Chapter 1,391 Those people in life who can’t remember their names
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" received rave reviews in North America. After it was introduced to China, it also received rave reviews. Of course, due to cultural reasons, the popularity was not as high as in North America. However, it can still be regarded as a box office success.
Word of mouth has been a double success.
After all, the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a story set in North America. In terms of the sense of immersion, it is relatively inferior. Of course, other aspects, such as the popularity of discussions, are not far behind in China.
The number of movie fans in China has long surpassed that in North America. After all, the population base is large, and this is Li Yi's movie.
The setting of rejuvenation is equally fresh for domestic movie fans.
"My favorite passage: You can be as indignant as a mad dog at everything around you, you can curse fate, but when the last moment comes, you have to let go calmly. Everyone is right to some extent.
We have different understandings, but we will all go to the same place in the end. We just take different paths, and you also have your own path."
"As expected of a dog director, worthy of a tear-jerking director. I thought he was only good at sensationalism, but I didn't expect that this movie has very little sensationalism, but it also has an inexplicable sadness. We will always lose
Otherwise, how would your loved ones feel how important they are?"
"You move forward, I move backward. We have loved each other for a whole time. There is an indescribable sadness, but it won't make me shed tears. There is just a faint sadness permeating my heart."
"About time, about love...the last 40 minutes are breathtakingly sad."
"We come into this world like babies, and leave peacefully like babies. What is left behind may be all the stories that fly past our eyes at the last moment when we meet the eyes of the one we love."
"The joke of time, the weight of time, this earth-shattering makeup..."
"It is said that Benjamin Button is not a real person at all, but a model made with CG special effects. But if you don't tell me, you wouldn't know it. It's amazing!"
"I like this story of passing by each other. On the path with autumn leaves, the elderly Daisy suddenly burst into tears when she leaned over to kiss the child Benjamin Button."
"A movie that explores life and time. It is deeply touching. The setting of reverse development and rejuvenation may seem fantastic, but in fact it has little impact. After all, the intersection between people is often just a cross-section. The special effects and makeup are excellent, you can look like a mad dog
You can curse your fate if you are angry and unjust towards everything around you, but when the last moment comes, you have to let go calmly."
Etc., etc.
Of course, things like being struck by lightning seven times have also caused endless debate among domestic movie fans. Different people have different opinions.
In fact, domestic and foreign audiences have different perceptions of the same plot.
For example, in Hollywood and North America, people in Hollywood and North America didn't think anything of being struck by lightning, but the focus of the discussion was on the issue of being struck by lightning seven times.
In China, being struck by lightning has been interpreted as something else by many people, because there are various sayings about being struck by lightning among the people in China, such as being punished by heaven for doing bad things, such as overcoming tribulations, etc., etc.
, it can be said that this is very different.
Li Yi returned to China to participate in promotions, and his first stop was a live interview on Penguin Video.
This is a new program of Penguin Video, a live interview. In a live broadcast, while accepting questions from the host, it will also interact with netizens and fans in real time, and answer questions from netizens.
"Congratulations to Director Li, for making another good movie!" host Zhou Bin said with a smile.
"Director Li, can you tell the netizens in the live broadcast room how you came up with the idea of rejuvenating youth?" After some polite words, he started to get down to the topic. This question is very routine, but for netizens, they are looking forward to it.
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"For a while, I chatted with Chen Wen and others about his new film, a story about forgetful love. We discussed whether there is such a thing as true love in forgetful love."
"Wangnian Lian must be a love affair between an old man and a young man, or one of them has far more experience than the other, so I suddenly thought, then if there are two Wangnian Lian with huge differences in appearance, but
In fact, they are of the same mental age, so what will the love between them be like?"
"But this situation does not exist in reality, so I thought, if a person is born an old man, what will his love be like? So this movie was born." Li Yi talked about it.
In fact, it doesn't really matter whether it is true or not. The main thing is to give you an answer. As for whether it is true or not, does it matter?
"Then why is the background set in North America? Why not the mainland or Hong Kong Island? After all, there is nothing particularly sensitive about this movie." Zhou Bin asked again.
Naturally, his questions were not raised casually. These questions were actually discussed by many netizens on the Internet.
Li Yi said with a smile: "At first I did think about filming this story on Hong Kong Island, but after thinking about it in the end, I gave up. First of all, the time span of this movie is very long, nearly a hundred years, so to speak.
It is a story told over nearly a century.
And during this period, whether it is Hong Kong Island or the mainland, we all know that there are too many things and too many historical nodes that have happened in our country in this century, which makes it difficult for me to choose.
, if I shoot in China, whether it’s Hong Kong Island or mainland China, I can’t handle the rich history.
North America is different. We all know that for the past century, it has been relatively stable there. The war has not started in their homeland, and many things are relatively simple. Therefore, we finally chose to film the story in North America."
Li Yi also answered netizens’ doubts.
In fact, many people do question why such a movie should be made into a Hollywood movie.
Li Yi's answer may not satisfy everyone, but at least there is an explanation, and the fact is as Li Yi said, if it is shot in China, even in Hong Kong Island, it is actually very difficult to shoot.
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"Okay, thank you Director Li for your answer. Then it is time for netizens to ask questions. If netizens have any questions for Director Li, they can enter them through the input box that pops up on the public screen. Director Li will randomly select questions to answer."
Zhou Bin said with a smile.
Li Yi rarely participates in such interactive programs, so the audience in the live broadcast room at this moment is not far behind those of the first-line celebrities.
