Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio/Brad Pitt / Margot Robbie
Premiere: 2019-07-26 (US)
Length: 162 minutes (Theatrical version)
Let alone the plot.
Just looking at the value of the face, there is no reason to reject this new film.
has two male gods, Brad Pitt and Little Plum.
has a sexy and glamorous "Clown Girl" Margot Robbie as the heroine. The supporting role of
is also star-studded-
"Godfather" Al Pacino and Dakota Fanning, who was born as a child star, appeared domineeringly, and
Quentin's old partner Michael Madsen also briefly appeared. Although the former muse Uma Thurman did not act.
But she and Ethan Hawke’s daughter, Hollywood’s new favorite Maya Hawke ("Stranger Things") ran into a trick at the end of the film.
Just this wave of luxury casts is dazzling.
The actors are in place, and the roles cannot be lost. Since
has taken such an epic title as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", it would be a shame if there were not a few famous superstars and celebrities in movie history.
So, the American tough guy Steve McQueen, the king of Kung Fu Bruce Lee and other screen legends are "resurrected" here, and jointly outline the outline of the times.
Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
Mike Moh as Bruce Lee
In short, from the configuration point of view, this is a movie with a big name for an actor, but the role is bigger than the actor.
is a veritable "fairy meeting".
Therefore, those who have the courage to dabble in this type of subject and have the ability to control these characters must be the director among the directors and the fans among the fans.
think about it carefully, it seems that no one is more suitable than the American ghost director Quentin Tarantino.
"Pulp Fiction", "The Evil Eight", "The Freed Jiang Ge"...
Even if you have never seen his movie, you must have the title of "Rift" Quentin and the cool concept of "violent aesthetics" Heard. With this film, Quentin has re-entered the Cannes main competition after ten years (the last time was "Inglourious Basterds" in 2009). It has been 25 years since "Pulp Fiction" won the Palme d'Or.
's return to the arena this time, it can be described as much anticipated.
Interestingly, Quentin also publicly stated that after the completion of the tenth feature film, he is ready to retire.
and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is already the ninth ("Kill Bill" series is classified as one).
In the penultimate work of this career, Quentin must have devoted a lot of energy, and it has also shown vigorous ambition.
This time, he not only wants to reproduce the "past events" to the greatest extent, but also rewrite the "past events" in his own way. Since the establishment of
, the biggest selling point of the film has always been two.
is the dual male lead lineup of Pete + Lee, as mentioned above.
two is an adaptation of the real incident of the "Manson Family" murder case.
Next, let the editor take you to review the ins and outs of this case.
"The Manson Family" is one of the most notorious cult organizations in American history. Its leader is Charles Manson.
At the end of the 1960s, Charles Manson established the "Manson Family" in California. The majority of its members were young white women born in the middle class.
Under the control of Manson's mind, they are obsessed with their hearts, eat and live with Manson, willingly living a decadent and corrupt life. In the
film, the stuntman played by Pete personally went to Manson's nest, Spahn (Spahn) Farm, and walked around without danger.
Siban Farm was originally set up specifically for shooting western filmsA film and television base, which was later bought by George Spann. After
got old, Spane was nearly blind, and this farm was gradually occupied by the "Manson family".
But in exchange, they still allowed Spane to live here, albeit in a state of imprisonment.
In this scene, the film generally restores the details of reality.
Dakota Fanning's "Squeaky" (Squeaky) really exists and is also an important member of the "Manson family".
She did have sex with Old Span from time to time at the request of Manson.
Only Pete is a fictional character.
And Span is not his former colleague at all, he is just a farmer. In terms of appearance and style, the cult group led by Manson has a typical hippie style-
long hair shawl, shaggy beard, gorgeous clothes, passion for rock and roll, and extremely respected communal life...
Yes, the hippie movement that swept the Western world in the 1960s also constituted one of the most critical social backgrounds of this film. In the
film, when Xiao Lizi's outdated male star just came to the new crew, the director enthusiastically told him:
he will abandon the traditional western costumes in this play and adopt a new set that reflects the spirit of the times Styling. The main points of
include the following:
First, a lot of drooping beards.
