It is said that the film, which began to be released during this year's Berlin Film Festival, has not won rave reviews, although it has formed a luxurious lineup of big-name stars such as Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, etc. . This result must have been expected by the director, right? At a time when the publishing industry is on the wane, using a film to recreate the tight-knit and inexorable relationship between editors and writers in the publishing house is clearly singing an industry elegy. The tone is already depressing, coupled with fewer and fewer book lovers, "Genius Catcher" echoes few, extremely normal.
But, to all who missed "Genius Catcher" because it's a story about a feud between a publisher and a writer, you've missed the most advanced window into the inner world of the characters.
Max Perkins, played by Colin Firth, is one of the most outstanding editors in the history of publishing. It is he who unearthed the truly great Hemingway and Fitzgerald among the so-called writers who crossed the river. After things have changed, we say that Perkins has located great writers like Hemingway and Fitzgerald in the vast crowd, it seems like a very easy task, the fact is that this English gentleman has to discern from the piles of manuscripts. Pearl, he had to be a mind-reader, and that's the only way to get the gifted and rebellious Hemingway and Fitzgerald at his command and help them hone their rough drafts into literary diamonds. Do you know why Thomas Wolfe was chosen in the movie "Genius Catcher"? Because this man who came from the United States, like Hemingway and Fitzgerald, had a big dream, was rougher than Hemingway and rougher than Fitzgerald, and when he met Perkins, an English gentleman, the conflict between the two was more acute. Anyone who has seen "Genius Catcher" must not forget how unreasonable Wolf's backlash was when Perkins wanted to delete words, words, sentences and even chapters in Wolf's original manuscript that he thought were redundant. This kind of backlash was a great success in his first work "Angel, Looking at Hometown" and entered the grinding stage of his second work "Time and River", which made us outside the screen even more that Perkins encountered a rogue genius , "If it was written by Hemingway and Fitzgerald, you wouldn't say it's not good or that it's not right. Because it was written by me, so you have to say where to delete and change" (roughly), God, Watching Max Perkins, played by Colin Firth, face Wolfe's overwhelming roar, and treat it like a spring breeze, until the reverted Woolf can correctly understand that he's following his train of thought Modify your own work. One is the editor in charge of publishing books, whose duty is to publish books and publish good books and publish good books that can make money, and the other is that writers hope that their works will be favored by publishers and published. The relationship between Perkins and Woolf It is clear at a glance which is more important and which is less important. Why did Perkins, who was once a powerful person in the publishing industry, allow Woolf, a writer who has not yet been recognized, to be so presumptuous in front of him? Because Perkins, who can read minds, read Woolf's talent as a writer, in order to allow the writer to achieve positive results and benefit literature lovers all over the world, Perkins would rather aggrieve himself and guide Woolf to peacefully handle the relationship with Irene , invite Woolf to go to the house to spend quality time with his relatives, give up the opportunity to go on vacation with his family to accompany Woolf to revise the manuscript, go to the bar with Wolf to listen to the jazz he does not like... In terms of her husband's relationship, where is Perkins still the editor in charge of Woolf's works? It is simply the spiritual companion who leads Wolff forward,
Even if the professional appearance of editors and writers is removed, the relationship between Perkins and Woolf is of mutual support, doesn't it make people sigh that this kind of friendship between gentlemen has gradually become a thing of the past? Shouldn't this kind of acquaintance be recorded in a movie for us to remember? Look, everyone who likes "Genius Catcher" on social media is moved by the relationship between Perkins and Wolff that is only one less than a family member. Although Ning Ning and I expressed their liking for "Genius Catcher" from different angles, I believe that we were both moved by the gradually fading partnership in the film.
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