Chapter 965

Robert Downey Jr. plays gravity.

This is something that Langley has never imagined. The last Sandra Bullock version of gravity, to some extent, limits Langley's imagination. All his thoughts and thoughts are naturally from the perspective of actresses; But he ignored that everything is possible in the film preparation stage, and the essence of artistic creation is to break the restrictions and framework.

For a simple example, "agent salt", the original protagonist was Tom Cruise. Later, he resigned. After negotiation, the crew chose Angelina Jolie and completely changed the role; For another example, in the "basic deduction" of American TV series, Dr. Watson's role is directly played by Lucy Liu, with men becoming women and white people becoming Asian.

This kind of situation is common in Hollywood.

What's more, only 30 seconds ago, when he learned that Sandra Bullock had joined the "big dreamer", he just realized that the butterfly effect had begun to affect Hollywood's reality and future in an all-round way. He had to learn to be flexible. However, he just made the mistake of empiricism, and some of them took it for granted.

Now, after opening his mind, Langley can't help thinking seriously, if Robert Downey Jr. plays "gravity"... In "Iron Man 3", Tony Stark was once trapped in armor, desperate to survive, will "gravity" become an extended version of that clip?

Just imagine in my mind, Lan Li can't help laughing. This is not an offense or contempt to little Robert Downey, but the finished style of gravity is really far from Robert.

In 2008, with the revival of "Iron Man", Robert replaced Johnny Depp and became the first person in Hollywood. Since then, he has made many different attempts, such as "tropical thunder" and "soloist", which are worthy of affirmation.

But after that, Robert began to be lazy.

After an image or a role has achieved success, it naturally begins to follow the same routine and give up more exploration and pursuit, which can be said to be Robert's choice or the advice of the agent. Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Johnny Depp at their peak were all like this.

Since 2011, Robert has appeared in six films, five of which are iron man Tony Stark.

The only exception is the judge's father in 2014. But unfortunately, the word-of-mouth was in a mess. The comprehensive evaluation of the media was only 48 points, and the box office performance was terrible. After that, Robert became more "focused". Except for iron man, there were almost no other characters on the big screen.

So, to make up for it, Tony Stark's image overlaps with gravity's Ryan stone, and the strong sense of disobedience makes people smile.

"If it's a male character, how are you going to tell the story?" When you realize your mistake, you have to correct it. Lan Li straightened out and asked for advice with an open mind.

In the face of such a problem, Alfonso is not nervous, but more and more concentrated. He supports his hands on the round table and uses gestures to match his own words. He explains incessantly, "in traditional religion and philosophy, women often represent tenderness and rebirth; Men, on the other hand, tend to represent strength and primitiveness. "

Lanli put down his knife and fork for the time being, completely eliminated his brain and cleared his mind about the "gravity" of the last life in his mind, and re understood the work of "gravity" bit by bit from scratch.

This is not easy, because the "gravity" of the last life is a work that lanli likes very much, but now he needs to completely overthrow it, and even extract the core idea of the story. It's a big change, more than any of the works that lanli has played so far.

"If we tell this story from a female perspective, we should pay attention to the perspective of nurturing life and breaking the ground of hope; But if we interpret the whole story from a male perspective, our narrative focus lies in the survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle. "

Philosophy and reflection are always illusory. Alfonso's words are very abstract and cannot be embodied, let alone associated with the characters. Instead of thinking in a hurry, lanli listened carefully, absorbed and digested little by little. For now, it's still cloudy.

"In the desperate situation of survival crisis, men are also in a situation where their lives are on the line. The tough protective shell is finally defeated. In despair, he thinks of his wife, his children, and even his parents. His deep fear is amplified bit by bit, especially in the lonely environment of outer space, which is totally opposite to the traditional concept of softness and vulnerability, It's the shadow of life

Alfonso's explanation is still abstract, but lanli has vaguely captured some inspiration, "either choose to give up and die out completely; Or rise up and fight and seize a chance. Even if there is no hope of survival in outer space, we can create a way of life with our own hands. "

In the real desperate situation, in fact, men and women are the same, the desire to survive is everyone's instinct.

