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"David, in some ways, this is the culmination of Wayne Greenberg!"

At the moment when the film officially began, Todd McCarthy, the three famous film critics sitting together, suddenly whispered to David Denby beside him.

His words also came into the ears of the two film critics around him with the light on the big screen. Unlike the two of them, Todd McCarthy participated in all internal previews, which can be said to be a repeated film of "The Walker". He is not sure whether the movie will explode at the box office, but he is confident that this film will definitely be recognized by all mainstream media and awards.

The darkness on the curtain did not last for a few seconds, and there was only one line of letters in the dark picture: Wayne Greenberg's work! Then it lit up instantly, and a chaotic street appeared in the picture, and a group of men were chasing each other wildly.

"I don't want to be a product of the environment, but instead, I want the environment to control it for me!"

A monologue, as Boston's chaotic streets sounded, the crowds of people chasing, the indifferent policemen, the police cars driving away quickly, and a big "NO" that suddenly appeared.

The monologue continues in a quiet cinema. “Many years ago, we had a church, and that was just a way to show that we were united with each other. But now, I don’t know, it’s ridiculous, it’s instilling hatred in you.”

The even more chaotic street scenes continued, and the monologue flashed by, and then more policemen and noisy crowds appeared.

In the continuous monologue, the camera gives the city of Boston. "The Knights of Columbus are the real Italian hardliners who have opened up their own territory in the city."

The frequent conversion scenes changed again, and the gang leader played by Jack Nicholson walked out of the shadow. With the monologue, this scene did not have any meaning of being ridiculous, but instead made everyone on the scene understand immediately. The old man appeared in this shadow was the person mentioned in the monologue who opened up his territory in the city.

"Twenty years ago, Irish people couldn't even find a job, and now we finally have a stable life, which is what those "niggers" don't realize! If I have any prejudices against those "niggers", that's it!"

"No one will give you a gift! You have to fight for it yourself!"

The video's scenes immediately became brighter after the monologue ended, and everyone knew that the video was about to enter the story.

"Steven, what is Wayne joking?!" George Lucas, who was watching the video attentively, suddenly turned around and leaned into the old guy's ear and said in surprise: "This monologue of his will ruin all his advantages in the group of people of color!"

There is a strange phenomenon in Hollywood today, which makes people in the circle extremely jealous. That is, as a white person who cannot be white, Wayne actually has a terrifying appeal among the colored group.

As early as his first film "Happy Death Day", this situation had already appeared. "Escape from the Death Town" released the following year pushed this alternative phenomenon to the top.

Now at the beginning of this film, a bright and contemptuous title suddenly appeared, which immediately attracted the attention of George Lucas.

"Don't worry, old man, look down." Steven Spielberg smiled, like a kid who had succeeded in a prank. "Believe me, you will find that this despicable title is not even considered a fur!"

Before coming here to watch the movie, the old Jewish man deliberately did not tell the other party that everything in this movie should be known. When he first watched the internal preview, he was also shocked by the scale of the film.

Compared with Wayne's so-called large-scale works before, this film is like letting himself go. He doesn't remember how many swear words appeared in the film, because there are almost every line and there is no specific count. But he can guarantee that the word starting with F appears no less than 200 times.

“Incredible…”

George Lucas muttered to himself and focused on the movie again.

Before watching this movie, people once imagined the movie as full of gray tones, but after the film started, it was completely opposite. In the cheerful background music, the camera was extremely bright. If I didn't say it, no one would have thought that this was a large-scale gangster film.

The story enters the theme in this bright rhythm. In the south of the city of Boston, gang leader Frank Castro is at his heyday, and he is the thorn in the police's side.

In a restaurant, Frank Castro met Colin, who was only fourteen years old. It was like a destined, scheming gang leader, and decided to raise this fatherless child. He did not let the child inherit his mantle, but instead trained him into a policeman.

At the same time, another teenager born in a poor neighborhood, Billy worked at the airport with his father to make money. Because he had no money to pay the protection fee, his father was beaten to death by the gang leader in the neighborhood.

After all this, Billy decided to become a policeman when he grew up and arrest Frank Castro, who killed his father.

Time flies, and these two teenagers with completely different destinies grew up and were admitted to the police academy. At the subsequent graduation ceremony, they became police officers at the same time. From here on, the fate of the two began to take different turns.

The ambitious Colin, who had secret help from the gang, was soon promoted to the Superintendent of the Special Investigation Team after making meritorious contributions during several operations to annihilate the gang.

