Chapter 773： No madness, no evil

"The style and role of the film, although obviously more dark than my previous works, does not mean that I will change my direction in the future and abandon mainstream Hollywood films.{"

At the press conference, Natalie did not give them the opportunity to challenge journalists who were mainly European media. “In everything I do, I always want to try to learn something new. This film It’s just a part of it...I never wanted to try to do things that are purely artistic and dark. I prefer mainstream movies, Hollywood movies in a more traditional sense."

"Then why do you want to make such a film?"

A reporter who spoke French-accented English asked, "Don't you think such films and characters are more meaningful than "The Hunger Games" and Katniss?"

"This is a movie, a story, and it doesn't represent the other."

Natalie does not necessarily lose to Ryan when it comes to lip service. "It not only depicts the heroine’s narcissism, but also presents her self-loathing side. I think this is very interesting. If it is presented in images, the audience will also like."

No matter what the European reporters ask, Natalie’s words have never moved closer to the so-called art and the dark side of exposing human nature. She has been influenced by Ryan for many years, and she has grown up in Hollywood full of commercial atmosphere. What does the film say to her? Some more, it goes without saying.

Later, a reporter asked her about her in life. Natalie cleverly borrowed the characters in the film and said, “White swan always pleases others, black swan is a little lonely and self-admired, and my character is closer to the latter. The first thing to express is It’s my liking."

Entering the backstage, before Natalie had time to react, Ryan stepped forward and gave her a strong hug.

"The movie is excellent, Nat." Ryan whispered after letting go of her. "You gave me enough confidence."

The best memory of this year's Venice Film Festival is destined to belong to Natalie. Under the spotlight, she is an amazing "girl in red dress"; in the opening film, she has become a mysterious "black swan".

"Every film exhibition will benefit a lot from a good opening film, but an opening film that has attracted much attention like "Black Swan" is not common."

This is what Mark Taylor, the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, said in an interview, "This is the best film of the year, and Natalie Portman's directing is as good as the performance."

Ang Li, who took the film to participate in the competition, also accepted an interview with reporters.

"Under the excellent use of light and shadow, director Natalie Portman has the skill of filming with ease. The horrifying and shocking psychological drama in the second third of the film is for a female director. It is extremely difficult, but she beautifully arranges the violent elements in the entire movie, and uses a beautiful ballet as the outer shell, passionately telling the audience the absurdity of glory and darkness."

Those preliminary preparations were not done in vain, and even many mainstream media in Europe were full of praise for the film.

"Natalie controlled the layout of "Black Swan" in a small range, paying attention to the performance of details. This is a relatively perfect small and exquisite work. The artistic atmosphere is full of the whole film."

"In the suspense design of schizophrenia and the role relationship, Director Portman adopted a'quick puzzle solving' method, that is, after creating suspense and horror, quickly reveal the answer to the audience. Do not let the audience produce false and real Indiscriminate and obscure feelings."

Counting the opening films of the Venice Film Festival over the years, there are winners and losers. "Black Swan" has won praise. But it is not that no films have received higher praise in the past. The biggest difference from those films is that "Black Swan" is a bit obscure and dark. But it will not make most of the audience look down, and the movies made by Natalie in Hollywood mode actually still have a lot of commercial atmosphere.

What's more, the film features the three most appealing actresses of Hollywood's new generation, including Ryan as a guest star in soy sauce...

After the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, it landed in North America on the weekend and only appeared in 20 theaters in the first week.

However, since the release of "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", Disney has borrowed the movie-watching craze to promote the new film directed by Natalie, which has attracted many people's attention to this film, especially those of Natalie, Hardcore fans of Scarlett and Gail Gado entered the theater one after another.

On the first three days of the week, "Black Swan" completely exceeded Ryan and Natalie's estimates. It earned 1.79 million US dollars in 20 theaters, and the single-library score reached nearly 90,000 US dollars. For the film, this is simply incredible.

Similarly, the film received a lot of praise in North America, but unlike the European side that directed Natalie as a director, the North American media focused on her performance.

"The film is full of tension, mysterious and fascinating, and Natalie Portman's brilliant acting skills have made her leap from the ranks of first-line actresses to a superstar. I believe it will be possible for herself in the near future. Won back several trophies."

