For many fans, this Sunday, February 24, is a good day. On the eve of the Academy Awards, the Green Book, which has won five major nominations, namely, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Script, and Best Editing, will hold an advanced movie viewing, so that mainland audiences can experience the warmest friendship story in 2019 in advance.
On February 21, a netizen made a special edition for Mahshala Ali, the star of Green Book. Government lobbyists from House of Cards; A witty detective in the third season of True Detective; Then to the elegant pianist in the Green Book, Ali's characters can be described as various classics. In order to play a good pianist this time, Ali really practiced hard for three months. There are strict requirements for their own temperament, sitting posture, and even the posture of their arms and fingers, which makes many piano professionals "cheat" in the past. Many viewers commented and praised, "Viggo Mortensen gained 40 kg and Ali practiced for 3 months. What kind of model worker is this?".
Skin color exchange version "Touchless"
Douban 8.9 points more than 97% of feature films
The Green Book is based on a true story. The bottom white driver, played by Viggo Mortensen, is hired by the black pianist, played by Mahshala Ali, to travel to the southern part of the country where power has not been equalized. One is "mindless" and the other is "unhappy", from constant contradiction to mutual dependence. After watching a movie, the laughter and tears flew together, which was highly praised by the foreign media as the "untouchable" of the skin color exchange version.
Reviewing the awarding season of the "Green Book" is also singing along the way. On his first appearance, he won the Toronto Film Audience Selection Award, which is called the "best film springboard for Oscar". At the Golden Globe Awards, we won three awards: best film (music/comedy), best screenwriter, and best male partner, which can be said to be a comprehensive recognition from director to screenwriter to actor.
It resonates! Everyone is eager to be recognized
Violence can't break prejudice, but dignity can
Ali, who plays the pianist in the film, can be said to be the hottest black actor in Hollywood at present. Last year, he won the Oscar as the best male partner. This year, he starred in the third season of True Detective, with a score of 9.2 for Douban. This time, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor with the Green Book, which is also the most popular candidate for Best Actor Oscar.
The Green Book can make him spend a full three months to practice the piano, and it is this role and his own resonance that moved him. In the film, he plays a talented pianist who accepts both the praise of the upper class and the rules of humiliation for blacks in life. Ali said that he was also eager to be recognized. Later, he found that "if you want others to identify with you, you must first identify with yourself". As the lines in the movie said, "Violence cannot solve everything, but dignity always prevails".
The film "Green Book" will be launched on the national cinemas on March 1. Yu Xiaoxuan
