Chapter 616

After the gunshot, a black man is shot and killed by another black man, lying dead in the street. The camera moves. A cold teenager passes by from the opposite side of the road, as if he is blind to all this, and continues to move forward. The picture then switches to his perspective, and all kinds of chaotic scenes of Los Angeles slums are staged one by one.

Drug addicts, fighting gangsters, skinny beggars, and the police who do nothing, all appear in front of the teenagers.

Although the picture has changed back to color, the dark tone makes people feel depressed and lifeless.

"He did it on purpose."

In the second row, Quentin Tarantino, who looks quirky, said to Robert Rodriguez in his hat, "this kind of tone reflects the teenagers' current mental state, just like this dark tone, without any hope."

Robert Rodriguez said, "for the use of black lens, I am not as good as him."

The young man walked into a low and dilapidated apartment building, in which there were many women shouting and swearing, and then a man fighting.

Through these two people's beating and scolding to the youth, the film just tells the youth's background.

A teenager named Diego Roth, whose father was shot dead by the police for committing a crime, was abandoned by his mother and went to other cities. The relevant government agencies fostered him in this Latin family. Unfortunately, how can a child who is not his own get proper care? Moreover, this family is not very rich, and the housewives and men in the family are very kind on the surface, but they are just empty people.

The government basically ignored him here. The young man grew up in an environment without care, and his life was like ashes.

Fortunately, there is still a little light in the ashes. Young Diego Roth is a devout Catholic. He goes to the nearby church every Sunday, where a priest is very good to him. He is always docile and patient. Diego Roth can also find only a little comfort in his miserable life.

From the perspective of Diego Roth, the film describes the dark and oppressive living environment of drug abuse, drug trafficking and juvenile delinquency, and shows the relief brought by religion by analogy.

"When did Murphy Stanton become a Catholic?" Todd McCarthy shook his head. "The Catholicism and the priest in the film are the incarnation of God to the hero."

As if he knew what his old friend was thinking, Kenneth Turan whispered, "there is always darkness behind the bright characters."

Todd McCarthy thought and nodded slowly.

In fact, Murphy knows this very well. At first, Catholicism in the film is more beautiful than that publicized by the Vatican. However, when young Diego Roth is faced with the temptation of drugs and is at a loss to talk to the priest, the seemingly amiable priest leaves him alone and leads him into the backyard

Todd McCarthy sighed when he saw the boy's trousers fall to the ground in the dark house and a kind priest squatting in front of him with a charitable smile. The previous film and the current priest's expression formed a sharp contrast with what he had done.

A young man at a loss, facing the indecency of the only pure land in his soul, his last belief collapsed in an instant.

Diego rose no longer went to church, but the priest did not forget him. In the name of charity, he visited the Catholic family repeatedly. Naturally, the couple would not care what happened to him, and the young man could only fall into the abyss.

Many of his peers took drugs and even constructed the circulation network of drug crime. Diego Rose's defense line against temptation collapsed completely. Inspired by a white girl a few years older than him, he finally crossed the line that he could not stick to.

Fighting, drug trafficking, theft, and even armed robbery, these young people from the slums gradually grow up. Diego Ross also lives with the blonde girl who took him to this road. They take drugs and drug trafficking, belonging to a major underground force in downtown Los Angeles.

How deeply does the collapse of faith affect a person? How much influence does the environment have? Is religion more beneficial than harmful to the real society?

Cross Ismail frowned heavily. The poor social environment in America has led too many teenagers astray!

There is also the question of religion. How many evil thoughts and actions, in the name of religious freedom, poison mankind in this land?

Murphy Stanton is really a different kind of director. Through the depravity of a drug dealer, he is obviously deeply discussing such social topics, cutting the negative effects one by one, and putting them in the film bloody.

This is what an excellent director should do most. While paying attention to artistry, he can also peel off the most serious social problems objectively and calmly.

Margot Robbie doesn't play much. In Diego Roth's story to Murphy, this is just a passer-by in his life, but this passer-by has left a very deep footprint.

