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The timing of the appearance of the film is very important, and this has been proven by history.

For example, the "male and female thief" appeared at the right time and changed the film industry, but if it appeared a few years in advance, then the work would be submerged in the long river of history, and even a little splash of water would not arouse it; for example, "Titan" "Nick", maybe a few years in advance, it has become a dud like "Future Water World"; for another example, "Forrest Gump" will be released in 2014, it will not arouse people's interest at all, it can only be regarded as a dud. It's just a well-rounded work.

Movies-including commercial popcorn movies, it takes a certain time to succeed, including the influence of social culture, economic environment, ideology, industrial development and other aspects. The most intuitive is the "seven deadly sins". It was the most sensitive moment during the release, which then detonated people’s dissatisfaction with the uncrowned king. This made the movie work a miracle. If it was replaced at any other time, the movie wanted to create Such a myth is almost impossible.

Of course, there are also some movies that are great works in any era, such as "The Godfather", which is a masterpiece that the era cannot influence. But it is undeniable that even if the "Godfather" is placed in different times, due to the different social backgrounds, its influence will inevitably produce different results.

The same is true for biographical movies.

In fact, the true peak period of biographical films was the 90s, and reached its final glory in 2004, with the "King of Soul Songs (ray, "Aviator (the., and "Rwanda Hotel (.rwanda in those days. , "Looking for Neverland (. Neverland, "Motor Diary (. de., "Deep Sea Eternal Sleep (mar. and other works have exploded, and the quality is very good, among the five Oscar nominations Three are biographical films.

After that, biographical films continued to emerge in endlessly, such as "Selma", "American Sniper (., "Imitation Game (the.. Game, "The Wolf of Wall Street (the... of. Wall ".Street, "Lincoln (, "Escape from Tehran (, "The King's Speech (the.'s., "Milk ( and so on, there are simply too many to count.

From a quantitative point of view, after the awards season matures, biographical films usher in a real explosion. In order to cater to the tastes of the college judges, in order to avoid the weakness of original scripts, and for the economic effect of the little golden man, they often appear every year. There are more biographical films than three years in the 1980s and 1990s.

But in fact, the quality of biographical films began to decline rapidly in 2004, and all directors were unable to get out of the frame-the frame that Ron Howard injected into biographical films, even though some biographical films were still nominated for Oscars for Best Picture-even in the end I won the award, but the overall quality is not convincing. It can only make people see the decline and conservativeness of biographical films, and at the same time make people lament the rigidity and aging of the Academy of Oscars.

After entering the second decade of the 21st century, Oscar's attention is still the highest in the world, but the overall momentum has been declining, year by year.

As of 2010, the last biographical film that won an Oscar for best picture but also won acclaim is "Beautiful Mind." This work became the biggest winner at the 74th Oscars.

The reason why the "beautiful mind" is called the final pinnacle is a matter of historical timing. On the one hand, the concept of the awards season has been gradually completed, which makes the Oscar truly a game, and the biographical film has begun to enter a rigid routine mode. Lost its original meaning; on the one hand, the production of biographical films reached its peak at this time, including rhythm control, frame setting, character creation, emotional integration, and even camera movement, all tending to be perfect. In all this context, the "beautiful mind" turned out to be the last glory.

As a director, Ron Howard is considered to be one of the directors who are best at shooting biographical films in film history. Even if "one" is removed, many people will nod in agreement. In the list of Lang's works, "rush", "Fox Dialogue with Nixon", "Tekken Man (.man, "Apollo 13" and other well-received works are all biographies. Movies, of course, must not forget the "beautiful mind" that created the pinnacle of Lang's career.

Lang's ability to grasp biographical films is the perfect fusion of his "beautiful mind". Except that the last third is slightly loose, the whole film has no problems in terms of director skills. This also made the subsequent biographical film directors unable to get out of Lang’s shadow. The most famous is the director of "The King’s Speech" Tom Hober(.). His steady shooting method is almost nothing new, and in the end He defeated the amazing wizard David Fincher and won the Oscar for best director, Golden Man, and became one of the biggest jokes that people later mocked the Oscar.

