Speaking of Venezuela, apart from baseball, the anti-American style of their President Hugo Chávez (1954~) will be associated. If you want to understand the historical origin of this phenomenon, it is recommended to appreciate the French director in 1953 the year before Chavez was born. Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907~1977) "The Price of Fear" (Le salaire de la peur) was filmed with Venezuela as the background. This film will be the best answer. Henri-Georges Clouzot was resisted by the Nazis in the 1940s and remained silent for many years. After the war until 1953, the film "The Price of Fear" became an instant hit, with a style similar to that of Master Greek. From then on, Clouzot was called the French Hitchcock.
"The Price of Fear" is not an English-language film and the age is not well-known in China, but this film was ranked in the Top 250 list with IMDb 8.3 points. The film is set in Venezuela after the Second World War, and Venezuela after the war. The infrastructure is poor and the Southern Oil Company (SOC) has formed an independent kingdom. There is a strong contrast between the inside and outside of the factory, whether it is Italian, German or local aboriginal outside the factory, there are many widows and many disabled people. There are so many unemployed people who can only "dog barking the train" to blame the American company for not fulfilling the promises when it set up the factory.
One day, Mr. Jo, a middle-aged businessman who used to develop in Italy, came here to develop. Even so, he easily became a celebrity in this poor place. No one admires him most than Mario, a fellow Corsican fellow. , The role of Mario is played by the French film and song amphibious star Yves Montand (1921~1991) (Chinese translation: Eumundon).
One day, an explosion occurred in the oil well of the Southern Petroleum Company. It was necessary to recruit 4 local drivers to drive 2 trucks to transport high-risk nitroglycerin to disaster relief. Each person was paid 2,000 US dollars! This is a rare opportunity for poor places. In the end, Bimba, a German youth who is recognized as the best driving skill, Luigi, a licorice character at the end of lung cancer, Mario, and another senior driver Smerloff, have nowhere to perform. Jo used a plan to do away with Smerloff and went to battle on his own. Mario, who didn't understand Jo's driving ability, felt a little uneasy before setting off.
After the two cars set off, they completely exceeded the audience's expectations. The once wealthy eldest brother was also the most masculine Mr. Jo (pictured on the left). Suddenly he broke out in a cold sweat and complained again and again, and would only avoid a crisis. Relatively, others Three paupers with nothing. Driven by the charm of $2,000, they have no way out of problems and can only solve them at all costs. The script of this film is very well written, and the numbers encountered in the shipping process are terrifying. Crisis, under the charm of $2,000, these most resourceless paupers must use the simplest method to solve them one by one.
In the first half of the movie, Luigi, who suffers from cancer, is portrayed as a weak character who loves money and doesn't dare to fight. After driving on the road, he is the most careful and considerate friend. On the contrary, Jo, the most prestigious elder brother in the original local pub, was gradually isolated by the other three.
The climax of the plot is that the leading car, Bimba + Luigi, must use the nitroglycerin on the car to fry the rocks that stand in the way. I thought that US$2,000 was about to get it, but after passing it, it exploded due to negligence. The other Mario + Jo ventured through the oil. In the pool, Mario had to sacrifice the lives of his companions to complete the task. After completing the task and receiving the bonus, Mario was named a hero and was arrogant. On the return journey, he accidentally fell into the valley and died. Superfluous can be deleted.
The script of "The Price of Fear" is compact, explaining in many places that Henri-Georges Clouzot's "crisis always occurs in moments of relaxation". A more macroscopic view is to see and interpret the life of the middle and low classes in South America after the war. The cause of their anti-American complex.
I think the four protagonists in the second half of the movie are very appropriate. They play the role of the German youth Bimba Peter van Eyck (1911~1969) (pictured on the left) who was once devastated by the Nazis. : "A highly disciplined German officer", in "Five Grave To Cairo" in 1943, "The Longest Day" in 1962, and "The Spy of the Cold War" in 1965 (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), 1969's "The Bridge at Remagan" (The Bridge at Remagan) both performed his old profession-the German officer.
The role is second only to the cowardly Mr. Jo of Yves Montand. Originally he liked the performance of Jean Gabin, another king of the French film industry, but Jean Gabin thought it would affect his image and declined this opportunity to perform. Instead, he looked for a more senior man. Actor Charles Vanel (1892~1989) is the lead.
The hero of this movie Yves Montand (1921~1991) is as famous as his acting.
