Screenwriter: paul thomas anderson

Director: paul thomas anderson

Starring: Julianne Moore/Philip Baker Hall/Tom Cruise

Release year: 1999

Language: English

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Country of manufacture: USA

Also known as: soul corner

Imdb link: tt0 175880

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Jimmy Gator has hosted the ace TV program Children's World for 33 years, and the guest Stanley Spike has three days to break the record set by the prodigy Donnie Smith)30 years ago. Spike knew that he was just a prop to entertain the public, and Downey's situation was even more worrying. He works in an electronics store now.

Jimmy also has his own troubles at this time. He was diagnosed with cancer and would not live for two months. Claudia, Jimmy's daughter who just turned 20, has a crush on her neighbor's man, and her family life is no longer harmonious. Her mother Ross is worried about her daughter and husband. Lonely police officer Colin came to Jimmy's house because of a noise disturbance dispute. The first time I met Claudia, Colin fell into a painful unrequited love. Claudia has a heartfelt hatred for her father, and her daughter has become Jimmy's biggest worry. On this day, Jimmy intends to tell his daughter that he will die soon. ...

In another family in a villa in Southern California, Sir partridge, the male owner, was lying in a hospital bed, and he knew that his time was running out. In front of the old man's bed stood his young wife Linda and the nursing doctor Phil Berma. They had different moods. Linda is full of regrets. She married the old gentleman because of his money. When the old man was terminally ill, she found herself in love with him. Berma shoulders the heavy responsibility of bringing his beloved son Frank McKee, who has been away from home for many years, to the bedside of the old man. A father-son dispute made Mikey never set foot in this house again. Seeking forgiveness from his son became the last wish of the old man.

Mickey has become a famous TV host. His clothes give people a decadent feeling, and his prejudice against his stepmother makes him hate all the women in the world. ...

chorus

A warm and touching movie, pure music and boy chorus, sounds natural.

Children's innocent eyes, Ming Che is like a lake.

A "failed musician and unemployed academic supervisor" in the eyes of the world has an unknown "joy of teaching".

No matter how complicated children are, they are simple in essence, because they are spontaneous, because they are paranoid, because they think the problem is too simple, because they are just children. Therefore, the power of tolerance and understanding is far greater than scolding and condemnation. "In his eyes, I read the happiness of being forgiven and the first gratitude." I was deeply moved by this line, and such a moment should be unforgettable for both sides. I remember a sentence in a movie I watched before. A basic requirement of respecting children is never to treat children as children.

Title: Spring of Cowboy Class (formerly Les Choristes)

Choir boy

Choreographer: Christopher Bahatia, christophe barratier

Producer: jacques perrin

Starring: Gerard Jugnot, Gerald Zuno

Jacques perrin, jacques perrin

Didia-Ferramon didier flamand

Type: Drama/Music

"Different from sad movies that usually use sadness to incite emotions, or hilarious comedies that are extremely exaggerated and funny, Spring in Cowboy Class is a movie that makes people cry for joy. This also created a new concept of French film-sunny emotional film. There is no beauty or violence in this film; Good movies without action, murder and commercial elements have become chicken soup for the French people this year. "

In this year's Oscar competition for best picture, "Little Miss Sunshine" beat the popularity of Flight 93 and Dreamcatcher, entered the final nomination in a dark horse's posture, and has won the Best Picture Award from the Producers' Guild and Actors' Guild of America, which can be said to be ready to go. This movie is similar to the Oscar-winning movie Crash last year from the inside out. First of all, they are all low-cost independent productions. The director has been unknown before, and this film has soared. Secondly, the content is to explore the profound problems of American society. The former exposes racial contradictions, while the latter mocks social values. The most important thing is that they all surpass the artistic expression of the same type of films in the past, which makes people think.

Middle-class family crisis

Family theme is an important part of Hollywood drama that reflects social problems or realistic contradictions. If the highly respected American Beauty a few years ago is like a sword, tearing the decadence and moral despair of middle-class families, then Little Miss Sunshine is more like a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, mocking reality without giving up hope. It tells a simple truth: as long as there is family love, success is good, and failure is not destruction. You can still live happily. In fact, we are discussing how to define the meaning of success and failure.

Mr. and Mrs. Hoover live in New Mexico, USA. Richard, the male owner, was full of idealism and devoted himself to publishing and promoting his "nine-step success plan", but he was repeatedly frustrated. His wife Xie Rui shoulders the financial burden of the whole family, but also maintains family harmony and is exhausted; Richard's father is an old hippie who advocates pleasure and nihilism. He was kicked out of the nursing home for taking drugs, loved reading pornographic magazines and regretted not sleeping with more women when he was young. His son Devigny is autistic and hasn't spoken for nine months. He was infatuated with Nietzsche and sworn to silence until he entered the flying school. Xie Rui's younger brother Frank, known as the best Proust scholar in America, was robbed of research funds by his competitors, and finally lost his job because of the scandal-he was dumped for falling in love with a male student and cut his wrist (of course); The most carefree of the whole family is 7-year-old daughter Oliver. She wears a pair of big glasses, blue eyes and a chubby belly. She is addicted to the beauty contest, secretly rehearsing with her grandfather and preparing to participate in the "Miss Sunshine" children's beauty contest. So, driven by Richard, the whole family got on a rickety yellow Volkswagen and went to California in the 1970s. During the three-day journey, countless stories and conflicts broke out. The life of the family has never changed, but the way of looking at life has changed subtly. ...

