The Greatest Showman

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In the last life, "Gravity" achieved an unparalleled box office worldwide, and received unanimous affirmation and recognition from the audience. The North American box office data of 274 million US dollars, 723 million. 10,000 global box office figures, compared to the investment of 100 million US dollars, a real big profit.

What's more, after winning the Best Director Award at the Oscars, Warner Bros. also made a fortune in the video rental market, which is probably the case for both fame and fortune.

By comparison, "The Tree of Life" grossed just 13 million, while "Gravity" was so successful. reason? The best part of "Gravity" is not in philosophical reflection, but in the perfect combination of philosophical reflection and plot advancement, in other words, finding a suitable balance between art and business.

It's like "Inception".

In the trade-off between art and commerce, "Inception" is slightly more commercial, and the artistic reflection is a little weaker. Therefore, its box office is better, and the awards are worse; "Gravity" is slightly more artistic, The commercial attributes are slightly insufficient, so its box office is slightly inferior, but the awards are a big win.

That's the difference between Christopher Nolan and Alfonso Cuaron.

Countless audiences complained that the script of "Gravity" was too weak and too blank; but in Renly's view, this is precisely the success of the film.

Alfonso deliberately left a large number of blanks, without lecturing or explaining, but relying on the performance of the actors to fill in the blanks, leaving reflection and aftertaste to the audience; other than this, Alfonso still strictly follows the rhythm of commercial films. , In 90 minutes, the story will be ups and downs, the whole process has no urine spots, the highs/tidal waves are repeated, wonderful and continuous, and it is completed in one go.

So, all the content that Renly and Alfonso discussed just now, so profound, so profound, and so complicated, would not actually be presented in the movie, but would be left in the blank and left to the actors to take care of.

Audiences who are willing to explore in depth can savor it carefully and think over and over again; audiences who are unwilling to complicate things can simply enjoy the audio-visual enjoyment brought by the movie, which is enough.

Renly likes the commercial part of "Inception", which truly interprets Christopher's own style in audio-visual entertainment; similarly, Renly also likes the commercial part of "Gravity", where breakthroughs in technology transform the creation of the film. Dream technology has reached its peak.

These features, Renly hoped that the film would remain, just like Edge of Tomorrow. Not all movies have to be artistic.

what does that mean?

This means that the more esoteric Renly and Alfonso's discussions are, the more difficult it is for the actors to perform.

All the connotations and thoughts will fall on the shoulders of the actors. Especially under the minimalism that Alfonso insists on, the camera space is relatively static, and the actors' performance power must be subtracted and more subtracted; at the same time, the actors' performance content must be added and more added.

This is a paradox that imposes almost harsh and perverted requirements on the actors. But, that's not all.

In the last life's "Gravity", Sandra's performance was very exciting, there is no doubt about it; but on the other hand, the identity of women has created a little convenience, but also created more constraints. Alfonso's thinking is more or less limited to "women", without further opening his eyes, getting rid of the attributes of gender, and settling on life——

This is also the core of the discussion between Renly and Alfonso just now.

In other words, after stripping the advantages and disadvantages of gender, the theme of the film is even larger, just like the philosophical core of the film "The Tree of Life", which truly traces the origin of the earth and human beings. The difficulty of the actor's performance has definitely improved by more than one grade.

These requirements, for any actor, can be called the ultimate challenge. What cannot be ignored is that this is a one-man show, and all the details are magnified to the extreme. Any negligence and changes will be exposed. Even those top veteran actors need great courage to accept such a challenge.

What's more, "Gravity" is so special, that's not all the difficulty.

At the beginning of today's conversation, Alfonso's eloquent tirade revealed the biggest difficulty. It took them five years to solve the problem of zero-gravity shooting; next, the actors had to be in zero-gravity to complete all the shots.

Renly is not a tech nerd, and although he can understand, it doesn't mean he can simulate. Now, Renly is not sure what is the difference between weightless shooting and green screen environment, whether it is more difficult or simpler; what is the connection with motion capture technology, and whether there are different requirements for the way and strength of the performance.

But what is certain is that the green screen shot was taken on "Edge of Tomorrow" before, and Paul Greengrass adopted a combination of live-action and special effects to ensure that the actors could truly simulate the environmental effects; while "Gravity" The outer space environment, no matter how simulated, they are on Earth, that fact cannot be reversed.

