The timing of the film's appearance is very important, and this has been proven by history.

For example, "Male and Female Thieves" appeared at the right time and changed the film industry, but if it appeared a few years in advance, then this work would be drowned in the long river of history, and it would not even be able to stir up a splash; For example, the "Titanic", perhaps a few years in advance, it became a dud bomb like the "Future Water World"; For example, "Forrest Gump" was released in 2014, which could not arouse people's interest at all, and could only be regarded as a good work.

Movies, including commercial popcorn films, require a certain amount of timing to be successful, including the impact of social culture, economic environment, ideology, industrial development and other aspects. The most intuitive is the "Seven Deadly Sins", which was the most sensitive moment during the release, which then detonated people's dissatisfaction with the uncrowned king, which made the film work a miracle, and if it were replaced at any other time, it would be almost impossible for the film to create such a myth.

Of course, there are also some movies that are great works in any era, such as "The Godfather", which is a masterpiece that cannot be influenced by the times. But it is undeniable that even the "godfathers", placed in different eras, are bound to have different results due to the different backgrounds of the whole society.

The same goes for biographical films.

In fact, the real peak of biographical films was in the 90s, and they reached their final glory in 2004. Aviator), "Hotel. Rwanda", "Finding. Neverland)", "Diarios. De。 Motocicleta)", "Mar. Adentro" and other works have exploded in full swing, and the quality is outstanding, with three of the five Oscar nominations for Best Picture being biographical films.

After that, biographical films continued to pop up, such as "Selma," "American." Sniper)", "The Imitation Game (The. Imitation。 Game), "The Wolf of Wall Street (The. Wolf。 Of。 Wall。 Street)", "Lincoln", "Escape from Tehran (Argo)", "The King's Speech (The. King’s。 Speech), "Milk", etc., etc., and so on.

In order to cater to the tastes of the academy judges, in order to avoid the weakness of the original script, and for the economic effect of the little golden man, there are often more biographical films in a year than in the eighties and nineties.

But in fact, in 2004, the quality of biopics began to decline rapidly, and all directors could not get out of the frame - the framework that Ron Howard injected into biopics, even if some biopics were still nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture - and even won the award, but the overall quality was not convincing, and people could only see the decline and conservatism of biopics, and at the same time make people lament the stiffness and aging of the Oscar school.

After entering the second decade of the 21st century, Oscar's attention is still the highest in the world, but the overall momentum has been declining, and it is not getting worse year by year.

As of 2010, the last biopic to win the Oscar for Best Picture but win a full house of applause is "A Beautiful Mind". This work became the biggest winner at the 74th Academy Awards.

On the one hand, the concept of awards season has been gradually completed, which makes the Oscars truly a game, and biographical films have begun to enter a rigid routine mode and lose their original meaning; On the one hand, the production of biographical films reached its peak at this time, including rhythm control, frame setting, character building, emotional integration, and even camera operation, all tending to perfection. Against the backdrop of all this, the "Beautiful Mind" was born and achieved the final glory.

As a director, Ron Howard is considered one of the best directors in film history to shoot biographical films, and even if the "one" is removed, many people will nod in agreement. In the list of Lang's works, "Rush", "Fox in conversation with Frost/Nixon", "Cinderella. Man)" and "Apollo 13" are all biopics, and of course, we must not forget the "beautiful mind" that created the pinnacle of Lang's career.

Lang's grasp of biographical cinema is perfectly integrated in "A Beautiful Mind", and apart from the slightly loose final third, there is no problem with the whole film in terms of directorial skills. This also made it impossible for subsequent biographical film directors to step out of Lang's shadow, most notably Tom Hober, the director of "The King's Speech". Hooper), his uneventful approach to filming was almost nothing new, and in the end, he defeated the amazing wizard David Fincher to win the Oscar for Best Director, which became one of the biggest laughing materials for people to ridicule the Oscars.

