The film doesn't have any major conflicts that make it feel dull. The name of the film is reminiscent of the movie "Good Will Hunting". The two films are similar in that "Good Will Hunting" also tells the story of a genius and two people who know each other and cherish each other. Since ancient times, horses have often been seen, but Bole has not often seen them. The gold-medal editor in "Genius Catcher" saw the writer's excellence at a glance, and vigorously supported him, so that he had a smooth journey on the writing road.
When the gold medal editor said, "We intend to publish your book," the writer cried with joy, shouting in the publishing house's office, "Yeah!" And when he got part of the payment, on the way home, he crossed the road and even cars Don't dodge. No matter in the era in the film, or now, most writers' lives are stretched thin, just like Mo Yan, before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the publishing house where his copyright is located is almost going out of business . An ordinary writer can't support himself by writing fees unless he becomes a famous writer.
As any writer, the words written are like children born by oneself, it is difficult to delete the words in the works, it is like killing one's own life. But with the help of gold editors, the writer's work has been polished more and more refined. When the writer asked the editor "how much content do you think we should cut", the editor replied "about 300 pages, the most important thing about a book is not how many pages are written, but its content".
What makes people moving is the friendship between the two people in the film. It is not love, but it is longer than love. Gold editor Perkins has five daughters but no son, and Thomas Ulf is like his son. Even the editor's wife said: "My husband has always wanted a son. This is his greatest wish, but he tried many times and failed. In the end, we gave up. At this time, he met Thomas." The feeling of father and son is accompanied by dubbing throughout the film.
At that time, the editor invited the writer to have dinner with his wife and daughters at home. The writer and the editor's family got along well, eloquently and rhetorically; at that time, they stood on the roof watching the city scenery, like two trees growing together They clung to each other as they were; at that time, the writer said to the editor, "I never made friends in my life until I met you." "The last time I saw my father was through the train window."
Fortunately, the writer His wife, Bernstein, is a good wife and a good mother, and has made great contributions to the author's book publishing. As the author said: "She bought the paper and pen for me, and she also paid for the typist's money. She provided me with The place to live, to fill my amazing stomach." This reminds me of Director Ang Lee. Director Ang Lee did not have a formal job for six years after graduating from New York University in the United States, relying solely on his wife to support him. I think the writer's wife in the film is also a strong and beautiful woman who fell in love with the writer when he was poor and had nothing, and gave everything for him for nothing in return.
"The Hometown of Angels" was a big hit, selling 15,000 copies a month. The editing process of "Time and River" was very difficult, and the editor made a rough calculation that it would take about 9 months. So the two of them edited in the office, walked on the street, edited in the tavern, and edited while waiting for the car... There was a quarrel during the editing, and Thomas yelled at Perkins, "Thank goodness, Tolstoy was in those days. I didn't meet you, otherwise, there should be only war scenes in his novels"..."I thought about what I thought about, and if you said something inappropriate, I sent me away"... They deleted and revised it for 2 years before they Delete 100 pages of content. Working without food and sleep like this, in exchange for the dissatisfaction of Thomas's wife Bernstein, because of her play's premiere, Thomas could not be present, and Perkins yelled at his wife for not being able to accompany his four daughters on vacation, and later , Bernstein even poured sleeping pills in his mouth to die. Later, the writer's indifference chilled
the editor's heart. The editor said the writer: "We have known each other for so many years, but I didn't expect you to be so cruel."
In an ideal world carefully constructed by oneself. The writer suddenly fainted at the seaside, and when he went to the hospital for a check, it turned out to be cerebral tuberculosis. Heaven is jealous of talents, which reflects the sentence written by Thomas Ulf in the novel at the beginning of the film: Who is not born alienated and lonely until death.
In the stop-motion animation "Mary and Marx", Mary and Marx corresponded all year round. Finally, Mary saw that the ceiling of Marx's house was pasted with letters she wrote to Marx. At that moment, Mary burst into tears. And in the movie "Genius Catcher," the editor also burst into tears when he received a dying letter from the writer to him. Not only that, he also took off the hat that he refused to take off even for lunch to show his respect and memory of the writer. And the writer's letter is a masterpiece he wrote while he was dying on the hospital bed.
The editor is still revising the article until the writer's letter reaches the editor's office. As the writer in the film said, "We bury in the pile of books and dedicate our lives to words." A
decent production, a decent script, a decent performance, nothing to criticize, and nothing to praise. Overall, the film doesn't have ups and downs, and it's flat from start to finish.
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