Chapter 166 The Road to a Film Master
The film officially started playing, but at the beginning it was not the opening battle seen in the trailer, but an old man bringing his family to visit the grave.
If you are familiar with little Gilbert's family situation, you will recognize that this is little Gilbert's father, making a guest appearance in little Gilbert's movie again.
The audience is still wondering, isn't it talking about the opening battle? Where is the big battle?
However, little Gilbert told everyone that the fun is yet to come.
As the camera focuses on the old man's eyes, it seems to take the audience back to that era.
The huge waves carried the Allied landing craft and charged towards the beach, which made people feel nervous.
The camera gives an internal perspective of the landing craft, starting from the hands of the officer played by Tom Hanks, showing all the soldiers in the landing craft.
Unable to bear the bumps, some people were vomiting, while others were holding crosses and praying, asking God to bless them. Others wiped their weapons over and over again, while others looked indifferent.
No nonsense, no courtesy. After a few simple lines, as soon as the hatch of the landing craft opened, the soldiers were cut down like wheat before they could rush out of the landing craft.
But wheat does not bleed or cry out in pain, but people do.
This scene looked extremely tragic. A hail of bullets penetrated helmets and bodies. Some people had half of their heads cut off, and some dragged their punctured stomachs and stuffed their own intestines into them.
Just a few steps after Tom Hanks dragged an injured soldier, the soldier's lower body was blown to pieces.
If you notice the expressions of the audience at the premiere at this time, you will see that many people have their mouths opened in an O shape, obviously shocked by this opening scene.
Such tragic war scenes have never been done in any film in my memory.
The most important thing is that this scene is not bloody for the sake of blood, everything is based on reality and reasonableness.
There is no one who is invincible, and there is no Rambo. There is only one result when a bullet penetrates the body, and that is death.
"This... this is too bloody and cruel." Emmanuel Beah was a little timid and even covered his eyes, but he couldn't help but reveal a gap and watch the movie through it.
Sophie Marceau was equally shocked. To be honest, she knew that little Gilbert was famous and she had slept with him, but she had never looked at the work of this pillow person so seriously.
"Although it is bloody and cruel, Emmanuelle, you have to admit that this is a real war scene." Sophie Marceau said.
Indeed, Emmanuel Beah nodded and said: "I have never seen such a real war scene before. This movie impressed me from the beginning."
Real, cruel, and bloody, these are the words summarized by the audience at the premiere.
Tom Hanks had already seen the version of the film's internal preview. Compared with that version, Tom Hanks found that the rhythm of the film was tighter, making people feel suffocating and tense, and worrying about the fate of the soldiers.
Little Gilbert did not use the fast and sharp lens editing and switching that he was best at, and he also abandoned the gorgeous and beautiful lens style of the past, let alone unconventional shots from various perspectives.
Except for the first-person perspective shot used at the beginning of the film, it is basically a traditional handheld photography follow-up shooting method.
It is such a traditional method, but it bursts out with unparalleled energy, deeply immersing the audience in it.
When he first watched the internal preview, Tom Hanks felt that the film would be a huge success. Now after watching it, he is even more sure.
Compared to Tom Hanks' excitement, Harvey Weinstein's mood was like riding a roller coaster, with ups and downs.
Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that just the opening scene showed the outstanding quality of the film.
If the subsequent scenes maintain this level, then "Saving Private Ryan" will be a war movie of extremely outstanding quality.
But if the film is just like this, then his chances of winning the Oscar will be much greater.
But it turns out that Harvey Weinstein was happy too early.
Roger Ebert, who saw the whole "Saving Private Ryan" for the first time, was happy for little Gilbert. In recent years, his behavior of licking little Gilbert has been despised by many film critics.
But little did they know that by praising Little Gilbert, Roger Ebert has become the most popular film critic among young people in the United States.
He even registered a Facebook account. He was the first film critic to open a social networking account among all film critics, and he also received a lot of attention on it.
Roger Ebert believes that film critics need to keep pace with the times. Gone are the days when critics could decide the fate of a movie.
Therefore, Roger Ebert needed to transform and find a new path to maintain his decent status as a film critic, so he targeted the extremely popular Little Gilbert.
In later words, boasting about Little Gilbert can bring huge traffic, and Roger Ebert is equivalent to mastering the traffic password.
But in the past, Roger Ebert was suspected of taking money from Gilbert Jr.
But the problem is, everyone is getting paid. Who would write a movie review if they don’t get paid?
Well now, almost all North American film critics are praising this movie. Now no one should say that he took money. Roger Ebert feels that he can praise it as hard as he can.
Little Gilbert has obviously made great changes in his style. He knows that big scenes cannot well express the tension, cruelty, and horror of war, so he focuses his perspective more on individuals.
