[Wrestling King]: 8 points
Compared to Darren's recent "Mother! ", this "Wrestling King" I like more, of course, this is also the most popular one in Darren's movies, and it also won the Golden Lion Award that year.
After reading it, I was thinking about a question. From the story level, "Wrestling King" is an inspirational movie with a very routine. How is it higher than inspirational movies like "Fighting" and "Rocky"?
You will find that from the beginning to the end of the movie, the protagonist Randy is followed by a handheld camera. Randy is like a leader, leading the audience into his own life. This method enhances the authenticity of the movie. , but also deepened the audience's sense of substitution. The biggest difference from ordinary inspirational movies is that in other movies, the protagonist needs to prove himself in the ring, while Randy has nowhere to go except in the ring. For Randy, the ring is not only a place to escape from life, but also the only meaning of his existence.
From the beginning, the film shows the cruelty of the wrestling industry to the audience. Professional wrestlers are covered with bruises and bruises in every match. When you see them later, you will find that the previous series of injury scenes are of certain significance. The injuries suffered in the ring are far less than The cruelty of life hurts deeply.
It's not that the movie didn't show the good side, Randy started after he was diagnosed with a heart attack, it was actually the direction of his rebirth, dating a dancer, reconciling with his daughter, and finding a new job (note the scene where Randy entered the supermarket to work The background sound is the noise on the stage, and the moment he turned it on, the sound stopped immediately), at this moment he was saying goodbye to the past. In fact, after careful analysis, why did Randy's new life take a turn when he was rejected by the dancer? Because after he was rejected, he went to the wrestling ring for the first time. He needed to find comfort in this place, and then had a relationship with female fans in another bar. After all, in real life, he was still only a wrestler in order to gain attention. So he screwed everything up, and the source of the screw up was actually wrestling.
That's why the long shot in the supermarket is extraordinarily beautiful. Darren asked Randy to make mashed potatoes for customers again and again. I believe that every audience will be very tired of seeing this moment. This is what Darren wants. The effect, and then another customer who recognized him, kept calling his name next to him, under repeated pressure from his heart, he decided to resign by hurting himself and bid farewell to his normal life. Why hurt himself, because self-mutilation is the norm in the wrestling arena, and his behavior can be seen as a vote on his wrestling career. Finally, under the emotional outburst, I left the supermarket, in one go, very very beautiful.
The goodness of "The King of Wrestling" is of course far more than that. It can be seen that Darren balances artistry and commerciality very well in this film, and also shows the audience how a high-level inspirational film should be made.
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