Hollywood Rhapsody

"Cannes Show Book scored 3.4, "Requiem for a Dream" and "Mr. Strait's Story" became the most popular movie reviews!"

"The United States captured Cannes, and "Requiem for a Dream" and "Mr. Strait's Story" tied for the champion of the program rating!"

""Requiem for a Dream", a rare masterpiece! The standards of the American Classification Board are questioned."

"Sarah's acting skills were affirmed, and jury member Holly Hunter called her performance straight to the soul"

With the film's premiere in Cannes, "Requiem for a Dream" has dominated the headlines both in the French local media and in distant Hollywood. Rise is more like a thunderbolt without warning, it turned out, but it spread throughout Cannes in a day, and became the No.

The rain was pattering all day, and it didn't stop until the next day of the premiere. Some moviegoers came out of the screening hall in a trance, looked up at the gloomy sky and the falling rain almost in slow motion, and murmured : "In this weather, after watching "Requiem for a Dream", you can kill yourself directly. Damn it, why is there no comedy at the film festival to change my mind?"

However, when someone who is still waiting in line to watch the movie asks, he will tell the other person firmly: "It's good! You must watch it! This movie is so fucking amazing, you will regret it if you don't watch it!"

Word of mouth spread like this, and the line outside the screening hall was getting longer and longer. Even if it rained, it didn't affect the enthusiasm of the moviegoers. They either held umbrellas or simply let the rain wet their hair, spending an hour or two or even The longer time is just to enter the screening hall of "Requiem for a Dream".

The local French reporter Andre has been queuing for a while. His stomach is rumbling in protest because he didn't eat breakfast. He can't help but hesitate when he looks at the long line. However, he looks down at the program and decides to wait. Whatever he says, he wants to watch this movie!Find out why the program ratings are so high!

There are not a few people who think like Andre. With the premiere of the film yesterday, the score as high as 3.4 in the show book immediately caused an uproar. Originally, most people's impression of "Requiem for a Dream" completely stayed at "that Leon" Nadeau's girlfriend's movie", they never paid attention to it.But now, facing the highest score in the entire film festival catalog and rumors of "banning the film" that was "rejected by the American Film Classification Board", a large number of reporters and film critics flocked to the screening hall, wanting to find out.

Although the show catalog is only an alternative daily issued by the film festival, the scoring results have no direct relationship with the final ownership of the Palme d'Or, but since this score is the average score of the majority of film festival media, film critics, and filmmakers, it is still enough to explain some The problem-at least the highest-scoring work is in line with the aesthetic taste of most filmmakers, and it is definitely considered the best among many competing films, and generally it will also get a share of the final awards ceremony.

Hearing some moviegoers who came out discuss the possibility of "Requiem for a Dream" winning the grand prize, Andre's expression became a little weird, and he whispered to his companion: "It is said that the director is an actor who only had one work before. Newcomers, and have never participated in any section of the Cannes Film Festival before, this rhythm is a bit familiar!"

"Really..." Companion Frank frowned and nodded seriously, "This young director who rejected the American Classification Board, will he become the second Steven Soderbergh? It's been exactly ten years."

"Indeed, it's just been ten years." Andre couldn't help but smacked his mouth. Ten years ago, in 198.9, Steven Soderbergh from the United States was only 26 years old, but with his virginity .The female work "Sex, Lies and Videotape" was airborne in Cannes and won the Palme d'Or in one fell swoop.Now, ten years later, another new director in the United States was born, and everyone couldn't help but mutter in their hearts. Is history really going to repeat itself?

"Let's talk about it after watching..." Frank looked at the slightly dark makeup of Sarah in the movie poster, and couldn't help but shift the topic to the young actress: "Actually, what I want to see the most is Sarah's performance, you know , I'm a fan of her movie, and I heard that her performance in it is safe and different from her previous "Sarah."

"Hit the soul directly? This evaluation may just be Holly Hunter's intention to support the younger generation." Andre is not interested in Sarah, how superb acting skills can the little girl have?He hasn't seen "Sarah", so he can't comment on it, but he obviously has doubts about the evaluation of "striking the soul".

