"Matz is very important to our generation of filmmakers. His appearance detonated the Danish film industry today."
-Cise Jorkinson, Danish producer
Leaving the asphalt road, leaving behind the group of unemployed people waiting for illegal work around the service station, away from the pollution of the downtown area, we took the bumpy dirt road and bumped for about 70 kilometers, and finally arrived at The Salvation (Directed by Christian Levo) Location of location. It is far from the city of Johannesburg, 1800 meters above sea level, and is located in an endless savanna. The content of the film is Western theme, the story is set after the American Civil War, and it is starred by Eric Cantona, Eva Green and Maez Mikkelsen. A few hundred meters away from the studio, the scenery of the two cities is being built. One of the cities will be burned by the villain in the movie, so the building materials to be used must be framed and burnt before the construction. Another larger city is the home of good people, with a main street, a church, a tavern, and an administrative and judicial office, and the duel in the film will take place on a central avenue. Several green screens are placed on the pedestal to synthesize a virtual set in the later stage. "We set up as few sets as possible and hand over the task of expanding the city to the later stage, which saves money." Shizel Hibschmann explained. Schizel comes from the European Entertainment Film Company, which was founded by Lars von Trier and has been around for twenty years now. With only a budget of 10 million, the crew of The Salvation could not really set the scene on fire. The reason is simple, in order to make a veritable American movie, they can't have any additional expenses. The squally wind swept across the sky, and the dust was almost everywhere in the eyes, nose, or coffee cup. Among a bunch of cameras, an assistant is busy sweeping the dust from their horns with a feather duster. After a while, Maez Mikkelsen and Swedish movie star Mikel Pestbrand (the audience will see him in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) rode into the city together. "This film is about a pair of brothers, they work hard for the future with expectations." Metz preached. What is this job? "Hunter, but obviously his target is not animals." The extras in costumes started work, and then they were called off again. The two horses lazily pulled the open four-wheeled carriage back to the starting point. During this interval, an old man with a beard was sitting on the porch and playing the harmonica. Next to him was a stupid tall boy wearing overalls, bewildered outside the conversation between his two little friends. Not far away, a cowboy was playing with the iPhone in his hand.
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①The largest city in South Africa.
②Danish director, his works include "Dogtown", "Antichrist", "Melancholia" and so on.
"This is America in the pioneering era." It's time for
lunch. With a denim outfit on his back, the Danish man walked into the restaurant in the white canvas tent. And his face was still full of fake blood and dust. He calmly said, "This is a western movie, and it has to be dry in the western movie." He said and put his plate on a plastic garden table. So far, the only bad guys who have tried to hinder the shooting are just a few baboons. According to a technician, this kind of baboon will attack Vietnamese pigs, hold them tightly, and snatch their food when they can't move. It seems that Maze Mikkelsen is right: In a sense, all westerns are indeed going to be fighting. A few hours later, he went back to the simple RV where he lived. This time he changed into a thick fluorescent orange sweatshirt with beer and a cigarette without a filter in his hand. Under the jersey, he put on a Mallorca football club jersey, which he bought when Michel Laudrup was still coaching the Mallorca team. "Michelle is a great player, but he dismissed get out of class as soon as I bought this jersey..." he said angrily. For those who were surprised that the Danes made westerns, Mickelson’s answer was reasonable: this shot was only an accurate restoration of the situation at the time. "The United States in the 1850s and 1970s was built by us and other Europeans," he said. "The people in American cities in that era had names such as Mikkelsen, Cantona, and Wojek. So. In this film, some people communicate in Polish, Danish, French and other languages. This is the pioneering period of the United States, and it is naturally full of accents." He likes the magnificence that takes place in a structure with a simple and clear symbolic meaning. "Legend" means the distinction between righteous and evil, telling the story of the righteous gentlemen and their opponents. He cited "Unforgivable" and Sergio Leoné's works, and respected them as the pinnacle of Western films. These films all have clear and unshakable values.
In the eyes of his friend and colleague Pace Brandt, the story is much simpler. Like a real cowboy, he opened a box of chewing cigarettes and blurted out: "This is Peter Pan's wonderful paradise." This big guy was as silent as the character he played. Metz once again added: "But no one can really rejuvenate. Sitting on the street corner, everyone seems to be relaxed, but in fact everyone is armed with guns. Once they have guns in their hands, they will be confident. This has always been. It is a problem caused by weapons.” Of course, he only talked about the plot of the movie. In this movie, 200 lives in the city are controlled by a handful of armed bandits. "If you are interested in looking back at the gang fighting in Copenhagen, you will find that it is actually the same situation. It is always the small group of damn hooligans who are creating panic."
