His next Hollywood commercial film "Knowing" will be starred by Nicolas Cage. Although it is a familiar theme, such as "Paycheck" (Paycheck) and "Minority Report" (Minority Report) have this tune. But I am looking forward to the cooperation between Alex Proyas and Nicolas Cage. As we all know, Nicolas Cage is very malleable, and Will Smith is too strong as an actor. Most of the movies he starred in were people who went to see him instead of movies. .
Therefore, I, Robot 2 that was released in 2010 on the agenda is absolutely impossible without Will Smith, but Alex Proyas is optional.
Compared to Sam Raimi, from Evil Dead to Spider-Man; and Christopher Nolan, from Memento, The Prestige to Bat "Batman", Alex Proyas never seems to be at his peak. Maybe the 90's was his peak period, and then he started to feel lost.
Alex Proyas was born in Egypt on September 23, 1963. His parents were Greeks. When he was three years old, his family moved to Australia and settled there ever since. So Alex Proyas is a member of the Hollywood foreign legion such as M. Night Shyamalan (born in India), Christopher Nolan (born in England to study), and Guillermo del Toro (Mexico). I tend to think that the works of people who wander between different cultures and civilizations will be more attractive.
Although he has been making movies since he was ten years old, Alex Proyas, like David Fincher and Michael Bay, both started from making MVs. So from the surface, their movies are all known for their visual effects, especially for Alex. The camera stretches, and when combined with the atmosphere of the story, the three have their own merits. David is very stable, Michael almost shows off frivolous, and Alex brings surprises from time to time.
After making several MVs in 1994, including All This Time in the Sting collection Fields of Gold, Alex Proyas finally completed his first Hollywood movie "The Crow" in the same year.
Why toss? It’s a miracle that "The Crow" was released, because before that, at 30:30 on April 1, 1993, halfway through the filming, the starring Li Guohao, the son of Bruce Lee, was on the film set in Wilmington, North Carolina. , Was killed by a shot with real bullets in a prop gun. Fortunately, because of the black nature of the movie itself, relying on the stand-in and the simple computer stunts at the time to covertly prevent miscarriage. Then the dystocia became a classic.
"The Crow" is often compared with Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" (1982) and Tim Burton's "Batman" series (1989, 1992), showing its status. Several sequels were filmed after "The Crow", and even a 22-episode episode of 1 season was filmed in 1998, but it had nothing to do with Alex Proyas.
Although Heath Ledger's analogy to "The Dark Knight" and Li Guohao's to "The Crow" is not very appropriate, it is finally the connection between Gothic sentiment and death. Unfortunately, "The Crow" does not have the commercial potential of "The Dark Knight", nor does it have the appealing original work of "Sin City", and the latter cannot be regarded as a real entry into the mainstream market, mixed with Noir. In the end, the film's sentiment can only be classified as cult, and it will change when it becomes popular. This kind of culture is inherently non-mainstream, if some day it really becomes mainstream, then this world will definitely be human and non-mainstream, and it will become very strange.
If we take the commercial transformation of Guillermo del Toro, from Mimic and Pan's Labyrinth to Hellboy and The Hobbit, it is a Standard; then Sam Raimi is a big success. From "Ghost Man" to "Spiderman", the audience has expanded, from very cult to very pop, which does not hinder the balance between Libra; and for the sake of the same line, the horror elements are used to express each The theme of M. Night Shyamalan has gone from "The Village" in 2004 to "Lady in the Water" in 2006 and "The Happening" in 2008. Lost and defeated, strictly a box office poison, his next work will be the live-action film The Last Airbender adapted from the American TV series "Avengers". See how he is in the same line this time, M. Night Shyamalan is in the same line with horror elements. His obsession is really not easy to expand the theater and audience, horror film lovers will think that his shots are getting more and more ridiculous, while ordinary audiences will think that his shots are becoming more and more nondescript; this is Christopher Nolan What he did was better, or that his style really didn't change much, he was dignified and suspenseful.