"You should watch "Sarah". That film was nominated for the best picture Oscar in the United States. It's definitely not the youthful brainless film you thought." Frank tried to give Amway to his friend, his eyes still staying on the poster, "This girl Her performance, together with her own story, has completely fascinated me, and I hope she can conquer you this time."

Andre chuckled, conquering him?He has no hobby of chasing stars!

With a questioning mentality of "I'll just see how you hit my soul", Andre finally walked into the screening hall with his partner after half an hour.

After the logos of the production company Starlight and the French distribution company Les.Films.du.Losange flashed, "Requiem for a Dream" finally lifted its mysterious veil under the watchful eyes of movie viewers who were expecting or questioning...

The plot is actually not complicated, and there are only four main characters. Harry, the hero who sells drugs and is also a drug addict, has a good family background but wants to squeeze in a dark hut with Harry and smoke white powder. The young costume designer Marianne, Harry's drug-dealing partner, and Harry's mother Sarah, a sad old woman with an empty life and a TV show obsession.

The film begins with the protagonist Harry stealing the TV set at home despite his mother’s stop. He and his friend Tyronn push the TV set through the streets, making viewers wonder what they are doing, and soon the film is revealed. The answer, these are two idle, gnawing, drug-addicted junkies who snatch the poor old woman's TV just to buy a sip of it.

Harry gnawed on the old again and again in exchange for drugs, like useless garbage at the bottom of society, but he actually didn't want to always look at his mother's disappointed eyes, he would feel guilty too.So he decided to do something big.Together with Taryn and the beautiful Marianne, the images of the three addicts are not ugly, on the contrary, they are quite young. They are like all young people who are full of ambitions for the future, busy and longing for a better life. with.In the somewhat exciting background music, the shots of taking drugs and rolls of dollar bills are superimposed in a fast pace. The good life is already at your fingertips. Harry is counting the money while being sweet and tender with his girlfriend. He has already touched the corner of success. I even started planning to compensate my mother and support my girlfriend to open a clothing store. Their happiness and purity even infected the moviegoers in the screening room-these drug addicts are actually not annoying, they are even very simple.

But of course the movie will not go on so beautifully, just like in another story line, the old mother Sara who is determined to participate in TV shows and starts to fall into the trap of losing weight. Her son is selling drugs, and she took drugs to lose weight. Addiction without knowing it.When Harry learned of his mother's situation, he tried to stop it, because as an addict, he was even addicted to drugs, which is not a good thing, but his mother's empty and sad words made him run away.

Harry sat in the car and shed tears of guilt and helplessness, and the little sense of relief that the viewers had originally felt was also replaced by a touch of heaviness. The movie is undoubtedly going downhill.

In the early stage, the pavement was in full swing, Sarah's strong desire to be on the TV stage, Harry and others' young ambitions to become famous, finally when the dream was close at hand...

"boom"!Like a fragile soap bubble, all the good things disappeared in an instant like Harry's transient hallucinations when he looked at the window-Harry looked at the window of the dim cabin, but through the window he saw the girl standing by the sea. Girlfriend, the blue sea and clean sky form the most beautiful curtain, and his beautiful girlfriend Marianne is wearing a red dress facing the sea, which becomes the most beautiful scenery in this picture. This scene on the big screen is even quite beautiful. However, when the hero Harry approached his girlfriend, the beautiful red skirt girlfriend disappeared inexplicably!Disappeared……

Harry's smile turned into astonishment, and the story also started from this hallucinatory montage, dragging the protagonist step by step into the abyss of despair.

Harry's drug dealer-partner Tyron was arrested, and all the money he earned was used to get Tyron out of prison. Once they returned to before liberation, they cut off the source of drugs without money, and the three addicts fell into trouble.The cruel reality intensifies the conflicts between the young lovers, and the love is no longer beautiful. For the sake of money, Harry even reluctantly asks Marianne to sleep with other men, but in the end, he still fails to get the drugs he desires.The bad situation was completely out of control at this time. Needless to say, all moviegoers knew that these young people were done.On the other side, Harry's mother Sarah has also gone mad. Drug addiction and extreme delusions have tortured her into a lunatic. From the very beginning, she had short-term hallucinations, and later she found the TV station headquarters in a haggard and crazy manner, and was finally sent to a mental hospital for acceptance. Shock Therapy...

