1. The script of the film was adapted by director Greg Mottola based on his experience of working in a theme park in New York in 1984 (he was 20 years old). Greg told the story of his time while chatting with colleagues about the "worst job" during the filming of the American drama "Undeclared". Basically every piece of the story drew bursts of laughter. My friend said, you should really write them as scripts.
Greg was born in New York. Both his undergraduate and master's degrees were obtained at Columbia University, and he majored in film.
These are his three works as a director, and his second work as a screenwriter + director. His Virgo "Daytrippers" is an independent film with a very obvious melancholy sentiment. The second part is his famous youth comedy "Superbad". The whole film is full of jokes and bitterness, especially the last two male protagonists looking back at the prime minister in the elevator which makes me unforgettable-although they did it all. Bad things (cute bad things, stupid bad things, bad things that hurt each other), but in fact, they are all for responding to each other and blessing each other-getting the girl whom she loves because of her youthful sprout, but can't stop the distance that divides the friendship between the two. The third work "Adventureland" seems to be somewhere in between, with a touch of sadness and a touch of joy, which makes people laugh and sad. The stories of the three films are all about the experiences and thinking of young people aged 18-21 about love, the future, work, and life.
2. The story of "Adventureland" took place in 1987. The protagonist James had just graduated from University. He originally planned to take a trip to Europe. After the end, he could safely enter an Ivy League university to study as a graduate student, chasing a journey around the world like Dickens to experience life. Ideal. However, my father's company declared bankruptcy, let alone fulfillment, even the tuition fees for graduate students may not be able to afford it. James had to use his holiday to work in a local theme park. During this period, he met a bunch of interesting men and women, fell in love with the smart and beautiful Em, who was in deep pain, and stumbled in youth, love, ideals, career, interpersonal relations, and gossip.
The whole film is full of nostalgic style. The clothes, styles, and music in the film are all based on the trends of the 1980s. Greg deliberately advanced the time of the story to 1987, so that he can logically include some popular songs that appeared only a few years after 1984 in the film. On the screen, close shots and close-ups are mostly taken for the main characters. The picture is rich in color and grainy. The film's photographer Terry Stacey has also shot "PS I Love You", "In Her Shoes" and other films. These films have the above-mentioned picture characteristics, and can comfortably grasp the color and atmosphere of characters, environments, and objects, and reveal subtle emotions from them. The film’s strong sense of hierarchy makes the characters become three-dimensional and complete. With the performance of the actors and the advancement of the plot, the dots about youth deeply infect the audience.
3. This is a nostalgic youth film, similar films include "Almost Famous", "Sun Alley" and "CRAZY". Although there are American, German, and French films in these films, they are surprisingly similar: they all have rock music, love, sex, drugs, and career. This film is no exception. Their protagonist is a relatively dull looking boy, a virgin, with the original self-conceited lofty and great ideals, staggered into the world of youth, and quickly locked in a girl, inevitably a feeling of admiration , But the deeper exploration of sex is often not on this girl, because there are always other temptations. During this period, they tasted the sweetness of love, but were they deceived and hurt by their friends? After liberating their bodies, they ushered in the red light of love or career. When they lost their minds, they understood what they should cherish the most. What is the most willing to sacrifice for them? After these experiences, they have been crazy, have suffered, but they have also grown up and ended in the most popular rock music at the time.
Among domestic films, "Sunny Day" can be regarded as a nostalgic youth film. The story line is similar to the above, but it is more obscure, more subtle, and has a strong local and personal imprint. The other "Summer Palace" is relatively rare from the perspective of a woman, and its youthful part does not account for much.
4. There is no shortage of the above-mentioned elements in this film, and they are put into a main ornamental carrier-theme park. In the words of the director, the theme park is a good metaphor about youth. It is sometimes the most boring place, monotonous booth games, old-fashioned large-scale electric toys, cookie-cutter marshmallows, balloons, sausages and hot dogs. But when the sun rises and the breeze blows the hair of the girl you like, you see her smiling at you. You hear your favorite song on the radio, and the lights of the Ferris wheel flicker at night-this can also be a very beautiful place. There is pain and happiness in youth, let's see how you interpret it.
