The film is a crime film released in the United States in 2006, which received five Nominations for the Academy Award in 2007.
The director is Edward Zwick, who has directed films such as "The Burning Years" and "The Last Samurai".
In 1999, shakespeare's love story, which he produced, won seven Oscars for best picture and best director.
Looking at the cast of this movie, the male protagonist is Leonardo DiCaprio, a "little plum" with high looks and strength, and mainland audiences must be familiar with his works: Titanic, Inception, and The Revenant.
The lead actress is Jennifer Connery, who won the 74th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress through "A Beautiful Mind" and is internationally renowned, and later played the role of Dr. Chilian in "Alita: Battle Angel".
Another important black male character is played by Jeman Hansu, who has appeared frequently in major superhero movies in recent years, such as Crowley the Hunt for Captain Marvel and the wizard in Thunder Shazam.
After the introduction of the main creative lineup, this movie is "Blood Diamond" starring Xiao Lizi, its production cost is 100 million US dollars, and the total global box office after its release is 170 million US dollars.
The box office performance is average, but in recent years it has been repeatedly mentioned and recognized. This time we'll talk about it:
Simply put, this story is a disaster caused by a pink diamond.
Let's start at the source.
In 1999, the civil war in Sierra Leone, Africa, broke out over diamond mining sites, and government forces fought each other, killing thousands of local people and turning millions into refugees.
These are the scourges of the illicit diamond trade.
The most eye-catching diamond in this movie is the best pink diamond.
This pink diamond was discovered by Solomon (Jeman Hansu).
He was an ordinary fisherman who was forcibly taken by the rebels to mine diamonds during the Civil War, only to find and hide the rare pink diamond during the mining process.
Unexpectedly, a rebel guard discovered his act of hiding diamonds.
Later, they were captured by government forces in the confusion and taken to a government prison. Rebel guards identified Solomon as hiding a large pink diamond, which was fortunately buried to avoid most suspicions.
But a white man in prison, Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), also heard the news and was convinced.
Archer, a war dealer who made his living by reselling the illegal trade in arms and diamonds in war zones, felt that the pink diamond was worth enough to keep him away from the troubled continent of Africa.
As a result, Archer quickly released himself and Solomon on bail. After convincing Solomon, the two prepare to start searching for diamonds.
At this point, they meet an American war correspondent, Maddie (Jennifer Connery), who has come to Sierra Leone to uncover the illegal diamond trade.
Because archer had a relationship with her, she helped Solomon find his lost family, but unfortunately, his son Dia was taken away by the rebels and his fate was uncertain.
The distraught Solomon once again forged ahead with archery, venturing out in search of Diamond and his son within the control of the rebels.
The story will be told here first, Brother Dong is not too much spoiler, let's take a look at other attractive places in this movie.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >1, the civil war shaped on the front side</h1>
In fact, the many battles in this movie are not as atmospheric as large-scale war movies, but they still have their own unique flavor.
Unlike the tragic casualties of the Great War, the film's civil war part is placed in the chaotic background of the African continent, although small, but it is not a lot of blood, killing, and cruelty.
Judging from the positive description, the rebels regard life as an ant, not only the indiscriminate bombardment of machine guns and rockets, but also the bloody driving trampling in the chaos.
From the side, most of the battle scenes have innocent refugees tragically affected, and the atmosphere of life and death is rendered incomprehensibly.
Therefore, even if the Civil War part is only one of the auxiliary embellishments of the film's subject matter, it will definitely leave the audience with a deep and real look.
What deserves praise here is the crew's actions.
Because of the civil war in Mozambique, one of the filming locations, in order to prevent the riots and fighting scenes filmed in the film from disturbing the local population and causing panic, the crew distributed a large number of leaflets, and the news media also informed the residents that what they had seen and heard was only prepared for the film.
After the filming of the film, most of the props, building materials, costumes, and even some personal belongings after the dismantling of the set were distributed to local orphanages and hospitals.
In addition, the crew's construction department also made tables and chairs for the orphanage.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >2, little plum steady and explosive acting skills</h1>
Xiao Lizi was nominated for the 79th Academy Awards for this film, although he did not win it in the end, but the maturity of his acting skills is beyond doubt.
In fact, in the "Titanic" of the last century, Xiao Lizi has long been rid of the shackles of handsome little students and is steadily on the road of strength.
As far as the role of the little plum in this movie is concerned, the shape is more sloppy, and he also has a thick African accent, completely getting rid of the small face, and the tough guy temperament is rubbing up.
The "disfigured" appearance is one of the breakthroughs, and the strength of the acting skills lies mainly in the fact that he has created such a plump role - Archer.
Losing his parents as a child, growing up in a mercenary training environment, mixing with society and engaging in illegal trade, Archer's life was almost dark.
But when a man dies, his heart is good.
At the last moment, he handed the pink diamond to solomon and left himself, protecting them from leaving.
Before that, his heart had been reshaped in his experience with Solomon and Maddy, and he saw the true face of affection and love, and he also witnessed the looming of great love in the midst of disaster.
There is also a passage that impresses Dong Ge even more: Archer's farewell to Maddy at the end of the film.
The Titanic's Jack and Ruth's waterside farewell are similar to this scene, but the biggest difference is:
The former is in the context of great difficulties, and the sadness of face-to-face parting is full of color;
The latter paragraph is the separation of life and death on the phone, and all the magnificent feelings are sealed in the tears of Xiao Lizi, and his outpouring is restrained but true.
In fact, this is not a movie that focuses on love, but in the case of this life-and-death relationship, the real mood portrayal is more moving.
Therefore, after this movie, you can evaluate Xiao Lizi like this: the acting skills are better than him, not as handsome as him; more handsome than him, not as good as his acting skills!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >3, the meaning behind Blood Diamond</h1>
The Douban score of this movie is 8.6 points, ranking 225th in the Douban TOP250, you know, the people who enter this list are the best in the history of famous films.
Brother Dong feels that the most valuable thing is its theme.
The core of many war movies is to express peace, and this film has done it, but because of its special theme, it is aimed at the root of the war - resources.
There has long been a saying on the African continent: "If you want to live a long life, then don't touch a diamond." ”
Diamonds are sold around the world and are a source of funding for the purchase of armaments by some African armies, and every diamond produced in war-fighting countries is stained with the blood of African miners and war victims.
Therefore, the diamond here is called "blood diamond", which is also the origin of the title of this movie.
Consumers around the world want diamonds, and capital chases this high-yield thing, unscrupulously or even contemptuous of life.
This vicious circle has been exchanged for all kinds of blood on the African continent: civil wars, famines, refugees, child soldiers, etc.
Among them, capital is the biggest beneficiary, and the only beneficiary.
The rarest pink diamond in the film makes early Archer blush, tears Solomon's family apart, and allows his son to be captured and brainwashed.
For the people of this land, diamonds can be described as the honey of Ru and the arsenic of the other.
Blood poured down the red soil of Africa, and diamonds nourished by sad blood grew, which is the curse of resources, and there is no killing without buying and selling.
It is worth mentioning here the film's deterrent power at that time.
South Africa's Dibis Diamond Company is worried that the release of the film will affect the public's enthusiasm for diamond goods. Then, there was news that the South African diamond industry had boycotted the film.
Overall, the story of this film is tightly paced, the character image is three-dimensional, and the warning significance is a plus.
But to this day, under the marketing, diamonds are still sought after, and it still includes love, happiness and steadfastness.
But the bloodshed behind it may still be continuing, the looting may continue, there may be no guns, but there is also bloodshed and sacrifice.
Brother Dong, | of the Bluestone Film Editorial Department
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