2059 Chapter 2059 Tailor-Made

The timing of a film's appearance is very important, and this has been proved 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 submerged in the long river of history, and it would not even be able to stir up a little splash; for example, "Titan "Nick", maybe a few years in advance, it will become a dud just like "Future Water World"; another example is "Forrest Gump" released in 2014, which can't arouse people's interest at all, it can only be regarded as It's just a well-balanced and decent work.

Movies—including commercial popcorn movies, need a certain amount of time to succeed, including the influence of social culture, economic environment, global economy, and industrial development. The most intuitive one is "Seven Deadly Sins", which happened to be the most sensitive moment during its release, and then detonated people's dissatisfaction with the uncrowned king, which made the movie a miracle. If it was replaced at any other time, this movie wants to create Such a myth is almost impossible.

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 affected by the times. But it is undeniable that even the "Godfather" is placed in different eras, and due to the different social backgrounds, its influence is bound to produce different results.

The same goes for biopics.

In fact, the real peak period of biographical films was the 1990s, and it reached its final glory in 2004, when "Soul Singer (Ray)", "The Aviator (The. Aviator)", "Rwanda Hotel (Hotel. Rwanda) )", "Finding. Neverland", "Diarios. De. Motocicleta", "Mar. Adentro" and other works broke out in an all-round way, and the quality is very good. The five Oscars are the most Three of the Best Picture nominees are biopics.

After that, biographical movies still emerged one after another, "Selma Parade (Selma)", "American Sniper (American. Sniper)", "Imitation Game (The. Imitation. Game)", "The Wolf of Wall Street (The. Wolf) .Of.Wall.Street), "Lincoln", "Escape from Tehran (Argo)", "The. King's. Speech", "Milk" and so on and so forth, at all Countless.

From a quantitative point of view, after the awards season matured, biographical films ushered in a real explosion. In order to cater to the tastes of the academy judges, to avoid the weakness of original scripts, and for the economic effect of the statuettes, biographical films often appear in a year. There are more biographical films than in the 1980s and 1990s.

But in fact, the quality of biographical films began to decline rapidly in 2004, and all directors could not get out of the framework-the framework that Ron Howard injected into biographical films, even if some biographical films were still shortlisted for the best picture Oscar nomination list-even in the end It won the award, but the overall quality is not convincing. It can only make people see the decline and conservativeness of biographical movies, and at the same time make people lament the rigidity and aging of the Oscar Academy.

After entering the second decade of the 21st century, the attention of the Oscars is still the highest in the world, but the overall momentum is constantly declining, and it is not getting better every year.

As of 2010, the last biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture but also win a lot of applause was "A Beautiful Mind." This work became the biggest winner at the seventy-fourth Academy Awards ceremony.

The reason why "A Beautiful Mind" is called the final pinnacle is a matter of historical timing. On the one hand, the concept of the awards season has been gradually completed, which makes the Oscars truly a game, and biographical films have begun to enter a rigid routine mode. The original meaning is lost; on the one hand, the production of biographical films has reached its peak at this time, including rhythm control, frame setting, character creation, emotional integration, and even camera operation, all tend to be perfect. Against all these backgrounds, "A Beautiful Mind" was born and achieved its final glory.

As a director, Ron Howard is considered to be one of the best directors in film history who are good at shooting biographical films. Even if "one" is removed, many people will nod in agreement. Among Lang's works, there are "Rush", "Fox Conversation with Nixon (Frost/Nixon)", "Iron Fist Man (Cinderella. Man)", "Apollo 13" and other well-received works, All are biographical films, and of course we can't forget "A Beautiful Mind" that created Lang's career pinnacle.

Lang's ability to grasp biographical films has reached a perfect fusion in "A Beautiful Mind". Except for the last third, which is slightly loose, the whole film has no problems in terms of director skills. This also made it impossible for the directors of subsequent biographical films to step out of Lang's shadow. The most famous one is Tom Hooper, the director of "The King's Speech". His steady shooting technique is almost nothing new. In the end, he defeated the amazing wizard David Fincher and won the Oscar for Best Director, which became one of the biggest jokes that people later mocked Oscar.

