The film version of "Doubt", which has won the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award, is obviously ambitious, and its release schedule in late 2008 can be seen. Although the Chinese translation of "Suspicion of Child Abuse" is not stable, the performance in the film is enough to make people ignore these inappropriate words. As mentioned by the US media, the biggest attraction of the film is "to see the performance of the actors and directors." . Indeed, the spirit of this film with a streamlined structure and steady shots lies in the director's control and the actors' shaping and interpretation.
18 years away from the screen, the director John Patrick Stanley, who has been showing his talents on the stage for a long time, obviously has a good control over the highlight of each fixed scene, so he took it from the play of the same name. When it was turned into a film, the layout was also set up to be small and ingenious, but this small layout did not constrain the depth and intensity of the thinking that the film wanted to express - it was about doubts, about loss, and about judgment, as if a scene about Speculation and discussion of ethics, religious authority, doubts and beliefs, and judgmental positions, and in the confrontation or concealment of characters, scenes of sparkling performances are reproduced. Each performance is so full and full, with strong dramatic tension.
Perhaps it was because he had been lingering on the theatrical stage before, and perhaps more because of the need for the film's narrative and characterization. When converting the drama into a film form, Stanley, who wrote and directed it again, seemed a little restrained. It's not that there are more browsing and perspective changes and the timely intervention of some outdoor scenes when watching the movie. Occasionally, there is a sense of trance watching an excellent drama performance, especially when watching the roles and opponents. Of course, Stanley's moderation and appropriateness in dealing with the sensitive and dangerous topics involved in the film, the outline of the approach and the intriguing ending of the ending are indeed admirable, because the plot touches on the protection of children's rights and the special orientation of individual clergy. Loss, even if there is a little subjective emotion of the director in the footage, it will have bad effects, and it will bring a lot of practical troubles. Fortunately, Stanley is an experienced, experienced and wise director.
The overall excellence of the film's performance team has become the feature of the film, starring Meryl Streep as the stubborn and stereotyped old nun, the seemingly mild "stained" priest Philip Seymour Hoffman, the innocent nun Amy Adams and Black mother Viola Davis was nominated for Uncle Ao's performance this year. Needless to say, Streep's acting skills seem to be the representative of the so-called "academic school" (if the old beauty is like this), interpreting a strong and stubborn but responsible church school headmistress, for her, but It is to add another wonderful and fresh role to the excellent acting career resume. Since being awarded the Uncle Ao Award, the former "All-match Hoffman" has been trying new roles in recent years. Whether it is a rich and unkind fat man or a hard-working and melancholy man, he is full of drama. This time he plays the role of Flynn, who has a criminal record. Father, the uncertain information under the warm and cheerful surface of the character was revealed in a timely manner, especially the opposite scene with Streep.
Among the nominations for the two female supporting roles, Viola Davis' nomination is very gratifying compared to Amy Adams. Davis's role in the film is very small, but it is very infectious. Her performance Without those conventional so-called skills, Mrs. Muller, a black mother who was speechless and "broken her teeth and swallowed blood", was quietly and naturally presented in front of her eyes. The audience has a panoramic view of her dilemma, starting point and even helpless enduring, including the pain that a mother is enduring in her heart.
Obviously, the purpose of the film is not the shocking word "abuse", but "doubt". The plot is not complicated, but it does exactly what the title refers to as "Doubt", which is mainly reflected in the narrative technique and performance level. On, the accidental discovery of the young nun James triggered "Doubt", and the two head-to-head confrontations between the principal and Father Flynn superimposed and intensified this "Doubt", during which, combined with the character profiles of the principal and the priest at the beginning of the film - - The woman is strict and mean, looks unreasonable and only follows the rules, but she is kind at heart (reflected in the care of the elderly nun with poor eyesight), while the man is always amiable and loving, yet humorous and cheerful, Then, because of some of the priest's behavior, Sister James changed her position, and Mrs. Muller kept her mouth shut and said nothing, keeping "Doubt" haunting.
Here, the judgment of the pure and kind Sister James seems to be the norm of some ignorant bystanders. Such bystanders mostly make judgments based on the changes in events they see and hear, and they often open their innocent eyes wide. Surprised by the final outcome. In the film, Sister James's "report" and attitude change just contributed to the emotional changes of the two opposing characters, the principal and the priest. In the end, although there was no definite evidence, the priest was transferred due to the principal's "enticement" and insistence, and the conversation between Sister James and the principal who returned from visiting relatives ended with crying because of "Doubt" in her heart. It seems to correspond to the sermon on "doubt" of the opening priest.
The background of the era described in the film is 1964, the second year after Kennedy was assassinated. At this time, the American people generally felt confused, lost their beliefs, and lacked trust in each other. Therefore, the opening sermon of the priest in "Doubt" seems to have a special meaning. . Although Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize this year, black people were still being severely discriminated against and treated unfairly. In the film, the only black child appeared in the Catholic school, who was isolated and was Repulsive treatment, and whether this black child who has not appeared in many scenes and longs for a warm and friendly hand is voluntary, it is no longer the answer that good audiences want to know.
In the film, there is a gust of wind that is enough to blow off a tree branch, as if to indicate that in that era full of various ideological storms, "Doubt" is enough to cause a brainstorm.
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