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This is for both Billy Lynn and everyone The "bland" story of:
This film presented in 120 frames is indeed very special, and "story + technology" makes it closer to a "bland documentary": on the surface, Billy Lynn is a hero, he is noticed by the people of the country and accepted by the whole country. He should be proud of the cheers of the people and treated like an ordinary person, and he should feel great; but, in fact, his life is full of misfortunes of all kinds. He was forced to join the army because of his heroic "childishness". He had a father in a wheelchair and a sister who had 233 stitches all over his body. He was dumped after a car accident and had to pay a huge fee. With the mentor he rescued, his dear squad leader died in front of him, even on the stage with Beyoncé that attracted much attention, when the fireworks were set off, he was full of the artillery fire of the battlefield and the one that made him famous. He melees the enemies he kills. Not to mention, he has to face the contradiction between returning to the battlefield and worrying his family to kill himself and not returning to the battlefield to lose his reputation and betray his comrades. The life of a hero who fought bravely on the battlefield is actually the same as us. There is no so-called climax. For them, those pictures that we think are admired by everyone are just a certain experience in life, and they may still be similar to Billy. Lynn-like tragic manner. The lives of so-called celebrities are also spent in the memories of the past that are hard to let go and the uneasy speculation about the future. Our lives are all made up of difficult choices that are hard to say. "Buzzing" might seem like a small thing, while "I killed the enemy on the battlefield in Iraq" might seem like a big thing.
However, Billy Lynn is Billy Lynn after all, he has maturity and calmness beyond 19 years old. This kind of maturity not only refers to his calmness at critical moments, but also to the powerful leadership he showed in front of his comrades, but also to the fact that he walked out of the contradiction of whether to return to the battlefield during the intermission, calmly The courage to face your own destiny. In the face of this major decision, he recognized himself clearly. From being forced to join the army to taking the initiative to take his own responsibility, this growth is Billy Lynn's strength.
So what's driving Billy Lynn to figure it all out? The film repeatedly emphasizes what Mushroom said, "a vast belief that transcends itself." When you think about the existence of this "bigger than you", you can find yourself, and find the meaning and value of what you do. This is our destiny guided by God, this is our talent, just like Billy Lynn's talent on the battlefield, his maturity beyond his age makes it easier for him to stand out on the battlefield.
In this way, the drive to find great faith seems to be internal, but we can't ignore the external environment in which Billy Lynn lived. Billy, his comrades, and the bartender were sitting outside chatting. The young men in the army felt that their life was miserable, but the bartender said, "I'm doing too bad now, I might as well enlist. If you have money, take it." The battlefield is like a besieged city. Those inside the city want to go out, and those outside the city want to come in. The core of the problem is money, and it will always be money. The boys thought for a second, even if I returned home with my life, "What can I do? Go to work at Burger King? What else is there?" The three boys repeated this sentence each time. Money defines a class, no matter what you do, even if you become a war hero, that class cannot be changed (btw, that's why Trump was elected). Money may be just one manifestation of class differences, but the fundamental differences come from values.
In the restaurant, a shale gas tycoon said to the soldiers, "I thank you. I have been digging because of you so that you can return to China as soon as possible." The enemy is going to hell. You do your business, I do mine, it's all business. Don't say you are for us. You keep on drilling; we keep on killing."
When discussing advance payment with real estate tycoon Norman, Nuo Mann said, "What I want to make is a masterpiece. Your story is not just yours, it's American. It's important for Americans to re-understand the spiritual core of the story. We are B Company." Billy slapped his face directly, "I What you have experienced is real life, and you don’t understand the connotation at all. Our enemies respect us more than you, and we don’t want to be exploited by businessmen.”
On the plane back home, the businessmen made a lot of money and invited him to drink champagne. "Behind me was the flag-covered remains of Mushroom," Leigh said.
Billy would not and would not be such a person of the so-called "upper class"; when the enemies fought with him, they all sacrificed their lives, and what these nobles did every day!
The "upper class" just uses them, so what do ordinary people think of these heroes? In the film, on the football field, a series of four or five people express their thoughts to Billy, and the friendly expression of Billy in the camera gradually turns into confusion. As Billy finally said to the imaginary Mushroom in the car, "I thought I knew what some people didn't understand, but in fact they ruled everything. Everyone has their own understanding of war." Ordinary people have a "national hero" knowledge is based on one's own experience. Therefore, some people praise, some people disdain.
No one can really understand his own experience, and only his comrades in arms who share weal and woe, just like all comrades in arms understand that they reject the movie for the sake of the whole company and the honor of the company. But whether it is the upper class or ordinary people, they can't understand soldiers, they just want to get what they are interested in (for example, everyone is asking Billy How do you feel), the line between soldiers and non-soldiers is so clear . So the monitor later answered Billy, "If you had the opportunity to stay in the United States, would you do it?" He directly said, "I don't have such a choice. We are stuck in a quagmire and all we have is each other." The monitor looked at Things are too sharp.
When Billy parted with his girlfriend, he said, "I really want to leave with you," and his girlfriend said, "Aren't you going to return to the battlefield?" Billy hesitated, and after a moment he said, "I was in Just kidding." At this moment, Billy was thinking more about his responsibility as a soldier, because he was a soldier and he had to do his part. When he returned to his teammates, the squad leader said, "I need you, I need you to help me save the lives of these people." When he really saw his sister's car coming, he shook his head and smiled very easily said to her sister, "Maybe I'll be a virgin until I die. I'm a soldier and I can't judge if I'm doing the right thing, but I feel like I belong on the battlefield, and I think there's a way for you to be proud of me. "His past is composed of his experience as a soldier, and he will have a permanent estrangement from "outsiders", so why not embrace his own destiny?
