Chapter 1146

People exchanged a line of sight, hidden in the eyes of only their own can understand the meaning. It's not just the actors, it's the staff.

There are too many rumors about lanli in the industry, and there is too little news about lanli himself. The sense of mystery brought by asymmetric information always makes people have more expectations and more pickiness.

Especially after winning the best actor Oscar last year with a record breaking attitude, there are more and more people looking for a bone in the egg. What's more, Vanity Fair is a circle full of jealousy and speculation. The higher you stand, the greater the pressure; The more attention, the more prejudice.

Just now, Lan Li's distraction and calm after being seen through fell into the public's sight and explained a different flavor: arrogance? Wild and uninhibited? be absent-minded? be opinionated? Or lose yourself?

It is said in the industry that Lan Li is an extremely dedicated actor, but his performance just now has nothing to do with his dedication. Obviously, this is another "superstar" created by the joint efforts of a broker and a public relations person with rumors. Everyone's expression reveals his own interpretation, which is playful and funny, ironic and profound.

But lanli didn't seem to be aware of these eyes. He took the initiative to meet Joel's eyes and gently closed his jaw. "Yes, in fact, I was just thinking about this. What the movie presents is a circle. Levine goes around a lot and tries to make a change, but finally he reluctantly returns to the origin. He seems to have made many attempts, but in fact nothing has changed. "

The commotion around him gradually calmed down, and the sight of communication gradually gathered. Everyone thought that Lan Li was talking freely, but now it seems that he is not.

"Levine is in a dilemma of life. He has been wandering, at a loss and in disorder. He tries to find a job to stabilize, but his inner agitation and uneasiness are still unable to stabilize; He tried to give up his dream, but he returned to his original position after all

"For film creation, he just went around a circle and went back to the origin. But for performance, it is very important to know how to go around the circle and what changes have taken place in his mentality during the circle. I mean, you're more inclined to communicate through music? Or through performance? "

Lanli is really thinking. After leaving the "gravity" crew, he began to think and really put himself into a new role.

Undoubtedly, this is the most special role of all the acting experiences of Langley: because Levine Davis is a character that has not changed.

Even in the desperate survival movies such as "buried alive" and "gravity", the characters also have a fierce process of psychological ups and downs and mental changes; This is especially true in other works. In the development of the story, the state of the characters is constantly changing, which also presents a curve, connecting the actor's performance context.

It's like in the ninth episode of the Pacific War, Eugene first meets a baby and then a dying body, which is a turning point, a turning point of mentality.

However, "drunken folk songs" is not. Levine is always in the same state. He repeatedly turns around or stays in the same place. From the beginning of the film to the end of the film, his mentality, mood and state only have slight ups and downs, but have not really changed, just like a trapped animal.

And that's what the Cohen brothers want to present.

It's a big challenge for actors. It can simply be said that there is no crutch performing.

What is a performance crutch?

In fact, it is the emotional explosion point, or the performance borrowing point, anger, pain, happiness, joy, sadness, any emotional ups and downs can become the explosion point, cancer in "anti-cancer me", parting in "crazy love", death in "detachment", and so on.

For colleges, what they like most and appreciate most is this kind of explosive moment. Every year at the award ceremony, the nomination moment of the four major performance awards, editing is always such a moment, the actor's "performance power" is fully and prominently presented.

Objectively speaking, this is also the favorite of the general public, because you can "see" the acting skills, just like dog blood, you can clearly see the powerful power that erupts in an instant, which brings shock and amazement.

But for actors, if they blindly pursue the performance crutches, they will gradually fall into the shackles and fall into the performance pattern, not only unable to break through, but will slowly regress. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most famous representatives.

People once wondered why Leonardo could not win the favor of the college after so many years of hard work? Even if he succeeded in the 88th Oscar, it was more because the competitors still lacked the ability and capital to fight.

There are many reasons, the most important of which are two.

First, Leonardo's performance must have "crutches", "mental retardation in different sky", "rebellion in edge diary", "madness in total eclipse love", "schizophrenia in aviator" and "undercover agent of infernal Walker"... Each character has more or less a violent and open publicity, including the desperate Avenger of "wild Hunter", It's all the same.

