Recently, director Dee Rees, who has directed the films "Queen of Blues" and "Untouchables", premiered her new film "Dirt Boundary" at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, USA. Starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige and Jason Clarke, the film is based on Hilary Jordan's novel of the same name published in 2008 and tells the story of two American veterans battling racism in Mississippi after World War II.
Director Dee Liz said: "It's a story about two families and great women. I hope to make a comparison between World War II and the contradictions within the nation, which sometimes become more intense. ”
On the day of the premiere, some fans shared their experience on Twitter, calling the film "shocking," "brutal," and "pure." Many people think that this "Dirt Boundary" has sounded the clarion call of the 2018 Academy Awards. Others thought that "Dirt Frontier" would go the same way as Nate Parker directed the film "The Birth of a Nation" - the premiere was overwhelmingly critical, and then it was lost after the release.
The low-key and calm narrative method has always been favored by the Oscars. If "Dirt Bounds" is really like this and, as fans say, it will have a chance to be nominated for the 2018 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, etc.
If Tiris were nominated for Best Director, she would be the fifth female director in Oscar history to be nominated for the honor. The previous was Kathryn Bigelow, who directed "The Hurt Locker" in 2008.
In terms of actors, the old and new combination of actors in the whole movie seems just right. Previously Oscar-nominated Carey Mulligan played a depressed housewife in the film, while Garnett Hedland played an alcoholic Ku Klux Klux Klan supporter.
The most surprising thing was the excellent performance of R&B singer Mary Brigitte, who made her debut on the big screen as a budget-conscious mother in the film. There's also Jason Mitchell in Straight Outta Compton, who plays a veteran soldier who swears to die fighting racial discrimination.
At present, the film "Dirt Boundary" is still looking for a distributor, and the release date has not yet been determined.
Translation: Zhang Bochen