Where is the sunshine different?
Author: He Yan
Sunshine Cleaning
Director: Christine Jeffs
Starring: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn, Alan A Kim Alan Arkin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Eric Christian Olsen
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Overture Pictures
Premiere: March 13, 2008
Story: A pair of sisters who have failed in their lives. Sister Rose was very beautiful when she was in school. She was both a cheerleader and was in love with a football star. Ten years later, Rose became a single mother, and her love journey was rough. She was an unreliable weekend lover with a policeman, and she helped her son Oscar go to a good school every day as a cleaner. The younger sister Nora is a nonchalant guy. She still lives at her parents' house and has nothing to do all day long. One day finally came the opportunity. The police lover introduced the sisters to do full-time crime or suicide scene cleaning work. Although this is not a high-level job, on the contrary, it is very disgusting, but the reward is still very high. The two sisters set up the "Sunshine Cleaning Company". As life gradually improves, the sisters' affection and their respective love are also undergoing subtle tests.
Since the launch of the Sundance Film Festival in early 2008, "Sunshine Cleansing" has never escaped the shadow of "Little Girl Sunshine", except that the little girl has become a big girl. The title, role, theme, and video style , Behind-the-scenes personnel, etc. and perhaps similar places have become topics. For independent films with special exceptions, the idea of following the trend or imitating is absolutely negative. It was originally predicted to be a dark horse for this year’s Oscars, and the strong players at the end of the year such as Lin He The repeated delays in the screenings finally made the film miss a great opportunity.
To insist on the similarities between the two "Sunshine" movies, there is only one point that cannot be refuted. The two "Sunshine" films are from the same production company, Big Beach Films (Big Beach Films), with five producers. Only one of them has never participated in the production of "Little Girl Sunshine". One of the producers, Jeber Brody, didn’t care about this: “If you look at the big genre, the two movies are of course in the same category, especially in the fresh sketch style and weird sense of humor. Deep down, I am really willing to treat them as companion articles." Sundance film critics gave the film a high praise, saying that "Sunshine Wash" is better in some aspects. "This comparison is nothing. Not good. On the contrary, compared to the comic heroes or serial killers that are constantly copied in the movies, I would like to have more movies of this type. And as long as you have watched the movies, you will know that these are two completely different stories."
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The story behind Sunshine’s good script "Sunshine Cleansing" is as unreliable as the plot in the film. A series of coincidences and subtle life experiences have created this excellent movie. Life may not be as beautiful as a movie, but it is absolutely the same as it. wonderful.
The screenwriter of the film, Morgan Holly, has directed an unresponsive film and never wrote the script himself. The inspiration for the first creation was very accidental. In 2005, she accidentally heard about a new industry on the radio-the business of cleaning up the crime scene as an agent, so Holly started "If I committed suicide in my home, what would it be like? Someone will clean up my room..." This kind of cranky thinking. Novel and true events usually have a good background for the story. Holly started to write two hours a day in her spare time, and after two months of procrastination, the script was finally completed. In order not to waste her hard work, she voted for the script in the script contest held by the University of Virginia. She did not expect to win a prize and win a bonus.
Well-known producer Keane Williamson is a graduate of the University of Virginia and was invited to be a judge for the script contest of his alma mater. He is the only one of the five producers of "Sunshine Purge" who did not participate in "Little Sunshine" "(Williamson’s representative work is "Eternal Sunshine of Pure Heart", which is also of the "Sunshine" school). At that time, the scripts that came to participate in the competition were on his desk for almost a year, and the University of Virginia called to urge him to make an evaluation as soon as possible. Facing a huge pile of scripts, Williamson lazily pushed the work of the judges to his assistants. When the assistants read the first article, they called and told him "this is great". After Williamson read it suspiciously, immediately Decided to leave for Charlottestown, Virginia. He wanted to meet this woman named Morgan Holly.
"Datan" Films, established in New York in 2004, is a small company engaged in the production of independent films. The founders Mark Totto and Peter Sala positioned the company’s taste as making "smart, sensitive, cheerful, and meaningful." "The film", previously produced "Truth White", "Baby Shirley", "Little Sunshine" and other films have won wide recognition in the industry because of their unique style and high quality. After meeting with Morgan Holly, Williamson told him bluntly that he wanted to make Holly's movie, and only Great Beach Pictures was the most suitable for the style of the script. Williamson said: "Morgan has a serious, slow-moving style. The sense of humor in the filming...This is very similar to me and the guys in Da Tan."
Peter Sarah, the owner of "Da Tan" Pictures, has always been an excellent producer, except for "Little Sunshine", In his early years, he also produced Oscar films "The Beekeeper" and "Adapted Screenplay". One day when he was listening to the news broadcast, he was attracted by a commercial report cleaning up the crime scene. Sara recalled: "I immediately realized that this idea could make a wonderful movie, but I couldn't fucking write it. What." Later, when Williamson put the "Sunshine Wash" script in front of him, Sarah was taken aback, "In my imagination, the story of cleaning the crime scene should be a somewhat spooky thriller. But compared to Morgan’s script, my thinking is too stupid."
Next, let’s talk about the similarity to "Sunshine". Sarah has two children, her daughter is Oliver (the same name as the protagonist Little Beauty in "Little Girl Sunshine"), and her son is Oscar. After reading the script, Mark Totto, the partner of, called him excitedly: "Unexpectedly, we made two movies called'Sunshine', and your child's name is in them!"
"Sunshine" "Cleaning" has a unique author style and a distinctive brand produced by Da Tan, a rare original spirit, coexistence of sincerity and cunning, intertwined with heartbreak and moving, refreshing and full of fun, the original evaluation of the script by the producers and subsequent Sundance film critics have the same tone. Totto said: "I can't say'no' to such a script. That's the whole reason we chose it." The
most beautiful or the best?
