King of Hollywood Chapter 227: Confused

Chapter 227 is chaotic

"This is the first time that Miracle Director has involved thriller, suspense, and crime types. Frankly speaking, no one understands what he wants to express in the film, but there are suspense everywhere, there are connections everywhere, Adrian not only renews After picking up the things that have been thrown away, they continue to deepen them, making them uneasy and want to continue to pursue them."-"Le Figaro"

"This is a movie that needs to give up itself. It is composed of countless fragments. Adrian wants to use the multi-line narrative method that once made him splendid, but he seems to have won a golden palm for himself, but it seems to be useless for too long. However, in the end I played too much, and then presented such a boring work."-"Guardian"

"It’s hard to believe that this movie is full of low-energy and broken garbage fragments, and you want to find logic from it? Sorry, you went the wrong way, and the miracle director’s light seems to be fading."— —The New York Times

As the most watched work of the Cannes Film Festival, "Mulholland Drive" received many comments immediately after it was released. What surprised many people is that most of these comments are not good. Film critics from various countries seem to have agreed. Yes, they agreed that the lack of logic in this film was a considerable failure. Even if there are a lot of people-most of them are French and Italian-they think it’s not bad. The composition of the lens, the use of colors, the creation of the atmosphere, and the separated stories, and the performances of the two actresses are quite good. But when it comes to the logic of cinema, this fact cannot be avoided.

"This is a very strange thing. As a famous miracle director, Adrian can't direct such a meaningless movie, so why can't he clearly express what he wants to say?" The critics asked questions, which were also questions of many people who watched the premiere. Although the applause after the premiere was still warm, they did not eliminate the doubts in their hearts, and the plausible answers of Adrian made this doubt even more. too much.

However, many people secretly gloat over, which is exactly what they want to see. They have been waiting too long for this moment. So in the following two days, the comments on "Mulholland Drive" became more violent. Texts such as "Marvel Director has just finished", "This is a bad Waterloo" and so on appeared in the newspaper, which made many Marvel Directors very dissatisfied. , But they also don’t know how to refute it. Although Adrian has produced movies of various themes, the style difference between "Mulholland Drive" and his previous works is too great. The only thing that has similarities is the "Eyes Wide Shut". But that is Kubrick's work.

However, Adrian did not respond to this situation. The reporters stayed outside the hotel for two days, either Nicole or Naomi. They had met several times, but they couldn’t catch Director Miracle. Figure. While they were depressed, they secretly ecstasy. Most of them thought that Director Marvel could not accept this fact, so if they didn't come out in the room, they would naturally play it at will.

However, this situation did not last long, because Roger Albert’s movie reviews were soon released.

"This is a surprising work, so I had to spend a few days pondering and taking the time to watch it again in the theater. Undoubtedly, Adrian is a very tricky director, whenever You think that when you are familiar with his acting style, he will launch works that are beyond your expectations, and always maintain extraordinary vitality and meaning, especially those low-cost movies, yes, it is like "Mulholland Drive" Movie.

A lot of people think that the biggest failure of "Mulholland Drive" is a irrational story, but I think this is the most interesting part of the whole movie. Even the most demanding people will not refuse to admit that there are obvious connections between the upper and lower parts that are clearly divided. For the simplest example, the actress from Canada in the first half is called Betty, and later it is called Dai Ann, and the woman with amnesia in front is called Rita-this is obviously from Rita Hayworth-and the back is called Betty, it is clear that the two are inseparably close, and this is also proved in the movie. So what is the name of Dian? Quite simply, in the first half, the waitress in the cafe was called Dian, and in the second half, the waitress' name changed to Betty. (Note)

It's very interesting, right? If you look closely, you will find that the characters who appeared in the first half also appeared in the second half, but their image has changed a lot. What is the connection between them? It requires the audience to find out for themselves. Think about it, when you are in a mess, because the thread is peeling off the cocoon because of a certain thread, how happy it will be to feel that feeling

This is a type of movie. The meaning of its existence is not to tell a story, but to let the audience find their own story. As the Adrian said after the premiere, there is no standard for this movie. The answer, a thousand people have a thousand Hamlet. "Mulholland Drive" gives enough clues for the audience to find, it is very exciting, do not lose to any of Adrian's previous works, I think I will sometimes watch it again, as for what kind of story I have seen, I am sorry , That's my thing.