At this time, he had become a police officer, but he was still obeying Frank Castro in secret.

Unlike Colin, who developed smoothly, Billy's family is very special. It can be said that except for himself, almost all relatives are criminals. Because of this, his attempt to become a policeman made the police suspicious.

Billy stepped into the plan they designed step by step in the design of his boss. The boss's sarcasm made Billy, who had lived a life at the bottom, very unhappy. He hoped that he could become a dignified policeman, but under the pressure of his boss, he could only choose to obey orders and be an undercover agent.

Therefore, the police's plan succeeded, and Billy would be the key to their efforts to get through the Frank Castro gang.

If you want to enter a gang, you must need a reasonable identity, so Billy entered prison and became a criminal. After being released from prison, his cousin who sells contraband became the key point for him to invade the gang.

"It's indeed a culmination of great works!"

The movie has been around for about eighteen minutes. David Denby, who has been concentrating on watching the movie, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, took his eyes off the big screen, and turned his head to look at another famous film critic next to him, Todd McCarthy.

When the other party looked at him in confusion, he suddenly changed his mouth and said slowly in a low voice: "No, it cannot be said to be a masterpiece. It is too biased to say this. It should be said to be a masterpiece!"

Todd McCarthy, who heard his sigh, suddenly laughed. He was also a well-known film critic of the Mesozoic era, and his expression seemed to be telling the secret he understood, and was finally discovered by another colleague. "You discovered it too, right?"

The low-pitched communication between the two also attracted the attention of Kenneth Tulan on the other side, but she did not say anything. He was not sure about some things, and at this time he wanted to hear the views of this New York colleague.

"Yes, I found it."

David Denbi nodded deeply. From the first eighteen minutes alone, he discovered the amazing thing that was ignored by 90% of ordinary audiences, otherwise he would not sincerely say that the beginning of this film was a masterpiece!

When he found that the two colleagues around him were looking at him, David Dembi did not hesitate and observed the movie fans around him who were concentrating on watching the movie. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "It's symmetry. This is the biggest show of a master director. It can also serve the story of the film. It's very rare.

In the less than twenty minutes before the movie, I saw the powerful control that Wayne Greenberg showed as a film director! You can also see his master-level story arrangement ability as a screenwriter, and the new dimensions that editor Dawn Scott opened in the editing."

Speaking of this, he swallowed his saliva, paused for a moment and continued: "The rectangle on the white background is Colin, and the gray background is proportion. From the color changes, we can clearly see these cross-symmetric macro-narrative structures of the opening of "The Walker of the Side".

Colin's growth experience, police academy experience, Billy's police academy experience, and growth experience. In terms of the symmetry of narrative techniques, Colin's growth experience adopts direct description, while Billy's growth experience is an indirect description expressed through character dialogue.

The corresponding use of direct and indirect description not only avoids the repetition of character creation forms, but also distinguishes the focus of character portrayal, that is, Colin's portrayal is that Colin grew up under the teachings of the gangster boss Frank.

Billy's growth experience with his divorced parents is no longer the focus, but the focus is on the three plots of "taking care of his mother", "rejecting uncle's support", and "mother's funeral"..."

"Hey, man, can you be quieter!"

Just as he was so excited that the two colleagues around him were also immersed in their eyes, they suddenly remembered an angry growl behind them.

At this time, David Dembie realized that he became more and more excited as he spoke. He inevitably failed to control his voice, which had seriously affected the other people behind him watching the movie.

He understood that ordinary audiences would not care about the things they said, but they cared more about their feelings when watching the movie.

Facing the accusation, David Denby nodded to the movie fans behind him with an apology smile, and made a zipper gesture with one hand on his mouth.

Although this topic was only halfway through just now, Kenneth Tulan looked to the middle of the first row of seats and smiled thoughtfully.

In his heart, Wayne's purpose in making this film was very utilitarian, and he was purely aiming to be a little golden man. Unexpectedly, from a professional perspective, the film was completely beyond his imagination.

Originally, most people in the circle had similar ideas. "Escape from the Deadly Town" did not win because of age and other reasons. "The Joker" did not win because of "Schindler's List" and other reasons. Now, even if the movie "The Walker of the Stop" was filmed, the probability of winning the award will not be small.

Now it seems that Wayne never thought of perfunctory. Looking at the beginning of this "The Walker of the Stop" only, it can definitely be called a masterpiece, with any awards and praises.

However, having a perfect beginning is not enough. The integrity of the film is equally important, so he once again turned his attention to the film that continued to be screened.