Your "idol" is not "caught" this time, but "retired".

Ernestina 2021-12-22 08:01:22

There is a proverb in the Chinese "Awakening the World and Constant Words": If a gentleman takes revenge, he waits for three years (or he no longer recites the old evil), and the villain takes revenge only in front of his eyes. For the "upstart" Altman who was expelled by "Hollywood" and now invited to "Gosford Manor", the nineties seemed to be the golden age of his "revenge and hatred." Of course, this has a lot to do with the artist's understanding of "just staying for three years" as "ten years not too late."

"Hollywood", a gathering of talents, is obviously a place that makes "people" love (cool) and hate (fan). Launching a "movie star" twice, the director wants to remind us that "Silver · Sex · Men and Women" that shows "chaos in the entertainment industry" and "Big Player" that discloses "celebrity mentality" need to be "linked and watched" Sister articles. According to the hint, it is not difficult to find that the "producer" here is the same person as the "policeman" over there.

This kind of "isomorphism" also seems to be able to use the "Spider's Strategy" network capital (sage) and technology (skilled) "chief screenwriter" to despise the sacred daily life and even trample on the sacred humanity to establish a "legal". "Sex" explanation: Since the entire industry does not treat people as people, the "high-level network administrators" in this power structure can only act in accordance with this "hidden rule."

In fact, the male director has repeatedly emphasized the "reservoir" form of the "gui circle" through his works. Female directors use the more dangerous "Swamp" to describe it. The “star chasers” who actively or passively fall into the “trap” are partly conceived, produced, and manipulated by this “womb” with the function of “star-making”, and some are self-alienated into cold-blooded animals in this world of weak meat and strong food——from From this perspective, this psychological thriller that uses "The Bike Thief" as the "industry benchmark" to insinuate the crisis of "professional ethics" and the dispute between "art and business" really has a kind of "Ultraman fights the little monster" Fat)” is the sense of sight.

From the perspective of awakening oneself, the director’s "brainstorming" was successful-that work in the transitional period that showed a tendency to "disappear" from "realism" was awarded the "Italian Neorealism" medal. From the perspective of the masses and the enlightenment "practitioners", his "earthquake" seems to be a failure-after all, both word of mouth and box office have a good harvest.

As the saying goes, alcohol is messy and charming.

"Big Gamer", which was directed by the artist's commercial work, is not "caught" this time, but "retired".

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  • Elza 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    2015.12.29 Very interesting movie, Altman's style is very heavy, all kinds of movie history stalks, it's really enjoyable. Although my viewing taste is the object of the film's ridicule, it is still very fun to watch.

  • Norene 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    "Can we not talk about Hollywood? We are all cultural people!" Jin Min said that the story of "perfect blue" came from "The Player"!

The Player quotes

  • June: We can't hurry things any more than we can stop them.

  • Griffin Mill: Just... stop with the postcards...

    David Kahane: [enraged] I don't WRITE POSTCARDS! I WRITE SCRIPTS!