One of the most important problems in literary adaptation is how to three-dimensionally transform the text on the page to the screen. The literary nature of the adaptation of this play is particularly well restored. First, the idea of the original book was firmly grasped, and instead of playing with the audience to play brain-burning guessing, two clear clues were separated. One was the decadent police detective Bill Hodges who almost gave up his messy life after retirement. , and the other is Brady Hartsfield, a computer genius/perverted killer who hides darkness and evil in his heart. The environment in which the whole story takes place is centered on these two people and develops outwards. The two lines continue to extend and approach slowly. cat and mouse game. The rhythm of this kind of clue is better than anything else, and this rhythm is already paved at the beginning of each episode - if you are careful not to skip the opening, you will find that the opening of each episode is different, although both It was Hodges who got up, but his mental state, the children's drawings related to Brady interspersed in the middle, etc., are all related to the plot of the previous episode and this episode and the state of the characters, very delicate and attentive, this rhythm. The control is also reflected in the whole drama, the sense of narrative and literature are displayed in a steady rhythm, the characters and their relationships are established in a leisurely manner, the plot is told, and the emotions are accumulated (be sure to praise the emotional blank of this drama is great , especially at the end of the seventh episode), the collision and explosion to a certain extent are very shocking and impressive. The screenwriting team of this play is also very powerful, especially the addition of the famous writer Dennis Lehane. He wrote the four episodes of 4/6/7/10. The first few episodes are relatively more adaptations and are far from the original plot. , his connection is very well written, he himself is good at writing Noir novels, the irreversible sense of tragedy injected into these episodes is very obvious, and the large monologues in almost every episode are particularly powerful.
On the other hand, it is the nuanced analysis of the characters. As director Jack Bender said, the focus of this work is not on the story, but on the characters. He is also adhering to this principle, not rushing the plot, but steadily using various The means to develop the character, to explore the character inward, the consideration of the lines, the depiction of the details and the display of the character's inner world are very advanced. After watching ten episodes, all the main characters have a very high degree of completion, full of flesh and blood, and their images are real. Even the old lady Ida Silver, a neighbor of Hodges, who was not in the original book, is perfect with the King's sense of humor and gold heart given to her by the screenwriter. Into the small town environment in the story. Because the characters are well written and developed, the relationship between the characters is also natural and sincere (probably the only unconvincing relationship is Hodges and Janey, I don't really understand the fact that the two suddenly fell asleep in the original book. ..but no one knows how powerful aphrodisiacs loneliness and obsession are). I would like to praise Brady Hartsfield's character creation. He is one of the most perverted and fascinating villains in King's works. What makes Brady's character unique in the original work is his deformed inner monologue. It's impossible, but in the show, the camera emphasizes or presents the details of Brady's face in weird angles, the hate and anger music that Brady listens to, and the very wonderful Brady daydream in episode 6. Killing, fills up Brady's inner monologues that we can't hear but realize. In the original book, the character Brady has no empathy at all, he is dead, and has almost no extreme psychological fluctuations. However, the silent tears at the end of Brady, who was stabbed by Hodges in the fifth episode of the play, also let the audience see the remnants of him. Human feelings, in the play, he is not the villain who has been completely overthrown, he is not a good person, he is a perverted killer, but in the shaping of the character, you can pick up a line connected to him, and gradually become more interested in his character. Understand, realize that even as a monster, a demon, he is his own hero.
The role is inseparable from the performance of the actors. The casting of this film is almost perfect. Except for the actor Justine Lupe, who is in his forties, Holly is looking for a slightly younger actor (age discrimination is the norm on the small screen in Hollywood), the other roles are simply played according to the book. Word description found. Detective Brendan Gleeson's performance is plain and real, and it complements the dramatic performance of killer Harry Treadaway. There are no weak links in other roles, big and small. It is worth mentioning that Deborah played by Kelly Lynch and Holly played by Justine Lupe are both Very courageous and infectious performance. Kudos to Harry Treadaway, he played really well, every episode was shocked by his performance, and he didn't waste such a good role. After watching some pre-promotional interviews, I also made up lessons for the actor's previous works. It can be seen that he is a very ambitious actor. Many of his works are very small movies that may not have been seen by many people. , but most of his roles are very dramatic, giving him space for his acting skills to explode, and it feels like every film has improved. The goth romantic and sentimental performance in Penny Dreadful was already great, and in the preparation of this Mr. Mercedes, he did his homework very seriously (he should be the only one on the cast who read it Hodges trilogy to experience the character; he watched a lot of tomes and reportages, and even documentaries about perverted killers. In order to cultivate Brady's unsympathetic way of thinking, he usually only watched news and wrestling on TV. It took a long time to get out of the role for such an emotionless program as the competition and the documentary channel), and the understanding of the role is very clear. It can be said that the hard work in preparation has paid off. Recently, I have also seen some soft articles recommending his performance to be recognized by Emmy, looking forward to it.
If the rhythm, character, and literary excellence are all due to King's original work, the adaptation of this drama is called a masterpiece, and the characteristics of this drama itself that make it different from ordinary suspense novel adaptations are also very important. . One of the most obvious visuals is realism! Very, very realistic, realistic without compromising with the audience at all - starting from the first Mercedes massacre, the uncle who was directly cut off by the wheel, the mother with the child was broken in the head, all kinds of bloody and almost nauseating scenes Shows this kind of realism - every bloody killing is very real, without any art and compromising editing, when you see the blood, the flesh will burst open and spit out, and the scene of Deborah eating poison by mistake is disturbing Chaos, her deformed limbs, and her clenched teeth made her unable to say the simple word combination of Brady and 911. The pain made her gnaw through her own lips. Although this complete realism is too cruel, it has a kind of Magical attraction, because it's real enough to make you synaesthesia; likewise, there's no compromise in the film about Brady's incestuous relationship with his mother, Deborah, kissing, sleeping, waking, hand job, etc. There are a lot of them, and some people may find it disgusting and perverted to watch, but this relationship is very important to Brady's character tragedy analysis, and the writing and directing team is not soft on it. Of course, this is also thanks to Audience Network TV station's support for this drama. Although this relatively unpopular cable station keeps the release time of this drama a mystery (=.=), its support for Mr. Mercedes is indisputable. , so that this "large-scale" work can be presented on the screen so realistically.
And then I have to boast about the music. Like the rhythm of the clues, the music is divided into two worlds: the classics of Hodges' vinyl records, and the angry rock of Brady's tape recorder. The implementation of realism makes this show almost no tradition. In the sense of the contrived soundtrack, there are only two real background sounds of the world, and the music interspersed between them is perfectly combined with the situation and emotion. Therefore, the adaptation of the Mr. Mercedes drama has truly restored what can be seen on paper in the original work perfectly, and completely filled in what cannot be seen on paper, so from various aspects, it has given readers and audiences a complete picture of the original work. And an excellent experience.
Audience Network has renewed the second season of Finders Keepers, because the second part is more out of touch with the first one, the villain has changed, and the male protagonist Hodges only appeared in about 300 pages, but Finders Keepers is undoubtedly three The treasure in the trilogy, the best and best one. To be honest, I am still a little worried about the adaptation. I hope that the director team will keep the principles and characteristics of these adaptations in the first season.
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