say that Soderbergh threatened to retire not once or twice, but it has not been filmed and filmed again. I don’t know if people are old and have the desire to talk. Anyway, Soderbergh’s words are getting more and more serious. It's a pity that the faster he shoots, the thinner his thoughts become. Anyone familiar with the history of film knows what Soderbergh means to American independent films, thinking that "Sex, Lies, Videotape" hit the nerves of the Cannes judges. , which makes American independent production proud, but looking back on the chronology of Soderbergh’s films, this gentleman has made 22 films in 2000, an average of 1.57 films a year, which means that the film has just been post-production, and the new film has already been prepared. , and completed 3 films in 2011, including a "Last time I saw Michael Gregg", which was specially provided for the collection of the play members and was not released. He is the only one who can make such a film at such a speed. Soderbergh belongs to the kind of director who covers a wide range of subjects. Network" double Oscar nominations.
Objectively speaking, it is an indisputable fact that the quality of Soderbergh’s films has declined. In other words, if the quality described by the director can be proportional to the film, then every Soderbergh’s work can be a masterpiece, but it is a pity that The inverse movement between conception and work practice has always troubled the encyclopedic director. In fact, Soderbergh's works have never lacked the skills of visual presentation, such as the film's tone, camera movement, editing, and soundtrack. Fancy, this is his consistent advantage. Compared with the feint shot of "Infectious Diseases", the innovation of "Winning Shot" failed, "Magic Mike" is superficial, and the new work "Side Effects" obviously has a new sense, although The story with a little ingenuity or the bloody conspiracy theories are handled in an orderly manner. The director's rigor and honesty in the production of the film need not be doubted, which is the guarantee of the basic quality of the film.
The overall story structure of the film cannot withstand spoilers. Although the author has already guessed the general direction of the plot clues in 65 minutes of the film, the reason why he still sticks to the computer is that the director's ability to set the story is basically fair. Unobstructed, (the real reason is that I want to see how Soderbergh is round, after all, I have always had illusions about his works), although I was dizzy by the scientific name of a large number of antidepressant drugs in the film, fortunately, the overall story It is smooth and smooth, showing the oppression of modern society on the visual level. This kind of seriousness in production is quite surprising. At the beginning of the film, an extremely objective traversing camera is ready to tell the story. There are large bloodstains in the room, and the scene is swept away with a strong sense of substitution. Martin is about to be released after serving his sentence, and his wife, Emily, is fascinated at this juncture. Taking drugs, it turns out that when Emily thought she was finally happy and enjoying life at the wedding, the police took her husband Martin. Emily, who had the shadow of childhood and the harsh reality, suffered from depression. Psychologist Eric, after Eric's careful care, Emily's condition has improved, but when her husband Martin was released from prison, Emily's depression began to become severe and often committed suicide. Emily encountered a second psychologist in the hospital. Physician Banks, Physician Banks recommended abailixia to Emily on the one hand considering Emily's condition and on the other hand considering the effect of the new drug abailixia, but this drug has serious side effects. The side effect directly led to Emily's sleepwalking killing her husband, Martin, and the physician Banks was also involved in the conspiracy of this side effect. To be honest, this story has no innovation and textual depth, but this is only the surface meaning of the story. Soderbergh’s attempt has just begun, and the director has progressed from four aspects: layout, decryption, reversal, and truth.
First of all, the layout basically adopts a third-party restrained narrative, which is calm and cold. Emily wants to commit suicide by driving, playing music in the early morning, cooking food for three people, almost jumping off the track in a trance, and fabricating her friend Juliet out of thin air, and she is also abrupt and confused. Appearing in front of Dr. Banks to find a way to get out, before these things happened, the camera gave mandatory close-ups, such as "fasten your seat belt", "the number on the police officer's chest", "the soles of your feet with blood", etc., It hints at the emergence of some kind of conspiracy, and also tells the audience that this is not a side effect. The decryption and reversal of the film were carried out almost at the same time. Banks, who fell into the trap by mistake, began to investigate everything that seemed to be a coincidence. After communicating with Emily's former doctor, it was found that Emily had many problems that were not true. Tell yourself that Banks took a more despicable and effective method, injecting Amital into Emily's body and knowing the truth through hypnosis. Doctor Banks told Emily in advance that the medicine injected was Amital, Emily began to pretend to be drowsy when she knew the effect of the drug. In fact, Dr. Banks did not inject Amitol but saline. The effect of saline will not cause drowsiness, so he concluded that it was all Emily's. Disguise, all this is also related to Dr. Eric, the story is spoiled here, I think the reason for the truth is not important.
Judging from the efficacy of the film's "side effects", Americans are extremely dependent on drugs, and they have to take medicine no matter what is happening. In the film, Dr. Banks's wife needs to take tranquilizers for job interviews to eliminate anxiety. I feel that in Darren Aronofsky's "Requiem for a Dream", my mother can become addicted to diet pills. All medicines are poisonous, and the side effects of many psychiatric medicines are extremely harmful to the body. Judging from Soderbergh's works in recent years, social defects are the source of treasure for art creators as always. The content of the new work is aimed at the lack of prudence and strict control in the pharmaceutical industry, but the deepest medicinal effect of the film is far above the disadvantages of medicine. It is the anxiety of the social group that spreads to the side effects. This is not an esoteric film, and the novel narrative of the film also has a sense of mystery. Its "Hitchcock"-style atmosphere is more profound than it is entertaining, but in the end Compared with the works in recent years, "Side Effects" is really much more meaningful and good-looking, and it is not ashamed to see it as Soderbergh's work.
Soderbergh claimed that the reason for his withdrawal was "frustrated by the stagnation of his own knowledge". The breadth of his works and the closeness to reality make knowledge often a hard-core challenge for images. The driving force behind each film. But for his retirement, think about Joe Schumacher, Joaquin Phoenix, hum, is that accurate?
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