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Chapter 1486 Fear makes you a prisoner, hope makes you free.

Different people must have different understandings of "The Shawshank Redemption", and this movie is hailed as a classic, and it still has high reputation and ratings after many years, which will naturally lead to more interpretations. Therefore, Li Yi I don’t have a clear standard answer.

It purely depends on the actor's understanding of the role. Different understandings will bring different performance styles. This is what Li Yi needs to pay attention to.

Anthony's answer was actually not beyond Li Yi's expectations. In fact, as long as you read the story script, you can probably analyze something.

Of course, different actors give slightly different answers.

In the end, Li Yi chose Anthony Robin.

Without him, this one is most similar to the original Andy in Li Yi's memory.

Of course, although the main actors have been decided, some work still needs to be done. The number of other actors involved in "The Shawshank Redemption" is not a small number, and many of them have traveled abroad.

The movie "The Shawshank Redemption" was not easy to make, because the movie is almost all literary drama. If it is a literary drama, it will test the actor's condition, and this is not a one-man show, there are many characters involved in it.

But none of them are useless characters, so there are also high requirements for the acting skills of these actors.

Of course, the reason why a classic is a classic is that it must strive for excellence in all aspects.

For this reason, when casting, naturally, more emphasis will be placed on this point.

At the same time, in order to allow the actors to get into the state faster during filming, "Shawshank" Prison will implement "prison" management for a period of one month.

Yes, even the participating actors, especially those prisoner actors, will enter "Shawshank" prison and experience the life of real "prisoners".

Of course, an experience is an experience, and it certainly cannot be true. Everything is the same as prison.

To this end, Li Yi also specifically asked Dean Pictures to hire "experts" who have worked in prisons for many years to serve as the film's "prison" consultant.

But there are some things that can be experienced, but there are also many things that cannot be experienced. For example, Red has been imprisoned for many years and served in prison for many years. What is the mentality of such a character?

This is difficult to obtain through experience. For this reason, Moore, the black actor who plays Red, must solve this problem.

Of course, this kind of problem is usually solved in a very common way. Even if you can't experience it, then go observe it and ask people who have actually had such an experience.

Therefore, during this period, Moore was communicating with some prison inmates and people who had been released from prison almost every day. At the same time, Andy, Red, and several major actors all needed to go to the prison to observe the prisoners. their daily routine.

Although times are different, some things are the same.

Li Yi is also constantly revising the shooting plan, and at the same time paying attention to other aspects of the film's early preparations. There are many things that Li Yi needs to consider.

The director's job is sometimes simple, but sometimes it is very complex.

Perhaps when many people think of a director, their first reaction is that he sits in front of the monitor and just shouts start and click.

But in fact, the director needs to do too much work.

Li Yi needs to be concerned about whether the scene he needs has been laid out, and he needs to make a shooting plan, which scene, which scene, what kind of props are needed, what kind of effect the actors need to achieve, how to shoot the camera, how to light, etc. What kind of weather is needed, etc., etc.

It can be said to be very complicated.

At the same time, he also needs to communicate with people in different departments, such as makeup, and what kind of image the character needs.

You need to communicate with the actors, the props team, the assistant director, the producer, etc., etc.

Therefore, actors may only need to be able to act, but directors are different. Directors need to learn a lot. Maybe the director himself is not good at acting, but he must understand some theories of acting.

Photography is not that professional, but you must be able to tell what kind of image you need, so you must also have a basic understanding of it.

There are also lighting, color matching, etc. You may not need to be proficient in these, but at least you can't understand them at all.

Back to the movie itself, in fact, compared to Andy's role, Red's role has the same scenes as Andy, and this role is very different from Andy's role.

Li Yi and Moore also talked about this.

"In terms of scenes, in fact, it's hard to say that Andy is the only protagonist in "The Shawshank Redemption". It should be said that it is a dual-protagonist movie, or simply, Red is the protagonist of the movie.

Because the entire movie is propelled by his narration, you will find that Red is the one who really needs redemption, and he is also the most like many ordinary people, or to put it simply, he is like the audience.

He looked like a man with no desires, like a stone without edges.

Red was imprisoned for murder and almost lost his life in the prison cage. If Andy hadn't appeared, his ending would have been the same as Boo's.

His three paroles run through the film, respectively when he served 20, 30 and 40 years in prison.

The first time Andy was paroled was before he was imprisoned. Facing the judge, he was a little nervous and embarrassed. He expressed in a routine manner that he had changed his behavior and would no longer harm society. He hoped to be paroled, but the result was rejected. He was a little disappointed when he returned to prison, but he quickly recovered and continued to be the "all-powerful" person in prison.

The second parole was in the tenth year after Andy was imprisoned. Under Andy's influence, he had an unprecedented yearning for freedom. His expression this time was similar to the first time, but his mood was obviously much more urgent. The result was still rejected. This blow was a big blow to him and changed his mind. "Hope is a dangerous thing and should not exist." Another ten years passed, and Andy had successfully escaped from prison. Although he Andy promised to complete what he told him if he was paroled, but he no longer had any hope for freedom. Andy was able to escape because "there is a bird that can never be caged, because every one of its wings has All stained with the glory of freedom. "Andy is the kind of bird he's convinced he's definitely not.

He said this when he was paroled for the third time.

"I regret every day, but I don't regret it because I was punished. I look back on the past, that little fool who committed a serious crime. I want to talk to him, and I want to reason with him and tell him what is right and wrong. But I can't do it. The child disappeared, leaving me alone. I have to accept this reality. Rehabilitate? What nonsense words, please stamp it! Don't waste my time anymore, follow Tell the truth, I don’t give a fuck anymore.”