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① Danish football coach.
②The godfather of Italian westerns. He has directed "Once Upon a Time in the West", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and so on.
③If it is literally translated as "older child" from the original text, there is a risk of ambiguity, so it is changed to "Peter Pan" to make the original meaning of "innocent and unwilling to grow up" more clear.
Exercise, exercise, or exercise
Maez Mikkelsen knows what he said about this situation. His father worked in a trade union and his mother worked as a nurse for others. In this situation, he himself grew up on the street, surrounded by troubles in the suburbs of Copenhagen. "Born does not explain anything. People will be affected by poor or rich family circumstances, but that's all." He pointed out sharply. Having said that, it was this kind of "street style" that gave him the opportunity to work with Nicholas Winding Refn, and he started his screen career with a blockbuster. It was the mid-90s, and Refn, who later directed "Desperate Driving", was preparing to film his crime trilogy, "Running at the End". At this time Mickelson was hanging around in drama school. "Someone said to Refn:'You should take a look at this guy, because no one can understand what he is talking about.' I was talking too fast at the time, and my mouth was full of street black..." It was him. . With a bald head, tattoos, and hollow eyes, Mickelson is exactly the image of a taciturn little A Fei. The shape and spirit are pure and just right. In the Danish film industry at that time, the spiritual leaders of the Dougma movement were not yet committed to setting off an anti-Hollywood film revolution; and deeply influenced by the American New Wave, the only dream of Refn and his friends was to find Back to the spirit of the movie. This kind of dream is attributed to the new Hollywood film master Martin Sikoses. "When "Poor Streets" and "Taxi Driver" came out, what were the Danish films being made? They were silly comedies that were not even funny at all." Metz lit another cigarette. , Recalled: "When we filmed the first "End of the Road", we broke almost all the rules as much as possible. This is really rock-and-roll style. We can shoot on the street with integrity and no one recognizes us. We were shooting while speeding, and the police chased us behind..." He confessed that he likes this way of shooting, and never shoots like an avid movie fan. "Some people watch too many movies, and they will make too many references when they make them. They thought:'We want to shoot this way, because others have filmed this way.' And I always respond like this:'How good is it? Come. I haven’t seen the movie you mentioned, I don’t care." Christina Knham, the producer of four films with him, confirmed: "Matz, you can talk to him about the movie. , Actors and the like, but he doesn’t know and can’t remember such things. He doesn’t catch a cold on these. But if you talk to him about sports, then he knows everything.” In fact, it’s true, compared to dim. In his house, Mickelson always prefers to stay in the playground and gym. He 15 Won the Copenhagen floor exercise champion at the age of. "But I was lucky. The two best players who were catching up were either sick or absent." Now he is 47 years old and he still spends time doing the three things he regards as his standard: "Sports, sports, or sports." . If I wanted to smoke and drink, I had to go for sports! If I hadn’t been smoking or drinking, I could have become the best athlete in the world.” He played tennis, handball, and biked with those teammates he had fixed for many years. . "I'm back in the team now. We haven't seen each other for 20 years, and they know that I'm an actor. But they still treat me as usual:'Stand there, over there on the left.' In their eyes, I'm still the same. That little bastard", he said with a smile. Recently, through the continuous shooting of "Royal Family", "The Horse Dealer Kolhaas" and The Salvation three films Dongfeng, Mickelson has been particularly involved in equestrian sports. He seems to be the best rider in this western movie right now. "Not far. I did a good job, but sometimes I still think to myself: "Damn, what happened just now?!" On the plateau, exercise is the best way to adjust the atmosphere. Christina Knham said: "When filming "The Romance of the Royal Family," there were a few young actors who hadn't gone to college. Metz played football and tennis with them just to relax them." In the east of Salvation's three films, Mickelson is particularly involved in equestrian sports. He seems to be the best rider in this western movie right now. "Not far. I did a good job, but sometimes I still think to myself: "Damn, what happened just now?!" On the plateau, exercise is the best way to adjust the atmosphere. Christina Knham said: "When filming "The Romance of the Royal Family," there were a few young actors who hadn't gone to college. Metz played football and tennis with them just to relax them." In the east of Salvation's three films, Mickelson is particularly involved in equestrian sports. He seems to be the best rider in this western movie right now. "Not far. I did a good job, but sometimes I still think to myself: "Damn, what happened just now?!" On the plateau, exercise is the best way to adjust the atmosphere. Christina Knham said: "When filming "The Romance of the Royal Family," there were a few young actors who hadn't gone to college. Metz played football and tennis with them just to relax them."
