Coquettish Rebirth

A play like "Inception" is one of the highlights of this year for DreamWorks!As far as animation is concerned, DreamWorks has "Shrek" appearing this year. Such a play combined with "Batman" and the subsequent "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" really ruled the summer of 07. , the box office of the three plays is very good, it can be said that it really made DreamWorks a hot summer market this summer!And when it comes to winter, there are really no films to support DreamWorks!

A film like "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was filmed by Mr. Spielberg. The filming started at the end of 05. After it was released in the summer, the old man took a vacation for a while and was invited I went to the team of "Transformers" and became the producer of the "Transformers" live-action movie.Jia Hongjian did not object to this, after all, the old man is one of the shareholders of the company, not an employee!The old man and Jia Hongjian in DreamWorks are equal partners, so Jia Hongjian has no reason to stop the old man from going out to do part-time jobs, right?Moreover, the old man is only working as a part-time job, and he is not a director himself, so he is already taking care of our DreamWorks.Just like Nolan, wasn't he also invited to be a part-time job in films like "Superman Returns"?

After the old man went to help "Transformers" in the second half of the year, he chose Michael Bay, a director who is good at designing explosion scenes, to be the director of "Transformers" just like in history.In this way, the old man will definitely not have time to shoot his own movie within the DreamWorks system in the second half of the year. After all, as a producer, he also has to follow the crew throughout the filming.It's like when Jia Hongjian was the producer, he still followed the crew throughout the filming, and even in the post-production, he still had to keep an eye on it!Under such circumstances, isn't Nolan the only director who is more successful in the company?And didn't Nolan collaborate with Jia Hongjian in "Inception"?

For the release of such a film, Nolan was quite looking forward to and quite excited.Although it can be said that the previous "Batman" series of films were able to be shot because of Nolan's love for Batman comics, it can be said that this love from childhood gave him the motivation to shoot and operate.But after all, Warner has only frozen Batman for four or five years. Nolan really wanted to get Batman, but it didn't take long.But "Inception" is different, it has been brewing for almost ten years.Normally, when he has nothing to do, he would think about what kind of movie would be attractive if such an idea is specifically designed.It can be said that the entire script was completed little by little in such ten years. Didn't this condense Nolan's great efforts?

At the same time, a director like Nolan has always liked to play with unstable mental states, unreliable logical reasoning, and various sensory disorders in the film.The original "White Night" tells the story of Al Pacino's Will Domo, a seasoned Los Angeles Police Department detective.He was ordered to go to a remote Alaskan town with his partner Hap to investigate a case about the murder of a 17-year-old girl.And this is an area with a very special geographical environment.It's always daytime here.The sun never sets, there is no night.At the same time, the protagonist played by Al Pacino also suffers from severe insomnia!Then in such a situation, play a game of cat and mouse with the resourceful murderer, catch and hide one by one.And the resourceful murderer also set up all kinds of ecstasies to attack the protagonist's confidence and mess up the protagonist's mind, and even used psychological tactics to destroy the protagonist's judgment standard in an attempt to "abduct" the protagonist!And the protagonist finally sticks to his duty as a policeman.Sacrifice yourself to catch the bad guys.

And in "Memory Fragments", the protagonist Shelby has one goal in life-revenge!It turned out that a few days ago, the newly married Shelbys were attacked by a gangster, who brutally killed Leonardo's wife. Although Leonardo himself struggled back from the death line, Because of severe brain damage, he suffered from a strange "short-term memory loss". Since then, he can only remember what happened 10 minutes ago.But such a case is just an ordinary case in the eyes of the police. After all, there are too many homicides in the United States, and this ordinary case is too ordinary.The protagonist is dissatisfied with the police's hastily closing the case, and he wants to catch the murderer for revenge.But.Fragmented memory makes it difficult for Leonardo. He can only recall bits and pieces of the past with some fragmentary things such as tattoos and Polaroid snapshots. Moreover, whenever he finds some valuable clues, he must Use all methods to record it immediately, because it is likely that after ten minutes, he will not be able to remember where he is and what he is doing.In such a situation, not only is the protagonist not sure whether he can trust the things he meets, but even the protagonist doesn’t know whether he can be trusted—in case a key memory is missing in his mind , causing yourself to be misled by yourself?

