Later, I read some foreign film critics discussing the authenticity of the film’s plot. In fact, the real rescue operation in history has been very smooth. The thrilling passages in the film never happened. Some people think this is a problem, while others think that this Hollywood-style fiction strengthens the meta-theme of the movie in the movie. He Ruizhu's weekly film review also said that in fact, the Iranian Revolutionary Army did not need to hunt down these six people, and many hostages were released at the beginning of the hostage crisis, which is probably not as precarious as shown in the movie.
Of course, there must be a fictional part in the adaptation of a movie, especially in Hollywood. It is also interesting how to handle the relationship between the real and the fiction. The movie itself has a strong sense of documentary, but after thinking about it, this sense of documentary is also collaged through nostalgic image design and modeling and a large amount of historical memory, which itself has a layer of fiction. Then comes the funny and absurd ridicule and the rhythm of the story of the last-minute rescue escape. The audience knows that these are theatrical treatments, but there is still a sense of realism in the film, although after thinking about it, it will feel quite far-fetched.
When a photo of a real event is shown at the end of the film, it is traditionally used to enhance the realism and credibility of the film, and to achieve emotional satisfaction for the audience. But the comments I read also said that this can also be explained as showing how the film crew and actors successfully imitated the appearance of real characters. Make believe is the underlying theme of the film, which makes people believe that they can only be successfully completed by letting themselves believe in fiction. Task. This film puts on a realistic coat, but it does not seem to conceal the fictional nature inside. In the play, people must make up their own identities to escape, but what is the purpose of the fiction of the movie to achieve?
The stroyboard of the fictional film Argo in the movie seems to reflect the current situation of the Iranian revolution deliberately, or the row of sci-fi movie hero toys in the protagonist’s son’s room (these images appear in the film from time to time), so the so-called "Historical justice", "Heroic Deeds" and Hollywood dreams have a subtle overlap. No matter how complicated or plain the history is, it seems to be a bit justified to reinterpret this event through Hollywood movies. In particular, according to the comments, in 1980 director Ben Affleck was an eight-year-old boy at the time, reflecting his childhood homesickness and projection of Hollywood dreams. As long as he believes in the dreams and imaginations represented by the movie, it is possible to go out of reality. Dangerous situation makes the world a better place.
But this kind of metaphysical, I myself may be more inclined to just Hollywood commercial calculations. Of course, the director has projected childhood memories of history and science fiction films, but this kind of emotion does not seem to be enough to support the weight of the subject matter. Enough, a little bit turned into just a Hollywood study full of historical and exotic rescue plots.
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