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David Finch, the director of a very solid movie "Social Network", is a particularly solid director in my impression. The arrangement of every scene and the scheduling of every shot are absolutely straightforward, never Cut corners. There are not many films produced by his director of MTV, but almost every one has a heavy “heavy” texture. The characters are prominent, the details are full, and the lens language is full of layers of connotation. But Vinci’s “heavy” is not the dignity based on “slow” accumulation like Bergman or Tarkovsky. His narrative processing has a fast pace and never procrastinates. The film’s texture mainly comes from solid drama. The structure and the atmosphere construction supported on this basis-thick, heavy, full of psychological oppression, but at the same time can stimulate the ups and downs of the audience's emotions through the rich lens language and the logical development of doubts.
Most of David Fincher's films before 2009 were mainly horror/crime films. He is able to control the visual atmosphere of the scene and the spreading rhythm of the narrative process under this theme, and delicately portray the mental development process of the characters, creating a psychologically immersive feeling for the audience. The most representative of these is "Fight Club" in 1999, in which the non-linear narrative method and the ending scene completely subvert the entire old world ideology and also bring subversive sensory experience to the audience. The tremendous changes have steadily established the status of the classic "cult films" of the 90s.
"Social Network" is the second work of Vinci's theme change after 2009 (the previous one was adapted from the short story of the same name by Scott Fitzgerald, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"). Although there is no criminal suspense, the main plot of the story itself is not so eye-catching, but through Vinci's iconic non-linear narrative transformation and clean interspersed back and forth, the film is still very ornamental and entertaining, with rich information and aftertaste. endless.
The scene of Finch’s talent in "Social Networks" is probably the Henry Royal Rowing Race: the camera moves from a distant view of the Thames River. As the rhythm of the background music accelerates, several gradually accelerated scenery quickly mobilizes the vision first. After a steady horizontal pull, followed by a calm vertical downward movement, the focus of his eyes naturally gathered on the rowing teams on the river. At this time, the metallic bass sound became heavier and heavier, and the overture finally inspired the main voice. The Harvard Rowing Team drove into focus from the right side of the screen to the left. The two main characters-Zuckerberg’s alumnus and business enemy Wen The Winklevoss brothers-also changed from a distant view to a close-up. After that, in the repeated switching between the far, middle, and close and close-ups of the characters’ faces and limbs, the leading role of music was further strengthened. The muscles and the wave-breaking bow continued to add a sense of urgency until the final pressure broke out, the orchestra rang together, the victor’s carnival alternately contrasted with the frustration of the frustrated person, the climax subsided in waves of chants, and the shot once again changed from fast. The switch of is turned into a flat drawing, and the screen moves vertically upward from the river surface to turn into the sky, ending with a vista of dense clouds before the torrential rain. This scene not only completed the linear description of the development of the event itself, but also became a metaphor for the main line of the story. At the same time, it also visually expressed the character's mood and foothold, which is really wonderful.
two. A not-so-solid bastard
in the film Mark Zuckerberg • The first is a computer genius - the classroom so difficult to deal with the treatment program he absent-mindedly to solve neat and quick, this world simply can not exist stumped His problem. Mark's image is not nerdy, but he speaks extremely fast, and each sentence contains a huge amount of information, and he can't keep up with his thinking rhythm without concentration. Although Mark continued to express his admiration for the Harvard Student Club to his girlfriend at the beginning of the movie, and tried his best to become one of them, in the subsequent confrontation, he can exude a kind of kingly style that is neither humble nor arrogant. , There is a kind of natural self-confidence.
Such a wise genius is seriously congenital deficiency in interpersonal relationships. Not only did he not know how to treat his girlfriends and respect women, he also didn't know how to cherish friendships, lacked communication with his best friends, and even after being completely immersed in the network kingdom he created, he could even deny him for the benefit of his relatives. Mark is undoubtedly successful. His extraordinary technical ability and foresight have promoted the networking of our entire human society and brought an unprecedented technological revolution to the communication between people; but his own sense of happiness cannot be helped. His achievements, money and fame are all defined. Mark in that dark and empty meeting room is just a young man without friends, lonely and depressed, refreshing his ex-girlfriend's webpage over and over again, wondering if the other party will accept his neighbor invitation.
