#娱乐电影大奖#
Author: Shi Anqian
On December 28, 2022, on the day of the 100th birthday of Marvel founder Stan Lee, Marvel announced that it will launch a documentary about him to commemorate this great man's "100 years of dream and creation".
"Stan Lee"
Stan Lee
Director of "Sushi God","Chef's Table" and other high-scoring documentaries David Jaber director took over the job. Half a year later, on June 10, 2023, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and received great response.
(Director David Jaber and the poster of "The God of Sushi")
Jaber adopts a linear narrative strategy, based on Stan Lee's growth experience, combined with the step-by-step progression of the era, the film is interspersed with a large number of Stan Lee recordings, interview clips, and news clips . It tells how Stan Lee grew from a slum boy to a publishing tycoon who overturned the American comics industry and the "Godfather of Marvel".
(Stan Lee as a child)
is such a comprehensive and detailed documentary about Stan Lee's personal growth experience, Marvel fans and science fiction fans pass by, don't miss it!
The way Stan Lee became attached to comics is very realistic— looking for a job !
(Stan Lee in his youth)
At that time, he had just been fired from the pants factory he worked in. According to someone's introduction, he joined "Times Comics" (the predecessor of Marvel) as an assistant, doing some chores such as proofreading, refilling ink bottles, and buying coffee.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
"Father of Captain America" Joe Simon and Jack Kirby saw that he was smart and smart, and slowly began to entrust him with some comic work.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
At that time, American comics were still "children" (the main audience was young children) , Stan Lee felt that it was embarrassing to be a cartoonist, so split his real name Stanley Lieber and formed the pen name Stan Lee that he used for a lifetime. start.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Stan Lee said frankly that if he hadn't been fired from the pants factory, he might have stayed there for the rest of his life.
(Early American comics paid more attention to fighting and lacked depth)
Fortunately, there is no such thing, because Stan Lee has made too many innovations and breakthroughs for the development of American comics. Without him, Meiman and Marvel would never be as wonderful as they are today.
(screen shot from Stan Lee)
he created the imperfect superhero Fantastic Four, Heroes also have flaws, make mistakes, fail, and get kicked out for not being able to pay the rent.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Superheroes are no longer as flawless and unattainable as they used to be.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
This world is not black and white , sometimes the hero acts more like the villain, and the villain is actually more like the good guy, but no one knows it.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
It should be said that Stan Lee has subverted the old American comics.
(Stan Lee's management has made Marvel more adult readers)
The content of Super British comics is no longer just brainless fighting that can only please children, but emphasizes authenticity. The characters in the comics have become more flesh and blood, and more resonant. It's suitable for both teens and adult audiences.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Under the leadership of Stan Lee, Marvel has always insisted on creating from a moral and left-leaning standpoint. Comics are not only for entertainment, but also entertaining, educating readers and transforming society.
(Screenshot of "Stan Lee")
After the rise of hippies, facing the doubts and contempt of the society, Stan Lee created Spider-Man (he was also the first teenage superhero with a personal magazine) to support the disrespected teenagers at that time. , but can only appear as an assistant and foil;
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
When the black civil rights movement broke racial segregation, Marvel launched "X-Men", and the mutants in it were just like black people at that time.
(screenshot from Stan Lee)
Stan Lee expresses his opinion through the mouth of the Silver Surfer: "Don't they understand that they live in a real Eden? Why are they fighting each other, greedy, prejudiced? Why don't they love each other? Enjoy the paradise they live in?"
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Marvel later launched the first black superhero Black Panther, named after the radical Black Panther Party.
(the image of the Black Panther Party in "Forrest Gump")
What's more funny is that in a TV interview, Stan Lee and DC editor-in-chief Juli Schwartz started a confrontation on whether Super British comics should be purely entertainment or entertaining. Julius vowed during the meeting that DC readers only want entertainment, not serious content.
(Stan Lee was snickering when Juli Schwartz said that DC readers only wanted entertainment and didn’t want to accept serious issues)
Who would have thought that decades later, the two would be reversed in the film market, with Marvel becoming more and more popcorn, while the DC movies led by Zha Dao were more serious.
(Marvel Universe VS DC Universe)
Stan Lee also made a pioneering work, whether it is a superhero or a villain, can be interspersed in different comics according to the situation.Superheroes in different works will meet and become friends or even fall in love. Villains in different works will sometimes collaborate to make troubles. Sometimes even a character is a hero in this comic and a villain in another comic. This is the prototype of the Marvel Universe!
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
There are many interesting things about Mr. Stan Lee in this film, for example, The prototype of Spider-Man's girlfriend Mary Jane is actually Stan Lee's wife Joan Lee;
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Marvel has always been an assembly line creation mode in the early days . Stan Lee set an outline for the artist. After the artist drew the sketch, he then added dialogues according to the situation and character actions. Marvel maintained the editing speed of two comics a day; Copied the idea of Marvel’s old rival, DC’s Justice League;
(Avengers VS Justice League)
A certain US presidential election , some college students wrote his name on the ballot, Stan Lee won 23 votes;
("Stan Lee" screenshot)
Once Stan Lee received an invitation from the U.S. Department of Health and Welfare, hoping that he could write some stories to promote anti-drugs. As a result, after Stan Lee wrote it with great enthusiasm, he was rejected by the comic review bureau because the work mentioned drugs, which made Stan Lee dumbfounded.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
In his later years, Stan Lee quit the front line and devoted himself to the promotion of comics and cameo movies. For decades, he directly and indirect guest starred in 44 movies, animations, and game roles, and he was nicknamed "Guest Star"!
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
On November 12, 2018, the heart of Stan Lee, who always had a sunny smile, stopped beating at the age of 95.
("Stan Lee")
is a teenager who runs from poor streets to a blessing to get a generation of national art medals. Master, Stan Lee's life is as wonderful as the superhero's fantasy adventure of his superhero . He subverts the old order, making Marvel the most powerful and representative popular cultural symbol in the United States, and has affected countless people who like comics.
(screenshot of "Stan Lee")
the boy eighty years ago would feel inferior because he was just a cartoon creator while others were engaged in construction or medical work.
(Screenshot of "Stan Lee")
Eighty years later, the name Stan Lee has become famous all over the world.
(Stan Lee screenshot)
