There is such a war-themed film
It's not like Saving Private Ryan.
After seeing the heroic hot pillow surging in the chest
It's not like "Full Metal Shell"
Discuss the distortions that violence has created on civilization
It uses the highest current shooting technique to tell a bland and helpless story; with a slight hint of Chinese philosophy, it interprets the deep problems of American social culture;
It was first released in North America at the dismal box office, but it is regarded as a classic that can stand the test of time in China.
This is Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle"
In the past, Ang Lee's films, whether they are "Color Ring", "Eating Men and Women", "Wedding Feast" with oriental culture, or "Young Pie" with Hindu mysteries, have been widely praised at home and abroad.
The reputation of the film we're going to talk about today, Billy Lynn's Halftime War, is very polarizing.
If you don't understand the movie, or if you haven't had time to see it yet, this article is worth a look.
First of all, the audience who has heard a little about it should know that technology is definitely a major attraction of the film. As soon as the technical premise of 4K ultra-high definition + 120 frames + 3D visual effects comes out, it is attractive enough, and for some technical controllers, it is even more appealing than the name of director Ang Lee.
So how to better perceive the visual effects presented by these photographic techniques? There are three places like this, please pay attention to it when watching the film.
1 Warriors attend funerals at the cemetery
Billy Lynn and the soldiers had just arrived at the rugby scene, and smoke suddenly billowed behind them, and the camera flashed back to the moment when the group had just returned home to attend the funeral in the military cemetery
Where does the clarity of this place manifest itself? The first is that the picture has enough depth, and the horizontal range of the cemetery is relatively large.
On top of that, the photographer used a 360-degree motion loop shot that almost surrounded the warriors.
Someone who knows a little bit will probably know that the more moving the shot, the more it tests the frame rate of the movie. Usually, when we watch the film at home, it is estimated that we also have such an experience: if you pause a moving shot, you will find that its picture clarity is worse than that of still shots, but in "Billy Lynn's Halftime War", there is almost no so-called "lost frame" phenomenon when shooting in motion.
This allows us to strongly perceive the abundance of 120 frames in motion shots, as well as the stability and realism of digital recordings.
2 Rugby midfield performance climactic scene
When a group of warriors finally appeared, there was a camera position: with the warriors in the foreground, the camera behind them, and then we could see that there were many people performing in the middle and rear scenes, and then there was a dark audience seat, which was another shot with great depth and horizontal amplitude.
At this grand gathering, the performers' bright costumes, clusters of fireworks and fireworks gush out and converge above. The texture and light color of all the objects are very delicate and realistic, and suddenly people think that they are sitting on the football field and watching the grand situation here.
3 Scenes of war in Iraq
This is definitely a unique gunfight experience, in the battle scene of the movie, although the environment is earthy yellow, we can see a lot of small details in the picture to show its texture fullness.
When the soldiers hide behind an earthen wall to shoot, you can always see bullets flying back and forth in front of you, because the clarity has reached a very high level, so when those bullets hit the earthen wall, the dust is instantly splashed out, and the layers of dust that splash out are all covered, almost restoring the picture that we personally feel in real life, the so-called guns and bullets, full of devastation is such an experience.
However, this movie is not just as simple as being technically proficient.
Many people may have a bad feeling after watching this movie, and even feel too depressed.
What can be so depressing?
Two words sum up the reason, and that is: truth
Ang Lee's film is very realistic, in addition to the real subject matter, that is, the 120 frames 4K technology he uses, prompting the camera to be honest every second. Generally speaking, movies always have fictional places, such as American Hollywood blockbusters, in order to please the audience, they will not be too closely related to reality. Billy Lynn's midfield battle is not like this, sitting in front of the screen, a sense of realism that slowly soaks in. You feel like ,'s yes, that's it, that's human nature, that's life.'
Secondly, it is also thanks to director Ang Lee's strong "psychological shooting ability". A large number of close-up shots were used to close-up Lynn's face, through which we saw the blood in his eyes, the flushing of his face, and even every sweaty pore. It's as if you're looking at this person face to face, and the person in the camera is looking at you
Over time, it becomes - a sense of involvement. Form a "I am Lynn" feeling. Thus, we are naturally brought into all of Lynn's thoughts, words, and feelings. With Lynn, feel his grief, despair, helplessness, which is also a wonderful experience brought about by this movie.
