Chapter 69 I'm a powerful person

Art does not exist in isolation. It belongs to the customs and spirit of the times and is the result of "millions of nameless people secretly collaborating." This is what Danner repeatedly emphasized in "Philosophy of Art".

The novelist Winston Glum was born in 1944, Tom Hanks was born in 1956, and Forrest Gump and Jenny were both born in 1945. They are both of the same generation in and out of the play, that is, they all have the same memories and experiences of the generation, and have felt the same sadness and joy, and witnessed the vicissitudes and changes of an era together, and these will inevitably be reflected in the works. They are called "baby boomers" or "the generation that has been crossed". And their next generation is the "X generation", which is the new human beings in the Internet era.

An American historian has a wonderful discussion of this generation: "Baby boomers began to challenge traditional values. They were young, free, held power, believed that they should receive the best treatment, and bravely went out to defend, holding high the banner of benevolence, righteousness and morality, fighting against politics that was obsessed with compromise, ignorance, greed, lack of efficiency and profit. Every battle is an impact on moral principles. In the confrontation between good and evil, evil makers created criminal tools that are ingenious, bringing many obstacles. The task of the baby boomers is to find out the criminals and destroy them..."

Sadly, what this generation resisted and wanted to tear apart were the things they believed in later.

If Li Siming is of age, he is also this generation in the United States, but he is an authentic Chinese. However, his understanding of this generation surprised Winston Glum, and he doubted whether Li Siming grew up in the United States. To a certain extent, the Chinese generation has some similarities with the American generation.

Never once did a director who would strictly follow an original novel to make a movie, so there was a screenwriter and adapted script. This script included the director's personal opinion and then became a movie. In other words, the final product - the movie must contain the director's own thoughts.

Forrest Gump in the original novel is not that perfect. He was tempted by the female tenant Miss Franchi at a very young age and had a relationship with him. He smoked marijuana, fought against counterfeiting competitions, and even conspired with Dan to slap the agent with a lot of money, etc. This Forrest Gump is neither pure nor perfect, a little weak, indecisive and easily tempted, but he can always change his past. He is still kind and helpful, but he cannot serve as a mentor to the public. The ending part of the novel makes Forrest Gump run for the senator after getting rich, but ends in failure.

Obviously, Forrest Gump in the script has virtues such as kindness, honesty, persistence, loyalty, diligence, and keeping promises. Like most ordinary Americans, or like most Americans themselves, this virtue is not much or less consistent with the values ​​and human qualities recognized by mainstream American society for hundreds of years. As we all know, the United States is a young country and a country with a deep Christian background, from the early Puritans founding to the post-war "baby boom" generation from the initial rebellion to the gradual becoming a Christian.

The strong strength, the historical evolution and social changes of the United States, are deeply imprinted by religion. This strong cultural moral color makes the film, as a tool to reflect the mainstream ideology of society, cater to and satisfy the moral vanity of the middle class (they are the main consumers of the film), obviously an indispensable means to guarantee the box office. Deep social and humanistic ideas, and the moral norms promoted in the film meet the psychological needs of Americans, are the most important reasons why this film has become an immortal business card. To a certain extent, this is one of the main themes of Americans.

In addition to the changes in narrative structure, Li Siming's contribution to the script is to the shaping of Forrest Gump's girlfriend Jenny. Compared with the original novel, she strengthens her symbolizing the turbulent 1960s and represents the manic and rebellious years that were once among the baby boomers. Jenny's regret also implies that generation's reflection on the life path they once walked. The other is Lieutenant Dan (the second lieutenant in the novel), and the image and experience of this Vietnam War officer are richer and more infectious than in the novel. In addition, some famous historical events and characters are added, and they make fun of them in a black humorous tone, thus giving them more thoughtful depth.