When James first arrived at this small theme park, he reluctantly accepted the job of managing the game booth with his unwillingness to go to Europe and just want to make money. He knew how these game booths used tricks to prevent tourists from getting gifts. He seemed to be unable to play with his colleagues who were also young people. Then, inevitable, in full compliance with Hollywood rules, in the 11th minute of the film, the smart and beautiful heroine Em appeared. In theory, it should be subtle but the audience's seemingly obvious emotions began to slowly build up. The theme park has become interesting, and the neon lights are beautiful in the fog of cannabis. Leaving with Em has already made James feel happy, and there are fireworks to watch at night, this cool and wonderful summer. The gossip, misunderstandings, and disputes that appeared later allowed everyone to make it clear, who was right and who was wrong, who did not explain clearly and was too lazy to explain, who passed away, who did not believe in this evil, who insulted who, who blessed who, who asked for what, Who loves who.
These are the most exciting youth and the most memorable life. Greg is in his early 40s this year, and the three of his own works are all related to youth. I think of my youth, the picture is nothing more than the classroom, the playground, the sink next to the playground, the canteen in the dining hall, on the way to school, and on the way out of school-this is very sad. Of course I also think of my part-time job. I think of the short 20 days, the girl named Apple who can't pronounce my English name clearly, and the man who swears bad words in the warehouse as soon as I arrive at the store. But I am sure that I cannot write a book like "Adventureland" that expresses the right understanding of youth. Even if I can write it, Eastern actors cannot act, and even if they can act, they cannot pass the review. There is a paragraph in it that I think is very youthful, very pure, very ignorant and cute-Em invited James to swim in the backyard during the party. Em pulled himself into the water with his clothes, and James politely and tremblingly took off his underwear and went into the water. The two did not kiss, hug, or make too much physical contact in the water, they just played in the water. Em was in the water. James was about to get up and found that he was getting an erection. He went back to the water in embarrassment and told Em that you should go in first. He was embarrassed and hid in the water, thinking that no one would come up quickly, but he was caught upright by his partner in the party, shouting "James has raised the national flag! James has raised the national flag!"-even though I wrote It can be concluded that Eastern actors cannot perform, even if they can perform, they cannot pass the review.
About people
The male protagonist James, handsome, tall, thin and tall, with yellow curly hair, straightforward and cute, especially when he was violently attacked by a good friend, Em asked inexplicably: What the hell was that? He just said indifferently. Reluctantly answer It's just my life. This reminds me of the role played by Michael Cera in Juno. At the end Juno said to him You are the coolest guy I've ever met. And you don't even have to try. It is true that James gave me the same impression that he unintentionally created his personal charm. However, Cera replied Juno that I tried really hard. Cera and James in this film are very similar in appearance and character. Maybe James tried really hard too?
It seems that James' family is in the lower middle class. He completed his university studies obediently, and at the graduation party he confessed to the girls that he was blinded. Judging from the front of the film, he was a pretty normal person. When I met Em, I took the initiative to attack and recorded a compilation tape of the songs I like to listen to Em. However, the thing that made him cool was that he brought marijuana to the party-this bag of marijuana obviously made him attractive. I feel very speechless about this, but I can't help but accept it.
The heroine Em is beautiful, and in order to make the beauty even more serious, she comes from a broken family and gets together with a married man. This is a common setting, but not vulgar. I think this is the charm of actor Kirsten Stewart himself. Her beauty and story-rich face-painful beauty-if anyone knew her through "Twilight", please watch "Into the Wild", "The Cake Eaters" and this movie!
Enlightenment
I have not been able to find the most popular films about youth in our country. It is possible that the main creator of this type of film has passed the best time to create youth themes, which makes the truly youthful watching these so-called youthful films feel disgusting. There are very few nostalgic films about youth. The essence of youth is fascinating, memorable, and embarrassing. European and American films are more direct and exaggerated than Chinese films in terms of language and action. At the beginning, we were new to these movies and couldn't accept, resist, and felt poisoned and disgusting. Gradually, we all know "American Pie", and many people have watched all 6 episodes. We are very clear in our hearts, but others have made things clear, and we are still hesitating and talking. We dubbed it as a unique way of expression for the Orientals-implicit and graceful.
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