. The Bonnie M band led by Liz McCall. The disco and bell bottoms they brought have had a huge influence at the beginning of China's reform and opening up. , And their "Babylon River", because of the soft rhyme and the gentle tune, has influenced generations of people. I don’t hear too much of this song now, but I still tremble when I hear it somewhere. In the very literary "Jack Going Rowing", in the quietly advancing plot, suddenly hearing this song gave me a feeling of tremor. Moreover, Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was the first director, still quoted this song again and again in the film, so in the quietly evolving plot, the throbbing arose again and again. Not only this song, there are others. Philip Seymour Hoffman used a lot of nice music to make this "Jack Go Boating" much gentler, and it's also very attractive in terms of perception and listening.
Just like Philip Seymour Hoffman, as a fat man, he has existed as a green leaf for many years, inadvertently swayed in this film, and then shook in another film, even when he appeared At that time, he wouldn't be too stealthy, but he always left an impression. Maybe he was just a fat man. But suddenly, he offered "Capote", and resolutely eliminated every film festival where it existed, and then the fat Philip Seymour Hoffman became famous in one fell swoop, and there was a kind of overnight success. The feeling of a nouveau riche. But he used his own strength to pay tribute to all those who questioned him, using the same deduction as a master, and repeatedly dedicating outstanding performance. Said it was an outbreak, but in fact it was even more enlightening. However, I feel that this was originally his strength, but he lacked the vision to be discovered before.
In one interpretation after another, after "Capote", he also released "Before the Devil Knows You Die", "Charlie Wilson's War", "The Savage Family", "Child Abuse Suspicion" ", "Pirate Radio", "President Killing Bureau", "Penalty Kick" and many other masterpieces. And, quietly, he also became a director, and he wrote and directed himself, launching the film "Jack Going Rowing".
The layout of "Jack Going Boat" is actually very small. The story in the script is not long and uncomplicated. So in every detail presented, the director maximized the details, and then matched it with exquisite music. So an exquisite movie came out. The layout is not big, and the movie budget is not big, but as a dojo in a snail shell, Philip Seymour Hoffman did it with a small scale, with acting skills, with lenses, and with music. It is not like a new director's at all. There is no jerky feeling in the work. This kind of strength did not fail at the first shot. It was just because the movie was too literary and the audience was too small. The fat Philip Seymour Hoffman as a director is the same as his early actor, although he has a good performance, but Lack is found. Perhaps, in the second or third part, the fat man will use a performance that makes everyone amazing.
The story of "Jack Going Rowing" is actually related to diaosi, and it is a middle-aged diaosi. As a blue-collar, a pair of lonely men and women living at the bottom, attracted to each other, walked into each other, to feel and pay for the love under the introduction of friends, that kind of romance, it looks a bit sad, but also a bit letting People disdain. Jack, a blue-collar worker, met Lucy's colleague Connie under the introduction of his friends Clyde and Lucy's wife, and the two began to fall in love. For love, Jack, who never knows how to cook, patiently learns to cook. During a snowy date, Connie accidentally said that she wanted to go boating. So Jack and Connie made an appointment to wait for the day to get warmer, and went boating together. And rowing needs to prevent falling into the water, and in case of falling into the water, you need to be able to swim in order to save yourself and people. While there was still some time, Jack took Clyde to teach him how to swim.
A diaosi love, in order to make a casual promise, and then go all out to prepare, Jack and Connie's love, under such care, a humble and warm emotion is entrenched. As Jack’s friend Clyde and his wife Lucy, they spent many years in the marriage after love. After the itch of many years, changes are taking place and are facing a huge crisis.
The same man and woman, the same love, when Jack gradually walked in, Clyde gradually walked away. This kind of reflection makes the love and life between the little people become realistic, not noble, but real. This is probably what all beings should be. But because it is too realistic, and the reality is so cruel, so love that is close to reality is no longer so pleasing in life.
Many people still think that a movie is a dream, and what it achieves should be difficult to achieve in reality. Only in this way will it look better, and it is enough to make people escape the reality temporarily while watching the movie. You have to uncover the scars of life to show others, so naturally it is not very pleasing. Unfortunately, although "Jack Going Boat" is very delicate, it is precisely such a film. To be a director, the skill has been reached, and the next direction should be to find the combination of business and art.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, come on!
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