"It is rare to be a foreigner, especially an oriental, who has such a thorough understanding of American society and American culture and so convincing. Li Siming used his films to vividly teach Americans a lesson: Looking at American society and history from Forrest Gump's perspective is so wonderful and memorable and touching! However, Li Siming obviously also has concerns. He doesn't want to, and may be afraid of being criticized too fiercely, especially when he is still a Chinese, he uses relaxed and natural narrative techniques to re-arrange and deconstruct the audience in laughter and quietly remove the burden of his soul. I think this is nothing to say even the White House and the politicians!" New York film critic, Li Siming's friend Harrison Ximan later wrote an article to comment.

Judy Foster plays Jenny in the play, and there are relatively few scenes. But Li Siming can see that she is very attentive.

The crew kept silent about what she had encountered. Coincidentally, "Forrest Gump" also mentioned the political incident of the president's assassination. In this movie, the US president became the most dangerous profession: the assassination of US President Kennedy, and President Nixon was forced to step down due to the Watergate incident. It happened that Forrest Gump was the whistleblower, which is of course a kind of black humor, not a historical fact.

Later, Ford succeeded him, and Ford was assassinated twice during his 895-day presidential career, without any injuries. Former Hollywood star President Reagan, who was elected in 1980, was also shot.

The political world seems to be a place full of bullets. The attacks on the surface and the darkness behind the ground make people unpredictable. The dramatist borrowed the eyes of a person with "intellectual retardation" and used black humor to satirize the world of "normal people". In the play, there is always a group of followers behind Forrest Gump. They cannot find the answer to life and blindly follow Forrest Gump. It can be said that this is a reality in the American society at that time. People were disappointed with reality and could not find the motivation and meaning of survival, so they had to put their destiny on others hopelessly. However, Forrest Gump can always face reality with an optimistic attitude and run bravely. This is a wonderful irony.

However, the reporters were still quite interested in her. For her, she was unwilling to mention that unbearable past. For the purpose of protection, Li Siming expelled the fly-like reporters and forbidden the crew from talking about it.

"At the beginning, did you choose her to play this role, did you have bad intentions?" Zeng Zhi asked.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Li Siming really doesn't have this idea. Using the actor's gossip news as a gimmick in the movie is not something he can do. But Li Siming said that he just likes her acting skills, but no one believes it.

"I am a powerful person!" Li Siming thought it was necessary to clarify this fact.

"Don't behave yourself when you are cheap. As long as you see the value of being useful, you will never let go so easily!" Zeng Zhi thought so.

David Frankel, who is responsible for distribution and promotion, has made use of this matter at least intentionally or unintentionally in his heart.

Americans strictly abide by labor laws, and they have a hard time complying with them to the point where Asians are a little helpless. It is normal to shoot movies in Hong Kong and shoot them all night long, because this way, you can be listed as soon as possible and you can lose some of the money for renting studios, but there is no such thing as overtime. But in the United States, you have to abide by labor laws and regulations, and you have to spend weekends every week. God cannot refuse it. This is natural for Americans to think of it.

"Amin, look, President Lincoln, who was elected in 1860, was assassinated, Garfield was stabbed half a year after taking office in 1880, died two months later, President McKinley, who was elected in 1900, was also assassinated. President Harding, who was elected in 1920, was poisoned by arsenic due to internal secrets. Roosevelt was elected in 1940, and the war president was better luck, but he died in office in the end. Kennedy, who was elected in 1960, ended up in a miserable fate. Reagan, who was in office in 1980, was very lucky and only suffered a little injury. At least his life was saved." In his spare time in filming, Zeng Zhi held his finger and talked about the topic with Li Siming. "I found that the above assassinated presidents were elected for the whole year, and one would be assassinated every 20 years."

"Well, there is some reason. But this is the rule you discovered? When did you become interested in American history? It was read in a tabloid? I also want to say that I can predict the future!" Li Simingqi said, "It's okay, why do you think about this? Even if the US president is extinct, I won't let you and me be the US president."