So if you don't look at the various editing techniques with chaotic timelines in such a film.If you don't jump into the details and burn your brain, but look at the overall situation from the perspective of omniscience, you can find that Nolan likes to shoot this kind of challenging cognition, which makes the protagonist doubt himself.At the same time, all kinds of sensory confusion stuff!It was like this in the previous movies. In Batman, because Batman has his own main story line after all, it is impossible for Nolan to freely re-plan, so these routines are gone. But in "Inception", it is another It has returned to this routine. What happened to "Inception"?First of all, let's challenge cognition - when people are in a dream, they don't realize whether they are in a dream or not!What if the reality that you think is real is actually a dream?

Then it seems that the protagonist doubts himself is even more obvious-why does the protagonist Xiao Li carry a small spinning top all day long?Isn't it to verify whether I am dreaming!Then when he and his wife were living happily in the deepest dreamland of the Lost Layer, didn't the two of them forget that it was a dreamland for a while!And all kinds of sensory disturbances are even easier to say.There are often various environments that violate the rules of physics in the play.Why are there various explosions on the streets of Paris, and then they can still be paused in the middle of the explosion, and all kinds of flying debris stay in the air!Then the streets, buildings and pedestrian cars can turn up 90 degrees together with the ground!What a sensory challenge!

So from these perspectives, this "Inception" is in line with the consistent style of Nolan's movies, and it is a typical Nolan movie!When Nolan makes a movie, it can be said that after making such a main story of his favorite type, he then tries to disrupt the story, and then tries to reorganize the movie with a standard that ordinary people can understand with a little effort!Even in 2012, when Jia Hongjian heard that Nolan wanted to prepare a new "Interstellar" movie, just by guessing, he knew that Nolan would definitely follow his fixed routine!Interstellar crossing must be a matter of space, must it be science fiction?Then you must challenge the perception of the public and the characters in the movie!For example, it is said that gravity affects things like light and even time, and the protagonist went out for a trip and felt that he had been away for a few days, but when he came back, he found that his colleague was many years old!Isn't this sense of confusion in time a sense of confusion in the senses?Then add wormholes, the environment of this planet and that planet, and the fetters of the relationship between people, which can basically constitute the backbone structure of Nolan's version of "Interstellar"!The next step is to see what material Nolan will choose to fill in, and then how to disrupt the structure and edit it!

Having said that, Nolan attached great importance to such a film, but Jia Hongjian actually...to be honest, he didn't attach much importance to it.why?Because this film is destined to not win too many awards at the Oscars!Jia Hongjian has been with the Oscar Organizing Committee for these years, and he also understands the tastes of Oscar old men-they don't care about the visual and technical shock, but want to be unforgettable in the soul!In fact, to some extent, business is not so important!For example, a film like "Titanic" is also a real commercial film!How did it sweep the Oscars?How can there be nominations for Best Picture and Best Director?Because there is unforgettable love!How can a film like "The King's Speech" be well received at the Oscars?Because it tells the story of the king's struggle, the struggle with his own shortcomings, and the story of the king's efforts to fight against himself and foreign enemies in order to appease the people.

Why was "Pi" so well received at the Oscars?Why was it able to get the best director award, and then also nominated for best picture?Because it tells the struggle of people to survive, and it is wrapped under a story like a fairy tale.Isn't this kind of obscurity telling cruel stories and telling "profound life" things the favorite of young artists and old artists?Don't they just like things with depth?Even a film like "Avatar" is a commercial film promoting 3D technology on the surface, but the core also has environmental protection, maintenance of original ecological life, resistance to colonialism and a series of Western politically correct things!

And "Inception"?The visuals are great, the ideas are great, but what undying love is on display?No!Although the protagonist and his wife have been entangled together, and although the wife often appears in the protagonist's dream, it does not show in detail and delicately the process from acquaintance to love to separation between the two of them like Jack and Rose. There is no portrayal of what the literary and artistic people like!It can be said that "Inception" is a film that ordinary people think is very good, brain-burning, and worth the money, but for Oscar's literary and artistic seniors, this film is deliberately cut to [-]% It's a purely commercial film that shows off its skills deliberately, and has no deep core!It is not bad for such a film to get three or four nominations. It is estimated that it is unlikely to be nominated for best director and best picture! (~^~)