The influence of cinema on contemporary art
Beyond your imagination
1. "The Artist"
Douban 8.4
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance (2011)
In 1927, George Valentine (Jean Dujardin) was the best actor in a silent film. Every time he was on stage, he would make the audience laugh. His dog is a golden supporting role, and other actresses only have a side-by-side role. Once, in an interview with the media, he inadvertently met a woman with a strong desire, Pepi Miller (Begenis Béré nice Bejo), who was polite and polite despite the latter's limelight. However, this headline overwhelmed his new drama, the boss was extremely dissatisfied, and the wife was also jealous. Later, Peppy broke into Hollywood and happened to be reunited with George, which made him restless, and he acted frequently. Later, George, who was in a stalemate with his boss, decided to set up his own portal and wrote and directed himself. At the same time, Peppy quickly became popular with the help of sound films and became a star second to none. In the end, his silent film collided with her sound film schedule, and a battle between the new and the old, the emotion and the box office began...
The film won the 69th Golden Globe Award for Best Musical/Comedy, Jean Dujardin for Best Musical/Comedy, and the 64th Cannes Film.
2. Bullets Fly on Broadway
Genre: Comedy / Crime (1994)
For a long time, the playwright David (John Cusack) lived a depressed life, and the artist's characteristic purity filled him with disappointment in today's corrupt and chaotic drama world. In order to please his mistress Olive (Jennifer Tilly), the gangster takes a fancy to the unknown David's script and wants to invest, and as a precondition, David must let Olive play the main role. Although Olive's nagging personality and lame acting skills made David deeply mad, in the face of interests, he painfully succumbed. And just like that, a strange crew was born.
The holes in the script, the conflicts between the actresses, and the increasingly obese body of the male lead actor all make David despair, but to his surprise, The bodyguard Who has been spying on Olive, Chitch (Chazz Palminteri), inadvertently shows his outstanding screenwriting talent. With The help of Cic, the rewritten script was a great success, and at the same time, Cicch's morbid obsession with the script he wrote and the chaotic relationship between men and women in the crew put David in another predicament...
3. "Bohemian Life"
Douban 8.3
Genre: Drama / Comedy (1992)
In the art capital of Paris, a few poor artists live in low-end residential areas, they are oil painters from Albania, Irish composers and a French playwright, they are converging, despite the difficulties of life, the situation has always insisted on creating, eager to one day be recognized by society, despite this, they are still optimistic about life, longing for love, they help each other, tenacious efforts. The opportunity finally beckoned to them, and the appearance of the provincial girl Mimi made a subtle change in the three of them, the painter fell in love with her, soon, the painter was expelled for illegal entry, good things were grinding, with the help of good friends he returned to Paris as a freelance artist, he not only had a career turnaround but also won Mimi's love, the good times did not last long, their magazine closed, the three returned to the same place, more tragic fate awaited them ...
4. Patterson
Douban 8.1
Genre: Drama (2016)
Patterson (Adam Driver) lives in Patterson, New Jersey, and the man with the same name as his hometown is a bus driver who lives a mundane cohabitation with his girlfriend Laura (Goshfi Farahani) and a bulldog, driving the same route and life every day. Patterson loved to write poetry, and he carried a notebook with him to record the verses that were bouncing in his head, but he never thought of publishing his own verses in a book, and his only reader was Laura.
In contrast to Patterson, Laura is a natural artist, and every day she has a variety of strange ideas in her head, she draws various black and white totems on curtains, walls and even her own clothes, learns guitar, makes delicious cupcakes, and she is optimistic and cheerful, and she loves life wholeheartedly. Finally, Patterson promised Laura to print her work into a book, and would his life change as a result?
5. "Disaster Artist"
Douban 7.5
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Biography (2017)
The film is based on the biographical novel of the same name, "The Disaster Artist", which tells the whole process of director Tommy Weisu's shooting of the cult film "Room".
6. "Love You, Me, Her"
Douban 7.4
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance (2008)
The film depicts the lad Raj. Sharma (South Bill. Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor) love experience from the ages of 18 to 30. At different stages of his life he met three girls: Minissha Lamba, a girl from the small town of Punjab, and Rasika, a model from the city of Ranchi, Mumbai. Basu Bipasha Basu) and NRI taxi driver Gayali (Deepika. Padukone Deepika Padukone). The film is about a boy who faces one love after another and finally finds his true love.
7. "Food, Prayer and Love"
Douban 7.3
Genre: Drama / Romance (2010)
The young and capable Elizabeth Gilbert (Julia Roberts) is a popular writer at The New York Times who travels the world and writes about travel. Her life is equally enviable, with her husband, Stephen (Billy Crudup), handsome and temperamental; carefree and happy. However, Elizabeth gradually felt empty and panicked, as if everything around her was not what she really sought. Elizabeth decided to step out of the spoiled marriage and find herself. After the long tug-of-war of divorce, she embarked on a journey around the world, seriously thinking about life in food, prayer and love...
The film is based on the autobiography of Elizabeth Gilbert of the same name, with famed actress Brad Pitt as the film's producer.
8. "Save Me from Evil"
Douban 7.2
Genre: Action / Mystery / Crime (2020)
After a shocking kidnapping in Thailand, the killer Rennan (played by Huang Zhengmin), who completed the final killing mission, after learning that the incident was related to him, immediately went to Thailand and began to track down the incident with his assistants. On the other hand, Ray (played by Lee Jeong-jae), who learned that his brother was killed by Innam, also travels to Thailand for revenge. The fierce assassins and ruthless pursuers launched a fierce pursuit without a bottom line.
9. "Murder of the Heart"
Douban 6.8
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime (2006)
The film is based on a true story in the United States in the 1940s.
Fernandez (Jared Leto) is a professional liar who uses his usual means to meet nurse Baker (Salma Hayek) through the "Lonely Hearts Dating Club" in an attempt to defraud her of money. However, Baker was a poor man with a relief payment, and Fernandez, who found himself unprofitable, decided to end his relationship with Baker. Unexpectedly, Baker was already deeply in love with this liar, and she was even willing to stay with him and live with him.
Fernandez uses his good tricks to deceive all kinds of women, and the real and false tricks between them make Baker's jealousy and possessiveness expand infinitely. She often killed deceived women with mixed feelings, and more than 10 innocent people died at their hands— including a woman who had already given birth to Fernandez's child. This pair of bloody Mandarin ducks has attracted an urgent investigation by the police, and the restoration of the legal net is just around the corner...
10. "Number of BedMates"
Douban 6.4
Genre: Comedy / Romance (2011)
The film is based on the novel Delilah and Her 20 Ex-Boyfriends.
The idea that Ellie (Anna Faris), a well-liked bachelor, suddenly reads in a magazine that "a woman can be single for the rest of her life as long as she sleeps more than 20 men", which shocks her and decides to look back for her past "bedmate". Neighbor Colin (Chris Evans), who hides in Ellie's house to escape a woman's love debt, the two do not fight and do not know each other, so it is agreed that as long as Colin helps Ellie find the ideal other half from the "bedmates", she will unconditionally provide a safe haven for him to hide from women! Like a secretary, Colin began to search for and arrange Ellie's itinerary, so that Ellie and the "back to the grass" one by one date, and he also successfully ran after a one-night stand. Just as Ellie is fantasizing that these ex-boyfriends may grow tall and handsome or become famous, her alliance with Colin begins to change...