In fact, whether it is in the same line or the transformation is very powerful, you have to think about it in your heart. Like Alex Proyas, the transfer is like having a sex reassignment surgery. In 1998, the filming of "Dark City" (Dark Soul) was filmed in Hollywood. After City), he ran back to Australia, and then in 2002 he filmed the "Garage Days" (Garage Days) in the style of thousands of miles. Perhaps it was for the effort to expand our own play and audience, so we saw Alex Proyas, who had a completely different personality. If it is necessary to distinguish between the two Alex Proyas in the same line, it must be music. For example, the episode The Night Has 1000 Eyes in "The City of Moving Souls" and the reinterpretation of the famous jazz song Sway are all classics. For the soundtrack This is one of the characteristics of Alex. After all, he started shooting MV; another characteristic of Alex is his fantasy physique.
Maybe Alex transforms once every ten years, and he hasn’t seen those surrealist science fiction movies of the 1980s (because it is extremely difficult to find, such as "Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds" in 1989, etc.), from From the surrealist fantasy of the 1980s to the black fantasy of the 1990s, and then to the current commercial fantasy, this is the trajectory of Alex Proyas' transformation.
Maybe in the end, everyone will make corresponding adjustments because of business. This is inevitable, because the mutual influence between individuals and society as a whole has undergone a qualitative change in this era, and the influence of the formed overall consciousness on the individual is much greater than the influence of the latter on the former.
"Garage Rock" is very young and rocky. Compared with "The Crow" and "Transport Soul City", it is almost sunshine, and the brightness is increased by a huge order of magnitude; perhaps this change is to wash away the gloomy set in Hollywood before. impression?
After that, Alex Proyas returned to Hollywood to develop. In 2004, "Mechanical Enemy" was released.
Earlier, it was rumored that Alex would take another "Fantastic Four" spin-off movie Silver Surfer next year, but he himself denied it. It’s best if it’s not answered. "Fantastic Four" itself is very vulgar. There is nothing left except entertainment, and the first impression score is not good. So, I can't imagine what good scripts Silver Surfer can produce; and it seems unlikely that there will be any talented actors to join. Although the current comic adaptations are indeed popular, it is like Sam Raimi, Christopher Nolan, Guillermo del Toro... and the original work of "The Crow" was actually a comic, but the selection is still the No. One important thing, if "Sin City" was taken by Alex Proyas back then, he must be very popular now. I don't know how much flattering Robert Rodriguez shot Frank Miller to get the adaptation rights. In addition, if the casting of "The Crow" and "The City of Souls" could be more elaborate, more capable actors would join. As played), Alex’s popularity should not be as high as it used to be, nor should he be discouraged by Hollywood and ran home halfway. It's a pity that we can't change the year without a time machine.
In the end, returning to "The City of Moving Souls", it seems that there has been a surge of watching "The City of Moving Souls" recently.
Like "The Crow", "Moving Soul City" is not a pure Film Noir. "Moving Soul City" is a very peculiar melting pot. Appropriate mixing is always pleasing to the eye.
Watching the OVA animation "Angel's Egg" by Oshii Mamoru in 1985 is a long time later. If Alex also watches the animation, I will be convinced that this animation has a deep influence on him. In addition to the same black mood, you can also find them. The themes are so similar, and their endings are almost the same. "Angel's Egg" tells the story of the dying Ark, while "The City of Soul Transferring" tells the story of the alien's Ark.
The ending of "Moving Soul City" (1998) was compared with the ending of "The Thirteenth Floor" (The Thirteenth Floor, 1999). It made people feel that there is no truth or truth in this world. What's more, it happens to be that in 1988, "Transferring City" had an Australian version ten years before it was born. At that time, Alex hadn't developed in Hollywood. I don't know if this had any influence on him. .
The implication of Shell Beach that runs through the main line and finally appeared in "The City of Souls" is reminiscent of the verse in Gibran's "Sand and Foam": When
they woke up, they said to me: You and the world you are in is nothing but A grain of fine sand on the boundless beach of the boundless sea.
In my dream I said to them: I am the boundless sea, and everything in the world is nothing but grains of sand on my beach.
Changing the fine sand to shells actually means not much difference.
(Of course, Gibran’s verses are closer to the relationship between Alice and the King of Heart’s Dream and Zhou Gong’s allusions about the Butterfly’s Dream, while "The City of Moving Souls" emphasizes another level of search, breaking through the barriers of truth and lies. )
Can withstand the test of time. For more than ten years, some people still claim to have discovered it with surprised eyes. Then this is the so-called classic.
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