Chapter 600

Hugo encountered setbacks, and it was a huge gap, but he did not intend to raise his hands and surrender. On the contrary, he also burned a vigorous fighting spirit, and he was eager to make breakthroughs and achieve greater breakthroughs in acting. Hugo I hope to be the kind of actor who uses his soul and his life to perform. That kind of hearty catharsis makes people so intoxicated. This is also an important reason why he unswervingly chose "Pulp Fiction".

Vincent is an ordinary person, an ordinary person without characteristics, but this statement is also incorrect, because any ordinary person in the world also has his own personality, including "no personality" is also a kind of personality, how? It is also difficult to present a mediocre ordinary person. More importantly, when an ordinary character appears in a movie, as long as he is related to the plot promotion, then he has his own personality, even in "Transformers", "Fast. Furious" and so on In works that are not based on characters, the characters also have their own personalities.

Take "Mrs. Kramer" as an example, this movie can be called the collision of the two mountains of Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, then Dustin's Thai Is De Kramer really an ordinary person without any characteristics? Obviously not.

Ted is an ordinary person. He is not taciturn and hides his love for his son under a cold exterior; nor is he full of love and insists on being equal friends with his son. As a father, Ted is just busy with work and his son. In between, he took care of one and the other, and as a result, neither of them were taken care of. In front of his son, he did not pretend to have deep patience, nor was he bored by trivialities, but he treated his son with gentleness every day, and found a job for his son to endure humiliation in one day. This is the warmest and simplest father-son relationship. Affection.

Ted, a slightly cowardly but gentle character, under Dustin's interpretation, did not have any outbursts and no special focus, but he impeccably expressed Ted's attachment to his family. Firmly presented, one point is too much and one point is not enough, Dustin's grasp of the role has found a delicate balance in film and life, beyond performance, beyond the so-called soul possession, in full of interest and harmony. In addition to the unfinished meaning, the most perfect interpretation of the "degree" of acting skills has been captured.

Dustin's interpretation of this role completely interprets "the best acting is no acting." The dedicated performance in "Rain Man" is even more worthy of appreciation and can be called the pinnacle of acting skills.

Dustin demonstrated a typical example of "how to play an ordinary person well", and his grasp of the "degree" of acting skills reached its peak in the film "The Kramers". If you take this film out alone and try to analyze Dustin's acting, people will quickly find that there is nothing to analyze.

Although the role of Vincent is more than a little bit worse than that of Ted Kramer, Hugo hopes to touch Dustin in Vincent's performance when he played the role of Kramer. state, even if it is only a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.

So, what kind of personality should the character of Vincent have? In other words, how did his ordinaryness come about, and what details were hidden behind it.

First of all, why did Vincent become a triad? Obviously this was not mentioned in Quentin's story at all, not even a clue, but Hugo felt that maybe Vincent was weak and bullied when he was a child, so he couldn't participate in any sports, nor did he A way to integrate into the campus community—it might even be said that he dropped out before finishing fifth grade.

The days of living on the streets made Vincent's personality more impulsive. He used the cleverness he learned to survive under oppression to seek survival on the streets. When he won the approval of the community gang boss Masha, he paid For all his loyalty, he was willing to do anything for Masha, which also made Masha willing to trust Vincent-no one can be more reliable than a younger brother who is not smart enough but faithful enough. This allowed Vincent to gradually grow into one of Marsha's most trusted thugs.

What about Jules? How did Vincent meet Jules?

Is it just because Masha brought them together? Obviously it shouldn't be. Maybe Vincent and Jules got to know each other through a fight, no, this does not conform to the character trend of the plot. It should be that Vincent, who has no culture, thinks Jules is very literate and admires him, and Jules can recite it.” The Bible", although Vincent finds it a little annoying, he still thinks it's a bit cool, and Jules is also very knowledgeable and knows a lot about women, which makes Vincent even more admired.

Of course, Vincent won't show it obviously, and he doesn't even admit that he admires Jules, because he thinks that the two of them are partners and are equal. But usually in conversation, the psychological reaction will inevitably show.