It can be said that "A Beautiful Mind" came out in 2001, which 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?

In fact, "The Devil" was also brought forward from 2003 to 1998, so it shouldn't be a big surprise that "A Beautiful Mind" was brought forward. The preparations for many film projects are constantly flowing, and it is no surprise that the longest period lasted ten years. It took nearly ten years for "Schindler's List" from project approval to filming, so Hugo's small It is possible for the existence of butterflies to lead to the advance or postponement of a certain film project.

But the question is, will "The Devil" be a success when it hits theaters next month? And what about "A Beautiful Mind"? Now Ron Howard's grasp of biographical films has not yet reached the point of perfection, and Russell Crowe's acting skills have not yet reached the level of returning to the basics. Jennifer Connelly is still looking for her own acting style. Struggling in the middle of the film... Can the "Beautiful Mind" shot in this way really succeed?

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Hugo raised his head and looked at Alan in front of him, "Why did you think of adapting this theme into a script? I thought you didn't know much about the film industry, it was someone else Do you have an opinion?"

Hugo's words are already very euphemistic. In fact, Allen doesn't know anything about movies. The few investments in Hollywood before and after are all because he has spotted Hugo, which made him profitable. Should it be said that he is lucky or has good vision? But today, Allen took the "Vanity Fair" magazine and told Hugo that he thought it would be a good idea to adapt John Nash's life into a movie. This is indeed very abnormal.

Allen showed a slight smile, "Thank you for your mercy." He immediately heard the meaning of Hugo's words, "Actually, I said this is my own idea, do you believe it?" Hugo was surprised Then he leaned forward slightly, but he became really interested in this matter.

Regarding Hugo's obvious disbelief in himself, Alan shook his head helplessly, "I read this magazine by accident. When I saw this interview, the first person that popped into my mind It's you." Hugo was full of question marks, obviously unable to connect himself with a mathematician like John Nash - he is a liberal arts student from the Department of Literature, God knows, the thing he is worst at is numbers... There is a direction.

"At first I thought it was because of Nash's schizophrenia, which reminded me of the pain you have been enduring for the past two years." Allen's words made Hugo raise his eyebrows. There has been no problem, but in fact, friends who really know Hugo know that Hugo has always been suffering, especially during the filming of "The Truman Show", Hugo's condition can definitely be described as bad, " But then I read this article carefully again, and I found that it was not, because the image of John Nash that popped up in my mind is you, I can see the image of you studying game theory carefully in my mind, and I can also see you A vision of being lost in the agony of schizophrenia while also seeing you torn between normality and insanity..."

Hugo smiled softly, "Alan, are you sure it's not because of the image of me in your mind that I'm crazy?"

"Hugo, are you implying that John Nash is crazy?" Allen's counterattack immediately made Hugo show a frightened expression, and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, which made the corners of Allen's mouth twitch slightly Pump, "You know what I mean, I think you can really play Nash, I think you can show everyone how bad it is to suffer from schizophrenia, but we But they should not be treated as scourges. I think this story is tailor-made for you."

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

In the 1990s, psychology has matured and matured, but people's understanding of psychology is still very limited, and people with mental illness are simply and rudely regarded as "neuropathy". Just like when Hugo was filming "Death Row 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, they just treat them like beasts, and even classify their family members into the ranks of lunatics, lest they avoid them. But for those mentally ill patients, the last thing they need is a different perspective. They are just sick, just like the body will have a cold, fever and pain, and the mind and brain will also get sick. They are no different from ordinary patients.

If there is such a movie that can really tell people what mental illness is, how terrible the pain and struggle in the illness is, and how people should treat mental illness... then this is definitely meaningful for society major. And John Nash is undoubtedly one of the most suitable choices; similarly, Hugo is also one of the most suitable candidates for this script.