1223 There are things found on the road
Damien Chazelle, this young director is undoubtedly one of the most noteworthy among the young generation in America. He was born in 1985, and is only four years older than Renly. He is twenty-eight years old this year. However, He has a baby face and a slovenly otaku appearance, but he always exudes the youthful feeling of a fledgling college student..
2007After Damien graduated from Harvard University in 2011, he began to prepare his first feature film, "Guy and Madeleine on the Park Bench". This independent work failed to generate much discussion. But it initially showed his smart ideas about lens scheduling and color composition..
Damien then began to work in New York, writing "The Last Exorcism 2" and "Grand Piano" as a screenwriter. The latter starred John Cusack and Elijah Wood, which can be regarded as an independent film field. "Big" production, these meager incomes supported Damien's artistic pursuit career; later he also participated in the writing of the critically acclaimed "10 Cloverfield Lane" script.
It is worth mentioning that Damien’s parents are both highly educated intellectuals. His mother is a writer and teaches at the University of New Jersey; and his father is a computer scientist and teaches at Princeton University..
However, his generous family background did not become a source of funds for him to pursue an artistic career. He went to Los Angeles to be self-reliant. However, it cultivated Damien's creative talents. In addition to being a director, his ability as a screenwriter was also highly recognized. Like Christopher Nolan, he prefers to direct scripts he writes himself.
Since his first feature film in 2009, Damien has been preparing for his second work, "Breaking Drummer" for four full years.”.
It is a pity that this work chose to use music as the entry point. In the contemporary film market, musical films are basically dead. Except for youth musicals, almost no film companies are willing to invest in production; moreover, many of the scripts The character is really unlikable, even disgusting, and cannot arouse the interest of the producer.
So, after nearly four years of going around in circles, Damien was finally at the end of his rope and had to resort to trying his luck at the Oscar night..
Judging from the point of 2017, Damien is still the most watched among the new generation of directors. Apart from his debut, he only has two other feature films, one is "Breaking Drummer" and the other is "Love". Le City”.
After the latter was released in 2016, it triggered a flood of praise. At the Oscars, it swept fourteen nominations and won six statuettes, reviving the glorious dawn of musical movies; During the ceremony, a mistake led to the loss of the best film, which also witnessed Damien's loss and helplessness..
However, having won the Oscar for Best Director at the age of only thirty-one, Damien has still become the hottest young director in the industry..
Before "La La Land", "Explosion Drummer" had already shown people his talent. This work tells the story of a college freshman at the music school who aspires to be a top drummer, but is trained by a hellish music instructor. , but tortured him severely both physically and mentally. In order to achieve greatness, he was going crazy bit by bit..
To put it simply, this is a work that tells the story of "You can't live without being crazy".
2010In 2016, the movie "Black Swan" vividly explained the meaning of the survival of madness. When art reaches the state of perfection, the boundaries between performance and reality are completely blurred, just like moths flying into the flame, rushing to the extreme in ashes. Nata Leigh Portman successfully won the Oscar for Best Actress with this work.
In a sense, the core meanings of "Explosive Drummer" and "Black Swan" are the same. The concise and clear story, however, gradually fell into an out-of-control crazy situation amid the gradually out-of-control rhythm of the drums, bringing about difficult situations. Yu's ultimate movie-watching experience is inferior to "Black Swan" in terms of psychological suspense and trembling, but its visual impact is even more powerful..
Under Damien's lens, the paranoia and extreme sense of art burst out vividly, and there was even a sense of bloody cruelty. After cutting in from a different angle, he gradually broke away from the field of art and simply interpreted a The core meaning of "pursuing perfection" is truly thrilling..
Maybe this work is not perfect, but it can leave a rich and magnificent touch of color.
If "The Ballad of the Drunken Country" tells the poetic dream of a wanderer who is stuck in the same place and has no idea what to do, it reflects the tide of the entire era; then "The Exploding Drummer" condenses the era into a small person, like Like a bull's-eye, he reached the extreme regardless of his own world, and finally faced the whole world on his own shoulders..
One is to enlarge, the other is to reduce; one is to add, the other is to subtract..
But there is no doubt that both works are excellent.
At the Oscars that year, "Crackling Drummer" received five nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Sound Effects, and won Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing. and Best Sound Effects. Among them, the "Little Best Picture" Best Editing award is undoubtedly an important recognition of this work..
