At the beginning of each year there will be several alternative works at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, there was "Frank" starred by Fa Shark, and in 2015 there was "I and Earl and the Dying Girl", except for "Love and Friendship" this year. And "Hunting the Barbarians", this high-profile "Swiss Army Knife Man" appeared. The creative team of the film, two well-known MV directors in the industry, started from a short story and developed the idea of expanding into a feature-length movie, so their first feature-length work "Swiss Army Knife Man" appeared.
When the film’s three actors: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter series actor), Paul Dano (Nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe Awards for 15 years), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (at the beginning of the year) The heroine of the thriller "No. 10 Clover Road"), when they learned that the two celebrities were going to make a film together, they almost decided to take the film without reading the script. After reading the script, they decided to devote themselves to the film. This novelty: the story of a man and a corpse. If you have followed the trailer and the official website of the film, you will find that the first major attraction of the film is the actor: Daniel Radcliffe, who was already "dead" at the beginning of the film. . But he still starred in the whole film in a half-dead state. It also comes with special skills without bottom line: water spray, fart, ignition and so on. There are some bridges in the film that are so dirty that you can't look directly at them. Although Daniel Radcliffe said in the interview that the body that Paul Dano abused in the movie was not the real him. But for Harry Potter fans, the impact of this movie is really not small, that is, a collection of bad tastes that dare not watch, and can't help not watching it. The film is introduced from an extremely desperate beginning in a series of extremely absurd bridges. The actor: Paul Dano's role: Hank, on an uninhabited island in the Pacific, was about to hang himself when he was about to hang himself, but he saw it being washed by the waves. Manny (played by Daniel Radcliffe) on the shore, so he hurried to check on the same-sick victim. This led to a series of adventures and adventures between the two on desert islands and jungles. Absurd and outrageous Even though Westerners are no longer surprised by the weirdness and vulgarity of young people, the stories and characters written by this pair of young directors are still amazing. In other words, most people don't have the courage to really shoot such works and show them on the big screen. Because these are the imaginations in the mind of the big boy: a half-dead vegetative, used as a variety of props. In the first 10 minutes of the film, the desperate Hank discovered that the corpse in front of him could discharge gas continuously. When the impact was so strong that he could move forward like a speedboat in the water, he decisively released himself. The hanging rope, almost instinctive, was also crazy and simply rode up. The two crossed the ocean together and left the isolated island, which opened the way for the film to go all the way and leap into the new world.
(The climax in the first 10 minutes of the movie) Those in the movie are between pornography, violence, ambiguousness, and disgusting, such as the light exposed several times, those playboy magazines and those who have been played badly. The "compass", and the "drinking water" that came out of Manny's mouth. From the very beginning, the film broke the rules and regulations in adult society. The actions that you will no longer have when you grow up, the jokes that you will never mention again, try to hide your shortcomings in public, these are all regarded as Manny's personal strengths and even special functions in the film. It was precisely because of his unshielded fart, the ability to spit water, and the sparks from his fingers that allowed Hank to survive in the dense jungle, and the two of them solved the problem of food and clothing together. After that, they began to introduce the theme of the story, and the two people discussed together what is human, what is life, the relationship between love and sex, and the things we want to do in life but have not yet achieved.
The close combination of form and content has to be said. The first feature film of the two MV directors is full of MV-style shots they are good at: slow and fast forward, those living scenes built using garbage and natural materials in the camping ground. The imagination is jaw-dropping. Hank and Manny spent a long but not boring journey in the jungle together. Manny kept asking questions, Hank explained little by little, until finally refused to answer, just like a parent facing a child’s question, you will find that many simple questions are difficult to describe in words, or simply, just Even adults have no answer. What is human? What is life? What is love? What is sex? We have exhausted our lives to experience and understand the answers to these questions. They can hardly be reduced to a sentence or an answer. The more there is no standard answer, the more everyone is attracted to think and strive to find their own answers instead of handing in the same answers as others. As a result, you will find that the story of the film has gone around a big circle and exhausted many twists and turns in order to allow the two young people to stay away from society and re-examine their connection with the world. So that, for every audience-people who have the same life journey, can breathe, rest, reflect in these 90 minutes, and once again pick up those childhood innocent memories, those embarrassments that were laughed at, and those who are about the first love. The fantasy, the desire to be loved, and finally, arouse everyone’s hope in life. Even if we are just ordinary people in society, without aura of success, extra points for beauty, and a rich dad, we still have the opportunity to perceive all the good things.
In the film, Hank and Manny talked about women, mothers, and untimely conversations from a Playboy magazine, and why they would be speechless when they saw the goddess. Hank, a big boy who lacks self-confidence in life, began to tell his half-dysfunctional companion Manny about what happened every minute and every second in society, as well as those wonderful encounters. When Hank put on a shabby sand release, put on a red wool wig, and walked onto the wooden "bus", from the perspective of Manny, the audience also relived this romantic moment together, creating a MV-like atmosphere, and a little There is no sense of violation. The film began to shuttle freely between reality and fantasy. Just like every one of us who used to sit on a bus, this moment is still reality, the next second we put on the headset, enter our own world, and start looking out the window to dream and dream.
