Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Chapter 116: Excessive reading and honesty

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[Going his own way, habitually ignoring outsiders, things, and things, being persistent, having fixed goals, extremely focused and persistent, and somewhat naive... Speaking of which, anyone who knows Sammy Griffin can It can be seen that there are obviously striking similarities between this expressionless, eccentric character with surprising behavior from time to time and his creator, except for his height and appearance. ]

Bobby Hans opened the review with this quote.

Compared with the previous newspaper's analysis of the film's ideas and thoughts, this magical film critic who has always liked to eat, sleep, and scold Sammy directly focused on the film's characters, and was committed to bringing the characters and the director together. Together.

Although it's annoying.

But I have to say that character analysis or something is indeed a good entry point.

It's just... Sammy understands that, but what does 'besides height and looks' mean

I am not as tall as Myky, nor as handsome as Myky, is it necessary to emphasize it

Bobby Hans certainly couldn't hear Sammy's inner discontent.

He continued to analyze according to the usual way of thinking: [It is normal for creators to incorporate their own ideas into their works. After all, with so much investment, it is difficult to produce something that has nothing to do with him. But to come up with a protagonist who is so like himself, it can only be said that Sammy Griffin is too narcissistic. ]

Sammy:

[However, there is always a shortage of narcissistic directors in Hollywood, and it is quite common to create the protagonist of the movie as his own avatar. But what is interesting is that most narcissistic directors will choose to be a hero or genius. Even if it is a villain, they must be a gang leader who can issue orders and be quite shrewd. Of course, occasionally there will be Dedicated to playing tricks and an example of being an ordinary person. ]

[But these are all things that everyone can understand. So, incomprehensible is only Sammy Griffin who chose to be a psychopath! ]

Sammy: ? !

[As the protagonist of the film, the creator must first set a goal for him in order to facilitate the development of the subsequent plot. ]

[So, the goal of the protagonist Anderson is - to become a killer? Excuse me, do normal people do this? ]

[Obviously not! ]

[it is good! Now that the protagonist of the movie is determined to be mentally ill, everything that follows becomes understandable. ]

Sammy: … what did you understand

But Bobby Hans did not continue to analyze the role, but changed the direction and brought up the old thing again:

[In "The Exorcist," I came to the conclusion that Sammy Griffin lacked the ability to tell a full story. ]

[At this time, some people may raise objections, 'Aren't the stories he told very wonderful'? ]

[It's very exciting, but you can think about it carefully, whether it's "The Exorcist" or the way of narration of this "Love You Will Kill You", from the beginning to the end, the overall atmosphere is extremely loose, not so much casual As the plot develops slowly, it is better to say that the director is purely trusting, and shoots wherever he wants. ]

[From this point of view, Sammy Griffin's narrative ability is definitely the best in Hollywood! ]

[Don't get me wrong, it's the worst. ]

[So, this extremely inexplicable narrative method directly led to the process of watching this movie... ]

[When you think it's a crime movie, it becomes a romance movie; when you think it's a romance movie, it becomes a road movie; but when you think it's a road movie, it becomes love again piece! ]

[But in the end, what exactly is it? ]

[I don't know, anyway, Sammy himself said it was a romance film, hehe. ]

[This kind of terrible, completely self-defeating shooting mode. If the director is not Sammy, if it is replaced by some other rice, let alone participating in the film festival, it will probably be thrown into the trash as soon as it appears. ]

[But it is precisely because the director is Sammy that the film has value. ]

When they saw this, many fans were surprised: "Did the sun rise from the west? Did Bobby Hans receive the money? He actually started to boast Sammy too?"

Obviously, everyone was too happy.

Bobby Hans then gave a solemn conclusion:

[Normal people make movies with such chaotic narratives, often unable to control them, and end up in a mess. But when non-normal people make this kind of film, sometimes the negative and negative are positive, and there is a good effect that people can't understand but strange. And my analysis of the reason for this effect is that mental illness pulls normal people into the home world of their mentally ill patients, and then uses his rich experience of illness for many years to surround us normal people, and then defeat! ]

In an instant, all the comment areas below died of laughter: [What is the reason for the sand sculpture, hahahahaha]; [I see it, you just call Sammy a mental illness in a different way]; [So we are all being mentally ill? ]

Sammy didn't want to watch anymore.

He really felt that this person was sick!

But in fact, Bobby Hans is not all criticism this time.

In a way, he's even baffled because: [There are countless problems with this movie that can make a movie a bad movie, no matter what you look at it. For example, for characters who are not very likable, one is mentally ill, and is inexplicable and inexplicable every day; the other is obviously older, but weak and incompetent, but as a man, he has no sense of responsibility. In addition, there are plots full of loopholes, such as kidnapping charges that were confirmed without trial; openly driving away in a car, but not caught by the police...]

[Such absurd, unreliable details, if you think about it carefully, you can find a lot, a lot in the movie. ]

[While watching, viewers can't help but ignore these. ]

In the end, Bobby Hans sighed for some reason:

[Sami Griffin is truly a genius at mystifying and fooling people. ]

Barely a compliment.

But Sammy really didn't like listening at all.

Except for Bobby Hans, the troublemaker...

Overall, other reviews are mostly positive.

