Darren Aronofsky's [Wrestling King] won Best Picture at the 65th Venice Film Festival. There are three important characters in the film who are directly related to the protagonist Randy, the stripper Kathy, as well as Randy's daughter, and the sport of wrestling itself. The extremely bad interpersonal relationship and the messed up economic situation did not affect Randy's positive image in the slightest. He could use his wonderful performance in the ring to exchange for a wave of applause. In this way, the film uses an imperfect way to create a perfect character. This is not Rocky's world. Your hard work and hard work can move some people, but it is worthless to others. The difficulty of choosing is also reflected here. come out. Of course, the story of [Wrestling King] can also develop in another direction, such as Randy retiring and putting his energy on Casey and his daughter, and he can also become a hero. Such a film can also be very moving, and Randy can earn the respect of the audience, but obviously this film does not follow the old path of traditional genre films.
In order to show Randy's heroic temperament, the director made some special settings. For example, in the most exciting wrestling match in the first half, the director cut together the bloody scene in the rest room after the match and the whole process of performing in the arena, and switched at some key points. This effectively established a brand-new wrestling sport. The image of the image, the pain is revealed in the picture, but the audience's feeling is not sympathy, but respect. The ending of the film is open-ended, jumping out of the picture after Randy pulls off a nirvana. This is an expected choice, and everyone may think that it is a cliché to find ten directors to shoot like this. But on the other hand, if it doesn't end there, the chance of a new design becoming a classic is far less than the chance of screwing up the whole movie. Since the writers and directors are not sure to come up with a shocking ending, and the current version is so smooth and natural, all they have to do is to control the urge to show off their skills in life and death. On the whole, the transformation that Aronofsky experienced in shooting this film is somewhat similar to the protagonist Randy in temperament. The appeal of the script is strong enough, and all he has to do is to use appropriate techniques to express it. In the movie, the hero is old, he dares to return to the ring, dare to go all out to complete dangerous actions, it is enough to win applause, because the story of the late hero always makes us sigh again and again.
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