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Maybe this is the most "Wonderful" film that Terry Gilliam has made since "Wonderful".
--Terry Gilliam , Variety
, uses magic in the film that we haven't seen on screen. Otherwise, how could he finish such a wild film?
- "Los Angeles Times"
Terry Gilliam is getting more and more mature, and the whole film does not see his previous "frizzy" problems.
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Heath Ledger only appeared in the film for half of the original time, it was only a little bit of time, but it made us miss him even more. - Behind the scenes
at the British Daily Mirror ' Wonderful again ' Terry Gilliam hasn't filmed anything like this since he made his terrifying, jaw-dropping 'Wonderful' "Arbitrary" and "wild" films. Now, he has once again found Charles McCain, who co-wrote the screenplay of "Wonderful", and wrote this more "Wonderful" film. According to Charles McKean, the story of the film is similar to Faust, but in a darker and more grim style. McCain said: "There are a lot of outlandish ideas in the story, 16-year-old Valentina is the Godot in Waiting for Godot. Everyone is waiting for her 16 years old, but her 16-year-old The age just won't come. I really don't know where to start with this script, a few characters, some bizarre scenes and a story of a soul business with the devil - but, it's not Faust. Writing Along the way, we broke a lot of stereotypes with Gilliam. There's no central character, no clear storyline, no stifling drama. It's like a sliced pizza, every little part It's almost the same. Putting it all together is a complete film. If you insist on finding a center, Dr. Parnassos is the center of the film, and his decisions affect the fate of other characters."
With the script, Terry Gilliam decided to shoot the film. In 1985, when Terry Gilliam filmed "Fantastic", there was no easy-to-use CG technology, and the style of the film was reflected by architecture and clothing. Now, with the powerful tool of CG, Terry Gilliam can create the style of the film more freely. He said: “We can now build a model with a computer and put everything I need in it – including the actors’ performances, trying different lights, tones and textures. , determine the best plan, and then make it into a movie." Perhaps it is this different shooting mode, Terry Gilliam picked up the storyboard that he had left for a long time. On the storyboard he rediscovered the thrill of filming in the past. He said: "I really like this technique of storytelling through pictures, and this kind of work fascinates me. On the storyboard, I designed some of the most important plots of the film, and after Ledger died, I was The script was rewritten by storyboards, and Tony (played by Ledger) was transformed in the film. If it were to resort to words, I don’t know how much energy and time it would take to do this.”
Ledger’s Death
January 2008 In January, Heath Ledger, who was on the rise in his career, died suddenly, and at that time, the "Dr. Parnassus Fantasy Show" in which he was the protagonist was only a third of the filming. His death, in addition to causing the entire crew to fall into grief, also brought a huge problem to the director-whether to continue shooting or start all over again?
Terry Gilliam said: "At the time, there was absolutely nothing I could do, and the whole crew stopped working. I was racking my brains to change the script. Either change the script, or I did nothing. Fortunately, Ledger is very popular in Hollywood. , many actors are willing to take the role of Ledger. Among these people, I chose Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. In order to make all three of them appear in the film, And to make the story seem less obtrusive, I changed the script. I reset the 3 parallel worlds in the film and let Ledger travel back and forth in these worlds and show people in different faces. The problems brought about by Jay's death. In this way, I also did some CG processing, so that the mirror that originally appeared in the film became a prop for his transformation. Ledger's death was a blow to me, If you haven't worked with him, you don't know what a talented actor he was, or how smart and hardworking he was. The price of his death is incalculable, and even now, no one can measure it. "
Ledger's last line in the film was "Don't shoot at the messenger", which inadvertently has become Tony's "endorsement" line. When Johnny Depp started playing Tony, he asked the director if he could improvise the line during filming to make it more representative and make the other actor's Tony more spiritually compatible with Lay Jay has something in common. Terry Gilliam said: "I was shocked because I didn't expect a line like this to be a bridge between these actors and Ledger in the role. In doing so, Ledger's transformation in the film seems more natural. And smoothness is not a last resort for me. Later, other actors also used this line in their own performances, which made the film even better."
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said of Terry Gilliam, many Everyone can think of the guy who is good at creating wonderful and whimsical worlds in films. He has indeed brought a lot of "eye-opening" works to the film industry. This film is also full of Terry Gilliam in style, styling, costumes and post-production. However, according to Gilliam, this is not his credit, but the credit of the entire team.
Gilliam's photographer is Nicola Pecorini from Italy. In order to meet Gilliam's requirements, he suffered a lot. He said: "We practiced all the angles and positions, almost frame by frame, in order to find the best way to capture the characters. Gilliam and I both wanted to shoot a' A movie stage' feeling. We watched a lot of plays for that, and later he involved some mirrors, curtains and theater lights in the set. And I tried to move and push the rails as little as possible during the shoot. He used a fixed camera to create a sense of the stage. And sometimes, he wanted that gorgeous shot in the movie, so I shot some 360-degree surround shots. After post-grading and CG processing, the film does show the desired effect of that gorgeousness and decay."
The costume designer for the film was Monique Prudhome, who designed the costumes for "Juno," she said. : "Gilliam lived in London for a long time, and the opening of the film is also contemporary London, so I designed some retro suits and dresses. As for the other imaginary world in the film, I used complex Decorative and exaggeratedly coloured costumes. Tony loves you in the midst of such a crowd of overdressed people has always been a creamy dark striped suit. As for Dr Parnassos, he's 1000 years old in the film so I'm in some scenes In other
scenes , he was dressed in a traditional, serious suit."
The film is the unfinished posthumous work of Heath Ledger, and finally by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell shared his roles. They both starred in the film for zero pay, and the full amount of income will be given to Ledger's daughter.
· This film is the first time that Terry Gilliam has drawn a storyboard since 1988's "The Adventures of Braggard".
·Half of Heath Ledger's comedy dialogues are temporarily modified on the set.
· Eva Green was originally the first person to play Valentina.
·The screenplay of the film was written by Terry Gilliam and Charles McCain. They also previously collaborated on "Wonderful Dreams" and "The Adventures of Braggart".
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