At the end of the film, the comrades said, "This intermission is really enough. Take us to a safe place, let's go back to the battlefield." From the beginning of complaining about military life, to the end the battlefield became safe For Lynn, he knew too well in his heart that what Mentor said was right, this is my responsibility as a soldier, and this is my destiny; but on the other hand, he also knew that he had no way out. The inner awakening driven by the outside world allowed Billy to complete this difficult decision, and finally found the meaning of life, "Leaving the homeland to thrive, even if we will die in a foreign country. The bullet has been fired, and I must take my own responsibility and achieve myself. The destiny."
Mushroom is a near-divine character in the film, he is Billy's spiritual enlightenment: his death directly promotes the progress of the plot and promotes Billy's growth. Mushroom is karmic and karmic, and it is hard to imagine that this Buddhist believer will become a fighter who kills people with a gun. He said to Billy under the "Bodhi Tree", "You worry because you have doubts in your heart. Desires are unnecessary, what you do is not necessarily for the country, you have to find a vast faith that transcends yourself." Probably Mushroom There is nothing he can do about war, but he must give his actions a reason, no matter whether he is doing the right thing or not; he also gives enough respect to his opponents, such as educating the children before going to the battlefield "to keep it in someone else's territory" Respect, embrace your fears." In the outside world, if you want to live, to maintain integrity and peace, you must give yourself a reason (excuse) to live. It is really tragic to think about this.
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Ang Lee's "Great Faith" and metaphors about public image, media and film: the
traditional media's shaping of hero is Hunger Games Kenis What is experienced - hero is just an image, an image based on expectations, an image that can be exploited. So, the acting assistant asked them to change into camouflage uniforms instead of handsome military uniforms, because it was closer to the audience's imagination. Hero is not free. The reason why Billy really became a hero is because he wanted to understand that what he did was only for himself, to complete the grander existence that belonged to him, not for the so-called country.
For Ang Lee, the same goes for movies. You can say that this is Ang Lee's story, but when the audience sees it, they have a different understanding of the same sample, and this is the story that belongs to the entire audience. At the beginning of the film, Ang Lee told all the audience that I hope you like this technique. He has completed a vast existence beyond himself, he has done what he should do, and the rest is left to the audience.
In the film, Li Anyi obscurely satirized the audience, "Although you guys are very popular these two weeks, it's like two years. People move on." It satirizes the film circle more obviously, with Billy saying "sometimes , nothing is more than something." And the squad leader said, "But when it comes to money, everyone covers their pockets tightly, money is the boss." Every aspiring filmmaker has indescribable difficulties. This is a kind of catharsis, but it is not the core of this film.
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The use of technology across eras:
It is a great honor to witness this cross-historical film , I must write an article about technology promoting the revolution of the film industry when I have the opportunity in the future. The 120fps/4K look and feel is more like a live version of "The Truman World". The back of the movie is out of focus, the characters in the front and back are more layered than traditional movies, the daily scenes are more like sketches, the scenes in the back are arranged, and people perform on the stage. 120 frames can truly create an immersive experience when displaying large scenes. As the story of the film deepens, the impact of this behind-the-scenes blur becomes smaller and smaller. I don't think the overall look is too clear to be real, and I don't think the nature of the film is alienation. A movie is just a meaningful or meaningless image, and this transition from voyeur to participant is something we must face.
Maybe in the future, we will experience it in the form of VR, but the fun of watching movies together will never be less (the second episode of the first season of Black Mirror). Leaving aside the content of the movie, just like my previous promise that I would definitely give five stars, the 120-frame format alone is enough for us to explore the possibilities of the future and the nature of the movie. This discussion is worthwhile.
In the second swipe, 24 frames were specially selected. Compared with the 120 frames, it is indeed blurry, and when switching between shots quickly, the overall picture is blurred; other 3D movies look and feel the same as the previous 3D movies, and it is indeed easier to enter the storyline.
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Conclusion:
Finally, a special thanks Ang Lee, the courage to keep trying. In particular, I would like to thank Director Ang Lee for crossing races and cultures to explore the essence of film and tell stories from all over the world. Thank you for everything you do for your "great faith beyond yourself".
No matter who you are, no matter where you are or where you are, as long as you find the meaning of your life, it is enough. The saddest thing is that you made those choices and regretted them afterwards. There is only one sentence in "How Steel Is Tempered" that I still remember, "A person's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he will not regret for wasting his time, nor will he be mediocre for doing nothing. And ashamed; so, on the verge of death, he could say: "My whole life and all my energies have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world. "
Some friends who follow me will ask me why your signature is these three sets of nouns. When I came up with these three sets of nouns, I was at a low point, depression had been bothering me for six years, and it was at its peak at that time. .I was in the winter night, telling myself that this life is not over, I must give myself a reason to live. I think I finally found my "big faith beyond myself". I am lucky.
I love you all.
I hope every night you can sleep peacefully, and every morning you can wake up happily in the recognition of the meaning of your life.
May each of you be your own hero, just like Billy Lynn That way.
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