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◆ Translation name: stealing heart/not being close to love/being close.

◆ Director: mike nichols

◆ Drama: Patrick Marber (drama)

Patrick Marber (screenplay)

◆ Actor: Natalie Portman Natalie Portman

Jude law Jude law

Julia Roberts, Julia Roberts

Clive owen clive owen

Michael Harry. Michael Harry

Steve Murphy

◆ Type: plot/romance

Length: 104 minutes

Last screening: 2004

◆ Country: United States

◆ Language: English

◆ Introduction:

Story: Indulge in the name of love

After successfully directing two TV series Wit and Angels, mike nichols put Patrick Mabel's acclaimed Stealing the Heart on the big screen. There are four main characters in this film: the aspiring novelist Dan (played by Judy Law), but now he can only make a living by writing obituaries; Anna (Julia Roberts), a successful photographer, is a lonely woman who has just divorced. Alice (Natalie Portman), a stripper on the underground dance floor, is a two-faced person wandering between innocence and hypocrisy; The handsome and confident dermatologist Larry (played by Clive Owen) is an infatuated man who hurts women. The two lovers in the story live in peace, but things become more and more complicated because the man in one pair hooked up with the woman in the other. So passion, desire, indulgence and betrayal are intertwined, and the love story of four men and women is slowly enlarged in front of the camera. ...

Behind the scenes: using drama to launch a revolution

① Drama: 1997, British Patrick Mabel's drama Stealing the Heart was staged in London. It won the Laurence Oliver Award of the BBC for Best New Drama and the London Critics Association Award, and the adapted Broadway drama was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Drama and the new york Critics Association for Best Foreign Drama. Subsequently, it was translated into more than 30 languages and staged in more than 0/00 cities around the world. Ma Bo called the play "a love story". It describes the suspicion between the two sexes, men's positions, our lies, ambiguous relationships and so on. But in the end, this is a simple and beautiful love story. As sad as most love stories. Because he likes ambiguous things, he will give an open explanation to the story, which is why the play was named Closer.

② Love: Ma Bo analyzed modern love tactfully, sharply and accurately, emphasizing that the complexity of love is exciting, and people's infatuation with love can even be as addictive as drugs. The sharp views expressed by Ma Bo in his works are full of wit and humor, and this humor is always full of wisdom and heartbreaking sadness. Seven years ago, producer John Kelly (who later became the president of Sony Entertainment) read mable's plays for the first time and was immediately impressed by his profound understanding of the times, humor, love and danger. When Kelly and Pascal, chairman of Sony Pictures, visited Mabel, they immediately expressed their idea of putting the play on the big screen. However, Ma Bo declined their enthusiasm and kindness on the grounds that there was no suitable depth director.

(3) Rejection: Fortunately, a few years later, the play was successfully staged on Broadway, and the director mike nichols took a keen interest in it. Just like his recent American TV series Wit and Angels, Mike thinks that Stealing the Heart also uses humor and complexity to deal with familiar problems. This play is naturally suitable for adaptation into a film, because there are four characters with a strong sense of lens. They are not only full of interest and complexity, but also their personalities have changed and evolved with the development of the story. Mike's previous films, The Graduate, Afraid of Wolves in Virginia and Carnivorous Things, also prove that his understanding of the relationship between men and women is in place. The appearance of mike nichols completely touched Patrick Mabel, a stubborn and lofty scholar.

④ Rehearsal: With the support of his good friend John Kelly, mike nichols started the preparatory work before filming and asked the four leading actors to rehearse in advance. The rehearsal four weeks before the shooting made the director and the actor know each other's position clearly. Mike is used to rehearsing before shooting, but this time it will be different from his previous experience. For Stealing the Heart, the story has a considerable jump, the span between time and scene is also great, and the shooting is very fragmented, so he decided to concentrate on rehearsal to get familiar with what will happen in the next scene. In addition, rehearsal can also make everyone familiar with each other and let everyone know how to interact and feel each other's feelings. The better the actors, the more natural and harmonious they will be in the film. In this way, the film will move smoothly and orderly when shooting.

⑤ Scene: Another element of the film is London, where the story takes place. People often say that movies are the business card of a city, and how to make the city glow with charm has become the top priority of the crew. London is a charming big city, and you can always find its new highlights in movies, but it is no longer that romantic city, nor that colorful and beautiful city. Tim Hartley, an art designer, naturally contributed. He once read the script 15 times before the design, which made every scene and position enhance the tension and claustrophobic effect of the dialogue. When designing and building strip clubs, Haytley and leggett, the artistic director, studied several clubs in London, boldly adopted stairs with mirrors and translucent walls to bring out the feeling of reflection in the scene.