The reporter played by Jack Gyllenhaal in "Nightcrawler" can be viewed as an exaggerated epitome of the negative image of the media. In a contemporary economic society with such a developed marketization, the information value of news can be measured by real money. However, news information is not the same as other commodities. Compared with other commodities, news information has the constraints of ethics, and morality is built on ethics, which is an unwritten social consciousness. In this market-oriented game, morality And interests (representing the right to speak and economic interests) belong to the two ends of the scale. The ups and downs of the values of the two present a very ironic answer in the movie "Nightcrawler".
In terms of market-oriented supply and demand relations, news media is the supplier, while ordinary audiences belong to the demand side. In a fully competitive market where the threshold of news information is getting lower and lower, the huge market benefits that audiences bring to the media determine this is a problem. Buyer’s market, the viewer’s viewing trend represents demand. In this case, demand determines supply. In such a buyer’s market, news media can easily lose their industry ethics under the game of morality and interest, and become slaves to the market. .
These pornographic, bloody, and violent news are called "yellow news" in journalism. The concept of pornographic news first appeared in the history of American journalism. It originated from the two famous American newspaper tycoons William Hirst and Joseph Pulitzer's competition. It specifically refers to an orientation of news reporting and directorship, which refers to the use of exaggerated and fabricated methods to exaggerate news events, especially information about pornography, violence, and crime, and to achieve sensational purposes, thereby gaining the right to speak and economic benefits. Then we have to ask why people are keen on these pornographic, violent, and criminal news information. According to Freudian psychoanalysis, people have the instinct of life and death. In pornographic news, pornographic sex Elements are linked to life, and the destructiveness of violence and crime is linked to death. The destructiveness and destructiveness of human instincts have been suppressed in civilized society, but they have always existed. The reaction to this type of life is reflected in social life. The enthusiasm for pornographic news.
In the final analysis, these conceptual things are just a well-known background of "Nightcrawler". Excluding these background things, "Nightcrawler" shows the texture that a high-quality Hollywood movie should have, and the script is neat and tidy. , Accurate, the ups and downs are very smooth, the overall performance is very clean and neat, and the look and feel is very good, but at the same time this neat and round craftsmanship does not let people see too many brilliant colors, there is no big surprise, the whole movie is rare The more dazzling part is Gyllenhaal's performance and the movie's energy to the end. The role played by Gyllenhaal shows a paranoid and control freak attitude. He has determined goals for his career, firm will, tough methods, efficient actions, and strong learning ability. These are obvious external manifestations. , But personally feel that the most core part of this character lies in his value orientation. I have to say that his adaptability of this value orientation makes him very suitable for making a world of news in the world of declining morality, and Gyllenhaal Almost 120% of the role was expressed. Gyllenhaal, with his shining eyes, perfectly presented this fanatic for everyone. The performance in "Nightcrawler" may become a part of Gyllenhaal's deductive career. The turning point, this year's Oscar for best actor, he will surely become a strong contender. Let's talk about the style of the film. The film has a great irony on news morality. This irony is expressed as a blackout in the plot. The news morality in the film is constantly trying to break through the bottom line, accompanied by Gyllenhaal's increasingly powerful control. In the end, the media was completely lost and became an accomplice who sold his soul like a devil, feeding the scavengers in the dark night. At the end of the film, in the affectionate confrontation between the TV station's female director and "Mr. Fly", a classic scene in Faust is performed.
The scavengers walking in the dark can smell the smell of death the fastest and make a living from it. At first, Gyllenhaal in the movie just made people feel like a paranoid talent with strong learning ability. Becoming a devil-like moral depraved person, all this is due to the influence of market orientation on him. Of course, he cannot ignore the role of his personal characteristics. The combination of the two leads to the blackness of using crimes to obtain news benefits. The story, in the modern capitalist society, social competition is similar to the law of the jungle. The role of the right to speak and the role of money is easy to make people ignore morals and indifferent to humanity. However, if the media that should be a watcher of society loses what it should have Bottom line, then it is easy to become accomplices of crime. Of course, we who are passionate about pornography out of instinct are also indirect participants in crime. It is really unfortunate because we are constantly performing such ugly stories around us.
What makes me most regretful in this film is that the excavation of the role played by Gyllenhaal is slightly missing. Although this speeds up the pace of the film, it also makes the film lose an opportunity to break through. It may be able to win an Oscar. The actor, but the movie itself may only be excellent, not excellent.
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