Stone said: ""Snowden" is a story far beyond life, and this story is happening right now under our noses, and it affects most of the audience here." On the same day, Snowden himself also specially Connected to the scene using Google Hangouts video, and he "joked" that the US government might also be watching the live broadcast.
Going back to the movie itself, the process of shooting this movie is actually very difficult. First of all, Snowden's subject matter is extremely sensitive. In the early stage, due to self-censorship and strong blockade by the company's board of directors, this project was rejected by all American film companies. Later, Stone raised funding for filming from France and Germany, and also hired Open Road Films, which had released the Oscar best film "Spotlight", to be responsible for the promotion. When Stone received an invitation for a film project, his heart was also uneasy. Intuition tells him that this is a hot potato, and once the shoot is taken, it will inevitably arouse public opinion. If not, he will be labeled as a traitor.
Stone has always been obsessed with political themes. He directed "Field Platoon" Platoon (1986), "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "Assassination of Kennedy" JFK (1991), "Nixon" Nixon (1995), "Commander" "Comandante (2003), etc. are all classic Hollywood political films. But for "Snowden", he was very worried and wondered whether he was qualified for this subject. After all, people all over the world are involved this time. Finally, under the persuasion of German producer Moritz Berman, Stone quietly met Snowden, who was seeking political asylum in Moscow, in January 2014. It was this meeting that made Stone immediately attracted by Snowden. The next thing is logical. After a period of contact, Stone silently added two labels to Snowden in his heart: tenacious and firm. "Snowden is still a mystery. We communicated as much as possible, and he is very cooperative with us. But there are many things we don't know at the moment, and he hopes to reveal these things again someday in the future." In addition to and Contacted by Snowden himself, this film also integrates the "Snowden Archives" by the British Guardian reporter Luke Harding, and the fictional novel "The Age of Octopus" by Snowden's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kuzilina. And the earlier documentary "The Fourth Citizen".
However, this movie is not a documentary. The embarrassing and godly embarrassing Joseph will bring salt to this world-class internet celebrity this time. Director Stone believes that Joseph is the best candidate to play Snowden. When he first started writing the script in 2014, he found Jiao Cerf. Jiao Cerf is usually a weird guy who likes all kinds of challenges, and his play is wide enough to make passers-by shut up and amazing. In recent years, Yusef, who has rarely appeared in blockbuster movies, has focused his attention on the operation of his own film and television company and participating in independent films, such as "Walking in the Clouds" The Walk 2015 some time ago. Starring in Snowden also fits the recently taken route by Jiao Jia, so he happily took over this important task. In addition, the most important reason may be that he is loyal to his judgment. In his mind, Director Stone is the number one patriot in the American film industry. In order to support the director's position, Yusef even donated part of his film remuneration to the American Civil Rights League. In the interview, Yucerf also mentioned that he admired Snowden's optimism: "With regard to technology, regarding the future, and how technology will improve democracy and the living conditions of human beings, Snowden has shown a very optimistic attitude. "
What's interesting is that although the male lead of "Snowden" is Joseph, the director revealed that at the end of the film, Snowden himself will also appear in some form and appear in his true colors. It is said that in this short scene, nine shots were taken from all angles, and it was really painful for Snowden, who had no experience in acting. The director complained: "It was a really difficult day. When I was filming with Uncle Trump, it was not so painful." Nani? Trump, the number one internet celebrity in the universe, also played Stone's movie? It turned out that Trump played a small role in "Wall Street 2," which was cut mercilessly in the release version.
Back to "Snowden", this is a very Oscar film. In addition to 囧瑟夫, supporting roles are also very powerful. From Shailene Woodley, who played the role of Snowden’s girlfriend to Shailene Woodley, to Melissa Leo, who played the director of the "Fourth Citizen" documentary film, they are all masters who have mixed Oscars. And Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage will also play the role of an intelligence officer this time.
Needless to say, the ambition of film selection. The film presents Snowden's ten-year legend: leaving the army due to a leg injury, the 22-year-old Snowden joined the CIA. At the age of 25, he transferred to the NSA and the National Security Agency to become an intelligence expert in data contracting. Entering Hong Kong at the age of 30, he exposed the Prism incident and disclosed that the NSA monitors the private communications of people around the world through major technology companies. Since then Snowden has become the most wanted criminal in the United States and embarked on the road to escape.
The relationship line between Snowden and his girlfriend Lindsay is an important entry point. According to British media reports in 2013, Snowden had a stable girlfriend before the leak, and the two were planning to get married. After the Prism incident broke out, their marriage plan was stranded. At a special screening in San Diego last week, Snowden specifically expressed his gratitude to Stone. Thanks to the director for showing their love and giving ex-girlfriend Lindsay a chance to re-establish her image. The scene notes did not see the obvious subjective expression of director Stone himself from the trailer. Perhaps compared to political education films, the director hopes that the audience can make independent judgments after watching the film. In the trailer, Snowden hides the data in the Rubik's Cube. When he left the NSA to pass the security check, he threw the Rubik's Cube to the security guard casually, passed the security gate casually and left with the data smoothly. This dramatic scene began the legendary road of the Internet celebrity Snowden.
The plot that followed quickly unfolded in Hong Kong: At that time, Snowden chose Hong Kong as his first stop after leaving the United States. On the one hand, because of the freedom of speech in Hong Kong and the concentration of the media, his exposure can be highly concerned. On the other hand, because Hong Kong has 130 national agencies in Hong Kong, it is very convenient to go wherever they are. For Chinese audiences, what is more interesting is that Snowden broke the news that the NSA had invaded the Chinese network system for 4 years. Compared with the 61,000 "hacking operations" of the NSA worldwide, this is just the tip of the iceberg. According to reports, the secret project code-named Prism can be connected to the central server of the Internet company. Therefore, all users' audio, video, photos, emails and files can be monitored by the US government. After the incident broke out, the American Civil Liberties Union, the most influential civil rights organization in the United States, sued Prism for infringing on the freedom of speech and citizens' privacy and violating the U.S. Constitution. Faced with the sudden facts, the whole world was shocked.
To this day, the Prism incident has not yet ended, and Snowden is still in political asylum in Russia. But net celebrities are net celebrities. Snowden was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice in 2013 and 2015. On September 6, 2015, he also won the Norwegian "Bjørnson Freedom of Speech Award", when an empty chair received the award on his behalf. Now Snowden leads a relatively quiet and low-key life in Russia. It is said that he is now engaged in website maintenance work on a large website. In April of this year, the unwilling Internet celebrity Snowden released a major hit single "EXIT", which was created in collaboration with the famous French electronic music producer Jean Michel Jarre. Regarding this single, Snowden said in a video released by the "Guardian": "As a not-cool engineer, I am surprised that I can participate in cultural projects." Obviously, he is still very happy now.
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