Secondly, the deerskin jacket that is too trendy.
Finally, the hairstyle of the Hell Angel Drag Racing Gang.
dressed up, a hippie cowboy.
Life is not easy, Xiao Li sighed.
But there is nothing wrong, this is the world of hippies after all.
If you want to make a comeback, you have to make yourself like them and please them.
get back to business. It is not difficult to see from the shape of
that the positive and positive traditional image that hippies and mainstream society have been advocating and advocating for a long time is incompatible.
They are sloppy, depressed, and unruly, and can be said to be the spiritual brothers of the "Beat Generation".
But having said that, resisting traditional morality and contempt for universal values are certainly the core of hippie culture.
With the barbaric growth of this frenzy, there are indeed some hippies who have become radicalized in their thinking, venting their dissatisfaction through drug abuse and promiscuity, leading to a sharp increase in the divorce rate, abortion rate and AIDS in society.
However, in essence, Charles Manson is not exactly the same as these people.
What the "Manson family" does is far beyond what the term "rebellion" can cover.
If you have a little understanding of their evil deeds, you must know that these cultists have already stepped on the bottom line of humanity.
Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
Among the many crimes committed by the "Manson Family", the most well-known and most chilling is the bloody incident involved in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
At 12:30 midnight on August 9, 1969, the actress Sharon Tate, who was partying at her home in the valley north of Hollywood, was brutally murdered by three women and one man of the "Manson Family".
was killed with her and four friends who came to the party.
Among them, the worst one was worth 51 dollars.
And the reason why this incident caused a huge sensation in the United States, in addition to the vicious modus operandi, there is another important reason: the villa where the
crime occurred was the residence of the rising Hollywood star and Jewish director Roman Polanski. Sharon Tate, who was killed by
, was no one else. It was Polanski's pregnant wife.
In 1968, Polanski's horror film "Rosemary's Baby" came out and was a big hit at the box office.
was the first film he made after going to Hollywood to develop. "Rosemary's Baby" won him his second Oscar nomination.
Another major event that happened in Polanski's life in the same year was the marriage of Sharon Tate.
The two met and fell in love because of their collaboration in "The Heavenly Master Catch the Demon".
One of the main narrative clues in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is based on thisAdapted from a murder case.
Margot Robbie plays Sharon Tate, a faint-hearted girl.
However, Quentin was also calm. In the film
, the drama of the "Manson Family" bloodbathed mansion was pressed until the last half an hour before the curtain officially kicked off.
This made many audiences who came rushing to "plasma" shouted.
As for how Quentin dramatized this, there is not much spoiler here.
, but please be patient for the first two hours.
insists on seeing the end and will never be disappointed.
is over, let’s talk about the two male gods. As
just said, the murders of the "Manson Family" are concentrated at the end of the film, occupying only a small part of the space.
Therefore, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" does not only refer to this case, but is also given a broader and deeper meaning through the stacking of elements and symbols, as well as the arrangement of characters and plots. The meaning of
is reflected in the hard work of Pete and Xiao Li. In the
film, Xiao Li and Pete played TV actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth, respectively.
is different from those plastic friendships in the entertainment industry. The long-term cooperation between the two people is not achieved purely under the binding of interests.
is just the opposite, they are like brothers.
Cliff is not only Rick's stand-in actor, but also responsible for ferrying him to and from the studio and home every day. When
wasn't filming, he also helped Rick repair things and do miscellaneous things. He was almost Rick's bodyguard and life steward.
Of course, Rick can also be called the best for Cliff. Although
is much bigger than Cliff, he has never looked down upon his friend.
It is common for Cliff to be turned away by the crew because of the rumors of killing his wife and his straight temper.
But Rick always tried his best to persuade the person in charge of the crew to find him a film and find work.
has been in Hollywood for many years, Cliff and Rick are inseparable.
Rick went to Italy to film for half a year, and Cliff was also with him throughout. During the shooting of
, as long as there is a chance, even if it is the most inconspicuous shot, Rick will let Cliff take it.
