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The conflict of ideas, to put it bluntly, is the difference in ideology. Like religion and ethnic issues, the conflict brought about by different ideologies is also one of the biggest problems in the world today. Compared with others, this concept seems quite tall In fact, if the film shows this point properly, it will undoubtedly improve the style of the entire series.

Yes, what Murphy wanted was not a film, but a series.

As a first-line director in Hollywood, in his current position, the box office results of subsequent works are of course important, but improving one's own style, saying that being popular is raising one's own style, can win the crazy support of countless audiences and critics, Therefore, it is equally important to leave a name in film history.

Therefore, he would never choose popcorn movies that are severely homogenized, and niche literary films that cannot be widely circulated are also not his dish.

What Murphy has to do is to give commercial films a very high style, a theme that can make countless people discuss wildly and be obsessed with it.

The conflict of ideologies is undoubtedly one of the best options.

This is a whole series, and as the beginning of the series, it is necessary to fully express this theme.

The night was getting deeper, but Murphy didn't feel any drowsiness. Instead, his brain was running at high speed. It was by no means easy to show the conflict of ideology just right.

How can ideological conflict and confrontation be realized?

This is not a problem for Murphy. It is reflected in the movie, which is the collision of thoughts between the protagonist and the villain. The protagonist has his own bottom line, but the villain also has a complete logic...

Murphy thought for a while, and wrote in his notebook: Protagonist—a combination of multiple ideologies, villain—a single ideology.

Everyone knows that a single ideology will hinder the cognition of the world, and it is extremely easy to become obsessed and crazy...

In fact, the simplification of ideology has been widely doubted and criticized in this era. It is generally believed that this utopian social design theory is the only way to lead to totalitarianism.

Thinking of this, a concept flashed in Murphy's mind, and he quickly wrote it down: Sweep away everything, leaving no stone unturned, what they aspire to build is not just a society that is a little better than ours, but a society that completely eliminates All ugly worlds!

How about this idea of ​​being a villain?

In a society under the control of a single ideology, the power of the ruling class will inevitably be infinitely magnified, and this magnification will lead to the simplification of power.

Thus, the loss of competitiveness brings about the emptiness of political and moral foundations.

At this time, the legitimacy of the rule of a certain region or city can only rely on self-reference, and has nothing to do with the real moral feelings of human beings. Therefore, in order to maintain its false legitimacy, the ruling class will create beautiful illusions to promote the future In a prosperous age, all actions of people will be strictly designed to achieve the purpose of maintaining their rule.

Murphy remembers clearly that Orwell's "1984" showed the audience such a horrific scene, in which the people living in it had a terrible personality rupture.

The themes that that film showed, could also incorporate an appropriate portion of that into the idea of ​​a villain. ,

He also wrote in his notebook: Taking self-awareness as freedom, acting as a crime is obviously a crime, but self-awareness is justice, just like pretending to be righteous when there is no humanity in killing.

"Politics needs to be based on morality, so even a society as chaotic as New York in the film cannot be rebuilt with this kind of politics that has lost its moral foundation."

Murphy knew very well that since it was a fictional New York, let the city be completely chaotic.

The chaotic New York, the duel field of pros and villains, is like a scene of New York gangsters fighting. To achieve these, Murphy wrote two more words on the theme of the film-darkness and realism!

In the next two days, Murphy didn't go anywhere except to visit James Franco and Lily Collins in the hospital, completely hiding at home, perfecting the characters and scripts of the new project.

He thought more and more, and the setting of the protagonist became clearer.

Finally, on the page representing the setting of the protagonist, I wrote such a paragraph: With logic as the surface and emotion as the core, behind the suspense, complicated narrative, and meticulous logic, create a character who is almost paranoid. The most secret motivation in his heart is exhausting and stubbornly searching for himself, and he is doing crazy but logical struggles to realize the secret knot in his inner "safe". Driven by his paranoia, pain and guilt He accomplished great things.

The positive characters centered on the protagonist, they represent complex ideologies, and everyone has huge differences in their ideas, but they don’t think that destruction is necessary for reshaping like the villains with a single ideology. These people More understanding of the importance of tolerance and collaboration.

All the main characters bring their own motives and blueprints to try to change the world. In a nearly crazy city like New York, they advance or retreat based on their own ideas, and ultimately point to a game about choices and games. "Ideological War".

