Known as the God of the Year [Dunkirk]
On the opening day, it set the best opening of Nolan's work
Box office from Mtime pro on September 1
Yesterday Jiang Jun brought you a very pertinent evaluation
Please poke me for something different in Dunkirk
Unlike previous Nolan films
[Dunkirk] focuses on the experience of the audience and the lives of the soldiers
More artistry was poured out
Lock in the Oscar nominations early
- Nolan: You can see it from here
- Branagh: Sako?
- Nolan: Oscar
However, just one day before the [Dunkirk] mainland was released
Watertown Venice made an Oscar hit
[Shrinking]
Downsizing
The film's director, Alexander Payne, is an Oscar regular
He has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for many times
And won two awards
His work is in one word: stability
The one on the far right
This is his eighth collaboration with Ace partners
The script has been polished for ten years
The film received a steady acclaim for its premiere in Venice
Become the seeded player for this year's Oscars
It is also strong
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The opening film of the Venice Film Festival shines brightly
On August 30, the 74th Venice Film Festival opened with stars shining brightly. The sci-fi drama film "Shrinks Down", starring Matt Damon, was invited to be the opening film, at which Mada and his wife spoke crazy for dog food.
Their limelight was quickly overshadowed by the opening film [Shrinking Down]. After the premiere, the media praised: another Oscar hit turned out.
18 of the 20 Eggplants on Rotten Tomatoes are fresh and kept firm for 90 minutes.
At Metacritic, two major media outlets, the [Hollywood Reporter] in the US and the [The Guardian] in the UK, even gave 100 points.
The Hollywood Reporter:
The film is humorous and fascinating, the story is full of unexpected twists, and you can never guess what will happen in the next moment. It's a literal humanistic film, and it's like Hollywood's best classics that make the moment enduring.
The Guardian:
A director with insufficient ability to direct such a long film may be confused, but director Payne's handling is perfect, never missed, this film is as bright as a mirror, as sharp as a needle.
Teaser Trailer:
[Shrinking] is a science fiction drama about society and the living environment of human beings, telling the story of the future society, the population surge, insufficient resources, and increasing survival pressure, scientists have developed technologies that can shrink the human body to 5 inches (about 12 centimeters, about the same size as mobile phones), thereby reducing energy consumption and daily expenses.
When it comes to getting smaller, americans actually played it badly as early as the 90s.
In 1989, in [Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Down], the shrunken kids got a taste of a giant cream cookie.
The family's small lawn instantly turned into a vast rainforest, and the children tamed an ant.
This film and the subsequent "I Narrowed Us Down" and "I Enlarged the Kids" make up many of the post-90s haunting memories (one accidentally exposed age).
Unlike this comedy series, however, [Shrinking] focuses on complex and profound social issues.
In a word, it is summed up: people become smaller, and problems become bigger.
Notice
Matt Damon plays Paul, a financially disadvantaged physical therapist, and he and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wegg) decide to accept "shrinkage" and start a new life in the miniature world of Leisureland.
But his wife flinched, and Mada had to "emigrate" alone.
In this miniature version of utopia, although technology has solved human problems, the social and legal system has not kept pace with technology, and there are still rich and slums in the miniature world of idleness. And there are new problems waiting for them to solve, and the end of the world is still gradually approaching...
The lineup is reliable, guaranteeing 7 points
[Shrinking] it is not surprising to be praised in Venice, because it has a reliable lineup and a guarantee of 7 points.
The creators made an appearance at the Venice Film Festival
From left to right: Matt Damon, Kristen Wegg, Zhou Hong, Alexander Payne
Motor starred, steady
From Soldier Ryan to Agent Jason, to Mars planting potatoes, and finally to the Great Wall and Jingtian holding hands to kill monsters, Mada has long been well known to Chinese audiences, and his acting skills continue to be online.
In [Shrinking], he plays an ordinary American, and Mada says there is no pressure.
Kristen Wegg, come on
Who is Kristen Wegger, who plays the heroine? Compared to her fame, this GIF is more famous.