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① In 1995, a group of film directors jointly read out the shooting rules called "Dogma'95" in Copenhagen. Von Trier and Thomas Wentberg were the main ones. sponsor. The Dougma Group is an anti-Hollywood film group that opposes gentrification of the middle-class film effect. It advocates live radio, portable photography, no dubbing after the fact, no filters, and refusal to use all methods that will beautify the picture.
②From 1967 to 1976, Hollywood films experienced the influence of the rise of Italian neorealism films and national films, the impact of the French New Wave, the decline of its own commercial film production from the 1950s to the 1960s, and the impact of television on film production. After that, new thoughts and new films were produced. The masterpiece "Graduate".
③Both are the masterpieces of Martin Sikoses.
"Maez, you can talk to him about movies, actors, etc., but he doesn't know or remember such things. He doesn't have a cold with these. But if you talk to him about sports, then he has nothing to do. I don’t know."
—Christina Kernam, producer
Guinness, Carlsberg and Bow Tie
Mickelson transformed from a gymnast to an actor. At that time he was 17 years old and didn't like to go to school. "Someone was arranging a musical comedy, looking for a few dancers to dance in the background. They asked me if I wanted to go, and I had nothing better to do at the time, so they agreed." But adapt. The stage is not easy. "I went from the working class to the spotlight on the stage, so I can't tell my friends too much about me as a dancer." But a key detail changed his eyes from friends. Image: Crowds of girls. "Don't do too many girls in this business! When I say that I am single, the girls simply ask for something... I'm really in the limelight~" he joked. For a while, apart from modern ballet, his life was classic musical comedy ("West Side Story", "Chicago", etc.). But this disappointed him. "Sometimes I think:'Why do they want to act like this?' This kind of thought drains my enthusiasm,'Then try it out, I'll try it...'" And besides that, it’s more important One thing is that he started too late and it was too late to become a dancing genius. This was especially uncomfortable for him. So he chose to go to drama school. "My brother Ras (also an actor, author's note) and I have watched the full set of Monty Parson ① series. We are familiar with each episode of the mini-comedy, and we will imitate all the sounds in it." After a "Run at the End", Mickelson and Refn completed the filming of "Blood Flowing" together. In this not-so-popular Z-level thriller, he was able to give full play to his familiar Cult film performance. Zatko Barrick, who starred in the film with him, recalled: "The characters of Metz and I were set to work in a video rental shop. We were shooting live at a small shop just north of Copenhagen. Here. The people there are all movie fans, some are weird movies, B-level movies, Asian sci-fi movies and the like. Before shooting, we moved to a slum near this store, where we experienced two and a half months of life together. . In a word, we live like the two characters we each played.” Soon, Mickelson became famous all over the country, and Anders Thomas Jensen (director of "Green Butcher", "Antichrist" Screenwriter), Susanna Bill and other famous editors and directors have cooperated many times. "Matz is very important to our generation of filmmakers. His outstanding performance in "End Run" is very eye-catching. His appearance has detonated the Danish film industry today, and like other industry achievements, it has injected new ideas into this circle. Vitality" The Salvation producer Cisse Jorkinson said, “In Denmark, even in the poorer regions, Maez Mikkelsen’s name is a household name.” But despite this, he didn’t make his first time until the release of “End of the Road 2” in 2004. Step into Hollywood Vanity Fair. He wore a short skirt of a medieval warrior in "King Arthur" and played a more pleasing but not very overpowering role. Hugh Dancy, another protagonist of the series "Hannibal", has already worked with him in this film: "The crew has been in Ireland for six months. A barbarian covered in blue. "It's really a fairy-like day. But what made the whole world recognize him, of course, was the movie "007: The Battle of Casino Royale" two years later, in which he played the villain Rassiford. Christina Knham, who was filming a miniature author movie with him in Prague, recalled that the stall had no idea that Mickelson would be selected at the time. "We were filming in Prague, and one day everyone was sitting together for lunch. He said to us:'I will definitely go to the audition, but they will never want me. "Emma, you are a man!" Emma, you are not blonde yet! I'm sorry you are out. "'So we found him a suit with a bow tie, because after all, he was going to audition for a Bond movie. He just dressed like this and went on a plane, and finally got the role." Almost no It was a painstaking success. I found a suit and got a bow tie, because after all, I was going to audition for the Bond movie. He dressed like this and went on a plane, and finally got the role. "It was almost effortless success. I found a suit and got a bow tie, because after all, I was going to audition for the Bond movie. He dressed like this and went on a plane, and finally got the role. "It was almost effortless success.
