The theater is finally back to work. With a place to watch a movie, what to watch has become a new question. Watching old movies is certainly a pleasure, but there are certainly many viewers who are unwilling to just watch old movies. As for the new film, there is really not much weight at a time. Guided by the traditional doctrine of the mean, I think everyone can consider watching a film that is neither old nor new, both old and new, such as this "Speed Car King".
I say that this film is old because it belongs to the Oscars season, and it also won two technical awards for best editing and best sound editing. I say that this film is new because it is indeed its domestic premiere. . A good meal is not afraid of being late, not to mention that this bowl of rice is not too late. It was also a double male lead, and the Chinese title also had the words "Speed", "Extreme Speed", but it took more than two years to meet with domestic audiences.
There is "Fast Wind" in front of the jade, and no one dares to touch similar subjects easily. The reason why the project of "Speed Car King" is so up against difficulties and dare to compete with Zemo and not give way to Thor is that the main creative team has found a different entry point for the "racing duo" model. The duo in this film is not an opponent but a partner. The absence of tit-for-tat on the court does not mean that the conflict between the two heroes of the film must be weakened. Under the arena, the two were full of passionate interactions, such as rolling and falling on the lawn, or sneaking out with their wife on the back of the night to do things. The most excessive thing is their two cowboy hats, one black and one white, which is easily reminiscent of another masterpiece of Heath Ledger, one of the leading actors of the film, Christian Bell, the rival clown actor in The Dark Knight. . The framed wrench also smelled of the two-piece shirt hanging on the closet door.
"Speed Car King" is a sports and competitive film, but the main type of sports involved is racing rather than wrestling, so even if the scene of the two male protagonists wrestling and falling, no matter how eye-catching the scene, it only serves as an embellishment. That's it. The visibility of the film still depends to a greater extent on the presentation of the racing scene. Trying to restore the sound effect of the engine roar of the model of the year, so that the audience sitting in the theater can also have a similar experience of being in the paddock to a certain extent. In terms of vision, most of the main perspective shots of the racing car in the film are presented in a lower position, which is obviously due to the lower characteristics of the car chassis. The eyes of the spectators seemed to be "sticking" to the wheel, and they were racing along the track with the car. This lower camera position also brings a kind of "low-altitude dive" excitement, with realistic sound effects and timely exciting soundtrack, driving the audience's heart rate to increase with the speed of the movie's protagonist's racing car.
The two main points of the narrative of "Speed Car King" are one in the arena and the other in the workplace. The former is based on Ken Miles played by Christian Bale, and the latter is based on Carol Shelby played by Matt Damon. Both Miles and Shelby are top racing drivers, but in the story of "Speed King", Shelby has retired and switched to the development and sales of racing cars. In other words, he changed from a racing driver to a businessman. . The original English name of the film is literally translated as "Ford vs. Ferrari", and the businessman Shelby is naturally responsible for dealing with Ford's father. Shelby, who is far away from the track, has developed new skills and is experienced in handling workplace relationships, which makes him feel like a workplace PUA. Whether it is for the big boss Ford or Miles, who is playing for him, he is always intimidating and acting both hard and soft. He will neither greet them blindly nor just to the end. It is precisely because of the proper advancement and retreat that he can make full use of. Mobilize the resources that can be brought about by the working relationship of all aspects, and promote the smooth realization of the work goals. This kind of "scumbag halo" in the workplace that is free and easy to use in the workplace actually comes to a certain extent from Shelby's life experience outside of work. In the real history of Shelby's life in the marriage relationship, "seven in and seven out", but perhaps to avoid collision with "Speedy Wind", so his love affairs are not mentioned at all in the film. Of course, the more important reason for avoiding Shelby's true emotional history is to not hinder the above-mentioned combination of "cowboy hat + wrench + wrestling", so that the audience can make reasonable associations with the relationship between the two male protagonists.
