On February 16, 2007,
Borat, the full name was: "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", a very long name, different looks, and more alternative content.
There are many spoof movies in the United States, and there are some political satires, but the spoofs are so deep and the satire is so thorough. So far, I have only watched this one. Compared with it, the literary and artistic spoof movies I have seen before are simply "feeling itchy." There are a lot of Chinese introductions of the film. If you are interested, you can check it by yourself, but if you are not a problem in English, it is better to search for some introductions in English. Those highlights can really give people too much surprise. The actor is a well-known talk show host in the United States. It is also a controversial host because the talk show involves too sensitive political topics and the hosting style is too acrimonious. Perhaps this can explain why his shows are well received in the UK. , And even the Queen of England was attracted to become his fan. After all, talking about politics in the UK has become a tradition just like talking about the weather. This is not difficult to understand from the fact that singers and movie stars talk about political issues in interviews. I haven't watched that well-known talk show, but after watching the entire film, my overall feeling for the actor Cohen is "rich". It's hard to imagine how many things are in this person's mind, who can achieve this kind of hitting the nail on the head but they are so elegant and popular. The pile of dirty words did not reduce the film's profoundness and criticality at all. Some people say that the most critical point for this film to attract Oscars is that it captures the "cultural clash" that is extremely incompatible with the taste of the American Film Critics Association (in this regard, "Brokeback Mountain" was knocked down by "Crash" as proof), but I still want to believe that the American Film Critics Association will not be so superficial. They could point to the nail on the head and politely pointed out that the investment in the special effects of "Promise" should be more on the script, so now when they accept "Borat" they will never Only attracted by the so-called "cultural conflict".
The filming method of the film is difficult to summarize in one sentence. I personally feel that it is like a massive reality show. Although some words are unsatisfactory, I can't think of a better description for a while. Cohen took his own shooting team, a group of 8 people (8 people!), starting from the differences in mandatory legal provisions between the American continents, he disguised himself as the "Borat" in the film and spoke poor, confusing English. , Set off a small whirlwind of cultural conflicts between continents. It can be said that the entire filming process itself is a drama. The eight individuals are no longer citizens of the United States of America. They acted as reporters from the National Television of Kazakhstan. Under the banner of shooting a documentary, they traveled from New York to California and interviewed all the way, and they deceived many Americans. people. Who can guarantee that when interviewing reporter "Borat" from Kazakhstan on the street or in restaurants, hotels, etc., there is no sarcasm or a mentality of joy? And in the next second, when you know the truth, you understand that you are just an absurd clown in Cohen’s satirical farce. When you are smiling at Borat, the other person is looking aside with a foolish but incomparably shrewd glance. To the ridicule deep in your heart, the light dimmed, you can't see how ironic the sneer on his face is. When Liang Xiaosheng mentioned life in an article, life is nothing more than making others laugh and then laugh others. I don't know if this is also one of the messages that Cohen wants to convey to the public. If it is, then he has done a near-perfect success.
Cohen’s performance has surpassed the lens and the screen. It’s hard for me to imagine whether he had lied to himself before he lied to the public so that he would be so perfect in front of the camera, so that even after watching it, Even after knowing that this story is purely fictitious, it is still impossible not to doubt whether Borat is actually a person. As a Jew, he plays the Kazakh who hates Jews in the film. This irony on the self and another fictitious self seems to be deliberately telling the audience that the film is a What kind of tone is going on. When he went to ask people about American humor, the other party told him that there is one of the most common types of humor. You have to set up a series of foreshadowings, so that people who listen to the jokes will regard what is going to happen below is true, and then the answer to the mystery The moment it was unveiled, the humorous effect was achieved. Doesn't this clearly imply this movie? When the plot came back here in my mind, I couldn't help but laugh in my heart, hey this guy, even the slightest sense of humor that Americans are most famous for has to be ironed out! You laughed before this satirical film, you were ridiculed, you said it was not funny, you were even more ridiculed. It's really smart! There are many such places. If you don’t care about the swear words that challenge people’s tolerance, you will find that many words actually have another meaning. The most classic stage in my eyes is the scene of the equestrian club. The so-called "extra actors" in that scene, like many previous ones, did not know that he was participating in one of the most ironic films in the United States, and every change in his expressions and emotions had been captured in the scene. Among. When Cohen stood in the middle of the equestrian arena and cursed the Iraqi as a Kazakh, the reactions of the surrounding audience, every cheering, every change in expression, were captured by the camera just right, as if all this was completely accurate. Not the same as his calculations. Later, when he sang the Kazakh national anthem with the tune of the American national anthem to show his support for the United States, the political satire of the entire film reached a climax. It is said that after the shooting of the equestrian club, the equipment truck of the film crew was trapped on the spot by unknowingly angry people for several hours and could not leave. What needs to be added here is that Bush’s policy support is said to have a high support rate in this continent.
Curious, I even checked the introduction of Cohen’s talk show, which seemed to be involved in anti-racism, homosexuality, Iraq issues, and feminist issues. So, can this movie be regarded as an expansion version of DaAliGShow (the name of the Cohen show)? But this time, through the big screen, Cohen has spread his ideas, even some of his own personalized labels, to the world. As viewers, while we watched and laughed irresistibly, we were even involved in this farce without even noticing it. But what is so strange about this? After all, life is nothing more than making others laugh and then laughing at others.
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