In addition, thematically speaking, this film reflects the real society of the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, American society has fallen into a strange circle, as reflected in the movie, self-righteousness, entertainment first, and the people are constantly filled with a consumerist culture. He ridiculed people for things he didn't understand, but he was very weak inside. In the case of the US election, the class-to-class incomprehension among Americans has risen to an unprecedented level. The upper class is completely torn apart from the bottom people, and power circulates back and forth between a vote of politicians, while the voices of the people at the bottom cannot be heard.
Soldiers who have experienced war, in particular, have made people in the peaceful world vigilant, some people think that they have completely implemented American values, some people think that they have acted as pawns in this unjust war, and some people are worried that they have been alienated by war into marginal monsters. But in fact, the warriors themselves are very clear that they are only doing what they should do, and refuse or are unwilling to delve further into the significance of doing so.
When they fought in Iraq, their homeland of the United States was entertained to death, so when these "national heroes" set foot on this land again, the deep sense of illusion in their hearts began to make people dizzy.
There is a video of Lynn becoming a hero, in which he bravely saves his comrades and fights terrorists to the death. This act has been given the labels of bravery, friendship and uncompromising by the state and the media, and has been sublimated into a national hero. However, in Billy's eyes, this is a completely personal act, and because of the loss of the squad leader, it feels extremely uncomfortable and bad.
However, the outside world can't wait to label him and interpret him as another person, and few people ask him who he is and what he really cares about.
And this is exactly what this film reflects, unlike the anti-war films seen in the past, "Billy Lynn's Halftime War" sees the war as a link in American consumer culture, with an unprecedented anti-war view.
For Lynn in the film, Ang Lee made a 180-degree reversal of the serious facial image of others, and the audience saw a fully three-dimensional living Billy Lynn, although Lynn is the protagonist, but in fact, he is an object to be observed, but also an auxiliary line, a stone thrown into the water, let people see the ripples of the water.
These ripples will make you feel that something is wrong with Americans. As for the problem, it cannot be said, because the problem is too complicated, Billy Lynn and his comrades-in-arms, Billy Lynn's family, the rich people who invite the heroes of the battle to perform, the spectators who watch the game, the staff on the court, everyone and every group, everyone seems to have unspeakable contradictions.
In fact, the United States is actually very weak on the inside, from the exuberance of the United States during the Cold War to the arrogance of intervening in international affairs and provoking senseless foreign wars several times. However, the Gulf War and the 9/11 attacks taught Americans a lesson in the appearance of self-confidence, but on the inside extreme insecurity, showing that they were individuals blinded by consumerism and disapproval.
Billy Lynn, on the other hand, tore open the layers of disguise to show this fact.
And in this world, if there is something that many people spit on and fear, except for the devil, it must be true
No one will show the real life to others, and no one wants to see the real self. However, reality is everywhere. There are very few people who dare to face the real, and most people can only peek into the real corner and immediately wrap themselves up layer by layer.
Perhaps that's why Billy Lynn's Halftime Affair failed miserably at the North American box office. Because he has no reason to please the American audience, in fact, it does not like the vast majority of people in the world.
But that won't stop some people from taking aback.
When the film is in, when the comrades-in-arms are all standing in a row
Billy Lynn walked toward the anchor, and the black dancers danced beside Lynn with their eyebrows furrowed and scratching their heads. At the end of the show, Lynn was still standing up straight, and the Asian soldier tapped him on the shoulder and told him that the show was over.
The moment the lights came on, the next moment, tears came out of his eyes—how sad it was for Lynn.
The playful and entertaining American spirit, on such an occasion, not being serious is the greatest political correctness.
At this moment, the battlefield seems safer than in midfield
I remember Ang Lee once stood on the stage and responded: "The film is his dream is his faith, and he challenges the new technology just to make the dream clearer." ”
When consumer culture becomes a huge ritual, when the camera silently moves to the back of everyone and the scene, when the work of 4K+3D+120 frames is put on the screen...
In a way, it is not to let the audience stay behind the huge ceremony, to see some essential things inside more clearly and truly.
..................... LIGHTING.....................
4K+3D+120帧
Formerly nationwide
Few movie theaters can see it
Now there is as long as there is
LUCI immersed
You can bring it to your eyes
Brightness, clarity, three-dimensionality
The ultimate experience like never before
We, never left the movie
So close
“May all beings have happy minds”
May everyone have a happy heart!