tearjerker director

Chapter 1346 How good it would be if there were no helpless separation in the world

If a film like "Unknown" doesn't need to be localized and adapted, it will be much easier to shoot.

Compared with other movies, Li Yi prefers this kind of family theme.

This movie may not be considered a classic, but it is indeed a more representative type of work.

It may be difficult for this kind of movie to have a high box office, but the tear-jerking index of this kind of movie is definitely not low.

For the understanding of movies, every director is different at different stages.

For a while, Li Yi also thought about whether to achieve some goals through movies, but now he has no such thoughts at all.

Movies may have specific side functions like that, but this kind of subject is too big and too complicated. Sometimes your original intention may be good, but often it may backfire.

After Li Yi finally screened out the leading actor in "Unknown", he chose the Hollywood best actor, Maury Darren, recommended by Dean Films.

The main reason is that Maury Darren is a father himself, and unlike many Hollywood actors, his private life is chaotic. This is a Hollywood actor with a relatively good reputation.

Of course, some people may say that there doesn't seem to be much connection between acting and the actors' personal problems, right?

But in Li Yi's view, there is still a certain connection.

At least, you can't invite an actor with a bad record and a messy private life to play the leading actor in "Unknown", can you?
It's easy to make plays that way, it's not a question of whether your acting is good or not, but the audience will naturally feel that it's against the law.

In fact, from this aspect, it might be better to find an unknown actor.

Another is that Murray Darren is also a father himself, and he is a father who loves his children very much.

On Laomei's side, you said that family affection is weak, you really didn't just talk about it casually, at least in Hollywood, there really shouldn't be too many such nonsense things.

And a good father playing the role of the father in "Unknown" is a very good entry point, because it can make the actor perform better and more stably.

Of course, there is another point that is very important, that is, if you choose Mori Darren, you can directly buy one and get one free, because Mori Darren's son is only four years old this year.

So after seeking the consent of Maury Darren, the father and son will star in this film together.

This can be said to save a lot of trouble. After all, if they are not real father and son, they must still need to cultivate their relationship.

After Maury Darren signed, because of the father in the film, John was a window cleaner.

So, the first thing Murray Darren needs to do is to understand the job of a window cleaner.

I have to say that the types of work here in Laomei are really very finely divided.

For example, window cleaners, it's hard to imagine anyone in China who specializes in this.

Laomei’s side is also very interesting, because the labor cost is too high, so many men in the family are forced to become all-around players, such as repairing the roof, and many of their families can do it by themselves .

Closer to home.

After all, "Unknown" is not a big production, so the preparation time is not long. After the most important actors are selected, the film will start shooting soon.

Morrie is a very humorous person, but what Li Yi never expected was that he actually fell in love with this job during the process of experiencing window cleaners.

According to his words: "It's very interesting. Many times, if we keep staring at people, it will make people feel very uncomfortable, but when you become a window cleaner, when you wipe the glass, through the transparent glass, you feel uncomfortable. It was a very interesting experience to be able to look at everything through the glass window."

To be honest, Li Yi was a little bit less than happy with Morrie's strange hobby.

In the original version of "Unknown", Li Yi didn't delve into whether John, as a window cleaner, had any other meaning.

But after hearing Mori's words, Li Yi couldn't help but think about it.

The film was quickly ready to shoot.

The first shot is actually very simple, it is to introduce John's occupation, his job!

"Morrie, it's time to show off your newly learned skills!" Li Yi smiled at Morrie Darren, who was dressed as a window cleaner.

"Of course, you will be satisfied!" Morrie said confidently.

There is nothing special about this shot, the main thing is that John cleans the glass carefully, interspersed with some pictures of different families and different places seen through the glass.

This kind of lens is the most simple lens for whether it is an old actor at the actor level like Murray, or for the photographer of the crew.

As the first opening shot of the movie, it is naturally very suitable.

Hollywood also pays attention to a good start.

This is probably the Datong of the world.

In fact, the father John in "Unknown", he is very similar to many fathers, but he is not like him.

It is very similar that they all love their children, but unlike him, he is very calm and restrained all the time. He hardly loses his temper with his children and rarely sheds tears. This has a lot to do with his childhood experience Relationship.

This way of expression can be said to be different from ordinary people.

But Li Yi likes this method very much. His sadness, his reluctance, and his despair are not expressed through crying or hysteria, but with those eyes!
For the first half of the film, filming went smoothly.

Because John's emotions don't fluctuate too much, and the movie touches John's emotions more through a certain moment, a certain sentence, or a certain event.

How to express this emotion is the key.

The first turning point, which is also the most tangled point for father John, is in the social welfare institution.

It can be said that it was also from here that he began to change his original thoughts.

What was his original thought?
He doesn't want his son to know the cruel facts of being abandoned by his mother, his father died, and he was adopted. He only hopes that his son can have an ordinary and warm home.

He didn't even want his son to know the meaning of death, because he felt that the child was too young, which was too cruel for him.

This scene is also a very critical scene. In the film, John only has a few scenes where his emotions fluctuate greatly.

""Unknown to the public" No.30 scene two, the first scene, the first time, ACTION!"

With the sound of hitting the board, this crucial scene officially started.

Li Yi sat in front of the monitor and watched.

This scene is a handbook given by the social welfare agency to parents who are about to die like John on how to tell their children the meaning of death.

John looked over and over.

Li Yi didn't tell Mori how to act in this scene, he wanted to see if there was a better way.

Morrie started his act.

He put down the manual and let out a long breath.

He shook his head at the two adoption agency workers.

