Embarked on the road to cinema at the age of 13 and won the Oscar at the age of 29, natalie portman has always shone with new light and new heat with his eclectic performances and inability to touch the marginal charm.
The cover of the latest issue of vanity fair is the natalie portman who has been "fresh" on the screen for 25 years.
This time the landing is undoubtedly a momentum for her new work "The Sound of Light" in this year's awards season.
After challenging roles such as a mentally fractured ballet dancer, a depressed Jewish mother, and a bereaved first lady, the choice she made for herself at a new stage in her life was the rock singer Celeste, who was on the brink of glam rock in the cloak of gorgeous rock in "The Sound of Light".
Large monologues, strong body movements, heavy accents from Stanton Island, exaggerated chewing of gum, rude sounds when sucking wine on a straw... Natalie used the twitching of his face to create this chaotic and disorderly drama on the screen, extremely crazy, and drove to the point of decay.
It's a story about "rebirth," and Natalie plays Celeste, a childhood survivor of a school shooting that, because of that disaster, showed outstanding musical talent, and was blessed by misfortune to become a rock star.
In the film, Natalie appears in a strong makeup at the level of a palette, in order to return to the golden age of gorgeous rock, Celeste is dazzling on the stage, her hair is sprayed with silver paint, the eye makeup range is expanded to the cheeks, full of bright diamonds and sequins, and the clothes she wears are a wild look that wraps around the whole body, which is a test of the body.
Even in private, the character is meticulously oiled, smoky makeup, and a tight T-shirt with jeans and a leather jacket, revealing to passers-by.
But will the scars left by the catastrophe really be erased by time and good opportunities?
In Celeste, we see a deep wounded person who can never be healed, singing with hoarseness, covering up the noise of life, and calming the paleness of childhood with a gorgeous and enchanting stage.
She paranoidly insulted everyone around her: her daughter, sister, and agent, and in this extreme way, foolishly proved the credibility of the intimate relationship and the survival of life.
On December 7, "The Sound of Light" will be released in North America, with the music in the film being produced by Sia and choreographed by Natalie's husband Benjamin Millepied. Can this new film once again push Natalie to the Oscar craze? We'll see.
It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth time natalie has cooperated with Jude law after "Blueberry Night", "Stealing Hearts" and "Cold Mountain" - the Dumbledore Principal, who has just laid down his magic wand, has transformed into the agent of singer Celeste, pushing her to the high ridge and falling with her. The resonance of the lives of the two people forms a destructive aura, and this energy is fed back into the art, making the stage more gorgeous, more selfless, more unreal, like Faustus who exchanges souls with the devil.
"Her performance enhances the texture of the whole film. Over the years, we have witnessed different stages of each other's lives, building an interesting understanding and trust. ”
In 2004's "Stealing Hearts", Natalie opened a heartbreaking and heartwarming love story with a "hello stranger" to the jude law in the crowd, interpreting the "most familiar stranger" state between lovers and becoming a love classic in the 21st century.
With red hair, she was like an unruly and unbridled wild rose, attracting attention; and when she learned of her boyfriend's change of heart, a teardrop fell to her cheek without concealment, like a meteor of love disillusionment.
"I want to make you happy, but why do I make you tired of it..."
"No one loves you more than I do, so why isn't that love enough?"
The girl who has lost her love has become a dancer with bright pink hair, playing with her style in a sound and color, but her eyes always reflect the disappointment and desire for her lover.
2005 Oscar red carpet
Natalie won the Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for this film, but this talented actress with high intelligence and good planning in the eyes of everyone actually broke out of the layers of fog and found her most beautiful appearance by exploring her inner tenacity and unremitting efforts.
The French writer Sagan once wrote that some people are "like a seagull, circling the sails of an eternal ship, tirelessly flapping its wings, never tired of chasing." ”
Natalie Portman, who has determined the film career since she was a teenager, is not satisfied with acting, she observes the working methods of famous directors on the set of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" and "Thief of Fire", watching them create images and scheduling actors, exercising their acting skills while also accumulating experience on the set.
In "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", her mushroom head + choker shape has been sought after so far, and because of her interpretation, people have found that the role of "girl" has a different charm;
And the same girl character, in the "Line of Fire", which is regarded as a textbook for police films, she played with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, leaving her own dazzling moments.
Although she started with a sharp, cunning, precocious girlish image and achieved great success, Natalie did not covet the silver screen dividends that her inherent image might bring. At the age of 16, in order to participate in the tour of the stage play "The Diary of Anne Frank" and hone her acting skills, she pushed out the much-watched "Lolita" and "Romeo and Juliet", and made a major choice with her own opinion.
Released in 1999, the Star Wars Prequel series trilogy, starring Natalie as Amidala, the queen of naboo stars, adds a sense of power and freshness to the "Star Wars" series of films that attract attention with a sense of technology and adventurous spirit.
In 1999, Annie Leibovitz photographed Natalie for Vanity Fair
While auditioning for the role, Natalie, who was still in high school, was also preparing for the entrance exam for college, and eventually she got her wish and entered Harvard University to study psychology so that she could better understand the role in the future.
Harvard's huge learning pressure once made Natalie collapse, she tried to write a 50-page paper she never thought, read a thousand pages of books in a week, after experiencing all these difficulties, she shared her important life experience in her graduation speech at Harvard in 2015 - don't think too much about difficulties and risks, give yourself a chance to take risks, use challenges to test out limitations, and then break through yourself.
This "masochistic" experience of growing up made her more understanding of the characters in Black Swan, the kind of paranoia and helplessness that longed to break through, a repressed girl who always tried to please people, and eventually transformed into a person who bravely showed her true face, lived only for herself, and experienced.
Finally, she won her own Oscar with this role, which can be said to be a good thing for her pregnant.
"Being an actor is like a ballet dancer, and when the technique reaches the same high level, the only thing that sets you apart from others is your weirdness and flaws, and that's what really shapes you."
After "Black Swan", she has a husband, a sweet family, and has gained a heart of steel, which is invincible, and the roles and directions she chooses are only for her own pursuit, in order to truly touch the hearts of the audience.
In 2015, she fulfilled her girlhood wish, truly became a director, and completed the filming of "Love and Dark Story" as a director, screenwriter and heroine. Natalie uses tragic tones, solemn shots, and exquisite costume aesthetics to tell the tragic story of a broken Jewish family in the context of the establishment of the State of Israel, and establishes her own video style.
In 2016, in order to recreate Jacqueline Kennedy's style on the big screen and let people understand the unknown sadness she endured, Natalie studied almost all the information about Jacqueline, combining her elegance, her repression, and her brokenness, wrapped in a blood-stained pink short skirt suit, one by one.
Greta Gerwig, an actress who worked with her on "First Lady" and a talented female director of last year's hit "Lady Bird," said that Natalie's curiosity has no end, she reads everything, and you can tell that she's not out of work, but really interested. The roles she chooses are well thought out and carefully planned.
"The roles I receive are more and more reflective of my heart, to stimulate my true self, to feel more free and more autonomous to explore new knowledge."
This year, Natalie has developed a new identity for herself – she is active in the #metoo and #time'sup movements, speaking out for women, actively changing the industry and the world in which she lives while considering her career, opening a new era for growth and facing this matter.
This girl who shines on the screen is no longer just a fashion icon, a serious actress, a mother, but also a female role model, a hope of the industry.
Natalie, who is not yet 40 years old, has left a 1/4 century of Qianying in the hearts of every audience, she has matured, matured just right, just enough to accommodate all our expectations, break through all the inhibitions in the world, and bring people the force that will never fade.