It is also worth mentioning that the acting skills of the two actresses also added a lot of color to this film. Nicole Kidman interpreted the confusion, fear and confusion in the front, and the **** and charming in the back. Properly, this should be her best role in years. Naomi Watts is even better, in addition to the naive and self-confidence as a newcomer at the beginning, and the struggle in despair due to the loss of a lover, there is also a drama in the audition, these All of them are very well grasped by her, convincing, and can almost be regarded as the different fate of Hollywood actresses at different stages, very exciting, I want to give her a thumbs up"

——Roger? Albert

The release of this film review has suddenly turned the trend of the entire criticism circle. Albert is a top film critic in Hollywood. Even those Europeans who think highly of themselves can't stab when they talk about his film review. Too many thorns. Since he has said so, "Mulholland Drive" must have merits, so what is the highlight of this movie?

After the premiere, the number of people who started to reduce the popularity of the movie "Mulholland Drive" suddenly ushered in the second wave of peaks. Some curious and admirable people came, some wanted to watch again, and some wanted Prove that he is smarter than Roger Albert and so on, and then new film critics start to come out.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is a new film review, because many reviews were made by film critics who did not say anything after the premiere. These are truly famous critics, who are willing to read as many times as Albert and do not make casual conclusions. Of course, another reason is that this is the work of Director Miracle.

From the beginning to the present, every time someone doesn’t like him and sneers, Adrian will hit these people’s faces with facts, once or even three times or four times. If they are beaten every time To despise tirelessly, it is not personality, it is brain damage and masochism.

Critics write film reviews for readers, not for directors or producers. If a reader stands on the side of a film critic, he will be beaten every time, unless there is also a mental disability and masochism, no one will Willing to stand with them. So if there is no special reason, such as having a holiday with Adrian or having a special mission, these well-known film critics will be very cautious.

"This is indeed a weird movie, especially in the second half, the desperate story of the desperate actress is enough to hurt our nerves, and will continue to hurt."-"Los Angeles Times"

"From a performance perspective alone, Naomi's role is probably one of the most difficult characters this year."-"The Times"

"The absurd and irrational story contains a cruel theme, which shows another aspect of Hollywood in depth, which is also one of the good intentions of the miracle director."-"Liberation News"

After all, "Mulholland Drive" is a movie full of logical fragments. There is no hint, and Albert is also unclear. It is difficult to spell out a rough idea in a while. But this does not mean that the film criticism cannot be written, the overall plot is not easy to grasp, and the performance of the actor can be done. Moreover, the two stories before and after are basically complete, and it is also very simple to find something that can be said to be nagging.

Not only are critics busy, but ordinary fans are also talking about movies. On the official website of the media about movies, there are also many fans who come to Cannes for sightseeing in the forum. But they are not the busiest, but David Lynch, who was drawn in because of Adrian.

For David Lynch, this should be the worst month of his life, because last year, "Lost on the Highway" suffered an unprecedented defeat. He had no plans this year and stayed at home. Did not go anywhere. But when he woke up, his house was full of reporters. As soon as he opened the door, they held the camera for a while, and then handed the microphone and recording pen to him in front of himself and inquired him and director Adrian. Relationship.

God testified that although he is also a relatively famous director in Hollywood, but because the direction of the director is too weird, although there is a famous cult TV series like "Town", the audience is always small, except for various film festivals, he has never been in private It's a **** of such a grand treatment.

"Sorry, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Mr. Adrian and Kewell didn’t intersect me." In the face of the bombardment by reporters, Lynch could only say such a sentence repeatedly, but the reporter How can we believe that to know Adrian, but personally admit that this is not his own work, this is "David Lynch's work".

Lynch had no choice but to return to the house, and it was so ruined in a good day. In the next few days, he couldn't get out of the house, but he finally figured out the reason of the matter. Although he didn't know how the miracle director who had nothing to do with himself would say such a sentence, he quickly notified his family, friends and agents. , And issued a statement through the agent, he did not provide any help for Mr. Adrian's work, and he did not have any intersection with Mr. Adrian, as for why Mr. Adrian said so, please ask him better, of course, he is very good Respect for young directors such as Mr. Adrian, and also hope that there are opportunities for cooperation and other scenes.

After Lynch’s firm stance, the reporters began to get confused again. In fact, since there is no relationship between the two, why does Adrian say this? When they were puzzled, after the release of Albert's film review, another weighty film review was published in the "Los Angeles Times". The article was published by a small and famous critic, but the content was very interesting. It cannot be ignored, because his title is: Just a dream.

