One night in November 1992, a senior official of ADM shared with FBI agents and Brian Shepard about the tricks of ADM and other competitors regarding the pricing of lysine food additives at a regular meeting, Vitaco. Er also appeared at that regular meeting. As a result, the commercial wiretapping war involving the largest amount of funds in the history of the United States began. With the FBI’s instigation and support, as a "spy", Vitakor secretly provided the FBI with business intelligence for several years, including hundreds of hours of audio, video, and textual information. In addition, he is also secretly monitoring the company's overseas business, and has made detailed records for ADM meetings in Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City and Hong Kong.
However, under the temptation of interests, Vitakor also failed to control himself, and he was also using his position to earn money for himself. For this reason, he was also investigated by the FBI and was arrested three times in prison. Three years later, with his help, many white-collar workers in ADM were punished by law for economic crimes. Ironically, Vitakor is the longest prisoner of these people. Ten years later, Dean Peisley, a former FBI operative who oversaw the case, came to the public and said to the whole society: "Vitacor is the hero of the whole society."
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can only say that, Damon’s performance in the film once again proved that he is the most talented actor of our time, the most famous actor in history, and the most able to eat without appearance.
——Thefilmnest.com
In fact, the story in the film does not exaggerate the facts. The story back then was so exciting, so dramatic, and just like a movie.
——The
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Soderbergh who likes to adapt real stories
Steven Soderbergh filmed Che Guevara’s biopics "Che Guevara: Guerrilla", "Che Guevara: Argentina" and "Calling Girlfriends", which focused on the porn industry. , The poor response also made him feel frustrated, and he also hoped that "The Whistleblower" would become his own production.
As early as 2001, Soderbergh began to adapt the novel "The Whistleblower" during the filming of "Eleven Arhats". [Kurt Eichenwald]’s "The Whistleblower" is a vast documentary literary work. In the book, he records in detail how the FBI used ADM employees to mix into the company to gain control of ADM group crimes. First-hand information. Regarding this new film adapted from real events, Soderbergh said: "Actually, I have always liked to find the source of film adaptations from real events and characters. The story of my filming Guevara is like this, filming "Never "Compromise" is like this, and the filming of "Girlfriend Called" is not a random fabrication. But this "Informer" is not the same as those films. Because it involves the most famous commercial case in American history, and the process of the case itself. It is also very dramatic and cinematic, so I only need to select the parts I want. Kurt Eichenwald is a journalist I admire very much. He was in the New York Times and wrote this "The Whistleblower." The entire reportage has more than 600 pages. From the perspective of length, this is a very, very large work. From the perspective of plot, because there are 600 pages of content, the story progresses very slowly. . The adaptation work I did was to delete some too detailed background information to make the story compact. The original is reportage, and everything must be based on facts, and I am shooting a movie, and everything must be in line with the movie. Standards and the audience’s appreciation level. So I have made changes to the original work. Speaking of this change, it is different from my filming of "Che Guevara". When filming Guevara, my purpose is to show his Because of the influence of Bo Lan’s life and his actions, the film was shot for a long time. And this film is more enjoyable than the meaning of the film, so I chose to make it good-looking."
After the filming was over, Soderberg invited Eichenwald, who was still working for the New York Times, to watch the film. After watching the film, Eichenwald was very satisfied with the film. He said: "Obviously, the director only focused on the theft of trade secrets, but there is nothing wrong with doing so. This is not reportage after all. The movie is very beautiful and wonderful. Soderbergh can grasp this subject matter. Yes, the film is neither too noisy nor too dull. Matt Damon’s performance really made me shine.”
Matt Damon
, who adds weight to the role , is a rare star in Hollywood who can write, act, and supervise. In addition to being able to star in a literary film such as "Mind Catcher", it is not a problem to play the role of an agent Bonn who can play and jump in "The Bourne". In the film "The Whistleblower", Soderbergh gave Matt Damon the role of a somewhat old, steady and sophisticated Matt Vitakor who is quite deep in the city. For this role, Matt Damon ate and drank violently, gaining 30 pounds in a few weeks.
Damon said: “In fact, all of this is for the purpose of shaping the role. Compared with the various roles I have created before, Vitakor is an ordinary white-collar worker, and his age is also the oldest among many characters. Older. So, it’s impossible to portray this character like Bonn. In terms of appearance, makeup or post-processing can make me look old. But in terms of body shape, I think I should be a bit fatter. Although it can be more Wearing a fake belly in my clothes makes me look a little belly, but it is fake after all. In terms of appearance and demeanor, I am still myself, not Vitacor. So, I wonder if I should gain weight." .
As soon as Matt Damon's fattening plan came out, it was appreciated by the director and other actors. Soderbergh said: "I didn't ask him to gain weight. His original image is already very good. But since she is willing to pay so much for this role, I also welcome. After all, doing so will allow him to It looks very real on the big screen. Wearing a fake belly, although makeup can make him fat, but it is fake after all."
Matt Damon's fattening plan was very successful, and the effect on the screen was unexpectedly good. He said: "I just want to show the chubby, lazy and weak state of the characters. I am no longer the sexiest man in the world, so I don't have to worry that doing so will ruin my image."
Highlights
·The film is adapted from a reportage of the same name, which was written in 2000 by reporter Kurt Eichenwald.
·Before this film, a documentary about this "informer" has been put on the screen. This is the documentary called The Fix Is In that was broadcast on the Chicago TV’s documentary program "Life in the Old American Chronicles" on September 15, 2000.
·In order to play the role of an age-old Vitacor, Matt Damon was eating and drinking, gaining 30 pounds.
·The film was filmed in Moweaqua's apartment in Decatur Harbor and Vitacor, Illinois, where the incident took place.
·In 2002, during the filming of "Eleven Arhats", Steven Soderberg announced to the outside world his plan to film "The Whistleblower"
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