"Foxcatcher" all I see is mockery

Rosella 2022-03-30 09:01:03

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100 episodes Oscar-winning film Critic
Questions:

1 Is this film a traditional sports-themed inspirational film? Or the drama involved?

2 What is the director trying to convey?

3 Does a movie based on a real case have to comply with its authenticity?

Let's see another one, The Fox Hunter, which I really appreciate. Cannes Best Director Award, multiple Oscar nominations.

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It's interesting to watch the title first. The Olympic champion seems to be telling his own inspirational story to the children. But after watching the whole movie, I found that it is not the case at all. It can be said that the movie has no inspiration at all. At his level, he can tell stories to children, and any spiritual virtues are worth $20. Many people feel dizzy after watching this movie. All I can say is, it's normal. But that's okay, let's delve deeper and you'll find the subtlety of this movie.

We are analyzing the two main characters in this film, the younger brother and the big nose coach. The


younger brother and the big nose coach
follow the four-dimensional integration analysis method. Let's look at the characters: the relationship between the younger brother and the big nose


. is it possible? Can Big Nose Coach replace his brother?

Including other athletes, in fact, they are just raised by their masters, just like ancient warriors. The title says that nobles need a group of foxes for hunting, which is actually what it means. It's just for the master, they are not hired by the state, but by the rich and rich chaebol, so this film is called "Fox Hunter", understand?



In the eyes of most people, sports itself is a game of low IQ, especially in modern professionalism. For the sake of their careers, these athletes have to rely on others, and there is nothing they can do. In fact, they are also very pitiful! The director actually has his own views on the contemporary sports system, including the Olympics. That's the way the artist is, what positive energy, three views, main melody... Haha, whether the three views of this film are right or wrong should be left to the future to comment! After all, the tragedy of the shooting also happened... Let's only talk about the movie here, and only trace the director's thoughts.

Woman: Really full of ridicule.


Woman: I also said, look, on the plane, this younger brother, a college student, can't speak all three words easily. This quality is ridiculous. The big-nosed coach didn't look down on him, and taught him in a strict manner, haha, like two mentally retarded!

So, these two can really play together!

Woman: Well, that's what you said, the director is sneering all the time.



Many plots include characterization, and it is by no means as simple as introducing the protagonist's history. So let me tell you, in fact, this film is not an inspirational film. On the contrary, the director's creative theme has a satirical perspective on athletes such as Olympic champions.

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, look at his mother again, this is a real aristocratic old lady who has been a lifetime, and the farmer, including the housekeeper, actually looks down on it These athletes think that it is a low-level activity, with a simple mind and developed limbs, that is, the coach's brother has a little heart, and finally died unexpectedly...


Before the old lady died, she was sitting in a wheelchair and looked at herself. My son, what have you done to improve in this dedicated career? In the end, he found that his son was still the same virtue, and finally left with hatred.

Female: The two of them hugged together, and they really couldn't see the beauty.

Well, what you found from the camera is exactly what the director wanted to convey. So you must remember your inner feelings, and you can trace the director's creative intentions.

Do you remember the previous episode? Big Nose is determined to be an ornithologist, and finally publishing a book can be considered as an end to his career. In fact, this is called "playing tickets" for the rich. Don't you have this hobby? It's a good thing to have a hobby. The family supports it! Take the money! ... Ma X makes a movie, doesn't it make sense!

The film does a lot of foreshadowing for the two main characters, the younger brother and the coach with the big nose. A series of plots are meaningful in this film, and also passed on to the director's thoughts.


The big nose is sometimes quite fanciful and majestic.
Don't look at the big nose as a scoundrel, but the younger brother is in awe, and the younger brother is in awe of this person! The big nose coach is rich, and the key is to be very patriotic. Although he is a complete stick in wrestling, his younger brother and those teammates probably understand it in their hearts... But these wrestlers must be united around the big nose. Obviously, the big nose is really good. Son, who else takes this seriously? Look at the nobles around. They also hold parties. They are all gathered by elites in science and technology, Nobel Prize winners. Who is free to do this? To be honest, things gather together, and people are divided into groups. Don't look at the big nose like this, occasionally he is very temperamental and has a style, that is the god in his brother's heart, and finally the younger brother followed him to take drugs, and it was a cool walk. After all, I have suffered a lot in my life.


As for his brother, although he is technical, experienced, and has a slightly higher IQ, there is a detail in this film that he doesn't even bother to shake hands. It can be seen that the manor's finances look down on these people.

The audience can look at the dialogue, see the naivety of the big nose coach, and the dedication to wrestling, which is full of irony.

This movie is based on real events!

That's for sure, all movie stories and awards, Nobel, Olympic gold medals, etc. are basically true events.

Female: Then why?

You think, if the movie made up these real backgrounds, then the story would be completely meaningless!

Woman: Yes, yes, it makes sense! After watching it for a long time, a fake Olympic champion, why not fool the audience!

So you have to know what the hell is going on with the movie. No matter what the fate of the protagonist is, maybe it's a neuropathy, an athlete, maybe the characters in real life are not the same as the movie characters... But in real events, there are two brothers, there are shootings, there are rich people, it does exist, The screenwriter can adapt it within a certain creative space. The Hong Kong film "Treading the Snow to Seek Plum" is also a film based on a real case. But they are all arbitrarily modified for the purpose of film creation, that is, the theme idea.