Through Hank’s introduction to Manny, we once again laughed at the real world. For example, people on the bus are indifferent to each other. We never talk to each other. Everyone pretends to be busy with their own affairs. We read newspapers and listen to music. 、Playing with mobile phones, in short, will never stare at each other, and will not talk to the person next to him. We thoughtfully looked at the scenery passing by the window, just like our empty and lonely life, where time flies. Suddenly, we met the "her" in our lives, and life began to have meaning, just to "encounter" with her on the bus every day. So the film points to the fact that love is the only connection between us and this society. There are our lovers and those who love us, family, friends, lovers, which is the source of enriching our lives and the world. The tragic hymn that makes you laugh and cry, the middle part of the film begins to move towards a sensational line. All absurd forms are thrown away, all nonsensical things become acceptable, and the film alternates between funny and tender, Hank Constantly infuse those good memories, first dates, candlelight dinners, group dances, etc., into Manny's consciousness. This makes the film a feature film that makes you laugh and cry in the front and tears in the back. This is also the first film description that actor Paul Dano has received from the director. From the cut-off from society to the wilderness, the difference from perception to numbness, and the process from restraint to presumptuousness, the film broke through those invisible but real boundaries as early as the moment the two were riding the wind and waves. What can be said, what things do not need to be hidden, and which emotions need to be expressed. These emotions, bit by bit, are extracted from our numb heart through a lot of whispered songs in the film. If this film does not have the current music and songs, those groaning singing, plus the rhythm of heavy drumming, the tonality of the entire film is definitely not what it is now. Music is a way of expressing the sense of influence in a film. The director said that this film is a pre-existing song. During the filming process, the two male actors sang while filming, and when the filming was completed, they re-recorded the complete original soundtrack. From Andy Hull and his band member named Manchester Orchestra, a song "River Rocket" "I saw your sadness and made it mine own......Everything everywhere matters to everything......". Many songs start with humming without clear lyrics, but the feeling is straight to the heart. When you start listening, the music will slow down your thoughts and bring you out of the fast-paced real life and enter the dense forest together. Enjoy the moment of the rhythm of life. (their "home" in the wild even has a window) The flexibility of the film comes from the reappearance of the fast-forward life scenes, the fond memories of slowing down, and the use of every little thing in life , To map the principle of life. Do not preach, but let young people find the joy and meaning of life for themselves. We always say that youth flies, and this movie at many moments is trying to freeze our youth time and re-examine the focus of our lives. Let us regain our childhood courage and put aside our shyness. Even in society, where no one cares and often fails, we must face ourselves, cherish the friends around us, and do not give up the pursuit of beautiful things. The same is true for the goddess. The whole film does not abuse feelings, but only uses a nearly savage texture to present the most conventional bus love, but it makes every audience fall. When Paul Dano puts on women's clothing, the acting skills of becoming a goddess in the next second, let us once again see him with unlimited potential in "Little Sunshine". The rivalry with Daniel Radcliffe will only make people look like Daniel. Squeezing a cold sweat, fortunately, his character is also very strange, "a dead body", it will make you not admire his interpretation, and even foreign media say that if it is the same as the Oscar of Xiao Li in the "Resurrection" Compared with the degree of self-abuse, Daniel should not be far away from Oscar. (Just kidding) The film has reached the end, and the rhythm of rapid progress has been started. The highway is near, and whether to go home or not has become an imminent choice, and the sudden grizzly bears gave them no choice. When Hank wanted to give up his life at the juncture of life and death, it was Manny who once again ignited the hope of his life and successfully rescued him. Here, from Hank's infusion of Manny to Manny's encouragement to Hank, the two people supported each other to complete their inner growth process. When they returned to the human community dramatically and found that the backyard they were in was the home of the goddess, Hank once again fled. In his heart, there was something more terrifying than the loneliness in the wild, that It's the frustration in the real world. And Manny dragged him to face the goddess, after which he returned to the original corpse state. The film began to turn to the sadness of parting. Hank realized that who really treated him and accompany him, and other people: father, goddess, and the world's people's opinion of him no longer matter. Under ridiculous police and news media reports, he took Manny and fled back to the jungle, and finally whispered goodbye to him at the beach. At the end, it was doubtful that everything that happened before was a dream, a fantasy of Hank alone. Has Manny been sober? Ever felt it? These are uncertain, even untrue, unbelievable. But Hank was convinced of this. He knew that Manny saved him. Manny was a miracle. He should not be classified as a corpse taken away by human society, but should return to the sea freely. When Hank laughed, his father laughed, the movie ended, and the audience laughed. The film thus ended the 90-minute adventure and fantasy journey, reflecting on the whole film, it is still vulgar, still excessive, and it does everything, but the key to allowing the audience to buy it is that the film is full of affectionate laughter and affection. The tears of us have deeply analyzed life for us. It is no longer filled with tables after another, the rules and regulations of the adult world. And Manny, a Swiss multifunctional army knife, pierced the cold heart of every viewer, allowing us to feel the temperature of blood and tears. (After reading, I just want to say: You two, really enough!)
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