Recently, the upcoming "Spy Allies", which will be released on November 30, has gathered powerful screen actors such as Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, and the director has directed "Forrest Gump" and "Walking in the Clouds". "Robert Zemeckis, the big-name partner, the name is enough to attract people into theaters, not to mention this is a spy movie.
Since the 19th century, spy films have been brought to the screen with a large number of original novels entering the market. After the end of the Cold War, some follow-up news followed up, excavating a large number of anecdotes and secrets, and fictional literature based on this. It's like making espionage work a special job. It is not difficult to speculate why some large video portals in China are now starting to customize big online movies, and what is most needed at present is to focus on some special occupations, such as "translator", "radio female anchor" and "stewardess" Wait, the specialization of the "spy" status is because it is a "mythical" profession that is almost isolated from the world, and sometimes it is so mysterious that it is right next to you, your relatives, your lover, friends, this specialization Created people's imaginations. The audience walks into the theater in order to enjoy this sense of substitution.
The famous spy writer John le Carré, who wrote "The Tinker, the Tailor, the Soldier, the Spy", said: The story of espionage was not born or died because of the Cold War.
If the spy movies during the Cold War were still stuck in serious patriotic beliefs and political sentiments, and swept away a sad song and dream, what was achieved was the righteousness of the country and the nation, and what was sacrificed was the love of individual families and small families, then in the post-Cold War era, ideological The confrontation has disappeared like snow. After people are tired of the film theme of upright national justice, the individualized characteristics that conform to the times are strengthened, highlighted, and even deformed. This makes the original seriousness. Spy movies have become the orthodoxy to ridicule and conversely make fun of this sense of national mission, so that the deified characteristics of "spy" can be eliminated, and like ordinary people, they can get closer to the audience, thus creating some life-like and comedic effects. Spy Story. For example, several mainstream series of today's spy movies, 007, Mission: Impossible, The Bourne, and Ace Agent, evolved to what they are today after reflecting on spy comedies.
The spy genre comedy relies on the audience's familiarity with spy genre traditions and character patterns. Over time, the audience has become highly sensitive to genre stereotypes, so they have begun to accept spoof comedy, and with just a little reference to the genre stereotype, the audience will be picky and bored.
In the previous World War II theme, the spies who fought between countries were either at odds with each other, or they hid undercover, and the purpose was very clear. Contemporary spy movies have locked their theme on the theft of commercial information resources. They are trade wars between powerful countries and commercial strife. Many stories may take place in the office. Spy movies have been transformed into diversified themes at the moment. Compared with the single intelligence spy during World War II, this is one of the selling points that attracts audiences to the theater.
Judging from the Western spy movies released in the past two years, many of them have the following characteristics: Bond-style partners with handsome men and beautiful women, and various countries and countries. For example, in "Mission Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation", the agent Ethan played by Tom and the mysterious organization "Syndicate" battle wits and courage, in which the actress Rebecca Ferguson is fresh and hot in the assassination scene at the Opera House The charisma of the special agent, and the "Lian Po old" state of Tom's face to face every minute, there is no sense of disobedience at all. In "007: Spectre", James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, not only has opposite scenes with beauties Monica Bellucci and Rebecca Ferguson, but also shows off famous brand watches, suits, A sports car, especially that sports car, not only can run on the narrow river bank, but also run wildly on the almost 90-degree vertical dam wall. The leading and avant-garde high-end technology that appeared in some spy novels was also inherited and amplified in the film. I remember that Ni Kuang's Wesleyan legend and Magnolia series were influenced by Western science fiction and spy novels a long time ago.
Marx and Engels wrote in the opening sentence of the Communist Manifesto: "A specter, the specter of communism, roams Europe. In order to carry out a holy encirclement and suppression of this specter, all the forces of old Europe, the Pope and the Tsar, Metternich With Guizot, the radicals in France and the police in Germany, all united." The original English version of the word used spectre, and the original 007 author who was a spy, Ian Fleming, made an allusion to spectre. , extending the audience's speculation and imagination beyond the film.
