The actors I admire most have become or will become masters without exception, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep... such as Robert De Niro, "Taxi The confusion in "The Driver", the calmness in "Once Upon a Time in America", the humor in "The Boss Moves to the Side", the humor in "Meet Father-in-law", the coldness in "The Ronin", the arrogance in "Iron-faced Selflessness", and the fierce fire. The coldness in "Jiang", the weirdness in "Hide and Seek", the perversion in "Cape of Terror"... Such a multi-faceted, or heartthrob or hatred, the bow horse skillfully displays characters with different personalities, and too many audiences It is natural to be his loyal fans. They watched a handsome guy slowly grow old on the screen, not with decay, but with more attractiveness as he grows old, so old that he is so graceful that he is old and calmly old.
When I watched "Fire Fighters", this film has been banned as a classic of police and gangster movies (in fact, many gangster movies and gangster movies are not only beautiful in plot, but the value of the movie itself can also be comparable to many immortal literary and artistic movies. I even think that the current definition of literary films is very unreasonable. This boundary should be broader.) Frankly speaking, in that film, I like De Niro more. I like to see the bad quality and principle on the screen. The man is arrogant in the imaginary space, but I can’t ignore Al Pacino’s performance. The films of these two men have a notable feature, that is, there is anger in the movie, very vivid anger, they can drive the emotions of other actors, and these emotions directly infect the audience.
In "Scarface" in 1983, Al Pacino explained in great detail the process of transforming from immigrant punks into powerful ground-headed snakes. Although it is a remake, and although it is not as epic as "The Godfather", as far as the film showing the psychological struggle of the underworld people is concerned, "Scarface" undisputedly occupies the top few seats. What does that mean? That means this movie is simply Al Pacino's movie alone.
Before 1992, Al Pacino had been nominated for an Oscar eight times, but each time he missed it. In fact, everyone knows that Al-Pacino wants Toad Palace to win the title sooner or later, and finally "Scent of a Woman" allowed him to get what he wanted. It can be said that "Scent of a Woman" is a subversive performance. Once Al Pacino is not the boss of any identity. He has become an authentic literary film star. He has allowed Hollywood to see the connotation of methodological performance. That beautiful tango has made many audiences unforgettable.
The next year I took over the filming of "Carlito's Way" ("Carlito's Way"). My personal feeling is that this is also a change. It is the change of Al Pacino. The award made him more confident to show his performance. And this gangster movie is obviously different from other gangster movies. There are few hot scenes in the movie. Although its theme is relatively old-fashioned, it is still struggling, still involuntary, and still the road of no return, precisely because The routine is very old, and the protagonist's vivid performance is needed if you want to look good.
Carlido (Al-Pacino) has been in jail for five years for drug trafficking. The appeal was successful. After being released from prison, he wanted to wash his hands and re-behave. He even planned to earn a sum of money and bring his beloved girlfriend Carl. Go to a taxi company run by a friend to operate a joint venture. This idea was good, and he has been working hard. Carrido has repeatedly emphasized his dreams, which in fact has repeatedly reminded us: his dream is about to die, and he will end badly. Life is often so cruel, and there are countless accidents inadvertently. There are good things, and of course nightmares.
His defense lawyer David (played by Sean Penn) has fallen from a successful upper class to a wicked litigation stick. In order to monopolize the client’s money, he tricked Calito into helping the client escape from prison on the yacht, but he took the opportunity Killed the person involved, even though Calido did nothing. Out of justice, Calido was on the scene. Knowing all this, he regretted it. The police wanted Calido to be a tainted witness against David. At the same time, he Being targeted by the Mafia, the Mafia means that once it is confirmed that Carlito is at the scene, then he is an accomplice, then he must die. The horror of the underworld instantly overturned the mortal life that Carrido worked hard to manage. He said to himself that once he stepped in, he would never be able to get out again, which meant he would come out and pay him back sooner or later.
But Carlito still wanted to go to Paradise Island to make a legitimate living. At this critical juncture, his girlfriend Carl told him: She is pregnant. Then he must go, for his girlfriend and future children. He planned an escape, prepared to go to Miami first, and after a transit flight abroad, he and Karl agreed to take the train to Miami together at night. But he was spotted right away. Because of his guilty conscience, the Mafia firmly believed that he was an accomplice in the murder and must execute him. He fought back and succeeded. One minute before he set foot on the train, he encountered a gangster Johnny who was a few generations later than him and who had always expressed admiration for asking him to come out, but he disdaind him. Johnny drew his pistol.
The moment Carlito fell to the ground realized that he had been betrayed by his best friend. On the empty platform, his girlfriend Carl held Carliduo in tears.
The passage after David was assassinated was a reminder: Going to your mother’s rivers and lakes is moral, can it shorten the 30-year prison sentence to five years?
You can see that such a gangster movie is unremarkable in plot, so how can it be a hit? Because of Al Pacino, his performance was wonderful. Watching Al Pacino in such a film, it’s no wonder that the audience believes that he is the best candidate for the gang boss. He has a sense of control and control of the situation. His eyes are sharp and he has a grasp of the character’s character. Very well-placed, furious or proud, domineering or invincible, there is no exaggeration or falsehood, and his performance is as real. Then I tell you, yes, Al Pacino's eyes are sad and tired in the movie, and his life is the same. He used to drink, drug, decadent and perish, and was accused by Hollywood film critics as a box office poison. Fortunately, he returned soon after a short time. He said that he was married to a stage play.
At the end, everyone will understand that this is actually an educational film. He told us: the underworld cannot get involved. This is a road of no return. Once you enter, all good things will become dreams (this is in the ten-year Hong Kong film "Gun In "Fire", Du Qifeng expounded this point clearly.
The director Brian de Palma must be familiar with the director of "Mission Impossible" that made Tom's popularity. Of course, those who like movies must know the other two gangster films "Scarface" that cannot be missed. "Selflessness" was also written by Parma. This man is a famous Hollywood technical hero. His movie has one characteristic: the scenes are superbly arranged, and the places where the camera sweeps are all related to the plot. It seems that during the filming of "Scarface", Al Pacino once said to Palma: I am a god with a gun in my hand. In addition to body language, the gun is Al Pacino's best acting support. In the movie, he uses both long and short guns very smartly.
In the movie, Sean's role as an inferior lawyer is equally brilliant. The exploding blond hair, the expression after the fall, and the panic and fear are all different from his other screen images.
I like Al Pacino, one of this Hollywood myth. Almost all of his films are worth watching.
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