The period between May and June 1940 was the darkest hour of the British Empire, or it could be said that it was the darkest hour of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Faced with the invasion of Hitler's Nazi forces, he was appointed Prime Minister on the verge of becoming Prime Minister, facing the imminent dilemma of war externally – the crisis of becoming a puppet of the Third Reich; internally confronting the opposition within the Party, the suspicions of the King, and an unprepared masses of the people.
Winston Churchill had to win this unequal bet and find a way to unite the British people for the ensuing battle with Hitler and his fascist forces.
How can an already well-known historical proposition be interpreted with a gripping one?
It's really a scene of restoring history
"Darkest Hour" lasted for several months to restore a low-ceiling bunker scene - the wartime war department, from the gate to the table and chair placement, the display in the house, and even the randomly placed books, meeting records and diaries, can be reproduced in the real World War II war fortress scene. McCarten, the film's screenwriter, after many efforts, also obtained the minutes of Churchill's wartime cabinet meeting.
The low space, the narrow and compact internal pattern, and the narrative techniques based on medium scenes, close-ups, and close-ups make the audience unconsciously be brought to the actor's full emotions and wartime atmosphere when watching the movie, making a character biopic based on dialogue full of tension.
The darkest tone of the film and the use of just the right amount of lighting
The entire film of "Darkest Hour" is a dark tone of black and white and gray, which perfectly presents Churchill's mood of emotional collapse, or isolation, or full of fighting spirit, so that the audience can feel the low pressure of the sword at any time when watching the movie, feel the indescribable pressure and unyielding will of Churchill.
And the director's just right lighting has also become the shining point of the film: for example, Churchill's three speeches in the film use effect light to let the audience pay attention to Churchill's speech and feel the spirit and faith contained in the great speech. Every time Churchill's backlight and the light effect in the dark, it is a silent transmission of Churchill's state of mind at that time.
Great films need great acting skills to support
What does Churchill look like from books?
"Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The national hero who led the people of LinkedIn countries to great victories was one of the "big three" who stood side by side with Stalin and Roosevelt
It is a generation of great men who stand in the annals of world history
He is also the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature."
The film "Darkest Hour" reduces the historical figures to "ordinary people", we see a bad old man who loves to smoke and drink, has a short temper, talks, and is short and fat, and also sees a childish ghost who will spoil his wife and please his wife.
And this has to say that Gary Ultraman contributed textbook acting skills, he makes the Churchill in our minds more three-dimensional and full.
Gary Ultraman is the Earl of Dracula in Four Hundred Years of Vampire Horror, the terrorist in Air Force One, Beethoven in Immortal Love, and the veteran spy in Tailor, Potmaker, Soldier, Spy.
But in Darkest Hour, these shadows and Gary Ultraman himself are barely visible, except winston Churchill. He portrayed Churchill's emotional, addicted, fanatical military man, genius orator, and at the same time he was an ordinary person, and even the hair on his bald head told what kind of person Churchill was. He let Churchill, and the spirit that Churchill represented, live.
"Victory, victory at all costs, no matter how long and difficult the road will be."
Who is the person who illuminates you in life's Darkest Hour?
For Churchill, there were three people:
The first was his wife, who was the first to stand behind him when he was alone; pacified and gave him advice when he was emotionally upset and irritable; and content with his childlike coddling. She was a true fighter, an important force in supporting Winston Churchill.
The second was King George VI. From the beginning of the heart and suspicion to the end like an old friend, give him advice to let him go to the people to gain greater support.
The third is the people, this play on the subway is also a classic, the group acting skills online, is the most crucial part of the film forward, in the words of these people, in the attitude, firm Churchill will not give up, he knows that he is no longer alone, behind him stands a country.
As Churchill said: "Success is not the end, failure is not the end, the most important thing is the courage to move on"
In the vast sea of people, I wish you to meet the person who stands behind you when you are about to fall, the one who shines light up your progress.
A good script, a good actor, a good history, a good character, a good story, together achieved a high score of 8.6 on Douban and "The Darkest Hour", which won multiple award nominations and award records.