-------------The boundary line of the plot, the thoughts and feelings of the plot, the students who don’t want to be spoiled drift past The next line-----------------------------The
first general introduction
is a flashback structure. At the beginning, the British Guardian announced a large amount of military information leaked by wikileaks. A man wearing only underwear scratched his hair after seeing the news in front of a computer,
and then the subtitles appeared: two years ago. Let's go to the beginning of everything.
First, the first half of the film mainly talked about some things that were done before WikiLeaks released classified military information. They published internal information about corruption in a bank and brought the "bad guys" to justice. I think the purpose of this paragraph is to highlight their ideals. They want to use this new method (Internet) in the new century to obtain justice and punish corruption. It's a bit like Spider-Man's kind of punishing evil and promoting good,
first Daniel's line. He works in a company and is a computer genius. It seems that he has done a little prank so that the printers of the whole company are printing out a caricature booklet. Then he would hide in the storage room secretly to verify the information about the corrupt Swiss bank and upload the data to WikiLeaks. Then his girlfriend thought he was playing Warcraft by hiding here (囧...)
Later, the thread said that Juan Fu was an awkward person and created Wikileaks. The two of them were very excited for this goal of punishing evil and promoting good, so they hit it off. After the Swiss bank confidential information was released by them, the website was shut down, but they still used the mirror network and Twitter to spread the information. Later, the Swiss bank was punished and their network was restored. Their working principle is to protect their source, so that people don’t know who leaked the secrets. They will all point to WikiLeaks, not the specific informer, so that someone will be willing to provide information
and it’s really messy. Running around, it's Egypt, Britain, and Gaddafi's... In short, the biggest dispute between Daniel and Juan Fu is that Juan Fu wants to upload a large amount of original military intelligence directly. Daniel thinks this is too reckless, because if they don't know what information they want to publish, it is likely to kill a lot of people. This is not their original intention, they want justice. Juan Fu feels that he will disclose the secret directly, no matter what it is. If WikiLeaks insiders filter the information and upload it later, they will become reporters. They should present the information objectively and let others decide. This is the biggest difference between the two of them. So in the end, Juan Fu cooperated with the British Guardian to announce the secret. The man in the panty collapse at the beginning of the film is Daniel, because they are too divided. In the end, Daniel disintegrated a large amount of WikiLeaks intelligence from the inside.
In short, this is a very messy movie. I think the screenwriter wants to say too much, the rhythm is chaotic, the comrades who want to see Jiqing are not satisfied (the two leading actors do not have much face-to-face interaction and there is not much chemistry), and the people who want to see the big cousin are not satisfied (basically more than Fan Bingbing's role in Iron Man 3 is a bit more), wanting to see the dissatisfaction of love (Daniel and his lover's role is also superficial, people don't know why they are together, and don't know their respective status in this relationship. And propositions), people who want to see conspiracy theories are not satisfied...By the way, the appearance of Professor Lu Ping made me travel through. A Harry Potter actor and a big cousin standing together is all kinds of violations. .... Of course, fans of Fufu may be idiots for a while, but given that his pitch in this show is too low, too low, too low, too low (no exaggeration at all), adding his British accent makes people very broken. . The British accent can be very sexy, but it is totally torture if the pitch is so low. In the whole play, only the people of the US government said what I heard clearly, and the accents of other people were all kinds of strange. Without the help of subtitles, it was a very sad thing to distinguish the accent for 2 hours. Full marks, but it still sounds difficult (of course, the exam does not represent the actual ability), so in the end I will not be able to do the interview...