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me, the most outstanding movie must first have an outstanding script (this is the most critical, especially those based on true The script of the story), an outstanding director, who can strongly reflect the most essential elements in the script and his own style, of course, there must be outstanding actors, not necessarily stars, but there must be that kind of movie after watching the movie. Your feelings, and, most importantly, all of this combined can make you feel the same.
[Le Salaire De La Peur], the English name [Wages of Fear] is such a great movie. It is one of the most essence pieces in the history of human film development in a century. For me, I saw this one by chance. [The price of fear] After so many years, until now, there is still no other movie that can make me so amazed (perhaps [Shawshank's Redemption] in 1995 is relatively close).
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[Le Salaire De La Peur], ([Wages of Fear] US) (The Price of Fear) 1953, French
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Starring: Yves Montand (Yves Montand) Montand); Charles Vanel (Charles Vanais)
Henri-Georges Clouzot is based on Georges Arnaud's novel adaptation, 148 minutes Black & White.
Some movies, you just look at it, as if it will make you worship, this movie won in 53 years The film won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, the Best Actor Award, and the 53 Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award. Even though it is more than half a century ago in the black and white era, it seems too far away, but it can inspire the most in your heart. The original awe, and it is like a flood that bursts a bank, even if you have thousands of heroes to resist the love, it will be vanished in a moment.
It is said that the director Henry-George Cruzo shot this film based on George Arnault's novel and some of his personal experience when he lived in Latin America. No doubt, its shining brilliance will last forever in film history.
Starting from a close-up of a group of busy ants, the environment is revealed. What impressed me was the puddles all over the street, and the vehicles drove by, splashing mud. The unbridled noise of homeless people and washerwomen, and the ruined buildings make this place look like an uncivilized savage land. It was South America in the 1930s. This was an isolated town called Las Piedras in South America. For those who violated the law from all over the world, this was a natural place of exile, Mario It's just such a casual man who strays in this market, plus other Bimba and Luigi, and the seemingly dragged down businessman ancestors. For the same purpose, the four of them urgently need to leave this place to raise money and accept the United States. An oil company’s tempting and risky challenge is to transport extremely explosive dangerous goods: nitroglycerin to an oil well deep in the mountains to extinguish the fire. The background statement at the beginning of the film is nearly 50 minutes (after watching the film, you will find that this is not a waste of time), which paved the way for the fate of the next four people.
Any bumps and collisions will cause an explosion. Mario and Zu, marching in fear on the rugged mountain road, died, and the explosion may be not far ahead, anytime, anywhere, everyone, at the moment they hold the steering wheel, they have their backs on their backs. A huge psychological burden. For life, fear is hell.
The jitters and pauses of each picture are a huge test for the audience’s mind. Henry-George Cruze perfectly magnified the suspense and fear that every detail in the process can show, including a sparse section. A dirt road, a decaying suspension bridge, a boulder blocking the way, and a huge greasy puddle. They passed by the god of death again and again. They embraced and kissed passionately to celebrate their escape from one calamity after another. However, the ancestor failed to escape the last hurdle, and they reunited in the hard thinking of their hometown. Closed eyes. Mario's truck finally arrived at the oil well that was still burning. Amidst the cheers of the workers, Mario fell asleep on the ground after removing his fear.
The story is not over yet. As the only survivor, Mario got paid. He drove an empty car and wanted to see himself and his loved one and fly home happily. At the same time, knowing that the town where he had survived was boiling, his lover Linda and the others began to carve amidst the sound of music. The cheerful tune of the music continued when turning, and Mario's car danced with it. However, Mie was scared, but eventually smashed the car into the low wall beside the road, and rolled down the mountain together...
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film shows superb imaging skills. In every detail of the whole journey, the director has an amazing deal, especially the portrayal of the human heart and the strong background of the natural environment, which makes you unable to breathe deeply. Deeply attracted by it, for example, Mario is looking for his ancestors by the suspension bridge. The panoramic view of a leap is followed by a close-up shot of a rock raised from the foot and then to the panoramic view, smooth and full of impact. Another example is Bimba pouring nitroglycerin along the branch into the hole of the boulder, cutting Luigi's mouth chewing cigarette butt and Mario's hand flicking the matchbox in parallel, creating a tense and full mood in this segment.
