I want to remember.
Why?
So I can be myself, be who I was.
It is each man's quest to find out who he truly is, but the answer to that lies. in the present, not in the past. As it is for all of us.
But the past tells us who we've become.
The past is a construct of the mind. It blinds us. It fools ue into believing it. But the heart wants to live in the present. Look there , you will find the answer.
◎Introduction
The new version of "Total Recall" will be different from Arnold's old version, more realistic and full of metaphors, using grand scenes to depict a future in which Eastern and Western civilizations are divided and ZF and rebel forces confront each other world.
"Welcome to Rekall, a memory that will make your dreams come true". The protagonist Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) is an ordinary factory worker who is not ordinary because he has a beautiful Wife (Kate Beckinsale), the two seem to be very affectionate. But Douglas seems to have some kind of dissatisfaction in his heart. He often has strange dreams at night, dreaming that he is on Mars, and always at work. He was in a trance. Under the persuasion of his friends, he decided that he should take a vacation, so he came to the Rekall company, hoping to implant the memory of the Martian spy to satisfy his brain's desire for adventure. But in the process of implanting the memory, Unexpected things happened. Quaid suddenly became a fugitive pursued by "ZF", and he discovered that he had extraordinary skills. After escaping from Rekall, Quaid met a rebel female fighter (Jessica Bell), the two fight side by side but don't trust each other. Even Quaid's beloved wife, Lori, has now become a super female agent who hunts him down. What is real, what is unreal, and what is Dreams, which are the memories that really happened, all of which made Quaid unable to distinguish, he must find his true identity, love and destiny.
◎Behind-the-scenes production
"Total Recall" is a remake of the classic sci-fi movie of the same name in 1990, the old version Directed by Paul Verhoeven, also known as "Cosmic Power Dragon", starring the famous movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. The story takes place in 2084 AD and tells the earth played by Schwarzenegger A mining worker accidentally awakens his subconscious because of a virtual trip to Mars, and is chased by bad guys, so he fights all the way from Earth to Mars. On Mars, the rebels are fighting the dictator for freedom and air With a series of encounters on Mars, Schwarzenegger's mysterious identity is finally revealed. In the end, he chose the right side and defeated the dictator's conspiracy. "Total Recall" is based on the famous science fiction writer Philip Dick. Adapted from the original novel of the same name, in addition to this film, his works have also created many sci-fi classics, such as Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" and Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" Wait.
The latest movie "Total Recall" chose to be more loyal to Philip Dick's original novel when it was remade, and also contained many tributes to the old version, including the "Three Breasts Woman" that stunned many audiences in theaters. .The old version of "Total Recall" in 1990 was the pinnacle of model special effects blockbusters in the period of CG special effects. Driven by the investment of billions of dollars, the film shows the charm of visual effects in the CG era, the grand future urban scene perfectly surpasses the old version, the towering buildings and the endless speeding cars, the future vehicles and weapons with a strong sense of technology, in addition to bringing The audience's new visual experience also gives the new version a wider stage for action scenes.
The reason why the old version of "Total Recall" is known as a sci-fi classic is not only the peak visual effects at the time, but also a large part of the film's impact on dreams. The deliberate blurring of reality and reality does not actually exist in Philip Dick's original novel, but after the film was released, it aroused discussion and interpretation among movie fans and sci-fi fans. World-related sci-fi movies, such as "Aurora Chase", "The Matrix", "Another Dimensional Hacker", "Inception" and a series of sci-fi masterpieces. Can the new version of the mobile movie "Total Recall" be in full visual effects? On the basis of surpassing the old version, we will explore a new sci-fi perspective on the human subconscious, and we will wait and see if we are separated from a simple popcorn movie.
