Disaster Artist

"The Tourist" is directed by the Swede Ruben-Ostlund, who in 2017 topped Cannes with his fifth feature film "The Square" (also translated as "The Square") He won the Palme d'Or at the festival and established himself as the first echelon of Mesozoic directors in one fell swoop.

Ruben is a very interesting director, he always likes to focus on the middle class, and then sharply use some dramatic conflict to trigger the conflict, and then in an almost absurd way to uncover the glossy mask of the middle class. In this regard, he has many similarities with the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos--

The latter shot "The Lobster", "Death of the Sacred Deer", "The Favourite" and other works.

But the difference between Ruben and Oggs is that Oggs is more profound and more philosophical, and his film core is often able to explore and reflect on the level of modern civilization.

Reuben himself is more elitist, because he himself is an academic intellectual, but he has many ideas about his own situation. The lens perspective is more on the vanity and hypocrisy of the middle class, but if you want to explore further The reasons for the formation of the mental state of the middle class, he seems to be unable to grasp.

Of course, this is not criticism, but the difference in the styles of the two directors.

But it is precisely because of this that Ruben's films often inadvertently reveal a kind of narcissistic preaching, as if to show his creative intentions aloofly:

"Have you seen it? I'm also middle class, but I'm self-reflecting, have you seen it? Other middle class watching movies, have you been stinged?"

Ogus did not.

So, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Different opinions, some people like it, and naturally some people don't like it.

In Lu Qian's opinion, Ruben's camera language is still too rigid and too mechanical. If it can be more playful and self-deprecating like Woody-Allen, or more self-deprecating like Roy Anderson ( Roy-Andersson) is more calm and distant, and the core idea of ​​the story that Ruben hopes to convey should be more impactful.

However, this is only Lu Qian's personal opinion.

In reality, that kind of stiffness and mechanicalness is exactly what Reuben hopes to present; and, film professionals also prefer Reuben's style--

Oggs has won one Cannes Jury Prize, one Cannes Best Screenplay, one Venice Jury Prize, and one Venice Best Screenplay in his career, and has also won four Oscar nominations for three works; and Ruben In his career, he won a Palme d'Or in Cannes, a Golden Bear for a Berlin short film, and an Oscar nomination.

Quantitatively, Ogus is slightly better; but qualitatively, Ruben is clearly better.

From the perspective, return to the work of "Tourist".

This work is Ruben's work before shooting "Square". It is lighter and more playful. The most important thing is that the whole pattern is relatively smaller. The perspective of the whole movie is completely focused on a family, but it is more It is easy to control, and the look and feel presented is better.

The funniest part of the movie is this:

After the avalanche, it is actually a better solution to vent negative emotions, and communication is the bridge to resolve conflicts, but Ruben keenly grasped a kind of dignity of the middle class, a kind of dignity from intellectuals and from the elite. pride:

The husband refuses to admit his cowardice, cowardice and fear of death, and the wife refuses to release her anger and transmits humiliation in a cold and violent way, which makes the two sides fall into a contest and tension at the psychological level.

Silence is actually a kind of wrestling.

For the middle class, the power and weakness of gender roles also exist. Although equality between men and women is respected, the influence of social environment and atmosphere is everywhere. On the whole, the husband is still the authority who has the right to speak in the family, and the wife has her own status is not the controller of absolute power.

However, an avalanche, an instinctive reaction in a crisis situation, disintegrated the power structure, and the power changed silently because of the moral commanding heights——

In the face of outsiders, they still need to maintain their harmonious middle-class image, and the husband is the core; but deep down, the wife has mastered the switch to detonate the landmine, so that the husband falls into a state of turmoil and grass and trees. You may let yourself "socially die" and lose your image in front of friends and social etiquette.

It's this tension that quietly creates a thrilling effect, while also giving the film a sharp and distinctive black humor.

Also, Ruben's choice of soundtrack is very interesting, as if Stanley-Kubrick used classical music in the opposite direction in "2001: A Space Odyssey", "A Clockwork Orange", etc. Like the horror effect, Ruben also used classical music to create the atmosphere——

"Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi.

The seemingly melodious and melodious violin music unexpectedly creates an abrupt and creepy horror effect, which is undoubtedly the key to adding color to the film.

However, when Ruben made "The Tourist", he was still immature, and the repeated use of the soundtrack was so frequent that the audience was psychologically rejected when entering the second half. This is a model of overdoing it. At that time, Ruben's use of the soundtrack was obviously much more mature.

In any case, "Tourist" focuses on a middle-class family, subtly uncovers the complexity of human nature, and ridicules the hypocrisy of the middle class, which is undoubtedly very special and very sharp.

When discussing the "Human Removal Plan" with Jiang Haowen, Lu Qian's mind kept coming up with inspiration——

It is certainly interesting to discuss moral choices in a straightforward and **** way; but it should be even more interesting to discuss moral dilemmas in a way that kills without blood.

For the husband, did he do it wrong?

Actually no, self-help at a critical juncture is an instinctive reaction, greed for life and fear of death, this is actually a neutral word, whether it is a derogatory or a compliment~www.novelmt.com~ It depends on the specific situation, after all, not everyone can be at stake in life and death time to get carried away.

But morally speaking, he did it wrong.

The self-help of abandoning his wife and children shows his inner selfishness, especially when compared with his wife's actions of protecting children, which has opened a hole. Even if everyone understands the truth, it is still difficult to accept on the emotional level.

Such a contradiction, throws the audience a thought:

When we were simulating life and death as spectators, almost everyone would say with confidence, "I'll definitely save my wife and kids."

But this is not "truth", but a "correct point of view" driven by moral concepts. It is difficult to rhetoric and eachother. As for the truth, we can only know when we are really faced with an avalanche, just like the Stanford Prison Experiment——

That's why I say, never test human nature.

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