Follow the path of dreams

Desmond 2022-01-12 08:02:14

Take apart my treasures, burn incense and bathe.
The production track of "Millennium Actress".
Because the movie has been seen so well, many things are expected,
such as the creativity that combines the time and space of a thousand years, the life of Chiyoko and the history of Japanese film... The
most exciting thing is to see the production of such a great work alive. People.

The surprise is that they are all men!
For such a delicate work, I originally thought that there should be at least one woman in the production team as the original painting or screenwriter.
But all are men! And they are all middle-aged men in their thirties.
They all looked quite ordinary and comfortable.
There is not a nasty guy.
Each one looks serious.
From supervision to music, some talk too much, some are shy and love to laugh, but everyone seems to be a serious guy.
That's the kind of men who are making this movie with something called a dream... on the contrary, it moved me even more.
It is incorrect to think that things like dreams and youth belong to young people.
On the contrary, it is these middle-aged people who use more mature techniques to perfectly interpret youth.
For myself, it is also a very important encouragement!

Seriously, when I look at it, I feel serious all the time.
The basis of seriousness is interest.
It's just a job to make money, I don't think it will be so serious.
The serious form is games and jokes.
For example, because of the role of a samurai, the director personally went to the Kamakura film studio to wear armor and put on a samurai pose;
because Chiyoko has been running, so I asked a young girl to wear Chiyoko's clothes and ran countless times and then filmed Down for reference
The painter who designed the running picture said that he considered the following factors: women in the early Showa era, a well-bred girl, orthodox family, and young eagerness, etc., designed the running pose of the fourteen-year-old Chiyoko; the
painting buddies even more. Exaggerated, he likes the texture of wood very much. Therefore, he said that the wood grains in different scenes in the film carry the feelings of the characters...
Selfishly satisfying his strange interests, naturally embracing great interest, and feeling in his heart. On the theme of, to invest willingly and with the companions I really like. This is my ideal.
While watching, I shouted in my heart countless times: "I really want to do this kind of work! It doesn't matter if you don't give me money!" (Of course a little bit is better~~~)

I think the dubbing process is the most fun.
In front of the TV, each character is holding a script, watching TV and standing while watching the lines nervously.
Voice actor is a very strange and attractive industry. (Not the same as an actor)
You see the face that is not a movie character at all, but it has the accent of the character... When
you identify it carefully, you will find that the temperament they show is really the character itself!
The strong feelings and the majestic aura suddenly made them sacred.
And when the dubbing ends, that kind of possessive thing naturally disappears.
Become an ordinary and stranger again.
The voice of the elderly Chiyoko is an old lady with gray hair and disheveled, sloppy temperament.
At the moment of dubbing, it turned out to be noble and majestic, with a reserved tone.
In the interview, he said: "I still continue my dream, in the body of Miss Chiyoko!"
It moved me badly.

I really like the music of "Millennium Actress".
Jin Hiraze, who makes music, said that he likes the repetitive structure very much, which coincides with the theme of the movie reincarnation,
and reached an agreement by accident. Therefore, the music is called "Reincarnation".
Speaking of which, I admire Jinmin's vision even more.
He said: "The movie music itself cannot be too boring with the image, and
at the same time it cannot be overly independent, which is annoying.
The music sent by Mr. Hirazawa is gorgeous, but listening alone is a bit boring and thin, and it fits well. Into the movie."

Accidental production, he said, is the prerequisite for perfection.
For example, when Hokkaido TV station came to interview them for a film production program,
the cameraman who came here happened to look exactly the same as Ida, a slightly tugging cameraman wearing glasses...
When I saw it, I also laughed over it. It's so cute!

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Millennium Actress quotes

  • Senior Manager of Ginei: Our new movie is in Manchuria, it will cheer our soldiers... and the people of our nation! Certainly... Chiyoko wants serve to her country!

    Mother: Perhaps, but this girl is too shy to be an actress, she will find a husband and they will take care of our shop.

    [the mother looks to Chiyoko]

    Mother: Isn't so?

    Senior Manager of Ginei: Is more important for you a candy store than serve to our nation?

    Mother: Does a woman does not serve her nation better staying at home and taking care for her children?

  • Genya Tachibana: [while they see to the Young Chiyoko Running away] Isn't she a sweetie girl?

    Kyoji Ida: Even the old people were once young