The new version of "Total Recall" is produced by the famous producer of "I Am Legend" and "Fast and Furious" series. Produced by Neil H. Moretz, directed by Len Wiseman, director of the "Underworld" series and "Die Hard 4". The film reorganizes the wonderful "triangle relationship" of the old version, and is taken over by Colin Farrell Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the hero who suspects he was a secret agent; Kate Beckinsale, the wife of director Len Wiseman, takes over the role of Sharon Stone, who will take over from the male lead. The protagonist's wife is transformed into a deadly weapon to hunt down her husband, and she has a beautiful confrontation with Jessica Biel. In addition, the veteran British actor Bill Nighy and the actor Brian Curran of the popular American drama "Breaking Bad" Stone and Ethan Hawke's help made the film star-studded.
About PG-13
The old version of "Total Recall" was initially rated as X, and it was changed to R after editing. A large number of classic bloody and exciting pictures are still fresh in the memory of fans. However, the new version of "Total Recall" was rated as PG-13, This has caused many people to worry about whether the fun of the film will be greatly reduced. However, director Len Wiseman said that there is no need to worry, "The times are very different, and the PG13 level is not the PG13 of the past. I don't feel tied. "Underworld, which made Wiseman famous, is an R-rated film." When I first entered the industry, I also had this idea. If it is not an R-rated script, don't give it to me , because I absolutely can't direct. I don't know how to direct a PG13 movie. However, since "Batman Prequel" (note: released in 2005, directed by Christopher Nolan) opened that door, today's PG13 The feeling has changed." In 2009, Len Wiseman's "Die Hard 4" was his first PG13 film, but it was also his most criticized work, with an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes "When filming "Die Hard 4", I didn't feel that it was very different from making movies in the past". In the process of filming "Total Recall", Wiseman also followed his own whim. After the filming was completed, some violent and bloody scenes were modified according to the grading system during the final editing. In fact, the "woman with three breasts" easily appeared in the new version, and the current PG13 level is not The limits of not being a really good filmmaker.
About the original and the old version
Even though the new version of Total Recall is very different from the old version (such as the fact that the entire story never went to Mars), it would also be inaccurate to describe it as "more faithful to Philip K. Dick's original" because the original It is a short story with only a dozen pages, and it is impossible to copy and adapt it into a two-hour movie. In the eyes of starring Colin Farrell, Dick's novel is like a "Kafka"-style fable, and the new version of the film Inherited its understanding of corruption and dystopia, but not as dark as the original book depicts. The film has rich political metaphors, but at the same time is an action-adventure movie. Producer Toby Jaffe explains it Unlike Arnold's version of the film, "the new version is more realistic. There is no Mars trip, we are more concerned with the gap between rich and poor and class antagonism on Earth. It is a classic story of the working class rebelling against the rulers and exploiters." Compared with Schwarzenegger's Quaid, the new version of the protagonist played by Colin Farrell is closer to the original, looking more like an ordinary person, an ordinary person working hard in the assembly line workshop in the factory When he was surprised to find that he had the ability to kill one to ten hidden in his body, the audience was surprised with him. And for Arnold, this is simply the most obvious thing in broad daylight.
About Irish actor
Colin Farrell was once the darling of Hollywood, but after successive box office failures such as "Alexander the Great", "The New World" and "Miami Vice", people once thought that he and Hollywood made movies. The fate between them has been broken. However, in recent years, his performance in films such as "The Killer Has No Vacation" and "Dream of Cassandra" has made him reborn, and he has gained respect as a "character actor" again. Needless to say, returning to Hollywood this time to star in a large-scale sci-fi film with an investment of up to 200 million US dollars is a great challenge for him, and at the same time he is also subject to many doubts. Colin himself said, "This scares me to pee ass. At the same time, it is this fear that attracts me." He had worked with the film's Columbia production team on "Terrorist SWAT" and "Spy on the Plan", so it is a good memory. And The script of the film and the concept map presented by director Len Wiseman are also very attractive to him, "I like the script very much, I can feel that the protagonist suddenly lost everything,I don't know who I really am and where I come from."
