Chapter 1061

"Gravity" is a unique work. Before we understand the characters, we must understand the creative background of the whole story and the finished effect that the director is trying to present.

From the perspective of drama story, in fact, "gravity" is the "living burial" of space version. The main line and core of the story is escape. In the cosmic environment, a thrilling escape from another chamber of secrets, a life-saving journey with ups and downs and twists and turns, has become an outstanding commercial work.

If only so, "gravity" is far from being a masterpiece. There are not many differences between it and "buried alive". The style and theme of the story are the same. So, Lan Li's acting again is just a repetition of himself. It's not necessary at all. It's not an exploration of acting skills, let alone the progress of acting skills. It's just standing still and even reversing.

But in fact, "buried alive" is an excellent work, and "gravity" is a classic worthy of going down in history. It is not only because Alfonso Caron has made a breakthrough in technology, but also because of the core idea of the whole film and the sublimation of the final chapter.

From the audience's point of view, "gravity" and "buried alive" show the same way. The despair in the secret room, the anger under the desperate situation, the giving up after pressing step by step, and the letting go when the hope is rekindled. The feeling of oppression and tension interweaved, and the feeling transmitted after revealing the screen picture, are extremely similar.

But from the standpoint of actors and directors, the two works are quite different. Because the starting point of the role is different, because the demands of the director are different, and because the psychological course of the role is also different.

Before shooting "detached", Langley experienced such a self polishing process, that is, in shooting the scene of the first meeting of Erica on the bus.

The change of starting point, turning point and ending point of Henry's inner emotion will inevitably lead to a series of chain changes when he collides with the outside world, which will produce more chemical reactions to the plot and story, and even enhance the core of the theme. Naturally, the appeal and penetration of an actor's performance are also different.

For the audience, it's hard to tell a reason for these differences. They can't see them clearly or feel them. Even professional film critics are no exception; But it is crucial for actors, especially in the process of polishing acting skills.

Now the difference between "buried alive" and "gravity" can also be explained in this way.

Paul Conroy, a blue collar driver, becomes the scapegoat and victim of the war game in an accident.

In the process of survival, Paul suffered from official evasion, indifference from the company, and family disputes. It was not so much his struggle for survival as a mole ant in the whole social background that he became cannon fodder.

This is also the appeal of director Roderick Scott. Through this work, it reflects the contemporary war and social problems, and mocks the lies from the White House. Therefore, in the process of performance, the inner driving force is the emotional fetters, as well as the weakness of social small people; That kind of despair is gradually infiltrated.

In the work of gravity, the protagonist Ryan stone is a high intellectual. In an accident, he passively falls into the dilemma of space. If the story of "buried alive" has an indirect accident, then the story of "gravity" is pure, and the accident is just an accident.

The same purity continues into the story.

In the process of survival, Ryan is fighting with himself, without the involvement of social background and the promotion of family factors. That kind of complete loneliness and loneliness has become the main theme of the whole film. In the "buried alive", a mobile phone becomes the connection point between the hero and the outside world, while in the "gravity" space environment, it is really nothing.

So, what is the core factor - or core motivation - that bothers Ryan?

In the story of the last life, Sandra Bullock plays the role of Ryan stone. The accidental death of her daughter cut off the connection between Ryan and society. She began to work crazily, forgetting to eat and sleep, gradually numbing herself, and her life began to lose its meaning.

So, Ryan is in a desperate situation, and she has experienced such a mental journey:

At the beginning, everything is a survival instinct, just like a drowning person, the first instinct is kicking and breathing; Then, after struggling and striving, she began to give up from the bottom of her heart, because she could not find the meaning of survival, and gradually fell into the pain and suffering of the past.

At last, he awakened again and felt the call of survival again, which was in line with the instinct of nature and the beginning of human birth. Everything started from scratch and started to fight for survival again, and then he found the meaning of life - like the heart, beating forever, never giving up.

Sandra's performance is undoubtedly wonderful. She gives the role of Ryan stone more vulnerability and gentleness from the perspective of women, and then she regains her strength again. This flexible force successfully gave birth to life and opened up a ray of life, guiding Ryan back to the earth.

