first look at the background: this film is based on the Italian film master Fellini's "Eight and a Half", and based on the 1982 Broadway musical of the same name. After the so-called famous!
Another look at the production team:
Director:
Rob Marshall
Screenplay:
Federico Fellini ....(earlier screenplay) &
Ennio Flaiano ....(earlier screenplay) & Turio
Pei Neely Tullio Pinelli ....(earlier screenplay) &
Brunello Rondi ....(earlier screenplay)
Michael Tolkin Michael Tolkin ....(screenplay) and
Anthony Minghella ....(screenplay)
Arthur L. Kopit ....book (as Arthur L. Kopit)
Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day Lewis .... Guido Contini
Nicole Kidman .... Claudia Nardi
Marion Song Dia Marion Cotillard ....Luisa Contini
Penélope Cruz ....Carla Albanese
Judi Dench .... Liliane La Fleur
Kate Hudson .... Stephanie Necrophuros
Sophia Loren .... Mamma
Fergie Fergie .... Saraghina
Martina S Della Martina Stella ....Donatella
[This is a movie (musical film) made by a team that has won 40 Oscar nominations and 26 statuettes]
Please look at the names of those actors Well, which one have you not heard? Those are the hottest names in Hollywood! But so many bright stars gathered together and turned into a white dwarf constellation, with no light at all!
Some people said that people also won awards! That's right, let's see what the awards are: this film won the 67th Golden Globe Awards for Best Music/Comedy, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor, Marion Cotillard won the Best Actress, and Nelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress and the film also won Best Movie Song. In addition, the film also won the 82nd Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Song 4 nominations. That is to say, without a good comedy or musical this year, he did win an award. It is worth noting that the actor's performance has been affirmed! But what happened to him when he got to the Oscars, a place where there is no special award for musicals? Got nothing!
In fact, it does not mean that "Nine" is useless. The film is still very obscure to express a director in a career crisis entangled in a crazy mother with a strong desire to control, a cold agent driven by interests and unscrupulous agents, and a grudge wife whose bitterness and hatred make him unable to get rid of his guilt. , a queer lover who is passionate but elusive, a queen who is out of the world and is actually hungry, a sex that starts because of a "mistake" but can't stop for a long time, and will make another "mistake" every time after that. Companions, and a bunch of gossip queens who are trying to dig up the scoop and make it public. However, the masterpiece "Italy", which the director had planned to produce from the beginning, was ultimately stillborn because there was no script. What is the script? A playbook! Unscripted filming isn't right like the hero Guido Contini never had a standard code for his actions?
Guido Cantini is known to have no morals among women, but is he happy just as he is? Obviously not, he still loves his wife, and has been trying to save his broken family, but unfortunately, he is a person without a "script", and he doesn't know what he wants, so They eventually parted ways, like a disbanded crew. The shadow his mother cast on him during his childhood was the reason for his ambiguity in his morals, but with the help of his assistant Lily, the final Guido Kantini regained his confidence, returned to the track of his career, and more importantly, experienced So much in, finally let Guido Kantini understand what he needs?
Speaking of the term musical film, since the director himself is good at this genre, let's compare it with another work of the director himself, "Chicago".
From the perspective of the cast, "Chicago", which was dominated by Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gill, was naturally less than the starlight of "Nine". The three leading actors of "Chicago" were in Before acting, it was not considered an absolute first-line. Richard Gill is considered to be out of breath. Katherine has always been considered a vase, and Renee has always been in the second-line. In contrast, the leading actors of "Nine" are all first-line superstars, whether they are old actors or popular fried chickens, and the most important thing is that all the leading actors have won a total of 7 Oscar trophies. What concept is this? ? How many such battles are there in Hollywood? However, musicals are musicals, and songs and dances are hardware. In "Nine", except for Nicole's participation in "Moulin Rouge", everyone else is a layman, unlike Catherine in "Chicago" who was born as a stage musical performer. Zach Gill is a veteran singer and dancer, including the wonderful choreography of other actors, and the interpretation of whoever I am, after reading it, it is one word: shock! As for "Nine", there is really not much to say. The singing is incomprehensible, the composition is lackluster, and ah, if you don't show your thighs, if you split a fork, you will dance. No matter how beautiful your props are, no matter how gorgeous the lighting is , the actor just twisted it twice, can we buy it? This song and dance is a bit rigid, don't blame me for saying you, who told you to shoot "Chicago" that I like so much?
Then there is the script. The original work of "Nine", "Eight and a half", was originally a story with complex characters and mixed stories. Fellini used his gorgeous scheduling and positioning, manic and cunning imagination to achieve a story. Classic, how dare you, Rob Marshall, dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with the masters? Of course not, so it's the song and dance version! The problem is, if you don't have a good grasp of singing and dancing, and you drag some uninteresting singing and dancing into it, how much is the value of this film?
So ah, the box office fiasco is doomed! Of course, the beauty is like clouds, the passion is full of passion, plus the wonderful performance of the actors, without spending money, just take a look and see!
By the way, Sophia Roland is really old, and Roland in "Cassandra Bridge" was really charming! ~
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