This is Kate Beckinsale's second lead role in her husband Wiseman's film after the "Underworld" series. With such a beautiful and extraordinary wife, it's easy to make others envy and hate. In fact, still In the process of polishing the script, Wiseman decided that the role would be played by Beckinsale. He then said to her "there is every bitchwife role I think is suitable for you". Beckinsale When Er later participated in comic-con, she half-jokingly said that for this sentence, she and Wiseman started a "cold war" at home. Compared with Quaid's wife, played by Sharon Stone in the original, Beckin This version of Searle is far more vicious and magical, and is almost the biggest villain in the entire film. She and Jessica Biel's female Rebel fighter has a wonderful fight scene that is so exciting Colin Farrell, who was hanging on the sidelines, felt "very jealous". Beckinsale and Bell are both "hardcore" beauties who often appear in action movies, but they are both badass hooligans and alien bugs, and long-term It was the first time for a woman with hair to fight each other. At first, neither of them were able to get into the show, and during filming, they often got mad because their hair was tangled in the buttons on each other's clothes, but gradually they found the feeling, and they were full of aggression. Open. I believe that this scene of two beauties fighting each other will become the most exciting action scene on the big screen this summer.
◎Trivia
Colin Farrell once starred in Spielberg's "Minority" Report", which is also adapted from the novel of Philip D'Dick, and the story takes place after 2040.
Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender were actors who played the role of Quaid in the film Eva Green, Diane Kruger and Kate Bosworth were all considered for the role of Jessica Biel.
The biggest difference between the new version and the old version is that they have never been to Mars. The new version The story takes place mainly in two locations on Earth, "New Asia" and "United Federation of Britain", while the rest of the planet is already uninhabited.
Seven percent in the film Ten costumes are specially made, including 100 sets of federal police uniforms.
Quaid works on the assembly line of a factory in "New Asia" that produces intelligent robots. The appearance style of these robots looks similar to "Iron Man", but this is not accidental, because the film's special effects team Legacy Effects is also "Iron Man" series. The behind-the-scenes visual effects company.
"New Shanghai" has elements of Chinese style everywhere, the scene is wet, crowded and shabby, but in the light, the producers deliberately avoid imitating the neon flashing scene in "Blade Runner" And in the use of fluorescent lights.
"New Shanghai" residents are basically dressed in plastic raincoat-style clothing, the colors are warm colors, including red, green, gold and brown; while "Commonwealth" residents are all dressed in cool colors, In stark contrast.
· The "United Kingdom" (UFB) looks like a more futuristic London, everything is well-organized, clean and tidy, like the opposite of "New Shanghai", and the occupants are rich. Some buildings are in today's
Remodeled and sci-fi based on existing London buildings, which director Len Wiseman thinks is important , but they are not actually "flying", but rely on magnetic levitation to run. In order to shoot the film, the production team built 7 or 8 real prop cars, and director Len Wiseman firmly opposed the direct use of post-CG to produce effects .The speeding car battle in the movie was filmed by fixing the prop hover car on top of the actual vehicle driven by the stuntman, driving on the highway. This is a great challenge for the actors,
Sony hopes that the film will not be blind It has a sci-fi feel, but leaves a real space for the viewer to easily enter. For example, the film does not use a laser gun, but a real firearm that fires bullets.
·"BOLO" is a special kind of film in the film. A weapon that emits some kind of ray to surround the object, and then the shooter can change the appearance of the object at will like the players of the game Nintendo.
The mobile phone in the future world is a design embedded in the palm and has a touch screen.
·"New Shanghai" and "Commonwealth" are at two ends of the world, and the middle is connected by a "super elevator" that passes through the center of the earth, called "China Fall". The whole process of crossing the center of the earth is only It takes 15 to 20 minutes.
When it comes to the film's thrust, director Len Wiseman describes it as "rich and poor, a propaganda machine versus a rebel force", while star Colin Farrell uses "violence" "The cause and effect". While the producer exemplified that "A Space Odyssey 2001" reflects more than 2001, the year it was born in 1969, also "Total Recall" is not so much about the future as it is about the present .
Colin Farrell originally filmed David Cronenberg's "Metropolis", but because the film was delayed in shooting and turned to Sony's invitation to star in "Total Recall". Filmed in Canada During the period, he found that "Total Recall" and "Metropolis" (later starred by Robert Pattinson) set next to each other, which made him quite embarrassed.
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