Both flowers and weeds have the right to grow in the sun. The sisters Rose and Nora in "Sunshine Wash" are the center of the film and the "dual core" of the script. A pair is looking for hope and self in an unusual field. someone's girl. For the director, finding two young actresses who are of the same age, outstanding appearance and capable of producing real chemical reactions at the same time is undoubtedly the most difficult part of casting. In the end, when Amy Adams and Emily Blunt came together, everyone couldn't help but exclaim. This is almost the perfect combination currently imaginable.
Producer Jeber Brody said: "Selecting both of them at the same time is one of the luckiest things in my life. When they signed, I knew that this movie would not fail." The two actresses filmed on the set described it as "a collision between the two greatest female acting schools in the future", "I said to them, in the future, you will miss this as De Niro and Pacino miss "The Line of Fire" The screenwriter Holly said that the performances of these two people exceeded her imagination in the script. "When I wrote the script in my room, I never thought that someone would bring such complexity to my role. feel."
Except for the fact that life is not happy enough, Rose and Sister Nora have almost nothing in common. Rose is kind and compassionate, and occasionally a little sly; Nora is carefree and easy. Amy Adams in the advanced group is the first candidate for the producers. From Adams's past works, we can see that whether it is the sweetness of "Legend of Magic" or the depth of "Children Suspicious Cloud", Rose is familiar with it. This role just gave Adams a chance to merge the two into one. Choosing a suitable opponent for Adams is not an easy task. When Adams learned that Emily Blunt will play her Nora, she immediately felt the pressure for her performance of usually good praise, "Emily is me One of the most admired actresses of the same generation. It’s exciting to have this collaboration, but I know I’m really going to improve myself this time.” Emily Blunt also admitted that she is the one who can act with Adams. The first reason to participate in the film, but after reading the script, Nora’s sincere and casual personality immediately attracted her, "I have the urge to play Nora. This is a rare role that is both annoying and pleasant. He has a bright personality, but there is still vagueness and confusion in the details. As an actor, he would not refuse such a charming role." Producer Sara recalled that the first time he saw Blunt’s movie was in Toronto 5 years ago. At the film festival-"Summer Love", he was shocked when he watched "The Devil Wearing Prada" afterwards, "It is hard to imagine that it is the same actor, one gentle and passionate, and one that makes you laugh out of your belly."
Adams and Blunt quickly found each other’s rhythm during filming, and they soon became inseparable friends outside the scene. Adams said: “After a while, it is natural to treat Emily as a sister. I think we have a natural instinct. Tacit understanding." Both of them are also fans of the old drama bone Alan Ajin, the father actor in the film. When they first met Ajin, they were very nervous, afraid of saying the wrong thing, but just stayed open. Big eyes smiled like, "I was really embarrassed at the time. I thought Allen would get bored and slip away. Fortunately, he survived and has been very kind to us." On the contrary, Mr. Ajin told reporters unabashedly. , The first temptation for him to participate in this film is to be able to cooperate with two big beauties, and the second is to return to the comfort of the old team of "Little Sunshine".
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Really interesting comedies have connotations
——Interview with director Christine Jeffs:
If "Sunshine Wash" is a female film no one would doubt, at least, the two main actors, screenwriters, and directors are all women. The last work of female director Christine Jeffs "Sylvia" is also a typical female film, but the story of the poetess received mediocre response, and Jeffs fell silent for five years. The high-quality script of "Sunshine Wash" once again attracted her back to the director's chair. Amy Adams called Jeffs the real eldest sister in this "sister movie". She smiled and said: "After getting acquainted with Christine, we can only follow her behind her, because every step she takes Thinking of everyone in front of us, in the end we chose to bow our heads to ears. "
Q: What attracted you to direct this film? This is a comedy, and there is a hint of black charm. Why do you want to make this transition in a comedy?
Christine Jeffs: I took my short film to Cannes and Sundance in 1995. It was a complete visual comedy without lines. So at that time I decided to make a really interesting comedy in the future, but it must have connotations. I like this style, including actors and scripts, and the relationship that everyone gets along with. I like the state of girls having fun together.
Q: How does it feel to work with Emily and Amy?
Christine Jeffs: It's wonderful, the two of them are really talented and very focused. Everything is satisfying, I have to shoot very fast, but they always enjoy it.
Question: Some scenes in the film are very fascinating. I am not a director. It is difficult to accurately say how I feel about those pictures. Those wonderful close-up shots, such as a close-up shot of a lip, or a quick cut, the whole photography is very good. ...
Christian Jeffs: For me, those are all instinctive things. We didn't use a storyboard. When you think about a particular emotion or moment of humor, those images will naturally emerge. Just like the express delivery will arrive naturally, I just look at the picture in my mind and say "push, pull" to the photographer.
Question: Alan Arkin performed very well in the film. I like that you didn't just portray him as a fool who loves to be an idiot, but showed his sincere side.
Christine Jeffs: Yes, his role is definitely something to be proud of. Although he can say big things like "I do this virtue", he is really not pretending to be garlic, but an outspoken cute guy who doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back. In fact, this is very cute.
Question: The cleaning business itself has become the background in the film, the catalyst of the plot, not the focus of the performance. But it is still very real and sensible. When did you start preparing this movie? Has the reality of the cleaning business been accurately restored?
Christine Jeffs: Accurate performance is the unquestionable focus. We have communicated with people who do this kind of work in reality. His name is An Liqua, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our art department has consulted a large number of relevant materials and basically used all the conditions allowed by our funds. this is very important.
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