The Coen brothers of this rank, the talented directors and screenwriters born in independent films, have reached a desperate situation.
As soon as they debuted, they captured film critics and fans with the aphrodisiac of "Blood Maze". From "Ice and Blood Storm" to "Old Nowhere", they are crazy infatuated with the magic of coincidence. All the incredible can be explained by chance. It makes sense. However, they have never stopped using movies to narrate the boring nature of life. Professional anxiety, marriage indifference, and life rigidity are all part of the theme of the Cohen Brothers' movies, and they are also the real soil that breeds coincidences and creates miracles.
The Coen brothers are also very typical fan writers, and they have never concealed their love for Hollywood genre films. Their rebellion comes from their familiarity with traditional type rules, and their destruction is a deliberate avoidance of type routines. They also often express their nostalgia for the golden age of Hollywood, and this nostalgia is often mixed with the sentimentality of "immortality". The black and white tone of "The Absent" brought back the noir films of the 1930s and 1940s; "Thunder Land" is a direct remake of John Wayne's old work of the same name, which is a bright color picked from the western film Wang Hai.
After three years of "Drunken Country Folk Songs", the Coen brothers finally released their new work "Long Live Caesar". This exquisitely packaged candy is rich in various flavors. It is also the perfect way for filmmakers to pay tribute to the golden age. It also made Cohen bros. Back to their most familiar narrative system, absurdity, humor and irony are still the formulas we were once familiar with.
The film takes us back to Hollywood in the era of big studios, that lantern dance, gorgeous and huge dream factory. The protagonist Eddie is a big producer who holds the power and is more concerned than the emperor. This kind of work can be matched by very people. The problems that Eddie faces at the same time are: the episode of the ancient costume epic film involves Jesus, Eddie wants to discuss the issue of scale handling with the religious department; the male protagonist is kidnapped by the extra, and Eddie wants to find him The song and dance queen is about to give birth to a child out of wedlock, and Eddie wants to find an adoptive father for the unborn child; rumors of the great director and male star homosexuality have reached the cold-faced female reporter, and Eddie wants to put out the fire; the director of the literary film is opposed to finding the west When the film cowboy plays the leading role, Eddie wants to appease the director’s emotions; at the same time, Eddie also faces his own life choices, he faces the temptation of a very attractive job...
(Swindon and Brolin are both Cohen Old partner)
Everyone is looking for Eddie, and this movie is what happened to Eddie within a day or two.
Eddie is like a high-speed CPU, he can't stop for a moment, he must solve all the troubles within a day. This huge studio seems to be functioning normally, but as long as Eddie chooses to leave, everything will fall into a terrible chaotic and disorderly situation. And all this shit had nothing to do with him, he was just an ordinary middle-aged man when he got home.
(The
extras are drugged and kidnapped. This is very funny) A typical Cohen-style crime opening: George Clooney is drugged and kidnapped by two extras. However, today's Cohen has no desires and desires for a long time. They disdain to tell the thrilling story of a big star being kidnapped, but it still surprises the audience: the kidnappers are believers in communism, and a group of people began to talk about it. The purpose of their kidnapping is to use the ransom to contribute to the cause of international communism...
(The kidnapping of big stars is just to pay party fees to the organization!)
Cohen’s film depicts "anxiety" always detailed and specific , This kind of meticulousness will make me panic as an audience. Fortunately, Eddie is always at ease, and he has solved all the problems to expectations. "Long Live Caesar" takes us back to the prosperous period of genre films through the perspective of an anxious workplace person, revealing the weirdness behind the dream bubble: the colorful screen and the dirty and chaotic real set are in sharp contrast.
The
stalwart and tall Roman officer on the screen is actually a cowardly comrade, a
kind and charming sexy mermaid. In fact, he has a hot temper and extremely chaotic private life
. The cold male protagonist in the romance movie is from the old hat
song and dance movie that just came out of the western movie. The real identity of the tough boy is actually a Soviet Russian spy...
There are many actors, most of whom are the old partners of the Cohen brothers:
Josh Brolin, "Old Nowhere",
George Clooney, "Three Kings of Prison Escape", "True Love and False Love", "After Reading" "Burning" "
Widow Sister" "The Absent"
Tilda Swinton "Burning After Reading"
and
Francis McDormand, Joel Cohen’s wife, iconic character in Cohen movies. The soy sauce role assigned to her this time is an editor. She was almost strangled by a scarf when she was running the film... A very typical Cohen-style comedy stage. If she was strangled, it would happen in Cohen's movies. Not surprising.
(Reproduces the visual magic of the classic Hollywood period)
"Long Live Caesar" is the tour guide Eddy led everyone to visit the major studios, and at the same time, like Jiang Wen, pays tribute to all Hollywood genre films from the 1930s and 1940s. Thinking about it carefully, this film and "One Step Away" really have a lot of similarities, both are black retro styles, and they both mock the bad things in your circle. The difference is that "One Step Away" was overwhelmed, and it was a bit incomprehensible at the end of the game; "Long Live Caesar" has a relaxed posture, casual talk, ups and downs from a one-person perspective, simple presentation of the state of affairs, without self-confident talk. The ending is full of old urinary sex:
say end to end the stage
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