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Published at 3rd of November 2021 09:49:01 AM


Chapter 1147: 1147

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Conversation is a very interesting thing. In a few words, you can reveal a person's education, quality, and education; furthermore, you can also reveal a person's background, devotion, and thoughts. The more professional, the easier it is to reveal the details.

It's like this moment.

Both Joel and Ethan can deeply feel that Lan Li is the only person who really touched the core of the entire script, even more profound than their producers. This made the two of them exchange their sights. There was a light of tacit understanding, and he confirmed his choice again.

They had to be thankful that they found Lan Li.

In the field of folk songs, it is not easy to find an actor. At the same time, it is even more difficult to be able to shoulder the dramatic weight of the entire movie. Even Justin Timberlake and the Coen brothers are also Don't dare to entrust the important task of more drama.

In the actor industry, it is also not an easy task to find a singer who can truly perform live performances, but also understand and interpret the weight of the entire era. Oscar Isaac is very good, he is very good, but he is not Renly Hall.

In the exchange of sights, the Coen brothers all showed a trace of triumph and satisfaction.

"Tell me in detail." Ethan said, making an open gesture, waiting for Lan Li's opinion.

Much attention.

In an instant, Lan Li once again became the target of everyone’s attention, but unlike the “disturb and distracted” just now, in the eyes of this time, all the speculations and doubts have converged, and it is more of a kind of in-depth research. Posture, plunged into this discussion, even John Goodman and others cast their sights.

"First of all, we need to listen to the entire album, and even each song again, and fit all the characters and occasions in the script..." Lan Li adjusted his posture slightly, without taking out the master tape, but uttered I kept talking, as if the entire master tape of the original soundtrack had been deeply imprinted in my mind.

Undoubtedly, "Drunk Country Folk Songs" is one of Lan Li's favorite movie soundtracks.

By the way, the music taste of the Coen brothers is really impressive. The original soundtrack of the movie "Three Kings Escape" was amazing, and finally won the Grammy's Album of the Year Award-"Don Quixote" last year. The one won, not just the best soundtrack.

This time, the Coen brothers once again maintained their consistent musical taste and selected the original soundtrack of the movie "Drunk Country Folk Songs".

After really listening to the original soundtrack and conducting preliminary historical investigations, Lan Li learned that the so-called master tape is actually a music anthology of a group of folk singers in the 1960s. It is not a new creation, nor has it been re-arranged and recorded. It just collected music that fits the Coen Brothers' vision and ideas.

In other words, the Coen brothers created each character in the movie correspondingly based on the real singers in reality, and then connected them in series according to their own story lines. This also means that every actor's choice is profound-not only Renly Hall, but also the choice of Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan and so on.

Then, before actors can understand the whole story and script, they must first understand their roles and their position in the wave of the times.

For Levine Davis, the corresponding singer is Dave Van Langk, an ordinary folk singer who is unknown in history.

Naturally, before officially entering the story of "Drunk Country Folk Songs", one must first understand the singer Dave Van Langk.

In the wave of folk songs in the 1960s, everyone knows that Bob Dylan succeeded. He became the leader of a whole generation of culture and perfectly combined music with politics/governance, life, and literature. As for the Nobel Prize in Literature later, he left his mark in the long river of history.

No one can deny Bob's talent and talent, but Bob is an excellent singer, but he can't make him an excellent person.

Few people know that in the unknown season, in order to get help from fellow musicians and friends, Bobby is always actively dealing with them, like a sponge, quickly absorbing knowledge, and after completing his studies, he flings his sleeves and leaves, never in return. , Take these things for granted.

Few people know that Bob did not compromise in order to succeed, and after achieving success, he got rid of the friends he had met during the unknown period, including lovers, including mentors and friends. He chose a path to go forward alone, and believed that, This is a condition that must be paid in order to succeed.

Similarly, few people know that Dave is one of the objects Bob ever asked for. Bob once asked Dave for guitar memory when he first came out. Dave had an unreserved exchange and discussion; later, Bob will have Dave’s The song was secretly taken as one's own, and achieved good success, but always refused to admit it, even if it has never been a secret in the folk circle.

