Chapter 516

The conflict of ideas, to put it bluntly, is the difference of ideology. Just like the religious and ethnic issues, the conflict caused by different ideologies is also one of the biggest problems in the world today. Compared with others, this concept is quite tall. If the films show this properly, it will undoubtedly improve the style of the whole series.

Yes, what Murphy wants is not a film, but a series.

As a front-line director of Hollywood, he is in his present position. The box office performance of his follow-up works is certainly important. However, it is equally important to improve his style, that is to say, to be popular is to raise his force, to win the crazy support of countless audiences and critics, and to make a name in film history.

Therefore, he will not choose those seriously homogenized popcorn movies, and the small number of literature and art movies that can not be widely spread are also not his dish.

What Murphy wants to do is to give commercial films a very high style, a theme that can make countless people crazy about and obsessed with.

Ideological conflict is undoubtedly one of the best choices.

This is a whole series, and as the beginning of the series, it is necessary to fully show this theme.

As the night went on, Murphy didn't feel sleepy. On the contrary, her brain was running at a high speed all the time. It's not easy to show the conflict of ideology properly.

How to realize the conflict and opposition of ideology?

This is not difficult for Murphy. The reaction in the film is the collision of ideas between the protagonist and the villain. The protagonist has his own bottom line, but the villain also has complete logic

Murphy thought for a while, and wrote in his notebook: the protagonist is a combination of multiple ideologies, and the villain is a single ideology.

Everyone knows that a single ideology will bring obstacles to the cognition of the world, and it is extremely easy to become obsessed and crazy

In fact, the simplification of ideology has been widely suspected and criticized in this era. It is generally believed that this utopian social design theory is the only way to lead to totalitarianism.

Thinking of this, Murphy flashed a concept in his mind and wrote it down quickly: wipe out everything, leaving no stone that has not been turned over. What they are eager to build is not only a better society than us, but a world that completely eliminates all ugliness!

How about this idea as a villain?

In a society controlled by a single ideology, the power of the ruling class is bound to be infinitely enlarged, which will lead to the simplification of power.

As a result, the loss of competitiveness leads to the nihility of political moral foundation.

At this time, the legitimacy of a certain area or city can only rely on self reference, which has nothing to do with the real moral feelings of human beings. Therefore, in order to maintain its false legitimacy, the ruling class will create beautiful illusions to advocate the prosperous future, and all human actions will be strictly designed to achieve the purpose of maintaining its rule.

Murphy clearly remembers that Orwell's "1984" shows the audience such a terrible scene, in which the people have a terrible personality fracture.

The theme of that film can also be integrated into the concept of villain.

he also wrote in his notebook: Taking self-consciousness as freedom, as an obvious crime, but self-consciousness as justice is the same as boasting justice when there is no human killing.

"Politics needs to be based on morality. Therefore, even the chaotic society like New York in the film can not be rebuilt by the politics without morality."

Murphy is very clear that since it is fictional New York, let the city be completely chaotic.

The chaotic New York, the duel field of the pros and cons, is like a scene of gangster fighting in New York. To achieve this, Murphy wrote two words on the theme of the film: dark, realistic!

In the next two days, Murphy went to the hospital to see James Franco and Lily Collins, but did not go anywhere. She completely hid at home to improve the design and script of the new project.

He thinks more and more, and the setting of the protagonist is more and more clear.

Finally, on the page that represents the protagonist's setting, he wrote such a paragraph: with logic as the table, emotion as the inside, behind the suspense, complicated narration and meticulous logic, he created a paranoid character. The character was tired and stubborn to find himself for the most secret motive in his heart, in order to realize the hidden goal in his inner "safe" His paranoia, pain and guilt drove him to complete the great cause.

The protagonist centered positive characters represent complex ideologies. There are huge differences in the ideas of each person. However, they do not think that destruction is the necessity of remodeling like the villains of a single ideology. These people understand the importance of accommodation and cooperation.

