Although there were a lot of errands in the past two days, but at the recommendation of a friend, I patiently watched the movie "Spy Allies" broadcast on CCTV6 "A Date with a Good Movie".
Having seen the movie, I think it is also a well-made spy-war blockbuster that pays homage to the classic love spy-war movie "Casablanca". "Casablanca" is a classic in film history and was once rated as the number one of the "Top 100 Romance Movies in Film History" by the American Film Institute. · Cotillard starring in the love spy film is equally exciting.
The director of the film, Zemeckis, I have enjoyed his film "Walking in the Clouds" before. In fact, everyone is more familiar with "Forrest Gump", and the film "Spy Allies" won the Oscar for "Forrest Gump". It is directed by Robert Zemeckis, a 6-award-winning director. In the film, director Robert Zemeckis consciously paid tribute to the film "Casablanca", not only the selection of the opening story is consistent, but even the style of the whole film has some similarities, creating a kind of 30s and 40s of the last century. The feel of an old movie, in the words of the heroine Maria Cotillard, "This old-school style film from a director who never sticks to tradition and never goes out of style, it's really an interesting collision."
Speaking of director Zemeckis, I have two more words. Robert Zemeckis, born in Chicago, USA in 1952, graduated from Northern Econos University and University of Southern California, American film director, screenwriter and producer. In the early years, he mainly focused on writing screenplays. After his play "1941" was brought to the screen by Spielberg, Zemeckis and Spielberg began a long-term cooperation, and the "Back to the Future" series is a classic work of the two. In 1988, Zemeckis released his own film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". The film skillfully combined cartoons and real scenes, and the novel effects allowed Zemeckis to show his extraordinary film talent again, laying a solid foundation. "A milestone in the history of the world's film technology development", therefore, also won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and Special Achievement. "Forrest Gump" is Zemeckis' true pinnacle of work, setting off a "Forrest Gump fever" all over the world. Zemeckis also became famous because of this, and boarded the supreme throne of the American director industry.
In the first part of the film "Spy Allies," the tense spy shooting sequence reminds one of Pitt's other love spy film, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and compares the two. And Pitt himself does not shy away from this comparison. When talking about the difference between the two, Pitt believes that "Mrs. Smith" is more modern, while "Spy Allies" has the retro texture of the golden age of Hollywood, although it is similar to "Mrs. Smith" in character design It has something in common with the plot, but the suspense and suspense of spies in the context of the war deduced by "The League of Spies" are even more exciting. In particular, this film has a stronger sense of picture, and the texture is more inclined to the classical photography style. The characters under the lens are beautiful in shape, and the costume design is exquisite, which fully shows the elegance and nobility of the middle and upper classes in Europe. As someone commented, "Pitt in a suit is full of gentleman style, and Marion's silk-textured evening dress is full of nobility. Under the soft light, the two freeze at the moment of closing their eyes and kissing. Romance overflows the picture. But the black background also conveys the suspenseful atmosphere contained in the film, and the unknown darkness highlights the danger of "the enemy is dark and we are bright"."
What I want to discuss more is that some of the details in this film reflect the level and ingenuity of the great director as well as the director's good intentions. For example, when Pitt learned from the investigation department that his wife was suspected of being a spy, the close-up of his face walking out of the basement, the slightly shaking close-up and the complex facial expressions of the protagonist showed the character's inner emotions at a glance; when he returned to the door, The close-up of the windshield wiper on the car and the stagnation in the protagonist's car both show the inner struggle, contradiction and entanglement of the character. For another example, in the scene where the couple was preparing to escape at last, Pitt decisively shot and killed the spy nanny and took back the child. The plot was handled neatly and quickly evacuated. When Pitt went to the jewelry store to kill another hidden spy there, the camera stayed on the facade. The long screen time makes people feel suffocated, especially the female protagonist sitting in the car holding the child, anxious and uneasy, which makes people's viewing emotions to the extreme. For another example, the director in the movie also carefully designed such a movie scene: the air raid the night before, a downed German plane fell on the lawn beside the city, and the next day the Pete family rested, arranged On a leisurely vacation on the lawn far away from the crash, the hostess teased the children, and the male host lay beside him casually watching his wife and children. The family of three was enjoying themselves. In fact, the crash does not mean the end of the war, and leisure does not mean that nothing happens! Under the calm appearance, in the peaceful life, the fate of the hero and heroine is about to undergo a shocking reversal! The director uses such picture comparison and processing to make people look more regretful and regretful. The hero and heroine were originally spies, and their life and death were normal, but love made them cherish life, long for life, and yearn for a better life. Under the shadow of war, all this became so fragile again. Beauty is destroyed, tragedy is also.
I feel that the director is standing on the emotions of ordinary people, and there are not too many positions, opinions and preaching to reflect the spy war and the war. Maybe this is what the film wants to express.
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