Following Guido played by Daniel Day-Lewis into the studio, the lights flashed, and the surrounding mechanical scenery suddenly turned into a retro and gorgeous stage. All the songs and dances in the film were staged in this studio. Inserting stage-formalized singing and dancing performance fragments into real scenes is the style of Marshall's directing musicals. His "Chicago" (Chicago) once defeated "The Pianist" (The Pianist) and "The Hours" (The Hours). the best film of Oscar. "Nine" basically continued this technique, and tried to find a reasonable explanation for the illusory scene.
However, the success of the "Chicago" format lies in the fact that singing and dancing are always closely linked to the plot. For example, Renée Zellweger's "Funny Honey" not only expresses the emotions of the characters, but also dominates the rhythm of the story itself. But in "Nine", apart from a solo dance by Penélope Cruz, the rest of the singing and dancing are sometimes reduced to stage performances with greatly weakened narrative effects, and sometimes severely separated from the plot in the real scene. There are often two fragments with different narrations. The status of the content has caused the form to be chaotic, especially the ending is the so-called Dancing with the Stars.
As a fan of musicals and musicals, "Nine" is also unsatisfactory to the performance of the song and dance performance itself. The lyrics, melody and choreography have no taste of retro-era musicals. A vote of international actors speaks in various accents. The English dialogue also makes the Italian background of the film a decoration-Sophia Loren is a pure Italian, but it's just a soy sauce. "Take It All" sung by Marion Cotillard (playing his wife) is a very ugly song, not as good as "My Husband Makes Movies" sung by the same person, but nominated for the best original Oscar song. "Entertainment Weekly" once said This comment criticizes the Oscar's best original song selection has become the worst original song selection. If you have to give this film a nomination, it should be Kate Hudson's "Cinema Italiano". Although the performance of this new role is too fashionable and dynamic, it is enough to successfully stand out in a crowd of boring singing and dancing performances. Of course, exciting passages like "Cell Block Tango" are even less likely to be seen in this film.
In fact, compared to singing and dancing, although the plot of the film failed, in a special way, it is already considered interesting. The most interesting thing is Guido’s question in front of Claudia: "Why does everyone care about the script so much?" So, we all answered when we saw the story inside and outside the play. I really hope that the "I have a lover, a wife, a sports car and a famous sports car, but I am very annoying" the actor quickly, as described in the original play, hides under the table and shot himself. Marion Cotillard's performance is the only highlight of the film. Penélope Cruz, who was nominated for Oscars, and Daniel Day-Lewis, who was nominated for Golden Globes, were just as unremarkable as other Oscar-winning actors.
I am very sympathetic to the Weinstein brothers (especially because they have invested in so many good movies), and the $80 million investment has been lost, only to satisfy Marshall's personal lust (although this book is actually written by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella). Not to mention donating money to Haiti, it's still good to use it to promote "A Single Man", "The Road" or "Inglourious Basterds"! A director, the wife ran away, the lover lost the movie and the movie was broken, what should I do? The answer Marshall gave was to leave everyone behind and play for a few years before going back to make a new movie. So at the end of the film, Guido returned to the studio, the lover came back, the muse came back, his mother came back, his wife came back, and the filming of a musical called "Nine" began. I can't say whether this new film can bring Guido back to the top, but for now, it is absolutely impossible to bring Rob Marshall back to the top if he ever had it.
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