"I don’t know how many people have noticed this detail. When the two stories before and after were split, that is, when Rita opened the blue box, after the smoke was smoky, Betty or Dian was lying in bed and sleeping. The cowboy who threatened director Adam opened the door and walked in. At this time, the camera switched. It wasn’t Betty or Dian lying on the bed, but the old rotten female body. Then, the cowboy smiled, turned and went out, the camera again Switching, still Betty or Diane lying in bed, and then the second story begins.

It should be noted that Betty or Diane is lying on the bed exactly the same as the rotten female corpse, and then when she shot herself to commit suicide, she fell on the bed in the same position as the rotten female corpse. Through the details revealed in the second story, we can be sure that Diane loves Betty, but although Betty has feelings for her, she is not as strong as her. So when Betty announced that she would marry director Adam, she became hatred because of love. Diane found the killer and asked him to kill Betty, but when she found out that Betty was really dead-the blue box-the torture of conscience made her desperate and eventually committed suicide. "

The whole article analyzes the relationship between Betty/Diane and Rita/Betty in detail, and then puts the characters in the back and the characters in front one by one. For example, the director behind has the power, so the front In his dream, he was not only threatened by the underworld, his wife also went to bed with the painter, and finally had to succumb to bankruptcy. Or the relationship between the names of Betty, Diane, and Rita, and the beautification of Betty in Diane’s heart, and the different atmospheres of the two performances of the line and the audition with Rita, etc., have to say , This guy is quite careful.

This report quickly aroused enthusiastic response, whether ordinary audiences or film critics of all sizes began to discuss, there are many people who support and many people opposed, the most important objectors One thing is, since it is a dream, since it is a dream to swallow a gun and commit suicide, why do you dream of a rotten female corpse?

Supporting people’s natural need to maintain the term "dreaming", after all, there is a logical explanation, so various reasons have been mentioned, for example, since it is a dream, it is normal to have illogical places, miracles The director may want to use this method to guide everyone's thinking. As for whether it is normal to look for logic while saying something that is illogical, it would be a bit strange, that is not what they have to consider.

In short, the heated debate has started again. In less than a week, the popularity of "Mulholland Drive" in Cannes has increased, and it has become the most popular film at the festival. Come here to participate People at the festival are embarrassed to chat with others if they don’t go to the theater to watch the last one.

Then, fans soon added fuel to the fire and posted a post on the Internet, "Miracle Director is paying tribute to David Lynch."

"As long as someone has seen all the works of David Lynch, they will find out how many typical "Lynch" style vocabulary and scenes in this new work of Adrian: squeaky electric lights , A nervous narrator, a gruesome mysterious person, the singer has fallen on the stage but still sings loudly, and there is a plot that imitates the film noir: a **** woman with amnesia, a tall white man wearing a trench coat and sunglasses Wait, wait. The reason why Adrian claimed after the premiere that it was actually David Lynch’s work is because it’s a tribute.”

This is a short paragraph from that fan’s post. Next, I will analyze in detail the similarities between Mulholland Drive and Lynch’s works. The reason why this happens is because the person who wrote the article was originally a fan of Adrian. He is a fan of niche movies. Lynch’s strange films are appetizing with him, so he likes to run to the European Film Festival.

It was because "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Pulp Fiction" fell in love with Adrian~IndoMTL.com~ and he left after he started directing mainstream movies. This time I came to Cannes to hear that he has a new work, and immediately Take the time to watch a show. Such people will naturally like this kind of movie, and immediately began to speculate on the plot, and later saw the words of Adrian after the premiere in the newspaper, and immediately began to compare, so there was That post.

Of course, there are also many people who scolded, especially those Adrian die-hard fans, that this analysis is unreasonable, it is completely far-fetched, and Director Miracle does not need to pay tribute to anyone. However, this fan also has some supporters, just like the newspaper about how to interpret "Mulholland Drive", it is also a quarrel, and finally was reprinted on the newspaper by the guy with a good sense of smell.

It’s conceivable how many people will fall out of the glasses after such news is published. David Lynch’s bizarre style works are still very artistic in the eyes of people in Europe, so what he received here The attention is too great than Hollywood. Naturally, some people are familiar with his style. After this post was reprinted, someone immediately came out and said that it was indeed very similar.

"This is incredible, but "Mulholland Drive" does have a very obvious "Linch" style," said a relatively famous French film critic.

So the news surrounding this movie is even more confusing. . ...