talked about the hottest film productions in France in recent years, but it was "Unreachable" in 2011. This French box office champion of the year has attracted 17.6 million viewers, which is equivalent to one out of every four French residents who have seen the movie in a theater.
For this reason, it entered China and was respected by many literary and artistic youths. It quickly reached a score of 9.2 in the Douban scoring system, directly rushed into the top 30 of the Douban movie rankings, and finally stabilized at No. 25.
Two people meet, making the long distance within reach!
"Unreachable" tells the story of a French rich man named Philip. After enjoying a happy life, he suffered a fatal accident in an old age parachuting accident. He not only lost his lover, but also caused himself to be paraplegic. , Normal people who were originally high-spirited become unsatisfactory, and need special care for daily life.
However, Philip has been proud of his life, has a proud temperament, and has a sullen heart. He looked at the personal nursing staff who came to apply for the job and raised his nose and eyes. In the end, he fell in love with Derrick, a black man with a history. The reason is that some of Philip's Ang Lee couldn't convince himself-Derrick was thinking about getting a sufficient commission, but he didn't treat Philip as a patient at all.
So, unlike the careful professional nursing staff, the careless Derrick took care of Philip in a hurry. From those extremely unprofessional behaviors to a little bit of opening up Philip’s heart knot, this dumb and stupefied young man regarded Philip as a completely healthy companion, and enjoyed the trivial happiness of life together, which softened Philip. The courteous rejection of people thousands of miles away also gradually dispelled the secret knots in Philip's heart.
In fact, there are some traditional and old-fashioned stories. In this world where human relationships are gradually indifferent, they exude precious warmth and softness. As a result, such brilliant results and good reputation aroused Hollywood's interest. Five years later, "Unreachable" was remade by Hollywood, and the Golden Globe "Old White" Brian Cranston, and the star Kevin Hart, repeat this story.
Moreover, after the always sensitive Hong Kong filmmakers are unwilling to resign, the 30-year-old producer Chen Xiaojuan is also excited with the original script of "Unreachable", combining his many years of experience in Hong Kong and his local characteristics. This story was changed into a "Fallen Man" with the most Hong Kong flavor, which won the Best New Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards 2019.
However, after reading the three stories with exactly the same theme and core, personal psychology will still be divided. The three versions are compared, and the most shallow and exaggerated is of course the US version. It basically follows the French version of the plot, making the story that happened in Paris exactly the same in New York.
The problem is that the atmosphere of Paris as a romantic capital cannot be replicated, and the concise fashion of New York has not penetrated into the plot. On the whole, the whole has become ambiguous, without regional characteristics, and nothing special. Humanistic representation. The American version of
downplays those subtle and trivial psychological superpositions in life, and adds a lot of relatively deliberate and prominent dramatic conflicts to show the theme. Because
did not extract the nuanced feelings of daily life in New York, the drama conflict became the most prominent theme of skin color in the bones-the white rich and the black carer, and then, the same level as Philip is white, and terrible Yes, the subordinates who serve Philip, except for the agent Yi Fang who is a white French, Dell is black, and the rehabilitation nurse Maggie is a typical descendant of Central Asian descent. Even the few chefs, drivers and concierges who show up are all People of color.
So the subtext of the US version of "Unreachable" is very obvious-traditional white elites stand still and need black people to develop ideas and close interpersonal relationships. Uh, thinking of this, the air suddenly filled with a stench.
breaks through a point of recognition, why Philip has nothing to do with Derrick
In the plot of "Unreachable", there is a very confusing part of the audience-why Philip rejected so much The professional nursing staff with excellent professionalism and fluent speech, the independent and generous Derek? Is it because of love?
In terms of psychology, the patient is the most difficult to guessIt saves their minds, because they know their physical weaknesses, but hope that people around them treat them equally. For this equal treatment, they will subconsciously disguise themselves or bluff, revealing their strong side, so that others will not dare to underestimate them. After deduction, the patient is still like this, and the mentality of the disabled and impaired is more obvious.
Anyone who has acquired disabilities initially did not want others to regard them as disabled. Regardless of whether you are caring or discriminating, the moment you regard them as weak, a kind of bullying is formed invisibly, making them forcibly placed in a position different from normal people.
Starting from caring or discriminatory motives, and delivering them a lifestyle and attitude towards life that are completely different from the previous ones, but never thought about whether your attitude and way will restore the original state of life. They are fixed in a lifestyle that needs people to care about and restrict their freedom, and they don't need it.
Therefore, Philip chose him as his personal life assistant because Derrick never regarded him as a patient or even a disabled person. Even if Dell's future work revealed that he was completely lacking in first aid and nursing knowledge, just treating Philip as a rich and ordinary person was the original motivation that really moved Philip.
