The Ides of March
Director: George Clooney
The Presidential Killing Bureau is a feature film released by Sony Pictures Entertainment and released in the United States on October 7, 2011. Directed by George Clooney, the film stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Based on the Broadway comedy Farragh Nord, the film tells the story of a young man who promotes and speaks for a potential presidential candidate who ends up being the victim of a machination.
The film centers on director George Clooney himself as the consummate Democratic politician Mike Morris, a genius, handsome, ambitious and full of leadership, who assures the public that he will be honest with what he says.
Stephen (Ryan Gosling) is the media spokesman for his campaign team, and the new recruit has almost overshadowed the old boss Paul (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in the campaign team. But as Stephen gets deeper and deeper into the circle, politics will slowly reveal its own sinister nature.
Stephen fell in love with Molly (Rachel Evan Wood), a college student who came to intern, but inadvertently discovered that Morris had a one-night stand with her, and Molly was pregnant with a child.
Later, Stephen's private meeting with Morris' opponent's campaign director (Paul Giamatti) was revealed, he was forced to resign, and Molly committed suicide because of this...
Facing a broken life, Stephen seemed to have no choice but to fight back and fight back. But is it really that easy to do?
Is this story similar to many of the episodes in "House of Cards"? haha, yes. Both this film and "House of Cards" should be called political thrillers, which are to express and magnify the dark side or unspoken rules of American politics in a relatively exaggerated way, so that the audience can feel the danger and horror of politics. Of course, American film and television works are famous for showing their dark side. People don't need positive energy, they need drama.
George Clooney, the fifth most famous diamond king in Hollywood, apart from being handsome and loving girls, he is really talented. He can write, direct, star, and produce. Delay him picking up girls. The winner in life is well-known for his passion for politics, and most of his choreographers and directorial works are also related to politics. In addition to actively participating in various political activities, he also actively helped some senators to draw money, and even filmed the political movie "Good Night and Good Luck." ". He is arguably the most politically active filmmaker in Hollywood, with one poll saying that George Clooney would be the president if the next president of the United States came from Hollywood.
In order to make this film, George Clooney spent 4 years before and after, and also found money for the film himself everywhere. Because this is not a commercial film that will perform well at the box office, and the subject matter of the film is sensitive, even the production cost of $2 million has made Clooney stretched and complained. However, even for only $2 million, Clooney managed to find Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Rachel E. An Oscar-level acting team like Wen Wood.
And such a strong team has also returned Clooney's excellent performance and strong chemical reaction. The acting skills of all the actors in the whole film are online, and the supporting roles are all outstanding. On the contrary, George Clooney and Ryan Gosling are a little bit out of shape. Of course, because these two are too handsome, criticizing them for acting is likely to be scolded. However, I believe that fans of Hollywood movie stars should not be as terrible as domestic fresh meat and brainless fans, right?
As a screenwriter, Clooney put all kinds of scandals and unspoken rules during the presidential campaign into the film, all kinds of betrayal, deceit, intrigue, all kinds of hypocrisy, duplicity, and even added a lot of thrillers The suspenseful atmosphere catches the audience's attention, the conflict of human nature is enough, and the twists and turns of the story are enough, but it may seem too dramatic, and it will produce a sense of unreality.
However, as Clooney himself said, this is a film that discusses human nature and morality. Politics is only its appearance. This appearance can be Wall Street, sports, or film and television. I agree with this point. To put it bluntly, this film is still discussing moral issues. Of course, when these issues are placed on politicians, they are very likely to be infinitely magnified, so wearing a political coat is more attractive, isn’t it?
A sentence at the end of the film: "The president can use all kinds of tricks to start a war and bring down the country, but he can't have a relationship with a female intern, or he will be finished." Many viewers will definitely think of the former President Clinton. The almost harsh moral standards of politicians can make them cautious and dare not make mistakes, so that every step behind them is clean. Isn't this the most basic premise for voters to grant them supreme power?
By the way, the beautiful Rachel Evan Wood looks familiar to you, yes, she is the female lead of the popular American drama "Westworld", that beautiful robot wow!
You can’t say much about films of this kind of subject. If you say too much, it’s taboo. In short, if you feel that American dramas like “House of Cards” are too long, and you want to understand the various lace, insider, and unspoken rules of the US election campaign, this is the way to go. This movie is very recommended to watch, at least, let us be a melon eater who understands it. Remember, movies and TV are exaggerated art, it does not mean that reality is really so, and vice versa.
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