First of all, compliment "Rolling Fu", he deserves to be the most suitable actor on this planet to play a genius. The sensitive, clumsy, and arrogant temperament he carries with him fits perfectly with the attributes of a genius. In order to shape this temperament, the film can be said to spare no effort. For example, when Turing was interviewing, the supervisor asked him if he was a genius, and he said it might not be. Just when the audience thought he was humble, he compared himself with Newton and Einstein, and then said that he was slightly inferior. This way of showing off wealth is definitely going to be struck by lightning. For another example, when he had lunch at school when he was young, he had to completely separate the carrots and mung beans on the plate, so that they were very distinct. Does this mean that he has OCD? In addition, he is totally incomprehensible, his words are straightforward, clumsy, and hurt people invisibly. Finally, when Turing's homosexuality was exposed and he was sentenced to chemical castration by law, he collapsed.
Is this image familiar? If you have watched "The Big Bang Theory", you would think this is a thank you ear. If you have watched "Rain Man", would you think this is not Raymond? There is also the mathematician Nash, who passed away a few days ago. He also did not eat the fireworks in the biopic "Beautiful Mind". However, the problem may lie here. The genius temperament of this "basic model" does not cover all kinds of geniuses. For example, Newton is actually a brutal academic bully, while Edison is a marketable businessman. Soft hands. Geniuses are not as harmless as Xie Er.
Turing in history is of course different from the movies. According to book reviewer Nick, the BBC has conducted several interviews with people who are familiar with Turing. Everyone thinks that he is a peaceful person who is easier to communicate with. Turing has no shortage of humor. After reading his article, you can realize that there are several English ridicules in "Computer and Intelligence", so you have to read it several times. And the real Turing has never concealed his homosexuality like in the movies. Unlike the movie where Turing revealed his homosexuality when he tried to break up with his fiancée, the real Turing told his fiancée the truth when he proposed marriage. He thought that homosexuality could be changed. When Turing was "accused" of being homosexual, he always declared his innocence. This is the opposite of the collapsed Turing shown in the movie. It may be because of Turing's positive attitude that people have doubts about his death. This is not like someone who will commit suicide.
Regarding the film adaptation of Turing, Hodgs, the original author of the biography, did not publicly express his position, but in private he complained to his friends that the film was made up under his banner. What's interesting is that this movie won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay. This may give us the answer to why the film has to shape such a Turing. Because the audience needs such Turing, Oscar needs such Turing.
For the audience, a genius idiot is welcome. Who would want to appreciate a guy whose IQ and EQ are crushing you at the same time? That's too frustrating. Compassion is often based on a sense of superiority. Only by finding a sense of superiority in the other's shortcomings and gaining the self-satisfaction of pitying others will people have the mood to sing the genius and great achievements of the other party. Therefore, the Turing in the movie may be far from the real Turing, but it fits the audience's image of genius. In fact, this kind of truth is not only manifested in such trivial things as watching movies. The philosopher Said's criticism of Western culture is also based on this principle. In his opinion, the East that Westerners see is not the real East, but the East they want to see, from which they obtain racial superiority and sympathy for foreigners.
For Oscar, they also need a positive Turing. So the film's description of Turing's persecution ends here, but a lot of pen and ink was spent on how he led the team to conquer the German "Ingmar" cryptographic machine. The film also completely avoided the biggest mystery about Turing's death because it was too dark. This has to mention the distributor of this film, the famous Oscar "broker" Weinstein Company. From "Shakespeare in Love" to "The King's Speech", they can always scratch the itch of the Oscar judges. A lot of evidence shows that Weinstein's takeover had a great impact on the film. Think about the beginning of the movie. When Turing stepped off the train, it was the "King's Speech" that was played on the loudspeakers of the station. Is this emphasizing the pedigree of this movie?
Of course, if we get rid of the inherent hostility of the "original party" and the idea of "if you don't pretend, the film review will be mediocre", I have to admit that this is an inspirational and moving biopic. But in the face of a mysterious Turing, the film is still too gentle and flattering. Just like what an American film critic said: The problem is that the world’s most outstanding geniuses and pioneers’ biographies will conceal the great ordeal he has encountered, all for a few Oscar nominations and more traditional "inspirational stories." . Why is it not enough for a genius comrade who died young to be persecuted and destroyed by his own country? Why not emphasize the tragedy of the story so that the audience is not only passionate about human rights issues at that time, but now?
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