Without crutches, he doesn't seem to be able to act any more. In the works of "Titanic", "at large", "Inception" and "the Great Gatsby", his performance is completely swallowed up. The charm of the role comes from the personal charm of the actors, while the performance is completely lost in the story and the role.

Second, it is because of too much dependence on crutches that Leonardo's performance falls into a routine. He always looks bitter and resentful, and the expression of frowning becomes the symbol of the characters, which also makes all the characters look the same, lacking novelty and depth.

The only breakthrough is that in the "rescued Jango", Leonardo really burst out a trace of evil. But it's a pity that Quentin Tarantino is not a director who is good at training actors and has not been able to carry forward.

After winning the Oscar in 2015 with "wild Hunter", Leonardo gradually turned behind the scenes and began to become a producer, while the actors and actresses did not move.

In a sense, young and famous Jennifer Lawrence has a similar problem.

For the audience, such a performance is explosive, because they can "see" the moment of performance; But for actors, such performance is lack of change and depth, because the outburst of emotion has more or less similar characteristics.

The most simple and intuitive example is that Colin Firth won the best actor Oscar nomination in 2009 and 2010 by virtue of "single man" and "King's speech".

The former's performance is introverted, while Colin is constantly introverting and pressing down, but he has outlined the surging magnificence of the undercurrent; The latter's performance is external, Colin needs to release more on the delicate level, to show the frustration and difficulty of the role.

Apart from the attribution of Oscar winners, people in the industry prefer the former, while ordinary audiences prefer the latter.

Langley himself is no exception.

When I was a movie fan in the last life, I just like movies and performances, and naturally I prefer those external performances that I can understand; But this life began to learn performance, from shallow to deep transformation process, gradually reflected in the understanding and reading of performance, gradually can more deeply taste the taste of performance.

In fact, with crutches, performance is relatively easy, because actors know where the breakout point and borrowing point are; It is extremely difficult to perform without crutches, because the actor must have a deep understanding of the role, the story, and even the inspiration and concept of the creator. At the same time, the basic skills of acting are also extremely demanding.

Characters similar to Levine Davis are very common in European films, such as "things to come", such as "summer of 1993". What impressed Langley was a French Canadian collaboration called "son of John.".

It tells the story of a 35 year old man who never met his father. His mother said that he was just the result of a one night stand. But one day, he received a call from a stranger telling him that his father had passed away. He decided to go to Canada to attend the funeral. Later, he found that his biological father was not the one who died, but the man who informed him by phone.

The director presents the story which looks like dog blood and drama in a very introverted and plain way. He is eager to speak, and tells it in an eloquent way. All the weight of silence falls on the hero. Through his eyes and aura, he fully shows the sigh, loneliness, bitterness, alienation, kindness and uneasiness, However, the way of lifting a heavy weight like a light one brings a lingering charm after watching the film.

This is exactly what European films are good at. They hide all the rough waves in the calm, seemingly calm, but their gestures and eyes tell all the stories, leaving the space for reflection and aftertaste to the audience.

Now, the roles of Levine Davis and "son of John" are somewhat similar.

In just a few days, after experiencing some stories, it seems that the state of life has not changed, but the state of mind and emotion are different after all. Only you can understand the vicissitudes of life. This is a character who doesn't perform crutches at all. It can only rely on the actor's understanding of the story and the interpretation of his acting skills.

At the beginning of the film, sad and gloomy, bitter and dull; When the film turns, it is still the same; At the end of the movie, it's still the same.

The same state, just a breeze, rippling, but fleeting, and back to the original shape, from beginning to end are maintained, calm as water.

Because this is the characteristic of that era, because this is the characteristic of that wave.

In just seven days, the Cohen brothers intercepted a fragment of Levine's life. It was such a state that there was no earthshaking change and no hope of a good fortune. It began in depression and ended in depression. As a result, Langley ushered in the first role in his career that didn't really perform the crutch.

It's a great opportunity to make a breakthrough.