Such a mental process is far simpler and purer than the political appeal of "buried alive", but it is also more magnificent and larger, which makes the overall quality of "gravity" reach a new height.

In particular, the audience's feelings in the process of watching the film, from loneliness to lighting hope, from fragile collapse to indomitable, stripped all external influences, completely focused on the emotional dialogue between soul and soul, which is enough to touch the soul shock. It has broken away from the shallow level of "living burial" and entered a higher stage.

It can be understood that "burying alive" pays more attention to empathy.

Focusing on people like Paul Conroy, who are implicated in the war, cheated by the White House, abandoned by the company, and forgotten by the society, they are full of anger. They do their best to oppose the war, but they become victims. They suffer unspeakably, and then they are sacrificed. For this kind of people, when watching a movie, they will involuntarily take part in it, and then enter the mood and rhythm of the director.

But for the upper class or the highly educated and high-quality people, such theme works can not move them - because they are the group of people criticized in the film.

On the other hand, "gravity" pays more attention to empathy and sublimation.

The film does not focus on any kind of people - although Ryan stone also has a social component, the film focuses more on Ryan's original emotions. After stripping off the social attributes, we can return to the most primitive and basic human emotions, which is applicable to anyone.

Regardless of age, class, education, culture, wealth and other additional conditions, everyone is experiencing their own hardship, loneliness, pain, struggle and even numbness; At the same time, everyone is trying to survive, even those who have the idea of suicide in their mind. The idea of survival and destruction is always fighting each other.

It's like a philosophical problem. Maybe not everyone can think about it, but it can be felt everywhere in life. Therefore, the movie can arouse everyone's empathy.

From an artistic point of view, "buried alive" is still discussing life, while "gravity" is already discussing the universe and nature.

In other words, getting rid of the plot of the story and the character itself, "buried alive" brings a thrill of horror movie, while "gravity" brings a shock rooted in the soul, truly marveling at the greatness of life. But on the other hand, these differences in viewing experience are caused by the plot of the story and the characters themselves.

Once again, they go back to the original point and watch "buried alive" and "gravity" from the audience's point of view. Apart from the viewing effect and the quality of the finished product, the tension and horror in the process of watching the film are similar. They are also paying attention to a person's journey of survival after he is in a desperate situation. The ups and downs of the process is the focus of watching the film.

But what is the difference between the two works?

First, in the process of watching the film, the individual senses are different. Watching "buried alive" is a sense of parallelism, and oneself and the role are equal, while watching "gravity" is a sense of looking up and being insignificant in front of the universe.

Second, after watching the film, reflection and aftertaste are quite different, and the discussion topic of "gravity" will enter a higher and deeper level; Of course, even if we simply look at the effect of popcorn, because the whole shock directly affects the soul, the actual experience is multiplied.

Both of these differences come from the performance of the actors, rather than the structure of the play itself.

There is no doubt that this makes a very strict distinction between actors. It's even more so for lanli.

Before that, "buried alive" has achieved great success and won an Oscar nomination, which can be regarded as his famous work; Now, lanli challenges a similar work again. If it's not enough, the audience may fall into the old stereotype of "performing the same old skill again". They think that lanli's performance has no breakthrough, and even repeats itself, thus affecting their perception of the whole work.

As a gimmick, Lan Li can already imagine that the media is bound to call "gravity" the space version of "buried alive", which is the reporter's usual means of propaganda, irrelevant; But if the audience really thinks so, it's the failure of Langley's performance.

The differences in details gradually permeate through the performances of the actors, presenting different textures and styles, giving the whole work a more three-dimensional feeling and distinguishing "gravity" from "buried alive". This is the serious challenge of Langley.

It can even be said that this is the biggest challenge for Langley to become a filmmaker, because he not only needs to surpass the original Sandra Bullock of the previous life, but also needs to surpass his "buried alive", and to distinguish the two works, but also needs to interpret the grand meaning of "gravity".

It's very difficult to perform. It's just a brain tonic.