"Family affairs, state affairs, and everything in the world is concerned about. I'm still wrong. I'm an atheist. I don't believe it as to predict the future. If you can predict it, then tell me which stock will rise tomorrow, I'll buy it immediately. I'll let you take the profits. Don't shake your head. Your big words are speechless, right? However, the historical event I'm talking about is well documented, but you can't explain it with common sense." Zeng Zhi said slowly, looking like a historian, "I don't know if the president elected that year will have this end. At that time, I will hire someone to carry a camera and follow the president every day. If I take a picture of the scene of the murder, it will be popular! Winning a Best News Award is like taking a picture!"

Li Siming was shocked by his strange and strange talk. However, Bush Jr. was not unfortunate, but even more unfortunate. Uncle Ben Laden made him suffer. If it were Li Siming, he would rather stay next to the World Trade Center and wait to see the fireworks. Report? It would be nice not to be suspected of being an accomplice!

Judy is worthy of being nominated for the Best Supporting Actress of the Academy Awards. Although she did not win the championship, she once held the title of "The Little Princess of the Oscar". Now she is more mature and portrays a young woman who pursues personality liberation and is unwilling to be lonely in the chaotic era, but is exhausted and empty in the end. The heroine is infected with almost all bad habits, such as drug use, sexual liberation, etc., and in the end she died of a virus - actually alluded to HIV.

"Go, run!" In the video, Judy shouted, as if she was herself, escaping attacks from others. When she picked up stones from the ground and smashed them into the old house that gave the heroine painful memories in the play, she seemed to be venting her dissatisfaction.

If there are any gains in the movie, Li Siming would never say that he won any award, and of course he would not say that he got a lot of dollars. Instead, he said with a high sound: I can run around and the scenery everywhere, if this is also a harvest. Whether it is the reefs on the east coast, the vast Pacific on the west coast, whether it is the cacti desert in Nevada, or the snow capped on the top of Rocky Mountain, he has left his figure.

Although the scenery is good, it is just a passing cloud. Li Siming and all the crew members can only glance at it in a hurry and focus on work. Slow work is done, and Li Siming does not want to destroy a good script in his own hands. He originally planned to extend it for one and a half months. If he extends it for one or more days, his budget will be added, but Li Siming doesn't care.

When summer came, the crew arrived in the Philippines. Because they wanted to film Forrest Gump's story about Vietnam War, Xiaodao found that he was still useful, so he became a military adviser. Although this consultant was somewhat unworthy of his name. However, he was still competent for some military common sense. Fortunately, this was not a war movie. He was idle and had watched "Deer Hunter" and "Apocalypse Modern" over and over again.

If he could go to Vietnam to shoot, Li Siming would definitely try it, but now he can only shoot movies in the Philippines. When the team came to the shooting location where the assistant director stepped on the pre-shot site, Li Siming and Xiaodao felt a bit familiar with the surrounding environment: banana trees and palm trees, black and thin Filipinos were farming in the rice fields, buffalo mooed in the distance, and the dense tropical rainforest seemed to be raining forever. The depths of the jungle always made people feel guilty. Mosquitoes and poisonous snakes passed by from time to time, and the humid and hot air made people feel upset.

Those fake American soldiers holding props automatic rifles were gestured in a very sensible manner under the command of Li Siming and Xiaodao's staff. Unfortunately, they were not really American soldiers. If they were really soldiers, they would not be so relaxed.

"Brother Ming, what would happen if you command a team of American soldiers to join the war?" Xiaodao asked Li Siming curiously when there was no one around him.

"Well, I don't know what I will do. However, those American soldiers would definitely shout: Which bitch was raised by me and sent us around half of the earth to come to this dirty place to die?" Li Siming learned from the American soldiers in the movie.

Xiaodao laughed loudly, and shed tears as he laughed.

"What's wrong? I was dumped?" Zeng Zhi, who flew over with the crew for a long distance, asked in confusion.

"I was fascinated by the sand!" Xiaodao defended.

"How come there is sand flying everywhere in this jungle? It's not a desert!" Zeng Zhi didn't believe it.

"It's blown by the wind, okay?" Li Siming suddenly interrupted.

Zeng Zhi looked at the two of them and had questions, but even the most dull person would wisely shut up. He was not stupid, why would there be a word "wisdom" in his name?
Chapter completed!