"I don't want him to understand death!" he said, shaking his head.

"Not yet, not yet!"

"He, he's still too young!" Speaking of this, his eyes flickered a little, and he hesitated.

"He'll think about it again, in his new home, with everything around him." He pursed his lips.

"Then he'll think, he's going to die too, I mean, what kind of childhood is that going to be?"

At this time, the person from the adoption agency said: "John, everyone's memory is different. Maybe he doesn't need it now, but he will need it in the future! His new parents will need it too!"

Another girl from a young agency also said: "He may have a period of time, every day thinking about you, he needs something to start, specific, real...to connect with and build on."

Morrie's mood suddenly became irritable: "Established? Is it written in the manual, or did you just take the test?"

"Xiao Na is right, maybe you don't need it now, but in the future, especially when he needs it, he has the right to know who his biological parents are!"

Morrie's tone also began to change, becoming a little aggressive.

With a touch of sarcasm: "Does he have to know he's adopted? We'll find him a home, and it'll be his family, the only family, and he won't even have to remember how incompetent his parents are, his Mom abandons him and his dad dies, I mean, it's going to kill him!"

"CUT! Morrie, take a look!" Li Yi called to stop the shooting and asked Morrie to watch the replay by himself.

"What do you think?" Li Yi asked.

Morrie shook his head and asked, "You are the director, you have the final say!"

"Tell me what you think, why you act like that." Li Yi said with a smile.

"The procedures and manuals of the adoption agency tell him that he needs to leave a time capsule for the child and tell the child what death is, which is too difficult for a father!
He doesn't understand, or rather, I think that although at this moment, he already knows that his life is not long, but he hasn't reached the last moment yet.

He loves his son, so he feels that this is a particularly cruel thing for his son. He hopes that the child will have a brand new home, and the existence of his biological parents will allow him to be in the new family. Can't be happy.

I think that he actually knew in his heart that he would have to face all this sooner or later, but he hoped, or rather, he tried to convince himself and deceive himself, it was not the time yet! said Morrie.

Li Yi nodded. He felt that Mori's understanding was almost the same as his own.

But he still said: "The layering of your acting just now is too clear, or the mood fluctuates too much, what kind of person is John?

He is not a person who is good at expressing, unless it is someone he cares about, his son, this scene made him have to consider whether to tell his son all this, his heart must be entangled.

He believes that the existence of himself and his wife who abandoned the child is not good for the child's growth.

He said these words, not so much to convince the adoption agency, but rather, he just wanted to convince himself!He didn't really accept the fact that he was about to leave his son! "

Morrie was silent for a moment and said: "I understand, I want to try again!"

"Ok!"

In fact, Li Yi's request for this scene does not mean that it must be the same as the original version, but what he needs to see is John's entanglement and helplessness as a father who is about to leave his son, and is about to leave his son forever. !

This is actually a play that forces him to recognize his current situation!

Before that, although he also started to find a suitable home for his son, he was not in such a hurry because he still had time.

But when he saw "death", he had to wake up, and his time was running out.

He doesn't have so much time to think about these issues, but he has to, has to think about these issues.

Because, what Xiao Na said was right, her son doesn't need it now, but it doesn't mean she won't need it in the future.

It's a lot to say, but it doesn't take long to perform. It may even be just a tone, a rise in tone, or a teardrop rolling in the eye socket, or a subtle movement, and so on.

That's all he wanted to see.

Although "Unknown" is not hysterical or heart-piercing, everything flows quietly like a meandering river-sad, powerless but full of unyielding power.

But there is a sense of layering, but this layering is enlarged to the entire film.

That's why he felt that Morrie's performance just now was a bit "excessive".

What Li Yi hopes is that when his father John goes to meet every adoptive family in the movie, his mood will gradually change.

From meeting the first family, he knew that although the conditions of this family were very good, the couple didn't care about the child's feelings, and they hoped that everything could be arranged for the child.

Even if the child may not necessarily want it.

In other words, at the beginning, he was actually full of expectations, thinking that his own departure might be a new life for the child.

But at that moment, he was disappointed, because he suddenly discovered that everything was not as beautiful as he had imagined.

So, he started to get impatient.

His contradiction is that for his son, he hopes that Mike can forget about his father and be healthy and safe in the new environment!

But at the same time, I hope he can remember his father, who tried hard to live bravely.

This entanglement is progressive.

The shooting of the film was easy at the beginning, but gradually began to become heavy.

And in the same way, this is also a progressive process for father and son to understand each other.

After he met the last couple, what he said to Xiao Na in the restaurant was the last step.

Because the last couple made him completely sober, and at the same time, he gradually realized that although his son was only three years old, he didn't know everything.

Even in his little head, he has begun to understand everything.

This made him feel very distressed, but there was nothing he could do.

So, he had to make a choice!

Li Yi's favorite play is a play in which father and son are synchronized.

To be honest, after patting and patting, Li Yi himself was a little autistic.

Because, the more he shoots, the more he can feel the despair in it.

There are limited shots in the movie, so in fact, every shot has a meaning.

From needing father’s reminder to cross the road to the child actively ringing the bell, from bowing his head and following his father under an umbrella to leading his father through the street, the child is also growing silently, carefully fetching a glass of water for his father, gently serving his father Covered with a blanket that is longer than oneself... The father's careful planning for the child makes people feel sad, and the child's silent care of the father makes people feel more distressed.These shots are all expressing that even if the father does not say anything, the child feels that the father is about to leave.

He himself sighed secretly in his heart, how wonderful it would be if there was no helpless separation in the world

(End of this chapter)