"Money World" is one of the masterpieces of the famous Hollywood director Ridley Scott, and in 2018, the drama he directed was nominated for the Oscar film, becoming one of the most famous films at that time. The movie "Money World" is based on real events, and most of the details of the 1973 world-famous kidnapping case have been put on the big screen, allowing the audience to experience the cruelty and despair of the world's richest man.
In the film industry, movies with the theme of family affection and money abound, but "Money World" has once again refreshed the cognition of some audiences, it turns out that money can really make people lose their minds, if they lose their humanity, money is just a bunch of cold things.
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A month before the release of the movie "Money World", there was a huge public relations crisis, in which the lead actor Kevin Spacey was exposed to the scandal, Kevin was originally the richest man getty's actor, in the movie the role is heavy, the actor in the scandal will definitely have an impact on the reputation of the movie.
Faced with such a public relations crisis, the then eighty-year-old director Ridley Scott did not choose to postpone the release date of the film, but chose to reshoot, with another actor to remake the actor's solo shot of the actor. It is precisely because of this re-casting that we can once again see the outstanding performance of the powerful actor Christopher Plummer in this film.
With the efforts of the entire crew, it took only 9 days to reshoot, which perfectly solved this public relations crisis and was called the good story of that time. It is worth mentioning that Christopher Plummer was nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie "Money World".
"Money World" mainly tells the story of the grandson of the world's richest man, Paul Getty Jr., who was kidnapped and asked for a sky-high honorarium, although this story once happened and became a shocking news, but under the lens of director Ridley Scott, this kidnapping case once again shocked the world.
Ridley Scott is a well-known Hollywood director whose films all have their own style, and in this "World of Money", the director continues his usual shooting style. Because the film is based on a true story, when shooting the shot of the world's richest man, Getty, the director did not shoot the richest man's luxurious life at large length, but more specifically showed the true face of this character.
In real life, as the world's richest man, the old Getty's business empire is indeed not easy to come by, under the control of his father, the old Getty's entrepreneurial road has not been supported by his father, which also laid the groundwork for his future indifference to family affection.
After some twists and turns, the elder Getty allowed his oil business to develop on a large scale, and he made the Getty family famous at that time. Therefore, when the director filmed "Money World", the film did not mention the history of the Getty family, but directly started from the children and grandchildren of the old Getty, and shaped the character of the old Getty through the stories that happened to the children and grandchildren.
In our cognition, we will think that the world of rich people will enjoy it, but the world's richest man, Getty, is different, although he has countless real estate and has assets of more than 100 million in the 70s, he is very stingy in life. In order to show the miserliness of old Getty, the director deliberately added some details to the film, which can be called the Grundy in real life.
After Little Getty was kidnapped, her mother had no choice but to turn to Old Getty, and in this extremely dangerous situation, Little Getty's mother had to go through the coin-operated telephone hall in the villa to talk to Old Getty. When The elder Getty learned that his grandson had been kidnapped, he showed no sign of concern and kept checking the stock for the day.
It is precisely because of these details that the character of the old Getty has been given the name of absolute love, and in the film only some of the character of the real getty is shown. In reality, the character of Old Getty is full of mystery.
In this highly personal and legendary drama, in addition to the wonderful interpretation of the male actors, the acting skills of the well-known actress Michelle Williams are also eye-catching.
In "World of Money", director Ridley Scott chose to let Michelle Williams play the mother of little Getty, and the actress did not live up to the director's expectations, playing a beloved mother to three points, especially when she went deep into the tiger's den alone to save her son.
In the cold world of money, the unique family warmth of little Getty's mother has become one of the highlights of the movie. If the indifference of the Getty family was one of the labels when the movie "Money World" was released, then the role of little Getty's mother played an important role in order to highlight the goodwill in human nature.
Although "Money World" is a drama film, the character description of various characters is particularly detailed, and in addition to the main characters, the existence of some supporting characters is also very exciting, such as the former agent who helped the elder Getty investigate the kidnapping, and a kidnapper who retained good thoughts.
These characters are indispensable in the film's lens, in addition to their role in promoting the plot, they also play the role of setting off the protagonist, whether it is a positive foil or a negative foil, they have an excellent performance in the film.
The tone of a movie will determine the emotional color of the film to a certain extent, so the director will use a lot of cool tones in the film, and this cold feeling is invisibly conveyed to the audience, so that the audience can better appreciate the purpose of the film.
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In foreign countries, the Getty family is a legendary existence, the story about this family has been many film and television versions, in this case, in order to truly restore the kidnapping case that has occurred in the Getty family, the "Money World" film crew needs to do a lot of background checks and restore various details.
In reality, although the Getty family is prominent, there is a curse in this family that "sitting in the world of money, you can't buy happiness". It is precisely because of the existence of this curse that the people of the Getty family do not look very happy, they are just tool people wrapped in money, which is vividly reflected in the elder Guy and his son.
When Little Getty was kidnapped, the elder Getty acted very desperate, he openly told the media that he would not pay any ransom, if he did, it would mean that other grandchildren would be kidnapped. I have to say that in an emergency, there are very few people who can keep a clear head like old Getty, and the words he says sound very ruthless at first, but they are reasonable.
People like Old Getty are rare in reality, but he has really existed, and when the film sees here, I can only sigh, it is really a rare person in the world! It's no surprise that The Elder Getty's personality is eccentric, otherwise how could he have allowed himself to sit firmly in the position of the world's richest man for 20 years? Director Ridley Scott chose to portray the eccentric behavior of the elder Getty with dialogue from others, a filming method similar to his previous style, but not the same.
The reason why the film "World of Money" was nominated for the Oscar was not only the director's outstanding storytelling skills, but also the superb acting skills of its actors. When filming the film, in order to restore the authenticity, the crew made many scenes, whether it was the location of the kidnapping or the place of imprisonment, the crew did its best to restore.
Through the real filming environment and the interpretation of the actors, the film presents a certain degree of documentary. Director Ridley Scott has always held his films to high standards, and he sees his films as a work of art, so when filming World of Money, he regarded the film as a grand documentary. The director's role is to fully display the rich family of Getty in front of the public, and also truly restore the reasons why this family eventually became a tragedy.
In "World of Money", in addition to the yearning for money and the coldness of the characters, there are action scenes and suspense scenes in this movie, and even joined the family scandal. Being able to add so many elements to a film is a big challenge for both the director and his crew.
And Director Lei did not live up to the expectations of the audience, he not only showed these plots perfectly, but also reflected in various details, which is the director's pursuit of the quality of the film, and it is also the director's responsibility to the audience.
When human nature and money are mixed together, many people have stories of humanity being destroyed in order to compete for money, and the director did not completely link money and human nature in "Money World". Although some of the desperate behavior of the old Getty is shown in this movie, he finally decided to save the little Getty with a ransom, and some people criticized him for not pulling out a dime at the beginning and the later hammer and baht, but these are the old Getty's style.
The director did not directly criticize the behavior of old Getty in the film, but through a series of shots to restore this character who is already full of mystery, and repeatedly used close-up shots to record old Getty's facial expressions.
In the movie "Money World", little Getty's mother has precious maternal love, but she is not very clear about the rules of the money world; and the old Getty uses coldness and despair to protect himself, because he sees through the money world, he knows how to protect himself when the crisis occurs, these are the differences in life experience.
This film seems to be a film that reveals the relationship between money and human nature, but in fact, the director did not deliberately stimulate the contradiction between the two, but chose to throw this problem to the audience again through documentary shooting. The wise see the wise, and there are still a lot of details to be pondered in the movie "World of Money", which is worth seeing.