All the main characters are trying to change the world with their own motives and blueprints. In a crazy city like New York, they are based on their own ideas, and ultimately point to an "ideological war" about choice and game."The world belongs to the people. Sometimes they make mistakes due to limited rationality and asymmetric information, but in the end they choose the right way."

Even during dinner time, Murphy did not stop thinking. He was very clear that if he wanted to make the style of the film infinitely high, the theme of the film must be something high and forceful, "such as deep thinking about people's heart, human nature, life and human society."

The world is a chaotic body composed of different views and positions. Various forces restrict, involve, grow and die with each other, and balance, order, chaos, interests and foundations rush to form the world.

Murphy couldn't help thinking of the tahirian tales, some of which can also be properly integrated into the film.

"In a void of nothingness, there are three consciousnesses thinking of the world at the same time: the first one believes in freedom, the second one believes in balance, and the third one believes in order No.1 thinks that the world must be completed by himself, and the other two consciousness are enemies and must be eliminated; No.2 thinks that the other two consciousness can cooperate with him to strike out the world and must be chosen; No.3 thinks that the other two are tools he uses to create the world and must be used No. 1 learns anger because of helplessness, No. 2 learns pain because of hesitation, and No. 3 learns deception In the end, No. 2 self sacrifice and explosion, forming the first world; No. 1 and No. 3 collide in the duel, forming the second world, closely around the first world Later generations will call the remains of these three consciousness: Heaven, earth and hell

Different people will have different views on whether New York City is heaven, earth or hell. Different people will take it in different directions.

Back in the study, in addition to the protagonists, villains and supporting actors, Murphy always felt that there was something missing, but he couldn't think of it for a moment.

The phone rings suddenly, interrupting Murphy's thinking. He answers the phone. There's bill rosis, the agent.

"What's the matter?" Murphy frowned slightly. It was not a good time to be disturbed.

"There's an invitation." Bill rosis knew what Murphy was doing these days and said, "Warner Brothers and DC Comics' new film" Batman vs. Superman "was released in March. Warner Brothers invited you to the film's North American premiere. Are you going?"

After hearing "Batman vs Superman", Murphy was stunned, then suddenly realized what was missing.

However, he first answered bill rosis's question, "bill, take the invitation, I'll go and have a look."

"Well, I'll get back to Warner Brothers."

With Murphy's exact reply, Bill rosis said, "then I won't disturb you."

Bill rosis takes the initiative to hang up. Murphy puts the mobile phone aside, walks to the back of the desk, and writes down a word on the notebook!

The protagonist of this film will be the killer of crime, but he does not have the real power of law enforcement, just like superman. What will the public think of such a transgressor?

In body of steel, Murphy shows the two sides of people's treatment of Superman, especially the side of exclusion and fear, which leads to a heavy sense of pathetic epic for the character.

There is no doubt that this is one of the reasons why "body of steel" is more powerful than the one it used to be, and it is also an extremely easy way to raise the profile of the film.

This technique can be applied to the new work, with a unique perspective to show the treatment of the protagonist in the public.

The motive of the villain, and the cost of what he did.

In this respect, it is easy to say that the villain's motive comes from a single ideology, but the ideological composition of the protagonist is complex, and it is impossible to become the driving force at the beginning. Therefore, the protagonist needs to have enough convincing motive, and it is impossible to fight crime in order to fight crime, especially to show the complexity of the motive. Only this complexity can reasonably bring the characters Inner struggle.

Murphy has never thought of creating the protagonist of Wei Guangzheng or Gao Gao. Throughout all the films, his protagonists are almost wandering on the edge. If they are not careful, they may collapse completely and fall into a hopeless situation.

Nietzsche said: "those who fight with the devil should be careful that they become the devil in the fight. When you look into the abyss, the abyss is watching you

This will be the best portrayal of the protagonist's inner struggle, which will be shown through the character's motivation and the resulting cost.

Motivation and cost! Murphy wrote down these two words in red to remind them of their importance to the whole film.

Sitting on the chair, he gradually had more thinking about these two words.

Once upon a time, Murphy was indoctrinated with the firm belief that justice will prevail over evil, but he never knew the motive or the cost. (to be continued). )