It can be said that the appearance of "A Beautiful Mind" in 2001 is one of the important reasons for the great success of this work. But now, only in 1998, Allen put the idea of adapting the script in front of Hugo, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Actually, "female." The "Adversary" has also been advanced from 2003 to 1998, so it should not be a big surprise that "Beautiful Mind" has been brought forward. The preparation of many film projects is constantly flowing, and it is not surprising that the longest lasts ten years, and "Schindler's List" has experienced nearly ten years from the establishment of the project to the start of filming, so the existence of Hugo's little butterfly may lead to the advance or postponement of a film project.

But the problem is that "Female," which will be released next month. Will the Adversary be able to succeed? And what about the "beautiful mind"? Now that Ron Howard's grasp of biographical films has not yet reached the point of perfection, and Russell Crowe's acting skills have not reached the level of returning to the basics, Jennifer Connelly is still finding her own acting style, struggling with a crowd of low-budget independent films...... Can the "beautiful mind" filmed in this way really succeed?

The thoughts in his mind flashed, and Hugo raised his head to look at Alan in front of him, "Why did you think of adapting this theme into a screenplay?" I thought you didn't know much about the film industry, was it someone else's advice to you? ”

Hugo's words are already very euphemistic, in fact, Allen doesn't know anything about movies at all, and the several investments in Hollywood before and after are entirely because of Hugo, which has made a profit. Should he be said to be lucky or discerning? But today, Allen took the magazine "Vanity Fair" and told Hugo that he thought it would be a good idea to adapt the life of John Nash into a movie. This is truly anomalous.

Alan smiled lightly, "Thank you for being merciful." He immediately heard Hugo's words, "Actually, I said that this is my own idea, do you believe it?" Hugo looked surprised, and leaned forward slightly, genuinely interested.

Alan shook his head helplessly at Hugo's obvious disbelief in his expression, "I came across this magazine by accident, and when I saw this interview, the first person that came to mind was you. Hugo was full of question marks, apparently unable to relate himself to a mathematician like John Nash, a literature student through and through, and God knows, the last thing he was good at was numbers...... There is also a direction.

"At first I thought it was because of Nash's schizophrenia that reminded me of the pain you've been suffering for the past two years." Allen's words made Hugo raise his eyebrows, although after the filming of "Death Row Walk" ended, Hugo has never had a problem, but in fact, friends who really know Hugo know that Hugo has always been tormented, especially during the filming of "Truman's World", Hugo's condition can definitely be described as bad, "But then I carefully read this article again, and I found that it was not, because the image of John Nash in my mind is you, and I can see in my mind the scene of you carefully studying game theory, You can also see the image of you losing yourself because of the pain of schizophrenia, and at the same time you can see the vision of you struggling between normality and madness......"

Hugo chuckled softly, "Alan, are you sure it's not because the image in your mind is a psychopath?" ”

"Hugo, are you suggesting that John Nash is insane?" Allen's counterattack suddenly made Hugo show a panicked expression, and raised his hands to show surrender, which made the corners of Allen's mouth twitch slightly, "You know what I mean, I think you can really play the role of Nash, I think you can tell everyone through your performance how bad it is to be schizophrenic, but we shouldn't treat them as flood beasts." I think this story is made for you. ”

Hugo fell silent because of Alan's words, he didn't expect that Alan was really triggered, and set a very heavy but profound tone for the story of John Nash: mental illness.

In the 90s, psychology has developed and matured, but people's understanding of psychology is still very limited, and it is very simple and crude to regard patients with mental illness as "neuropathy". It's like when Hugo was filming "Death Row Prisoner Walk", all the reporters couldn't wait to declare "Hugo is crazy".

In fact, no one knows the correct definition of mental illness at all, but treats them like beasts, and even relegates their families to the ranks of crazy people, lest they avoid it. But for those people with mental illness, the last thing they need is a different vision, they just get sick, just like the body will catch a cold, have a fever and pain, and the spirit and brain will also get sick, they are no different from ordinary patients.

If there is such a movie, it can really tell people what mental illness is, how terrible the pain and struggle in the midst of illness is, and how people should deal with mental illness...... Then this is definitely of great significance to society. And John Nash is undoubtedly one of the most suitable options; Again, Hugo was one of the most suitable candidates to take on this script.