1710 artistic perfection
Reaching the pinnacle, it’s perfect.
This is the only thought in Ethan Cohen's mind at this moment.
From Cannes to Venice to the Oscars, for the past year, everyone has said that Renly gave equally flawless performances in "Gravity" and "The Balladeer" and truly represented today's modern era. The highest level of acting skills, not only the first young actor of Generation Y, but also comparable to the peak strength of Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis in the entire Hollywood..
It is precisely because of such praise that for a 24-year-old actor, the hat is really too big. Coupled with the historical moment of EGOT, this has led to the fact that it is too much and not enough. During the entire awards season, everyone is rejecting it. Renly, despising and belittling Renly has gradually become the mainstream of the industry. It seems that everyone is "kindly" cooling down Renly and looking forward to him having a longer career..
Ethan was noncommittal about this.
As a director, Ethan has personally experienced every performance of every scene in "The Ballad of Drunken Country". Although he is not the type of director who is good at training acting skills, he can still truly feel that Renly gives the character a role in his performance. The delicate texture and three-dimensional depth are indeed far ahead of their peers. Even the now-famous Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence still have a clear gap when compared horizontally with Renly..
Ethan dismisses those comments that cool down the situation; while he fully agrees with those words of praise..
To be honest, Renly is the only candidate in Ethan's mind for this year's Academy Award for Best Actor. In terms of strength, talent, and aura, it is difficult for all other contenders to compete with Renly, but... the Oscar battle has never been In a competition of strength, even if Ethan hopes to witness Renly win the second Best Actor Award, he is powerless..
In other words, Ethan also believes that "Gravity" and "Drunken Country Ballad" are indeed Renly's peak state. He does not think that anyone will be able to challenge Renly's two performances in the short term.——
Yes, even if he is not qualified to challenge, let alone break through or overtake, even Renly himself may not be able to replicate such a feat. After all, such a difficult and wonderful performance is incredibly draining of energy and physical strength. Yes, actors are also mortals/flesh/bodies, and their performance state is just like a competitive state, which is bound to have ups and downs. If you want to replicate it again in a short period of time, the difficulty will increase exponentially. Some actors even release all their energy for a short time. After that, he immediately returned to mediocrity and lost everyone..
Jamie Foxx is such a typical example. In 2004, "The King of Soul" and "Murder with a Knife" instantly bloomed with great brilliance; but that year seemed to consume all the energy, and then he was never able to contribute a performance worth mentioning..
But today, Ethan had to overturn his idea——
“Exploding Drummer” is the real pinnacle！
The premise is that the movie itself explores the process of finding the peak of art - the game between Fletcher and Andrew, from the start to the uphill to the setbacks, and then the comeback suffers a serious blow, the bottom falls and the hope is destroyed, In the end, he broke and stood up again, completing the baptism and sublimation of the soul with the act of killing his father, achieving perfection..
The entire movie clearly presents the entire process of artistic transformation and sublimation, even more complete than "Black Swan".
Although Damien Chazelle's technical control, including camera scheduling, picture editing and light use, is still slightly inferior to Darren Aronofsky, and even slightly inferior to David Fincher. It seems young, but the integrity of the performance complements the director's work and completes the overall integrity of the film..
This also means that "Exploding Drummer" is inherently different from "Drunken Folklore" and "Gravity". The actors have been given a role platform that can openly explore the ceiling of acting and artistic barriers. If they can perform brilliantly, , then it will inevitably shine brightly and unstoppably！
This was the case when Natalie Portman starred in "Black Swan".
In "Breaking Drummer", Renly truly demonstrates the psychological transformation on the road of artistic exploration, from physical torture to psychological collapse, to double baptism at the psychological and physical levels, step by step. I found my true and dazzling self in the ocean of art, and reached the pinnacle in the last performance, showing the soul of art unreservedly in front of the audience, bringing a pure and supreme enjoyment..
Wonderful! Extremely exciting! It’s so wonderful that you can’t help but want to stand up and applaud！
In particular, the contrast and reversal of momentum between Andrew and Fletcher vividly and truly interprets the "father-killing" plot on the road to artistic upgrading, and in "Black Swan" Nina kills the superego, releases the ego, and breaks through. The transformation of the self complements each other, showing the fission and sublimation of the spiritual level in the process of artistic transformation..
