1145 Throw away the crutches
Everyone exchanged glances, and there was a meaning hidden in their eyes that only they could understand. Not only the actors, but also the staff.
There are too many rumors about Renly in the industry, and too little news about Renly himself. The mystery caused by information asymmetry always makes people have more expectations and more pickiness..
Especially after winning the Oscar for Best Actor last year in a manner that greatly broke the historical record, more and more people are looking to find fault points. What's more, Vanity Fair is a circle full of jealousy and speculation. The higher the score, the greater the pressure; the more attention, the more prejudice.
Just now, Renly's distractedness and his calmness after being discovered revealed a different flavor when everyone saw him: arrogant? Unruly? Absent-minded? opinionated? Still lose yourself？
There are rumors in the industry that Renly is an extremely dedicated actor, but his performance just now has nothing to do with dedication. Obviously, this is another "superstar" created by an agent and a publicist using rumors. Everyone Their expressions reveal their own interpretations, which are playful and funny, sarcastic and profound..
But Renly seemed not to notice these gazes, and took the initiative to meet Joel's gaze, gently retracting his chin, "Yes, in fact, I was thinking about this problem just now. What the movie shows is a circle. , LeVine went around in circles, trying hard to make changes, but in the end he had no choice but to return to the starting point. It seemed that he had made many attempts, but in fact nothing had changed..”
The commotion around them gradually calmed down, and the exchange of sights gradually gathered. Everyone thought that Renly was talking nonsense, but now it seems that it is obviously not the case..
“LeVine fell into a difficult life situation. He had been drifting, confused, and disordered. He tried to find a job to stabilize, but the restlessness and anxiety deep in his heart still could not be stabilized; he tried to give up. Lived the dream, but eventually returned to the original position.”
“For film creation, he just goes around a circle and returns to the starting point. But for performance, how the circle goes around and what changes in mentality occur during the circle are all crucial. .I mean, do you prefer to communicate through music? or through performance？”
Renly was really thinking, and he started thinking after leaving the set of "Gravity" and really immersed himself in a new character..
Undoubtedly, this is the most special role in all Renly's acting experiences: because Llewyn Davis is a character who has not changed..
Even in desperate survival movies like "Buried Alive" and "Gravity", where the characters are trapped in a day, the characters undergo an intense process of psychological ups and downs and changes in mentality; this is even more so in other works, as the story develops Within the context, the character's state is constantly changing, which also presents a curve that connects the actor's performance context..
Just like in the ninth episode of "Pacific War", Eugene first met the baby and then the dying corpse. This was a turning point, a turning point in mentality..
But that's not the case in "The Ballad of Drunken Country". LeVine is always in the same state, going around in circles over and over again, and still staying in the same place. From the beginning to the end of the movie, his mentality, emotions, and state are just happening. There were slight ups and downs, but no real change, just like a trapped animal..
What the Coen brothers hope to present is such a state.
This is a serious challenge for actors. It can be simply considered that there are no acting crutches.
What is a performance crutch?？
In fact, it is the emotional explosion point, or the performance leverage point. Anger, pain, happiness, joy, sadness, any intense ups and downs of emotions can become the explosive point. The cancer in "Fighting Cancer", "Crazy Love" Parting in "detachment", death in "transcendence", etc..
For the Academy, what they like and appreciate the most is this kind of explosive moment. At every awards ceremony, the moments of nomination for the four major performance awards are always edited at this moment, which combines the actor's "performance power" presented completely and prominently.
Objectively speaking, this is also the favorite of the general public, because you can "see" the acting skills, just like a bloody one, and you can clearly see the powerful force that bursts out in an instant, bringing shock and amazement..
But for actors, if they blindly pursue performance crutches, they will gradually fall into the shackles and fall into the performance rut. Not only will they be unable to break through, but they will slowly regress. Leonardo DiCaprio is the most famous a representative of.
People have once wondered why Leonardo has been unable to win the favor of the academy despite working hard for so many years? Even if he later succeeded in reaching the top spot at the 88th Oscar, it was more because his competitors still lacked the ability and capital to fight against him..
There are many reasons, the most important ones are two points.
First, Leonardo's performance must have the "Crutch", the mental retardation in "A Different Sky", the rebellion in "Edge Diary", the madness in "Total Eclipse Love", and the spirit in "The Aviator" Split, the undercover agent in "The Departed"... Every character has more or less violent and outgoing publicity, including the desperate avenger in "The Revenant"..