He is like a stone whose edges have been rounded off, losing its sharpness and personality. Not only did he let go of sin, but he also gave up hope. Without desires or desires, my heart has been imprisoned with shackles that are difficult to open, and there is no help no matter where I am.

Sometimes in order to adapt to the environment, to escape loneliness because of work, life, and catering to the public, we draw an invisible circle for ourselves and force ourselves to become that lovable person. We struggle internally several times, but never dare to step out until Finally I completely lost my courage.

For prisoners in prison, habits are more powerful than the biological clock!

After Red was paroled, he was assigned to bag bags in the supermarket and lived in the house where Lao Bu once lived. He has no relatives or friends, and what’s even more frightening is that he simply cannot adapt to life outside the high wall.

"For 40 years, I have to ask for permission every time I go to the toilet. If I don't ask for permission, I can't even urinate." I think this is just the tip of the iceberg among his many discomforts.

He looked at the items in the street window and wanted to commit a crime every day, so that he could break the parole regulations and return to Shawshank Prison to end this life of panic.

Rhett once described Shawshank like this: "The high wall here is very strange. You hate it at first, then slowly you adapt to it, and then you can't live without it. When you are sentenced to life imprisonment, you are equivalent to surrendering. After a lifetime, at least part of it."

Rhett, who has been in prison for forty years, has become accustomed to everything in prison. There he is an "omnipotent" businessman, has a group of friends he can talk to, and he is comfortable in the familiar environment; after he came out, he became The lowest-level supermarket bagger only communicates with people every day about going to the toilet. The outside world is unfamiliar and lonely to him. Don't talk to him about freedom. He has not realized the slightest benefit that freedom can bring him.

Habits are something more powerful than the biological clock. They are painful to develop before, but after you develop them, you will naturally follow them. If you want to throw it away, you have to go through the pain again, which is more difficult than forming a habit.

Boo, who served 50 years in prison, could not adapt to the outside world after being paroled, and was forced to death by the "freedom" he once dreamed of; Andy is a perfect free man, his freedom is in his heart and has nothing to do with the environment; Rhett is between Boo and Andy In the middle, he longs for freedom, but is afraid of it.

When I first read the script, I felt strange. Isn’t freedom what criminals should desire most? Why should they be afraid of it?

Later, I asked several people who had served in prison for many years. Many of them were unwilling to go out, or even resisted going out. They even deliberately did some things in prison to extend their sentences in order to prevent themselves from going out. !

Then I realized that habits are really scary things. Just like the prisoners in Shawshank Prison, they must obey orders, otherwise they will be beaten and may lose their lives at any time. People who were sentenced to life had an extremely slim chance of parole only once every ten years. Old Boo was only granted parole in his twilight years, and Red took four decades to be approved. From the prisoner's point of view, being sentenced to life is no different than death. "Regaining freedom" is just a dream, and it is a dream that can kill people.

What about us living outside? Having a seemingly free body, repeating a job day after day for various reasons, even if it never inspires your enthusiasm; living in the same environment year after year, even if it has become dull Unbearable.

Someone once complained that he could only complete what others asked him to do. Without instructions, he would fall into hesitation and be at a loss as to what to do.

What seems to be imprisoning us is the pressure exerted by the environment and the cage set by others. The real situation is that we have locked ourselves invisibly. I cannot bear to see the gathering and dispersion of fate, the success or failure of everything, and I have sealed myself in the blind corner of my memory.

Rhett initially seemed like a calm bystander who probably found Andy interesting and paid attention to him. Slowly, he wanted to understand Andy and why he would do some crazy things that ordinary people would not do. From the moment he drank beer on the roof and stole a little moment of freedom, he Changed, I think this should be the charm of freedom, soaking into his heart from the air, and it has been out of control ever since.

In Red's forty years and Andy's nineteen years, Shawshank has become a stop on their journey, but it has also become the final stop for some people. "

Li Yi quite likes this old guy. It has to be said that Old Moore's experience is rich enough. In fact, this old guy's moral character is not as good as his acting skills.

But for some people, you have to admit that they do have something engraved with the traces of time, which is very attractive.

Take Old Moore for example. His reputation in Hollywood is not good. It can even be said that he has been criticized for many things. But you have to admit that this old guy's understanding of many things is really not that of an ordinary young man. able to be shown.

For example, to understand Red, he did a lot of work and even wrote a thick book of notes. Some of those notes were recorded when he was in contact with the prisoners, and some were his own experiences.

Having collaborated many times, Li Yi knew that this was this old guy's habit. Every time he played a role, he always liked to record it in a notebook.

According to the old guy, he was preparing for his future autobiography.

Writing an autobiography may be a very strange thing in China, but here in the United States, it can be said that it is really common.

Especially Hollywood stars, sports stars, and even media people, tycoons, capitalists, etc., many of them like to write their own autobiographies.

Old Moore is indeed worthy enough. After all, although he is not considered a top actor in Hollywood, he is a late bloomer. Lao Yue is very popular.

It can be said that there are some related characters in many Hollywood movies, and he is the first thing that everyone thinks of.

He has participated in many works, and each one is remarkable.

Li Yi spent a lot of time in the early preparations. In fact, this is also the norm in film production. Most of the time, the filming time of the movie is not too long, but the various early preparations will take a long time. long time.

For this reason, some movies often have the reputation of taking several years to sharpen their swords, but sometimes this is really more than just a gimmick, but it really takes that long.

Like "The Shawshank Redemption", although there is a suitable shooting location, it also needs to be renovated and decorated.

And these take a long time, and then the actors also need to be prepared and so on.

Finally, after more than three months of pre-preparation, the pre-preparation for "The Shawshank Redemption" has officially concluded and has entered the next stage, the filming stage!

(End of this chapter)