This film is the posthumous work of Heath, and the role of Heath's Hanged Man in the film is also performed by four people.
When it comes to it, I have to say a digression. When the director was in the middle of making this film, he was stranded because of Heath's sudden death. In order to retain Heath's role, he did not hesitate to re-adjust the plot and rewrite the script, and urged these three old friends of Heath to take over the roles, and they were all zero paid to star in the film, and the full income was given to Heath's daughter.
The role of Tony is undoubtedly an important one in the film. Tony in reality is played by Heath Ledger, while Tony in illusion is played by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell respectively.
Here I will talk about the relationship of Tony's character in the film.
1. When Tony comes on stage, what appears under the lightning projection is a shot of Heath dancing upright in the water. In fact, the director can completely change the scene to show the same POSE of the hanging man in the tarot card under the lightning projection.
Later, I thought that all those who have played tarot cards know that the cards face upside down during divination. There are often two completely different situations between the upside-down of the cards and the original positive ones, and they may even be opposites.
Hanged man with upside-down cards: Because he doesn't want to be bound, he struggles under unsuitable circumstances and becomes impatient and self-willed, and he will eventually be punished.
It turned out that the director had secretly foreshadowed the ending before.
2. After Tony is rescued by Anton, he finds that Warren has a good feeling for him, so he pretends to have amnesia and wants to follow the circus to escape the enemy by the way. When pulling out the chicken feathers, he burned the newspaper that printed his identity, and then took away the whistle that seemed important to him from Anton, all to pave the way for the back.
3. Tony was able to attract people before each magical fantasy show, and then persuaded everyone to modernize the magical fantasy show, showing that he was very eloquent, and also prepared for Anton to suspect that Tony was a liar. .
4. After Tony entered the magical fantasy show by the rich woman, curiosity also broke into it. At this time, Tony played by Johnny Depp appeared in front of the screen. After that, he persuaded the rich lady not to go to the one-night stand bar, which made people feel that he knew how to play the doctor's magical fantasy show and knew the meaning of life and death, leaving clues for the devil behind to tell the black magic characters on his head.
5. With only one soul left, the Doctor will win. Then at this moment, Tony was discovered by the four Russians who had killed him before. Tony ran into the magical fantasy show in order to escape the Russians, and the four Russians followed. What is shown on the screen at this time is Tony's dream of rushing to the sky. Tony, played by Jude Law, is extremely excited in this scene. This is the fame and fortune that Tony dreams of. After being rescued by Anton, he was still asking Anton if he wanted to return to the cloud ladder, but Anton did notice that Tony had changed his face, thinking that Tony had something to do with everyone, and was not honest. Tony had no choice but to make up a story for Anton to listen to, but in the end he still did not forget to ask Anton about the ladder, which also made Anton doubt Tony. Every time Tony dared not look at people with his true colors in a magical fantasy show, he revealed his nature as a liar.
6. The devil said that Sally is not one of the souls. The doctor felt that there was not much time, so he told Varen about the gambling. Varen left angrily. When Anton went to find Varen, he found that there was a Tony fraud in the newspaper. Report. In order to escape Anton’s questioning, there was a scene of Tony played by Colin Farrell in the dream of Warren’s happy family. Warren's illusion is very beautiful, but the good times are not long, and then they set foot on Tony's illusion. Tony is indeed a person who is greedy for fame and fortune and loves vanity. Through Anton's message, Valen finally sees Tony's nature.
Because of the above factors, Warren finally couldn't stand it, so he wanted to die. At this time, there were two doors in front of Warren: His-yellow demon's door; Hers-white angel's door. Without hesitation, Valen wanted to go straight to the gate of the devil, when the devil came out of the gate, admonishing her to make a choice and dancing with her. While Warren was dancing, he ran into the Devil's Gate while the devil was not paying attention.
The devil won, but the devil seemed to be not interested in Warren, but Tony, so he negotiated another deal with the doctor. It seems that the devil is still very taboo about the black magic characters on Tony's head. In the end, he used the doctor's hand to trick Tony to death. Tony's nature and the meaning of the inverted hanged man are perfectly inherited.
In the end, the doctor also found Valen through the bell tied to Valen's feet. The devil did not break his promise. Valen and Anton were married. This is a good ending.
The film pays great attention to details. Small props and small objects, such as tarot cards, whistles, bells, etc., are well reflected. In addition, the scenes of each magical fantasy show are gorgeous and it is a very delicate movie.
It is worth mentioning that the director let Tony leave in such a safe way in the last segment, it seems a bit dramatic, perhaps because he does not want to make the audience sad; perhaps he wants the audience to have the heart to leave this corner; perhaps he wants the audience to feel that Heaven is jealous of talents; perhaps he wants to let those who leave be remembered; perhaps perhaps... Finally, he pays tribute to Heath.
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