The story takes place in the evening of a thunderstorm. In a theater in Paris, the director played by Matthew Amarek is discouraged and wants to leave because he can’t select the actors he likes. At this time, Emmanuel Saigner plays Fonda suddenly appeared, her double-sided character attracted the director, and the two started a tug-of-war on the screenplay "Venus in Fur".
The film has a very extreme setting. That is to say, the whole story takes place in a closed space, and there are only two actors in total. Such a setting is not new in drama, and often appears in short films, but it has hardly appeared in a 90-minute movie. You can imagine how complicated drama and camera scheduling are needed to keep the audience's attention. Polanski himself admits that he is very afraid that the audience will be bored. Fortunately, the audience's response was very good, and many people were quite excited to watch it. The director should be very pleased to learn.
In fact, Polanski's last work "Killing" is already making such a similar attempt. "Killing" itself is a stage script and a story that takes place in a closed space, starring a total of four people. And "Venus in Fur" is one step closer to this foundation, not only reducing the number of people, but also setting up a scene in the scene, the reality of time and space is one level, and the stage rehearsal is another level. During the stage rehearsal, the characters begin to drift away again. New self, even changing gender. From this perspective, "Venus in Fur" does have a more complicated structure than "Killing", and it has higher requirements for actors. However, in terms of the scheduling of drama conflicts, it did not surpass "Killing"-"Killing" itself is only about family affairs, and the drama is hidden under the skin of the characters and is stripped out layer by layer. And "Venus Wearing Fur" itself is based on the double opposition between reality and drama, and the development of the characters and the promotion of contradictions are relatively simple.
It is commendable that Matthew Amarek’s performance in this film is very dazzling. He actually plays three roles for one person, including a woman! He distinguishes these three characters very clearly, and "switches" smoothly. Such a difficult and highly completed performance is unmatched in all the films this year. If nothing happens, it should be possible to win the actor.
What’s interesting is that Matthew is very similar to Polanski in terms of body shape, appearance, and even his career experience. A reporter asked about this at the press conference. Matthew implicitly joked that my mom would come to the premiere in the evening. The implication, stop guessing, dare to ask my mother?
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