This makes Philip see Derek's bottom line clearly, and makes the old man who has read countless people feel relieved to entrust his poor body to his care. What's more terrible, in fact, Philip estimated that he wanted to end his life with an accident through Derek's unskilled care. It was his subconscious need! The details of
were not enough, so I had to repeat the old version of the bridge. As a result, I missed the unique charm of New York! The problem with the US version of
is obvious. He abandoned the Parisian environment that exudes a humanistic aura at any time, and came to New York, which is a simple business style, but did not want to understand the inner meaning of New York’s fashionable and avant-garde new cultural center. He copied the French version. The details of the bridge section, as a result, formed a dissatisfaction, unable to move people's hearts.
First of all, Kevin Hart has the honesty of Omar Hee, but he does not have the aura of indulgence in front of the camera. Therefore, Derek, who was originally casual in Paris, came to New York and became secular and trivial. Kevin Hart's performance focused on the humor of the lines, lacking the physical and personality release of Omar Hee.
The audience strongly comprehended the shy and saucy laughs of the black jokes in Hart’s lines, but did not feel Hart’s own emotional investment. It's like a talk show actor who is talking about himself and shaking his baggage, but the audience is busy filling their boring time with popcorn and cola, each busy with their own satisfaction!
is the "old white" who is regarded as the emperor, and his development in the film industry has been tepid. This time, a role that has explored potential, but did not show Philip's sense of hierarchy. As a senior inspirational novelist and a well-known investor, Lao Bai strongly expressed Philip's business sensitivity and reasonableness in dealing with people, but he did not show the audience the psychological trauma of Philip after the major accident.
Philip doesn't care about everything, just like choosing Derek's decision, which shows that he actually has a mortal wish. Therefore, he hopes to live inadvertently to take away his life that is so mutilated that he cannot be recovered. From beginning to end, the French gentleman's mentality had a mortal mentality, and Lao Bai did not show a state of depression from beginning to end, and could not feel any guilt or sadness in his mind about the death of his wife and his high paraplegia.
, as the two protagonists, lack any reason for each other. In the US version, Philip himself lives very strong, especially with the help of the decathlon business assistant Yi Fang, he basically does not need a personal assistant. And the personality and appeal of Derek played by Kevin Hart is not enough to change the heart of a death seeker.
Therefore, the plot had to break away from the beauty of the new era of art and literature constructed by modern art in New York, and to forcefully repeat the little happiness in France and the experience-for example, go to the art center to see art exhibitions, listen to operas, and even force to cater to French men. This kind of asexual and unpleasant romance allows Wall Street elites to lie in bed and enjoy a special service...
repeats the French fragments at once, but does not make the audience feel the unique taste of New York, but often makes the audience feel like in New York Do, the pattern is very LOW. Just likeWhen driving a wheelchair bridge in a less pedestrian area in Paris and getting to the busy streets of New York, the audience will not feel the moment of relaxation. They just think, what to do if you hit someone?
On the details, it is better to watch the Hong Kong version of "Fallen Man"
, the US version of "Unreachable" because of the lack of detail, making myself the weakest link in the trilogy. Even his latecomer "The Fallen Man" can get an award on the other side of the ocean as an encouragement for him to be grounded.
The layout of "Fallen Man" is much smaller than that of "Unreachable", and there is no Philip, who is as rich as an enemy, and Derek, who is optimistic by nature to be sorrowful. Only Liang Changrong, who lives in low-rent housing, and Evelyn, who worked in Hong Kong from the Philippines to escape from the family, are the two bottom-most figures in society. In a small space, they depend on each other and are constantly in friction because of their status and many other things.
30-year-old Chen Xiaojuan used the most local way to show the interdependence between the local residents and the large-scale migrant workers. A man who is as bad as Philip, meets a Filipino servant who depends on his low salary, and there is a natural sense of hostility between the two. Therefore, the first half highlights the distrust and condescending of local residents towards the foreign population. Then, the girl with dreams used her tenacity to persuade the mean employer to make him willing to support herself to realize his dream.
has a pure employment relationship from beginning to end. Because of the relationship between the two protagonists, the two people in "Fallen" have a paradoxical ambiguity, sometimes like a father and daughter and sometimes like a lover. The director is restrained in expressing emotions. Half of the plot always tries to touch on the point that men and women are off guard, but it retains the last reason and warmth.
"Fallen Man" thoroughly understands the essence of the French version of "Unreachable", using the most plain technique to outline how two people go from conflict to mutual understanding and promotion. The constraints at the bottom level are not a reason to prevent people from getting close to each other. Instead, because of the calculation of a day’s calculations, they have more opportunities for communication between each other, but they can supervise the necessary communication between the two and force each other to reveal their hearts. , Mutual comfort and warmth in the pain.
If the American version of "Unreachable" can have the patience and meticulous experience of life, it is estimated that it will continue the glory of the French version and become a masterpiece that can represent the spirit of the New York era. It is a pity that Hollywood's pure commercialization has prevented the packaging and display of the core of New York, an international metropolis, and has only become a reappearance and vassal of the French spirit.
is like a New York taxi driver who wants to infect the audience with the dream of Paris, but because of the different places, he can only use the Eiffel Tower, which is ten times smaller in Las Vegas, to masturbate, but cannot impress the audience. .
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