Made in Hollywood

"The narrative rhythm is still too fast, why can't we really slow down the rhythm and deeply explore the hearts and emotions of the characters?"

In another movie theater in New York, Richard Chris, the film critic of The New York Times, frowned when he saw that the film switched to another line and took only about five minutes to describe the grief of Katherine's mother and daughter, "The film It should be slower..."

Unlike Richard Chris, the surrounding audience felt that the rhythm of the film was a bit slow, not as exciting as Duke's previous films. Although the emotional conflict in it could also resonate with them, the rhythm was indeed slow. Some.

After all, this is not a purely commercial film. If you want to form a three-line narrative structure, each line must be explained.

However, in the final analysis, small productions like "One Hundred Thousand Fires" can attract audiences, one is Duke's own appeal, and the other is the fiercest police and gangster shootout in the history of the United States in front of the Bank of America.

To put it bluntly, most audiences go into the theater and what they want to watch most is a gunfight, and Duke has also proved with the film that this is what he is good at.

It is impossible for a movie to be all gunfights, otherwise it will inevitably lead to aesthetic fatigue. Duke also needs to use the movie to practice his skills. Some content must be a lot, and once he wants to touch the inner emotions of the characters, the pace will naturally be slow.

The film has turned to the narration of the two gangsters, Larry and Emil, especially Emil, which is the focus of the film's explanation.

This is a dream that depicts Emil Matasalinu in his childhood and adolescence. He suffered the pain of broken family at a young age and had to live with his mother in a mental hospital. It's just like hell, even more terrifying. He was later beaten by a sick patient and suffered from epilepsy...

In mainstream Hollywood movies, no one is inherently bad, and it's not just his own reason that Emil has gotten to where he is today.

"He's a little pitiful."

Although she has lived a prosperous life since childhood, Ivanka Trump is not a lady who knows nothing. "There's a reason why he's gotten to where he is now."

But as soon as her sympathy rose, Emil, who was awakened by the dream, showed her ruthless reality and beat her to pieces.

Emile found a drug to control epilepsy from a tin box containing a pistol and bullets. After taking it, he gradually calmed down. After calming down, he was even more cruel and terrible. He encouraged Larry to rob the bank again and began to prepare for it.

Pistols, automatic rifles, thousands of rounds. Double-layer Kevlar body armor, even the positions of the arms and legs, they have prepared specially sewn double-layer Kevlar materials.

The two men vowed to grab $1 million and mentioned in the conversation that if the police arrived or encountered other obstacles. Those people will be beaten into a sieve.

"It takes time for SWAT to get to the scene." Emil is confident. "In all robberies, the first people to arrive at the scene are patrolmen and ordinary police detectives. They don't have automatic weapons. They only have pistols and a small amount of Shotguns, these guns don't threaten us at all..."

To achieve the robbery goal. The two set out to find the right bank and money carrier.

"What is this doing?"

Seeing that the film switched to Police Officer Michael's side again, Richard Chris's brows furrowed even tighter, "Why don't you dig deeper into the criminal's inner world, now that you have made an explanation. You should continue digging, not a little bit. Touch and stop!"

However, the film just didn't unfold according to his ideas.

The relationship between Officer Michael and his daughter seems to be broken at any time, but he can't care about it now. He is busy exploring every clue of the robbery. Everything is telling him that the two inhuman gangsters will continue to unfold. robbery.

Richard Chris also explained the inner world of the gangster he wanted to see, but just as he thought, many things were just a touch away. For example, both of them were bodybuilders and grew up in a family The distance between the environment and happiness is about as far as the United Kingdom to the United States.

But what makes Richard Chris dissatisfied is that every time after describing the hearts and past of the gangsters, the film will then explain their preparations for the next robbery, and use the cold and cruel reality to break the audience's just-rising scene. A little sympathy.

"This is simply to cater to the mainstream audience, to cater to the needs of the California State Government and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department!" Richard Chris was a little angry, the film can completely reverse the roles and make some defenses for the two people, thus revealing the United States Profound social problems, "Directors must have independent thoughts! They must have the spirit of devoting themselves to art!"

Obviously, Duke doesn't have this spirit, to be precise, most directors including Spielberg and James Cameron don't have this spirit, except for some of the independent film circles who like to talk to themselves The director, everyone else is catering to the needs of mainstream society, not against it.