The movie reached its climax with heavy and even pathetic background music. Tyronn went to prison, Harry had to be amputated due to injection drug infection, Sarah received endless electric shocks in a mental hospital, and Marianne suffered from inability to resist. Living with drug addiction and sinking into a plaything in erotic places.

That "indecent" scene also appeared on the big screen. You can't imagine the happy girl who was so beautiful that she could even shine in the opening scene, but now she is wearing thick smoky makeup and lying naked all over her body. A group of men in suits and leather shoes surrounded the long table.Those men holding a lot of dollar bills laughed and admired everything in front of them. They played tricks on the women on the table, and even asked for two women... Butt to butt, with a double-ended stick in the middle Self-masturbation-great!The girl's snow-white body is squirming in the dark. In the close-up, her eyes are numb and empty, but deep down there is still despair that cannot be resolved. When you see that beautiful but numb face, you will know Her soul is ruined!Gone!She was lying on the long table like an animal without any dignity at all. Those upper-class people in suits and ties used her mouth as a money bag, and stuffed dollar bills in with wanton laughter...

The scenes of despair are superimposed in quick close-ups, doubling the value of despair in an instant. If the pain and depression have any substance, it will make all the viewers breathless, and even have an urge to shout. Together, the protagonists have become a sad trapped beast, and they urgently need to break free from this terrible despair...

When the movie came to an end, the four protagonists curled up on the bed in the posture of a baby in the mother's womb. A kind of despair and sadness spread suddenly in this quiet scene. Putting on the red dress she wore when she was young, her life went smoothly, her son was not only promising but also about to get married, everything was so beautiful.But looking at the old woman who couldn't extricate herself from the dream on the big screen, movie viewers felt as if a huge stone was pressed against their hearts. The happier Sarah smiled, the more they felt the urge to cry.

Before the death of the hero Harry, he once again saw the picture that once fascinated him, the blue sea, the beautiful girlfriend, and he ran towards the girl he loved so much, but finally stepped on the air and fell into the endless world. dark……

"Huh..." At the end of the movie, almost all the moviegoers in the screening hall took such a deep breath, but no matter how much they took a deep breath, their hearts were still too depressed. This is the tragedy of the four little people, but It is also a hopeless reality that is too real.Seeing bloody and disgusting pictures will only make people feel uncomfortable physically, but after watching this movie, it seems that the soul has been hit hard.The movie is like a desperate beast, it bites off a piece of the viewer's soul, and stays in that sad world full of despair forever!

"This is a good movie that you never want to watch a second time..." Andre walked out of the screening hall, just like the former moviegoer, subconsciously raised his head, looking at the gloomy In the sky, feeling the chill of the rainy weather around him, he gasped desperately like a fish that was about to die after being lifted out of the water.

Frank beside him was rubbing his cheeks in pain. He was like a terminally ill patient who was about to die. As a fan of Sarah, he should applaud his idol's superb acting skills, but he is not happy at all now. When he got up, he only regretted how he came to see such a movie: "I shouldn't come, it's too painful, watching Sarah's performance is going to break my heart, how can she, how can..."

"How could she act so well! When I close my eyes now, I still see her pair of despairing eyes. She has a pair of beautiful blue eyes, but I feel that there is a void inside, as if there is no eyeball, which makes people desperate." A black hole." Andre looked at Sarah's beautiful face in the movie poster, and took a breath as if being stung, "How did she do it, obviously at the beginning of the movie she was as beautiful as a Angel, so beautiful that I am willing to give up my life, just to make her smile so happily forever."

"Come on, if you want, watch "Sarah" with me. I urgently need to use the joy of this movie to heal my wounds." Frank's footsteps were very fast, as if he would be swallowed by the desperate monster behind him if he slowed down by a second He took one last look at the movie poster and cursed, "Watching a movie in such pain is simply masochistic. What the fuck is this movie! I will never watch it a second time in my life, never!"