"The world belongs to the people. Sometimes they make mistakes due to limited rationality and information asymmetry, but in the end they choose the most correct way."

Even during meal time, Murphy never stopped thinking. He knew very well that if he wanted to make the film infinitely higher, the themes displayed and discussed must be some high-quality things, "such as the human heart, human nature, life and A profound reflection on human society."

This world is a chaotic body composed of different viewpoints and standpoints. Various forces restrict each other, involve each other, arise and die, and balance, order, chaos, interests, and foundations collide to form the world.

Murphy couldn't help but think of the "Tahiriya Tales" that he had seen, some of which can also be properly integrated into the film.

"In a certain void, there are three consciousnesses thinking of the world at the same time: Consciousness No. 1 believes in freedom, Consciousness No. 2 believes in balance, and Consciousness No. 3 believes in order... No. 1 believes that the world must be completed by itself, and the other two consciousnesses are The enemy must be eliminated; number two thinks that the other two consciousnesses can cooperate with him to break out of the world, so he must choose; number three thinks that the other two are the tools he uses to create the world and must be used... number one learns to be angry because of helplessness , number two learned to suffer because of hesitation, and number three learned to deceive... Finally, number two sacrificed himself and exploded, forming the first world; number one and number three collided in a duel, forming the second world, tightly Surrounding the first world... people in later generations call these three wrecks of consciousness: heaven, earth, and hell."

Whether the city of New York is heaven, earth, or hell, different people will have different views, and different people will take it in different directions.

Back in the study, apart from the protagonist, villains and supporting characters, Murphy always felt that something was missing, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting Murphy's thinking. He answered the phone, and there was agent Bill Rossis.

"What's the matter?" Murphy frowned slightly. It didn't feel good to be disturbed at this time.

"There is an invitation." Bill Rossis knew what Murphy was doing these days, and he said quickly, "Warner Bros. and Dc Comics' new film "Batman vs. Superman" will be released in March. Warner Bros. You are invited to the North American premiere of the film, will you go?"

Hearing "Batman v Superman", Murphy was stunned for a while, and then suddenly realized that he finally knew what was missing.

However, he still answered Bill Rossis' question first, "Bill, I'll take a look at the invitation."

"Well, I'll get back to Warner Bros."

After receiving Murphy's exact reply, Bill Rosses said again, "Then I won't bother you."

Bill Rosses took the initiative to hang up the phone, Murphy put the phone aside casually, walked a few steps to the back of the desk, and wrote a word on the notebook that was placed - people!

The protagonist of this film will be the killer of evil, but he does not have the real power to enforce the law, just like Superman. What will the public think of such a person who has crossed the line?

In "Man of Steel", Murphy showed the two sides of the public's treatment of Superman, especially the side of rejection and fear, thus leading a thick and epic sense of sadness to the character.

There is no doubt that this is one of the reasons why "Man of Steel" is more compelling than the previous one, and it is also an extremely easy way to raise the profile of the film.

This technique can be fully applied to the new work, showing the protagonist's treatment in the public from a unique perspective.

Then, there are the motivations for what the protagonist and the villains do, and the costs of the motivations.

In this regard, the villain is easy to say, his motivation comes from a single ideology, but the protagonist’s ideological composition is mixed, and it is impossible to become the driving force at the beginning, so the protagonist needs to have a sufficiently convincing motive, and it is impossible to fight crime for the sake of fighting crime , especially to show the complexity of motivation, and only this kind of complexity can reasonably bring about the inner struggle of the characters.

Murphy has never thought of portraying Wei Guangzheng or a tall protagonist. Looking at all the films, his protagonists are almost always wandering on the edge.

Nietzsche said: "He who wrestles with the devil must be careful that he also becomes a devil in the fight. When you look into the abyss, the abyss is also watching you."

This will be the best portrayal of the protagonist's inner struggle, and these will be revealed through the character's motivation and the resulting cost.

Motivation and cost! Murphy deliberately wrote these two words with a red pen to remind them of their importance to the entire film.

Sitting in the chair, he gradually began to think more about these two words.

Once upon a time, Murphy was instilled with the firm belief that justice will eventually defeat evil, but he never knew the motivation and the cost. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )