The film that interprets the charm of Jason Byrne's screen is called "The Bourne", adapted from a first-class spy novel, inheriting the essence of excellent spy films, with endless suspense and thrilling confrontation. At the same time, it innovated the image concept of spy films and even action films with a unique style. There is no explosive blasting and bragging fight, and there is no flood of CG visual effects. It grabs the audience's attention with a grim and realistic style, wrapping the six-hour life and death confrontation of the three movies in simple photography. In the sharp editing, the narrative rhythm of catching people is maintained from the first second to the last moment. It rebuilt people's confidence in traditional spy movies and led a new wave of action movies for many latecomers to follow suit.
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Bournemouth ·The Origin－－1. Who is Jason Byrne? The coolest agent
on earth In the "Bourne" series of novels written by Robert Rudrum in the 1980s, Jason Bourne (Jason Bourne) whose real name is David Webb (David Webb) is a Vietnam War An American researcher stationed in Cambodia at the time. After his wife and children were killed in the Mekong River, Weber joined the US military's Medusa organization and participated in the assassination of the Viet Cong commander. He had outstanding feats. Jason Byrne's pseudonym came from an internal traitor he executed. After the Vietnam War, he was recommended to enter the CIA's "stumbling block" program, disguised as a veteran in the killer industry, trapping the world's top killer "Jackal" Carlos. Three years after the implementation of the plan, Byrne suddenly lost contact with the stumbling block, and a mysterious transfer appeared in his bank account. At the same time, Bourne, who was injured and amnesia, was rescued by a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, and the story of finding his identity unfolded.
After being adapted into a movie, Byrne's background has been simplified. His original name is still David Weber. He was a US Army who participated in the Gulf War. He later joined the Special Forces and was promoted to captain. In 1999, Weber volunteered to join the CIA-led "stumbling block" program. After rigorous training, he became a meticulous and superb homicide Jason Byrne. He fell into the sea due to a failed mission and lost all his memories after being rescued. .
Compared with novels, Bourne on the screen is more magical and proficient in many foreign languages. He is a top expert in the fields of firearms, blasting, fighting, tracking, and driving various vehicles. He has super fast adaptability and strong logical thinking. With conditioned reflex-like crisis detection ability, he is good at turning daily necessities into murder weapons, and he is worthy of titles such as "the most difficult person to track in the world" and "the coolest agent walking on earth". Byrne's values changed drastically after his memory loss. He was no longer obsessed with violence and killing. He only wanted to find his identity and become an ordinary person. His involuntary experience and the temperament of a civilian hero are full of sympathy and admiration.
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the father of 2. Jason Bourne: spy novelist Robert Rood Bodrum
"Bourne" series of original writer Robert Rood Bodrum born in New York in 1927, during World War II Serve in the Navy. Since the 1970s, Rudrum has written 29 spy novels during his 30-year creative career, with a circulation of more than 200 million, and has been translated into more than 32 languages. His widespread popularity has won him The title of the father of modern thrillers. Rudrum's works have many interesting features, for example, he always uses the fixed "The" as the title prefix. The protagonist in his works is usually a small person who competes with the unfathomable big conspiracy. The black behind the scenes is pressing on every step, and the small person can always fight back at an absolute disadvantage. The story of the amnesia agent Jason Byrne is a typical one. .
The name "Bourne" was inspired by a real event. In 1887, Ansel Byrne, a pastor living in Rhode Island, United States, came to Pennsylvania without warning, opened a convenience store, and used The name of A.J. Brown settled there. Four months later, he suddenly regained Bourne's memory and was very confused about his situation. Psychologists have discovered that under hypnosis, this person has two personalities: Berne and Brown. This is the first medical record of a dissociative wandering disease, which inspired Ledrum to create an amnesia killer with a dual personality.
The book "Bourne's Identity" was published in 1980 and is Rudrum's masterpiece, occupying the "New York Times" bestseller list for more than forty weeks. The book was translated into "The Ghost of Seventy-one Street" and published in my country in the form of a comic strip. Later, Ledram wrote "Bourne's Hegemony" and "Bourne's Ultimatum", both of which are extremely popular bestsellers. In 1988, based on "Bourne's Identity" adaptation of the TV movie of the same name, the starring Richard Chaberland won a Golden Globe nomination. Unfortunately, on March 12, 2001, during the intensive production of the movie "The Bourne", Rudrum passed away and failed to witness the splendor of Jason Byrne in his works on the big screen
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3. Byrne's screen rebirth: the movie "The Bourne Shadow" comes out
. The screen rebirth of the "Jason Byrne" story is largely attributed to the director Doug Liman, who was the original during his college years A die-hard fan of the novel. When filming "The Full-time Prodigal Son" in 1996, Reiman was determined to bring Bourne's story to the screen. It took him two full years to obtain the right to adapt the novel from Warner Bros., and another year with screenwriter Tony Gill. Roy discussed the script, and the entire preparatory work was long and meticulous.
Liman's father worked for NASA in the 1980s, and his work experience provided a lot of inspiration for the operation of the fictitious "stumbling block" organization in the film. Rieman drastically cuts many branches from the original work, highlights the part of the plot that best suits the audience's taste in the new century, and discusses the foreign policy of the United States. Due to the outbreak of the 9/11 incident, the crew was once worried that the description of the international political situation would lead to negative reviews, but after the film was released, this worry proved to be unnecessary.
During the preparatory stage of the film, a large-scale casting was conducted. Russell Crowe, Stallone and Brad Pitt were all considered by director Doug Liman, but they were not as well-known as Matt Damon. In the end, Liman fancyed the civilian temperament he was close to Byrne, and his unique understanding of the role: Byrne is not only an action hero, but also a spiritual fighter looking for an outlet in a closed heart.
Difficulties ensue after the film was officially launched. Due to the disagreement between Doug Liman and Universal, the script was constantly revised throughout the filming period, and the shots were constantly overturned and restarted until a few days before the shutdown. , Screenwriter Tony Gilroy is still faxing to the crew the newly released script paragraph. After rounds of tossing, the production cost of the film soared from the original 60 million US dollars to 80 million, and the release date was postponed from September 2001 to June of the following year. Fortunately, the difficult and arduous shooting process resulted in the great opening of a trilogy masterpiece.
－－The Bourne·Story－
1. "Bourne's Identity": Everything starts from amnesia. The beginning of
"The Bourne" is the stormy Mediterranean Sea. A fishing boat rescues a young man floating in the sea. Two shots were dying and lost his memory. Following the instructions of the chip implanted in the hip, the young man found an account information named Jason Byrne in Zurich, and he conditioned to display extraordinary fighting skills while avoiding the pursuit of the police. The CIA executives were terrified after learning that he had survived, and sent top killers to ambush along the way, but no one could stop this man without a past from running to the truth. He not only wanted to regain his identity, but also wanted to prevent a huge conspiracy from digging up.
Among the trilogy of Bourne Shadows, the first movie is the most faithful to the original, but there are still some differences. For example, the big villain "Jackal" Carlos in the novel did not appear, and Byrne’s opponent was replaced by the entire CIA. Girlfriend Mary also turned from a Canadian economist to a German girl. The film strives to create a geographical pattern that travels around the world. The crew is based in Prague, Paris, Imperia and Zurich, but most of the Zurich plot is actually shot in Prague because it is cheaper to shoot there. In the film, there is a car chase in a busy city, which was filmed and edited in many places far away in Paris. Director Doug Liman admitted that "if you have a little understanding of Paris, you will find that this scene is completely illogical." But this does not prevent it from becoming a classic action that never gets tired of.
After the release of "The Bourne", it received overwhelming positive reviews, and received praises such as "being both entertaining and high IQ", "story and character effects are more fascinating", and the box office also has a good performance, will Matt. Damon took the first-line star status in one fell swoop. Doug Liman’s efforts to merge old-school spy films with new-age thinking have been rewarded. In the following year, the most popular movie in the United States for renting DVDs and video tapes was "The Bourne Shadows", which is evident in its popularity.
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2. "Bourne's Hegemony": Embarking on the road of revenge In the
story of "Bourne Bourne 2", two years have passed since the thrilling killings in the previous work, and Bourne, who lives in India with his wife, is still Entangled by the vaguely emerging memory fragments. A bombing in Berlin revealed Berne's whereabouts and once again brought him back to the CIA's sight. The mysterious assassin appeared in India to track Bourne and snipe his wife. Byrne, who had escaped a catastrophe, went into battle again, and fought the spy sea again with raging anger, vowing to make the murderer who killed his lover pay the price.
"Bourne Shadow 2" is adapted from the second novel in the "Bourne" series. Due to the success of the first episode of the film, Universal immediately decided to start filming a sequel, and screenwriter Tony Gilroy continued to write the script. Given that Doug Liman was too difficult to get along with, Universal was reluctant to continue working with him, and handed the guide to Paul Greengrass from the UK, the director nicknamed "Greengrass" by fans A former journalist who has been honed in the television circle for many years, his film works have a documentary-like realistic style. With "Bloody Sunday" reflecting the dispute between Northern Ireland, he won the Berlin Golden Bear in one fell swoop and became famous in the international film scene. Producer Patrick Crowley admired "Bloody Sunday" very much and was optimistic about Paul's ability to continue Bourne's adventure.
This time, Byrne's footprint spanned India, Naples, Munich, Berlin and Moscow, but the film first shot the Moscow section of the climax at the end, then the crew drove to Berlin, and finally the Indian chase at the beginning. The most talked about in "The Bourne Fly 2" is the famous ending-Pamela, the female CIA director who spoke with Byrne, suddenly realized that this guy was watching him in the opposite building! This was an idea that Greengrass suddenly came up with two weeks before the end of the filming. He persuaded the producer to give the green light, he did not hesitate to spend an extra $200,000 budget, and called Matt Damon back from the crew of "Twelve Arhats" Reshoot. The film is recognized as surpassing the first episode, and "Toronto Star" commented that it "recovers confidence in spy films and sequels."
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Story—— 3. "Bourne's Announcement": The truth behind the mystery is revealed
. In the story of "Bourne Bourne 3", I got rid of Bourne, who was pursued by the Moscow police, and went to London to track down a reporter’s clues. The final battle between the little guy and the big conspiracy kicked off: the CIA used all high-tech methods to spread an unprecedentedly vast net. The black hands of the "black pipe" project spared no effort to send top killers, vowing to put Bourne to death every time. At one point, the local police will press on. In the dilemma of disparity between the enemy and the widow, Byrne can only continue to use his outstanding skill, wisdom, and will to pass the test, approach the source of all conspiracies, and reveal the mystery of his identity.
"The Bourne Equestria 3" pushes the internationalization pattern to the extreme. Bern passes through more countries than the previous two episodes combined, and has footprints on three continents, Moscow’s escape, Paris’s confession, London’s anti-tracking, and Madrid’s tuned tiger away from the mountain. , Tangier’s roof chase, to New York’s desperate car chase and a high-altitude leap, the magnificent conclusion of the entire trilogy. Paul Greengrass continued to direct the tube and gained more creative freedom. He added a lot of personal interest to the film. A chase at Waterloo Station is his tribute to the classic police film "French Drug Network", the archive of the "stumbling block" operation. In the movie, the face of Richard Chaberland, the star of the TV and movie version of "The Bourne," appeared.
As the third and final episode of the series, "The Bournegro 3" was an unprecedented success. Not only did box office revenue soar, the global box office reached 440 million U.S. dollars, and it also received overwhelmingly high reviews from all walks of life. The review even defines it as a landmark film that has revolutionized the audiovisual language of action movies. At the 80th Oscars Awards in 2008, "The Bourne Shadow 3" won the Best Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Audio Awards, and the technical innovation has been favored by the Little Golden Man.
－－The Bourne Shadow·Story－
4. Behind the scenes: the stumbling block and the black pipe project
. Audiences who have watched the trilogy of "The Bourne Shadows" will definitely be familiar with the "stumbling block" project and the "Black Rose" project frequently mentioned in the film. Impressed, so what exactly do they refer to? The Operation Treadstone in the novel is a top-secret plan implemented by the CIA. It is headquartered at 415 71st Street in New York City, so it is also called "Stumbling Stone 71". Its purpose is to create a killer codenamed Kane to lure the world A killer "Jackal" Carlos appeared. Kane was pretended by Jason Byrne, but when he lost his memory, Carlos gradually figured out the stumbling block plan. The person in charge was killed and the plan was terminated.
The stumbling block in the movie is different from that in the novel. On the surface, it is an agent training platform under the jurisdiction of the CIA. It only conducts theoretical research, but it is actually used by some high-level officers, including Jason Byrne among the American soldiers who have joined voluntarily. The elites within, through harsh brainwashing and training, turned them into professional killers, and dispatched them to various places around the world to perform secret missions that are inconvenient for the government to come forward. Knowing that Byrne was not dead, Conklin, the head of the stumbling block, sent a number of killers to chase and kill them. They were all countered by him. Finally, they came to the door one by one. Seeing that the matter could not end, Conklin’s boss Ward Albert sent a killer to kill him. , The plan will come to an end.
After the stumbling block became history, Ward Albert once again initiated an upgraded version of the Blackbriar program (Blackbriar), which was a communications program jointly implemented with the Ministry of Defense. In fact, it still uses huge budgets to train killers, without disturbing the high-level government. Privately carried out assassination missions, and even killed American citizens directly. After Albert committed suicide due to embezzlement of public funds, Noah Watson became the commander of Black Rose, and along with CIA director Pamela hunted down Byrne, but in the end, Byrne and Pamela jointly exposed the criminal evidence and was arrested. , The Black Rose Project was also completely shattered.
The person responsible for the training of the stumbling block and the black rose killer is Dr. Albert Hulls, who used an extremely dehumanizing way to eliminate the personal will of the experimenters and turn them into emotionless killing machines. Both the stumbling block and the elite killers of Black Rose have the world's top mobility, and they usually live a normal life as a normal person. Once activated by a special message, they will complete the task at all costs without leaving any traces. Some killers will have experimental sequelae, such as being afraid of light and neuroticism. Byrne's amnesia is also related to the experiment. After the Black Rose Project was revealed, Hulse was also arrested.
－－The Bourne Shadow·Characteristics－－
1. Image of spy: return me "ordinary person"
"This is a spy thriller that eclipses James Bond." The New York Times once commented on "The Bournemouth 2". Of course, this statement does not mean that Jason Byrne's pomp and weapons are larger than 007, but it declares the victory of a kind of minimalism in the new era. Byrne does not have BMW cars and beauties surrounded by 007, nor is he like Ethan Hunt in "Mission Impossible" who is keen on the extreme cool sports of pulling the wind. He is not equipped with any high-tech weapons, even a decent body. There is no formal dress, which completely shatters the gorgeous aura of traditional screen spies. After all, real spies are often ordinary people who look inconspicuous.
As an agent without a high-tech plug-in, Byrne wants to break through the net of heaven and earth, and he can only rely on training results worth 30 million U.S. dollars. He is proficient in multiple languages and travels on three continents unimpeded; he has superb marksmanship and outstanding combat, and anyone confronts him head-on will be unlucky; he does not have a private car, and travels around the world by train, subway, or plane, and steals a few motorcycles or motorcycles if necessary. Car use; he rarely carries weapons, but he can always seize or dismantle his opponent’s firearms with his bare hands; he misleads the police with electric fans and flashlights, uses elevator switches to delay pursuers, and uses a search engine that everyone can browse to find the most secret information , His way of doing things is nothing more than a spy textbook.
The closest thing about Bowen to ordinary people is that he has never had the ambition to save the world. He made every effort to survive in the cracks and approach the truth of his identity step by step. This is a struggle for a small person to fight for the right to survive. Director Paul Greengrass described Byrne this way: "He is a real person walking in the real world, working tirelessly to achieve difficult goals... Subconsciously, we will feel that Byrne is one of us, and we Let's fight against that mysterious and huge opponent together." Byrne's screen journey reveals the true essence of the agent's survival in reality: only with an ordinary appearance can he hide in the city; only if he is very internal, can he be alone in the army.
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2. Action design: simply implement the combat style
In this era of unprecedented development of CG technology, any star can dodge decently on the screen and pretend to be a hero, but the audience is already tired of this kind of fist embroidering. Therefore, when Jayne Burnf, who was moving against the trend, appeared on the stage, he pulled the increasingly imaginary figure of the screen agent back to the ground, and made a solid punch and kick with a realistic style and sturdy posture. All four were shocked. Byrne and his opponent never pose in a sassy pose, let alone make a flashy kick. In "The Bourgge 3", there is a fight in Morocco. As far as you can see, only Berne and his opponents fist each other, their body rolls, and their ears Surrounded by dull body crashes and heavy breathing, there is no sense of beauty at all, as if real violence is staged in front of the audience.
In order to play the role of Bourne as an agent, Matt Damon received training in Filipino martial arts called Eskrima. Needless to say, he recruits deadly quickly and quasily. He is more adept at turning inconspicuous objects around him into lethal weapons. He can deal with daggers with ballpoint pens and rolled up newspapers, and use towels and hardcover books to inflict heavy losses on opponents, and turn toasters and gas pipes into time bombs. We have no doubt that if he enters a stationery store, it will be devastating. Yu is equipped with a terminator with heavy firepower. Even when using a firearm, there is no gymnastic volley shooting. He always aims at the target calmly and shoots in the most direct and effective way, simply without showing off his skills.
Although "The Bourne Flyer" does not show off special effects, it is still amazing with Hollywood stunts. Because the action combat is not rendered, the actors must truly use such tricky fighting skills because they don't need to chase cars. CG retouching must reproduce the thrilling crazy gallops and serial crashes on the set. This simplistic concept of returning to the basics has subverted the fancy big sky of previous visual effects blockbusters, and returned to the pure essence of action movies, allowing the audience to face the most real. The sensory impact. The "Bourne Vengeance" series allows the fatigued movie fans to see the future of action movies. Even the former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan has to admit: "He (Greengrass) brought action movies into the black fog. ."
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3. Image style: follow-up photography + sharp editing
Doug Liman’s first film "The Bourne Duty" brings a rough new style to spy movies, refreshing the audience’s impression of screen agents. Paul Greengrass inherited it perfectly and used his masterpieces. Into the realm of spy films. The news documentary photography in "Bloody Sunday" and the calm onlookers in "Flight 93" are all carried forward in the last two parts of "The Bourne". Greengrass abandoned the usual glitz and fascination of Hollywood blockbusters, and gave action movies a new charm with cold tones, compelling rhythms, and shaking photography, and reproduced an unforgettable life and death on the screen. Duel.
The chase in Berlin in "The Bourne Duty 2", the hand-camera's animated face tightly tied the audience's heart to Berne. The lens is like a comrade born and died following Berne. It captures the rising and falling rabbits at close range and experiences life and death. Thrilling moments on the front line. The Waterloo station of "The Bournemouth 3" is in the battle with the monitor, and the camera is free to shuttle through it, giving the audience a sense of holographic monitoring, supplemented by clever and jumping editing, and calmly confessing all the displacements of all parties, creating a thrilling mind. Rhythm and oppression. The clash of masters in the "Bourne Bourne" series is always dizzying, and the heart is full of hearty joy.
When many blockbuster film directors use a variety of new technologies to enhance visual effects, Greengrass understands that only precise rhythms, strong presence photography and sharp editing are the magic weapons to make the audience's attention and breathless. He insists on using news documentary photography style to fight against the slightest. The unrestrained exaggerated visual effects, just like the movie's Byrne, relying on real skills to defeat the power of high-tech armed forces. On and off the screen, the little wisdom defeated the big ones.
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