Chapter 1181

"These two characters already have their own stories."

Levine and Jane have been separated from the script, have their own world, their own life and their own stories, and become truly alive, even with vitality.

It's just like a wonderful brush, but after the character has his own character and soul, the development of the story has got rid of the writer's brush strokes, the way of handling things, the way of accepting others, and even the way of solving life. All of them have their own decisions, and they have really lived like Buddha.

In 2006, Emma Thompson and will Farrell jointly starred in "life in the pen", which tells such a wonderful story. When her characters become real characters in real life, the development of the story has lost control.

Now, the vitality of "drunken folk" comes from the two actors.

Ethan is an excellent director, but he is an actor.

Lanli's explanation fell in Ethan's ears. It was specious and vaguely captured a trace of inspiration, but then he denied it. But then he suddenly understood it. After being stunned and shocked, he became curious again

Is the high level of artistic creation really happening? More importantly, do Langley and Kerry really feel this way?

This time, however, Ethan was not able to get an answer. Langley nodded with a smile, and then walked straight away; Then, Kerry stood up and gave Ethan a big smile. "Director, we should go." With that, she followed the trend of most of the staff and left the apartment slowly.

Standing in the same place, Ethan is still pondering carefully. His only idea now is to replay the shooting content just now, and review the scene repeatedly and seriously. Out of the camera and between the characters, the invisible vitality is slowly spreading and crisscrossing like branches, which reminds Ethan of

"Ethan?" There was a call in my ear, and then I could see Joel Cohen's puzzled face, "why, don't you leave yet?"

"This is a moment, a fragment of the wave of ballads." Ethan said. Without end, Joel blinked and asked, "so?"

Ethan was excited. "Joel, I think in post editing, we can leave more blanks for the actors and give them the story to tell. Especially lanli... Did you see lanli's eyes in the scene just now? I have caught something vaguely now, and I think we should study it carefully. "

"... Ethan, are you sure you know what you're doing?" Joel reminds them that it's not their strong point.

Ethan nodded with great certainty, "of course!"

Vaguely, Ethan felt that maybe the final product of "drunken folk" would bring surprise.

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In the long history, the definition and positioning of excellent actor has never stopped. What kind of actor can be called excellent? How on earth can we be called the top?

Apart from the prizes, in fact, there is no right answer to this question.

For some directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock, an excellent actor means a qualified chess piece. When it's time to scream, when it's time to fear, it doesn't need to derive more content, and it doesn't need to perform and interpret willfully, because it will become too cumbersome and destroy the overall atmosphere created by the director.

For some directors, such as William Wyler, an excellent actor means Meiyu with unlimited potential. Under his guidance and carving, he gradually integrates with the characters and stories, and finally builds a complete work. In the final analysis, he is still telling a story, telling a real story of a character.

For some directors, such as Paul Thomas Anderson, an excellent actor means having independent thoughts and personality. The director uses the script to build a stage, gives all the performances to the actors, and allows them to play freely and derive freely. Then the director uses the lens to capture the role, space and story, and constructs a hybrid emotional segment.

In other words, every director has his own preferences and preferences, and every screenwriter, every producer, every film critic is so. Their definition and choice of actors are also different.

Even if they reach the level of Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis, their performances are still not likely to win everyone's love and support, even from a professional point of view.

But it is undeniable that one of the actors is undoubtedly quite special. They can endow the characters with soul and vitality according to their own interpretation and interpretation of the script and the characters, and then become a part of the story, refine the core idea of the whole story, and even further complete the sublimation and purification.

In terms of performing skills, they may not be perfect, or even immature; But the spirit and texture is a rare talent. For directors and audiences, watching their performances is absolutely a pleasure. Unfortunately, there are too few such talents.

Heath Ledger is one, Marlon Brando is one, Edward Norton is one, river phoenix is one... Now, Langley hall is one.

At least, in Ethan Cohen's eyes.

Of course, Ethan has never been a director who is good at directing acting. His opinions are not authoritative.

However, from the two works of "crazy love" and "detached" to the work of "drunken folk songs", Lan Li's performance is full of brilliance, but it is not as loud as the crowd, blurs the focus of the story, and really endows the characters and the script with the soul. However, people can't help but indulge in it.

After the conversation, Ethan began to recall the whole story of "drunken folk song".

At the beginning, the story just wanted to present the miniature of an era. The era they loved most was not full of ambition and tricks, which made the script relatively "light"; But with the advance of shooting, this idea is slowly changing.

Levine Davis is becoming more and more lively. He's either Dave van ronck, or Langley hall, or Levine.

In the chaos and chaos of gray in the 1960s, he was hobbled, scarred and exhausted. He seemed to bear the heavy burden of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, standing on the land of the United States, at a loss and at a loss.

At this moment, when his eyes fell on Levine again, Ethan saw himself, also saw the soul hidden behind the wave of folk songs, and even saw the vicissitudes and difficulties of this land——

In the baptism of war after war, their souls have been broken, but they are still hurting each other. Racial persecution has never disappeared, women's awakening has always been suppressed, minority groups are struggling, the exploitation of ordinary people by high-level capital is increasing, and the people at the bottom are still hurting each other

That kind of recklessness, that kind of bitterness, that kind of desolation, it's hard to say.

Then Ethan recalled the words they had written at the beginning, "it doesn't matter who you are. What matters is that you are a part of this wave of ballads."

For the Cohen brothers and Langley, it was a wonderful creative experience. Along with the process of shooting, they are constantly exploring, perfecting, exploring, and then going deep into the theme bit by bit, as if they were really involved in this wave of folk songs, and then completely become a part of it.

Every day is learning, every day is growing. When you look back, the story is still the story, but the soul is no longer the soul.

In the early days of the film shooting, Justin Timberlake once secretly approached the Cohen brothers and expressed his concern about his performance.

As a matter of fact, Justin's role in the film is limited, so he can perform in his own way without too much acting. Moreover, his opponent plays with Langley and Carrey are relatively simple and easy, without too many difficult parts. It's enough to just relax and enjoy the performance.

But as a bystander, Justin has been quietly watching Langley's performance. He can deeply feel the gap between each other, even the insurmountable natural gap, which makes him have a huge pressure, and has doubts about his ability, worried that his performance quality can not keep up with the average level of the film, and may also drag down the crew and affect the quality of the finished product.

At that time, the Cohen brothers just took it for granted that Justin was worried too much, because of Langley's professional attitude; They both comforted him, not to think wildly, not to carry on the burden, to relax, just like "Justin Timberlake", to put into the works, this is the best performance.

It's just an episode that the Cohen brothers didn't care about.

Ethan thinks that Justin's worry does not exist at all, and today's things will not happen, at least he did not expect things to happen, but the fact is that he finally understood Justin's worries and ideas; Not only that, but now he likes the story of "drunken folk songs".

Because I like Levine Davis more; It's also because we like Levine's way of life. Everyone thinks we are moving forward, but most of the time, we are still in the same place; More because of the simple atmosphere of life, holding talent, in the long winter, hard to find a way out, but ultimately still trapped in life.

Who can refuse such an actor? Who can refuse such a work?

Maybe Levine Davis is real, living somewhere in the 1960s.