Chapter 1285: Exaggerating the atmosphere
Later, when Meryl Streep performed "The Queen of Off-Tune", she said that it is not difficult to sing accurately and well, but singing out of tune is the real challenge.
At least, that's true for actors.
But Anson now realizes that he needs to sing well or not badly, not out of tune or out of tune, but also not able to inject energy. Everything needs to be restrained and show a bland performance. This is the real problem.
And, that’s not all.
Secondly, he needs to give Johnny Cash’s singing a soul, a soul that belongs to Johnny but does not belong to Johnny but is derived from his perception and experience of Johnny’s life.
It is difficult to reach the sky.
In his previous life, Joaquin Phoenix starred in the work "Walking Along". His performance was undoubtedly outstanding, and he could even see the shadow of the later "Joker".
But Joaquin's performance relies on "crutches", that is, alcohol, drugs, depression and madness, etc. to explore the dark parts and release emotions. In front of Reese's effortless performance, it seems to be too powerful. Fierce; in addition, and more importantly, his singing part lacked fire, and not even a little bit.
The so-called heat here does not mean pitch or rhythm, but a kind of expression.
It’s hard to explain, and it’s hard to see or touch, but it really exists; but specifically how to adjust and improve it, I can’t find a path.
It’s all up to you to explore.
In the movie, the song Jacques sang when he auditioned for Sun Records was not only unstable in pitch, but his emotional expression was completely messed up.
In singing a cappella without accompaniment, the shortcomings and shortcomings of Joaquin, a non-professional singer, are fully exposed. Even if we put aside the technical skills for the time being, the performance level is not able to convey the emotional level and weight. The singing shows that if Johnny Cash sang like that in the real world, it would be 100% impossible for him to get a record contract-
Mediocre, even bad.
Even in the other singing scenes, Joaquin performed all of them himself, and there was an obvious gap between his singing and the real Johnny Cash.
This time, the two James chose Anson to play Johnny Cash, quietly changing the trajectory of history, because of Anson's musical talent.
In this aspect, Anson has an advantage that Jacques does not have, and it should also be an opportunity for Anson to give a new soul to the Johnny Cash biopic. Anson will not say that his contribution is better than that of Jacques. A better performance, but he is looking forward to interpreting his own different style.
Anson needs to get rid of the shackles of past life memories and explore on his own.
Actually, Anson has always remained sober. He knows that strictly speaking, the work "Walking with Songs" is the first severe test of acting skills.
In the role of Johnny Cash, he first carries the life and emotions of a real person, and secondly carries the emotional energy of an artistic creative character. His complexity is far beyond imagination, which poses a severe test to Anson's performance.
Moreover, in his previous life, Joaquin won an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for this work. If he said there was no pressure at all, it would definitely be a lie.
Given Anson's awkward relationship with the Academy and the lingering label, the likelihood that the Academy will continue to ignore Anson and refuse to give "Walking with the Song" a nomination goes up, which means Anson needs to work harder and be more focused. , even if it is not for the academy nomination, you should go all out for your own breakthrough and progress.
At the very least, Anson hopes to dedicate a role that he has neither regrets nor shame. It is precisely because of this that Anson has been acting in the past few months to truly experience the life of an unknown singer.
There are many reasons for missing the Oscars, a small part of which is because Anson did not want to interrupt the performance context. During the filming process, he briefly left the environment created by the crew and entered Vanity Fair. When waiting to return to the crew, the performance status may not be right.
Anson is trying to follow the ideas and plans of the two James, and is also trying to enter the world of Johnny Cash through what he is good at -
Starting from music, through notes and lyrics , perform to touch and feel the soul of Johnny Cash.
It is precisely because of this that Anson did not hesitate to disrupt the crew's filming plan and advance the scene where Johnny Cash went to Sun Records to audition by a full two weeks.
From recording studio to recording studio, from the August 31st Band to the Tennessee Three, including Larry and Dan John’s early run-in, everything is paving the way for the characters and seamlessly transitioning, I hope. Through the medium of music, Anson was able to enter the world of Johnny Cash in his own way.
Obviously, this is a challenge and a new attempt.
Generally speaking, when people discuss a legendary singer, he is first of all an ordinary person, a natural person, and secondly a singer. Singer as a profession is one of the labels of this ordinary person, and only Only by understanding his existence as a natural person can we enter his musical world.
This is the normal order.
However, this time, Anson disrupted the order and tried to use music to penetrate Johnny Cash. He first understood his music, his performance, and his soul as a singer, and then touched and felt it through his creation. His scars and struggles finally restored Johnny Cash as an ordinary person in the music world.
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Is this true?
No, of course not, because this is "Johnny Cash the Musician", and the image ultimately painted is the Johnny that people feel through music.
He is not real and incomplete.
But just as Anson and Edgar discussed the project "Walking with Songs", from the beginning, this script and project had a strong Johnny Cash and June Carter flavor. What they are eager to present is the image they want the public to see, which is not 100% true.
The two James are no exception. Even if Johnny Cash's scars and struggles are shown in the script, this is still part of the truth they are willing to show.
Through in-depth conversations with the two Jameses, Anson agrees with at least one point:
What they show is the reality of Johnny Cash as a musician that is seen by the public, and it is also Johnny Cash’s music through music. Courage to show your truth.
Indeed, such truths are incomplete and tinged with artistic processing, but at least they can be rooted in music and show how musicians transform life experiences into inspiration and finally complete creation. When the melody and lyrics can When you feel the fragments of your soul, this movie is successful.
Based on this, in Anson's opinion, Joaquin's performance in the previous life... was a failure.
On the actor level, Joaquin has undoubtedly completed his job in capturing emotions and scars, and it is still an excellent job; but on the musician level, Joaquin's love for Johnny- But the presentation and interpretation of Cash's music failed, starting from the first scene of the Sun Records audition.
If Anson does not want to repeat the same mistakes, if Anson hopes to be able to perform his own performance without the memory of his past life, if Anson hopes to enter the world of Johnny Cash, then the first scene of the Sun Records audition is particularly important.
(End of this chapter)