Perhaps everyone knows that Ridley Scott directed a "Alien Contract" last year, and perhaps everyone knows that Lao Lei supervised last year's "Blade Runner 2049".
But everyone may have overlooked this "Money World" , which was released in the United States at the end of last year , and the director is also Ridley Scott.
What’s more focused than this movie is that Kevin Spacey , who originally played Paul Getty, failed to act in " House of Cards" because of a scandal. The part of "Money World" was filmed. It was also forcibly replaced.
Moreover, the film official informed Lao Lei that the film's release schedule has not changed, and that he finds a way to find other actors to make up for the part of Kevin Spacey, which only takes one month.
Lao Lei said in the interview that this is an almost impossible task. On the one hand, he has to use various agents to explain to Kevin Spacey that he wants to change actors, on the other hand, he has to really set out to find a new one. His actor went to replace him.
So, Lao Lei went on to say in the interview that he found Christopher Plummer (do you believe it), who was originally considered for the first time, and Plummer readily accepted the role.
Surprisingly, it only took one month to make up the shoot, and then the release schedule remained unchanged. With Plummer, "Money World" won the only nomination for the 2018 Oscar: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Surprise not surprise, irony is not ironic.
You can guess how many Oscars’ political correctness factors are at work.
After watching "The World of Money", Dah Cong also recognized Plummer's acting skills. He really portrayed Paul Getty, the once richest man in the world and also the world's most stingy Paul Getty.
But when Dah Cong watched Plummer’s performance, he was still trying to make up his mind. If Kevin Spacey played, how would he behave? Putting aside the indiscretions of Spacey’s style, he is indeed a rare man. Glamorous actor.
Not long ago, the trailer of Kevin Spacey's version was also streaming out on the Internet. After watching the trailer, Dah Cong felt that Spacey's version of Paul Getty was as attractive as Plummer's version.
It is indeed a pity not to see Kevin Spacey's version of Paul Getty. If many years later, all the past events, can release a Kevin Spacey version of "The World of Money", it will definitely be the welfare of the fans.
Next, let’s talk about the inside and outside of the scenes of "Money World" from the perspective of a little spoiler but not affecting the viewing of the movie.
This "Money World" is based on a true story and is based on the kidnapping of Getty III, the grandson of the world's richest man, Paul Getty, that shocked the world in the 1970s.
Who is Paul Getty (hereinafter referred to as Old Getty)? He was the dictator of the oil empire of laissez-faire liberal capitalism at the time. Relying on his keen insight, he obtained the right to extract oil in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Since then, he has become the world's richest man at the time and has maintained this position for 20 years.
On the other hand, Old Getty is a man who is extremely indifferent to family affection, and he regards his money more than anything.
Everyone says that God has put a vicious curse on the Getty family of " sitting on the world of money, and you can't buy happiness ."
One of the tragedies is the plot of the kidnapping case in "Money World". The director Lao Lei used the very old but calm language of the lens from the perspective of God to state the whole story of the kidnapping case.
The film develops in two contexts, one is the character development line of the old Getty, and the other is the story line of the kidnapping of his grandson Getty III.
These two lines interact and intersect each other. The audience can view the film as a thrilling kidnapping case, or observe it from peeping at the mysterious old Getty's weird character.
I have to say that Da Cong watched "Money World" very enjoyable. On the one hand, the tone and atmosphere of the film was rendered in a style by director Lao Lei, on the other hand, the legendary story of the characters in the film itself has mysterious appeal.
Director Lao Lei's films have always portrayed big people with a kingly arrogance and sharpness.
For example, in the early "Blade Runner" , the replicator Rey went to meet the god-like creator of the replicator "Terry", and the "father and son" tragic atmosphere between them was rendered very well.
In the best Oscar film "Gladiator" , Lao Lei also showed the irreversible father-son tragedy between "king and prince".
In the recent "Alien Prequel" series, the biochemical man David and his "father" also exude a struggle and estrangement.
Now this "Money World", although it is based on the real story, but the old Getty in the real money world is also a king-level character.
And the indifference and distance between him and his children and grandchildren were used by Lao Lei in a similar way to exactly exaggerate the tragic and epic tone of "kings and descendants".
