Chapter 523 Guiding Bell
This trilogy will inevitably weaken Batman's ability, which may cause some people to dislike it, but compared to its four predecessors, Batman stepped down from the altar and became a flesh and blood man, It can make up for the biggest shortcoming of many DC superheroes - too high.
The era of Superman and Batman is over, and now films must be closer to the audience if they are to succeed.
From this aspect, DC's relatively cool superheroes are not wronged at all to lose to Marvel's more down-to-earth superheroes.
In Duke's setting, Batman does not have superpowers like other superheroes.
Compared with others, he is more like an ordinary person, an ordinary person who has learned ninjutsu and has high technology. This looks more realistic and gives the feeling that the superhero is around. And criminals, master ninjas, rely on ninjutsu and technology, scarecrows rely on medicine, clowns and Bane rely on naked threats and force, and it can also make people feel like will these criminals appear in my life? in illusion.
With that comes a can I be Batman feeling.
Perhaps for other movies, the sense of substitution does not matter, but for superhero movies, it is very important.
Not only are the characters realistic, but so is Gotham, where darkness, corruption, murder, and crime shroud Gotham. Such a city is just right with such a superhero, stripping the crime naked and showing it to the audience, making people feel that this is not science fiction or fantasy, but the reality in front of us.
Compared with the action scenes, Christian Bale's performance is really not good. After NG nearly ten times, the shooting of this uncomplicated scene was completed. Duke could see it. He has some problems with Bruce Wayne's psychological grasp, and obviously does not pay enough attention to this superhero role.
This is not to say that Christian Bale is not dedicated enough. His work attitude is actually very serious. The problem is that he just regards Batman as the superhero that is popular today. However, the style of the film has been destined to be used to shape other superheroes. Playing Bruce Wayne is definitely not going to work.
The crew returned to the station's car. Duke intends to find time to have a good talk with Bell.
But when he got up for a jog the next morning, Christian Bale approached him for the exchange role.
The two walked out of the hotel station and stood on a tall rock, looking at the white glacier in the distance, Bell said softly, I read the script again last night. I lay thinking for a long time, this role is more than I imagined. It's difficult, it's complicated.
Don't think of it as a superhero movie. Dukra tightened his collar to cover his ears, which were exposed to the cold wind. You think of it as a psychological crime movie. There will be different findings.
Christian Bale nodded slightly.
The actor took the initiative to find it, and Duke would give enough guidance, and said, What do you think the theme of the film is?
Bell thought for a while. Said, Fear, anger, determination and strength.
That's right. Duke's eyes moved to where the sun was about to rise. Bruce Wayne right now is more of anger and fear.
What do you think about fear, he asked.
Physiologically, fear is an emotional experience in which an organism tries to get rid of or escape from a certain situation and is powerless; it can also express the dramatic contraction of the organism's physiological tissues; the tissue density increases rapidly, and the energy is released rapidly.
Duke couldn't help laughing when he heard Bell, a non-academic actor, express the academic point of view. Said, I think fear is a very contradictory phenomenon - the more you are afraid, the more you are afraid, the more you can resist and even counterattack.
Christian Bale showed a curious look, and Duke continued, Actually, to be honest, I have always disagreed that opposites and incompatible things can exist at the same time, but this is indeed a strange phenomenon. The only explanation The thing is, fear itself can restrain anger, but when anger is aroused, 'fear inspires power' happens.
That's the other side of Bruce Wayne's fear - anger! Actually, I think it's fear that creates anger, and anger creates power.
Duke pulled the topic back to the character itself, Bruce Wayne's initial fear of bats was just because of the image of bats. At this stage, Bruce couldn't feel the power caused by fear. However, after his parents were killed, Adding anger to Bruce's fear, at this time, Bruce gained his own powerful strength through learning and training.
He was different from his father. After losing the chance for revenge, he began to have the courage to challenge the gang in Gotham City. This is also the beginning of his departure from Gotham City until he returned. Until he finally learned to control fear, he became fear itself, he ...become Batman.
Christian... Duke patted his arm. What you need to do is to highlight Bruce Wayne's fear and anger, and determination, in the right scene, in the right way of acting!