Kristen Wegg at [Saturday Night Live]
Born in 1973, Kristen Wegger became popular on the American variety show [Saturday Night Live], known as "Sister Climax".
In 2012, she received multiple nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Bridesmaids.
In 2015, she collaborated with Motor in [The Martian], playing the role of NASA leader.
The Martian Rescue
In [Shrinking], she plays a wife who is retreating from the battle. Playing the most ordinary and ordinary couple with Mada, they don't have to scratch their heads, and this role is more handy.
[Shrinking] stills
The supporting characters are outstanding
The acting skills of the two leading actors are stable, and the performances of the two supporting roles in the film also surprise the audience.
Left Christopher Waltz, right Zhou Hong
Zhou Hong, as the only Asian actor, played with big coffee, and his acting skills were also affirmed. In the film, her character has a third-world accent, and when interviewed, she is very slippery in English, and the role is like two people, which makes the media stunned.
In the film, Zhou Hong plays a cleaner from Vietnam, she has no money to shrink, and she does not want to go to the so-called world of escape, ironically, she is forced to join the beautiful world that everyone yearns for to continue the difficult life.
She and Mada also have wonderful emotional scenes.
Austrian actor Christopher Waltz is an absolute powerhouse, winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor twice for his evil performances in [Shameless Bastard] and [Liberated Django].
Shameless bastard
In [Shrinking], it is he who sells the Mada couple a shrinkage technique that can make people "get rich overnight". Some netizens even commented that the biggest highlight of [shrinking] is Waltz's superb acting skills.
The most reliable is the director
Among the main creators, the most reliable is actually the director, Alexander Payne, specializing in comedy, he is an Oscar regular.
Except for the first two erotic films, the other works have not scored less than 7 on IMDb
And Mada said this about Payne at the press conference: Who doesn't want to cooperate with Payne? Even if he asked me to play a phone book, I would be willing...
Payne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times.
The most praised is his script.
He has twice won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, in 2005 for "Life with a Glass of Wine" and for "Descendants" in 2012.
Looking at the expression, you can also know that this product is not an ordinary person
Alexander Payne was born on February 10, 1961 in Nebraska, Aquarius, usa, to greek parents.
Aquarius has always been blackened into "weird coffee" and "strange", and Payne is also, seemingly serious, but in fact, the heart is a comic.
At the Venice press conference, it was all natural and funny, and in the face of many media and motors that answered questions seriously, he was not around.
Give me a pen, Putin can't play me
His bizarre humor has been incorporated into his work from the very beginning.
His true Virgo was [Citizen Ruth] in 1996.
The opponent's live broadcast was to give her $15,000, and Ruth jumped out of the room directly and excitedly, just caught by the outside live camera, and her teammates were too late to be confused.
In [A Glass of Wine Life], the friend bar about gun but in the middle of the night came back naked and knocked on the door, because he was caught in bed, he ran naked for 5 kilometers.
Payne sometimes brings a subtle and restrained black humor that makes you laugh, sometimes unexpectedly, and hilarious.
And what he does best is the satire and sharp criticism of social issues hidden in the film.
[Citizen Ruth] satirizes the moral kidnapping of both sides by telling the question of whether Ruth, who has suffered from drug addiction and has had four miscarriages, should have an abortion again.
Ruth, who has a rectum, is toyed with by people from all sides and applauds, and only at the end does she shout: The body is mine!
In 1999, he became famous, and the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film tells the same story from different perspectives, where the fates of 5 people are intertwined, and [Campus Storm] has even been called the best film of 1999.
Through the scandal of a high school student council president election, the film allows the audience to focus on American education and political circles.
A simple election becomes a farce that has changed the lives of countless people, with a few joys and some sorrows.
The film does not judge the events, but goes deep into the psychology of different characters.
Years later, they are living their new lives, some still chasing their dreams, living a glamorous life, but in the eyes of others, it is extremely boring.