But despite this, Frank did not hesitate to write a 5 on the blank score sheet of the film festival catalog. In his opinion, this perfect score "Requiem for a Dream" was taken for granted, but it is a pity that such a small person did not There is a way to talk to the big cows of the jury, otherwise he will strongly recommend the jury to give "Requiem for a Dream" a grand prize, and then give the best actress to his Sarah.He is a fan. It’s true, but he dared to pat his chest to ensure that he did not favor his idol too much. Holly Hunter’s evaluation is not exaggerated at all. Superb performance!

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Good performances are impossible to ignore, and the portrayal of the two female characters throughout the film is particularly impressive. Ellen Baustin, who plays the old mother Sarah, deserves to be nominated for five Oscars and succeeded in 1975. After the 47th Oscars, she is a veteran actress of the acting school. When she is pitiful, it makes people feel sad, and when she is crazy, it makes the viewers feel nervous.And the young Sarah emerged from obscurity just like the movie itself, and invaded the deepest part of the viewer's soul unexpectedly but domineeringly. The scene of the madhouse, and Marianne's numb and desperate eyes.

Superb performance!Break through yourself!Straight to the soul!Sarah has heard countless praises since the premiere, but at this moment she is still anxiously waiting for the evaluation of the man in front of her, David Lynch, another director with the highest score in the show "Mr. Strait's Story", He is also the director of the classic suspense thriller "Mulholland Drive".

"Your performance made me amazed and even a little addicted. It kept reappearing in my mind like taking heroin. I couldn't wait to watch it for the second time and the third time..." David Lynch Make no secret of her admiration for Sarah.

He obviously liked the movie "Requiem for a Dream" very much. No one else would watch it a second time, but he seemed addicted to it, but he hesitated for two seconds under Sarah's expectant gaze, and finally Shaking his head regretfully: "But I'm sorry, I have already found a suitable actor for "Mulholland Drive". Although you are excellent and your temperament is surprisingly consistent with the heroine of the movie, I still want to say sorry to you with regret. , and "Mulholland Drive" is just a TV series after all, its filming cycle may not be suitable for you now, so... I hope we can cooperate next time..."

"Well...that's really a pity..." Sarah's heart sank immediately. She had asked Michael Ovitz to contact David Lynch before, but the other party was not optimistic about her acting skills, but now Her performance was recognized by the other party, but she still got a "NO". This really made Sarah feel a little powerless, especially looking at David Lynch's eyes, Sarah knew that even if she stalked her, she could not It wouldn't work, Mulholland Drive couldn't possibly be hers anymore.

But even if she couldn't act in it, she still hoped that the movie could be won by Xingguang.In his previous life, "Mulholland Drive" was changed from a TV series that had a difficult birth. David Lynch had to go to the European market to seek support after ABC TV repeatedly criticized the filming material and finally refused to invest in it, and then changed the script. It took a third of the time to finally edit the completed TV series material into a classic movie for later generations.From this point of view, it may not be a good thing for Sarah to join "Mulholland Drive" at this time. After all, the final classic was born after many struggles and revisions. If she still wants to see the classic in her previous life, it is the most sensible The best way is to wait for David Lynch and ABC TV to collapse before taking over...

Thinking about it this way, Sarah's regret of missing "Mulholland Drive" also dissipated a lot. When she said goodbye to David Lynch with a smile, she even thought secretly in her heart: "Wait and see, we will meet again." meet!"

Perhaps the curvature of her mouth was too pleasant, and Leonardo, who was ready to comfort his little girlfriend beside him, was very puzzled. Leonardo tilted his head and blinked in puzzlement: "Honey, don't you really want to take pictures?" That TV series? But now that David Lynch has rejected you, you seem to be in a good mood instead?"

"Have you?" Sara touched the corner of her own mouth, and couldn't help but smile more and more heartily when she saw Leonardo's little head tilted in confusion.

"What? What's the matter?" Leonardo became more and more confused, his blue eyes blinked like a husky covered in circles.