It is worth mentioning that "Exploding Drummer" truly brings the charm of the two leading actors to the extreme.
In the story, it revolves around the actor Andrew and the teacher Fletcher..
Fletcher is a demon teacher. His image is based on Damien's high school band teacher. His words, deeds and even his eyes are enough to make people tremble. But this is a very interesting character image. He is not a traditional moral character. "Justice and evil" above the level, but abandon the moral standards, for the sake of art, for the purpose, for the benefit, regardless of means. The persistence and perseverance in the bones are positive, but the means and methods on the surface are extremely dark.
After watching the movie, every audience member feared him, loathed him, and rejected him, but this was Damien's intention. He succeeded..
JK-Simmons, who has played supporting roles in many works such as "Spider-Man 3" and "Juno", successfully interpreted this role. His chilling violence and cruelty became a The brightest light on the big screen even stole the protagonist's elegance and became the biggest hit in the awards season that year. He swept all the way and won the best supporting actor statuette..
Andrew is a student, but he is also not a good person. He is cruel, selfish, arrogant, and a complete villain. But like Fletcher, he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and he is the drummer. Dream, he treated himself more cruelly than anyone else, truly driving himself to a dead end, and finally achieved a breakthrough at the critical point of art. Like a "black swan", he found his own perfection..
Similarly, after watching the movie, the protagonist is not likeable. Even though this is an inspirational work, the dark temperament of Andrew is enough to make people feel repelled..
This is normal. In real life, those geniuses who focus on their own world are often not understood by the world; furthermore, those geniuses who go crazy and fanatical in art are even more important to this society. There are too many similar cases in history of ostracizing, neglecting, ridiculing and suppressing people..
Because their paranoia is often frightening.
Let's not talk about it, Renly is like this. The crew of "Buried Alive", the crew of "Fast and Furious 5", the crew of "Fighting Cancer", Renly's whole body exudes the aura that no one should enter, and for the staff Generally speaking, their feelings towards Renly are also contradictory and complicated..
Newcomer actor Miles-Teller played the role of Andrew. Before "Breaking Drummer", Miles had been polishing himself in independent films, and in 2010 he collaborated with Nicole Kidman "Rabbit Hole" was his first work, and he later starred in niche works such as the new version of "Full of Energy", "Project X", and "Beautiful Now".
Miles is not a handsome guy, neither typical nor atypical, but his performance has a raw roughness. Whether it is "Divergent" or "Explosive Drummer", the temperament of both good and evil gives the character a soul. .However, objectively speaking, his performance still lacks layers and changes, and the details of his performance are often lost in the dullness. He is often between facial paralysis and vividness, unable to maintain a stable level..
Miles was able to get the role of Andrew because of his drumming experience. He started playing drums at the age of fifteen, and he still had calluses on his palms. When he auditioned for "The Explosion Drummer", he was twenty-six years old. He has more than ten years of drumming experience, which is undoubtedly crucial to the role..
In the actual performance, all of Miles's grace was snatched away by Simmons. In Simmons' powerful performance, all of Miles' performances seemed to fall into the shadow of the other party. Those details and depth Everything is lost in the lens.
For a similar role, Natalie Portman reached the top spot with "Black Swan", while Myers didn't get a single nomination throughout the entire awards season. Of course, it is undeniable that the director's lens locking has a bonus. , but overall, Miles still failed to interpret Andrew's soul.
Despite this, the overall quality of "Breaking Drummer" is still amazing, and it is not held back by the performance at all. This is Damien's skill. From camera scheduling to post-editing, from atmosphere creation to light and shadow construction, Damien presents a The perfect stage is then left to the actors to interpret and perform. The profound internal skills show a sophistication and calmness that belies their age..
Whether it's "Blast Drummer" or Damien Chazelle, these are Renly's personal favorites - the dream of light and shadow in "La La Land" in his previous life is still vivid in his mind. Unexpectedly, I met someone by chance on the roadside today..
Although everyone said that Los Angeles is a city full of miracles, and you can encounter opportunities everywhere on the streets, but when they actually met, Renly still found it quite interesting. Is this... a lost thing along the way?？
If so, Damien would be - a stray poodle？
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