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Chinese title: Mystery Puzzle

English title: The Forgotten

Director: Joseph Ruben

Drama: Gerald Dipego

Category: horror/suspense

Region: United States

. UK: 12A

Length: 91 minutes

Cast

Julianne Moore ... Telly Paretta

Alfre Woodard, alfre woodard ... Det. Anne Pope

Ken Abraham .... Gas Station At ... Tendant

anthony edwards Anthony Edwards ... Jim Paretta

Kathryn Faughnan ... Lauren Correll

Tim Kang ... Agent Alec Wong

Christopher Koaleski. .... Sam

Kathrina Miccio ... Mrs. Munce

Linus Roache in linus roache ... A Friendly Man

Gary Sinise in gary sinise ... Dr. Jack Munce

Riley Stewart ... Samage. 1

Lee Thygeson Lee Tergesen ... Al Petalis

Dominic West, dominic west ... Ash Correll

Matthew Pleszewicz ... Samat5

Jessica Hecht ... Eliot

Synopsis

Terry (played by Julian Moore) has a happy life. Whenever she has time, she will accompany her eight-year-old son Sam to the park every day, until 14 months ago, when Sam died in a plane crash. Terry's life suddenly fell into pieces, she couldn't extricate herself from her grief, and her relationship with her husband Jim gradually alienated. Stills of mother Telly Paretta in "Mystery Puzzle" (18 photos)

One morning, Terry, who was still in pain, woke up only to find that her son had disappeared from the family photo placed on the bedside. Shocked, she dug up all the photo albums, but there was no photo of her child. Terry began to blame her husband for destroying all the photos of her son. Strangely, her husband asked her when she had a child with a puzzled face!

She turned to a psychiatrist, but was told that her son didn't exist at all, and all the memories related to children in the past eight years were just her own imagination! Unbelievable Teri began to look everywhere for evidence that her son had existed, but found nothing. Just when she almost couldn't help giving up, she met a man who had a similar experience with her. Deliberate Terry finally found the clues this time. However, the plot has just begun ...

India's Asante drives a new era of terror

In p>1999, India's Asanett Shamalan released the Sixth Sense, which knocked on the rock-solid door of Hollywood with its bizarre plot and unexpected ending. Since then, psychological horror films have flourished in Hollywood, and they have also brought out a lot of copycat works. Two years later, Spanish director alejandro amenabar filmed Scare of the Island. I think Shamalan was just a child psychologist played by Bruce Willis. At the end, he was shocked that he was already dead and played a trick of "ghost love". Amanba, on the other hand, carried forward his glorious tradition and directly directed a big step of "Scared by Ghosts", which became the top masterpiece of this wave of psychological terror for a time. So what trump card will Julian Moore play in "The Mystery Puzzle"? It is said that they want suspense to become sci-fi, which is almost equal to "Island Cry" and plays "The Sixth Sense" to death.

Story: An eight-year-old fictional memory

In a serious plane crash, Terry Paretta (Julian Moore) unfortunately lost her 8-year-old son. Missing her son made her spirit more and more fragile, and she became more and more alienated from her husband Jim (Anthony Edwards). The originally healthy and happy family relationship collapsed instantly. What is even more bizarre is that all the signs about the son's existence in the family-family photos, daily necessities and everything-have also disappeared. No matter how frantically she searched, she couldn't get any information about her son. Telly Paretta and her son's intimate photos (9 photos) She had to ask the psychiatrist Mens (gary sinise) for help, but she was told that her son was just her illusion, and she made up her memory for this illusion for eight years. Terry left in doubt until she met Ash (dominic west), who had the same experience. He recently lost his daughter, Telly Paretta and Det. Anne Pope searched for the truth together (11 photos), so the two miserable people decided to prove the existence of the child together ... < P > Inspiration: I dreamed of making up a script < P > Who would have thought that the story inspiration of "Mystery Puzzle" came from Gerald. The situation that night is as follows: Gerald's dream appeared such a standard family of three-mother, father and son. The image of the son suddenly faded away and eventually disappeared. Gerald woke up later. He looked at the clock. It was already half past six in the morning. Still haunted by the nightmare just now, he began to conceive the story. Two hours later, he woke up his wife and told her, "I have a story." After finishing the script, Gerald handed it over to his agent, who thought that joe roth, who was in charge of "Revolutionary Production Company" (filmed Black Hawk Landing, Extreme Agent, Hannibal, Mona Lisa Smile, Hellboy, etc.), would be interested. Less than a day later, Ross decided to buy the script and contacted the director Joseph Ruben.

brief comment: psychological suspense turns into horror science fiction

Bruce Cohen, the producer, once revealed to the media that they had made many changes to the script, but in the end they followed Gerald's manuscript. The most attractive thing about the film based on this is that it started out as a psychological suspense drama, surrounding a mother who seems to be suffering from schizophrenia, and she fabricated her own children and the world around her. However, with the further development of the story, the plot became more and more bizarre and tortuous, and eventually evolved into a sci-fi thriller. This film is similar in style to Cry on an Island, and it is also the highlight of the film in September this year. It focuses on stars such as Julian Moore and gary sinise. The story combines many elements such as horror, thriller, suspense and science fiction, and it is also the most bizarre film with the most unexpected ending after The Sixth Sense.

Director: I liked this genre for a long time

When joe roth was still working for 2th Century Fox Film Company, Joseph Ruben directed Sleeping with the Enemy led by Julia Roberts. Besides Sleeping with the Enemy, Ruben also directed thrillers The Good Son and True Believer, which is undoubtedly his favorite genre.

