Brief introduction to film life

Movie Life is a comedy, directed by Frank Darla Berndt and starring Jim Carrey. The following is what I arranged for you for your reference!

Basic information of movie life

Movie Life is a comedy, directed by Frank Darla Berndt and starring Jim Carrey.

Tells the story of 195 1 year. Peter appleton Jim Carrey is a young playwright in Hollywood. At that time, Hollywood was in the shadow of the McCarthy incident, and the anti-American activities Committee HUAC conducted a strict investigation on filmmakers with left-wing views and included them in the so-called blacklist. Peter was blacklisted because of an unintentional act in college. He lost his job and his girlfriend.

Brief introduction of movie life story

The story takes place in 195 1, and our hero, Peter appleton Kincairy, is a young playwright in Hollywood. At that time, Hollywood was in the shadow of the McCarthy incident, and the anti-American activities Committee HUAC conducted a strict investigation on filmmakers with left-wing views and included them in the so-called blacklist. Peter was blacklisted because of an unintentional act in college. He lost his job and his girlfriend.

Peter, who suffered a double blow, went to a bar to drown his sorrows and decided to leave the city and start his life in a new place. Unexpectedly, he was drunk and had an accident on his way out, with serious head injuries and amnesia. Thanks to a kind gentleman, Stan saved him and took him to a small town called Langson.

When Stan introduced Peter to the townspeople, everyone thought he was Luke who died in World War II in 1942. Luke's father, Harry martin landau, was ecstatic about his son's "coming back from the dead". So, naturally, Peter became Luke and lived in a small town. He repaired the cinema that "father" had been unintentionally running, and let this cinema lead the whole town out of the grief of World War II; The work in the cinema also gave Peter and Harry a spiritual exchange, which gave him a new sense of film. At the same time, Luke's ex-girlfriend Adele Laurie holden slowly fell in love with the new Luke, and the two young people fell in love. ...

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Agents of the FBI quickly found Peter and rushed to town to take him back for trial. The truth of Peter's identity was revealed, which was a cruel blow to all Luke's relatives and friends. What will life be like in the future? Maybe Peter can find the answer in the movie.

The behind-the-scenes production of movie life

Since The Truman Show and The Man on the Moon were defeated by the Oscar for Best Actor twice, Jim Carrey once embarked on the old road in despair and appeared in pure commercial comedies such as One Head Two Big, The Grinch and so on. However, Jim Carrey, who has been in Hollywood for a long time, can't resist the temptation of the little golden statuette. This time, he will regroup and prepare for the Oscar-he intends to use this film to discuss with the Oscar judges.

Coincidentally, Frank Darabont, the director of this film, can be regarded as my brother. He is in the same boat as Jim Carrey. Although the famous Debon once directed such well-received and popular business cards as The Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile, Oscar is the best.

The best director award has never been with this guy. Although Oscar is not the only one who can prove that a film talent is talented, it is even harder to get a golden statuette back, isn't it? Therefore, Dalabont resolutely repented this time, bid farewell to Stephen King and his prison theme, and turned to his old friend Michael Sloan in high school to try his luck again with his love comedy.

In this way, Movie Life can be regarded as an ambitious cooperation between two Oscar losers. From some cases of film production, we can fully see the ambitions of the two collaborators.

The film invested $68 million, and all interior and exterior scenes were shot in California. The whole shooting took only 3 months and 24 days. Such a tight shooting schedule is of course to catch up with the Oscar review in early 2002. It is said that a week after the film started shooting, there was news in the crew: Jin Kairui said that to ensure that every shot reached the perfect standard of Oscar, the shooting requirements were very strict; In addition, he specially invited a performance teacher-larry moss, who directed helen hunt's performance in As Perfect as possible, and directed and performed on the set, showing his persistence in winning the prize. However, the prize went to the prize, and Jim Carrey did not compete for the Oscar.

What else is self-sacrifice: his salary for this film is still 20 million, not a penny less. Should this be regarded as the combination or separation of art and commerce?