The only difference is that women symbolize giving birth to life, breaking out of the cocoon in a gentle and tough way. Therefore, in the "gravity" of the last life, there is a picture of Sandra curling up into a baby, floating in the space station, simulating the state of the uterus.

Men, on the other hand, symbolize the creation of heaven and earth, and the rebirth of nirvana in a tough and decisive way. Correspondingly, the state of the uterus can also be simulated in the film, but the actor is required to be stronger and stronger, just like Pangu, splitting chaos and creating heaven and earth.

The same moral, under the gender differences, the actors give different philosophical meanings to the film screen with subtle and delicate performance differences, but in the final analysis, the core ideas reflected are still the same——

"Yes, that's what it means!" Alfonso nodded in affirmation, and the words continued.

"Without any hope, Ryan calmed down, tore open all the problems with his bare hands, overcame the impossibility, the nature and the laws of the universe, and opened up a new life. It not only completes the self redemption, but also represents that human beings have grasped the gravity again and quietly born a new life in the cruel living environment of the universe. "

Gradually, lanli drew a vague outline in his mind, which was still not very clear, just a few pieces of inspiration. However, he got rid of the influence of Sandra Bullock's version of "gravity", and sketched out the male character's version of "gravity". He needs more concrete symbols.

"Have you ever watched the tree of life, the best picture nomination for this year's Oscars?" Alfonso was a little stunned by lanli's question, and his thoughts didn't seem to keep up with him. So lanli went on to explain, "in this movie, the first third of the pictures are worth thinking deeply. The director juxtaposed life on earth with human life. "

"On one side is the birth of the earth, from the big bang to the Cambrian and Jurassic, from nothing to life, from single cell to complex human beings, as well as the changes of nature and the earth, all the way to the extinction of dinosaurs, and the birth of human beings; On the other side is human breeding, cells, bacteria and embryos placed under the microscope. In fact, the origin of the earth and the birth of mankind are interlinked. "

"Tree of life" is a very abstruse film. Before watching the film, the audience must have a certain understanding of science, philosophy, religion, biology, astronomy and other related fields. Otherwise, the metaphors and hints of those pictures cannot be really felt.

As far as lenley is concerned, he doesn't like such works, because it is more like American conservative Catholicism's self interpretation of faith, religion and life, lacking a true tolerant and tolerant attitude; But from an artistic point of view, the picture, composition, photography and plot setting are really worth studying.

"It's where the branches of the tree of life stretch out. We can see the unexplained light, the vast nebula, the moving stars, the pre formed stars, the sun and moon blocked by the black storm, the lightning that gives life ability, the primitive lakes that throb, the prehistoric plants and animals, the slowly dancing jellyfish, the hammerhead shark, and the dinosaurs that live on the river bank, The eyes of a fetus, and most importantly, a newborn child. "

This is not Lan Li's own words, but the beginning of the "tree of life". His poetic prose outlines the origin of the earth, the birth of life and the changes of nature.

"I mean, we stand on the surface of the earth, look up at the tree of life, and see the vastness of the universe; So, when we are in outer space and look down at the earth and life, what should we see? The flow of the river of life, the eruption of the volcano of life, or the vicissitudes of life, the time passing nothingness, we are like a drop in the ocean, small but great

Undoubtedly, Langley goes further than Alfonso, standing at a higher, broader and deeper angle, giving "gravity" a deeper meaning. They even get rid of the shackles of gender, blur the differences between life bodies, and only refer to "life".

Alfonso carefully tasted some mystery, "so, how should we present it?"

"If it's an actress, what the picture shows may be a womb, implying the birth of life; And the actor's words, the picture presents a void, or a chaos, and then like the big bang at the beginning of the universe, bang, life begins, time also begins. Originally, there was no chance of life, but he opened up a wisp of hope Lanli gradually concretized his thoughts, and the image outline of the role and the way of performance gradually began to become clear.

"Aha! Yes Alfonso suddenly realized, hit a loud finger, but then fell into meditation again, "no, this composition is too simple. We should go deeper, and so on. The script needs to be adjusted... "

Thinking about it, Alfonso ignored the existence of Lan Li and fell into his own thoughts.