"Danny Collins": Can I still be myself

As a biopic of a rock star, I have to say that choosing an artist’s old age as the focus of the plot is a very pitiful and sympathetic situation. Even with countless achievements, there is a kind of loneliness and loneliness in old age. The shadow of, even if he can have fun in time and indulge himself, it's just that behind the stray form is full of unconfidence in oneself and disrespect for fate. Once a person reaches a certain age, the more things he knows, the more things he experiences, and the more things he needs to face. Whether his destiny is tied to his own hands, he knows best, but as an artist It is difficult to control one's own destiny. The movie tells us the story of such an artist who seeks himself and finds his life. The format of the movie is small, but the starting point is very good. It uses a contrasting method to explore the transformation of human nature. Moreover, the story of the movie captures the existence of the soul, and uses the belief that exists in the soul to awaken the past. The most true self, and this reformed belief has become the most profound and sympathetic shining point of the whole film. The film does not set up a fancy structure in the layout, but tells a story of salvation similar to the journey of the heart. It is shocking and true, simple but without twists and turns, plus Al Pacino’s vivid performance, which provides the film with Many highlights.

As a successful star, it is not necessarily a good thing to indulge in the hectic life of drunken gold fans prematurely. Having everything you want but gradually forgetting how to make promises to yourself, the film opens the role with a letter The journey of redemption in the lost way, although the words in the letter are indeed gorgeous and a bit untrue, but a letter to the idol is indeed a surprise and vibration. The film uses the letter as a clue. Using this late trust to start the story of the entire movie, I have to say that the director really grasped the importance of the story clues quite ingeniously, and used this as a basis to continuously describe the entire relationship between the characters that happened later. Fortunately, the design of the story is not boring, so that the emotional expression of each character is very full and realistic, especially the performance of Al Pacino, which makes the character's innermost yearning and timid, arrogant and cautious. The inner world is carefully expressed, so that the whole soul of the movie follows him and unfolds with him. Not only does he play with ease between singing and performance, he also presents the inner world of the character in front of the audience, bringing his inner heart. The bitterness and depression, and the feeling of not being able to find one’s own place are expressed. He can’t find his true self and become a lonely person. Even if he is immersed in wine all day, he still can’t conceal the loneliness of being alone in his heart. . When a star becomes an ordinary person, he seems to have less freedom than ordinary people, and he also has more inner feelings of being viewed with strange eyes. The movie also uses extremely contrasting lenses to depict the glamorous front of people as much as possible. The double image of post-downfall, so that while returning to himself, he timidly faced his own heart and surrendered to the voices of everyone. In fact, the director also wanted to tell the kind of mood in people's heart that is afraid of being abandoned, whether it is or not. If you really want to be yourself, when you are demanded and needed by others, you will inevitably become a slave to the needs. This also reflects the fear of loneliness and abandonment in people's minds.

Al Pacino vividly interprets the heart and style of a generation of superstars, using his personal temperament to restore another classic artistic image. As a biopic, it is obvious that the image of Al Pacino does not It doesn’t fit the original character’s temperament very much, but it is undeniable that through Al Pacino’s interpretation, the protagonist of the movie appears more full and three-dimensional. What we see is not just an old man recovering his lost heart. The journey has brought us the inner changes conveyed during this journey. The struggle, the regained confidence, the sudden timidity, and the return to decadence are all manifested alive by a complex and diverse The emotional world of the characters makes the movie more vivid and more real.

The film highlights the blues theme and style of director Dan Fogman. The soothing, elegant and decadent free and easy temperament fills the film with a touch of melancholy. While encouraging others, it is difficult for him to take a brave step that determines the character's heart. The thoughts and feelings that are difficult to express, but the film still finds a good point in the story, and adds the heroine played by Annette Benin, which eases the story a lot, following Benin’s optimistic and resolute performance. , The forced plot came to a happy ending. It has to be said that the character of Benin has become the most eye-catching part of the story.

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