MTL - Best Actor-v3 Chapter 67 Praise

Although Sean is not a professional editor or director, as a producer, there may be a lot of names, but he did participate in the production of some movies. own vision.

As it is now, Sean feels that it is completely possible to bring the paragraph of the American couple shot to the front and put it in the first paragraph of the opening. In this way, it can not only attract the attention of the audience at the first time, but also create suspense at the end. After all, not everyone is interested in the peaceful life of the Moroccan herdsmen. After all, they still like those they are familiar with. story.

Then put the story of Japan in the second place, but it is necessary to vaguely mention that the father of the Japanese girl has been to Morocco, which can further give clues and continue to attract the attention of the audience. Next is the story of the United States and Mexico. Even if the relationship between a few plots is not mentioned, people who think fast will quickly come to a conclusion, and then return to a poor family in Morocco, so the puzzle is solved, The first reincarnation is over, and it will be more attractive to the audience, and how will it evolve next.

Inarido’s arrangement made the previous part a bit lengthy. As mentioned above, not many viewers are really interested in the life of a poor family in Morocco, thousands of miles away. Most of them just want to see a story. And such an opening can easily bore many impatient people, and if it takes a little longer, it will make them lose their interest in watching movies.

Sean knows why Inarido does this, without him, the so-called humanistic care, Inarido became famous through literary and artistic films after all, and he didn't want to have like Toro and Caron. With the experience of directing commercial films, naturally, the production will be more literary.

And most literary and artistic films have a common feature, that is, the rhythm is slow, especially at the beginning, after showing a lot of emotional pictures that have nothing to do with the specific story. The difference between a bad literary film and a bad literary film is that if you watch a good literary film patiently, you will still watch it, while a bad literary film will not know what you are talking about even if you watch it from beginning to end. .

Of course, there is no lack of some guys who praise each other, or like this kind of incomprehensible tune, and blow a movie that is obviously inexplicable into a classic. Well, Sean always felt that the "Mulholland Drive" starring Naomi had this suspicion, although he recommended her to go.

This is the difference between watching a video tape at home and watching a movie in a movie theater. When watching at home, you can rewind the tape if you want to, and stop if you want to stop, so if you don’t like literary movies, you can see If you can't be attractive at the beginning, you should change it immediately, and those who like literary films can taste the details one by one.

In the movie theater, there is no way to rewind or pause, and if you want to leave, you will feel sorry for the ticket money, so unless the boring plot is too long, beyond the bottom line of patience, the audience generally will not leave. Then, as long as the story officially unfolds and is really attractive, they will naturally watch it slowly and at ease.

It's also like now, although the plot jumps to Japan, it has given clear clues and suspense before, so even if some people don't like this style, they start to keep their eyes open and keep watching .

The next plot is that the Moroccan teenager refuses to go herding sheep again, but he can't tell his family clearly; the American tour group found a small town, and her husband Zhang Huang was confused to find a doctor, and everyone was dragged down ; The Mexican nanny had a very comfortable life, taking the host's children to the wedding and having a good time; the Japanese girl was deaf and mute, but she finally found a normal person to play with.

Then, the situation took a turn for the worse, the Moroccan teenager finally told the truth, and then the US government announced that it was a terrorist attack, the Moroccan police began to search fiercely, and the father had to take them away; The small town took too long, and everyone in the tour group became impatient, and finally asked to get in the car and leave, but the husband tried desperately to stop it but was powerless.

Then the Mexican nanny and her other nephew sent their two children back from Mexico, but were stopped at the border by the police who suspected her of kidnapping American children, and the grumpy nephew was very impatient and finally Just rushed out of the gate, and eventually the nanny and two children wandered in the desert.

Although the Japanese girl found a young man who could play with her and didn't mind her being deaf, but in the dance hall because she couldn't hear the music, she couldn't dance together. The girl jumped excitedly because she could hear a little sound, so she was abandoned again.

attract the attention of the audience.

In the end, the Moroccan father who fled with the child was blocked by the police, and he was too old to shoot back with a shotgun, and was finally killed behind the rock, the younger son cried to the police surrender.

