First published on WeChat public account: [Ms. Huang Cinema], ID: huangfilm
It is recommended to choose the best screen, the best audio, and the most suitable for slightly drunk wine, and comfortably nest in the sofa to watch.
The movie "Cold City" is adapted from the best-selling comic series of the same name, set in 1989, when the situation in Germany changed suddenly.
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, intelligence agencies in Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, France, and Germany were all nervous. They understand that once the Berlin Wall falls, a large amount of declassified information will expose the tatters they did during the "Cold War." Therefore, the intelligence personnel from all walks of life rushed around like ants before the rain, some were busy forming alliances to clean up, and some were busy betraying their teammates.
Double agent, three agent... In fact, there is no point in discussing the plot. Including the popular items in the film-the "list", is meaningless. After seeing the movie, you may forget what the "list" is.
It doesn't matter what it is. This "list" is like money, antidote, or nuclear code in other similar movies. As long as you remember this thing is very important, and the characters in the film are very persistent in wanting to get it, you can watch the film smoothly.
The same story about East Germany and West Germany, compared to the realism of the German drama "Same Sky" ( http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GVrLCk1pszp2Wt7H3wO0Vw "East German Male Spy") I reviewed last time , This film is more like a work of symbolism, like Baudelaire and Rimbaud.
Symbolist films are not about stories, but about emotions. In this film, the main expression is the emotions of the heroine Theron.
Just like Theron said in an interview: The most remarkable thing about the heroine is that she understands that she can't lose, she must win this battle, and her belief is that she can't lose. ——This is what this film is about . Machiavelli was also moved out to support this belief. The social background is actually not much different. This also led to the fact that the film was produced without paying attention to historical details. For example, the character in 1989 wore Tom Ford sunglasses that were only available after 2004, the car from 2005 ran on the street, and someone held the 2015. Marlboro. They are not making historical films.
It may be a little lost to equate the experience of watching a movie with a person who listens to a story. To be honest, the drama of this film is not as dramatic as a game. Although the film screens (especially the first half) are a bit like LV or Prada or other brand promotional films, the visual performance also draws on the work of German (Australian) photographer Helmut Newton:
But in fact, it is not a high fashion, but more like a naked, rough, and rebellious street style, with the unique swing of underground art. I even think it can be more emotional and crazier.
So, I said at the beginning that I suggest that you read it again when you are slightly drunk. If you are awake, you will surely be able to pick out all kinds of faults, but when you remove the critical attitude, the metallic tones, sexy eroticism, and fierce fighting will flow into your body naturally, let alone those that make people unable to help shaking. The golden song in the original soundtrack.
It can be said that "Cold City" is a film of Theron.
After reading the original work, Theron hired a screenwriter to shape the image of the heroine, and later found the current director to produce it by her own company. The project was developed slowly for 3 years. It was not until 2015 when she starred in "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" that the project was able to move quickly.
All of Theron’s wear in the film looks like an autumn/winter fashion blockbuster advertisement, and her spy "friends", one is a bohemian British agent (played by James McAvoy), and the other is a French sweet who takes the initiative to seduce her. Girl (played by Sophia Podola).
Theron and James McAvoy are like a female S and a male M in this film. James McAvoy has been beaten.
The lesbian drama between Theron and Sofia Podola can be said to be a major climax in the film (this is not a "pun"...).
This lesbian relationship is from Thelonga, not in the original book.
Theron said in an interview that she found scenes of male protagonists having sex with each other often in movies, and if it was a woman who had sex with each other, the audience would feel awkward. Therefore, she wants to join the plot of a loveless sexual relationship between this heroine and another woman. This part is very important to her.
Sophia Podola, like Theron, is a dancer. Theron must have admired her before looking for her to act in an erotic rivalry. So, you say, is it simply the grand truth that Theron said above? Ha ha.
In the same way, I have always been gossiping about: Are there any 007 and Bond girls in the end...
Except for lesbian sex scenes, the most eye-catching action scenes in the film should be the action scenes. Every scene is wonderful.
why?
Because the director David Leitch (the name is a bit like a champion? Like David Lynch) is a stuntman (have been a stand-in for Brad Pitt 5 times!). After that, he was a martial arts instructor, and later, he directed the first feature feature film, which is this "Cold City".
As mentioned before, this project is in charge of Theron. So, how did the rookie director win Theron's heart?
One day, the director went to Theron's office and shared with her a photo of the German young people's underground resistance movement before the end of the "Cold War" with her notebook. He was excited to see Theron.
I guess the excitement is similar to seeing Sigourney Weaver in Alien when Theron was young. In an interview, she said that at the time she thought such an image was a woman.
In contrast, she realized that Theron really lived what she wanted. She began to favor those powerful female roles: protectors, or provocative roles.
Of course, Theron also needs to pay a lot for this person.
Because there are many high-intensity action scenes in "Cold City", Theron was so hurt that she couldn't get off the car several times when she arrived on the set in the morning. come out.
Wonderful action scene
Generally, actors acting in action scenes are shot in paragraphs, and then connected by editing techniques. But because Theron was too strong, the director forced her and the camera team changed to design an action scene that lasted longer than the original, and also added two scenes that didn't require action.
In a rehearsal, Theron knocked his chin to his chin when he slammed his shoulder and broke two of his back teeth. In the end, he had to have surgery to extract the two teeth. The sad thing is that after she is sore every day and ends work, she has to return to the role of mother-the 8-year-old son will skip over and let Theron play with him.
Even James McAvoy, who was responsible for the drunkenness, dreams, and beatings in the film, said that Theron was desperately looking like Hugh Jackman.
When you watch Theron move, you will ignore her stiff face in literary play, return to the sloppy look of the "devil's head" in the latter part, or shout tired for her high heels. You will be dazed by the violent aesthetics presented one by one, and accept this gluttonous feast that only expresses sexiness, coolness, power and beauty.
Finally, the original soundtrack of this film is recommended for the entire disc!
http://music.163.com/album/35795106?userid=67315792
Click on the URL to open NetEase Cloud Music for free listening
Not only are they nice, but almost all of these European songs from the 1980s are related to the politics of the time. You can dig it out~
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Original: Teacher Huang
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