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Alexander Payne always finds an element of comedy and warmth in stories like these little ones. And, his storytelling skills never take over.
--"The Hollywood Reporter"
In this tragicomedy about family life, Payne delivers complete, detailed emotion, and George Clooney's performance is absolutely remarkable.
- The story of the Guardian
film is full of drama, but not at all contrived. Audiences familiar with family life are sure to rave about the film, and many adults will clear their minds from this movie. ——The behind-the- scenes production
of "Variety" The film is adapted from the debut novel of female writer Kaui Hart Hemmings. Story-Driven Characters Alexander Payne is a director who attaches great importance to story. His previous works, such as "School", "About Schmidt" and "A Glass of Wine" are all stories that drive characters and emotions. Moreover, he also likes to adapt movies from existing novels, and his first few critically acclaimed films have all been adapted from novels without exception. It can be said that adapting novels and driving character development with stories are the characteristics of Payne's films.
Regarding the adaptation of novels, Payne said: "Many directors like to find material for movies from novels, such as Kubrick, 11 of his 13 movies are adapted. From novels, we can get our own twists and turns. Stories, characters and worlds that I could never have imagined. In this novel by Kay Hart Hemmings, I see things I could never have imagined, and I am so blessed to have this book. The story, always It's the soul and core of the film. A unique story is even more so. So I take the story very seriously, and with a good story, with good characters and dialogue, the film is half the battle. Although it sounds a little bit It's a cliché, but I also have to say that I wanted to show a life that was very different from my own personal experience." Payne co-wrote the script, and it's clear that George Clooney is happy for this story of a family failure. , Clooney said: "A good script may not make a good movie, but a bad movie must be the result of a bad script. The script of "Descendants" is a great book, with a lot of emotion and details. It should be said that Pei Eun uses the script to create an unparalleled world, sometimes sad and sometimes laughing. The film's story is excellent because he provides a life experience that we have almost never experienced."
Although adapted from the novel , but Payne did not ignore the "cinematic" of the film itself, nor did he deliberately highlight the "literary" of the film. Payne said: "I would watch a lot of silent films and look for ways and means of storytelling in films that have no lines but only music. I'm very obsessed with this technology of storytelling with images. In "Descendants," There's a clip of Clooney stalking people across the trail and the beach. It's a full six minutes, no lines, no music. Personally, I like that clip better, where I tell a whole story with video and tell the story. Let the movie automatically go to the next level. Also, I also think the 60s movies are more diverse, richer, and more exciting than they are now. I love Antonioni's "Night", that ten minute ending is breathtaking , I've been working on how he's so unobtrusive."
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