As the Miramax and Paramount logos appear on screen one after another, Irish singer Sidney? O'Connor's voice rang out, clear and mournful, as if telling of whose depravity. This song by Anthony? Minghella wrote the lyrics himself, and the French-Lebanese composer Gabriel, who had previously collaborated with him? The music composed by Yard alludes to the opening song of Cain's brother in the Bible, which is very much in line with the theme of the movie.

And then as the picture peels off piece by piece, Tom? Ripley's close-up, which is a mixture of trance, helplessness, and numbness, appears in front of the audience, and then, as the camera turns, when the face is completely uncovered by darkness, there is an unconsciously more hideous. Although he didn't say a word during the whole process, the emotions he showed were almost integrated with the singing, with an indescribable contagion.

So, when the line "If only everything could do it all over again" sounded, Sean distinctly heard hissing inhalations coming from around him. Well, maybe someone else was just inhaling, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled slightly, and then sighed softly in his heart.

He still remembers filming the film, where Minghella asked him to show the look of feeling sorry for his crime and justifying himself, accompanied by a blank look.

"I'll put this shot at the beginning of the film, so it will directly affect the audience's first impression of you, so you must show the best haode state." That's what Minghella said to him at the time.

It's hard, it's very hard, and it's probably the hardest part of the whole shoot for Sean. A person's expression can only show one emotion at a time, or there is only one emotion that can be accurately conveyed to the audience, and the rest can only be made up by the subtle movements of the eyes and the corners of the mouth, or by the montage editing in the later stage.

But this scene echoes the murder of Peter at the end, which can also be said to be done in one go, so the montage is not to be thought about. And subtle movements, but sometimes you do the action in place but you don't necessarily have the corresponding emotion, sometimes you brew the emotion, but you can't necessarily make up for it with expressions and details.

It was a rather difficult test, and Sean NG at least nearly 30 times, although there were some passable shots, and even Zuihou Minghella said that there were a few shots that could be used, but Sean still insisted. He wants to be the best he can be, to be the best he can be, and this is his debut.

So, at the time of 29 times, he finally entered that state, the state that all actors desire, but it is difficult to enter, the state where the actor and the character are completely integrated. As a result, there is a close-up on the screen that is now on the screen, which makes Minghella full of praise.

It's actually quite easy to do this, Sean thinks back to some experiences in his past life, and as he said before, his acting talent comes mainly from it, and no one thought that he would know better what it was like to be a different person completely. So, when he immersed himself in the shijie of his previous life, thought of some similar experiences, and then integrated with the character, he automatically showed the emotions he needed.

At that time, he was still a small clerk in the company that made microphones and headphones, a friend who could talk to well, and he didn't know that Weishenme and the cashier were mixed up and did something financially. Sean knew but didn't say it, first, that friend's family was really in trouble, second, the boss was really not very authentic, and third, someone had done this before, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb.

But he was still young at that time, and his tone was not so tight, so during a meal, he teased the cashier in front of several colleagues. The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and one of the guys stabbed it to the top, so the top dug up Sean's friend and fired him from the company.

The other party didn't know the specific situation, so he thought that Sean had betrayed himself, so he kept staring at him when he left, Sean never forgot the other party's eyes in his previous life, resentment, resentment and hatred, his own heart was full of regret and sadness, if he was careful at the time......

Although this is different from the character's mood, it is still similar in essence, because of his own carelessness that leads to an irreparable situation, so he makes mistakes again and again. So when he sank into it, he completely recalled this experience, and that feeling came naturally.

And the price is that in the next few days, there is a little bit of restlessness, and some things from the past and present lives are intertwined in his mind from time to time, making him seem very trance-like. Thankfully, Gwyneth hadn't left yet, and it was only when he galloped across the seductive body and vented that he could feel real.

The on-screen story continues, because the borrowed Princeton uniform makes Dick's father mistakenly think that Ripley and his son are classmates, so he asks him to bring Dick back. Ripley agreed without hesitation, and when he arrived in Italy and met Meredith as Dick, his vain personality was revealed. And before that, there were plots of secretly practicing the piano and listening to jazz music, as well as living in the basement, and the characters became three-dimensional, plus the imitation of handwriting and accents were displayed one by one, and his ability was also pointed out.

