Hollywood Domination Chapter 433: On “Life Journey”

"Salvi's scenery is still so beautiful..."

When the opening production company logo disappeared and the film officially started, Alan Morrison leaned back comfortably and pushed the 3D glasses, "For the sake of the box office, it is indeed a little bit forced to make 3D It’s funny, it’s obviously an art film, so what’s the point of making it into 3D? If it’s made into a film with an unclear position like “Nine”, it’s bound to get a wave of box office after it’s announced, and the audience is 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, and Alan re-entered the movie with relief: "It seems to be the same as the propaganda, it is real 3D Shooting, not post-production, maybe there will be some scenes that must be 3D, but if visual effects are not the highlight or focus, forcing 3D is always a flaw in this film-see how Salvi will behave .”

As one of the fans of "Monroe" back then, Alan is naturally looking forward to another work by Salvi three years later, but the more he is like this, the more sensitive he is to some hidden dangers that may exist in the film ——Judging from the previous trailers, this movie still has some fighting content. There are unarmed Heath and monsters fighting, and the heroine played by Jennifer also has appearances of multiple age groups, which makes people very happy. It's easy to think of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Time Traveler's Wife." Is this a crappy third-rate fantasy movie? Like "Clash of the Titans", a complete hollow? Whether it's fighting scenes or fighting scenes, it's boring? It's Salvi's first contact with 3D and fighting scenes, can he shoot well? Many excellent directors of genre films often end in failure in cross-border attempts. For example, Kenneth Branagh, whose achievements in Shakespeare plays cannot be denied, is obviously not so good at commercial fantasy films. "Thor" is a good example, and although she has repeatedly told herself not to be superstitious, Jennifer has no investment in this drama, nor is it a producer. This is really a rare phenomenon in recent years...

Fortunately, as far as the current situation is concerned, Salvi did not miss at least at the beginning. Salvi’s perception of beauty is amazing. Even the same wilderness will be more beautiful under his lens, composition, color… This kind of spirituality cannot be learned or controlled. Even Salvi I can't control the existence or loss of this kind of talent, and it is precisely because of knowing this that Alan is really relieved when he sees the opening credits-trailers can be 'fake', but the temperament of the feature film It's very mysterious, I feel that if there is something, there is nothing, but now it seems that Salvi has not lost his talent.

"What do you think about travel?" In the twilight, after the colorful grassland shot, a road and traffic jams on the road appeared in the distance, and the narration sounded at this time, Heath Ledger's voice asked, "What do you think about traveling?"

Then came Jennifer's voice, said calmly, "I travel for six months every year, I go from New York to Washington, from Mumbai to Singapore, from Rio de Janeiro to Reykjavik - Speaking of This trip, that was really interesting, one year I saw the aurora in Reykjavik, and then I got on the plane, I flew more than 40 hours, I changed planes three times, and each time I took off a piece of clothing, wait for me I was still sweating from the heat while standing at the Galeão airport, I put down my suitcase like that, took off the last shirt, bought a flowered shirt at the airport store, a pair of flip-flops, I tied my leather shoes Hanging it around my neck, I boarded the taxi to the hotel. When I arrived, the Hilton doorman was terrified. He said, sir, I was just a little bit short of calling the security—"

During her cadence, as if she was reading aloud from her own memories, the camera slowly zoomed in on the vehicle, and the actor played by Heath Ledger appeared in the camera, sitting in the car, wearing a wrinkled suit From the brand of the car and the details inside the car, it can be seen that the actor is currently on another business trip, and obviously, he is stuck on this country road, and he may soon miss the next shift Train or plane.

"This should be Heath's confession, right? Why are the two sides of the question and answer reversed? Is this implying the relationship between the hero and heroine, or expressing a sense of absurdity between subject and object, creating a psychedelic feeling?" Alan Picked up the Coke and took a sip: The scale of this preview meeting is not very large, he is already the oldest film critic present, and many of the rest are ordinary audiences, and Alan feels worried about the future of the film. From the perspective of the atmosphere, it seems that it is not the kind of movie that ordinary people can easily understand... Almost from the beginning, it gave the audience a bad start, at least it was so simple-minded that they couldn't understand that Jennifer was reading Heath's lines now of the audience were kept out.