I will do my best, Christian Bale said.
The sun gradually climbed up the horizon, and yesterday's haze was replaced by today's sunny day. Duke got off the pile of stones and greeted Bell, Let's go to the restaurant, eat and chat.
The two entered the restaurant of the hotel, grabbed a few simple foods, sat at the same table, and slowly ate breakfast while exchanging views on the characters.
Of course, as a director, most of the time, Duke is talking and Christian Bale is listening.
The film is divided into three parts, and 'War Hour' is mainly about the origin of Batman. Duke only ate a small amount and pushed the breakfast plate aside, Actually, this is Bruce Wayne's fear. , the process of conquering fear and becoming Batman.
His identity is very special - his family's Wayne group is a wealthy family in Gotham City and is respected. Christian Bale took over Duke's words while recalling the setting of Bruce Wayne. , According to common sense, Bruce should be a young master in the traditional sense, living his own high-society glitzy life, which is what Rachel expects-having a sense of justice, but not intervening in fighting evil.
He thought for a while, and then said, He was frightened by bats since he was a child, and his parents died because of fear. He watched the city that his father devoted all his life to maintain to degenerate. Fear and anger took over him. mind.
So, Bruce Wayne's growth can be divided into three stages.
Instructing the actors to better understand the characters, so as to bring out the best state and make the film even better, this is the job of the director Duke, he raised a finger, The first stage is when he Before his parents died, he was in constant panic because of the fear caused by bats. At this stage, his father had a great influence on him, and many of his father's teachings had a great influence on his future actions.
Speaking of which, Duke raised his second finger, The second stage is after the death of both his parents. At this stage, he has been suppressing fear with anger. The remorse for the fear of the death of his parents, the The hatred of the enemy. But obviously, this stage is just like what the ninja master said, it will ruin a lifetime, for example, look at Bruce's father-killing enemy Qi Li, he is the poor at the bottom, fears the big gangster, but he can only Dare to be angry and dare not speak, and in the end, the anger could not control the fear of livelihood, which led to the tragedy of killing Bruce's parents.
He raised his last finger, So in the third stage, when the enemy was killed by the gangster Ficoni and couldn't get revenge, after Rachel's reminder, Bruce began to realize that blind anger would only make him After taking revenge, he couldn't find a catharsis and destroyed him, so he began to declare war on Ficone and the others, and went deep into the world of criminals to understand them.
Hearing what Duke said, Christian Bale gradually became more understanding, he said, As the ninja master said, what Bruce has been looking for is not the fear of criminals, but his own fear. . He has always feared the power within him, the power he could not control through anger. So he set out to become fear itself, to become Batman, to fight and punish criminals.
That's understandable, Duke nodded, continuing the conversation deeper and asked, Bruce overcame his fear and became Batman to maintain the peace of Gotham City. So, what is he afraid of?
On the surface, Bruce should be afraid of bats. He fell into the bat cave when he was a child and was frightened by the bat swarm. It was because of the association with the bat swarm that Bruce indirectly killed his parents, which also became a lingering in his heart. go to the shadows.
After saying this, Christian Bale found that Duke was still looking at him, as if waiting for the next answer. He organized the language while thinking about the script, and was silent for a while before saying, I think Bruce is really scared. It's the mighty power within him.
He said slowly, In the script, there is a dialogue between my father and him - the scarier the creatures, the more afraid they are. Bruce is afraid of bats, and bats are actually afraid of Bruce, in the final analysis, what Bruce is afraid of is the outbreak of his fear. power.
Seeing Duke's affirmative look, Christian Bale added, When talking to Henry Ducat about the death of both parents because of fear, Bruce was actually using anger to suppress strength. With help, Bruce found a primitive, safe, symbolic way to use this power correctly, to channel this power, to be the fear itself to manipulate the power, to transfer the power, to transfer the fear, to make the fearful Power to deal with who it really needs to deal with. That's being Batman.
Duke smiled and stood up. As he walked past Christian Bale, he tapped him on the shoulder, I'm looking forward to your next performance. (To be continued ^)