Ever since Kate Winslet looked at everyone with a pair of slightly impatient eyes that seemed to have lost passion, I sincerely felt that this woman was terrifying.
I'm not talking about the role she played, I'm talking about Winslet. As an actor, she has dedicated a restrained and true performance.
I saw some people say that the pace of this show is very slow, and I can't stand it. The rhythm of a play is never judged by its rapid or slow story development. The rhythm of this play, fortunately, in its seemingly warm development, there is gradually a trend of heating up and about to boil. I'm not afraid of the slow pace of a drama, but I'm afraid that its slow pace won't arouse your desire to continue watching.
When the policewoman played by Winslet received a call during the editing and music that was gradually accelerating, and the shock in her eyes showed me, my expectations for the follow-up came to a boiling point.
In this slow-paced story, there are a lot of Winslet's solo performances.
An actor who has been famous for a long time, in a large number of one-man shows, it is hard to say that he has no intention of showing off his skills.
Especially in recent years, in a large number of American dramas and British dramas, the heroines’ performances tend to be emotionally explosive, such as Nicole Kidman’s "Lies" and "Inaction", such as Amy Adams's "Sharp Weapon", For example, Jennifer Aniston's "Morning News".
But in Winslet's performance, there will be no such dazzling look and feel. The middle-aged policewoman played by Winslet has a numb expression most of the time. No matter how intense her emotions are, she suppresses her voice and argues. Her eyes seem to be covered with a layer of fog and she has no look. "The man, there is no change in state. Whether in figure or dress, they are all middle-aged women, the kind that is very common. But a good actor is that she can produce something that attracts your eyes and catch your eyeballs by using the tone and expression that are common in our lives without her appearance.
Like Zhou Xun in "The Eleventh Chapter", she is so life-like and so eye-catching.
But it is not the same as Zhou Xun's role in "The Eleventh Chapter". The former's character itself is pungent. Zhou Xun's performance is a bit of introverted and complicated bitterness. Winslet's role in this play is tired. , Winslet's performance is a touch of anger that gradually heats up when he is tired.
Winslet watched as his whole family went to the ex-husband’s engagement ceremony-when I saw it, I thought it was wonderful. The whole family felt from the bottom of their hearts that her ex-husband and the woman her ex-husband was going to get engaged were very Nice, on the contrary, she didn't complain, but she couldn't say that she was on her side, including her mother.
In the whole paragraph above, Winslet's eyes and micro expressions are worth watching repeatedly.
When she wanted to get angry, but the fire did not come out, she seemed to have lost the feeling of anger, the tiredness of the middle-aged person; when she saw the excitement of her ex-husband’s engagement party across the window through the window, there was no jealousy in her eyes. , I can't say disappointment or anger, but just the subtle unpleasantness that doesn't take much to see them; after she had a good time with the man in the bar, after doing a one-off, she finally got a little relaxed smile.
This fleeting state of a character is difficult to capture as an audience, but as an actor, he must perform it skillfully and without showing a trace. This is a state of performance that can only be condensed when technology and emotion reach a certain height.
It is precisely because Kate is a world-famous actress, such a film and television series with a less commercial mainstream popcorn theme, but also some film and television "enthusiasts" will take the initiative to collect and watch, and most of the audience are very fond of Kate. Under familiar circumstances, Kate can break the inherent impression of actors as stars and present a true texture of real characters, which is extremely rare.
To give a simple example, Ms. Zhang Ziyi, the actor I love forever, still can't get rid of the arrogance in her bones. Cheng is also proud, because of this arrogance.
And Winslet, in a light-weight way, she wiped out the elegance of the "British Rose", the manners of gestures and the aristocratic arrogance of her character, like a drain machine, and the swelling on her face was completely wiped out. Either the impatience of the corners of the mouth, or the slightly rickety posture, is completely integrated into the story of this gray town with a courage to break and reshape.
Very recommended.
By Chuan (Welcome to follow)
More reading: Kate Winslet's other film "Ferris Wheel": Kate Winslet: The Struggle of the Guilty
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