Chapter 1923: 1923 Sad Smile
When they saw Truman slap the electrician on the buttocks like a childish prank, everyone couldn't help but chuckled, and the extra actor who played the electrician's back stiffened even more. He wanted to look back and see what happened. What, but when he turned his head slightly, he remembered that he was shooting a movie, and he shouldn't do something that wasn't in the script, so he forced himself to turn his head back, pretending to be calm and continue to "busy" with the work he was doing. Work.
This kind of abnormality that seems too normal-no one will be calm after being hit on the buttocks by a stranger, but it coincides with the scene in the story: everyone in the whole town except Truman is Actors, they don't do anything that isn't scripted, even by accident.
This cruel and vivid reality made the smiles on the faces of the crew stiffen. The unspeakable sadness and bitterness made people avoid their eyes, and even couldn't bear to look at Truman.
At this moment, Truman, who plunged into the sunlight, turned his head and looked at the electrician who was pranked by him. He found that the electrician was completely indifferent, like a puppet, which made Truman run away. His footsteps stopped suddenly, and he stood on the side of the street, dazed. Because he also realized that this normal scene was actually abnormal, and the lost figure was completely enveloped by the sunlight, like a child who had lost his way in the vast crowd, gradually blurring into one piece.
But... the on-site staff couldn't tell whether it was the halo of sunlight or the mist of tears.
It's just a movement of looking back and pausing footsteps, and even the expression can't be seen clearly, but the stiff limbs and lonely back tell all the stories.
The entire crew fell silent, and even the extras looked at Hugo standing on the side of the street in bewilderment. They didn't know whether they were doing right or wrong—because they didn't know the whole movie at all. What is the story of the movie about? No one got the script, but at this moment, they just looked at the "Truman" in front of them, but they clearly felt the loss and confusion coming from the turbulent, and the faint sadness was like A big hand squeezed the heart fiercely, once, again.
This is not only the power of performance, but also the power of story, because Hugo fully demonstrated the story of Truman through performance. Even if you don’t know the ins and outs of the script, even if you don’t know the ins and outs of the story, seeing Hugo’s performance at this moment, you can deeply feel the turbulent emotions in Truman’s heart. And cruelly played out in front of your eyes.
Especially those who know the whole story of "The Truman Show" feel even more deeply at this time. As an ordinary audience, they feel so deeply that "this show" is so cruel and terrible. Their own hands tamper with and control a living life, and they are enjoying Truman's struggle and pain.
Looking at the blurred figure of Truman in the sunlight, Alex actually came up with an idea: he hoped that Truman could break through this deception, he hoped that Truman could break through the studio and come to the outside world, he hoped Truman can truly embrace freedom with open arms.
More importantly, amidst the bitterness, there is also a hint of dramatic humor, whether it is seeing Truman standing in the middle of the street like a superhero, or seeing Truman rushing into the elevator like a child The action, or the slapping of the electrician's buttocks in a final venting style... all carry an indescribable irony, which seems to be satirizing the whole story, and also seems to be satirizing Truman's own actions, almost before he realizes, A smile was already drawn at the corner of his mouth. But the real effect of "irony" lies in the sourness and difficulty after laughing, which is thought-provoking.
The smile on the corner of the mouth was outlined, but it was hard to suppress the sadness.
It's hard to imagine that it's just a scene with almost pitifully few lines, and a scene that relies entirely on Hugo's performance alone, but it brings such turbulent mood swings, almost turning "The Truman Show" The entire script is condensed in it, and the foreshadowing and advancement of the story are completed unconsciously, making people look forward to the follow-up development with excitement.
Hugo waited for a long time, but did not wait for Peter Will's "card". He could only continue to stand on the side of the street, vividly showing the confusion and loss in his heart.
Truman is simple, but not stupid. On the contrary, Truman's heart is so delicate and sensitive, and he knows everything that happens around him. It's just that Truman is unwilling to face it. He chose to hide those doubts deep in his heart. The reason is very simple. He believes in his mother, he believes in his wife, he believes in his friends, he believes in the world...