The essence of sports competition is war in a peaceful age. People are keen to watch sports games, and they hope to see that the beauty of human power and speed can be stimulated as much as possible under the premise of clearer rules and more controllable destruction. Sports and competitive movies also play a similar role to a certain extent, and because the video materials are assembled and presented according to the narrative rhythm of the genre, the viewing threshold is lower and the audience is wider. The protagonists of "Speed Car King" are such a group of "warriors" who participated in the "war" in peaceful times, and the arena is their "battlefield". However, unlike their descendants, this group of fighters had been fighters in the true sense in the first half of their lives. The two protagonists of the film, Miles and Shelby, both joined the army in World War II and shed blood and sweat for the anti-fascist cause of mankind. Even the infamous big boss Henry Ford II has served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
For that generation, World War II was their rite of passage for being a man. After the war, they continued to return to their different positions with the pride of winning the war to add brilliance to the free world that they had defeated by themselves. The people who used to build tanks and airplanes now build racing cars; the people who used to drive tanks and airplanes now drive racing cars. Everyone performs their duties, the world should have become better and more efficient because of their collaboration. It is a pity that those who contribute money and those who contribute have different right to speak in this world. The wayward decision made by the superiors in the stands who have huge resources in their heads may make the hard work of the fighters fighting desperately on the field below be wasted. On the contrary, they are the citizens of the former Axis powers who were conquered by their Americans and their allies. Some people really love what they are doing, and can express kindness and goodwill to even those in the opposing camp who have the same love and talents as themselves. Respect. The English title "Ford vs. Ferrari" seems to refer to the competition between the two manufactured cars on the field, but it actually refers to the distinction between the two companies' personal charm.
In the peaceful age, people no longer kill each other directly (at least not on a large scale), but use obscure and slow methods to drive others to sell their lives. Athletes will inevitably suffer from injuries, and sometimes an accident may even take their lives instantly. The same is true for actors. A dedicated actor needs to constantly adjust his physical condition to match the role physically, and mentally he must constantly break and reorganize his personality to turn himself into a role. "Speed Car King" said through the protagonist, when you reach 7000RPM, everything becomes blurred, the car becomes as light as nothing, as if only one's own body shuttles in time and space... This is a desirable realm , I believe people who really love motorsports will pursue this state at all costs. Similarly, athletes and performers in other fields may have a determination to "hear the truth in the morning, and die at night". They will also be willing to lose their health and soul, just to pursue their own skills to the extreme. As spectators, if we think that we have spent money to become a monkey-watcher, we don’t need to respectfully appreciate it, then we are not only despising the performer, but also despising ourselves, allowing ourselves to degenerate into one. A giant baby alienated by consumerism. Money can be bought for work, but it can't be bought. If you are fortunate enough to see those extreme performances that require consumption of life and soul, it is definitely not because you spent money, but because those athletes and performers themselves have that pursuit, and the moment of realization happened to be seen by you. That's it, or by the way, I just gave you that wonderful scene.
This time Bell has slimmed back to his body shape close to that of the "Machinist", and his role in "The King of Speed Cars" is not only a racer, but also a mechanic. It is precisely because of driving the car that I designed and modified by myself that I can truly combine humans and vehicles on the field and forget things. Before "Speed King", Bell's last work was "The Biography of Cheney", in which he played the overweight former US Vice President Cheney. From Cheney to Miles, the huge span of body shape once again demonstrated Bell's "rubber man" superpower. However, as I mentioned above, if this kind of self-tossing perseverance is a voluntary choice made by an actor for artistic pursuits, of course it is understandable, but we need to be especially alert to this kind of role model being abused and becoming a tool for moral kidnapping of other actors. , Which intensifies the exploitation of actors by capital. I always firmly believe that what can be achieved with material resources and technical forces, as long as the results can be guaranteed, then give priority to using external forces, as much as possible to provide workers with as much protection as possible, so that the capital side can do its responsibilities and save money. Flower in place. I think the location of the headquarters of Ford Motor Company in "The King of Speed Cars" is a place where technology is bred with infinite possibilities. The auto industry in that city is no longer good enough, but in the future, you can consider taking a fight in the bionic industry, which may liberate the workers in the film and television industry from high-risk work conditions.
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