If it were just that, the performance of "Crackling Drummer" and the performance of "Black Swan" can only be regarded as comparable. To a certain extent, Natalie Portman's Nina is slightly better, mainly Or it’s because director Darren Aronofsky’s shots give the character and the movie a terrifying quality, which complements the tangled struggles of the superego, id, and self, making the performance incredibly powerful. charm.
But the reason why Renly is Renly is because he can always bring surprises.！
During the performance, when the tension and courage were all over the place, Renly skillfully restrained his emotions and suppressed all the emotional changes expressed outwardly. He used his eyes more to understand the intricate texture of psychological changes.——
The so-called transformation of artistic inspiration, no matter which way is used to explain it, is too awkward and too difficult to explain. Even if it is explained by the beat of a drum set, it seems pale and weak, far from showing the subtle changes of the artist's inspiration; and Renly All the ups and downs are told through the eyes, combined with the essential transformation of drum playing, to present this feeling of artistic upgrade, and finally leave the space for thinking and recall to the audience..
Eyes are the simplest but most difficult part of a performance, but Renly has given infinite possibilities: the eyes of Andrew and Nicole talking on the phone for the second time, the eyes of Andrew and Fletcher talking in the bar, the eyes of Andrew and his father hugging backstage, the eyes of Andrew The look in the eyes during the last performance……
In the close-up shots, the psychological changes at each critical turning point are all reflected in the eyes. Compared with the publicity and release of the drum performance, the performances of artistic understanding and ideological transformation are all restrained and low-key, restrained and then restrained. , which also makes the performance of the entire work truly relaxed and relaxed..
The most amazing thing is that the complex emotional changes presented by those delicate performances can be reflected in the plot that follows. The combination of the two helps the audience understand and integrate, and at the same time, it is completed step by step. Sublimation, shock bursts out from deep in the heart.
This power of control, this power of interpretation, this power of expression, and most importantly, this spirituality, can easily get rid of Natalie in the "Black Swan" with every gesture and smile. The performance, the natural and flowing emotional interpretation, is really too exciting and too terrifying, and even makes Natalie become clumsy - it is obvious that she exerts too much force, and lacks layers, and it is more of a single line all the way. Go to the end.
Of course, Natalie's performance in "Black Swan" is already top-notch. Among the Generation Y actors in the industry, it can still be said to be top-notch. There is no doubt about her strength..
It's just that Renly was too outrageous..
Before today, Ethan had never known what "perfect acting" meant. Even those veteran actors could not make him truly feel this - it was not that they were not good enough, but that Ethan lacked the performance savvy. and understanding, just like some people can never understand the pros and cons of strong drinks or delicious food..
But starting from today, Ethan truly felt the weight of the word "perfect". It was not just the drumming that burst with blood, it was not just the breakthrough in mental torture, it was not just the overthrow of the father who had been killed by his own hands, it was not just the overthrow of the father who had been killed by his own hands, it was not just the beating of blood. The coldness that cuts off the bonds is still paranoia and madness emanating from the inside out. Even the eyes and soul have completely transformed..
When Andrew broke through Fletcher's suppression and truly achieved perfection in drumming; at the same time, Renly also broke through the shackles of acting and truly achieved perfection in acting. The double breakthroughs in and out of the play broke the big screen Barriers bring a hearty and shocking movie-watching experience.
Beyond "Gravity," beyond "Drunken Country Ballads," and most importantly, beyond Renly himself, he touched a whole new world of performance..
Inexplicably, Ethan recalled a brief interview with Renly during the Venice Film Festival. He mentioned at the time, "I now hope to try more different styles and types of roles and explore more possibilities for acting.”.
The words themselves appear official and polite. Almost every actor answers this way during every movie promotion period, "I hope to challenge some new roles and try something different." But everyone knows that this is just a promotional term. , most actors in Hollywood spend their entire careers repeating themselves, and no one tries anything new, because they know that nothing will change even if they try..
But now, Ethan understands that Renly hopes to challenge different role types such as comedy, action, horror, and even commercial film performances - this is not only to relax himself, but more importantly, because in the plot At the level of human characters, he is already outclassed. Even an eccentric work like "Nightcrawler" cannot give Renly more sense of challenge..
Although it is somewhat incredible to say that Renly is only twenty-four years old; but after watching "The Boomstick", this is how Ethan really felt.！
artistic perfection！
Yes, Renly touched the perfection of art.
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