Ron Woodruff is dying. The doctor told him that he could only live for another month. "Thirty fucking days, bastard! I tell you, nothing can kill Lao Tzu in 30 days!" Ron dropped these words, threw the test report and left the hospital.
From this moment on, Ron had another label-AIDS patients.
Before that, he already had many tags. For example, he is a veteran electrician, a good hand in the local industry; another example, he is a typical party animal, of course, drugs and women are indispensable, and it is drug use and promiscuity that made him contract AIDS; another example He is a homophobic person. To such a straight steel man, calling him a homosexual is more intolerable than killing him. The doctor tried to ask him if he had had a relationship with the same sex recently. He immediately pointed to the doctor's nose and yelled, "Are you good at talking? Dare to say that I am a gay guy. Be careful to kick your ass."
I have AIDS? Ron didn't believe anything. "HIV" was still a rare event in 1986. Most Dallas people, including Ron, knew that it was because the star Rock Hudson was exposed to homosexuality and AIDS. In the concept of many people, only gay people can get AIDS. Not long ago, Ron even teased Hudson with several buddies that "There are so many beautiful girls in Hollywood, but he wants to make men." He didn't expect that it was his turn now.
Although he was not ashamed of the doctor in the hospital, in the final analysis, people were still afraid of death. Don't look at Ron's daily life in a mess, but he hasn't had enough of the happy days of eating, drinking, and gambling. Although electricians are not considered senior intellectuals, they still have a basic cultural level and scientific spirit. He consulted a lot of information and understood the cause of his illness and the severity of his illness. However, what irritated and frustrated Ron was that he had not caught up to a good year. At that time, AZT was the only legal anti-AIDS drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Not only was it expensive, it was also not for everyone. Ron got some medicine privately through the Mexican handyman in the hospital, and was almost killed by the side effects. Domestic medicine cannot cure the disease, but foreign medicine cannot be bought. Can only wait to die? No way!
I have the final say to die!
Don't forget, Ron Woodruff's biggest label is "cowboy". What is the so-called "cowboy spirit"? To put it bluntly, it means "freedom, courage, and perseverance." It is a pure man who cannot succumb to fate. In the beginning, he just went to the barefoot doctor in Mexico to treat his illness just to survive. By the way, he learned about T-peptide, albendazole, DDI, DDC and other special medicines. Later, he learned that these drugs were in great demand in the United States, and he simply did nothing, so he opened a company called "Dallas Buyers Club", which specializes in providing drugs to people with AIDS, and went to Japan, Hong Kong, Israel, and even Africa contacted home.
So Ron added another label-drug dealer.
Of course, as the business grows, it is bound to attract people's hatred, and the Food and Drug Administration is a hurdle that Ron can't get around. At that time, it only took about nine months to pass a new drug in Europe, while it took seven to ten years in the United States. You can also understand how tricky it is when you think with your toes. So what doctors can do is continue to prescribe AZT to patients, so that Glaxo William Pharmaceuticals has made a lot of money, and by the way, it has also fattened the drug administration of collusion between government and business. Ron did not delve into the shady, he just wanted to let people with AIDS freely take the medicine they wanted to take. In 1991, Ron won the lawsuit, although he did not get any substantial benefits. One year later, on September 12, the cowboy who had fought with the disease, the Drug Administration, and the police for 2557 days died. He lost to the god of death, but won the rights.
If Ron Woodruff’s struggle is the main line and the masculine side of the film, then the secondary line and the soft side are the understanding and identification between the characters. Leading this line are two "women", one of which is Ron's patient and partner Rui Yang. At first, Ron, who was a homophobic person, didn't wait to see Rui Yang, and he couldn't even touch him. However, when his best friend looked at him and rejected him with the eyes of gays, Ron realized the situation of Rui Yang. This empathy prompted him to make a change, and the opportunity was to come forward in the supermarket and regain his dignity for Rui Yang. Even deep in his heart, he still does not agree that men fall in love with men, and even when he hugs Rui Yang, he does not forget to mumble half-truth, "Be careful not to touch the places where you shouldn't touch your hands, or be careful I smoke. you."
The other woman is Doctor Eve. Eve appeared as the "opposite" of Ron, standing on the so-called legal side to oppose Ron's indiscriminate use of drugs and "regular" treatment that affects other AIDS patients. However, when she realized that taking AZT alone would do more harm than good to patients, especially the drug administration and pharmaceutical companies combined to cheat patients, she finally realized her mistake, turned to Ron in attitude, and dared to resist the hospital’s authority.
The uniqueness of the film is that the change in the relationship between Ron and Eve is implied by a painting. This painting was given to Eve by Ron. At first, Eve verbally promised to go home and hang it up, but he just threw it aside. And when her heart was shaken, she hung up the painting indiscriminately out of guilt, but it went crooked. Finally, when she fully agreed with Ron's behavior, she straightened the painting. This is also the place where "Dallas Buyers Club" handles the inner drama well, restrained and not sentimental, listening to thunder in silent places, and seeing flowers in colorless places. Ryan got understanding from Ron, and Ron got approval from Eve. The film resonates emotionally, and both life and value orientation are respected.
When it comes to the film, I have to say that the production process is extremely arduous and can definitely be compared with the experience of the protagonist Ron. Screenwriter Craig Bolton completed the selection of a real-life prototype in 1992, but even he himself did not have much expectations for the script. The reason is very simple. The theme of AIDS patients, coupled with the medical system, not to mention the protagonist is a homophobic cowboy, and the supporting role is a transvestite gay, this way of presentation is destined to be difficult to please Hollywood at that time.
At that time, there was also a film "Philadelphia Story" on the theme of AIDS, which won many awards. But it focuses on court scenes and family warmth, which is in line with Hollywood's mainstream values. Although Andrew, played by Tom Hanks, is also a fighter who wants to get justice, he is very different from Ron's cynical and swearing appearance in this film. After all, Andrew has a decent job and his family values are also orthodox. And Ron? Not talking about eating, drinking, and gambling, he is still a smuggler, so there is no play.
Twenty years have passed, and the book has been going around in Columbia, Global and other big factories. Even though the American public is no longer unfamiliar with AIDS, none of them are really willing to pay for it. At this time, the "Savior" appeared. It can be said that without Matthew McConaughey there would be no such movie. With his such a big name, at least there is a commercial guarantee (including changing the heroine to Jennifer Garner), and the budget given by Focus Studios is not much, and McConaughey also paid a part of his own money.
The most important thing is that Matthew McConaughey is a Texas man himself. What better choice than having a local person play a local legend? From another point of view, although this story is not favored by big companies, it is a sweet pastry with a lot of performance space in the eyes of actors. Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling were very interested in it. It's a pity that there is always a lack of investment and no one can afford it. Therefore, McConaughey's role in this film is also doomed by God. In order to play the role of a lean AIDS patient, he lost 47 pounds in six months. In particular, his grasp of the image of Texans went deep into his bones, and he was also praised by the client (Ron)’s sister and daughter. Of course, you can't forget Jared Leto. Because of the late invitation, the play was so stupid that he became skinny and hungry within two weeks. For him, acting as a woman is even more difficult for him. Transvestite can only be said to be exceptionally talented to be like Leto. It doesn't matter whether you can fascinate men, a real master must first believe that he has a chest, buttocks, and a wave and a base!
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