Let's take a look at the story of the film again. "Money World" restored many real details of the kidnapping case at that time, which surprised the audience. It turns out that the world really has such a stingy and cold-blooded richest man in the world.
In the real incident at the time, the kidnappers kidnapped Getty III and demanded a ransom of 17 million U.S. dollars, but the old Getty was unwilling to pay a penny and said to foreign media:
" I have 14 grandchildren, if I spend a penny, then I will have 14 kidnapped grandchildren. "
After saying these words, the old Getty did not intend to strengthen security measures to protect his offspring.
As a result, the kidnapping cycle dragged on, and even the old Getty thought that this was just a kidnapping case performed by his grandson himself, in order to get him to pay.
The stalemate of old Getty lasted for several months. This time it embarrassed the kidnappers. They could only cut off Getty III's ears and send them to the newspaper together with some hair to make the old Getty soft.
Moreover, the kidnappers automatically reduced the price and only asked for 7 million. Later, Getty asked negotiators to deal with the kidnappers, and finally talked about 4 million, and finally only gave them 3.2 million in cash.
I have to say that the old Getty is the hidden bargaining master.
Moreover, of the 3.2 million, Old Getty is only willing to pay 2.2 million because it is tax-free, and the other more than 1 million will be paid by Getty III’s father, which is the old Getty’s son.
Therefore, it turns out that Old Getty is not only a bargaining master , but also the degree of "saving" money co-ordination has reached the point of airtightness.
The details of the actual kidnapping process at that time have been greatly restored in "Money World". Although there are some discrepancies, if you understand these, you can have a deeper understanding of the old Getty when you watch the movie.
In addition, the classic stalks of the Getty family that are talked about in reality are also very satirically restored in the film.
For example, the old Getty installed a coin-operated public phone in the Sutton Square mansion in the United Kingdom . The purpose is to let the servants and visiting guests not make calls with his money in his home to save money.
And the old Getty founded the charity foundation, in fact, to avoid the high tax of the rich more reasonably.
But the old Getty's pursuit of art was real money, so the Getty Museum and the Getty Villa in Los Angeles later became available .
In fact, the legend about the Getty family is not only the case of this kidnapping. Before this kidnapping, the old Getty's tragedy has actually begun.
Old Getty got married five times and had hundreds of lovers.
Among them, he has five children. The eldest son committed suicide due to depression, so he prepared to let his third son take over his business. The third son became a drug addict and became a waste. His wife Gail divorced him, and then his second wife. And died of drug overdose.
And the son of the third son and ex-wife Gayle is Getty III who was kidnapped in the movie.
It is worth mentioning that Getty III, who was kidnapped at the age of 16, was actually a gangster. He often traveled through the Roman underground society and often joked that he wanted to kidnap himself and ask his grandfather to send him money. As a result, his "dream come true".
After Getty III was redeemed with money, his mother asked him to call the old Getty, but the old Getty refused to answer his calls.
And after Getty III, there is no such thing as changing past mistakes and embarking on a chicken soup story of inspirational life.
After the death of the old Getty, the Getty family was divided into many family properties, and Getty III , who was left with one ear, has since become drunk and addicted to drugs.
In 1981, Getty III suffered a stroke due to drug overdose. From then until his death in 2011, he has been in a wheelchair.
In short, almost every member of the Getty family is more or less cursed by the tragedy that "money can't buy family affection, can't buy happiness".
The theme of the film "Money World" also clarifies this truth.
Although many film critics think that the film technique is nothing new, it is still Lao Lei's style without change.
But Da Cong believes that there is only one old Lei in the world, and you make Lao Lei's movie not look like Lao Lei, that is boring. This is also the reason why Da Cong wants to call "Money World".
Of course, instead of comparing with other directors or other good movies, "Money World" is just compared with Lao Lei's own classic movies. Obviously, the film is not the best. But fans who like Lao Lei's signature can miss it!
By the way, you might ask why the actor Mark Wahlberg was not talked about in the whole film. That's because in such a legendary movie, the light inside and outside of Getty's play has long overshadowed this person. There is no actor (cover his face and smile.jpg).
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