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① The monty python group is composed of Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and others. It is a well-known comedy group in the UK. Well-known films include Monty Python's The Meaning of Life , Monty Python's Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Erik the Viking, etc. The film is crazy and funny, full of British self-deprecation and humor.
② Refers to independently produced, ultra-low-cost movies, whose investment is much lower than the usual so-called B-level movies. Generally, the shooting cycle is very short and shoddy, aimed at the small-scale youth market. Edward D Wood Jr, a famous bad film director in history, specializes in Z-rated films.
③It is the Guinness and Carlsberg mentioned in the small standard, translator's note.
④The French New Wave movement put forward the slogan of "author's film", that is, "making a film is not about making, but being a film maker". The film is produced at low cost and shot in real scene; it does not pursue the excitement and dramatic conflict of the scene. Widely use long lenses, mobile photography, voice-overs, inner monologues, natural sound, and even shake the lens to break the unity of time and space by "jumping" and "jumping". It also adopts “documentary” techniques such as follow-up and grab-shooting with portable cameras. The film has a strong personal biographical color.
"It's going to rain, awesome"
Mickelson is recognized as a super workaholic, but has a very good personality. "When making this western movie, I was a little bit solitary in order to let myself enter the drama without distracting thoughts. Because my character is a very lonely person. But this does not prevent me from communicating with others, nor does it affect me. I’m having fun on my own. I’m not someone like Daniel Day-Lewis,” he quipped. But anyway, getting into the role is what he cares most about. In order to play the role of Stravinsky in "The Secret Love History of Chanel" directed by Jan Goneng, Mickelson learned French, Russian and piano at the same time in the shortest time. "Metz really just started learning piano a few weeks before filming started. But every day after filming, he would practice until he was exhausted," Gao Neng recalled. "Gabriel Yad, who scored the film, watched After the film, he said to me: “You’re really good, you can invite such a pianist, and your acting skills are so good.” “Because he always plays the opposite role, Mickelson also used the movie to work on serial killers and dictators. There is a lot of truth in the character. "I wondered:'Damn, how could this happen? How did Hitler do it?' And there are people like Stalin, Mao [], and Genghis Khan. It's one thing to do it alone, but there are still successes. Thousands of people follow their behavior, that’s another matter. Trying to understand these things is also our job.” In this way, his performance is naturally natural, expressive and persuasive, and completely conquered. Film workers. Arnold Des Parilles, the director of "The Horse Dealer Colhas", which he recently starred in, commented on this role: An ordinary person who loves his wife and children..." However, the director was skeptical of Metz when he first saw him in the photo: "At first glance, his temperament makes people feel a little bit. It's too much. I can't tell what is wrong. He does have a nervous feeling of entanglement, but it is a bit too. And then when you ask him to audition, you immediately think: This guy has a good lens." He said bluntly: "I always have doubts. But once I start to do it, I immediately become a'dictator' and think of myself as God."
Today’s Maez Mikkelsen has become a sweet pastry, turned into European independent productions, American blockbusters ("War of the Gods" and "Three Musketeers") and Danish four-star films ("After the Wedding" and "Royal Merry" History"). He has not forgotten his old friend Refn, and the two co-produced "The Viking Hall of Valor" in 2009, which brought an endless and mysterious journey through the green valleys of Scotland. His character in the film is one-eyed, a tenacious warrior with only one eye. In terms of action scenes, he has more practical attempts than self-limitation. A series of fighting scenes were basically completed by himself. "The weather was very cold at the time, almost 2 degrees below zero. The scene required a real fight, and we did it. My whole body suffered. My skin was covered with flesh and blood, and it was all our own blood. ...The ground is full of stones, and you will hurt your head and elbow when you fall. You don’t feel any pain when you fall. You won’t pay for these injuries until you return to work. I can tell you that, the price is not bad. It’s really high. I can’t even wait for the injury to heal. It’s impossible. The only thing I can do is drink some beer and go to bed, and I can only sleep sideways. Sadism isn't it? more or less. "I don't think:'It's going to rain, we have to endure 8 hours of freezing, and the horses are going crazy. Hehe, this is awesome.' On the contrary, I find this kind of challenge exciting." Then tell Good news for Mickelson: The wind on the South African plateau is still whistling. ●All the dialogues in this article are collected by RC ("Horse Dealer Kolhaas", released on August 14)
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