1905 movie network exclusive feature In the past two years, it seems that the Oscars are particularly fond of small-budget independent films, and none of the eight films nominated for best picture this year is a so-called blockbuster. However, 58 of all the nominations in this year’s Oscar were taken away by independent films, and commercial production was squeezed to only 8 nominations, and these nominations were still in the technical category with low attention and high professional threshold. This is a continuation of Oscar’s preference for artistic films in the past two decades.
It’s not hard to find that this year’s Oscar is still an out-and-out "mental hospital" by studying the popular movies nominated this year: the "theater idiot" () who endured the middle-aged crisis, the professor (and) who had a successful career but was plagued by illness, the controlling wife (), the American soldier () who suffered from post-war trauma, the incomprehensible gay mathematician () and the young drummer () &hellip who was severely criticized. …
In this way, this year’s hot prize competition is simply a "king of pain" campaign. As the saying goes, "Don’t be crazy, don’t survive". Let’s take a look at the ins and outs of the "geek" characters on the Oscar battlefield this year:
What kind of performance is good? Burst fat and thin, streaking and incontinence are indispensable.
When evaluating actors’ performances, Oscar obviously favors those roles that look "abusive". This can be seen from last year’s awards: Matthew McConaughey in the film lost 47 pounds in order to play AIDS well, while Jared Joseph Leto lost more than 20 kilograms, shaved her whole body, and lace played a transvestite.
Bradley cooper, who starred in this year, has also become one of the "rubber men". In order to get closer to the role, Bradley has to eat every 55 minutes, eating 8,000 calories every day, gaining 40 pounds for the role, running for four hours every day for several months, and really has shooting training with the US Navy SEALs.
If it is not enough to "abuse" just to change the body shape, then some performances that seem uncomfortable or even embarrassing are even more challenges to the actors: Julianne Moore, a linguist in the film, had a successful career, but suffered from "early-onset Alzheimer’s disease" in the year of knowing her destiny, and even made her unable to find her own toilet and her crotch was in a mess; The judge’s father, played by robert duvall, even fell down on the toilet and was incontinent and unable to take care of himself; Michael keaton, who is 64 years old, really pulled down his face and streaked in the crowded Times Square in new york 3.
In contrast, a light-weight performance sometimes challenges skills more, but the Oscar may not be appreciated. For example, Ralph Fiennes, who plays the hotel porter in the movie, was nominated as the best actor by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, but the American Academy Award didn’t give him any chance. In this film, Fiennes has to cope with the obsessive-compulsive disorder of the director and photography, and at the same time, he has to make this "literary gentleman" calm and laughing. In fact, the performance is not difficult, but the academy rarely awards awards to this type of performance.
Play a role or become a role? The drummer’s hands are full of blood and his fortune is almost broken.
It’s a matter of opinion whether to choose expressionism, Experiential School and Methodology School. However, if you look at the nomination list, you can know whether this year’s Oscar obviously prefers the latter two. The ultimate performance that lets the characters wrap and drown themselves is full of incisive pleasure to watch, but sometimes it seems dangerous and terrible to the actors.
For example, once controversial. Although miles teller, the leading actor who plays the young drummer in this film, has been playing drums since he was 15 years old and has participated in many bands, it took him three weeks to practice in order to play several jazz drum Solo which are not difficult in the film. During filming, the calluses on his hands were worn out, and the drumsticks were really covered with blood.
Because of miles teller’s hard performance, this movie, which seems to be a musical theme, actually has the "life-threatening" strength of a sports film. Even on the set, even if the director stopped, Miles often continued to play drums until he was exhausted. Therefore, in the 19-day shooting cycle of the film, almost all the real reactions of the protagonist are captured, and there are not many traces of performance.
Another example comes from benedict cumberbatch, who plays the talented mathematician Turing. In fact, Turing, a low-key "father of artificial intelligence" and "founder of modern computer science", left only a handful of materials before his death, and many files had already been destroyed because of his classified work during World War II. Therefore, the "Curl of Happiness" can be based on the biography written by Andrew Hodgkiss for Turing in 1983 and the works that Turing published before his death.
Nevertheless, Juan Fu has made the most impressive breakthrough in his acting career so far: talking to himself nervously and being flustered when communicating with others vividly restored this "Frankenstein" who has not been understood by the world for a long time. According to "Juan Fu", he couldn’t stop crying when shooting the last few scenes of the film and experienced a collapse. He said it was because "as an actor or a person, he fell in love with this character hopelessly, imagining what kind of pain he suffered and how those pains destroyed him."
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