Renly enjoyed the performance experience in the West End of London, and he never got tired of it. Even though he worked hard to the extreme, and even nearly collapsed, Renly still had no regrets and no regrets, and he would devote himself to it for the next two and a half months; and The challenge of "gravity" is completely different. This is not a stage play, but a performance structure and method unique to the film industry, which breaks the traditional rules and derives more possibilities.

Of course, all performances are rooted in basic skills, just

The challenge format and content have changed. The challenge of "gravity" is something that has never been tried before, and is also something that cannot be touched on the stage. From another angle and another level, re-examine the basic skills of performance.

Renly wasn't even sure whether to choose Methodism or Expressionism, or a combination of the two.

First, the actor must find a balance between addition and subtraction; second, the performance must have a deeper connotation without affecting the overall rhythm of the film; third, the performance of the one-man show; fourth, the position of the weightless environment.

All in all, the "Gravity" performance is not only a hot potato, but a thorny potato. In order to retain the commercial attributes of the film itself and make a difference in the box office market, the burden on the actors will be further increased, which is far more difficult than a simple one-man show like "Buried Alive".

Any actor with residual reason should be rejected.

Not only because the $100 million investment is all on the actors, but the box office figures of commercial movies are not determined by the actors. Actors can do their best to give top performances, but they cannot control the box office trend.

Like "Gravity", a movie that requires actors to dig deep in performance, but has a commercial appeal; moreover, the box office is still the most important first appeal, and Warner Bros. paid a cost of 100 million US dollars, not for Shooting a work of art is like the "Inception" of the year, and the box office is their pursuit.

Well, once the box office fails, all the blame is on the actors.

The problem is, this isn't "Titanic" or "Avatar," or "Inception" or "Lord of the Rings." The commercial attributes of these films are very obvious. Even if they win awards, their competitiveness in performance and screenplay awards is still extremely weak; but "Gravity" is beyond the commercial attributes, but the core is a literary heart that explores philosophy .

No wonder Alfonso insists time and time again that all the focus of this film will be on the actors.

Without the actors' performances, the entire film would be meaningless -- perhaps even more empty than the self-murmurs and life-reflections of "The Tree of Life"; on the other hand, leaving all the thinking and aftermath to the actors After that, Alfonso can concentrate and complete the production of the entire film according to the rhythm and pattern of commercial films.

It is estimated that everyone can avoid such a problem; but for Renly, at this time, the blood is boiling, the passion is surging, and it is eager to try.

It's a different challenge than a stage play, and it's a different challenge than "Edge of Tomorrow" or "Love Crazy," and Renly needs to really understand what it means to lift weights lightly, and what it means to be understated and yet profound.

Following "The Cancer-fighting Me" and "Transcendence", and after the Almeida Theater, Renly once again ushered in a new challenge in terms of acting skills, and this is still a commercial film!

Sure enough, the life of an actor is so colorful, never be easily complacent, never stop at will, because the scenery after breaking through the challenge is always beautiful and thrilling.

Recalling his decisiveness last night, and comparing his current level of preparation, Renly couldn't help but hold his forehead: after all, he still had no way to refuse, rejecting a wonderful and intricate role, rejecting a challenge to break through himself and sprint to the limit.

Renly had a strong suspicion that it was like those weird uncles who deceived children, always taking lollipops and chocolates to deceive children; and for him, he didn't need these things, just a good work, and he would Will be confused. So, does this mean that his mind is still mature?

"In this case, then Ryan's partner, we need to change the setting. Such a female character obviously has other positions and meanings in the mystery of life. Um... Do you have any good suggestions?

My current thinking is that men and women are a complete community, regardless of each other, and both are indispensable. When forced to, women choose self-sacrifice, not to improve men, but to survive the fittest in the natural environment . Wait, does this make any difference? In the environment of the weak and the strong, women are the first to be eliminated? Such misunderstandings absolutely cannot exist. "

Alfonso was completely immersed in his own story at this time, and he babbled. At the same time, he raised his right hand, gestured on the table, and raised his head to ask Renly's opinion, but he immediately asked Renly for his opinion. I was stunned, "I'm sorry, I forgot, you... uh, you haven't agreed to join yet, sorry."

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