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conflict is the basis of the play.
A good-looking movie does not necessarily have to be a big hot scene. The protagonist and the villain fight to the death. As long as the characters can fall into a conflicting relationship, a series of quarrels, struggles, and confrontations will be triggered, and the story will become exciting.
"Green Book", which has no big scenes, won the best film and best original screenplay at the Oscars, and won high ratings (douban 8.9, IMDb8.3), relying on conflicts on various levels.
includes inner conflict, relationship conflict, and ethnic conflict.
①Inner conflict
When a character lacks confidence in his next actions and hesitates to do it, inner conflict comes.
is just that the movie is not like a novel, it can write what the characters want without reservation. In most cases, the inner struggle of the character requires the actor to perform through expressions and actions, and of course the audience's own reasoning and understanding.
"Green Book" does not focus on expressing inner conflicts, but simply thinking from the perspective of the role, you can find that they can not make decisions casually.
Tony Lip's decision to accept the work of Dr. Don Shirley is the first turning point of the film and the starting point of the whole story.
Tony's first impression of Shirley was very bad, at first he decisively refused to work. In fact, he didn't want to do it at all. If it weren't for his financial problems, Shirley would not accept it for 10,000 steps.
And in the social environment at the time, working for blacks was not "glorious." No matter how open-minded Tony was, he still had to withstand a certain amount of external pressure. From the action of throwing away the cups that two black mechanics had drunk, he could find that the external environment influenced his perception of blacks.
So after the interview, he went to drink to relieve his troubles. When faced with something he was reluctant to do and had to do, he was always not so happy.
He will get into a kind of struggle, thinking about what is most beneficial. As a man with a sense of family responsibility, the family is what he values. If accepting a job is beneficial to the family, then he is obliged.
In addition, his straightforward personality reduces the intensity of inner conflict. If you want to do it, do it quickly, and then take the money and leave. When
established Tony's character, this inner conflict was resolved. In other words, while resolving conflicts, the screenwriter also shaped the role. This ingenious, non-violent conflict resolution method of
is also a hidden highlight of the "Green Book".
②Relationship conflict
When two people with different values or beliefs and different goals meet, they will oppose each other, and the relationship conflict will be very intense.
Tony is a typical relationship conflict with Shirley.
They have completely opposite tastes, habits, and concepts, so if they put them in a small space, conflicts will inevitably occur. The interaction between
in the car promoted the development of the second act.
Tony mocks Shirley for not listening to pop music;
Shirley complains about Tony's stubbornness;
Tony dislikes Shirley and staggers after eating something;
Shirley accuses Tony of not being kind enough. The
conflict rose to a high point in the quarrel after the prison scene.
Shirley has always blamed Tony for being too impulsive, but Tony thinks he did what he should do. One thought that he should hold back, and the other thought that he couldn't persuade, so naturally he quarreled.
Tony further pointed out that Shirley doesn't understand himself at all, and doesn't understand how difficult it is to live at the bottom of society. It's just that standing and talking can't hurt your back.
Shirley was angry, and he retorted that he suffered no less than others.
Although he lives in a gorgeous castle, he has to endure loneliness. He is talented, but in the eyes of white people, he is just playing the piano to show the elegant tools of white people. The bottom of society suffers material torture, and what he suffers is spiritual torture.
"If I am not black enough, also Not white enough, evenNot enough man, tell me Tony, who am I? "
's line that made Tony speechless, and the bottle of whiskey every night, tells Shirley's endless pains and pains. The
scene is the second turning point of the movie, and the third act immediately follows. , The task is to resolve this relationship conflict. The way
is resolved is still non-violent. A performance in a restaurant marks Tony and Shirley beginning to understand and recognize each other. The reason why
people are lonely is because they dare not take the first place. Step.
When they try to use each other’s way, it’s not difficult to understand each other.
③Ethnic conflicts
There are many different groups in the world, and different groups have different ideas and opinions. Like relationship conflicts, ethnic conflicts It is also formed because of the opposition of two or even multiple opinions. The most obvious thing about
"Green Book" is the ethnic conflict between racism and black groups (anti-discrimination). The conflict of
has been with Tony and Shirley on their journey. And in the third act, the Birmingham Christmas concert, Shirley was refused entry to the restaurant because he was a black man. Although
is not necessarily a racist who prevented him from entering, there is no doubt that he is a racist The power of racism is blocking him.
In fact, "Green Book" still has a hidden line. The fundamental reason for Shirley's south tour is not to make money, but to change people's perceptions.
He and a pair called Kennedy The brothers are working hard to make a country better. Kennedy, who became president, proposed a bill in Congress to give blacks fair rights. He himself went to tour south, hoping to use his talents to extinguish the flames of racial discrimination in the South.
is just the reality. It's far more serious than expected. Shirley would not have been able to complete the tour if it weren't for Tony's several rescues.
Shirley has walked along, from hopeful to frustrated and disappointed. Some people at
might think that it's the last one. What else to toss about?
is going to be true because it is the last one. If
cannot complete the original mission of changing the concept of racial discrimination, then this trip will be meaningless. Therefore, facing the "tradition" Shirley, as an anti-discrimination force, will never compromise, nor care about the loss of money, because making money is not the goal. If he can make an exception to enter the restaurant, it will be a great improvement for the American South. This is the purpose of his coming. He strives to take a historic step, which can affect the inherent concept of the local people. The
ethnic conflict seems to have not been resolved in the end. It is true that Shirley’s dark line story is not going to stop, after this time After the tour, the contradiction between racism and anti-discrimination still exists, ask The problem is far from resolved.
But Shirley is not the protagonist. The ethnic conflict in the general context is not the point. After all, this problem is still deeply rooted in reality. In the
movie, the problem of ethnic conflict is placed on the characters. Tony is the soul character of the whole film. He is a white man and did not like black people at first. This is a kind of ethnic conflict. After getting along with Shirley and seeing the "rules" of the South, he realized that discrimination is the most disgusting thing.
So the ethnic conflict was resolved on Tony.
And his "interracial" friendship with Shirley is a result of conflict resolution.