"It's nothing, I just think you're too cute." Sara stood on her tiptoes with a smile, held Leonardo's face and gave her boyfriend a kiss, then walked towards the movie market with her arms around her and happily explained, " Dear, missing a TV series does not make me cry, and you quietly held my hand when David Lynch said no, Leon, thank you, I was there You have been comforted."

"So my hand is so magical?" Leonardo put his hand in front of his eyes and looked at it over and over again, as if he was studying what kind of magical power it had. His white and slender fingers spread open, and tiny raindrops slid down his fingertips When it comes down, it is as beautiful as a piece of white jade soaked in water.

"Your hands are beautiful, they match mine just right." Sarah also raised her hand, and it stood side by side with Leonardo's. The same white but slender fingers looked like is a work of art.

The two just leaned side by side and looked at the hands for a long time. Leonardo's little finger bent, and Sarah moved it accordingly. Leonardo tilted his palm to touch Sarah, and Sarah rubbed against each other in the same way. After counting the response, the two beautiful hands were like two little beasts communicating silently, and gradually snuggled together as intimately as their masters, and finally interlocked their fingers.

Unexpectedly, just fiddling with two palms can be so interesting. Sarah and Leonardo turned their heads and smiled at each other, bending their brows and eyes at each other like two children.

Not far away was a flash of white light, and a young man with black hair and black eyes was holding a camera with excitement.

Sarah, who had long been used to the flashlight, frowned slightly at this moment. She enjoyed the sweet time with Leonardo very much at this moment, which made her feel that the hearts of the two were as tightly attached to each other as their hands, even if they said a word You can feel the intimacy of each other without talking... So, which reporter is so annoying to destroy the atmosphere?

Sarah turned her head to look in the direction of the flashing light, and then Xiao.'s mouth unconsciously became an O-shape—she didn't recognize the reporter holding the camera, but the group of people behind him were absolutely familiar. She is not surprised that the main creators of "Assassin of the Qin Dynasty" appeared in the film market, but besides the famous Director Chen and Gong Yinghou, there is also Director Han of China Film Group in that group?And they obviously saw her and Leonardo.

When Sarah was surprised, the young man who "destroyed the atmosphere" had put away his camera and trotted in front of Sarah. Sarah thought that this person was a fan of Leonardo, but the other party looked at her eagerly: "Hello! Sarah, can you take a photo with me? I'm your loyal fan. You are a hundred times more beautiful than in the movie!"

"What? Have you seen my movie? "Requiem for a Dream"?" Sarah communicated with this Chinese compatriot with great interest, but she still used English.

"And Sarah, I've seen it so many times, I absolutely love that movie. I heard it was based on your own experience? As a man, I couldn't help but be shot at the end of the movie. I was so moved that I cried, dedicated to all those who have dreams..." The young man in Huaguo was so excited that his eyes were shining, he was not lying, he was indeed a loyal fan of Sarah.

However, Sarah couldn't help being surprised when she heard the words. She looked at the young man opposite her uncertainly: "You mean you have watched "Sarah"? Many times? But as far as I know, the movie is not released in China." Ah... you are from Huaguo, right? I saw you with the crew of "The Emperor And The Assassin (Jing Ke Assassinates Qin Wang)"..."

Sarah didn't think that the young man in front of her would go abroad and spend money to play her "Sarah" over and over again, so the first reaction in her mind was to pirate the CD, but Ian's action was not so fast!

The author has something to say: In response to the suggestions of the babes, the text has been moved back to where he should have been. I will maintain this rhythm in the future and replace it every two days. Thank you for your support...

Because of the relationship between the anti-theft text, I didn't mention the part of "Requiem for a Dream". I like this movie very much. I feel that my writing skills are not enough, and I didn't write one percent of this movie. It is absolutely worthy of the classic evaluation in terms of editing, soundtrack and shooting techniques.

If there are readers who are over 20 years old and want to try, and have not been in a bad relationship such as lovelorn or unemployment recently, you can find the movie and watch it, and prepare in advance where to go with Dad or run, brother, so as not to be too nervous after watching it. accurate!