supernatural version of Romeo and Juliet's
"Beautiful Creatures", a youth novel written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stoll, which contains supernatural, witches, destiny, killing, love, etc. Element, so once it was launched, it gained widespread attention. Moreover, the novel also won the "Most Expected" title in the 2010 MTV NEWS selection. Currently, the novel has three sequels, namely "Beautiful Darkness", "Beautiful Chaos" and "Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption" (Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption).
Talking about the adaptation of this story, the film’s screenwriter and director Richard La Gravens said: “I love this kind of story about the hidden world and this kind of psychedelic movie. But, under this theme What I admire more is a love story shown by these two writers. This is a kind of eternal love, and it also has the point of discovering who you are and discovering what love is. I think this is great A characteristic, because from the entire history of film and fiction, almost all stories involving love are based on these two elements. It allows us to understand that as a separate person, as a part of society and the environment How do we live in this world. Moreover, this story also has the strong characteristics of "Romeo and Juliet". The strong shock of fate, atonement, and love makes me feel the same. This is why I am so. The reason I love this novel is why I must put this story on the screen." The
film’s producer, Morrie Smith, also had the same point of view. He said: "This is the "Romeo and Juliet" in the new era. "The story. However, fortunately, the film uses a different perspective to show this story, so that it does not flow into the classics and traditions. We observe and experience the world through Witte’s eyes. We can see how the world is his mind was destroyed and then rebuilt, and this is not so much the power of love, but rather that this is the kind of growth and maturity. "
willing green leaves of big-name actors
For this supernatural element of "Romeo and Juliet", director Richard La Gravens found a spectacular cast, except for the young Alice Englert and Alden In addition to Ellen Ritchie, he also invited big-name actors such as Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Viola Davis, etc., to play supporting roles in the film. Regarding his cast, Gravens said: "Such a starring cast is indeed very eye-catching, especially the British actors in the film. Their accents and exotic performance methods and styles have become this. The most memorable performance in the film. Because these characters are non-human, this kind of "out of tune" performance has become a feature of the film. This is very gratifying. "
About the filming of the film. , Director Richard La Gravens does not want to use too many computer special effects and green screens. He felt that although this is a story with supernatural elements, it is best to use the green screen as little as possible. When shooting a rotating scene for a dinner party, the crew remodeled the table, chairs and floor so that the whole scene could be rotated without special effects. The entire device is mounted on a hydraulic device and has a fixed device so that actors and objects will not fly out when rotating. But Gravens had a strong motion sickness, so he had to take a lot of motion sickness pills and bite the bullet and finished the scene. Gravens explained as much as possible to avoid green screens. He said: “I want to show a sense of realism and reality in the film, and real shooting is the best way. If we say that CG technology shows In another world, what this real shot shows is a special case in the real world. Because we are telling stories that happened in the real world, not love in a fantasy world. In this consideration Next, we used as few green screens as possible, and instead used a lot of real shots. Although it is not small to produce, it is worth the money.”
Highlights
on the walls and roof of Lena’s room I wrote poems, which were actually excerpts from the poems of four poets. These poets were William Blake, Alfred Tennyson, Edna Saint Vincent Millay and Rumi.
· In the film, Werther failed to recite Charles Bukowski’s poems. Actually, this is because Alden Ellenrich made the wrong memorial when shooting that one. In other scenes, he recites the poems. But the director finally used the failed one.
·The character Emma in the film is actually a mixture of two characters in the original novel. In the novel, these two characters are Emma as a housewife and a prophet, and as a librarian and a good friend of Wit’s mother. Marianne. The reason why the screenwriter handles this character is because he hopes that this relatively complex character can find an excellent actress to play. In his heart, Viola Davis is the number one candidate.
·During filming in Louisiana, the film was temporarily suspended due to a tornado warning.
·The music of the film is produced by Thenewno2 band. Dhani Harrison is a member of this band, and his father is the Beatles guitarist George Harrison (George Harrison). When recording the love theme melody of the film, Dhani Harrison used a guitar. This guitar is the guitar used by George Harrison in recording the Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Jack O'Connell was originally an actor who played Witt, but before the filming started, he was replaced by Alden Ellenrich.
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