In some respects, this film is better than Christopher Nolan's "Deadly Magic". ——"Entertainment Weekly"
is at the same level as "Eleven Arhats", and the cast also has the Oscar level. The total number of nominations the actors have received has reached 15. -- "ReelViews"
may not be the most satisfying crime drama compared to the Oscar-winning film "The Usual Suspects," but it's not too far behind. —— "Eleven Arhats" in the magician's edition of "Charlotte Observer"
is full of childlike tricks, making the audience happy to be fooled by the characters. ——"The AV Club"
Thanks to a combination of beautiful tricks and attractive casts, this magic version of "Eleven Arhats" is still worth watching, although its potential is far from being fully realized. - The problem with Variety
is that when director Louis Leterrier scrambles to come up with a good trick, he forgets how to make a good movie: character development, carefully constructed dramatic tension, and a believable storyline . ——If "Washington Post"
regards it as a magic show, the film has done a decent entertainment in terms of entertainment, but unfortunately the more entertaining the trick, the more difficult it becomes to explain, so that when the truth is revealed It took a moment to discover that the answer was already unsatisfactory. ——"Village Voice"
◎Behind-the-scenes production
Brain-burning crime films
Hollywood's brain-burning crime films have always been unique among crime films. "The Seven Deadly Sins", "The Very Suspects", "Eleven Arhats", etc. belong to this column. And Louis Leterrier, who loves this kind of film, would also like to make such a film himself. He said: "I've always wanted to make a film with this kind of high IQ, and I've been waiting for such a script and such a story. Finally, I waited for a script like "Now You See Me", which has a lot of genres. Elements like theft, Robin Hood characters, magic and things like underworld cops, undercover, etc. There’s no doubt that Now You See Me is the movie I’ve always dreamed of.”
In order to make the film well and make the film have a different texture, during the filming period, Leterrier has been watching movies such as "The Thief", "Eleven Arhats", and "The Very Suspects", looking for inspiration from them. Leterrier said frankly: "I got a lot of inspiration from those classic films, and found the tricks about making this kind of film. In making this kind of film, accumulating a sense of suspense is the most important thing. This kind of suspense is not just about using The plot is built up, but also needs to be woven using actors' performances, dialogues and secret stories. Freeman always said in the film, the closer you are, the more you can't see anything. When shooting, we deliberately Showing everything to you, the result is that you can't see anything. The real suspense and the mystery of the story are revealed at the end of the film. But after the answer is revealed, it will take you a while to think about it. Get it. I think, that's the most amazing and surprising thing about this movie." A movie like this has an eye-popping cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody
Harrelson
, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, all appeared in the film. Although there were many difficulties in the casting process, Leterrier was extremely satisfied with this lineup. He said: "The actor is the most critical part of the film, although Eisenberg was not our first choice, but after he came to the crew, we changed the tone of the whole film to make the film younger and more fashionable. , more cool. We added a lot of special effects scenes, instead of the pure stage magic before. This change, from the current point of view, is still very good."
As for the role of the film, Eisenberg said: " The role I played was a bit of two-sided, on the one hand, like Zuckerberg, he had some kind of dominance over things; on the other hand, he liked to show off himself on stage. This duality makes this character full of What to watch. In order to show his love for stage magic, I also learned a lot of magic in advance. I think this kind of early training has made me understand magic better, and when I am acting, I am more involved in the drama.”
But in Ruffalo's eyes, the film is more of a Robin Hood story. He said: "The role I played has some street habits and is fierce. The police officer I played before was always sitting upright, but this role was like an outlaw. He would often rush into the streets to enforce the law, Rarely shaves, doesn't follow the rules, etc. etc. It is this kind of character setting that gives the film a value judgment that allows the audience to have similarities between the good and the bad in opposing positions At the end, when the truth comes out, we will find that this is a Robin Hood story, which is very enjoyable."
◎Trivia
: The film tells the story of magic, and the structure of the whole film is a huge three-act play magic show.
· Woody Harrelson really went to learn telepathy for a while with a telepathic magician before filming.
·For the film, Jesse Eisenberg learned some basic techniques and basic theories of magic.
· This film is "Batman prequels" two old Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine join hands again.
· This film is Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson following the "Zombieland" again.
· The film was originally planned to be shot in Atlanta, but later moved to New Orleans.
·A lot of the magic in the film is done with one camera.
·The magic in the film is done by the actors themselves, no professional magician is used, and there is no opportunistic on the lens.
·After director Louis Leterrier came to the crew, he revised the script and made the film bigger.
· Jake Gyllenhaal was originally a candidate to play the FBI officer.
Philip Seifer Hoffman, Jim Carrey, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth were all chosen to play Michael, the boss of the Four Horsemen. But the role was later given to young actor Eisenberg.
During filming, Michael Caine was locked in the dressing room for the entire day. That day, when Kane finished filming, he went back to the dressing room to rest. Later, he fell asleep without hearing the director call to stop work. The rest of the crew didn't see Kane and thought he had left the crew. When Kane woke up, there was no staff around. He was not released until the next morning.
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