Ruben was deeply moved by the emotion contained in The Mystery Puzzle. He felt that a mother's struggle to miss her children, which was the most instinctive emotion of human beings, would certainly arouse the audience's * * *. Different from other types of films, a good suspense film will firmly grasp the curiosity of the audience and attract their attention to every detail in the story. The beginning of "Mystery Puzzle" is very wonderful, because no one knows whether this heartbroken mother has a son or whether she suffers from schizophrenia. These two questions make her live in a nightmare, but we don't know whether this nightmare is her illusion or real existence. Reuben may be the best person to put this story on the big screen. He works very hard and will try his best to dig the inner essence of the story so that the actor's performance will not stay on the surface. He is also a funny director with a self-deprecating sense of humor. Everyone on the crew trusts his judgment and enjoys working with him. Many people behind the scenes have cooperated with him for many years. For example, the art designer has cooperated with him in six or seven films, and the script director has also cooperated in three or four films. In a word, he is the kind of person who will do his best to contribute himself.

Actor: Do your own duty to engage in terror

① Julian: Neuromother For everyone, Terry's situation is a nightmare: one day you wake up and find that people around you tell you that everything you have experienced in the past doesn't exist, and the feeling that "everyone wakes up and I am drunk alone" is unbearable for anyone. Therefore, Terry is a very demanding role for actors. She should not only ensure that the role looks like schizophrenia, but also arouse the audience's * * * and sympathy. Sleepless Night, Magnolia, Shipping News, Novel Life and far from heaven prove that Julian Moore is a star with outstanding acting skills. As a mother of two children, you can also experience the special motherhood that other actresses rarely have.

② West: Drunk Hero In order to prove that her memory is not false, Terry found a like-minded partner Ash. Dominic west, the actor of Ash, was born in England. This potential actor has made rapid progress in his career in the past few years. Director Ruben still remembers that he performed a wonderful performance in the classic Broadway comedy "Love Without a Plan", then appeared in the HBO TV series "Telegraph", and in recent years, he played opposite Roberts in "Mona Lisa Smile". West is used to playing a bad lover. In this film, he was also an alcoholic at first, and later the development of the story helped him to the throne of a hero. So this role is of great significance to him, and maybe he can "turn over a new leaf" in the future.

③ Sinnis: Introspective doctor was nominated for the best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Captain Taylor in Forrest Gump, and also participated in Apollo 13, Snake Eyes, The Green Mile and The Stain of Human Nature. Dr. Munns in "Mystery Puzzle" is very different from his previous roles. He usually plays some introverted and aggressive characters. Munns is a very thoughtful doctor, and he is also a kind of introspective character, which also enhances the unpredictability of the film story. In gary sinise's mind, a good psychological suspense drama will attract many people, because you don't know who to trust and what will happen next, unless you wait until the end of the film.

location: playing new york against the background

Due to the financial reasons, many films are shot in Canada, Australia or even North Carolina, but "Mystery Puzzle" just puts the location in new york, and carefully selects a number of scenic spots suitable for shooting in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The city of new york inevitably plays an invisible role in this film. At the same time, the director and the production company required the film to have a cold atmosphere. At the end of October, new york was in a period of changeable climate, so the unpredictable local weather changes became the biggest problem in shooting. In addition, the director also stipulated many principles for the picture and color of the film. He and the director of photography almost never leave the camera. They use long lenses to express the feeling of delusion and voyeurism, and use wide-angle lenses to express the distortion of the world. Except for Julian Moore's hair, there is not even a trace of red in the movie.

Actor Introduction

Julianne Moore was born in North Carolina in 196. In the first few years of her life, she has been wandering around with her parents and moved frequently. In 1983, she graduated from the Art College of Boston University and went to work in the theater in new york. After graduating from college in 1983, Moore took part in many off-Broadway dance performances in Manhattan. From 1985 to 1988, she took her first step on the screen by acting in the soap opera When the World Changes, in which she played twins with different personalities. Her outstanding performance won her the Emmy Award for Outstanding Newcomer in 1988. After entering the 199s, she began to gradually move towards the big screen. In 1997, she appeared in The Lost World: Jurassic Park Sequel, and in 2, she performed in Magnolia, which was widely praised. For more than ten years, Moore has enjoyed the reputation of "the queen of independent films" because he has often acted in independent films and art films. In addition to robert altman, she has worked with famous directors such as paul thomas anderson, louis malle and Cohen Brothers, among which paul thomas anderson's Dance Night won her the first Oscar nomination, which really affirmed Moore's performance. In 21, she was given the opportunity to replace Jodie Foster in the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, and starred in Hannibal with Anthony Hopkins. In 22, Julianne Moore was nominated for the Oscar twice for her far from heaven and The Hours, but she never got an Oscar. She was shortlisted for many times, but she couldn't win the prize.

behind-the-scenes production

With excellent shooting skills and amazing cost control ability, J·seph Ruben, a B-class film director, has made many impressive thrillers in the past 2 years. Because of his excellent control of thriller elements, Sony decided to give him the "Mystery Puzzle" to direct, even though he has disappeared from the film industry for six years.

In p>1974, Joseph Ruben wrote and directed his first film, The Sister-in-Law, and then made four youth films in succession. In 1984, he created a person who can enter other people's dreams in Dreamscape, and the film's handling and control of imagination was recognized by many famous directors. In 1987, he used Stepfather to prove his talent for creating panic and suspense. It is said that the film is based on real events, in which Terry ·'Quinn plays a crazy mental patient who kills a single mother. After a series of works were affirmed, Ruben began to be allowed to direct some expensive films, thus being able to cooperate with many big-name stars. In 1989, Robert Downey Jr. and james woods starred in The Terminator of the French Open directed by Ruben, and in 1991, Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts was a big box office success.