Captain Miller's trembling hands, the soldiers who fell on the charging road, and the frightened faces created a realistic enough scene.
The film is still full of all kinds of explosive scenes, but unlike the exaggerated style of "The Island", explosions are normal on the battlefield, and no one thinks the explosions are unreasonable.
On the contrary, it would be strange if it didn't explode!
The sense of reality brought by the film allows moviegoers to feel the horror of war. Here, no one is immortal, everything happens so suddenly. There are no unrealistic lucks, no protagonists jumping around after being shot, and no desperate counterattacks.
Life is so fragile here, conveying the horrors of war.
Expressing anti-war attitudes through the horrors of war is nothing new. But what little Gilbert does well is that these scenes all look too real. There has never been such a war movie in the history of film.
When the battle that lasted more than 20 minutes ended and the pace of the film slowed down, the audience at the premiere realized that their palms were already sweating.
Many people watched the opening battle with their legs pinched, their legs almost turning red from the pinching.
Roger Ebert asked his French counterpart: "Looking at it now, what do you think of this movie?"
The French film critic was also quite honest and could not say anything against his will, so he could only say: "It's really good. Little Gilbert is quite good at these scenes. I hope the literary and dramatic parts will not disappoint us."
As the film continues, it is learned that several of James Ryan's brothers died on the battlefield, so Marshall decided to remove the child from the battlefield and return home.
When General Marshall said, "That kid is still alive, we're going to send someone to find him and get him home."
Applause erupted involuntarily in the theater, first a round of applause, and then more applause later on, and everyone stood up and applauded.
The first few dozen minutes alone are worthy of everyone’s applause.
The creators in front of the premiere were very excited. Not long after the film started, they received applause. For the film's creators, it was a scene they had never expected.
Sophie Marceau and Emmanuelle Béard were also clapping, their little hands red. Sophie Marceau also looked proud, look, that is the director who saved me from the control of the devil, he is so great.
Harvey Weinstein, Roger Ebert, and Luc Besson all gave their own applause. This applause seemed very sincere and not a normal business applause.
This movie deserves applause.
The role of Marshall was played by Christopher Lee. The old man also attended the premiere and was so shocked by the opening battle that he was speechless.
Compared with those young audiences who have never seen war scenes, Christopher Lee has actually experienced war scenes.
Little Gilbert was very happy to be able to take the photo.
The task was given to Captain John Miller, who led a team of soldiers to find James Ryan and evacuate him from the war zone.
From this, the film raises an exciting question: Is it worth sending eight elite soldiers for one soldier?
The audience still doesn’t know that these eight people will die in the end, but it does not prevent everyone from discussing the film.
"I don't think it's worth it. Eight soldiers go to save one person. Obviously these soldiers can make a greater contribution on the battlefield, so it's not worth it." A fan in the back row said.
A fan on the side disagreed: "But we have to consider that James Ryan's brothers all died in the battlefield, and he is the only son of the Ryan family.
Having made such a great contribution to the country, he should have the right to survive the battlefield.
She bled and sweated for the country, but in the end she was killed tragically in battle, with a pale death notice. This is so unfair to a mother. "
"What you say makes sense, but you also have to consider that these soldiers also have brothers and sisters, family members, parents, children, and wives.
Should we let eight other families be broken for the sake of one family? "
"The film is still going on, let's see what happens next!"
Listening to the arguments from fans behind him, Harvey Weinstein knew that "Saving Private Ryan" was a success.
Little Gilbert successfully made the audience think about the theme of salvation in the film. Whether it is worth it and whether to make this exchange are all questions for the audience to think about.
For a good movie, it is not enough to raise a question and then have the audience answer it.
Tell a complete story, let the audience ask themselves questions, and then answer whether it is worth it.
This method seems more clever.
The standard of the film is so outstanding that Harvey Weinstein feels that if the public relations work for the Oscars next year is not done well, "The English Patient" will be in danger.
After the film slows down, the slightly dull narrative rhythm also reflects the director's skill.
It can be said that in the past, little Gilbert could only sensationalize, play with horror atmosphere and make explosions.
But in "Saving Private Ryan", little Gilbert has made considerable progress and is on the road to becoming a film master.
The scary thing is that little Gilbert is still young and he is still improving.
His future is worth looking forward to.
There are only three days left, and I have already hit thirty days in a row. I am so strong.
Let’s see if we can reach 10,000 a day this month, and then slow down a bit, to about 6,000 a day.
Riwanri's hands were broken and his brain was fried.
Thanks to Sadox, the mind is as calm as water and the wisdom is as I am, Time 1979, Maxim Xiaomianqiu book friend for the reward, and thank you all for your monthly recommendation votes and subscriptions.
Keep up the good work, rush~
(End of this chapter)