And this scene is very fun. You can see this big nose coach, and it's not too cheap. He has been so good for a long time. He must fight for some coaching position, but when he arrives on the field, he is a fan of the athletes... This director Zhenni Ma will be sarcastic! However, I do see that this dude really likes the sport of wrestling.

By the way, you have to know what screenwriters do? How to make a story in three sentences, what is true and what is false, what is true and false, and finally, what can become art recognized by everyone, and finally money.


I will say it directly now: From the end of the film, I found that the theme of this film is to satirize the so-called American spirit and patriotism, including the two brothers who are world champions, but also full of disdain. Any compliments from my brother...

Female: My brother was finally beaten to death by a coach with a big nose. I think his brother is a lunatic!

When he was finally arrested, Big Nose was surrounded by police. Looking down from the perspective, for such a powerless scoundrel, the police jumped down and captured him. Hehe, at this time, he was only treated as a fugitive with a gun. What kind of patriots, what rich people, fame and status, everything is bullshit, and dignity is lost!

Female: Well, I feel that this person is a joke


brother who was beaten to death by the big nose coach

This younger brother, a former Olympic champion, was finally forced to fight this kind of underground boxing competition for money and survival. Anyway, compared with the Olympic Games, it is far from being in the mainstream. Look at this environment, it is smoky, this woman holding a placard. Yes, what style is it when you wear a bikini. After the host of the boxing match introduced the Soviet man, and then introduced the American world champion, some people in the audience immediately called the United States, the United States... It is normal to say that in the Olympics, it is normal to call for the United States. You said that this is an underground boxing, where is it? Ah, USA USA...you say you are stupid! Dare to love the United States also have Boxers? Maybe any country has such a person, commonly known as angry youth...

Of course, since I say that, I need to use a lot of plots to corroborate him. We will analyze this movie carefully in the future, one plot and one plot analysis.

Female; Well, it turns out that there is such a metaphor at the end of the film!


So I reiterate that the ending of the film is very important, and most of it can help the audience find the theme. After all, the director does not want the audience to leave in a confused manner. He just wants to hide and seek with you, which is the essence of film creation. For example, at the end of "The Hurt Locker", it is a completely different picture, the kind of propaganda of patriotism and the defense of justice, which makes people all over the world feel a kind of power. You see, the same is true for the American spirit, patriotism, and the ideas and emphasis conveyed by different stories, which are completely different. Only when we understand the film can we figure out the connotation of these essences.

Female: Master Sensen, I found that the movie you summed up is different from everyone else?

If it's the same, I won't do this show anymore. I can't find it on the Internet. What about so many movie reviews? What am I doing so hard for? I will go through the similarities. The key is whether the film reviews can be convincing according to our four-dimensional integrated analysis method, and also help more audiences understand the film and solve a large number of creative problems. This is what I am most concerned about.

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Extended Reading

Foxcatcher quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mark Schultz: [Mark gives a speech to a school of young students] Hello. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Mark Schultz. I wanna talk about America, and I wanna tell you why I wrestle.

    [Mark holds up his Olympic gold metal to the kids]

    Mark Schultz: This is an Olympic gold metal. I won this three years ago at the 23rd Olympic games in Los Angeles, California. This is more than just some piece of metal. It's about what the metal represents. The virtues it requires to attain it.

  • [Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]

    John du Pont: You look good. You look strong. Fit.

    Mark Schultz: Thank you, sir.

    John du Pont: Feeling confident?

    [Mark nods yes]

    John du Pont: That's one of the most important elements of entering a match is feeling the confidence, knowing that you're going to win. Feeling it inside. If you get - go to a match knowing you're going to win that match, odds are you're going to win that match. You're training with your brother Dave?

    Mark Schultz: Yes, sir.

    John du Pont: Great Dave Schultz?

    Mark Schultz: Yeah.

    John du Pont: And I'm talking to the great Mark Schultz. Do you have any idea why I asked you to come here?

    Mark Schultz: No.

    John du Pont: No. Well, Mark, do you - do you have any idea who I am?

    Mark Schultz: No. No.

    John du Pont: Some rich guy calls you on the phone. I want the great Mark Schultz to come visit me. Well, I'm a - I'm a wrestling coach. And I have a deep love of the sport of wrestling. And I wanted to speak with you about your future. About what you hope to achieve. What do you hope to achieve, Mark?

    Mark Schultz: Well, I wanna be the best in the world. I wanna go to the Worlds and win gold. I wanna go to the '88 Olympics and win gold.

    John du Pont: Good. I'm proud of you. Are you getting the support that you need?

    Mark Schultz: What do you mean, sir?

    John du Pont: Well, you know how the soviets support their wrestlers.

    Mark Schultz: I do.

    John du Pont: Mark, we as a nation have failed to honor you. And that's a problem. Not just for you, but for our society. When we fail to honor that which should be honored, it's a problem. It's a canary in a coal mine. Do you bird-watch?

    Mark Schultz: Uh, no.

    John du Pont: You can learn a lot from birds. I'm an ornithologist. But more importantly, I am a patriot. And I want to see this country soar again.

    Mark Schultz: I want that too.

    John du Pont: I can see that.