After reviewing the blind reverence for power, fame, origin, and a group of critics who are good at pretending to be big-tailed wolves, I want to liquidate the several dull movie viewing experiences given to me by this post-70s director who is keen to film private experiences and babble.
First time watching Lost in Translation. With a small cost, the shooting time is only 27 days, there are old drama bones Bill Murray and sexy beauty Scarlett Johansson, there are multiple nominations for the Golden Globe Award and Oscar Award that year, and there are many people who write about the tangled aftermath. The story is simple. An old star man went to Tokyo to represent a certain cognac, and he made a small errand to drop a handful of money. The family has a wife who is renovating the house and noisy children. The marriage has entered a dull period when it feels boring and must be maintained. The hotel is easy to have an affair. The old man meets a young woman whose husband frequently leaves her on business trips and leaves her alone to do nothing. Surrounded by Japanese, a pair of English-speaking lonely men and widows cherish each other. The film has its own characteristics, with a large number of long shots, like a quiet observation and recorder who has been quietly present, recording the old man's alienation from the current situation, the chores at home and the boredom of having to perfunctory his wife... In short, he was taken. The awkwardness of the business trip these days is displayed one by one. Thanks to this young woman, she was young and energetic, and she brought the old guy to see the life of young people in Tokyo. After a long night, he also had a taste of death in a certain life course. The end of the world is strange, and the cold weather is warm together. The warmth comes over and waved to go. The old man went home and continued to cooperate with his wife to decorate. The young woman stayed in the hotel and continued to live as a widow from time to time. When I watched it, I felt that this movie was really boring. Occasionally there were casual jokes. It was too advanced and didn’t care. It hinted at the possibility of old and young love for a long time, but it didn’t happen in the end. It was a reluctance to part but the two fellows said goodbye sentimentally for not being able to see each other again in the future. As for the "loneliness in the depths of the soul" and "the bone-chilling coldness in ordinary life" written in the film review, I really can't see it in such a small theme and mood. So I thought, little Coppola has a long way to go if he wants to learn from her father's big feelings and make an epic or something. Of course, she doesn't need to study, as a girl, it's okay to play with petty bourgeoisie when you are young. It's just that so many people are applauding, will it be in the face of old Coppola? That's just as common as I am, believing in the nonsense that tiger fathers have no dogs.
The second time is to see "Peerless Beauty". In French history, Queen Marie Antoine was a master of eating, drinking, and having fun. So far, some people have put the country of that dynasty on her. Died young. Usually the historical theme is the ancient well, and different people take different guys to find different treasures. Little Coppola's strong team, Kirsten Dunst and other big stars, the Phoenix Band and top costume designers and stylists joined, determined that the "Peerless Queen" was already expected before the release. Maybe I am a traditional audience with heavy taste. I want to see a story of peerless elegance. A young girl has to face her fate since she married far away. Pushing the guillotine... This kind of wish is doomed to fail, don't forget that the director is Little Coppola, she never disdains similar expressions. She turned the legend of Queen Mary into a gorgeous and exquisitely extended commercial video. Superb soundtrack, dazzling costumes changed at a fast pace, exquisite baroque architecture, cumbersome court etiquette, the queen is deeply involved in it... The whole movie makes people feel that the French people hang her on the noose is actually a Fighting against corruption and waste, and because there are delicious food, good drink, good clothes, and fun that have been spoiled, it seems that this woman is not wronged to be executed. Little Coppola's response to many bad comments was tough and indifferent. She said that she was not interested in stories and dialogues, but only focused on the hearts of the characters. Queen Mary's heart was empty. The implication is that who can't see who is stupid. She is right about the emptiness. If you subtract all the fashion elements from this movie, the content will be emptiness.
The third time was watching "Somewhere". It is reasonable to say that the famous little Coppola has reached the realm of shooting whatever she wants, but this time she chose to copy herself and not make breakthroughs. "Somewhere" is still about the life of a movie star, a middle-aged man who uses a hotel as his home. He is divorced, has an eleven-year-old daughter, and his work is arranged by an agent. He meets reporters, shoots commercials, tours, talks about scripts, does modeling... When he is not working, he goes to bars, sleeps late, invites pole dancers to perform at home, and does same-sex massages. , occasionally dew for pleasure. After the baptism of "The Peerless Queen", this time it is not difficult to see that this person is also empty in his heart, and the degree of emptiness is unprecedented. He can fall asleep watching the pole dance performance, and he is driving a Ferrari for 18 turns on the spot, empty to the point of being alive. die. Is it because "Lost in Translation" received so much praise that Coppola was reluctant to part with the highly regarded single-camera long-lens shot. In this film, this shooting method was used excessively. It seems that this man is very boring and chasing, this is the effect the director wants, right? But looking at it, I feel really boring, let alone a Hollywood star, just pick a middle-aged man who is freelance, and take a DV to his house to shoot for a day. It is probably about the same, but the details are different. The plot is advanced to one third, the middle-aged man's daughter comes, and because his mother runs away, he has to live for a while. Seeing the bright spot here, I feel that a good show is coming, there must be some kind of father-daughter relationship to push for a few small orgasms, but in the end, there is nothing, just a little girl and boring dad to be bored together. "Somewhere" won the Golden Lion Award in 2010. Some people speculate that the judges have a favoritism. It must be because the child's surname is Coppola. I also find it strange. Don't foreigners like this kind of thing?
Objectively speaking, if you watch only one of these three films, you will find that the director is really good at observing life, good at using some small details to describe people's inner loneliness, and has an extraordinary life experience that only belongs to the upper echelons of the entertainment industry. If you look at it together, you will find that the director is too stubborn and insists on expressing the loneliness in his character. Because of the alienation that emerges from time to time, after being estranged, he can't help but ridicule the public life of making a living and seeking food. Spitting down from the heights and saying that she still wants to live... What is she trying to do? From 2003 to the present, the three films have all been in this way. It is really not easy to stick to it.
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