Chapter 1148

Conversation is a very interesting thing. In a few words, one can reveal one's educational background, quality and education; What's more, it can reveal a person's inside information, investment and thought. The more professional it is, the easier it is to expose the details.

It's like this moment.

Joel and Ethan can deeply feel that Langley is the only one who really touches the core of the whole play, even more profound than their producers. This makes them exchange a vision, show a tacit light at the bottom of their eyes, and confirm their choice again.

They had to be thankful that they found lanli.

It's not easy to find an actor in the field of folk songs. At the same time, it's even more difficult to shoulder the dramatic weight of the whole film. Even Justin Timberlake and the Coen Brothers dare not entrust more roles.

In the actor industry, it's not easy to find a singer who can really perform live, but also understand and interpret the weight of the whole era. Oscar Issac is very good, he is very good, but he is not Langley hall.

In the exchange of sight, the Cohen brothers showed a trace of satisfaction and satisfaction.

"Tell me more about it." Ethan said, making an open attitude, waiting for lanli's advice.

All eyes are on it.

In a flash, lanli once again became the object of everyone's attention, but different from the "disturbance and distraction" just now, this time in the eyes, all the conjectures and doubts have converged, more is a gesture of in-depth research, into this discussion, even John Goodman and others have also cast their eyes.

"First of all, we need to listen to the whole album and even each song again, and they all correspond to the roles and occasions in the script..." Lan Li slightly adjusted his posture, didn't take out the mother band, but talked on and on, as if the mother band of the whole original band had been deeply imprinted in his mind.

There is no doubt that "drunken ballad" is one of lanli's favorite movie soundtracks.

Incidentally, the Cohen brothers' taste in music really brightens people's eyes. The original soundtrack of the movie "three kings of prison escape" was amazing, and finally won the Grammy's annual album Award - the one won by "Don Quixote" last year, rather than the simple best soundtrack.

This time, the Cohen brothers once again maintained their consistent taste in music and selected the original soundtrack of "drunken folk songs".

After listening to the original soundtrack and conducting a preliminary historical investigation, lanli realized that the so-called mother band is actually a collection of music by a group of folk singers in the 1960s. It is not a new creation, nor has it been rearranged or recorded. It is just a collection of music in line with the ideas and ideas of the Cohen brothers.

In other words, the Cohen brothers created each character in the movie according to the real singer in reality, and then connected them according to their own story context. It also means that every actor's choice is meaningful - not just Langley hall, but Justin Timberlake, Kerry Mulligan and so on.

Then, before actors can understand the whole story and script, they must first understand their roles and their position in the tide of the times.

For Levine Davis, the corresponding singer is Dave van runck, an ordinary folk singer whose native place is unknown in history.

Naturally, before entering the story of "drunken folk", we must first know about the singer, Dave van runck.

In the wave of ballads in the 1960s, everyone knows that Bob Dylan succeeded. He became the leader of a whole generation of culture, and perfectly combined music with politics, life and literature. Later, he won the Nobel Prize for literature and left his own brand in the long history.

No one can deny Bob's talent and talent, but Bob is an excellent singer, but he can't be an excellent person.

Few people know that in the nameless season, in order to get the help of his fellow musicians, Bob always actively deals with them, absorbing knowledge quickly like a sponge, leaving after finishing his study, never giving back, and taking these things for granted.

Few people know that in order to succeed, Bob did not give up all the means, and after success, he got rid of the friends he made in the unknown period, including lovers and mentors. He chose a way to go on his own, and believed that this was the necessary condition for success.

Similarly, few people know that Dave is one of the objects Bob once asked for. When Bob was young, he once asked for advice on guitar memory from Dave, who had an unreserved exchange; Later, Bob secretly owned Dave's songs and achieved great success, but he always refused to admit it, even though it was never a secret in the folk circle.

Bob and Dave are the real pioneers of ballads in history. They have their own style and characteristics, but they are lost in the long history; Bob, however, has made a great achievement in his career, not only leaving his own brand in the 1960s, but also profoundly influencing two generations.

Bob made it, and he was famous; Dave failed. He was broke. It's a fact, and it's also a very interesting history.

This is the reality, this is the life, this is the society, this is the history left by the folk wave.

Just as the Cohen brothers said at the beginning, Dave is the real prototype of Levine Davis, while Don Quixote is the inspiration of the story. In the whole story, they reflect their thinking and discussion about Dave, Bob, artistic creation and the tide of the times.

In 2013, after the "drunken ballad" was officially released, it received a lot of praise in Europe, and also in the east coast of the United States. Many critics in the industry thought it was the best film of the year. Although the work failed to win the Oscar, it still lost its historical status.

reason?

Because "drunken folk songs" presents a wave of the times, and also presents the loss and predicament of art in the tide of the times. For any artist, it is a question of constant and repeated thinking, just like the topic of "the balance between art and commerce", which is eternal.

Whether we should compromise our artistic ideas for the sake of business, and whether we should give up our insistence on life for the sake of our artistic insistence; Whether the works of art separated from the market are meaningful, and whether the works of art compromised to the business can leave traces; More importantly, dream and life, ideal and reality, art and business are words that will never fade.

The same is true of the wave of ballads in the 1960s.

Through Levine Davis's seven day life, the Cohen brothers present the fragmentary fragments of the times

In the years when folk songs swept the whole society, all people flocked into this industry, hoping to become one of them and to achieve their own success. However, there is a contradiction between reality and ideal in treating dreams, art and creation. Artists must learn to compromise, to yield, to flatter and to socialize in order to succeed.

Otherwise, they will be annihilated in the long river of history, like Dave van runck.

The story focuses on Levine, but through Levine's footprints and eyes, it outlines the magnificent picture of the whole era. Every character, every time, and even every song has profound meaning. As the Cohen brothers themselves said, this is the story of an era, not just of Levine.

It's not just the 1960s, it's the present. Or, even more so in the 21st century, when entertainment is up to death and interests are supreme.

"Don Quixote", an album doomed to failure, has achieved incredible success due to a series of unexpected tragedies and unexpected mutations, and even ironically won the recognition of the Grammy trophy, which has become a concentrated brand of the whole fast food culture and the Internet age

The audience saw the glittering of the three gramophone trophies on the award ceremony, but did anyone really understand the deep meaning of lanli's three winning speeches?

It is not a simple criticism or condemnation, nor is it a taunt or ridicule, but a reflection and exploration from art creators. Because deep in their hearts, they are also questioning themselves: the times have changed, should they change?

The problem is that they themselves have no answer, because they are only a small part in the tide of the times. Only history and time can give the answer.

All of them, the Cohen brothers show through the soundtrack of "drunken folk", just like "Don Quixote".

All the songs that Levine Davis sings in the film are from the works of Dave van runck; The works of other singers are all from the works of other folk singers in the 1960s.

Every singer in the film can more or less find the corresponding prototype, their style, their talent, their thoughts and their soul are all condensed in their own creation, and projected in the film roles. According to the original track, you can see the whole story.

After entering the world of Levine, Langley admired the Cohen brothers. They dared to make such films, and they also dared to focus on such subjects. Perhaps, they are not such masters as Ingmar Bergman, who are constantly exploring artistic language and spiritual reflection, but in the field of independent film, they always stick to themselves and dig out the social reality of the United States step by step.

"Drunken folk" is about the 1960s, but also about the current American film creation and artistic creation.

This is the work that truly reflects an era.