Rebirth In Hollywood

"The style and characters of the film, while clearly having more of a darker side than my previous work, do not mean that I will change course and abandon mainstream Hollywood films in the future.{"

At the press conference, facing reporters mainly from European media, Natalie did not give them a chance to provoke them, "In everything I do, I always want to try to learn something new, this film It's just a part of it...I never wanted to try to do anything that was purely artistic and dark, I prefer mainstream movies, the more traditional Hollywood movies."

"Then why are you making such a film?"

A reporter with French accent asked, "Don't you think a film and character like this is more meaningful than The Hunger Games and Katniss?"

"It's a movie, a story, and nothing else."

When it comes to playing tricks, Natalie may not lose to Ryan, "It not only depicts the heroine's narcissism, but also presents her self-loathing side, I think this is very interesting, if it is presented in images, the audience will also like."

No matter what the European reporters ask, Natalie's words are never close to the so-called art and the dark side of human nature. She has been influenced by Ryan for many years, and she has grown up in Hollywood, which is full of commercial atmosphere. What does the movie mean to her? More, it goes without saying.

Later, another reporter asked her about her in life, and Natalie subtly borrowed the role of the film and said, "White swans always please others, black swans are a little self-admiring, and my character is closer to the latter, the first thing to express is It's your own preference."

Entering the backstage, before Natalie could react, Ryan stepped forward and hugged her hard.

"The film is excellent, Nat," Ryan whispered after letting go of her. "You gave me enough confidence."

The best memory of this year's Venice Film Festival is destined to belong to Natalie. Under the spotlight, she is an amazing "woman in red dress"; in the opening film, she has become a mysterious "black swan".

"Every film festival benefits a lot from a good opening film, but it's rare to see an opening film that gets the attention like 'Black Swan'."

This is what Venice Film Festival President Mark Taylor said in an interview, "This is the best film of the year, and Natalie Portman's directing is as good as her performance."

Ang Lee, who brought the film to the competition unit, was also interviewed by reporters.

"Under the excellent use of light, shadow and color, director Natalie Portman's filmmaking skills are at ease.

The thrilling and shocking psychological drama in the second third of the film is extremely difficult for a female director, but she beautifully arranges violent elements throughout the film and uses beautiful ballet as a shell, Passionately tells the audience the absurdity of glory and darkness. "

Those preparatory work was not done in vain, and even many mainstream media in Europe are full of praise for the film.

"Natalie controlled the pattern of "Black Swan" in a small range, paying attention to the performance of details. This is a relatively perfect small and exquisite work. The artistic atmosphere is full of the whole film."

"In the suspense design of schizophrenia and character relationships, Director Portman adopted a 'quick puzzle solving' method, that is, after creating suspense and horror, quickly revealing the mystery to the audience. Indiscriminate, obscure feelings."

Counting down the opening films of the Venice Film Festival over the years, there are winners and losers, and "Black Swan" has won a lot of praise. But it is not that no films have received higher praise in the past. The biggest difference from those films is that "Black Swan" is somewhat obscure and dark. But it won't make most audiences can't watch it, and Natalie's films produced in the Hollywood model actually have a lot of commercial flavor.

What's more, the film has three actresses with the strongest appeal of Hollywood's new generation starring, among them, Ryan also makes a cameo to play soy sauce...

After its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the film landed in North America over the weekend, only appearing in 20 theaters in its first week.

However, since the release of "The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire", Disney has been borrowing the movie craze to promote the new film directed by Natalie, which has attracted many people's attention to this film, especially those Natalie, Die-hard fans of Scarlett and Gal Gadot have entered the theater one after another.

On the first three days, "Black Swan" completely exceeded the estimates of Ryan and Natalie. It received $1.79 million in 20 theaters, and the single-house score was as high as nearly $90,000. For the film, this is simply incredible.

Likewise, the film received a lot of praise in North America, but unlike the European side that targeted Natalie as a director, the North American media praise focused on her performance.

"The film is full of tension, mystery and fascination, and Natalie Portman's brilliant performance has catapulted her from the ranks of A-list actresses to a superstar, and I believe she may well be herself in the near future as well. Take home several trophies."

