[US Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

Beginning with Stephen Glass's monologue, the daily life of the "New Republic" magazine also began.

The young man who often wears a pair of thin-rimmed glasses has a slight smile on his face almost all the time. He is kind and refined, and has a gentle and easy-going temperament, so he has a great advantage in appearance—at least There was not a single person in The New Republic who didn't like Stephen.

Although Stephen Glass is just a newcomer, he is hardworking and smart.In his view, the seemingly busy life day after day is full of challenges and new.

Stephen remembers the preferences and birthdays of each colleague, and will prepare surprise birthday gifts for them, or use different color labels or numbers to mark everyone's favorite drinks at parties.He is willing to listen to your grievances and complaints when you are exhausted by tedious work, even if he can't help you, at least he can keep his mouth shut.

Although Stephen will also make some mistakes, such as whether the hotel in the report has a small bar that provides certain special services.As Stephen's former boss and also a role as a teacher and a friend, Michael connives to Stephen - because this boy is brought out by himself.He chose to believe in Stephen as always, but he didn't know that this was the first step of the other party's shocking lies.

Even if Michael was later fired and left "The New Republic", the person who couldn't let go was Stephen, the most energetic, youngest, and most caring kid in that magazine.

But this is also where Stephen first started to change. With the departure of Michael and the promotion of Chuck, who entered the "New Republic" magazine in the same issue as himself, the other party became the new boss, and after Stephen put in so much effort Still standing where he was - he was not reconciled.

Invisibly, he has won the hearts of almost everyone in "The New Republic", and everyone trusts Stephen very much, even when Stephen is secretly dealing with other big magazines and newspapers, as long as he says "I don't have it, maybe there is nothing wrong ", open your eyes slightly, and look at them with an innocent and indifferent look, and there will be no follow-up questions.

This is what Stephen concluded as a successful journalist, what needs to be done, and what can be done.

Fully understand the hobbies of colleagues, prescribe the right medicine, talk about things, and when necessary, use retreat as an advance and play hard to get.This kind of trick has been tried and tested in Stephen.

On the basis of all this, with the help of Michael's departure, Stephen gathered the hearts of the people in the office closer to him, and quietly isolated the newly appointed editor-in-chief, Chuck.

"Vincent, you look really bad." Leonardo whispered in his ear, "But what's worse, all of this makes it impossible to hate you."

"Isn't that nice?"

Vincent's eyes are still fixed on the screen. In his opinion, this movie is not only about Stephen Glass's personal biography, but Martin Scorsese has added his own style and visual principles Among them, compared with the slightly silly and sweet office struggle in the previous script, Martin Scorsese's added part makes the conflict between the offices more ups and downs.

"I have to say that Vincent's expressive ability has improved again. In "The Pentium Age", he was still a little bit reluctant to let go. In "To Cover Up", people have completely immersed themselves in his various interpretations. Before After all, there are still two big actors, and this movie is completely his home game, and Peter Sarsgaard failed to suppress him."

There were some film critics whispering among themselves. Obviously, this movie adapted from the biggest scandal in the news industry brought not only memories of previous events, but also a torture of personality and professional ethics.

——If it were you instead, what would you do?

As Stephen's hand in fabricating news became bigger and bigger, he became more and more adept at doing this kind of thing. That kind of innocent and honest look rarely appeared on young men's faces, and it was more common when no one was around. , Stephen hid his deep and calculating eyes under the lens.

The film is halfway through, and Stephen's seemingly seamless plan is beginning to be caught by a thread.Just this thread, bit by bit, is enough to destroy a rising star in journalism.

"I didn't do anything wrong..." The young man opened his mouth slightly, his slightly thin and pale lips were bitten by two teeth marks when he just forbeared. "Do you think I did something wrong, I just don't have time to go to the scene to see it for myself! These days, for more than ten days, I only sleep less than three hours a day... Various manuscripts take up all my time, I admit it's just To listen to what people who have been to the event have to say and write it down... I... I don't want that."

From the personable and calm young man to the current young man whose eyes are holding back the tears and the corners of the eyes are a little red, he still doesn’t feel so hateful—because the impression he has accumulated before is really good, okay Until you can take the initiative to find reasons for what he did wrong, take the initiative to find excuses for him to excuse him...

What kind of powerful subtle influence is this?

Stephen Glass is such a person who may learn psychology better than journalism—he thinks he has a good understanding of everyone around him, and he can use his own way to successfully shape everyone. His own image, including Chuck, his new boss who didn't quite match him.

Chuck's forbearance towards Stephen and his delay in making up his mind to deal with it are not a manifestation of the "big success" of Stephen's image from the side.

Compared with those movies in which the main characters and supporting roles are clearly black and white, justice and evil can be seen through at a glance, "To Cover Up" does not distinguish the boundaries of this kind of character too clearly-this also caused the audience to think "Stephen this Why hasn't the big liar been exposed?" Vincent bit his finger while looking at all kinds of pitiful appearances and thought, "Stephen is really pitiful. When he thinks that he will be exposed in the future, no one wants him and no one trusts him. I think he is so pitiful qaq".