"Every year, I use the accumulated miles to redeem two first-class air tickets from New York to Los Angeles, and exchange for two nights at the Hilton Hotel in Palm Springs. My wife and I send our children to my brother's house and board The plane has been to our two-person world, which we call 'marriage spa'..."

In Jennifer's narration, Alan's impression of Heath has gradually become clear - in the second half of his thirties, he has children, and the relationship with his wife is a little tense. In short, he is in a midlife crisis. Heath's performance just rightly corroborated his impression, his frowning brows, his expression of being tortured by life almost helpless - constantly looking at the 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 ahead, wandering back and forth on this narrow country road, cursing loudly, and walking to the side of the road to pee helplessly... In Jennifer's account of pretending to be happy In ", Heath's performance is particularly desperate, making the best footnote for his life.

——The first ten minutes of the film are like this, in a hazy wilderness, a narrow country road, beaming chat-style narration, and Heath's silent performance, perhaps this beginning is inexplicable enough for ordinary audiences ——Alan once thought about it in his busy schedule, but he didn't really care about it, because these ten minutes were a feast for him. In this case, there is also a sense of surprise: this feeling is not brought to him by Jennifer or Salvi, but Heath, which Alan did not expect. "Heath has really broken through again...after Brokeback Mountain, he's the most noteworthy actor of his age, and in Batman: The Dark Knight, he's refreshing. , but who would have thought that he would improve so much in just a few years? Just talking about these ten-minute performances is enough to be nominated for an Oscar. His contemporaries should be a nightmare for actors. In this generation, there is really no one who can compete with him..."

Except for some commercial films shot when he just stepped into stardom, Heath has always been famous for his delicate and natural acting skills that blend into the characters in serious literary films, but here, his performance The skill has obviously improved to a higher level - especially for a middle-aged man like Alan, he really portrayed a mediocre, helpless, trivial man who is not willing to be trivial, and it is not even here. The traces of acting skills, if Alan is not familiar with Heath's life, he would almost think that Heath is acting in his true colors-this kind of back-to-basics performance is completely Heath's sudden improvement in this movie, and this is also true. Alan was secretly startled: there is no development context, sudden changes, is this Heath's new attempt in this movie? breakthrough? How strong is his chemistry with Salvi?

While Jennifer's voice is in stark contrast to Heath's performance, she is elated like how extraordinary Heath is, while also constantly putting pressure on the picture - it can be clearly seen that, On an unfavorable day, under the persecution of his nagging wife—or the boss, and the reality, Heath's temper is getting closer and closer to the verge of getting out of control, and he is almost about to explode. God knows what he will do to ruin his life completely, and then he can't bear the consequences, sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of life. Although so far only the voice has appeared on the screen, Alan nodded in satisfaction with Jennifer's performance, but his approval was very slight, because "Jennifer never disappoints."

At this moment, Jennifer's tone also changed, her voice suddenly became very mysterious, like an incredible dream, "When I saw it, I was in Southampton, I thought it was my hallucination - an Indian white camel cow appeared in the outskirts of Southampton."

At this moment, the sound effects of the wilderness gradually appeared in the ears of the audience. It seemed that the sound that had been artificially isolated just now washed over like a flood, the chirping of birds, the sound of wind blowing leaves——so Multiple voices are very layered, appearing one by one from far to near. This processing method contrary to reality makes the atmosphere of the whole movie even more magical, and Heath, who is bored and smoking on the roadside fence, also shows a surprised expression. To the distant wilderness. Following his gaze, a tall and majestic Indian white camel gradually approached from a distance. In the dark surrounding sky, this cow was like an elf in the wilderness, full of mystery. There seemed to be some mystery hidden in the big and bright eyes, and Heath's expression gradually changed, as if possessed, he looked at him, his worldly side gradually faded, and this vulgar man's face showed Out of innocent curiosity, he looked left and right, but he didn't find that other drivers had noticed the cattle. They were still leaning on the fence or their own cars, chatting loudly and cursing the **** weather.