The American couple finally reconciled in this life-and-death fear, but in order to win the rescue, he had to make a deal with the American embassy to praise the government in front of the media after being rescued security and efficiency.

The Mexican nanny wandering in the desert lost the little girl with a fever because she got lost, and just dragged the little boy around in the sun. Although the American police were finally found for help, the two children were also found, and the owner in Morocco, the American couple, did not plan to prosecute him, but the American police still wanted to drive her back to Mexico in the name of private work, and did not Re-entry allowed.

As for the Japanese girl, when the police came to investigate, whether her father had been to Morocco and presented a shotgun like a local - here the whole story is finally linked - she thought He came to investigate the suicide of his mother again, so he lied that her mother committed suicide with that shotgun.

And then, because she was too lonely and eager to communicate, she made various gestures to seduce the police, even naked in front of him, trying to seek a little consolation and prove her existence in this way. Of course, she ended up not having **** with the police and reconciled with her father after he returned.

Basically, the movie ends here, and when the subtitles are finished, the applause rang out. It was very enthusiastic. Although I didn't know it was deafening, the audience in the screening room was basically applauding, and it was very good in Cannes to have this level of applause.

Although the movie still has some flaws, it still has a fairly high level overall, at least a few story lines are interspersed without any confusion at all, even if the story of the Japanese girl is only connected to the main line at the end, But it also highlights the theme of the story.

The name of the movie is called Babel Tower, because it is taken from the story of the Bible. People want to build Babel Tower to go to heaven. God is dissatisfied, so they speak different languages, which is very inconvenient to communicate. Ultimately lead to failure, the film is to talk about the problem of communication.

Husbands and wives cannot communicate because of the death of their youngest son, poor families in Morocco cannot communicate because of police brutality, Mexicans cannot communicate with US border police because of long-standing border issues, Japanese girls are unable to communicate with society because of the deaf-mute problem.

These are easy to resonate with the audience, who has not encountered communication problems in life? Add in great detail - a film that goes hand in hand, has to be great at detail, and Inarido, who directed "Love Is a Son of a Bitch" and "21 Grams," has a good grasp of that detail. Pretty good.

For example, the irritability and despair of the Japanese girl again and again, or the dispute between the Moroccan brothers about the shotgun, and the red dress worn by the Mexican nanny to the wedding, etc. At the same time, there are also many places that are very emotional. The American couple finally showed a huge back injury from the loss of their child in their Moroccan hut, and finally they were able to get on the rescue helicopter. The husband wanted to leave them with them. The tour guide's money, but the other party never wants it. These places are easy to infect those sensitive audiences.

So, even though this movie is not as compact and good looking as Crash, it still deserves such applause.

However, let him focus on literary films in the future. After taking the stage to express his thanks with the creators, Sean thought while watching Inarido being surrounded by some reporters.

So if you really want to recruit, Toro and Cuaron can make commercial movies to make money, and Inarido can only make literary movies to win awards. Once they exchange or have the intention of exchange, they should never invest.

"Hey, Sean!" Just as Sean was thinking so, a voice came over, and then saw Inarido wave his hand over there.

Then, many reporters turned around, and a few impatient ones rushed over: "Mr. Sean Tang, Inarido said you took the initiative to invest in this movie, is that so? ?"

Sean did not answer directly, but came to Inarido with a smile, hugged him to congratulate him, and then turned to face the reporter: "Yes, I am very happy It was a pleasure to know Avery and to have invested in this film, which today proved to be the right decision."

"Why would you want to invest in this movie?" asked another reporter.

"I like this script, and I believe Avery can do it well," Sean spread his hands, then looked at Inarido, "I didn't really like it at first, but Avery suggested that I look at the script, so I did, and honestly, just by reading the script, I felt the tension of the story."

"This is an exaggeration," Inarido humbly said, "but he is very enthusiastic, so after I agreed, why not let him play a role? Although he is older than He's big, but he's good at that kind of role, and he said yes."

"How did you know Sean, Inarido?" Then another reporter asked.

"Oh, we met through Ms. Naomi Watts." Inarido said quickly, and Sean next to him suddenly twitched twice.