I love watching movies about geniuses and experiencing legends with extraordinary IQs and mavericks. "Genius Catcher" tells the story of legendary Scribner editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and the author of "River and Time", who have a hard time with the talented author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). A series of stories from acquaintance, coexistence, mutual sympathy, conflict to Thomas's death from brain cancer.
Max is a person who refuses to take off his hat. He is not bald, his hair is neither long nor short, and he is neatly combed, but he is not seen to take off his hat in the whole movie. I wear it when I walk, when I ride a car, when I eat, when I work, and even when I'm with my wife and daughter in private. The audience did not know the reason, but it was said that he had to wear a hearing aid because of his poor hearing, and he wore a hat to cover the hearing aid. I'm not sure if this is true, but it's enough to see Max's stubborn side. In the movie, Thomas’s private image used the free and indulgent atmosphere of a jazz bar to change Max’s insistence on cutting out a lot of his work. When the audience saw Max gradually relax in the bar and the corners of his mouth rose, they would probably feel in their hearts. Thinking that Thomas was successful, reversed the plot through this old-fashioned method, and as a result, when Max got home, he still deleted an entire page.
So far, the characters stand, the big picture is set, and the movie works.
What's also interesting about the movie is that it doesn't revolve around Max and Thomas from beginning to end, we also see Fitzgerald and Hemingway in the later period, see their life situation, see them and Max deep. feelings, seeing their various opinions of Thomas. They have their own lives and the same passion for literature. We are passionate about the sympathy of two passionate people, but Max's passion is hidden in the heart, and Thomas's is on the surface.
"Genius Catcher" is adapted from "Genius Editor". It stands to reason that Max should be the absolute protagonist, but in my opinion, we give Thomas as much attention and curiosity as Max, we pay attention to their families and spirits state, and pay more attention to the sparks created by this wonderful relationship. Rather than saying that "Genius Catcher" describes one or two geniuses belonging to that era, it describes an era of geniuses. In such an era of genius, the joys and sorrows of geniuses represent the joys, sorrows and music of this era to a certain extent. Their words are like a puzzle, spelling out the magnificent and chaotic picture of the jazz age.
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