Without the crutches, he seems to be unable to act. In works such as "Titanic", "How to Get Away with Murder", "Inception", and "The Great Gatsby", his performances were completely swallowed up. The charm of the character comes from the actor's personal charm, while the performance is completely lost in the story and character.
Secondly, it is precisely because he relied too much on crutches that Leonardo's performance fell into a routine. He always looked bitter and resentful, and his frowning expression became the symbol of the character. This is also All the characters look the same, lacking new ideas and even less depth..
The only breakthrough was that in "Django Unchained", Leonardo did burst out with a hint of evil. But unfortunately, Quentin Tarantino is not a director who is good at training/training actors, so he was not able to carry it forward..
2015After successfully winning the Oscar for Best Actor with "The Revenant" in 2008, Leonardo gradually turned behind the scenes and began to become a producer, but there has been no movement in his acting work..
Jennifer Lawrence, who became famous at a young age, has a similar problem in a sense..
For the audience, such a performance is explosive because they can "see" the moment of the performance; but for the actors, such a performance lacks change and depth, because there are more or less emotional outbursts. similar properties.
The most simple and intuitive example is that Colin Firth received Oscar nominations for Best Actor in 2009 and 2010 for "A Single Man" and "The King's Speech".
The former's performance is restrained, Colin keeps pulling in and pressing down, but outlines the majesty of the undercurrent; the latter's performance is extroverted, Colin needs to release more on a delicate level , presenting the character’s frustrations and difficulties.
Leaving aside the ownership of the Oscar statuette, industry insiders prefer the former, while ordinary audiences prefer the latter..
Renly himself is no exception.
When I was a movie fan in my last life, I just liked movies and performances, and naturally I preferred those understandable external performances; but after I started learning acting in this life, the transformation process from shallow to deep was gradually reflected in my understanding of acting. After understanding and reading, you can slowly and deeply taste the flavor of the performance..
In fact, it is relatively easy to perform with a crutch, because the actor knows where the breaking point and the borrowing point are; but it is extremely difficult to perform without the crutch, because the actor is very familiar with the role, the story, and even the inspiration of the creator. You must have a deep understanding of concepts and concepts, and the requirements for basic acting skills are also extremely strict..
Characters similar to Llewyn Davis are very common in European movies, such as "The Future" and "Summer of 1993". Renly was quite impressed by a French and Canadian film The collaborative work is called "Son of John"”.
It tells the story of a thirty-five-year-old man who has never met his father. His mother said that he was just an unexpected result of a one-night stand. But one day, he received a strange call telling him that his father passed away. He decided to go to Canada to attend the funeral. Later, he discovered that his biological father was not the one who died, but the man who called him..
It seems like a bloody and dramatic story, but the director presented it in a very restrained and plain way. He kept talking without hesitation, and the weight of everything that was left unsaid fell entirely on the body of the male protagonist. , through the eyes and aura, the sadness, loneliness, bitterness, alienation, kindness and anxiety are fully displayed, and the light-weight way brings a lingering aftertaste after watching the movie..
This is exactly what European movies are best at, hiding all the turbulent waves under the calm. It seems calm, but the movements of the hands and feet and the interlaced eyes of the eyebrows tell all the stories, truly reflecting the reflection and the aftertaste. Leave space to the audience.
Now, Le'Veon Davis and "Son of John" have some similarities.
In just a few days, I have experienced some stories, and my living conditions seem to have remained unchanged, but my mentality and emotions are still different after all. Only I can understand the vicissitudes of life and the collapse of the earth. This is a crutch without acting at all. The role can only rely on the actor's understanding of the story and the interpretation of his acting skills..
At the beginning of the movie, it was sad and gloomy, bitter and dull; when the movie turned, it was still the same; when the movie ended, it was still the same..
The same state is just a breeze blowing by, causing ripples, but it passes in an instant and returns to its original appearance. It is maintained from beginning to end, calm and calm as water..
Because this is the characteristic of that era, because this is the characteristic of that wave.
In just seven days, the Coen brothers intercepted a fragment of Llewyn's life. It was just like this, with no earth-shaking changes and no hope of change. It started in depression and ended in depression. So, Renly welcomed Here comes the first role in my career where I really don’t have acting crutches..
This is a breakthrough opportunity.
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