In this way, Vincent's personality can be outlined. He is a little smart, but he is still a little rough and doesn't pay much attention to details; In order to cover up his ignorance, he is always reluctant to express his inner emotions. For example, even if he admires Jules, he will not express it blatantly. Of course, this also makes He is very sensitive to "ignorance", he hates others to challenge his authority, he doesn't want to relive his childhood; at the same time, he likes to show off, which is also a way to hide his ignorance, but he is smart enough He doesn't show off deliberately, but shows off vaguely, for example, his shiny back is like this, but he has applied too much oil, and the "degree" is not sure enough to make him drop the grade; let's say he He likes to wear a suit, but he is full of foul language. This is the difference between him and a real gentleman...

Thinking about it, Vincent is not without any personality, and Quentin also left some space in the script for Hugo to play.

To sum up simply, Vincent's personality is a bit pretentious, a bit boring, and a bit serious. On the surface, he doesn't have any special highlights, but the details can outline his image.

Thinking of this, Hugo's mind suddenly lit up, why Dustin in "The Kramers" makes people feel his deep acting skills, the focus is on the details. Since ordinary characters have no power points - unlike Amon Goss, they don't have explosive power points, so their details are more important, such as clothes, shirts or T-shirts, two-piece suits or sweater sets Shirts; such as hairstyle, long hair, short hair, curly hair and straight hair, whether to take care of it or not; such as movement, walking speed, straight waist or hunched back; such as accent, whether it is East Coast or West Coast, is it pure beauty or intentional The copycat version that imitates the English accent... These details come from the gradual formation of a character in the process of growing up, which is the most important part of acting.

In fact, Hugo had vaguely touched this point before. For example, when he appeared in "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List", Hugo paid attention to the details, but during those performances, Hugo paid more attention to the brewing and outburst of inner emotions to burst out the whole emotion, and the details were integrated into the performance in one go.

But now, Hugo doesn't have a breaking point, so he has to outline Vincent's whole person in his mind. For example, when starting the scene, Vincent is showing off to Jules his experience of going to the Netherlands, then What is his state of mind?

First, Vincent admired Jules, so when he experienced something that Jules did not experience, it would definitely make Vincent proud, and at the same time, he hoped that Jules would occasionally recognize him, proving that he was very good at it. Great, which also makes Vincent continue to play against the Netherlands. The details of the hemp bar's explanation were echoed.

Second, Vincent wanted to cover up his lack of culture. Going to the Netherlands was a big deal for him, but he wanted to bluff to show that he didn't care at all, so he should try his best to make his His voice fell, pretending he didn't care, but inadvertently his eyes or the corners of his mouth or his tone would reveal his emotions.

Thirdly, this may be the most "cultural" thing Vincent has ever experienced in his life, so he will unconsciously bring a proud tone when expounding, but in the dialogue he will think "beer in a glass" "It's amazing, it's a loophole that he didn't even notice, and he's still smug about it, let alone the topic of McDonald's. Pretending to have exposed the bottom without knowing it, this is the biggest characteristic of Vincent.

In this way, in fact, Hugo does not need to consider the acting skills of comedy or black humor at all, and the so-called relaxation and restraint are not required. All he needs to do is to present such a "real" Vincent. came out naturally.

Imagine a person smugly showing you that he has eaten McDonald's in the Netherlands, which he thinks is a very cultural thing. This incident itself is a joke, and this person is still completely unaware, which is also a joke. This is the essence of black humor.

Therefore, Hugo's performance just now went in the wrong direction from the root. What he has to consider is not how the comedy should be played, but what the character should be in the story, and then the humor created by the script will naturally appear. Out.

All these ideas just now are Hugo's own ideas, and they are also the soul that Hugo himself gave to the character of Vincent. This is obviously Hugo's version of Vincent. So, what will be the effect of showing it?

Hugo doesn't know how Dustin figured out his acting skills when he starred in "The Kramers", but he has now touched a whole new direction in acting. He wants to try it out, and he wants to make breakthroughs. So, In this way, "Pulp Fiction" may not limit Hugo's acting skills as professional film critics say. On the contrary, it also provides Hugo with an opportunity to think about acting from a new perspective.

As for the results, it depends on the next performance.

"I'm fine, let's get ready to shoot in two minutes." Hugo stood up directly, patted his pants, stood there to adjust his breathing, and began to relax his muscles: he was sure, he was ready!