Therefore, when Truman sensitively sensed that his world was disintegrating little by little, the pain in his heart did not burst out all at once, but slowly and deeply penetrated like a wound cut by a knife. It’s like at this moment, Truman has already noticed the truth behind it—even saw it with his own eyes, but the simplicity in his heart still makes him have a glimmer of hope: I hope that all this is just his wild imagination, and at the same time, the desire for freedom in his heart is still there. Constantly pushing him to dig out the truth, that kind of conflict and struggle, only Truman himself can savor it carefully.
Hugo stood in the center of the street like this, as if he had been abandoned by the whole world. Everyone focused on him, but it seemed that everyone had forgotten him.
The turbulent emotions finally made Alex unable to bear it anymore. He turned his head and turned his back to Hugo in embarrassment, breathing heavily to calm down his terrible emotions; Rubbing her chin, she seemed indifferent, but her gaze drooped slightly, and her long eyelashes covered her eyes, which well concealed the uncontrollable sadness in her heart.
Nicole finally really felt the power of acting—different from the powerful power during script practice, as if there was an invisible hand behind her pushing the story forward. This kind of experience cannot be felt in the cinema. This is also the biggest situation of the two art forms of film and stage play. Watching the stage play live, the overwhelming emotions make people almost have no power to resist, but they are more dependent on on the actor's performance.
"Crap!" Peter finally came back to his senses. He heard the faint voice of wiping away tears beside him, and realized that his eyes were also full of tears. He coughed twice, and his hoarse voice raised his voice again. Shouted, "Cut!" But the voice did not dispel the magic on the scene, everyone still stood there blankly, no one spoke, it was just silence, and the speechless emotions were surging.
Hugo stood still and closed his eyes, let out a long breath, trying to calm down the turbulent emotions deep in his heart. Although he can enter and exit the play freely now, "The World of Truman" is different, because there are too many similarities between him and Truman. During the performance, Hugo is very easy You can enter the play, but after entering the play, it seems that he and Truman are completely fused together, so that it is impossible to distinguish who is who.
This state is different from the "Death Row Walking" period. It is more that Hugo puts too much of his own emotions into it, which leads to the blurring of the boundaries.
In fact, this time is the same as "Before Sunrise". During the performance, it is more of Hugo's own characteristics. He tries to use expressive acting skills to drive methodological acting skills, and more often he uses expressive acting. In the interpretation, there will be many deliberately dramatic small movements in Truman's body movements, which are slightly exaggerated, more accurate, and more dramatic, endowing it with more stage play style.
But even so, Hugo is still lost in the role of Truman, because he empathizes with all of Truman's experiences, and he almost has an illusion-this is not "Truman's World", but "Rain". fruit world".
This mixed and turbulent emotion is full of flavors, Hugo closes his eyes, he clearly knows that he is filming, he clearly knows that he should step out of the role of Truman, he clearly knows that he and Truman cannot be confused ... But even so, he still needs a little time to calm down the turmoil in his heart.
This kind of performance experience is brand new, a step further than "Death Row Walking", and a step further than "LA Confidential". Hugo can feel that he and the character are perfectly combined, but they are relatively independent two people. Individually, "start shooting" and "card" are like two passwords, allowing Hugo to distinguish the script from reality, but during the performance, the shock that invades the soul is more violent and powerful, almost reaching The standard of the last execution scene of "Death Row Walking"-but this time Hugo can clearly distinguish the difference between script and reality.
Hugo can feel that he has figured out some different things on the road of acting. Perhaps the fusion of the two performance methods of expressionism and methodism can continue to expand.
Opening his eyes again, Hugo looked around again. He didn't rush to take a step, but seriously looked at the amiable town residents around him. They were so real—as real as if they were real, Hugo Letting out a long breath, I told myself in a low voice: This is indeed true.
Then, Hugo took a step forward and walked towards the direction of the monitor. Peter, Nicole, Alex and others all stood behind. A kind smile bloomed on Peter's face, and he gave Hugo a thumbs up, "The scene just now was really brilliant, even if I paused to review it frame by frame, there was absolutely no flaw!"
Peter's words made Hugo's cheeks slightly hot, and a smile was drawn on the corner of his mouth, but he couldn't help avoiding his eyes, "I think, I should say thank you, but it seems too arrogant, so I Decided to keep silent." This sentence made everyone laugh out loud.