Some people think this is: [The most amazing film at this year's film festival, it seems to describe the borderline love affair of the same sex, but in fact it is full of denial and criticism of the inherent trend of thought, as well as the rebellion and hesitation that everyone will encounter when growing up, these It is easy to resonate with movie fans, especially the final fateful ending, which is very reflective. ]

There are also Sammy fans who help to tout it indiscriminately: [I have always liked Sammy, and the movies he made are indeed as Bobby Hans said, often making people puzzled and not knowing what they are talking about. But as long as the audience who has watched his movies seriously, they can more or less feel some of the sincere emotions he wants to express, every picture, every soundtrack, every detail of the story... Because when he was shooting the movie, It has never been high above, but stood on an equal footing with the audience, always full of sincerity. Sometimes, he is even as selfless as a kindergartener sharing candy, showing everyone what he likes. At this time, if we follow his ideas, we can really get feelings from the movie and discover the indescribable beauty. This is the biggest charm of his movies. ]

For the former, everyone will see it, and for the latter...

Many netizens later commented: [As expected of a fan of Director Sammy, what he wrote was all about things that he couldn't understand. ]

Then, there was a little controversy over the role of Anderson in the movie.

In Bobby Hans's view, the setting of this character is a mystical thing, that is to say, whether Anderson kills a mouse or wants to kill later, it is a random element that adds a bit of fashion to the character. After all, there are always some eccentric movie fans who like characters with special occupations, such as killers, secret agents, etc., so the director superficially adds some elements into it, and it is understandable to be grandstanding.

But there are also some critics who try to dig deeper into the characters.

They think the role of Anderson is very interesting. It can be seen from the film that there is no explanation for the source of his own desire to kill, and there is no tragic background or tragic past like ordinary movies. by. Therefore, if the desire to kill is broadly defined as a desire, then this movie can be regarded as the whole process of human resistance to desire.

More interestingly, the confrontation was not considered a success.

It's not Hollywood's perfect happy ending. It didn't whitewash or perfunctory the characters to completely change their evil ways. Even in the end, the protagonist Anderson chose to ambush at the door of Professor Hansen's house with a knife, but his reason helped him temporarily suppress it. Desire, until the end, ends with the death of the protagonist.

Of course, it is a little emotional, it can be said to be the greatness and victory of love.

But the implicit conclusion seems to tell everyone, either kill others, or kill yourself, no one can overcome their own desires, only death can end everything.

From this point of view, the film is made realistic and scary.

Therefore, there are individual fans who put forward a point of view from the perspective of Professor Hansen: [Professor Hansen is afraid that he was scared away by Anderson? Did he realize that Anderson was going to kill himself? If he wants to stay, will he be stabbed to death sooner or later? You see the scene where Anderson grabbed the lighter and chased the burning cockroach with perverted excitement. Professor Hansen's face turned green with fright. You said, was he afraid of cockroaches or Anderson? ]

No one can answer this question.

At this time, the film has only premiered at the festival, and has not been officially released.

But these various film reviews, plus countless unknowable analyses, have aroused the interest of netizens.

Countless people who eat melon are full of curiosity about this movie, and, watching the excitement, they want to know, with so many people analyzing and analyzing, whose analysis is correct.

But for things like movie analysis, it's hard to come up with the right answer.

After several days, without waiting for any authoritative statement, netizens calmed down again.

At this time, a video turned out!

And the title of the video is - after 20 minutes of writing the script, "Love You Will Kill You" doesn't have any deep meaning

Fans rushed in immediately, and they opened the video with great interest, and found that it was a well-known and famous talk show host.

The host smiled brightly and said straight to the point in the video: [I like watching the films directed by Sammy very much. This time, "Love You Will Kill You" premiered at the film festival, and I ran to see it with excitement. Yes, it really is worth it. The plot of this movie, I won't spoil it for now, but there is a song at the end of it...]

The multi-talented host picked up a guitar, plucked the guitar strings and sang while playing: [I know you have your fears and worries, I know you have your confusion and pain. Don't be afraid... I give you light, I give you light...]

After singing here, he paused for a while: [At this moment, all the fans at the scene burst into tears! ]

[what? Are you going to give me light? send me light? ]

[My God! Omg! cry! ]

The host began to exaggerately imitate the scenes of fans crying.

All who watched the video couldn't help laughing.

[I like this plot, but I can't spoil it yet. But this scene is really touching and definitely the best tearjerker of the year! I really liked it so much that I couldn’t be patient and excited. I went to director Sammy to ask him how he could make such a tear-jerking and beautiful movie. ]

[Then, I finally know why netizens don't like this director. ]

[He's so honest!]

At this time, the video switches to the other side.

Sammy, with a green curly head, was wearing pajamas, nestled on the sofa, hugging a pillow, and looked like he didn't wake up.

The host's voice-over sounded: "Sami, Sammy, don't sleep, I'll just ask a few questions!"

Sammy replied dazedly, "Oh."

The host continued to ask excitedly: "This movie is really good, how long did it take you to conceive it?"

Sammy yawned and replied lazily, "Just an idea? Twenty minutes."

—Then how did you come up with the idea to create this movie

- Watch social news, just think about it.

—Then how did you come up with the idea of creating the peculiar character of Anderson

—I just wanted to tease Mickey.

—You mean... this character, this movie has no special meaning

- special meaning

—Look, this soundtrack you were looking for, I gave you the light, I gave you the light…

- Light can't be given to people at all, maybe in fantasy movies, but in real life, how can people catch light

The camera turned back to the host.

The talk show host repeated Sammy's words to the camera with a hopeless expression: "How can one catch the light?"

With the laughter of the audience, Hello Band's "I Give You Light" sounded tacitly: "I know you have your fears and worries, I know you have your confusion and pain. Don't be afraid... I Give you light, I give you light..."

Sammy's answer in the interview also sounded simultaneously: "Light can't be given to people at all, maybe in fantasy movies. But in real life, how can people catch light?"

The video is played here, accompanied by the sound of music, and the last sentence begins to repeat in a ghostly cycle: "How can a man catch the light? How can a man catch the light? How can he catch the light? How can he catch the light? Catch the light ?"