Bob and Dave, in history, Dave is the true pioneer of folk songs. He has his own style and created his own characteristics, but he has been annihilated in the long river of history; while Bob has achieved something. His own business not only left his mark in the 1960s, but also profoundly affected two generations of people.

Bob succeeded and his fame goes down in history; Dave failed and he was nothing. This is a fact, and it is also a very interesting history.

This is reality, this is life, this is society, and this is the history left after the wave of folk songs has passed.

As the Coen brothers said at the beginning, Dave is the realistic prototype of Levine Davis, and "Don Quixote" is the source of inspiration for the story. Throughout the story, they have projected their views on Dave, Thinking and discussing about Bob, about artistic creation, and about the tide of the times.

In the last life, in 2013, after the "Drunk Country Folk Songs" was officially released, it ushered in a sound of praise in Europe, and also received countless praises on the east coast of the United States. Many film critics in the industry considered this to be the best film of the year. Although this work did not achieve anything above the Oscars, it still does not detract from the historical status of this work.

the reason?

Because "Drunk Country Folk Songs" presents the wave of an era, it also presents the perplexity and dilemma that art has nowhere to be placed in the wave of the times. For any artist, it is always thinking about it all the time. The problem of "The balance between art and commerce" is like the topic of "balance between art and commerce".

Should I compromise my artistic ideas for the sake of business, and should I give up the persistence of life for the sake of my own artistic persistence; whether the art works that are out of the market have meaning, and whether the art works that are compromised to the commerce can leave traces; More importantly, dreams and life, ideals and reality, art and business, these are words that will never fade.

The same was true for the wave of folk songs in the 1960s.

Through the seven-day life of Levine Davis, the Coen brothers showed fragmented fragments of the era:

In the years when folk songs swept the whole society, everyone rushed into this industry, hoping to become one of them, and also hope to achieve their own success, but there is a gap between reality and ideals when it comes to dreams, art, and creation. Is contradictory. Artists must learn to compromise, learn to yield, learn to flattery, and learn to socialize in order to succeed.

Otherwise, they will be like Dave Van Runck, annihilated in the long river of history, without a name.

The story focuses on Levine, but he outlines the magnificent picture of the entire era through Levine's footprints and eyes. Every role, every time, and even every song is profound. As the Coen brothers themselves said, this tells the story of an era, not just the story of Levine.

Not only in the sixties, but also in the present. Or perhaps it is even more so in the 21st century when entertainment is dead and profit is paramount.

"Don Quixote", this is an album that is doomed to fail, but because of a series of unexpected tragedies and unexpected mutations, it has achieved incredible success, and even ironically gained the recognition of the Grammy Trophy. , Has become a condensed mark of the entire fast food culture and the Internet era:

The audience saw the shining of the three phonograph trophies at the award ceremony~www.novelhall.com~ but did anyone really understand the deep meaning of Lanli's three award-winning speeches?

It is not a simple criticism or condemnation, nor is it ridicule and ridicule, but the reflection and exploration from the art creator. Because they are also questioning themselves deep in their hearts: the times have changed, should they change?

The problem is that they don't have the answer themselves, because they are only insignificant when they are in the tide of the times. Only history and only time can give the answer.

All of them, the Coen brothers have shown through the original soundtrack of "Drunk Country Folk Songs", just like "Don Quixote".

All of the tracks sung by Levine Davis in the film are from the works of Dave Van Langk; while the works sung by other singers are all from the works of other folk singers in the 1960s.

Every singer in the movie can more or less find a corresponding prototype. Their style, their talents, their thoughts and their souls are all condensed in their own creations and projected. In the movie role. According to the tracks of the original soundtrack, you can get a glimpse of the whole story.

After truly entering the world of Levine, Lan Li admired the Coen brothers. They dared to make such a movie, and they dared to focus on such themes. Perhaps, they are not artistic masters like Ingmar-Borgman, who are constantly exploring artistic language and spiritual reflection, but in the field of independent film, they have always insisted on themselves and dig out the social reality of the United States step by step.

"Drunk Country Folk Songs" is about the 1960s, but also about contemporary American filmmaking and artistic creation.

This is the work that truly reflects an era.




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