull also turned around, flicked his tail leisurely, and led Hiss into the wilderness......
"It's beautiful...... Jon also muttered - although the movie is almost fifteen minutes now, and Jenny still doesn't show up, she doesn't have the slightest impatience - although this movie is also an art film, but it is more to her appetite than "Nine", at least she understands it, and Jon can figure out the director's intentions, and Heath's emotions in acting, although she doesn't have much sense of whether Heath's acting skills have improved, but she can still feel the attraction of the movie itself - now the camera moves to the wilderness, she can enjoy it even more, "Salvi's film is really ...... Even just looking at the view, you won't feel that this visit to the cinema is not worth it. ”
"Yes...... "What a beautiful ......," Harry muttered as well, "and in his lens, you can share his world, his heart, and his emotions......"
Yes, although everyone can shoot the beautiful scenery, but the treatment of this scenery fully reflects the skill, under the mysterious, exotic accompaniment music, the white bull slowly leads the way, and Hiss from the beginning tried to catch up with the white bull, communicate with it, and finally after repeated failed attempts, began to enjoy the wilderness night, and the surrounding scenery that was swept at the beginning, after an initial appearance, also with Hiss's eyes one by one has room to show - the bright moonlight and starlight in the forest, when the wind blows through the leaves, The swaying of grass and trees...... This large expanse of pure beauty seems to have a subtle sense of unreality, but this transition is quite smooth - at first it is just an ordinary forest scene, but as the camera progresses, whether it is trees, grass, starry sky, or streams, it all shows a sense of fantasy world, the trees are bigger, taller, and the leaves are greener, and the frog chirping in the forest gradually turns into whispering, chuckling, and gurgling between human voices and bird calls, and at the edge of Hiss's vision, the glowing crystal dust is slowly sprinkled, It was as if there was magic working on his back, and the audience was silent in front of such pure sensual enjoyment, whether they understood it or not, the current beauty was obviously a treat for the audience by the director.
"Is this a dream? Or some magical illusion? This can't be the same as "The Wizard of Oz", which tells the story of normal people strayed into a fairy tale, right? "Alain's curiosity has been ignited, and he couldn't get the details of the story in the previous trailer." The river also looks a little strange, the water is too bright...... Well? Where did the White Bull go? ”
Yes, after a series of beautiful scenes, the audience also noticed that at some point, the white bull had lost his trace, and Hiss was looking left and right in the wilderness, apparently disoriented, and the dreamlike expression on his face was gone, replaced by an incredulous irritation, that worldly Hiss had returned, and now he began to worry about where he had landed tonight.
But before Heath could get angry, he soon spotted a faint light in the distance—and quickly he crossed the river, ran towards the light, and after breaking through a dense forest, he stepped into a town at the sound of crows.
In the dim light of the electric lights, the viewer could only vaguely see that the town's buildings seemed to be old and medieval, and Heath gasped for breath as he stopped in the street, touched his wallet, and began to look for the hotel—and as he looked around, his eyes fell on the girl who was walking through the intersection with his companions, and although the lights were dim, the audience could clearly recognize her.
"Jennifer!"
"Is it Jennifer? - How did she do it?"
"Oh my God! She looked so-so-so-"
Amid the slight commotion of the audience, Alain's deep voice spoke everyone's thoughts, "Oh my God, she looks so young - how did she do it!" ”