It can be said that the appearance of "Beautiful Mind" in 2001 is one of the important reasons for the great success of this work. But now, just in 1998, Allen put the idea of ​​adapting the script to Hugo. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

In fact, "Female. Devil" also advanced from 2003 to 1998, so it shouldn't be a big surprise that "Beautiful Mind" was advanced. The preparations for many film projects are constantly flowing, and it is not surprising that the longest ten-year period is not surprising. The "Schindler's List" has gone through nearly ten years from the establishment of the project to the shooting, so this little Hugo It is possible that the existence of the butterfly may lead to the advancement or delay of a certain movie project.

But the question is, can the "Girl. The Devil", which will be released next month, succeed? What about the "beautiful mind"? Now Ron Howard’s grasp of biographical films has not yet reached the point of perfection, and Russell Crowe’s acting skills have not yet reached the state of returning to innocence. Jennifer Connelly is still looking for his own acting style, one of the many small-cost independent films. Struggling in the middle... Can the "beautiful mind" filmed like this really succeed?

The thoughts in his mind flashed by, Hugo raised his head and looked at Allen in front of him, "Why did you think of adapting this theme into a script? I thought you didn't know much about the film industry, it was someone else. Give your opinion?"

Hugo's words are already very euphemistic. In fact, Allen knows nothing about movies. The several investments before and after Hollywood are all because of Hugo's sight, and this has achieved profitability. Should this be said that he is lucky or has good foresight? But today, Allen took the "Vanity Fair" magazine and told Hugo that he thought it was a good idea to adapt the life of John Nash into a movie. This is indeed very abnormal.

Allen gave a small smile, "Thank you for being merciful." He immediately heard what Hugo said. "Actually, I said this was my own idea. Do you believe it?" Hugo was surprised. He looked on, and then his body leaned forward slightly, but he was really interested in this matter.

Regarding Hugo’s apparent disbelief, Allen shook his head helplessly, “I flipped through this magazine by accident. When I saw this interview, the first person came to mind. It’s you.” Hugo is full of question marks, obviously unable to connect himself with a mathematician like John Nash-he is a literary department, a liberal arts student through and through, and God knows that what he is not good at is numbers... There is a direction.

"At first I thought it was because of Nash's schizophrenia, which reminded me of the pain you have been enduring over the past two years." Allen's words made Hugo raise his eyebrows, although after the filming of "Death Row" was over, Hugo kept going. There hasn’t been a problem, but friends who really know Hugo know that Hugo has always suffered, especially during the filming of "Trumen’s World". Hugo’s condition can definitely be described as bad." But then I carefully read this article again, and I found that it was not, because the image of John Nash that came to my mind was you, and I could see you carefully studying game theory in my mind, and I could also see you The sight of being lost because of the pain of schizophrenia, and at the same time you can see the sight of you struggling between normal and crazy..."

Hugo smiled softly, "Alan, are you sure it's not because the image of me in your mind is crazy?"

"Hugo, are you suggesting that John Nash is insane?" One of Allen's counterattack made Hugo a panic expression, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender, which caused Allen's mouth to twitch slightly. Smoke, "You know what I mean, I think you can really play the role of Nash, I think you can tell everyone through your own performance, how bad it is to suffer from schizophrenia, but we But they should not be treated as scourges. I think ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ this story is tailored for you."

Hugo was silent because of Allen's words. He did not expect that Allen was really triggered, and he set a very heavy but profound tone for John Nash's story: mental illness.

In the 1990s, psychology has matured and perfected, but people’s understanding of psychology is still very limited, and people with mental illnesses are simply and rudely regarded as "neuropathy." Just like when Hugo was filming "Death Row", all reporters couldn't wait to announce that "Hugo is crazy."

In fact, no one knows the correct definition of mental illness. They just treat them as beasts, and even group their families into the ranks of lunatics, for fear of avoiding them. But for those with mental illness, the last thing they need is alien vision. They are just sick, just like the body will catch a cold, fever and pain, and the mind and brain will also get sick. They are no different from ordinary patients.

If there is such a movie, it can really tell people what mental illness is, how terrible the pain and struggle in the illness are, and how people should treat mental illness... Then it is definitely meaningful to society. major. And John Nash is undoubtedly one of the most suitable choices; similarly, Hugo is also one of the most suitable candidates to take over the script.