brave

Demetrius 2022-04-19 09:02:20

When I was in London, I often walked through the famous theatre district Leicester Square, hoping to find some small productions with British characteristics. However, most of the advertisements you see are the premieres of Hollywood blockbusters. Impressed are "Elizabeth I: The Golden Age" and "The Brave." Two great posters, two of my favorite actresses: Cate Blanchett and Jodie Foster.
With a dark yellow background, Jodie Foster lowered her head, held a gun in her right hand, raised her left hand over half of her face, and her fingers passed through her short light blonde hair. Grey T-shirt base, black leather jacket, necklace, wide belt, black tights. The expression on his face is unknown, but it seems to be wrapped in a layer of sadness. The shape of the gun is obviously weakened on the screen - it can be seen that what the film highlights is not its aggressiveness and deterrence, that is to say, it will not be a typical action film; and Foster's dress is obviously cold and tough. , but the bowed head and helpless gesture seemed to say something else. Maybe a story about contradictions and opposites, but for some reason this poster appeals to me.
British TV seems to have more consideration for the needs of the intellectual class in the selection of programs, and most of the videos broadcast involve the exploration of human nature. I watched several old films that were not seen on American TV, such as Steven Soderbergh's famous "Sex, Lies and Videotape", "Charlotte Gray" in which Blanche played a female spy during World War II, and another. "The Accused" starring Jodie Foster. She played the barmaid in it, with a bohemian style and a lowly and humble attitude. After drinking one night, he danced with guests in a bar, and unfortunately was raped by many people. No one believed that she was a victim, and the lawyer looked down on her, and only planned to prosecute several rogues with general sexual harassment charges in order to close the case as soon as possible. She has nothing, but she is determined to get back her dignity as a human being. How difficult is it for a woman who once treated life as a child's play to regain her courage after paying the price to win the lawyer's trust and the jury's justice. For this role, Foster won two Best Actress Oscars and Golden Globes in 1988. Most of the subjects she chooses are not easy, and the number of plays is far lower than that of other first-line actresses. And in most of the dramas, she only wears very ordinary neutral clothing, her existence is everything, and there is no need to set off the costumes at all.
As I get older, I have a wider interest in movies, romantic dramas are no longer the first choice, and social ethics films, comedies and animations that I didn’t like to watch in the past will not be rejected now. It is really interesting to use movies to express one's inner complex, thinking about a certain event, and showing a small level of social life.
"The Brave" explores the fear after security is destroyed, the strangeness born from fear, the pleasure and guilt of revenge, and the pain and contradiction when justice can only be done by illegal means. Jodie Foster, as always, interprets the character's complex heart perfectly with her calmness and delicacy.
She played Erica Bain, a radio host in New York City with a mezzo-soprano that was slightly more hoarse than Enya. I like to carry a microphone with me to record all kinds of sounds in the city: the vibration of the subway whizzing by, the voice of the street basketball court, the sound of the ball; the conversation of strangers. New York is the safest city in the world for her; it is the place where she works actively and falls in love; it is the place where she chooses and orders wedding invitations alone after get off work, goes to a friend's gallery for a drink, has dinner with her boyfriend, and then goes there together. Great home for dog walks in Central Park. Until that night, they were attacked while walking in the park.
When Erica woke up, David was gone forever. For three weeks in a coma, she was unable to see him for the last time. Their planned wedding will never happen. Such deep pain has since been rooted in her body, and has grown into a completely different Erica Bain, who is also completely unfamiliar to her.
The injury made her no longer believe that the city she once loved has turned into an abyss of sin. She felt like she was completely hollowed out, only a husk remained. There are too many bad guys, and too few are caught. You can only bear your own pain. It's not that she didn't ask for help, it's just that she was repeatedly disappointed. The rational legal approach requires a long wait and patience, and the result is still unknown. Although law enforcement officers have the right to justice, they lack warm feelings.
There are many ways to die, and the hardest thing for you right now is to find a way to live. her neighbor said.
She felt powerless to traverse the long, dark and icy tunnel of life. Guns, only one gun, can make her feel the value of existence. The first shot was to protect his own life, the second shot was for the unbearable vexatiousness, the third shot, and the fourth shot. Her hands were no longer trembling, and her fear seemed to disappear when she realized that she could also decide the fate of others.
Back to work, Erika's voice continued to float in the air: I always thought that fear only belongs to the weak and has nothing to do with me. Until one day, fear strikes, only to realize that it has always been there, just hidden under the surface of everything you love. It makes you shudder, your heart sinks, you look at yourself walking down the road, and you think, can you be her again? The one who was still walking was already a stranger.
I really like her inner monologue on the airwaves. Erica's role in the script is that of a reporter, but Judy asks her to be a radio host because she loves listening to radio shows. In the hustle and bustle of the city during the day, her program is like a talk at night, coming in a eloquent way, with the poignant beauty of flowers blooming in the dark night. The excellent control and use of sound is one of the highlights of Judy's performance of Erica.
Here, I accidentally turn to a sentence of the ancient Roman poet Lucretius: "In a world where everything is unstable, nothing matches its appearance. The only thing that is certain is a secret violence. The existence makes everything uncertain." This sentence was quoted by a Hong Kong man in his article about the inspiration and works of Italian female designer Miuccia Prada. The moral used to describe "The Brave" is poetically appropriate.

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The Brave One quotes

  • Erica: I always believed that fear belonged to other people. Weaker people. It never touched me. And then it did. And when it touches you, you know... that it's been there all along. Waiting beneath the surfaces of everything you loved.

  • Erica: Open the door.

    Crazy in the car: Uh-oh. We got us a super-cunt here.

    Erica: Open the door, or I'll be the last super-cunt you'll ever see.