This is a very powerful title, majestic and a pun. It is an illustration of love as an eternal theory in the world, and it is also a description of Hawking's career pursuit. And these two objects themselves are very large and majestic, and it is very appropriate to use the theory of everything. On the contrary, translations in places like Taiwan or Hong Kong are too straightforward. Whether it is "The Equation of Love" or "The Theory of Love", the revealing of the theme of love is too naked and has nothing to do with Hawking's career. relation.
2. Cost, Benefit (US and Global)
Produced by CBS, the cost is US$15 million, the whole process was filmed in the UK, the global box office was US$125 million, the international box office was US$82.5 million, the North American box office was US$35 million, of which the UK box office was 31 million Dollar.
3. Actor selection and performance The
director should have strong vision and skills in actor selection and training. In fact, the tone of the whole movie is restrained and restrained, and the handling of the plot is not too sensational, especially the character Hawking himself is not able to perform a lot of things, there are too many physical restrictions, so the only eyes, Tools such as expressions are especially important. One detail can show this point. When Hawking chose to go to the United States with elaine for a meeting, the Hawking couple's marriage has actually come to an end. Afterwards, Jane went to see Jonathan, the two met in the church, Jane walked towards Jonathan, and the two kissed, but not fast, but slowly approached between the eyes. This is actually the director's deliberate arrangement. The message conveyed by this action becomes that Jane is desperate for the love of other men besides Hawking. Such detailed movements and expressions of eyes are ubiquitous, and the director will definitely consider such an arrangement of actors when designing the sub-shot script.
4. Lens usage and lens language, images
There are two scenes in the film that are extremely commendable. One is at the end of Hawking's speech on stage, when people ask him what he thinks has supported him through so many years of life, at that moment he fantasizes about getting up. He came to pick up a pen dropped by a girl under the stage, and then he said the phrase "while there is life, there is hope". On the one hand, this fantasy shows his desire for freedom in the past, and on the other hand, it forms a reference to his later words: "Although my actions are so inconvenient, I can explore the truth of the universe." In the third aspect, this is his Against the background of the scene where he picked up a pen for his mentor from the ground, he went from an ignorant teenager at that time to today's world master, all of which are memories and emotions. This fantasy, but with multiple emotions and functions, is a wonderful use of the lens.
Another wonderful use is at the end of the film. The time when two people are together is quickly retroactively reversed, from the end of their love to the moment when the two first met. The subject of "time" studied by Hawking It has been used in one's own life, whether physical time can be traced back, and what meaning does secular time give to life and love. At this time, it has been comprehensively expressed, and the audience is all thinking about such a question: "If Love starts all over again, how will they carry out such a relationship?"
The multi-semantic language of the lens and the expression of deep emotions, as well as the artistry, reach their peak in these two places.
5. Editing
6. Setting art
7. Plot setting and structure
The whole film describes the twists and turns of the two people's feelings and life twists and turns from the details. One is that Hawking is eating with his friends. The music becomes distant and estranged, but at the same time it amplifies the intertwined sounds of gongs and chips on the dining table, and also closes up the subtle movements of the hands, expressing his envy for the free movement of normal people and the contrast in his heart. Afterwards, he got up and went upstairs, but fell down at the top of the stairs. His son saw his embarrassment from a height, and as a father, he shed tears; one is that Hawking watched jonathan play the piano with his son after losing his voice. The impact is also extremely strong; then there is the final scene, where Hawking watches the three children laugh and run in the garden, telling jane, "see what we made", and the whole film climaxes here, whether it is successful or not. , As human beings, we can always see the company of those we love and those who love ourselves, which is a happy thing.
In addition, as a biographical film, the interesting point is how to make up and reorganize the real story. It can be seen that the most precious thing the producer sees in this secular love story is the persistence of love, even if they do not Being able to be together is only because of the torment and damage of the disease, but in any case, it is worth praising the company, sharing weal and woe, and perseverance provided by Jane during Hawking's most difficult time. So around such a theme, we see producers and directors beautify and delete the real Hawking's character, morally modify the emotional development of jonathan and jane, and minimally describe their divorce. . After all, a movie is a movie, and it is also a media. The media conveys the content that the hand behind it hopes to convey, and the content that the audience hopes to see. Movies are also a process of selection.
8. Lines
9. Theme and Market Fit
If this film is imported into China, its box office score should not exceed 70 million. The same type of biopics include Iron Maiden, Imitation Game, Princess, and the box office is very poor, Iron Maiden 5.6 million (released in March 2013, 5% of the film) , The Imitation Game 41 million (released in July 2015, 5% from the film), the Princess of Monaco 26 million box office (released on June 20, 2014, the number of screens in total, 10%), the influencing factors include the popularity of actors , China's overall number of screens, the degree of piracy at the time of release, word of mouth, etc.
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