According to Diego Rose's original description, Murphy has been properly processed in the film. Margot Robbie's first girlfriend, after a drug abuse, mistakenly takes heroin as cocaine and directly takes a large dose to die.The death of his girlfriend has dealt a huge blow to Diego Ross, who has become a small regional target. He is determined to get rid of drugs and intends to leave the industry.

After having certain ability, Diego rose kept asking about the pastor, but the pastor was not in the parish, and he never got the relevant information.

Just when Rose was about to leave the industry and a friend found him a job as a car washer, someone heard that the priest was investigated by the police in the Diocese of Nevada, but was transferred back to the Vatican instead of being punished for the Vatican's interference.

In the picture, Diego Roth stands between the door frame and the door, behind which is a picture of the deep meaning of the old fallen angel. Like a bird trapped in a cage, he always turns around within the scope of the door frame, and the spire on the column of the staircase porch points to the hesitant face.

Step out of the industry and become an ordinary car washer.

Get rid of the last restriction, continue to stay in this industry, step by step up, and become the leader of this area.

There are two choices in front of Diego Roth, and he is bound to take one of them.

No one forced, no one lobbied, no one analyzed the pros and cons, and the only one who could make a decision was Diego Ross himself.

It's up to him to make his own choice.

"This..." Kenneth Turan looks at the male protagonist hovering in the door frame of the camera, suddenly gets closer to Todd McCarthy and lowers his voice. "It's like the best performance of little Robert Downey."

"Well." Todd McCarthy nodded his head.

Kenneth Turan added, "completely free from the bravado of iron man."

He wondered, "when did his acting go so fast?"

"It's not about acting..."

Looking at the long lens on the screen, Todd McCarthy said quickly, "it's not Robert Downey Jr. that brings about the change, but Murphy Stanton. The design of this scene and the shooting of the lens can highlight the indecision of the characters when facing the choice to the greatest extent."

Kenneth Turan looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and it was.

This lens is really excellent, not only has the outstanding scene layout, but also has the incomparable photography, this long lens is a work of art!

The lens gives Kenneth Turan the feeling of being in the scene. At last, the characters in the picture stop and stay in front of the picture, just to block the fallen angel. Then the lens gradually pulls away, and the color and tone become colder and colder, until it gives people a cold and frightening feeling.

It's really unique to use this kind of lens to show the inner changes of the characters!

Although the protagonist does not have any lines and the camera does not have a clear explanation, they can all feel from the camera that Diego rose has made a choice, and is inclined to the dark side.

Diego rose goes out to the graveyard and stands in front of his first girlfriend's gravestone. The sky on the picture becomes darker. Even if you can see the sunlight, the lens through a specific angle, the sunlight gives people the feeling of cold.

If there were no chants, the intonation of which was very similar to that of the Catholic choir.

"It may not be that important to have God. Most of the time, people live on their own. It is said that there is a God who believes in the city, caressing the camera and combing his long hair every day. Dear, have you ever seen the sadness that happened in front of you in the distance... "

I don't know why. Hearing this supposed to be warm Choir singing, Todd McCarthy only felt cold. He quickly picked up his pen and wrote down the feeling of this moment in his book for the first time.

"Tell those sad stories in a very peaceful tone and a voice that is almost indifferent. Because peace and indifference, as well as solemn and stirring, such a contrast can force out some more solemn and stirring emotion, and this film gives me such a feeling. "

"Because of solemn and stirring, it is peaceful and indifferent. Because of peace, because of indifference, so more drama of this tragic taste. The voice is slow, the sky is sad. "

Kenneth Turan sighed. The film is as amazing as a slow flowing aesthetic poem. It seems to be scattered in shape, but in fact it is concentrated in spirit. The seemingly scattered mode shows the influence of the surrounding environment on people with ordinary lens

But in another art theater in Hollywood, many ordinary viewers, especially those who are relatively young, don't think so. (to be continued). )