If I really want everyone to play on the public screen, I'm afraid it will crash immediately.
Soon, Li Yi extracted the first question.
This question is more interesting: "I have always wondered why there are many characters in the movie who have no names, but these characters are actually not low in importance, such as the Piano Lady."
"Actually, in the beginning, in the script, these people all had names." Li Yi gave an answer that surprised many people.
"As for the specific reason, please forgive me for being too vague. Here I want to do an experiment with you. Take out your mobile phone and look through your address book to see if there is a number you have saved. It belongs to a certain number.
Code name, or something else, and then carefully think about the name of the owner of this number, or the owner of the nickname, can you remember them all?" Li Yi said with a smile.
The host Zhou Bin also took out his mobile phone and looked up his address book.
"Eh..." Zhou Bin couldn't help but frowned.
Because there is a number marked: "Lao San" on his mobile phone.
Zhou Bin racked his brains but couldn't figure out what "Lao San" was called.
But in fact, this Lao San was an old friend with whom he used to play very close, but the embarrassing thing was that he only remembered that everyone called him Lao San, but he had no clue what his real name was.
At the same time, many netizens in the live broadcast room were amazed.
"You don't know if you don't tell me. I had a best friend in the past. I only remember that his nickname was "Xiao Hei", but I really can't remember his name."
"Me too, I have a colleague who I worked with before. We were very close and we are in contact now. But I call her Orange, Orange every day, but suddenly I can't remember her full name."
"I had an older brother who was a neighbor when I was a child. He was very good to me. I always played with him when I was a child. I also saved his number, but I didn't save his name and I don't know what it was."
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"Think about it, everyone should have such people in their lives. They are not unimportant, but time is a file and can easily file away some of our memories. This is why I don't give names to those people.
Reason." Li Yi said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you Director Li for your answer, let's take the next question." Zhou Bin said.
Soon, Li Yi drew the second question.
"Why does the old man who was struck by lightning seven times in the movie always appear and seems to be the same from beginning to end? He doesn't age or die. What is the seventh lightning strike? What's so special about this?
Does it have a moral meaning?”
"Actually, this plot was not in the original script." Li Yi also opened his mouth.
"The inspiration came from a report. It turns out that in history, someone was really struck by lightning seven times in his life. You can search on the Internet and I believe it is not difficult to find this person.
Of course, the old man who was struck by lightning in the movie is indeed just a metaphor. In fact, it is the same as the hummingbird. Being struck by lightning can be said to be a very small probability, and being struck by lightning seven times in a lifetime is even less likely.
There is a small probability that only one of them can be found in the whole world.
Therefore, I think, like the hummingbird, it represents tenacious life, and it also lets Benjamin know that living is a miracle.
To a certain extent, a person like Benjamin who rejuvenates his youth and grows in reverse is a unique miracle, but he can survive, live a wonderful life, and finally die, isn't this the same miracle?"
Soon, the next question was asked.
However, Li Yi couldn't help but laugh at this question.
Because the question is: "What is the torn diary about? Who tore it up?"
"Actually, it doesn't matter what the torn diary is about. In our long life, there are always some things that we can't remember. Those pages represent the passage of time, and Benjamin has become a lot younger. As for who was it?
I didn’t think much about tearing it off at the time, so what do you think?”
"Isn't it the case of Benjamin and Elizabeth that Daisy didn't like, so she tore it up?" Zhou Bin asked curiously.
Li Yi smiled and said: "Maybe! But at that time, the love between Daisy and Benjamin had not really begun, right?"
Some things don't require too clear and specific answers.
Next question.
"This question is interesting." Li Yi couldn't help but be happy after seeing the question.
Because this question is asking: "Isn't Benjamin's life a life where he doesn't have to go to school or work? Also, don't you think Benjamin is too wasteful?"
"First of all, the netizen who asked this question has obviously not watched the movie seriously. Let's talk about going to school first. I don't know if the netizen asked about going to school. Does he specifically mean studying or going to school?
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Benjamin's situation is destined to make it impossible for him to go to school like others, but in the film, he is always learning, such as learning to read, learn piano, etc.
We can't expect an old man to go to school to go to elementary school, right? We can't expect him to take the college entrance examination, college entrance examination, etc., right?
Therefore, Benjamin was certainly studying, but he did not receive an orthodox and systematic education.
As for working, isn’t being a boatman on a tugboat just working?
And he left his assets to his wife and children, and went wandering on his own. I remember that in the film, there were several scenes where Benjamin was working, so of course it was not that he had never worked.
As for whether to be a prodigal, this is a matter for benevolence and wisdom.
From the perspective that his assets are consumed instead of growing, he is indeed considered a prodigal.
But the values of each of us are different. Maybe you think that making a lot of money and carrying forward the family's performance is success. But according to Benjamin's values, his life experience makes him happy.
Moreover, shouldn't the definition of a prodigal mean that he squandered his entire family fortune of one million in gambling? Benjamin sold his house and factory to leave Daisy and his daughter a stable life.
From a young age, he worked hard to earn money to support himself and see more of the world. He was just afraid of becoming a burden to the people he loved, so in my personal opinion, he has never been a prodigal.
I don’t know when universal values became about making money and carrying forward it. Isn’t it enough to support yourself by practicing hard work? Isn’t traveling thousands of miles to write such a story greater than making a button factory bigger?
Of course, different people have different things they are good at. Obviously Benjamin is not good at business, so what should he do? Continue to run those family properties? "
