Chapter 1502

There is such a group of people in the film industry who always firmly believe that the duration of a film is an important part of classics and success.

For example, in the 1960s and 1970s, the industry generally believed that the perfect duration should be 90 minutes. The three-stage structure can just complete three equal parts. 30 minutes is the peak of the audience's high concentration, and the cycle is completed every 30 minutes.

Later, with the maturity of the film industry, 120 minutes was regarded as the best choice. This is true of the two pioneering works of "great white shark" and "Star Wars". The structure and content of the whole story are more full, which has become an important part of the modern film production industry.

The influence factors of film duration can be said to be in all aspects, such as commercial film and art film.

In a commercial movie, if the duration of a movie is too long, for example, more than 180 minutes, the first is that the number of films arranged in a single day is bound to decrease, and the second is that the audience's patience is unable to persist. This is not an inevitable phenomenon, but it does exist objectively. In addition, once the duration exceeds the control range, it will have a chain reaction to the script structure, rhythm control, climax bedding and other links, which is difficult to control.

For art films, directors need more time and space to complete their work, from characterization to ideological elaboration to lens layout. If the time is not long enough, the director's hands and feet will be bound, and then the quality of finished products will be affected, Now about two and a half hours can be regarded as a relatively mainstream trend.

For example, among the top ten North American box office productions at the end of last year, only "Teddy Bear" had 106 minutes, while all the other productions had more than two hours; Of the nine best picture nominations for last year's Oscars, only the "Southern beast" was 93 minutes, and all the others were more than two hours.

Of course, this is not to say that there will be no good movies in 100 minutes. Just to say, in terms of viewing habits and production effects, the capacity of 100 minutes or 90 minutes is still too small for the existing market habits. It is very difficult to create an excellent work that moves the audience in a limited time.

When browsing the news of the major entertainment media, you can notice that "the Avengers Alliance announced the length of the film, which is 143 minutes in total". There are many such news headlines. This is the industry's first judgment index for the key factors such as the film structure and narrative capacity.

Before "gravity" officially landed in Venice Film Festival, Warner Bros. announced the film market, "91 minutes". If the subtitle time at the beginning and end of the film is deducted, then the main body of the film will only have less than 90 minutes, which is much shorter than expected, which also leads to a lot of speculation and speculation.

Because the industry has never heard of the contradictions and conflicts that Alfonso calon encountered in post production, that is to say, the film should be edited according to Alfonso's own ideas, without the producer's interference, so it is almost impossible to shoot a master's work in just 90 minutes.

In other words, before the film was officially released, there were countless worries from all sides, and some stubborn old scholars asserted early that "this is a failed work. This is a work destined to fail. " Even more firmly believe that Cannes or Venice, those topics are all Warner Brothers mysterious smoke bombs, is to cover up the film's terrible.

Now, the premiere is finally over, and the first media reviews are finally out.

Ninety one minutes? Too short?

All this is not a problem for "gravity". Alfonso has successfully created an amazing and adorable film in a limited time, which has broken the mature film production technology of the whole industry, and endowed the film art creation with completely different new vitality in a novel and different way. It is a full 15 praise frenzy, This is the best picture!

"Empire", 100 points, "this is undoubtedly the most real, wonderful and moving space movie so far." gravity "tells a story about the survival of the universe that makes people feel goose bumps fall completely. Alfonso Caron's film language is breathless, while the wonderful performance of Langley hall makes people take off their hats to pay homage!"

"Era", 100%, "gravity" shows the future of cinema to the whole industry - a beautiful scene that TV and computer can't present. Alfonso Caron has taken the art of cinematography to a new level: "you really can't beat the scenery."; And the performance of Langley Hall shows more depth and breadth at a higher level. What else can we ask for? "

"New York Times", 100 points, "this is a movie about cinemas. It provides an unparalleled and thrilling viewing experience. It is perfect in technology, heartbreaking in narration... And of course, the irresistible Langley hall."

"Los Angeles Times", 100 points, "Alfonso Caron once showed the chilling control of long shot scheduling, the explosion of ideas and the blowout of inspiration in his film" son of man ", which is really impressive; In "gravity", he further brings the advantages of the cinema's large screen to the extreme. Every scene and every picture is a gift from the cinema. "

"Screen", 100 points, "a space opera built on the basis of brand-new technology, but still firmly infiltrates human nature and philosophy, the perfect balance between commerce and art!"

"Complete movie", 100 points, "since the 19th century, action movies or science fiction movies have become an indispensable part of people's lives, but there has never been a movie like gravity. Alfonso Caron has established a natural and realistic flow of light and shadow in 3D images, just like the graceful steps of a ballerina, Every second of the movie is a pure enjoyment. "

These are the comments from the mainstream professional media, which undoubtedly praise Alfonso's revolutionary progress with a series of praise words, which is crucial for the whole film industry.

After a few years, the TV screen began to seize the market, especially the streaming media led by Netflix and Amazon. They opened up a new film viewing market on the Internet, and even began to call on people to create their own viewing space at home without going into the cinema.

Such a move has met strong resistance from most professionals in the film industry, especially directors such as Alfonso Caron and Christopher Nolan. Although interest is an indispensable factor, the impression brought by the large screen of the cinema is incomparable to that of the small screen of the family, which is also the key reason, Gravity is the best proof.

As the review of "time" magazine said, "gravity" shows the future of the industry, cinema is still irreplaceable.

In addition to the mainstream authoritative media, independent professional media also made comments for the first time. Although "gravity" is positioned as a commercial film, independent media are not stingy with their praise. As Michael Phillips said, this work really finds a clever balance between business and art.

"Voice of the village", 100 points, "gravity" is so vast, beautiful, soothing and magnificent. This kind of film can always separate you from the field of reality and the earth, and after moving and shaking in the soul level, it makes you feel closer to reality and the earth. Langley Hall presents the unique performance on the big screen of 2013 film! It's amazing

"Roger Ebert's official website", 100 points, "in addition to the visual effects, which once again brings the ultimate visual experience, the most wonderful part of gravity is that it has carried out a deeper discussion on both the technical and ideological levels, and has completed all the explorations in a perfect way."

After the death of Roger Ebert, his personal official website is still in normal operation, and now it has gradually developed into a gathering place for independent film critics. The website is willing to hire special resident film critics to provide fixed contributions, and at the same time, it is open to independent film critics to write their own contributions. If they are employed and displayed after audit, the website will pay additional contributions.

"The playlist", 100 points, "a fierce and tough sci-fi adventure movie with diamond light!"

"Film review", 100 points, "this is a film that changes the whole industrial structure, just like" Avatar ". It shows the unique viewing experience that the film screen can bring. It may even have reached the peak, and it can't make a breakthrough again in a short time; At the same time, its ideological core is more grand and profound than that of avatar, which is close to the fantasy drifting of Hugo and the youth school. Every minute and every second of the scenes has profound meaning. There is no redundancy, no waste, less James Cameron, more Stanley Kubrick. "

Full marks, full marks, or full marks. In the professional media, from authority to independence, from mainstream to minority, all these film media have received full marks. This also proves that in the professional level, "gravity" has conquered all the tricky and harsh film critics without suspense.

In the aspect of mainstream comprehensive media, "gravity" is no inferior to the next city; However, just from the content of the comments, we can see that the focus of attention and the focus of comments of professional and comprehensive media are different. In a sense, it can be regarded as the inevitable result of different media attributes.

There is no doubt that they focus on the most influential young actor in the contemporary era, and easily push the topic to a new peak!