Almodovar won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival, congratulations, but today we will not talk about Almodovar, we will talk about Almodovar's queen actress Penelope Cruz, and her starring role A movie: "Open Your Eyes".
It is said that Penelope was made famous by Almodovar. It is true, but being famous and being out of the circle are two different things. If there is no "Open Your Eyes", Penelope is at most an active player in Europe A powerful literary actress in the film industry, but this work made her go to the world.
In 1997, after the release of "Open Your Eyes", it achieved remarkable acclaim around the world and won the best picture at the Tokyo Film Festival. At that time, Tom Cruz just starred in "Mission Impossible" Becoming one of Hollywood's hottest stars, he caught sight of the film, bought the rights to adapt it in the United States, and invited Penelope Cruz to star in it.
This is the 2001 movie "Vanilla Sky", with which Penelope entered Hollywood, and then there will be movies comparable to this action, but eight years later "Midnight Barcelona" and ten years After "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".
Let's talk about it, what exactly is a movie that changed Penelope's acting career with a double harvest of commercial reputation?
The film tells the story of a rich and unruly young man who was disfigured in a car accident because of the pursuit of a slut. The slut died on the spot. The young man looked for a doctor and was finally healed. Appearing in front of her eyes, even her own face, sometimes suddenly returns to the way it was when she was disfigured.
The most shocking part of "Open Your Eyes" is that it subtly blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy, and repeatedly interweaves reality, memory, suspense, sci-fi elements and the states of various characters, creating a fascinating and thoughtful scene. A frightening and intense viewing experience.
I still can't forget the voice at the end of the fan: "Open your eyes...Open your eyes", oh my god, how can people sleep like this!
The first time I saw this movie was on the movie channel's "A Date with a Good Movie". The various suspense and sex scenes in it had a huge psychological impact on me when I was very young at that time, so that my father got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and see When I was still watching a movie and urging me to go to bed quickly, I didn't know if the father in front of me was real or not, and I was startled by the prosperous fire.
For the first time, I realized that losing the judgment on the authenticity of the surrounding environment is such a scary thing. The national discussion on this issue in China will have to wait until "Inception" is released, but at that time The discussion is more entertaining, unlike the film, which completely gave me a philosophical denial of reality.
So, that night, I lost sleep and fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
Haha, once again I want to end today's topic on the wrong side, and finally return to Penelope Cruz, her performance in this film is extremely amazing, perfectly interpreting the feeling of being cold but warm like the sea , I also hope that this good film that changed the trajectory of her career can refresh your understanding of "the best Spanish suspense film" and your deep thinking about "truth".
Today is Saturday, September 7, 2019. I am a fan. I wrote this article in Songyunan, Beijing. Thank you for reading it in one breath.
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