The film is adapted from the novel "The Revenant", which describes the white people in the New World who approached the West and fought against the harsh nature and indigenous peoples. In 1803, the United States purchased a large area of land in the Midwest from the French colonists, which doubled the eastern territory in the early days of the founding of the country. accumulation. In order to reproduce the real hunter Grass in history, the film was shot in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the glaciers in Argentina in winter. The extreme beauty of the frozen world at minus 20 to 30 degrees and the transparency of light and shadow, the picture is filled with Bone-piercing coolness and dying desire. Xiao Li, who survived the ninth death, gave his conscientious acting skills in the various ordeals of escaping from danger in the mouth of the bear, raging in the wind and snow, and harming his teammates. The positioning of this type of Jedi survival film for the protagonist is a completer of prescribed actions. The trait of Xiao Li's strengths in external actions and short in inner deductions largely exploits his strengths and avoids his weaknesses.
At least two people should be thanked for the birth of this actor, one is director Gonzalez and the other is photographer Lubezki. The Oscar jury also honored it with awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography. Although the audience sees different depths from the film, the Best Director Award is more often awarded to those directors who dare to think, dare to shoot, and pursue artistic realization. In 2015, the Cannes jury awarded Hou Xiaoxian of "The Assassin Nie Yinniang". Also out of this. You must know that the director and photographer of the last Oscar's best film "Birdman" are also the two Mexican fellows, who also won the best director and best cinematography. Lubezki has won three Oscars for Best Cinematography since he shot "Gravity". With such a team, coupled with the incomparably diligent Xiao Li, it is not surprising that this film has become famous since the beginning of shooting.
However, the reputation is actually difficult to match.
Gonzalez once said that when you grew up in the Catholic Church, people only told you that you should know how to forgive others, but no one told me how to forgive yourself, which is precisely the biggest problem in life. So in his "Birdman", he talked about the dilemma and way out of how people live, and continued this topic of survival in "The Revenant". In a more sinister living environment, Xiao Li has another mission - revenge. He almost died with the bear. The premise of revenge is to survive, so all kinds of wild survival skills are handed over to him to perform in turn. Without the inner drama, Xiao Li's acting skills Externalized as a lone hero fighting, making fire, and healing, the always empty eyes can be interpreted as a manifestation of physical and mental exhaustion. The audience can't even care about looking at Xiao Li's face, and they are already suppressed by the plot of surviving.
In order to give Xiao Li the motivation to survive in despair and release the nervous nerves of the audience, the director used many imaginary pictures to let the audience understand this legendary story. The bloody, disturbing killing was interspersed with soothing prayers, murmurs, and whispers, the encouragement from the Pawnee lover and son: if you have the strength, live. In the illusory sense of the camera, there is peace and desire that cannot be achieved in reality. The body of the lover is floating in the air, and the fluttering hair and smile soothe the unbearable physical pain. The deceased son is reborn in a dream, and together with the ruined church, rebuilds his nearly collapsed faith. However, even so, the rich language of the camera can not hide the weak force of the plot development. Even if the characters are deeply isolated from the world, they cannot be without psychological evolution. This western film seems to be less convincing in terms of characterization. .
Fortunately, the audience's attention will be attracted by the vast valleys, mottled forests, and the turbulent flow of the Mississippi River, as if they can smell the smell of soil, the moisture of rain, the smell of fur, and the desperation that has nowhere to hide in the cold wind and snow. feel. Natural light, long shots, handheld photography, and ultra-wide-angle images, Lubezki's photography brings a sense of presence that allows the audience to gain the realism and horror of being in it. There seems to be a burst of power when fighting close-up, and there is stillness flowing in the empty mirror in the medium and long range, and the language of the camera is full of expressiveness. He can always find the thrilling focus in the complicated pictures, and reveal the unfinished point of the film's narrative. , which captures the meaning that the characters do not present.
At the film's Beijing publicity conference, Xiao Li was presented with a "God Rewards Diligence" scroll, which was written for his suffering in the film. More than suffering, it is Gonzalez's extremely self-directed temperament, and Lubezki's extremely superb visual skills, which deeply impressed Xiao Li's model worker spirit.
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