Characteristics: poor, but still pursuing ideals; firmly believe that success is a knowledge; firmly believe that oneself will succeed, do not give up hope, do not give up on yourself; have a favorite girl, and dare to take the initiative to contact; not vulgar, disdain to indulge in vulgarity Wretched game; positive and optimistic, be kind to others, and believe in truth, goodness and beauty.
In the 1960s, American society experienced the Vietnam War, economic recession, and political scandals. Young people are facing an unprecedented spiritual crisis. Under the influence of the French "New Wave", Dennis Hopper directed and acted an existential road movie "Easy Rider" full of hesitation and rebellion, which brought the end of old Hollywood. "Easy Rider" carried American cinema into the new Hollywood era.
The emergence of new Hollywood movies has made a large number of directors look beyond the box of the original type of movies and start to focus on the little people around them. Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" and Milos Foreman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" all show the ordinary "poor people" in American society, doing their most ordinary jobs seriously. They are kind, sincere, and responsible, but these flash points never let them get rid of the hat of loser and incompatible with the real society, and the whole play is shrouded in a tragic atmosphere.
Hollywood in the 21st century has slowly moved out of its gloomy tune and has begun to shoot comedy in abundance. With the coexistence of humor and self-deprecation, there has been a counter-attack of the "Chicken Soup Brothers". And Hollywood just has the ability to make this kind of theme fun and interesting, which also reflects the cultural soft power of the United States from the side. They can put themselves in a very low position, abandon the common means of drama, and tell a story of mainstream values that is called "positive energy" in China in a mocking way.
The male protagonists break through their ordinary lives in an "old boy" style, and the audience finds resonance in laughter. The bumper harvest of box office and word-of-mouth allows film and television workers to slowly learn how to cook a bowl of high-quality, low-risk "old duck soup". In this bowl of "Old Duck Soup", 3 actors with "waste wood temperament" were slowly honed.
1. Ben Stiller
Representative works: "I'm Crazy for Mary", "Meet My Father-in-law", "Daydreamer", "Night at the Museum" trilogy
Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey can be said to be the most familiar American contemporary comedians to the Chinese public. But not Jim Carrey's manic, exaggerated, nonsensical performance. Ben Stiller is more of an introverted, unkind, unlucky "unlucky guy". It seems to me that the character shapes the actor rather than the actor making the character. Too many roles that appear to be "tailor-made" for Ben Stiller have entrenched his status as a Hollywood comedy superstar.
Jim Carrey once remade the literary film "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" in 2004. Although he was afraid that the audience would not be able to accept the micro-plastic surgery, the audience still felt dancing, which made him understand that he was still the most suitable for comedy films, and then he returned Come on the comedy road. Ben Stiller also seems to have been labeled as "Daydreamer," which was released on Christmas Day, directed and starred by Ben Stiller. He's smart, knows what kind of Ben Stiller audiences like to see, and knows what he's best at. As long as he is in his own field, he can be familiar with it.
As in previous films, Ben Stiller has created ordinary people, so ordinary that his existence is dispensable. In a magazine that is about to be eliminated in the Internet age, be a film manager working in the darkroom. Anyone in the company can bully him, but he does his daily work seriously. He has processed hundreds of negatives and never missed a single one. All the efforts are still not getting the respect they deserve.
The only escape from stress is fantasy. In fantasy, he is the master of the world, who can become any character, save the world in various ways, beat up the boss, and stay with his beloved woman...
Such a middle-aged man who is unmarried and about to lose his job, in order to complete the The job that I could have given up, started a wonderful journey in the singing of "Space Oddity" - looking for photo No. 25. When taking the first step, everything is different, reality is far more magnificent than fantasy.
The use of the film's camera lens is very elegant, and it is inherently consistent with the emotional state of the male protagonist. At the beginning of the film, a large number of fixed shots, the camera as a bystander records the movement of the hero, as unfeeling as Ben Stiller's stiff expression. In fantasy, when the hero begins the journey, the use of the camera has undergone a sharp change, and a large number of sports scenes appear, as if the hero at this time is the living existence. In the beautiful scenery and passionate music, the "waste wood-like" little people began to save themselves, and their dreams came into reality.
2. Owen Wilson's
masterpieces: "The Waste Wood Alliance" and "Uncle Intern"
When he was a child, Mr. Owen was still taking the idol route and filming action movies. And now, Uncle Owen has become the "treasure in the palm of the hand" of the director of the "waste wood" film. In "Uncle Intern", Owen Wilson plays the hero Nick and his friend Billy encounter a mid-life crisis, and they are diligently and calmly doing sales work in exchange for the bad news of being fired from the company.
Times were different when they started looking for new jobs. Informatization, emphasis on knowledge, focus on strength, and elite culture, the two uncles seem to be out of tune with everything. This is how the two uncles started their absurd journey, but instead defeated other IT elites to become Google's official employees. This film is like the "American Dream", which has opened the eyes of all IT industry workers, and there is no way they want to work at Google!
3. Jack Black's
representative works: "Rock School" and "Kung Fu Panda" (dubbed by Panda Abo)
Jack Black can be said to be the actor with the most "diaosi" temperament among the Three Musketeers, but unlike "diaosi", Dewey played by him in "School of Rock" has the courage to fight against the world and pursue his dreams without giving up. of paranoia. "Dream" is a verb, but it seems only suitable for youth. When I was young, I was not afraid of making mistakes, disdain to follow the crowd, and always felt that I was extraordinary. But as time goes by, what about the original dream? Most people start to learn to flatter and flatter for a living, and become hypocritical and strange. Literary and artistic young people also gave up the spring and snow in the tea, rice, oil and salt. Liao Yimei said, "The boys I have loved are all old." She likes rebellious and unruly boys, and now she has become a respectable teacher, only in the theater. Only in the middle can you insist on yourself and show your most "boyish" side. Dewey's landlady and old friend Ned Snibley in the film has also transformed from a once fanatical and restless death rocker to a family man and substitute teacher.
Dewey was confused by the changes in the people around him. Look at the situation in which he is in his thirties, with a failed career, facing the dilemma of being kicked out of the house by his landlord, the unrealistic rock loser in the eyes of most people. Growing up is a process of admitting that you are an ordinary person. Dewey began to be forced to make a living to go to school as a teacher, should he start to admit that he really has no talent? But a movie is a movie, and he gave "Yao Qing" a hope. Facing talented students, Dewey "ignited" himself and found a way to persevere in his dreams and achieve success. At this time, Xiaoying suddenly thought of Jiang Wen's words, "Stand up and make money." This may be the last insistence of a director with a strong personality and a dream under the marketization of the film.
Rock and roll never die, and dreams never die. This little film is laughing from beginning to end, with the soundtrack of the movie that makes people cry. Do you want to be a "stupid" with dreams, or a "normal person" without dreams? It's just a choice, there's no right or wrong. "School of Rock" is dedicated to the "useless people" who once had dreams or are still holding on to their dreams.
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