"Sea Pianist" repaired the hit
, but to the starring Tim Rose,
does not seem to be worth mentioning
"Who is this great pianist?" The beginning of "Sea Pianist", second-hand instruments The store owner put a fragmented record on the record player, and the piano music full of love and sadness overflowed from the screen. "What if I tell you that this pianist does not exist?" Trumpeter Max replied. The story of "The Pianist at Sea" is already familiar to us. The pianist "1900" was born on the ship, died on the ship, and has no identity in his life. Outside of this Virginia, almost no one knows that such a person exists in the world. Music wizards.
"1900" is like a ghost hovering on 88 keys, "never existed". The British actor Tim Rose who played "1900" is strikingly similar to this role-he left such a classic role on the screen, but for most Chinese audiences, this name is too strange.
fans with a little hardcore will name a few names related to Tim Rose, such as Quentin Tarantino, such as "Falling Water Dog" and "Pulp Fiction"; fans of American dramas may remember his performance of "Don't Treat Me" "Lying" was also a sensation in China, but it was cut in half in just two seasons. In this era, Tim Rose is so special. He almost rejected all commercial movies, even "Harry Potter", but he was willing to make his sons happy but starred in the Marvel movie "Invincible Hulk" . His screen image is sometimes intelligent and keen, sometimes weird and crazy. In his life, he is a chattering uncle, and he has also experienced a miserable childhood.
It is worth mentioning that although Chinese fans regard it as a classic for the film "The Pianist on the Sea", Tim Rose himself did not take it too seriously. In his nearly 40 years of acting career, "1900" has a low sense of existence in his memory, which is really surprising.
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In his career,
"Sea Pianist" is not worth mentioning?
For Tim Rose, "1900" seems to be just a good role, and it did not leave a strong mark in his acting career as we thought. Looking at Tim Rose’s interviews with the media in the past ten years, he is obviously more willing to talk about "Fighting the Cry" and "The Son of the Lord", and the experience of cooperating with Quentin. In contrast, "Sea Pianist" has a very low sense of existence in his acting career. If you try to find some Tim Rose on Google to directly talk about the content of the film, you can almost only find some tofu block reports during the production of the film in North America from the end of 1999 to the beginning of 2000. In June of this year, the English version of GQ gave Tim Rose a video interview. It lasted 24 minutes. During this time, he chatted about a dozen of his roles. He didn’t mention a word about "The Pianist on the Sea". Why? What?
In the eyes of Chinese audiences, "The Pianist on the Sea" is undoubtedly a classic among the classics, but in fact, the reputation of this film at home and abroad is quite wide: Douban scores 9.2, ranking 15th in the top 250 of film history; The film on IMDB only has 8.1 points, and the Rotten Tomatoes index is only 54%, even the edge of the top250 can not be touched. The film was released in Italy in October 1998 and did not land in North America until the end of 1999. This utopian story has received some praise in Italy, and won the recognition of domestic awards such as the David Award and the Silver Ribbon Award. But Hollywood on the other side of the ocean, because of the values of "anti-American dream", "The Pianist on the Sea" was violently criticized by the American media as soon as it was released. In the early 2000s, he also failed to be nominated for the best film, only at the Golden Globe Awards. Won an original music trophy. These results are far from what Tim Rose expected when he first received the role.
"Falling Dog" (1992)
Before starring in "Sea Pianist", Tim Rose was experiencing a very struggling professional moment. At that time, he had already become popular in the United States with "Falling Dog", "Pulp Fiction" and "Rob Roy", but his violent roles were the same. "I'm a little tired of myself, countless repeated things make me tired, and I don't even watch movies anymore. So I have been searching and trying different things." At this time,
found it in Tornatore, Italy. PedicleRose, faxed him a script "1900: Monologue" written by the Italian novelist Barico. Although the English translation was very rough, he was caught by the role of "1900" all at once. "He (1900) seems to be a good person. I want to play a good person." Before the filming started, the biggest problem Tim Rose had to solve was that he didn't know how to play the piano. For this reason, Rose bought a piano at his home in Los Angeles, and invited a professional piano teacher to give him special training for up to 6 months. The training content is not to play the piano, but to learn how to play. piano". In the final film of "The Pianist at Sea", some of the close-ups of the hands when playing the piano came from Rose himself.
"I have never actually played those songs in the movie. They are too complicated. There is a song that requires five pianists to play at the same time (it should be the last song of the Qin Xi)." During the filming of "Sea Piano" Simultaneously with "The Division", Tim Rose is also preparing to shoot "The War Zone", his first work by acting director. He also clearly expressed his concerns with Tonatore at the time. "Everyone knows that I cannot be 100% invested in the role of '1900'. The director was worried about this at the beginning. But then we proceeded very smoothly because the division of labor between the two crews was very clear. And the role itself is attractive enough."
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made his debut
, a rebellious young man with perverse temperament
When working with Tonatore, Tim Rose was like a thirsty student, stealing anything that would help him. Director skills. "He (Tona Torre) has an almost demanding pursuit of the scenery, and he is very good at using the lens, and found a lot of amazing lens angles." Tim Rose talked about Tornatore full of praise, "You are here You won’t find any flaws in the movie, but I know how hard it took him to make these wonderful compositions."
Giuseppe Tornatoretre Tim Roth used “witcher’s magic” to describe Tor. Natore's shooting skills, he also tried to use these things in his director's work "War Zone". This low-cost film was highly recognized by the independent film industry after it was released in 1999. It won the CICAE Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Newcomer Award at the British Independent Film Awards.