Such a mark is both sympathetic and disgusting. Is he really a very annoying bastard? it's not true. Can he be loved? I doubt it. Throughout the course of the story, he did not deliberately do anything bad from beginning to end. At best, he can only say that his life is not authentic enough; but these inauthentic incidents clearly reflect his main character traits-selfishness and selfishness. Being the center, do not worry about the feelings of others; doing things are driven by interest, swinging violently between the two poles of full devotion and total ignorance; disdain for social moral constraints, and can work hard for ideals. (Does it look like our post-80s?)
In reality, many of Zuckerberg's colleagues say that he is not as aggressive as Mark in the film, and the film's speculation on the lonely life of the world's youngest rich man is also highly suspect. Nevertheless, putting aside all this, a genius who has changed the mode of human friendship but has no real friends is what a sharp irony in itself; but on the other hand, it is fortunate that he succeeded and had Facebook. "Social Network" has allowed thousands of young Marks to continue to maintain the motivation and hope to fight for their ideals.
three. A totally reliable time
carefully investigated why Mark has no friends, nothing less than the two reasons: speed and rhythm of his traveling friends are not compatible.
In the film, the longest friendship with Mark and the one who has never left behind in his most difficult moments is his college friend Eduardo Saverin (Eduardo Saverin). As CFO, Edvard invested the first seed funding for the Facebook website and devoted himself to Facebook's advertising business despite Mark completely disregarding whether the website has value-added potential and whether it can generate positive cash backflow. Although unlike Mark, who does not sleep and work hard to program, he cannot deny the effectiveness of Facebook's early growth. Edvard’s question is a question of perspective and vision—he viewed the two's "small business" from the perspective of a businessman. He is not a program genius like Mark, and it is impossible to be wishful thinking regardless of costs and benefits. The investment in Facebook is done conservatively without affecting his regular career plan. The attitude difference between Edvado and Mark has become really serious since Mark was influenced by Napster founder Sean Parker (Sean Parker) and moved to Silicon Valley, California. The internship in New York truly joined Facebook's entrepreneurial team 100%. On the other hand, Sean eagerly hopes to make Facebook bigger and successful, and urgently introduce venture capital. According to Sean, Mark, who had never seen the "world", saw the side of success. He let Mark indulge in the rapid expansion of entrepreneurial rhythm and the "anything is possible" mentality of power. He constantly aroused the desires and desires in Mark's heart. Ambition, led him step by step to approach and seize success. When Edvado really realized the potential, vision and growth model of Facebook, the "small entrepreneurship" six months ago had already been turned upside down and he no longer took it.
But even if Mark and Edvard are incompatible in terms of views and working models, this does not mean that the two will have to turn each other into enemies. Mark's treatment of Edvado is indeed unsympathetic, but this is consistent with the long-term development interests of the website; Edvado's fight for rights is understandable, but the meeting of former friends and soldiers is extremely regrettable for either party. After all, this era itself is the most unreliable. Although shopping malls have been like battlefields since ancient times, if you want to succeed, you must first come from the palace; but there has never been a technological revolution with the speed and risk of today, so that one can do so. Young and inexperienced children become famous overnight, get rich, and change the world. The changes in this era are so fast that even Mark, a genius who speaks super fast, and Sean, who is always in control of everything, may not be able to keep up with the pace of the next wave. It is so fast that it is completely unpredictable and fast. Confused and overwhelmed.
I like Facebook—fast, simple, and always connected; but David Fincher’s movie about social networks makes me feel slower, which is actually quite good. There are many precious things in this world that cannot keep up with the rhythm of money and technology, such as literature and art, faith, friendship, and love. If you have to make a choice, then I would rather be a pauper for the rest of my life. Whether you say this is sour grapes or smelly, in short, I believe in the ancient truth that some things can never be exchanged, absolutely not.
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