By the way, there should be a documentary related to wikileaks, which is great. If you want to understand the film without Chinese subtitles, it is estimated that you will have to do some homework in advance
--------------------------------- -The plot is over, the following is the interview record -------------------------------------
The production of this film The filmmakers and screenwriters had a simple exchange with us. Summarize a little
1. How was this story written?
The screenwriter Josh explained that it was mainly based on two books, one was an autobiography written by Daniel (the prototype of the man who played glasses) himself. There are a lot of stories about the initial stage of wikileaks, which is of great help to the creation of the script. I don’t remember the other one. It was written by another person, just like Jobs’s biography was not written by himself. The screenwriter and Daniel had 4 days of face-to-face communication, so that the screenwriter could approach him more realistically instead of inferring from paper. He said that Daniel is very young, a little shy, even naive, but very genuine. Because we don’t know whether he is telling the truth in his autobiography, some face-to-face communication will be helpful. The screenwriter has also communicated with Julian (the prototype of the character in the volume), but he feels that although he says he is greater good, he can feel that there is something for himself. The screenwriter also talked to a reporter from the British Guardian. Josh has a legal background, graduated from law school, and also worked as a screenwriter in the American drama "West Wing". Therefore, he had a lot of communication with lawyers when writing the script. Seeing this adaptation, the dramatized characters will be affected. Julian himself sue. So it's quite annoying, a lot of programs have to go. The screenwriter wanted to be as objective as possible, so he created the line of the US government, because the main line is the history of the two founders of WikiLeaks. Many of them are from their starting point. An additional government point of view can reflect on whether their actions are complete. No harm, coupled with the writing background of the White House, writing about the government is also familiar. At the same time, because the most central part of the movie is storytelling, he merged some characters and events for convenience. It was Birgitta who leaked the secrets to the media. In order to increase the tension of the drama, the informant was changed to Daniel. These are some compromises he made to the facts in order to create this story.
2. How was this movie made?
The screenwriter Josh was chosen by DreamWorks because of a previous script and promised to pay for his next script in advance. As a result, he decided to put the content of the second script written for DreamWorks on WikiLeaks. After the script was created, it was brought to the senior level, and the senior level recognized it, so the project was built. They first went to see the venue, and then appointed the actors. Because of the story, the actors are basically from an international background. Daniel's role was originally not the current actor, but in the end he made a living. Finally decided on the director, and then proceeded step by step
3. This movie is a bit similar to "Social Network". It is a story of two friends who worked hard for the same goal from the beginning and then split. Did you plagiarize it from your teacher? (PS social network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is also the screenwriter of the White House, and
he is the teacher of the film screenwriter Josh) He said that I don't think the two films are comparable. Social networks are very entertaining (entertaining). Our film discusses more profound topics, such as whether secrets should be disclosed, personal privacy and the boundaries of public disclosure, who has the right to disclose these secrets, and whether the so-called facts are facts. ...These are the topics discussed in this film, not limited to friendship and betrayal
. 4. You started as a TV screenwriter, but why did you write a movie script?
I just joined a crew, after all, Aaron Sorkin is the creator. Screenwriters have a high status in TV. Basically, you are the creator and you have the final say, and the film is the director. When I worked as a screenwriter for the White House Fengyun, I was basically not creating, but just imitating. I can't create new characters. I can only imitate Aaron's tone to write their dialogue on the basis of those existing characters, so I find it very meaningless after a long time, because they are all mechanical imitations. I like the feeling of writing movie scripts obsessed with a world I created myself, so I went to write movies later. But I think one day I will definitely return to TV. I studied law at the beginning and didn’t have any writing background. Aaron brought me into the industry, so I owe him
. Can you talk to them about the impact of advertising on their directorship?
This, many directors, such as David Fincher, started from making commercials and even MV. I don’t think it’s anything, because the most central quality is the ability to organize a team and be an excellent storyteller. These essential things all the same. You do well enough, you won’t be trapped by the media
----------------------------------------End dividing line------- ------------------------------------------
Finally, my professor recommends every I was in the tenth seat of the third row when I watched a movie. I tried it out and it was really an ideal viewing position! Really in the middle! ! Recommend to everyone.
View more about The Fifth Estate reviews