Although there is "sunshine" in the title, the story is actually not sunshine. The characters are full of pain and struggle, and also contain some sensitive topics and elements, such as drug abuse, homosexuality, pornographic magazines, striptease and so on. , which is full of anti-cultural spirit and banter. The ending subverts the happy ending of the traditional American family comedy, making the film full of satire and mockery of reality. I thought that in the end, the fate of the family could be reversed, but in the end, my father's grand plan could not be sold and almost went bankrupt; The son found himself color blind and was thrown out of the dream without even touching the edge of flying; Oliver didn't win the beauty contest either, because her dance content is not suitable for children; Grandpa died of drug overdose in the hospital. No one in the family wins, they are all losers.

Such an absurd family life scene changes between comedy, farce, tragedy and sitcom. The director didn't beautify the family chaos. This objectivity and maturity may come from their 18 marriage experience. However, no matter what pains and problems family members face, they express their love and support for each other in different ways. On the other hand, the sense of crisis is a common problem faced by middle-class families in America today. They are under greater pressure than before. Although their lives seem to be rich, all kinds of insurance, taxes and children's education expenses still put them on the brink of economic disaster. In the film, it is often seen that ordinary families are short of money. For example, Richard couldn't afford a plane ticket for his family to California and had to drive an old car.

Reflect utilitarian values

The most brilliant plot setting of the film is precisely caused by this broken car. First, the clutch is broken, and everyone should try their best to push the car to start, and then rush into the car in turn (the picture on the poster); Then the horn went crazy like a human being, and it rang wildly, which attracted the police to chase it. Originally, the journey was an excellent way to reconcile family conflicts, but with the disappearance of the journey and the warm social veil, the selfish and snobbish side of American society and culture was exposed to the sun. The indifference of doctors and nurses; The vulgarity and inhumanity of the beauty judges; Little girls wear makeup, just like Barbie dolls carved in a mold. Standing on the stage, they just giggle, which is a reflection of utilitarian reality, and the weakened and beautified class consciousness in American pop culture is highlighted. Ordinary people rebel against authoritative, hypocritical and cold norms in deviant ways, such as the image of grandpa taking drugs, watching porn and swearing, which has become blasphemy and resistance to respectable old people in Hollywood movies. The so-called secret weapon that Grandpa arranged for Oliver didn't come out until the end of the film. It turned out to be a striptease imitated from a yellow video. The whole family staged a beauty pageant, which became a resistance and contempt for orthodox "beauty pageant" and insensitive and flashy pop culture.

This film made a big splash at Sundance Film Festival early last year. After the premiere, the audience stood up and applauded and was well received by the media. Fox Searchlight, an independent production company owned by 20th Century Fox, bought the global distribution right of the film at a price of/kloc-0.05 million US dollars, creating the highest transaction record in the history of Sundance Film Festival. This is the first feature film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dutton-although they are already well-known music and advertising directors. It took them five years to raise production funds, and the hardships are self-evident.

Valerie Faris, 48, and Jonathan Dutton, 49, met while studying film at UCLA in 1980s, and co-directed many music videos, including works by famous pop singer Janet Jackson and Oasis Band. They won 9 MTV Music Awards and 2 Grammy Awards, and they are the best MTV directors today. Later, the two married and became a "director entity", balancing each other and complementing each other.

This film is also the debut of screenwriter Michael Alt. Focus Company, the production company of Brokeback Mountain, bought the film, but wanted Hollywood first-line actors to shoot it in Canada (to save money). He also proposed to modify the content of the story, and the director resolutely resisted, and the two sides broke up in discord. In desperation, Jonathan, one of the directors, even said something like "forget the movie". At the beginning of 2005, the producer Mark Treb bought back the copyright from Focus Company and invested 8 million dollars himself. The film was able to start shooting in the summer of 2005, and it took only 30 days to complete. Since its release in the United States in July last year, the box office and word-of-mouth have continued to climb, and it is still shown in major theaters in the United States. In terms of investment and production, Little Miss Sunshine is also the most profitable film nominated this year, with an investment of 8 million US dollars and a box office income of nearly 60 million (as of February 5, 2007). If you add other income such as TV broadcast, DVD sales and video rental, the profit will be multiplied several times, which is not inferior to the popular movie My Grand Greek Wedding in 2002. This film is the most successful low-budget independent film in American history, with an investment of 5 million and a box office of 240 million US dollars.

The wonderful performances of the main actors in this film are one of the reasons that make the characters credible. There are three Oscar-nominated actors in the six leading roles. alan arkin plays his grandfather, greg kinnear plays Richard and Tony Cauletti plays Shirley. Steve carell, a serious and interesting comedian, became hot after making this film. Abigail breslin, a 10-year-old girl who plays Oliver, was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in this year's Oscar, becoming the youngest nominee for this award.

"Little Miss Sunshine" has the market spirit of laughing and scolding. Its mockery of the values advocated by the mainstream commercial films in Hollywood makes it move away from the level of pursuing the commercialization of films and closer to art, because it dares to approach reality and expresses it by artistic means. The biggest revelation of this film is that whoever can make a sensitive social problem into a well-meaning satirical comedy is likely to resonate widely.