From here until Ripley's meeting with Dick and Maggie, Sean's performance remained above the level, and Ripley's humility hidden under humility was handled very well by him, the only problem was that the pace of the movie was a little too slow. This is a director's problem, and "The English Patient" a few years ago was also criticized as such, but then again, "The English Patient" and "The Genius Ripley" are both art-oriented films, and it is common for the pace to be slow.

Moreover, after this dull pass, there is a small climax, and it is the most brilliant scene between Sean and Jude in the whole movie. It's not a murder in a dinghy, although that part is also good, but the emotions are so intense that the audience's attention is on the conflict, and it's easy to overlook some details, and before that, the antagonists in that bathroom were different.

"Do you have a brother?"

"Nope"

"No brothers, no sisters."

"Me is the same, and so is Maggie, both are only children...... What does this mean? ”

"It means we've never shared a bath with anyone." After saying this, Ripley's expression changed significantly, as if with expectation, but very suddenly asked, "I'm cold, can I come in?" ”

As he spoke, he reached into the bathtub and stroked, and the atmosphere in the bathroom became subtle. Dick, who was naked in the water, raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was a little surprised, and at the same time faintly guarded.

"I can't." He said this, his eyes flickering slightly.

"I didn't mean with you." Ripley smiled suddenly, then lowered his eyelids back to his previous cautious appearance, and pursed his lips to hide his already subtle disappointment.

"Alright, come in, it's time for me to fix the edges, too." Dick said, and got up from the bath with a thud.

In just a few minutes, the two of them expressed the subtle emotions in your expressions and facial features very clearly. Sean was trying his best at the time, and it was still difficult for him to show his affection and ambiguity for a man, and he hadn't had a deep communication with Gwyneth at that time, so it was quite challenging to imagine Jude as a girl in his mind.

And Jude was in very good shape during that time, and when he shot these shots, he almost did it in one go. Sean had barely found his feelings a few more times, but the pair fell to a disadvantage and couldn't play as well as he should. Either it is too obvious, or it is not expressed, and sometimes the eyes are wandering enough, but they seem to be in a trance because of improper coordination.

"What are you doing? Could it be that because you want to show your gay side, you don't know how to act? Jude teased him at the time, and made no secret of his pride, probably thinking that he could finally get revenge for the act of pulling him into the water when he drove him away.

However, it was precisely because of his "provocative" behavior that Sean was aroused to be competitive, so after repeated shooting, he finally grasped the fleeting subtle feeling. Of course, when he said the line "Can I come in" and reached out to paddle in the water, the look in his eyes made Jude sitting in the bath stunned for several seconds, but fortunately he had already done that shot before, otherwise he would have to do it again.

"If it weren't for NG so many times before, I can be sure that you are not gay, I really thought you wanted to ......" Jude later teased and deliberately leaned out, as if to stay away from him.

Speaking of which, Sean and he really became normal friends, and it started here, before Jude kept a little distance from Sean, and then he could tease him like this: "It's good that you finally behaved great, otherwise my effort to walk around the camera naked for so long would have been in vain." ”

That's right, when Jude's Dick comes out of the bath, although Minghella uses a top-down camera, and it is only a few seconds, the key parts are still visible, so after the screen is here, there are several low laughs belonging to women around Sean.

Jude is indeed a handsome man, and his image in the movie is also very handsome, watching like this, this movie will gain a lot of female fans, but I don't know if they will be in their hearts...... Sean couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this, and then he was glad again. Fortunately, Minghella's shooting focus is not on homosexuality, and the movie shows only a few obscure points, no kiss scenes and no passion scenes, otherwise I don't know what to be choreographed in private by fans, especially some female fans.

Stimulated by this small plot, the audience's interest that had begun to decline was immediately provoked again, and the plot took a sharp turn, and the new Freddy mercilessly mocked Ripley, peeling off his mask piece by piece. And Dick began to gradually want to stay away from him after the novelty of Ripley passed, and the unwilling Ripley still wanted to stay by his side, so there was a violent conflict on the boat, and then Ripley killed Dick by mistake, and the story came to a climax.