In 2013, director David O. Russell, who received much attention at the Oscars with "The Line of Happiness behind the Dark Clouds", has come up with a very personal and endearing "American Hustle", which once again swept the Oscar nominations.
The film is based on the true events of the "Aberskan" investigation in 1981, when a con artist working in the FBI discovered corruption in Congress and secretly designed a surprise operation. Con artist Irving (Christian Bale) is arrested by federal agent Richie, played by Bradley Cooper, in exchange for helping the FBI with a swindle to lure out officials who will accept bribes. Amy Adams plays Bale's partner and lover, and Jennifer Lawrence plays Bale's real wife.
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When I first started watching the film, the male protagonist Irving meticulously played with his wonderful Mediterranean hairstyle for 2 minutes, and was stunned to put a few rotten kelp-like hair on the top of his bald head. . Halfway through the film, Irving, who is a big belly, looks familiar, but he has absolutely nothing to do with Batman. I accidentally saw the poster and recognized the rubber man Christian Bale. The last time he lost weight to look like a skeleton for Russell's "The Fighter", this time he had a big belly and gained 40 pounds. While admiring Bale's dedication, he couldn't help but ask if Uncle Bei had not graduated from "America". Psychopath" play? With Bale's acting skills, he didn't have to rely on the "spring man" to prove himself, but the real beer belly really made his image of a liar deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. He played Irving by running several chain laundries, flipping fake paintings, and making some extra money from the illegal business of financial fraud, living a free "decent" life. Dark blue velvet dresses, plaid suits and point-neck shirts, all kinds of 80s costumes, but it feels more like a burlesque comedy. Bale makes the most of this insecure, careful, detail-oriented, shrewd New York con man.
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life takes a miraculous change when he meets Sydney, a sexy and smart girl played by Amy. Different from Amy's sweet or capable image in the past, Amy, who is no longer confused this time, can be said to sacrifice color and go the sexy route. I don't know what the real America was like in the 1980s, but what Russel presents to us is the "Utopia" of men's welfare that all women don't wear bras, deep V dresses, and unlimited spring on their chests. The two heroines of the film, Amy and Jennifer, have a variety of hot and sultry outfits, which have become the biggest attraction of the film. It's just that these two women, one is extremely smart and the other is too stupid.
The scheming Sydney played by Amy is a former dancer. She is smart and beautiful, but she is at the bottom of the society. The chance encounter with Bale is like a spring. They are in love and cooperate with each other to cheat high loan profits. Every time he goes out, he must be deep V, or nude silk dress, or sequined suspender dress, or even a black leather dress with clear texture, all one yard deep V to the navel, and go into battle in a vacuum, with loud and loud steps that make the chest Swaying posture.
And the post-90s little girl Jennifer changed her neutral and neat image in the past, and played a pure silly girl who forgot her long head. It has to be said that Jennifer is a talented acting actor, completely beyond her experience and age. She can get rid of her personal image and personality, and various roles are at her fingertips. Whether wearing a pearl-white high-street halter dress or leopard-print loose-fitting loungewear, the film reconciles this glamorous, candid and silly, conceited just right.
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If Irving and Sydney are professional liars who pay attention to technology, then Cooper's rookie FBI is a complete hypocrite. Small enough to perm his straight hair into small curly hair of Sakyamuni style, dare not admit that he has a fiancée and a tiger mother at home, and big enough to take advantage of his position to put on a pretense, eager for quick success and unscrupulous means, and even the prototype in real events forced the US Department of Justice to promulgate " The U.S. Department of Justice's Guide to FBI Undercover Actions clearly defines the undercover lines of FBI agents. Sometimes a three-piece suit with fine-grained plaid, sometimes wearing a brown-yellow woolen coat, with elegant appearance conditions, makes this rookie employee seem like a local tyrant, but the humbleness and arrogance in his bones are not as good as the above-mentioned male and female swindlers and more attractive. like.
The mayor, played by Hawkeye Jeremy Renner, may be the only good liar in the film. A good mayor, who was originally in power for the people and relieved the worries of the people, would not have fallen into the scam woven by Irving and Richie if he hadn't dreamed of immortalizing his reputation through the ages, and if he hadn't trusted others too much. Wearing a white suit with a big head that blows the style of Elvis, the mayor is dressed like a silver-armored saint who doesn't eat fireworks, but such a "pure" character setting is really suspicious. Can a prototype be found in reality?
For whatever reason, lies can keep you alive, or even better, but what about deep inside you? It is easy to deceive others, but if you want to deceive yourself, you may not be able to do it by saying "Let it go".
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