This step is not easy, as can be seen from Guy Ritchie's experience. Guy Ritchie is the director of the famous black comedy films "Two Old Smokers" and "Snatching". This talented Englishman was determined to make movies when he was a child, but he didn't look down on film school very much. He dropped out of school at the age of 15, and later started his career by shooting commercials. In 1995, he shot his first short film The Hard Case. It is said that the main plot of this film is the skeleton of "Two Old Smokers". Singer Sting’s wife took the role of Bole after seeing this film and invested in shooting the old smoker. Since then, Guy Ritchie has made a big hit. Although "Two Old Smoke Guns" in 1998 and "Stealing and Robbery" in 2000 failed to win awards at the three major film festivals, they also won trophies at many second-tier film festivals. The most important thing is that they are popular among movie fans. Praise, both shortlisted in the Top 250 videos voted by netizens on IMDB website. The two films are of the same genre, and share the same characteristics of a director who started making commercials: the pace is fast, the shots are tricky, and the latter is more proficient in technique.
Guy Ritchie’s trouble is coming at this time, how will the next film be shot? At this time, the boss of the BMW Motor Company paid for the big directors to make BMW short films, and Guy Ritchie was also invited, and he was on the same list as the big directors such as Wang Jiawei. His BMW short film "star" (star) is still a comedy. His wife, the controversial actress Madonna, plays a big star who is too arrogant and co-organized by a manager and a driver. The film is 7 minutes long and the filming is mediocre.
In 2001, Guy Ritchie had no other works. The following year, he released the film "Swept Away" still starring his wife Madonna. This is a romance film and Guy Ritchie tried to broaden the genre of the work. However, the film was so badly criticized that it was deserted in the US box office, so that it failed to enter the theater in the director's hometown, Britain, and only released the disc. The reason is that, firstly, the dark humor and fancy shots familiar to Guy Ritchie in romance films are not very useful, and the audience who watched the first two films are a little disappointed; secondly, Madonna’s consistent image and acting skills in the show business have been affected. Doubt; the third film is a remake of an old work of the same name by Italian female director Lina Wertmüller in 1974, and the story lacks novelty.
After suffering a setback, Guy Ritchie launched "Revolver" in 2005, returning to his crime film routine. The director naturally did not want to be limited to the original style. This is a film full of suspense. The film is more complicated. It uses more jumps and interlaced time and space, and also adds anime elements. The atmosphere at the beginning of the film was well controlled and filled with mystery. Unfortunately, at the end of the film, the two swindler masters behind the scenes were stupidly made to appear, and the building that had finally been erected fell over in an instant. Guy Ritchie doesn't understand that for true mystery, even if it goes to the source, it is still a mystery. The film was well received by some Guy Ritchie fans, but did not win at the film festival.
Guy Ritchie is currently filming Rude Buay. The film that is expected to be released next year is still a crime film, but the location of the story has moved from the UK to the US, and there are action scenes. Whether the film is good or bad, I will know next year.
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