- "Vanity Fair"

Even though it's only September, the PR battle for North American awards season is already underway.

"Through her performance...you can feel Portman bravely stepping out of the realm she's used to, into a character who's gradually losing her self-awareness. That's a lot of courage for an actor. of course she succeeded."

--"New York Times"

"Natalie Portman, with her bony body, pale face, and frightened eyes, perfectly portrays the puritanical dancer Nina."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"The whole movie revolves around Natalie Portman. It's definitely a heroic performance. It's not crazy, it's not magic, and a great actor is born!"

- Yahoo Entertainment

The media from Disney has spared no effort to promote Natalie. Among them - the superb performance in "Black Swan" has completely completed Natalie's transformation - such similar news emerges one after another.

Not to mention Natalie, even Scarlett, who is the second female lead, has received a compliment, "As Portman's perfect opponent, it is also soft and dark, but compared to the fear revealed in Portman's innocent eyes, Scarlett has a lot to say. Carrie Johansson is no different, and Portman shines in each other."

As for Ryan and Gal Gadot, they were automatically ignored by the media...

It can be said that quite a lot of mainstream media in North America, especially Hollywood, can't wait to line up to sing a hymn called Natalie Portman.

In addition to Ryan's influence, there are many reasons for Natalie herself.

In every era, Hollywood will always introduce several very representative female stars to show the prosperity and glory of this circle, and attract more young girls, like moths to a flame, rushing in without going back. in this circle.

If the previous era was represented by Nicole and Julia Roberts, is there a more suitable candidate than Natalie in the new generation?

A top student who graduated from Harvard University, he has both directing and acting talents, a strict and self-disciplined lifestyle, the support behind him, and the orthodox Jewish identity and so on.

These are advantages that the Hollywood actresses of her generation did not have.

In North America, the home base of Hollywood, most people who don't like movies of the type and theme of "Black Swan" approve of Natalie's performance in the movie.

"The story is more old-fashioned, lacking in new ideas; and there is little in-depth exploration. But the atmosphere, the spirit is very grasped, and the shots are very tense, fragmented, and beautiful. Natalie Portman's performance is excellent, even if she looks more Like a white swan."

"I don't like the movie "Black Swan" very much. The psychological thriller part in the back is actually far-fetched. Personality and schizophrenia seem to be the weapons for all literary and artistic movies to justify themselves. However, Natalie's performance is really good, and it is worth a small gold people."

The subject matter of this film is relatively niche after all, and it is normal for some people to dislike it. Most of what these people say is pertinent, unlike some people who always attack for the sake of attacking.

"'Black Swan' is a complete mess. It's garbage in the name of art. Natalie Portman's performance is flashy. As an actor, she is opportunistic and unreliable."

Ryan and Natalie have just read this review of David Denby on the Internet, and there is even more exciting news about him from New York.

David Dembey, one of America's most famous and biggest film critics who has been the chief film critic of The New York Times until this month, was officially named yesterday after 31 years at the New York Times. The dismissal of the old club - this incident immediately surpassed his film reviews and became a hot topic in the whole Hollywood and even the United States.

And American film critics, including Roger Albert, spoke out collectively, angrily denounced the cold-blooded behavior of The New York Times, and fully supported David Denby.

Roger Albert even scolded the "New York Times" in his blog, vowing never to subscribe to "The New York Times" again in this life, and he will cancel the subscription this year...

Fortunately, he learned the lesson of the last time and did not call on others to unsubscribe, otherwise another huge storm would be waiting for him.

In fact, this is understandable. The New York Times is a business newspaper. When film critics are no longer attractive, it is natural to fire them.

The collective criticism of film critics is not without reason. They must be worried that this will become the beginning of more marginalization of film critics, just like what Ryan did back then.

In the face of Roger Albert's harsh words, the "New York Times" responded unceremoniously-don't want to exaggerate, but the world structure of film critics has collapsed!

Subsequently, "Variety" magazine terminated the contract with the big-name film critic Todd McCarthy, and "The Hollywood Reporter" also stopped working with another well-known film critic...

(Real events-because of the sharp decline in influence, around 2010, many media including "Variety" and many other media cancelled their contracts with many film critics.) (To be continued..) ()