This is a hint of psychological substitution. Once immersed in it, you can't help but think about here and there for the protagonist in the plot.

But under the background of the main theme, no matter how much you like this protagonist with a villainous heart, all unhealthy tendencies will be defeated.Therefore, Stephen's ending is already doomed. Everyone wants to see the progress quickly, and at the same time hopes that there will be a turnaround-if there is any evidence to prove that the company really exists, or that the person on the other side of the line is really an operator instead of Where is Stephen's brother?Will Stephen be able to survive?

"As expected of Martin, he just has the ability to make people feel so entangled while watching."

"Who can play the role of Black Heart and White Lotus without being annoying? I was the first to serve Vincent. When the incident with Glass came out, I wished I could kill such a scum. The problem is that this movie Although I hate Glass in the movie, I can understand him..."

Discussions like this ended when all the lights in the auditorium were turned on. On the screen, the last look of Stephen and Chuck hesitated to speak, and the pair of completely transformed eyes behind the lens seemed to give up but were brewing something. I couldn't help trembling from the bottom of my heart.

Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Billy Wray stood up from their seats and returned to the stage. After the premiere, the applause continued for a long time.With the combination of these two masters, anyone who has experienced the premiere has already felt the connotation and deep meaning of this movie.

That night, there was already an after-view report for the first-hand experience of the premiere of "To Cover Up" in the K-movie area.

And the first to release a short version of the film review is still the fastest "Premiere": "I thought that if Martin Scorsese directed a large-scale production with the level and skill of directing "To Cover Up", I'm afraid it would be too small for a big Buddha." , now it seems—how big the stage is, how amazing Vincent can perform his performance."

"Even if the news report is true, there is a certain proportion of distortion, but from this movie, I can not only restore the events of the year, but also get more information from it. When the young reporter said, 'You know what, When this kind of news can also win the Pulitzer Prize', I saw the slight smile on Vincent's face, calm and confident, with great yearning but also contained a slight irony , I knew the movie was a success!"

"Wind Direction Review" also gave the latest film review: "I thought this would be a didactic movie about news truth, news ethics, professionalism, etc., but Martin Scorsese's approach made me slap myself. The first half The first part uses the slightly sweet and naive sweet atmosphere to create a frosted treasure wrapped in beasts and poisons, and the second half is to let the audience look at it as they approach the treasure step by step and covet the treasure. until wild beasts and poisons have destroyed that treasure."

"This is how to break the fantasy in your heart, this is how to smash all the dignity and credibility of a person. When you feel that the tension is lacking, the subsequent rebound has to make you hold your breath and pay attention to the rapid development of the plot. When you feel that the character When it’s too single and not plump enough, wave after wave of twists and personality changes make you even have no time to react.”

"Martin is a guy who is very good at burying dark lines and foreshadowing. And Vincent executed this part perfectly-his Stephen Glass may become a classic, as the press will always remember such a scandal. , Vincent’s name will also be left in the history of biographical films.”

On the night of the premiere, in addition to the dynamic publications of various film magazines and professional critics, the audience who chose to watch the film on the premiere day also gave feedback on their viewing experience.

"I now regret that I didn't book tickets for tomorrow in advance. My mind is full of Stephen's expression of curling his lips and saying 'I didn't do anything wrong'!"

"Such an honest, naive, humble, sincere, kind, hardworking, and warm-hearted man turned out to be a scheming man, a black heart lotus, and a liar in the end! Fortunately, I was worried about him all the way, and I hope he will find evidence soon Wash it yourself—come on, don’t wash it, it’s a black lotus in itself! What makes me even more angry is that when he does those things, he doesn’t appear to be scheming at all! It’s so natural that people can’t wait to have it A friend, boyfriend or husband like that! I'm so pissed off!"

"Originally I didn't have any expectations for the movie. I went there purely to lick the moon demon's face. In the end, it was completely brought into the plot. Although Chuck and the others were on the right side, I just couldn't get angry-Vincent is so pitiful. Woooo..."

"Vincent completely played a conspirator who gave up professionalism and ethics to life. He not only deceived others, but also deceived himself, pretending to be the weak, gaining sympathy, generalizing and even diverting conflicts, and alienating colleagues. Handy! If he can be more careful with the manuscripts he fabricated, perhaps this secret will be hidden for a longer time, and correspondingly, this deception will become bigger and bigger..."

Hollywood Diary (48)

Something is wrong with Leonardo.

I think the old man Martin Scorsese is probably not sober, and the two of them even thought that they should go to a celebration banquet together.

Excuse me, does this movie have a penny to do with Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio?

May I ask, does such a biography based on the experience of a notorious person need such things as a celebration banquet?

I'd better go home and sleep with my Finny!