What I want to say in particular is the film’s leading actor, Ryan Gosling, the actor who has gradually emerged from "The Believers" and became popular with "The Notebook of Love", who has the performance of a male god in this film. In this film, he plays a little-known car repairer. He seems ordinary but so mysterious. He is a very distinctive person, but he has no specific name. He is silent, but he has insight into everything around him. He is superb. His driving skills and familiarity with the city roads make him exist like a ghost. Night is his day. He wanders alone among the neon lights of Los Angeles, patrolling everything.
At the beginning of the film, it showed us a scene of police chasing, but there was no tension and high speed chasing me, no collisions, no gunshots, or even loud screams. All this happens like the water of Loch Ness, the lake is quiet, and occasionally the wind blows, bringing up a ripple, and it is obvious that there is a crisis behind this calmness, you can't see it, but you can't get rid of a trace of tension. . The director here focuses on showing the actor’s psychology. Facing the police chase, how will he behave as time passes. The director makes us feel his calmness and calmness through continuous close-ups of his face. Looking straight ahead, he couldn't see the slightest panic. The calculation in his heart never changed. In response to the situation, he rushed into the underground parking lot after the game ended in the car recorder in the last few seconds of the game, and walked out casually. In the carnival fans, just get away.
This kind of scene arrangement is to let the viewers have a general understanding of him from the beginning. First, he should be a driver. Although his profession is unknown, his driving skills should not be questioned; second, he is walking on the edge of the law. It’s very important. The introduction of such premises makes the subsequent plot reversal appear natural, and any action is self-evident. Finally, in my opinion, the most important point is the depiction of his character’s characteristics, which he showed from the beginning. That kind of calmness and rationality has been maintained in this film. Until the end, he has not changed. He is like a night fighter, able to adapt to everything.
The film’s description of the relationship between the characters is extremely concise, there is almost no dialogue, let alone too much introduction of the characters, all the plots are up to the point, but it is enough, the most important thing is through the actors’ flat performances and eye contact. Smile to reflect the changes in the character's psychology. As far as his own feelings are concerned, from occasional encounters, getting a good impression, starting to date, to forming a habit, all this happens naturally without showing up. Although such feelings may be a bit unethical, but who cares? In the face of emotions, everyone is a fool, acting with emotion. Of course he hesitated. In the supermarket shopping scene, he happened to meet Irene and Benicio (her children) shopping. Before leaving, he was standing in front of the car door. In the camera we saw his back and he stood. He seemed to hesitate, glanced at the right side of the screen, then put the shopping bag in his hand in the car park, turned around, the camera shifted, and saw her standing in front of the car a little far away, with the engine cover on stilts, helpless. He walked over, and she smiled a little to express helplessness, and the scene switched into the elevator scene in time. In this scene, we can see his non-communicating personality, and it seems that he hesitates when facing emotions, but the camera does not give a positive close-up. This is just my guess, but for this A man who is taciturn and slightly mysterious, it seems logical to understand this way.
The elevator scene was only ten seconds long, and the three of them did not communicate. He was standing sideways holding each other’s shopping bags, looking at Benicio. The child’s curiosity towards strange men and his innocent and childish behavior made him too. A light smile appeared. This short shot is one of the shots in the film that fascinates me the most. That's it, there is no more depiction, a move (Benicio), a gradual smile (him), It is enough, and the characteristics of the characters are unrevealed. The tenderness and immature innocence in a man's heart are revealed.
Of course, there are naturally many shots that impressed me in the film, like the night scenes of the high-rise buildings in Los Angeles, Benicio's imitation of his standing posture in the repair shop, the scene of the attack on Standard, the slow motion of his parking and his Holding the hand gently stroked on the steering wheel, the light and shadow changes when he kissed Irene in the elevator and the brutal appearance after his brutal murder, and the scorpion on his back, like a flag flying, all These shots have made me linger, and due to the length, it is inconvenient to repeat them.
Regarding the interaction editing, the film is used in several important bridges, probably in four places: 1. He and Irene drove out together at night in Los Angeles, wandering in the city, and the interaction showed Benicio in the living room with Irene plays, and then he takes the sleeping child into the bedroom. This kind of processing will not appear boring and ordinary like sequential shots. At the same time, it is easier to understand that this is a tacit understanding between them and has formed a habit; 2. Before the robbing of the pawn shop in the valley, he was invited to Irene’s place to have dinner with Benicio and Standard (Erin’s husband just released from prison). Reese), negotiating the conditions and details of the robbery. It looks like an ordinary meal, but it is actually a banquet. They have decided to rob the pawnshop. Although it is out of a kind of coercion and rogue, it can be seen that he dares to do it. The upright side. After contacting Shannon, “Many people have a relationship with a married woman, and you are the only one I know who helped her husband rob and pay off the debt.” Thinking about it, it feels funny; 3. After the elevator killing, He met with Shannon and blamed Shannon for revealing Irene’s information to Bernie (Shannon’s partner or boss). The scene of his driving is in the shot. Here is a detail. The neon on the street caused the change in the light inside the car. We can Seeing the light on his face gradually change from dark blue to light red, this may be a hint that a bloody storm is inevitable; 4. After Nino was killed, he and Bernie met at the "Great Wall Hotel" In the scene where he took Bernie to the car to withdraw money, the additional footage was the end of the negotiation between him and Bernie in the hotel. "Where the money now?" Bernie asked, "in the car." He gently Replied, Bernie shook his head gently to signal, "come on", the voice was so small that he could hardly hear him, he did not echo, slowly raised his head, and smiled slightly. The subsequent mutual assassination scenes continued to cut into his side close-ups. It was really a very clever way of handling. It seemed that he was prepared for everything that hadn't happened and was about to happen.
After the final assassination, the camera showed him blood-stained leather boots, and then they were fully raised. From bottom to top, his blood-stained sleeves and the hand that caressed the wounds finally landed on his face. Leaning on the driver's seat, facing diagonally upwards, with dull eyes, motionless, in the 40-second-long shot, it was just a face without waves. I don't know if he will die, will it? With questions and worries, the music gradually entered, "a real human being and a real hero, a real human being and a real hero...", the lyrics kept repeating, getting louder, he moved, he slowly started the engine, Driving away, leaving a pool of blood and the "one million dollar".
In terms of the soundtrack, the film is almost concise, appearing in the night of Los Angeles after the film’s initial escape from the hunt. He travels with Irene and Benicio, Shannon dies, and after the assassination at the end of the film, he drives away. Waiting for the scene. Almost all have played a very ideal role, driving the viewer's emotions, and fitting with the picture. At the same time, the meaning of the words of the song is also very appropriate, and the development of his character and plot seems very useful. As a complex of various arts, film should be a suitable combination of various arts, rather than mechanically or just to enhance the sensory effect, whether it is the peaceful or intense scene, the gentle or dynamic music, it should be regarded as the film. Depending on the original creative intentions and the needs of the plot development, this film is not perfect, but it is excellent enough.
This film does not have the romantic style of commercial films, or the scenes of rapid blasting, nor does it contain any life philosophies or fables. It is just a peaceful-looking but somewhat turbulent film. It uses its own inherent rhythm. The Daoming plot, giving the result, is simply like telling a story about the night in Los Angeles, the fusion and disputes between people and people in the night. The most important thing is that it is so non-feeling and non-pretentious.
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