However, by 1969, the time has passed.
With hippie culture sweeping across the United States, the big studio system collapsed.
Hollywood’s golden age is gone, and a new transformation has been put on the agenda.
Cliff is still that little-known but chic and calm stunt stand-in, and it doesn't make much difference to him whether there is a scene or not.
Kerike has changed from a hero holding a spray gun to a passive villain. The huge gap from the cloud to the bottom of
completely collapsed his mentality.
stayed in Hollywood and couldn't get a good role; he was not happy to join Italy.
completely collapsed in the old Hollywood and the rapid rise of the new Hollywood. Rick, who swayed in the cracks, was destined to become the victim of the times.
is like a fragment accidentally scattered in reinforced concrete, a fleeting fragment in a long river, or in the late 1960s when fierce and turbulent, despicable and insignificant coexisted with despicableness and greatness, and trendy and banal. Footnotes. Judging from the material of the
comprehensive film-Tate's death and Rick's downfall, the tone of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" does not seem to be as bold and magnificent as its title suggests, but rather desolate and sad.
However, there is an indelible boundary between image and reality.
The shots of some directors always hit the unknown dark corners in reality.
Some directors have put the film's "dream machine" attributes to the fullest.
likes exaggeration and jokes. Quentin's works are full of absurd jokes and visual impact. Undoubtedly, it belongs to the latter. In
"Inglourious Basterds", Hitler actually died in the cinema
. It is also with this belief that Quentin dare to overthrow the existing order again and again, and open up a cruel and ideal parallel world within the image. . Where
is there, the glory will never end, and fate can be changed.
Quentin does the same thing in this film. Cliff needn't say much.
In addition to killing his wife and intermittentOutside of the play, this is almost a perfect role-indifferent to fame and fortune, righteous, rational, calm, and chivalrous.
come to see Rick again. He is the opposite of Cliff. He wanted to become popular and was anxious about it; he learned how to hide his thoughts from outsiders.
But even though his whole body is ill, I still feel that this person is paranoid and cute, and hypocritical.
He doesn't have the indifferent nature of Cliff, but he can't conclude that Quentin does not favor him. In the first half of the
movie, he was full of ugly and extremely funny.
was angry and depressed when faced with the outspokenness of Italian producers about his bleak prospects.
so that as soon as I walked out, I cried into tears.
On the set of the new drama, the male protagonist did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and accurately hit his fragile heart, leaving him faceless. What's even more embarrassing for
is that after the machine was turned on, the lines that had been memorized the night before turned out to be difficult.
is terrible!
But Quentin arranged a beautiful turnaround for him after all.
After the turmoil of forgetting words, Rick immediately adjusted his state and returned to the set. In the next scene of
, with the tacit cooperation with the little girl, he performed supernormally and contributed his best acting skills.
He played this evil, vicious, sick and crazy villain.
dormant for a long time, and regained the heartfelt recognition from others, he finally dared to convince himself:
Rick Dalton was not bad at all.
Quentin is really gentle this time.
Because "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is his elegy for the golden age as a senior movie fan, and a love poem written to the history of man and man.
No matter how "stubborn" others are, no matter how "weird", no matter how "bad" others are, as long as it is created through precipitation and love, there will always be soft light wrapped outside.
This soft light is like the afterglow of the west, the old sigh, it won't hurt your pupils suddenly, but it can make your eyes wet if you are not careful.
In this ninth work of Life in Light and Shadow, Quentin examines and reconstructs a chaotic era.
It is not the best time, nor is it the worst time.
But it is full of all kinds of variables and has all the possibilities.
In such an era, some people went straight to the sky, and some people went downhill.
Paradoxically, despite the restlessness, everyone can't stop trying to use their strength to climb up.
Because unpredictable risks are precisely where its irresistible charm lies.
Today, half a century later, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" rebirth the forgotten people and the broken dreams on the screen.
Under the unique field of the theater, the audience knows it is an illusion, but they are still completely immersed and still choose to believe.
is the power that the movie gives us.
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