The whole journey is not only a battle between man and sinister nature, but also a battle between man and his own fear demon. In the face of sinister nature, human courage is so fragile and vulnerable (the ancestor is a perfect example). Although the film did not deliberately show the profound meaning of allegorical style, but in connection with that era, what the film expresses: the fear and fate that people cannot overcome. It shows the existential philosophy developed by Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre in post-war France. Henri-Georges Clouzot is the first to add philosophical annotations to the film, and transfer this idea to the next generation of French film directors François Truffaut (Truffaut) and Jean-Luc Godard (Godard).
The great director Henry-George Cruz (1907-1977) is a film artist who is desperate for art. In this masterpiece of his film, he analyzes human beings on the basis of pursuing the purest and most rigorous drama. The deep naturalness of his body. His other famous films include the documentary [The Mystery of Picasso] in 1956 ([Picasso's Secret]) and [Les Diaboliques] ([Demon]) in 1955 and so on. And starring Yves. Montan was one of the most charming Frenchmen in the 50s and 80s. He was also a star Chanson singer when he was acting in movies. Here, he played Mario, just like that. As soon as you watch the movie, I feel that this role is nothing but ordinary.
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I can’t remember what year it was (in college, maybe I haven’t graduated from high school yet?), CCTV watched a set of famous movies late on Saturday night, I was lying on the bed, holding my breath, motionless, The [Price of Fear] on the TV screen gripped my heart tightly. The feeling of strong empathy and deep feeling is so clear in retrospect, as if it were last night.
Perhaps it is the highest level that can be achieved by thrilling/suspense movies, My Rating: 10+/10 (Masterpiece!)
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story is about the residents living in poverty in a village called Las Piedras in South America In addition to the harsh environment, people are mostly unemployed. Under the scorching heat, people can only sit in front of the bar and do nothing, and exclaimed: How happy I would be if I could have a job! This opening shows that people have nowhere to live. The hero Mario even said that there are many terrible diseases in this area. The harsh sanitary environment is full of spiders, mosquitoes and other insects, but the deadliest is "starvation." "Causes the death of a large number of villagers. This kind of interpretation of the sense of confinement, even through the guests resting in front of the bar, is projected with high-density striped shadows, which represents a certain kind of life's no way out, like the depressing of being in prison.
Jo is a failed businessman who came to this impoverished village under the pressure of a difficult situation, and met Mario from his hometown. Although Joe wore a suit and straight, he was penniless. When he learned of his old friend Oberion (O'Brien) Be here as S. 0. When the resident boss of C American Petroleum Company, he went to ask for help but was refused. Until one day an oil well explosion caused heavy casualties, Oberion called on villagers to send a large amount of nitroglycerin to extinguish the fire, but nitroglycerin is an extremely dangerous explosive. The oil company decided at the meeting to hire villagers who are good at driving in the village with a lot of money. This task, even though it was a dangerous task of a life of nine deaths, villagers were still eager to pass the test to get a chance. Finally, it was obtained by Mario, his roommate Luigi, Bimba who was fired by the bar owner, and another villager. Qualifications, the villager’s “accidental” disappearance was made up by Qiao when he was leaving, and there were many quite thrilling and touching and tense scenes on the road, such as: crossing the bumpy road, the platform support on the cliff side collapsed, and blown up. Boulder, etc. After all these difficulties, the truck driven by Ruji and Bimba was accidentally blown up, and Joe was unfortunately killed by a broken leg. Mario, the only one who completed the task, was driven on the way back. Improperly fell into the valley and died. Looking at it, the whole film can be watched in about several paragraphs: introduction to the village and characters, commissioning of the task, the process of executing the task, and the tragic ending.
Someone once referred to this director as Alfred Hitchcock (Alfred Hitchcock) in France. It is not quite appropriate (at least in this film). Hitchcock has a high degree of suspense and tension in it. Although Cruzo It creates a lot of tension, but the focus is placed on the moments of life and death, and the tension that should not be allowed to occur, rather than the suspenseful and treacherous atmosphere. The difference between the two is that in this film, Cruzo captures the hardship of the people in the South American villages with realistic brushstrokes to a certain extent, even hesitating to bet his life for wealth and accept extremely dangerous tasks. In the first paragraph, it can be seen that the villagers’ suffering and the poor environmental sanitation. For example, Lu Ji’s lungs were damaged because of his work as a cement maker. The doctor’s diagnosis has run out of time. , Which inspired him to gamble with his life, hoping to enjoy the rest of the day after getting paid. Another villager hanged himself because he was not selected. What is even more heartbreaking is the letter he wrote to his mother before he died saying that he had found a good-paying job.
