Oscar has always been controversial in one way or another, but one thing is indisputable, that is, the selection of best actor and actress is full of representativeness. The works that get the best actor and actress every year may not be able to carry the weight of the best film of the year, but the performance of the actors must be breakthrough or professional representative. No, Nicholson's "As Perfect" is a good example of that. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" brings out his early righteous, uninhibited side and slightly crazy interpretations ("Chinatown", "The Shining", "Easy Rider"), and "Mother and Daughter" is his delicate emotional side ("The Postman") Ring the Bell twice), and As Perfect as a series of his later roles: obsessive-compulsive, but hungry for recognition, in About Schmidt, Anger Management, and Love Is Complicated, we Similar roles can also be seen.
Brooks should be the representative of "slow work" in Hollywood. The 70-year-old Brooks has only released six works in the 30 years since "Mother and Daughter Love" became a hit in 1983, and these six works are actually all about family. Warm works, can't help but think of female directors such as Nancy Myers and Nora Efron. The "Broadcast News" issued by CC Standard should be very similar to this one. Starting from the occupation, extending to the emotional experience of modern people, the three protagonists have experienced their own small setbacks and finally matured.
Because of the weird character of the gay neighbor, the film does not become a Qiong Yao love triangle like "Broadcast News" and "How Do You Know", but more about the difference between love and gratitude. The three have to be grateful to each other, they have done a lot for each other, and at the same time, whether this gratitude is true love has become a real question before them. At the end of the 20th century, the audience may be worried by the entanglement again and again, but in an increasingly realistic society, such confusion basically no longer exists. It’s like shopping. In the days when online shopping didn’t exist, people used to go all over the store and look at the window to choose from thousands of choices; now people prefer online shopping, after all, it saves time and effort, and if you don’t like it, you can return or exchange it for no reason. , then why not do it, buy it first.
Of course, changing audiences isn't an excuse for fading the canon of a movie. Nicholson's screen charm has not diminished, but the film has entered a nearly 40-minute emotional entanglement from an hour and a half later. Find your true relationship with the waitress", and the score will inevitably drop.
Times have changed, and the flavor has changed. What remains the same is that there should still be no tidbits in this film, nor will there be a 15th anniversary edition.
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