And the ever-changing countries in the film lead everyone to a journey like a sleight of hand, which is another feature of spy movies. It seems that since the classic spy movie "The Thirty-nine Steps", some films will pay tribute to it. In "The Thirty-nine Steps", the protagonist travels all the way internationally, shuttling in different spaces. The film constantly switches landscapes, full of exotic atmosphere, like a tourist advertisement: Red Square in Moscow, Big Ben in London, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Dutch windmills—— A series of landmark attractions, the audience watched movies and traveled around the world. In a two-hour daydream, they temporarily broke free from the limitations and boredom of real life, and roamed freely in exotic streets and alleys.
In addition to the handsome men and beautiful women and the dazzling champagne luxury cars, the above-mentioned films also have scenes such as Morocco, Casablanca, London street scenes, and French riversides. The film "Bourne Bourne", adapted from the novel "Bourne's Identity", has already filmed its fifth film this year, and has focused on the battle for information confidentiality in the "post-Snowden era", integrating major international issues into it. , Matt Damon is like an invincible player in the world. He traveled from Athens to many cities and finally came to Las Vegas. He even set foot in a country like Iceland. There is no doubt that some spy films are now filming locations in China, intentionally or not, and some Chinese actors are shown in the film as if they were "sauce", and the details of commercial operation go deep into every corner.
"Ace Agent: The Secret Service" builds a "test" test site suitable for young people's tastes, but the whole film has too many selling points, such as the long shot of violence in the small church. Before the film was released, This tragically deleted scene has been widely circulated on the Internet for a long time. Coupled with Colin Firth's British gentleman-like atmosphere and the mysterious scene of foggy London, long-handled umbrellas, Oxford shoes, English bulldogs, and classic suits customize a street Savile row, making the special agent film extremely regional. The cultural characteristics and the high-tech of the means are presented.
We can find several key words in spy movies, one is fighting alone. A spy is always alone, and his heart must be strong enough to make accurate judgments and analysis, and not be subject to the traps or misunderstandings of superior leaders and opponents, and more emphasis is on a liberal spirit and consciousness; identity search. Many spies are in a state of isolation and isolation. Sometimes they are physically restrained by the enemy's tactics, or they may encounter special events and lose their memory. To paraphrase John le Carré, "A person who is alone and away from others is very There may be a psychological problem." It is conceivable that not only the process of his identity becoming a mystery and searching is like an adventure journey, which is both thrilling and exciting, but also his psychological changes and the return of his beliefs are also a very interesting movie. element.
Therefore, from the spy movies in recent years, it is not difficult for us to see the development of diversified types of movies, especially the storyline of fighting wits and courage in the movie, which makes the audience's brains wide open, and at the same time see some commercialized contexts. Fashionable elements are more like a baptism of show and fashion. But spy movies will never be satisfied with these elements and stagnate. They even magnify the individual characteristics of spy to the extreme, and contrast the loneliness of the inner world with the whole world, and this unique high-end occupation with a certain group Equals. That's why we've seen a lot of literature and film lately featuring gay characters acting as spies. Because the characteristics of this group are loneliness, sensitivity, and a very delicate style of doing things in their espionage career.
Moreover, the purpose of espionage work is always to never give up until the goal is achieved. What supports the will of the protagonist is the tenacious and desperate spirit of Saburo. In addition, agents are also required to have good looks and responsibility, no matter whether it is enticing or seductive, and only when they deceive the intelligence and obtain the secrets Is a good agent. Therefore, the spy world presented in the movie screen is dazzling, giving people a kaleidoscope of fantasy, with idealism and romantic aesthetics, as if they had a particularly smooth dream. This is of course more enjoyable than the dream of being a superhero. After all, it has a factual basis and a social foundation. What a cool word to play!
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