-"Vanity Fair"

Even though it's only September, the PR battle for the North American awards season can actually start.

"Through her performance...you can feel Portman bravely stepping out of the realm she is already familiar with, and instead interpreting a character who has gradually lost his self-examination. This is very courageous for an actor. Of course she succeeded too."

--"New York Times"

"Natalie Portman perfectly interprets the Puritan dancer Nina with her skinny body, pale face, and horrified eyes."

-"Los Angeles Times"

"The whole movie revolves around Natalie Portman. It is absolutely a heroic performance. There is no madness or a devil, and a great actor was born!"

-Yahoo Entertainment

The media from Disney has spared no effort to promote Natalie. Among them-the superb performance in "Black Swan" has completely completed Natalie's transformation-so similar news emerges endlessly.

Not to mention Natalie, even Scarlett, who was the female number two, received a compliment, “As Portman’s perfect opponent, it is also soft and dark, but compared to the fear revealed in Portman’s innocent eyes, Carrie Johansson is no exception, and Portman shines with each other."

As for Ryan and Gail Gado, they were automatically ignored by the media...

It can be said that quite a lot of mainstream media in North America, especially Hollywood, can’t wait to line up to sing a hymn called Natalie Portman.

In addition to Ryan's influence, there are many reasons from Natalie herself.

In every era, Hollywood will always launch several very representative female stars to demonstrate the prosperity and glory of this circle, and also attract more young girls, like moths to the fire, rushing in forever. In this circle.

If the last era was represented by Nicole and Julia Roberts, are there any more suitable candidates than Natalie in the new generation?

A high-achieving student who graduated from Harvard University has both the director and acting talents, a strictly self-disciplined lifestyle, the support behind it, and the orthodox Jewish identity.

These are all the advantages that Hollywood actresses of her era did not possess.

In North America, the home base of Hollywood, even people who don't like movies of the genre and theme of "Black Swan" mostly approve of Natalie's performance in the film.

"The story is relatively old-fashioned and lacks new ideas; and there is little in-depth exploration. But the atmosphere and spirit are fully grasped, and the shots are very tense, fragmented, and beautiful. Natalie Portman's performance is excellent, even if she looks more Like a white swan."

"I don’t like the movie "Black Swan" very much. The psychological thriller part behind it is actually far-fetched. Personality and schizophrenia seem to be the right weapon for all literary and artistic movies, but Natalie’s performance is really good and worthy of a small gold people."

The subject matter of this film is relatively small after all. It is normal for some people to dislike it. Most of these people say they are pertinent, unlike some people who always attack for the sake of attack.

""Black Swan" is a mess at all, it's **** with the name of art. Natalie Portman's performance is flashy. As an actor, she is opportunistic and unreliable."

Ryan and Natalie just saw this film review of David Denby from the Internet, and there was even more exciting news about him from New York.

David Denby, one of the most famous and largest film critics in the United States, has been the chief film critic of the "New York Times" before, and just this month, after 31 years of playing for the "New York Times", he was officially accepted yesterday. The dismissal of the old club-this incident suddenly surpassed his film reviews and became a hot topic throughout Hollywood and even the United States.

And American film critics, including Roger Albert, collectively spoke out, blasting the cold-blooded behavior of the "New York Times" and fully supporting David Denby.

Roger Albert even made harsh comments to the New York Times in his blog vowed that he would never subscribe to the New York Times again in his life, and those who have subscribed this year will also unsubscribe...

Fortunately, he learned the lesson from last time and did not call on others to unsubscribe, otherwise another huge storm is waiting for him.

In fact, this is understandable. The New York Times is a business newspaper. When film critics are no longer attractive, the dismissal of them can not be more natural.

The collective condemnation of film critics is not unreasonable. They are bound to worry that this will become the beginning of a more marginalized film critic, just like Ryan did in the past.

Facing Roger Albert's harsh words, the "New York Times" responded unceremoniously-I don't want to exaggerate, but the world structure of film critics has collapsed!

Subsequently, "Variety" magazine terminated the contract with the big-name film critic Todd McCarthy, and the "Hollywood Report" also stopped cooperating with another well-known film critic...

(The real event-due to the sharp decline in influence, around 2010, many media including "Variety Show" and many other media canceled their contracts with many film critics.) (To be continued...) ()