The second paragraph of the American Petroleum Corporation’s mission entrustment can be divided into two parts (task meeting and news release). In the initial discussion meeting, everyone sacrificed for workers who did not take risks, plus trade union control. If an accident happens to the regulations, it will cause irresistible controversy, so Oberion put his idea on the group of unemployed villagers, even saying: they have no labor union or family burden, even if they are killed, there will be no complaints afterwards. . At this time, someone agreed to send it with a low salary, and finally it was at Oberion's insistence that he decided to call on the brave husband with a huge salary. This scene revealed a strong criticism of the American capital society. They came to South America to use oil, hired local villagers for high-risk jobs at low wages, and only paid a small amount of compensation after the accident. A scene of villagers' complaints can be seen at a glance. This capitalist's oppression of workers is completely in line with the exploitation of the "surplus value" theory proposed by Marx. The high-level pursuit of self-interest at the expense of the people at the bottom. This class gap is also shown in the introduction of the village environment in the opening film, and it can be seen that it marks S. 0. C's jeep and motorcycle whizzed past the village, contrasting the villagers riding donkeys and walking.
When the news was released to the whole village, everyone flocked to register. This is an interesting and humorous performance. All the villagers who came to register said that their profession is a "truck driver", which shows that everyone is eager to get the job. After learning that the explosives delivered are amazingly powerful, there is still a rush, and humor also adds a lot of sadness. Behind this actually means that people find work difficult and life embarrassment, no matter how dangerous the work is, they will not hesitate to lie or fight to gain opportunities. This idea also runs through to the next test scene, using the pros and cons of driving technology as a screening, and those waiting for the test use small means to eliminate opponents.
There are two main points of "performance" and "interpretation" in the process of transporting goods, which show the tense design of amazing pictures, such as: on a rotten wooden platform on a cliff, Mario's truck is slowly forced by wheels slipping. To the edge of the platform, after using dead branches to press on the tires as a buffer, although the car body went uphill smoothly, but the body hooked to the steel cables supporting the platform, Mario violently accelerated the uphill without knowing it, causing the steel cables to collapse suddenly. Solution, the entire wooden platform instantly lost its pull and fell off the cliff. Afterwards, the boulder was deep-fried with nitroglycerin to create a similar sense of tension.
The interpretation lies in the portrayal of the character’s character. Joe is an elderly person among the four. Originally, he was a replacement, but he made the other person to be locked in to take his place, although he did not recognize his own. He was aging, but when he was on the road, he vomited due to the load of stress. In a scene on the cliff, he hid alone for fear of danger. His cowardly performance was compared with his previous scenes of provoking Rugi in the bar. He was the winner in the tense atmosphere. These two scenes can clearly show the fierce struggle of human nature, and the retreat to face the crisis of life and death. No matter how much courage to face the threat of death, no matter how much courage is left, only the fragility of human nature is left. It is difficult for us here. To criticize Qiao's greed and fear of death, he wanders between wealth and death and struggles with contradictions, which shows the fragility of human nature. Compared with the elderly Joe, Mario possesses a certain degree of male hegemony. For example, he treats his girlfriend mercilessly and impatiently. His girlfriend is worried about his safety, but he throws her out of the car, and he treats Joe too. It can be seen that in the scene of the same cliff, Joe directed the reversing distance behind the truck, but the driving Mario insisted on backing the car to the bottom line despite the safety of Joe at the rear of the car and the call, but almost knocked Joe into the valley. In addition, in the scene where the truck fell into the oil sludge, Joe guided and cleared obstacles in front of the car. In the middle of the scene, Joe’s legs were pressed by the huge tree trunk and could not move, but Mario insisted on rushing out of the oil sludge. , He was forced to press Joe's leg, causing him to die in the car.
Mario’s stubborn attitude reveals the attitude of people at the expense of others in pursuit of wealth. This not only exists in a capitalist society, but in this backward society where everyone is in danger, everyone is eager to escape from the poor life. This is in the election. The truck driver is clearly visible. And Joe more deeply embodies the contradictory struggle between wealth and death.
The whole film takes into account the external visual effects and the internal characterization of human nature. Although the creation of tension in some scenes is too deliberate and deep, the social and human issues considered on the whole are strongly criticized. force.
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