Like Johnny Depp, Joaquin Phoenix is also one of Hollywood's premier "freaks".
Recently, "Joker" starring him shined at the Venice Film Festival and became the first comic film to be shortlisted in the main competition unit of the three major European film festivals.
Many people think that he created a clown comparable to Heath Ledger, and Joaquin Phoenix is likely to go down in history with the role of a clown.
The author is certainly looking forward to it, and "Joker" will be a brand-new temperament and face, telling the tragic story of how the clown became a clown.
Today, Amway is a masterpiece of Joaquin Phoenix: "The Master"
The lineup of the movie "Master" can be described as strong, Joaquin Phoenix teamed up with another powerful actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
"Genius Ripley", "Pirate Radio", "Capote", "Scent of a Woman"... Hoffman brought us too many classic films.
The film’s director, Paul Thomas Anderson, is even more talented. His films such as Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Bloody Coming have always been showy, and "Master" is no exception.
In addition, the soundtrack of the film is very good, the photography is also very colorful, the whole film is full of charming texture, giving people a particularly good-looking feeling, the turquoise blue water, the endless desert, with the right color and eye-catching clothing, just the right vision and face Close-ups, etc., coupled with perfect music, is full of beauty.
In the 1950s, after the war in the United States, the economy was prosperous, but unemployment, poverty and panic plagued many people at the same time.
Phoenix plays Freddie, a soldier in the Navy. He was affected by his family environment (daddy died of alcohol and his mother suffered from mental illness), and he was isolated from society for a long time because of the war. Therefore, he was extremely lonely and lonely. He suffered from mental torture. Chopping coconuts, using various chemical liquids to make wine, and even sand sculptures of naked women.
After the end of World War II, Freddie was still empty after he was discharged from the army. He tried different jobs, but it was still difficult to integrate into society. So he decided to exile himself. He indulged in the paralysis of alcohol experiments and the stimulation of sexual temptation... ...
In an accident, he got on the ship of "Master" Lancaster and joined Lancaster's "Fate Cult" team.
Lancaster created a concept of relying on time to control and comfort his followers in a form similar to hypnosis and psychological testing, but he also faced doubts and opposition.
And Freddie, who was uneasy, yearned for care and recognition in his heart, and Lancaster played the role of comforting him in time. And Lancaster also needs him to complete the "teaching ability."
There is a subtle complementary relationship between them. Each other obtains their own needs from each other, and sees their own shortcomings in each other. Lancaster sees self-repression in Freddy, and it is also because of Freddy. Own business can be further developed.
In the days with Lancaster, Freddy found his inner world and gained peace, but he also saw in Lancaster the disharmony of the master’s family, the relationship between himself and the master, and his beliefs. The two-sidedness of Wandering, in constant confrontation and faith, Freddy knew how to learn to be himself.
The movie "Master" uses the post-war scar shell to tell about loneliness and faith. In the end, Freddie returns to his daily life. He flirts with strange women in the bar. When he was in bed, Freddy imitated the method that the master Custer used when he treated him for the first time, flirting with women. The religion and beliefs of the master seemed particularly ironic at this time.
We can see the contradictory state of life's loneliness and freedom in Freddy, and the depression and helplessness of human nature in Lancaster, and the wonderful performances of Phoenix and Hoffman complement each other, making people shout. Enjoyable.
This is a movie worth watching repeatedly. He reminds us that everyone has their own plight, and others cannot redeem you. You have to try and think constantly, and you have to become yourself.
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