"War Zone" tells the story of a sexual assault that occurred in a middle-class family in Britain. It is a movie filled with pain. The reason for choosing this script is actually related to Tim Rose’s childhood experience. He once disclosed that he was a victim of sexual assault, but he has been silent about who the perpetrator is. It was not until an interview with the Guardian in January this year that Tim finally revealed that this "devil" turned out to be his own grandfather, and even more shockingly, Tim's father was also a victim when he was a child.
"The War Zone" (1999) Tim Rose's family is the same as an ordinary middle-class British family in "The War Zone". His father is a reporter and his mother is a painter and teacher. When he was a child, Tim Rose dreamed of becoming a sculptor and later entered the Camberwell School of Art in London for further studies. Although he failed to pursue a career in sculpture as he wished, he cultivated enough artistic temperament here.
When he was young, Tim Rose was small and perverse, so he was often spotted for some extreme roles. In 1982, he ushered in his debut work "Made in Britain" and played a bald-headed Nazi youth in this TV movie.
"Made in Britain" (1982) In the first few years of his debut, Tim Rose’s stardom can be described as ups and downs. He just won the British Film Academy Award for "Fighting Cry", and then he was denied a job opportunity because of his dislike of commercial films. As for wandering around in Europe.
"Fighting Fright" (1984) It was very important to Tim Rose in 1990. His starring "Van Gogh and Theo" and "The Son of the Lord" has received high attention in the UK. Seeing that the star path is about to shine, he swears at Mrs Thatcher because of his open mouth, and blocked his way in England.
"Van Gogh and Theo" (1990)
"The King and the Lord's Life" (1990)
Young Rose and "Dog Dad" Gary Oldman, very sweet
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refused to commercial film
put "Snape" After surrendering
to the United States, Tim Rose seemed to be favored by God.One night, he was in Los Angeles to drank his troubles and ran into another young man in a bar. His name was Quentin Tarantino. After spending a night in the bar, Tim Rose took Quentin back to his apartment. Quentin threw him a stack of scripts with "Falling Dog" on the cover. "We finished reading overnight and discussed every character and every scene. It was super fun." The two hit it off.
Many Quentin fans know what happened afterwards. "Falling Water Dog" became Quentin's stepping stone to the highest hall of the world's film industry, and Tim Rose became Quentin's with the dying "Mr. Orange" part. One of the queen actors. Immediately following a 1994 "Pulp Fiction", Quentin and a group of leading actors completely conquered Hollywood.
"Pulp Fiction" (1994) Among those actors, Samuel Jackson, John Travolta, and Uma Thurman began their careers in Hollywood commercial films. At the same time, the "British Gang" male stars who debuted at about the same time as Tim Rose, including Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Louis, and Tim Rose’s best friend Gary Oldman, are also starting Mainstream cinemas shine. Tim Rose did not take this vulgar world in his eyes, and always stubbornly insisted on his own path. From "Four Rooms", "Little Odyssey", "Bold and Pride", "Everyone Says I Love You" "To "The Pianist on the Sea", it was either a small-cost independent film or a literary film. Later, even "Harry Potter", which was bound to be popular in the future, was rejected.
"Courageous Love" (1996) In a British variety show earlier this year, Tim Rose, as "the few British actors who did not appear in "Harry Potter"", actively mentioned that segment past. At that time, J.K. Rowling and the crew took the initiative to throw an olive branch at him, wanting him to play the role of Professor Snape with a gloomy temperament. "I was able to predict the popularity of this movie at the time. Maybe my profile picture will be printed on the lunch boxes of elementary school students across the country. People will say when they see me: That's Professor Snape. This role becomes My pronoun, this is something I absolutely don’t want to see.” Later facts proved Tim Rose’s judgment. The crew chose another British protagonist, Alan Rickman, to play Snape, "Ha "Lee Potter" series was released in 2002, ten years after the release, people regarded Alan Rickman completely as Snape, and forget that he has so much outside of "Harry Potter" Great role.
Snape played by Alan Rickman, Tim Rose, of course, has also played in commercial films, but the end is not very good. One of them is Tim Burton’s "Battle of the Apes", where he played He is a villain who doesn’t know it is him without looking at the cast.
"Battle of the Apes" (2001)
Another failure case is Lee Ang's version of "Invincible Hulk", in which Tim Rose played the villain special officer Bronsky, who mutated into a huge monster "Abomination" ". The film brought together Ang Lee, Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Rose and many other literary and artistic celebrities, but it was finally criticized as the worst superhero movie in history. According to Tim Rose's own explanation, he and his three sons are actually loyal readers of the "Hulk" comics, and they just wanted to make the children happy.
After "Invincible Hulk" (2008), Tim Rose's most well-known character is of course the micro-expression expert Dr. Carl Letterman in the American drama "Don't Lie to Me" (2009-2011).
"Don't Lie to Me" (2009). For the rest of the time, he continues to focus on the front and back of independent films and literary films that we have not even heard of the name. He helps the old man Quentin from time to time in "The Hateful Eight" Beat soy sauce.
"The Hateful Eight" (2015) Oh, by the way, in Quentin's new film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", Tim Rose's name is in the cast, but his footage has been cut due to the length of time. If the film has a chance to produce a director's cut version, interested fans may wish to look for this "sea pianist" carefully.
text / Wangori