The beginning and end of the film deepen the theme, and a campaign scandal can also tell the true meaning of life.
Humor and criticism are Payne's killer skills, and the most common themes of life are his favorites.
From the trivial matters of life from a young age, he can always summarize and sublimate profound philosophies.
In 2002, Jack Nicholson starred in his director 'About Schmidt], where Jack gave brilliant acting and Payne was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director.
Jack's Schmidt's wife suddenly dies, he is almost swallowed up by the deserted life, and after discovering the love letters of his wife and other men, he begins to travel to the places where he once lived.
He forgave his wife, he forgave himself, but he couldn't do anything about his daughter's life. The last orphan's letter made Schmidt unable to suppress his tears any longer.
In 2004, Payne brought us a more exciting interpretation of life, and [A Glass of Wine Life] won him the Oscar for best adapted screenplay again.
By showing two friends with very different personalities on a short vacation, the film reflects the impermanence of life, and the joys and sorrows are staged in turn.
Jack is extroverted, and a week before he gets married, he asks Miles to spend his last single vacation together.
A one-night stand in a bar is out of control, and a week-long vacation has turned into a farce of life.
About to enter the palace of marriage, Jack, who is proud of life, is actually fragile at heart and his life is vulnerable. And Miles, who lost his career and failed love, found the direction and hope of life again.
Payne was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for this film.
After several sharp works, Payne's works tend to be restrained and gentle, and the warmth of life becomes the theme of his films.
In 2011, he directed [Descendants], starring George Clooney. Payne won a second Academy Award, the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Matt, played by Clooney, learns that his wife has become a vegetative person due to an accident, and while waiting for her to wake up, he finds that his wife has an affair.
And the man who gave him the green hat could profit from the sale of his ancestral land, which undoubtedly plunged his life into a trough.
In order to find a third party, the originally scattered family travels back and forth in Hawaii, and Matt retrieves the concept of "home".
There are still strong contradictions and conflicts in life, and in 2013 [Nebraska], Payne aimed at the most ordinary trifles in life, and his directing skills were more prominent.
The old man received the advertisement, was convinced that he had won the million jackpot, and was bent on going to Nebraska to collect the award. The youngest son, David, had to take his father to collect the award.
They visited many relatives along the way, and father and son had a new understanding of each other. Father just wanted to have a new truck.
The result of the prize can be imagined, the old man only got a hat and left, while the son bought a truck for the father and son. Back in town, the son let his father drive.
This has become the most beautiful moment for the elderly.
The film shows the trivial things in life one by one, and in each shot, it also reveals sincere warmth. [Nebraska] received oscar nominations for best cinematography, best original screenplay, best actor, best director, etc., but none of them were ultimately awarded.
By this year's [shrinking], Alexander Payne himself was an Oscar hit, and the film became the focus of Venice as soon as it came out.
Payne at the press conference: Labor is going to take off again this year
[Shrinking] is still about life and society, but with the background of science fiction, it is more attractive.
Concerns about the future, amplification and critique of social issues in a utopian world captivated audiences and the media.
As the human body gets smaller, society's original problems become bigger, and as director Payne puts it, the more they change, the more they stay the same.
Payne always gives us a new perspective on society and our own lives.
This time, the characters in his work are smaller and more problematic, and they also bring us to think.
The film will be released at Christmas, and among the many Oscar hits this year, it remains to be seen whether Payne can stand out with the motor hand in hand, after all, it is easy to plant in the Oscar science fiction genre.
Payne: This year's Oscars should be so big, Motor: ...
Best Picture and Best Director may be Mysterious, but the original screenplay and male lead actor are likely to win, after all, one is a motor, and the other is Waltz.
As for [Dunkirk], there are also scenes for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Score.
PS: In addition to starring in Payne's "Shrink", Mada also starred in George Clooney's "Lost Town". [Lost Town] will be unveiled in the main competition unit of Venice, and we will continue to pay attention!
George Clooney and Payne: Mada, how about we're holding you a little golden man this year