Three weeks before the release, the role was changed at the speed of light, and the reshoot was completed in 9 days. The actor who was changed was also nominated for this year's Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I have to admire this movie, it is "The World of Money".
Although "The World of Money" has been nominated for four Oscars this year, but nothing has been received, you will still ponder after watching it, and the flavor of humanity shown in the film will linger in your heart and linger for a long time.
Based on true events, it tells the story of the kidnapping that shocked the world in the 1970s. The grandson of Paul Getty, the richest man in the world at the time, was kidnapped. Faced with the high ransom demanded by the kidnappers and the begging of his ex-daughter-in-law, his stingy behavior of refusing to give money to save people shocked the world.
The whole film shows the characters in the whole incident completely through the method of straight line narrative and interspersed memories, the two most crucial people: Gale Harris and Paul Getty.
The helplessness, anger and grief played by Gail Harris, played by Xiaomi (Michelle Williams), as the mother of the kidnapped person, is not the kind of temporary collapse to cry, But extreme forbearance and restraint.
Especially in the scene of "recognizing the corpse", when he went to the police station, the trembling shaking of Xiaomi's body showed the fear in his heart just right. And after "recognizing the corpse" and discovering that it was not his own child, he rushed outside to take a deep breath, and the expression of "rebirth after catastrophe" in his eyes was even more realistic to the extreme.
It can be said that Xiaomi's nomination for this year's Oscar for Best Actress is well deserved.
But better than Xiaomi is Christopher Plummer who plays "Paul Getty". You must know that this old man was ordered in danger!
After Kevin Spacey was exposed to a sex scandal, "The World of Money" was also rejected by the media. After Mr. Lei's lightning change, Christopher Plummer's acting skills can be said to turn the tide. Not only that, Christopher Plummer, who completed the remake in 9 days, even won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Is it surprising?
Christopher Plummer plays that mean-spirited "Paul Getty" to the core.
When welcoming his grandson for the first time, he not only showed him a visit to Rome, but also gave him a sculpture "worth 1 million US dollars".
The kind of deep love on the surface is actually a hypocritical lie, which really makes people believe it.
Not only that, but after his grandson was kidnapped, he was still in the mood to buy artworks and bargained with the sellers, which shows his indifference to family affection in his heart.
In the face of the huge compensation demanded by the kidnappers, he was not only unwilling to give any money, but also said to the media: "I have 14 grandchildren, if I pay a penny, then I will have 14 kidnapped grandchildren. granddaughter."
But after saying these words, Old Getty did not intend to send bodyguards to other descendants.
What's more, after receiving his grandson's cut off ear, he reluctantly gave out 2.2 million yuan and asked his son to take out a loan of 1 million yuan to avoid taxes.
Christopher Plummer plays "Paul Getty" as an extremely cold, restrained, calculating and hypocritical man, and is said to play a completely different style with Kevin Spacey, and this one is more restrained The style of the characters is just more shocking to people's hearts.
Christopher Plummer's brilliant performance even overshadowed heroine Michelle Williams and actor Mark Wahlberg, even if the latter's presence is almost nil.
The thinking brought by "The World of Money" is far-reaching, and the game between money and human nature just shows the weakness of human nature.
Every penny is hard earned, but when people are blinded by money and interests, there is only endless greed in their hearts, and there is no reverence and gratitude for human nature in their eyes. This is the most terrible.
Money can make people rich, but it can also make people's desires insatiable. Learning how to restrain one's own desires is probably an important topic that one should learn in one's life.
This movie may not look very exciting, but it can arouse people's inner waves and endless deep thinking.
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