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About movies

After years of advertising, soap operas and entertainment blockbusters, simon west seems to recall the good times when he was young and won an art award for making a documentary, and finally decided to make a good film. But contrary to expectations, after the release of "The General's Daughter", he was unexpectedly criticized, which probably surprised him. Wesley Morris said that the film was pale and powerless, and "The General's Daughter" had better step down; Mike Lasalle said that this is a creepy movie with an unbearable rhythm; More fearless critics just curse each other and then "fuck off" it. Of course, West didn't get all kinds of insults, and some simple Australians praised him without stint.

Perhaps the general's daughter's biggest problem is not her sense of rhythm. After all, the rhythm is only superficial, and the deep power is decisive. West really wants to make a serious movie, but it is too difficult for him to make such a good movie. With the erosion of commercial life for many years, the impotence of the mind has become very serious. He can only choose more eye-catching themes and use his hobbies to win attention. But there is no room for lying in the mind, and the weakness and hypocrisy of the film are unbearable.

People who like West probably remember the con air he shot at 1997. It is a film suitable for him, and sitting in the director's chair will make him more comfortable. After this movie, West may understand that young artists are hard to do, and old artists had better not do it.

About the director

Simon west 196 1 1 was born in Letchworth, a small town in the north of Hertfordshire, England. 198 1 year, West began to work as a film editor for BBC. During his four years in the BBC, West participated in the production of several award-winning films, including the documentary "Another Prison" and the series "The Abandoned House", both of which won prestigious BAFTA awards. 1985 west resigned from BBC and became a freelance director. This year, the British Arts Council funded him to shoot the documentary Dolly Mixture. "Mix and Match Dolls" is a band composed of several young girls. West saw one of their performances and decided to make a documentary for them to help them fight against the patriarchal forces in the music industry. After hanging out with several girls for a year, West signed a contract with the London branch of United States and started shooting MTV and commercials. 1987, at the Montero Music Festival, he won the best MTV award for making "Respectable for Mel and Kim".

With the development of his career, in 199 1 year, West crossed the ocean and came to the Los Angeles branch of the United States to start shooting some pilot programs. 1992, his film The Plane and The Italian Banquet by Little Caesar won the Colleo Prize and the Golden Lion Award respectively. From 65438 to 0993, West switched to promotional films and won the trust of a large number of customers including McDonald's, Sprite, Ford, Miller Beer, Budweiser Beer and AT&T Company. In an advertisement for Pepsi-Cola, a little boy actually sucked himself into a drink can while drinking Coke. Simon west showed extraordinary imagination in inciting consumption desire. This advertisement is so popular that when it was shown in the Super Bowl, it became the most watched commercial advertisement in the United States today.

From 65438 to 0997, West filmed "Air Scam" for Jerry Brookham, which was the first Hollywood film he directed. This movie was very popular and became the highest-grossing action movie of the year. Since then, West has successively filmed The General's Daughter (1999), Tomb Raider (200 1) and Crying Scared (2006), and also served as the producer of the Oscar-nominated film Black Hawk Landing. In addition to movies, in 2003, West also filmed the soap opera "Quick Talk Detective" for Fox, and in 2005, he directed the CBS TV series "Good Housewives", both of which were very popular.

Although West is British, he is more American than his friends born and raised in Los Angeles, and his film elements are also very Hollywood: his early experience in shooting commercials and MVs, and the extremely commercialized Hollywood is easy to make, which makes him easily integrate into the mainstream of Hollywood. West also likes Hollywood style and enjoys wandering there. In an interview, he once said: "Hollywood is cruel. Staying here is like being in a dangerous jungle. If you do well and make a big movie, everyone will like you. On the contrary, you will be kicked out like everyone else. It's stressful, but that's why I like Hollywood to some extent. Some people take risks with a lot of money, which is as exciting as injecting adrenaline. "

About actors

John travolta has always been worthy of attention, but simon west's directing style makes everything confusing. In one scene, brenner tells the general that he is a Vietnamese recruit, and a veteran comforts his frightened heart. Can this story promote the development of the plot? Can you achieve some ironic effect? In fact, it's nothing. What simon west gained was stupidity.

Leslie Stevenson played the general's daughter well. Although she is not a superstar yet, in just a few minutes, she left a vivid impression on us, confident and humorous, before playing a corpse.

Madeleine Stowe is a passionate actor, but he doesn't seem to play any role in this movie. The script inexplicably inserted an old relationship between brenner and Sarah, but when it was mentioned, the romantic angel fell. Christopher Bethany and William Goodman, two great playwrights, can always find some witticisms to kill every encounter until the script becomes stupid.

The real scene of Macquarie base comes from Savannah State University and Van Nuys Airport.

Mike douglas turned down the invitation to play the leading role in this film.

Bruce Willis was initially considered for the role of brenner.

Brenner and Sen Hill found that when Moore died, the background music came from carl orff's Song of Bran.

John cusack was the first choice to play Paul brenner, but everyone thought he was too young for the role.

Paul brenner said, "Colonel, you are in the army now. You have no right to a lawyer or to remain silent. " According to the uniform code of military trials, both sentences are wrong.

When repairing a flat tire, the spare tire was not in the car. Then the spare tire appeared again.

They didn't lift the car with a jack when repairing the flat tire.

The morning after the murder, brenner and Sen Hill left the base together. When brenner backed up, we could see three policemen walking to the side of the road. After two shots, the police appeared in the middle of the road again.

In the armory scene, Behring takes out an M- 16 rifle from the box, which contains an M-203 Grenade launcher. In the next shot, the Grenade launcher is gone.

In the scene where Elizabeth was raped, her bra was torn off in the scene, but it was still there when the long shot was cut.

At the end of the film, we can see brenner brenner driving his blue car and Sen Hill driving her red Ford Mustang. However, when the thank-you list appeared and Senhill drove across a bridge, the camera cut to the long mirror and two people got on the mustang.

Taiwan Province, Taiwan Province Province, China 1999 1 1.5.

Hongkong, China 1999 10 10/4.

USA1June 999 18

Korea1August 7, 999

UK1September 1999

Brazil 1999

Philippines1September 22, 999

Iceland Iceland1September 24, 999

France1September 29, 999

Switzerland1September 29, 999 (French Community)

Belgium1September 29, 999

Argentina1September 30, 999