If Duke really made the film according to Richard Chris's idea, what was waiting for his first-line director? It must be the unanimous bombardment of the mainstream media!

And the good relationship he had with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from "Speed ​​of Life" will also fall apart!

In this country, the laws seem to be very fair, but in fact, everyone understands that no matter it is the police station or various institutions, there are also many shady things inside.

Borrowing the film to overturn or speak for two long-identified gangsters? Or even just arouse sympathy? Duke never planned to do that.

Therefore, after explaining the past of the gangsters, he will always remind the audience that they are what they deserve by using the reality that the other party is planning another shocking robbery!

"They should be killed directly!"

Around Richard Chris, many viewers were talking like this, and the famous film critic's face was a little ugly.

No matter what he thinks, he can't change the plot of the film.

At her husband's funeral, Katherine and Mother Luta met police officer Michael again. Facing this family that was so sad that there were no tears, Michael could only dryly reassure that the murderer would be caught.

But Michael has not found the culprit, and faced another problem. He returned home and found that his daughter was smoking cocaine!

The conflict between father and daughter broke out completely, with stubborn personality and professional relationship. He insisted on sending his daughter Lily to a drug rehabilitation institution. When the two quarreled fiercely, he received a call to find clues and had to leave home temporarily to focus on the case.

"Did you care about me? You never cared about me!"

Looking at her father's back, Lily's eyes were full of disappointment, "You only have work in your eyes, I am not your relative, your relative is L.A.P.D!"

She sat on the sofa in pain, even if she was sent to the Rehabilitation Center by her father, she felt better than now.

Michael's partner found a little clue, and Michael analyzed according to this that the gangsters may have robbed a bank in North Hollywood, but this kind of analysis without evidence will definitely not get the support of the boss. North Hollywood is one of the most prosperous areas in Los Angeles. One, it is impossible for anyone to block this area by guesswork alone.

However, the head of the police station also decided to send surveillance helicopters to the area at dawn tomorrow.

On the other hand, Larry and Emil have determined that they will rob the Bank of America's money carrier the next day, and are indifferently preparing for it.

At home full of grief, Catherine plans to take her daughter to Bank of America tomorrow to deal with the financial problems left by her husband.

At dawn, Michael called home to make sure Lily was still at home and drove into the North Hollywood area with her partner.

It was the last Friday in February, and the North Hollywood area was as busy as it used to be. The Bank of America on Laurier Valley Avenue hadn’t opened yet. Catherine drove in, but Luta didn’t want to go into the bank. Catherine told her daughter to put her Stay in the car and walk towards the bank by yourself.

Not far away, a white Chevrolet car slowly parked on the road in front of the bank. Larry and Emile were more bloated than when the film opened. On the back seat of the car was an AK47 with a drum cartridge. , they are waiting for the arrival of the cash truck.

On Laurier Valley Avenue, Michael and his partner drove past Bank of America in casual clothes, but stopped because of road congestion. They did not notice anything unusual. After contacting the helicopter in the air, they learned that a nearby incident had occurred. The car accident caused massive congestion in the North Hollywood area.

In the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, James, a black police officer, has just received his weapons and equipment and is ready to start a day of routine training with his SWAT team.

In the community of Los Angeles, Lily, who had been on the sofa all night, slowly woke up, went to the bathroom to wash briefly, and turned on the TV. The host of ABC TV was introducing Los Angeles through the overhead shot of the helicopter in the sky. Bad traffic conditions.

It was an ordinary morning, and everything seemed flat, and no one realized that a shocking crime that would shock the United States was about to take place.

Richard Chris looked at his watch, the movie had only passed 50 minutes, and the director had reserved 40 minutes for the shootout! This is simply an unforgivable mistake!

The film should use longer lengths to explain the psychological changes of the characters, not the messy gunfights!

This is a film based on fact, Duke Rosenberg is simply wasting the subject matter!

He was a little angry, but the audience around him was full of expectations. They knew the director's ability to control the big scene, and also knew the tragic nature of this real shootout.

"The multi-line narrative structure in the front is a little bit dragged."

While waiting for the final climax scene, Jane Lauder said to Ivanka, "But using the past and present experiences of the robbers to show the cruelty and ruthlessness of the robbers, they did a good job, and the previous foreshadowing scenes seem at least at least It’s not boring, although the rhythm is a little slower, but it’s much better than the drowsy movies like Robbery.” (To be continued~^~)