"I thought I drank too much last night, but here it is, and it's standing there, looking at me like an old friend, and in the traffic to the field, this cow just saw I, and only I, saw this cow."

Jennifer's voice gradually weakened, like a vague raving in a dream, and Heath looked around for a while, his expression clearly showed his psychological activities: curiosity, struggle, exploration and The urge to do something crazy... yeah, it's one of the big wild cards in a boring life for Heath, and he's always been so arty--he's so eager to be extraordinary--

In the end, he pressed the fence, turned over clumsily, almost fell, and a corner of his suit was still hanging on a nail, causing a big tear in his clothes. Heath panted and ran towards the direction of the white bull, his expression was so excited that it was even distorted. With the accompaniment of some exciting music, it seemed to be his private grand departure, and the white bull also turned around and swayed leisurely. With his tail, he led Hiss into the wilderness...

"It's so beautiful..." Jon also murmured—although the movie has been almost fifteen minutes now, and Jenny still hasn't appeared, but she is not the slightest impatient—although the movie It's also an art film, but it suits her taste better than "Nine", at least she understands it. Jon can understand the director's intentions and Heath's emotions in the performance, although she doesn't like Heath. I don’t feel much improvement in her acting skills, but she can still feel the attraction of the film itself-now that the camera moves to the wilderness, she can enjoy it even more, “Salvi’s film is really... even if you only look at the scenery , you won’t think it’s not worth coming to the cinema this time.”

"Yes...it's so beautiful..." Harry also murmured, "In his camera, you can share his world, heart and emotions..."

Yes, although everyone can take pictures of beautiful scenery, the processing of this kind of scenery fully reflects the skills. From the very beginning, Sis tried to catch up with the white bull and communicate with it. At the end, after repeated attempts failed, he began to appreciate the wilderness night, and the surrounding scenery that was swept away at the beginning, after an initial appearance, also followed Siss's Eyes have room to show one by one - the bright moonlight and starlight in the forest, the swaying posture of the grass and the sea of ​​trees when the wind blows through the leaves... This large piece of pure beauty seems to have a subtle sense of unreality , but this transition is quite smooth—it was just an ordinary forest scene at first, but as the camera advances, whether it is trees, grass, starry sky, or streams, it all shows a feeling of a fantasy world. Bigger, taller, and greener in the leaves, the frogs in the forest gradually turned into whispers, chuckles, and clucks between human voices and bird calls, and at the border of Heath's vision, bright The crystal dust is slowly falling, as if magic is being cast behind his back, and the audience is silent in front of such pure sensory enjoyment. a treat.

"Is this a dream? Or some kind of magical illusion? This won't be the same as "The Wizard of Oz", about a story about normal people who stray into a fairy tale world?" Alan's curiosity has been ignited. The details of the story cannot be learned in the trailer. "This river also looks a bit strange, the river water is too bright...Huh? 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 disappeared, and Heath was looking around in the wilderness, obviously lost his way, his face was like a dream. Gen's expression was gone, too, replaced by unbelievable annoyance, that worldly Hiss was back, and now he was starting to worry about where he was going to end up tonight.

However, before Heath got angry, he soon discovered the faint light in the distance—quickly, he crossed the small river, ran towards the light, and after passing through a dense forest, he was in front of the crow. With the sound, he stepped into a small town.

In the dim light of electric lights, the audience can only vaguely see that the buildings in the town seem to be relatively old and have a medieval feel, but Heath stopped on the street panting, touched his Purse, and began to look for the hotel——while looking left and right, his eyes fell on the girl who was talking and laughing with his companions and walking through the crossroads. Although the lights were dim, the audience still clearly recognized her——

"Jennifer!"

"Is it Jennifer?—how did she—"

"My God! She looks so-so-"

Among the slight commotion among the audience, Alan's deep voice spoke out what everyone was thinking, "Oh my god, she looks so young—how did she do that!"