In addition, in order to ensure the quality of the film, director Drabont also invited some excellent actors and producers who worked with him to join the film. These people include-martin landau, who won the Edward D. Wood Jr for Best Supporting Actor for Delaban's The Shawshank Redemption, TV star Laurie holden, whose figure appeared in X-Files, photographer David Teisseire's green mile and mark Isham's score. With the help of these experts, it is estimated that the chances of winning movies in 2002 will increase a lot.

The film tries to copy frank capra's innocent tradition, while Jim Carrey tries to suppress his bursting comedy instinct. However, the Oscar judges never seem to take comedy seriously. Although Jim Carrey's performance is wonderful and popular, in their eyes, he is just a comedian for show. This tragedy is the same as that of comedian Chaplin.

The story is roughly as follows:

The hero was traveling by car and had an accident. When he woke up, he found himself saved by a man in a small town, but he lost his memory briefly and didn't know who he was.

The people in this town are kind and simple, and regard him as a young man who disappeared after World War II in this town, because he looks very similar. An old man is the father of the missing young man. He persuaded the hero to admit that he was his son. It turns out that father and son run a cinema in the town. The old man tried his best to induce the hero to be familiar with the scene, just to make him agree that he was the young man before this town. The hero vaguely felt that all this was strange, but in the end, with everyone's enthusiasm and unanimous approval, he still recognized the old man as "father." With everyone's help, the decaying cinema in the past has taken on a brand-new look after finishing, and the film has opened.

The heroine of the small town, a beautiful young girl, came back from college, waiting for the notice of lawyer qualification. She grew up with the young man who disappeared in World War II and had a deep and sincere relationship. She also regarded the hero as a former lover and returned to her side. They continued their love yesterday. She also got a lawyer's qualification certificate as she wished.

When playing a movie, the hero looked at the familiar movie plot and familiar lines, finally remembered who he was, and finally determined that he was not the missing teenager that the townspeople thought. The old man died of illness when the film was shown.

This time, the anti-* * agencies in the United States are also looking for him everywhere, because he once participated in the secret of * * *, regarded him as a dangerous * * *, and wanted to take him to the national court for trial. And one day, the actor of the state agency found him in a small town and announced that he must return to the city for trial the next day.

Speaking of it, in the worst McCarthy shadow era in the United States, there was no serious inner-party cleansing, killing and persecution like Stalin.

He summoned up the courage to tell her that he was not the heroine's former lover. She turned sadly. ...

Everyone in this town knows that he is not the missing young man.

He went to the old man's grave before returning to the city where the heroine lived. He said: as long as you follow the meaning of that group of people, say that you participated in the dangerous * * *, repent and ask the country for forgiveness. As long as you go through such a procedure in court, you can be acquitted. The heroine said: According to American law, even if you participate in * * *, as long as your behavior does not violate the laws and regulations of the country, you are innocent and free and should not be tried. She encouraged him to resist boldly. But he said that he was afraid of going to jail, and he just wanted to go through a set of procedures according to those people's wishes and return to the quiet life before. They quarreled.

He got on the train and someone handed him a small package, saying that she gave it to him. On the train, he opened the parcel, which contained the necklace of the heroine's ex-lover and the letter she wrote to her before the war.

In court, under the attention of many journalists, he unexpectedly refuted the court's wishes. This scene was broadcast live on national television, and everyone in that small town paid attention to this scene. Although the judge tried to interrupt him many times, he showed heroic dauntless spirit, holding the medal of the young man who died in the battlefield, saying: countless Americans have defended and defended the safety and dignity of American life with blood and life in pursuit of a free thought and life. The people of this country are also free and should be tolerated and protected. His generous speech pushed the whole movie to * * *, and the audience present were moved by his statement, and the judges on the trial stage were unable to refute it. Faced with strong public opinion, they can't convict him or put him in prison. He became a hero.

He wrote to the heroine and said that he would go back to town to have a look. When his train slowly pulled into the platform of the town, he saw that the whole town was watching him and smiling warmly at him. He got off the train and was warmly received by everyone in the town, including the mayor. On the way, the heroine appeared and she accepted him.