Chapter 516 Motivation and Price
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To put it bluntly, the conflict between ideology is different. Just like the issues of religion and ethnicity, the conflict caused by different ideology is also one of the biggest problems in the world today. Compared with others, this concept seems quite high-end. If the films show this just right, it will undoubtedly improve the style of the entire series.
Yes, what Murphy wants is not a film, but a series.
As a first-line director in Hollywood, he is in his current position. The box office results of subsequent works are important, but to improve one's own style and to put it simply, it is equally important to enhance one's own style and win the crazy support of countless audiences and critics, thus leaving a name in film history.
Therefore, he would not choose those seriously homogenized popcorn movies, and the niche and uncommon art films that cannot be widely circulated are also not his dish.
What Murphy needs to do is to give commercial films a very high style, a topic that can make countless people crazy discussions and obsess over it.
Ideological conflict is undoubtedly one of the best choices.
This is a whole series, and as the beginning of the series, we must fully demonstrate this theme.
The night was getting deeper, but Murphy was not sleepy, and his brain was running at high speed. It was not easy to show ideological conflicts just right.
How to achieve ideological conflicts and opposition?
This is not a problem. In the film, it is the collision of ideas between the protagonist and the villain. The protagonist has his own bottom line, but the villain also has complete logic...
Murphy thought for a while and wrote in his notebook: The protagonist has a combination of multiple ideologies, and the villain has a single ideology.
Everyone knows that a single ideology can hinder the world's cognition and is extremely prone to becoming obsessed and crazy...
In fact, the singularization of ideology has been widely doubted and criticized in this era. It is generally believed that this utopian theory of social design is the only way to lead to totalitarianism.
Thinking of this, a concept flashed through Murphy's mind and quickly wrote it down: sweep everything and leave no stone that has not been turned away. What they longed to build is not just a better society than us, but a world that completely eliminates all the ugly!
What is this idea as a villain?
In a society under the control of a single ideology, the power of the ruling class will inevitably be infinitely amplified, and this amplification will lead to the singularization of power.
Thus, the loss of competitiveness brings nothingness of the political and moral foundation.
At this time, the legitimacy of the rule of a certain region or city can only rely on self-referentiality and has nothing to do with the true moral emotions of human beings. Therefore, in order to maintain its false legitimacy, the ruling class will create beautiful fantasy to promote future prosperity, and all human actions will be strictly designed to achieve the purpose of maintaining its rule.
Murphy remembers it very clearly that Orwell's "1984" showed the audience a horrifying scene, and the people living there had a terrifying personality rupture.
The theme displayed in that film can also be integrated into the villain's philosophy.
He also wrote in his notebook: Taking self-consciousness as freedom, as it is obviously a crime, but self-consciousness as justice is just like pride himself on justice when he kills inhumanely.
"Politics needs to be based on morality, so even the chaos of New York society in the film cannot be rebuilt with such a political loss of moral foundation."
Murphy knew very well that since it was a fictional New York, let the city go completely chaotic.
In the chaos of New York, the duel arena of the villain, like a scene of a New York gang fighting. To achieve these, Murphy wrote two words on the theme of the film, dark and realistic!
In the following two days, Murphy, except for visiting James Franko and Lily Collins at the hospital, did not go anywhere, and hid completely at home to improve the character and script of the new project.
He thought more and more, and the protagonist's settings became clearer.
Finally, on the page that represents the protagonist, he wrote this paragraph: with logic as the representation and emotion as the introductory suspense, complex narrative, and meticulous logic behind the paved suspense, complex narrative, and meticulous logic, he created an almost paranoid character. The character was tired and stubbornly looking for himself for the most secret motive in his heart, and in order to realize the secret knot in his inner "safe", he fought crazy but logically without losing his logic. His paranoia, pain and guilt drove him to complete his great career.
The positive characters centered on the protagonist represent complex ideology, and each person's philosophy is hugely different, but they do not think that destruction is a necessary reshaping like a villain of a single ideology. These people understand the importance of accommodation and collaboration more clearly.
All the main characters try to change the world with their own motivations and blueprints. In a nearly crazy city in New York, they advance or retreat based on their own ideas, and ultimately point to an "ideological war" about choice and game.
"The world belongs to the people, and sometimes they make mistakes due to limited rationality and information asymmetry, but in the end they choose the most correct way."
Even during the meal, Murphy never stopped thinking. He knew very well that if he wanted to make the style of the film infinitely higher, the themes and discussions must be some high-quality things, "such as profound thinking about human hearts, human nature, life and human society."
This world is a chaotic body composed of different perspectives and positions. Various forces restrict, involve, birth and death, balance, order, chaos, interests, and foundations to form a world.
Murphy couldn't help but think of the "Tasiria Story Collection" that he had watched, some of which could also be properly integrated into the film.
"In a certain void blank, three consciousnesses think of the world at the same time: consciousness No. 1 believes in freedom, consciousness No. 2 believes in balance, consciousness No. 3 believes in order... No. 1 believes that the world must be completed by itself, the other two consciousnesses are enemies, and must be eliminated; No. 2 believes that the other two consciousnesses can cooperate with him to strike out of the world, and must be chosen; No. 3 believes that the other two are tools he uses to create the world, and must be used... No. 1 learns to be angry because of helplessness, No. 2 learns to suffer because of hesitation, and No. 3 learns to deceive... Finally, No. 2 explodes and forms the first world; No. 1 and No. 3 collide in the duel, forming the second world, closely surrounding the first world... People in later generations call the remains of these three consciousnesses: heaven, earth, and hell."
Different people will have different views on whether the city of New York is heaven, earth, or hell, and different people will take it into different directions.
Back in the study, apart from the protagonist, villain and supporting roles, Murphy always felt that something was missing, but for a moment he could not imagine it.
The phone suddenly rang, interrupting Murphy's thoughts. He answered the phone, and there was agent Bill Rosess.
"Is there something wrong?" Murphy frowned slightly. It was not good to be disturbed at this time.
"There is an invitation." Bill Rosess knew what Murphy was doing these days, and said without talking nonsense. He quickly said, "The new film "Batman vs. Superman" collaborated with Warner Bros. and DC Comics will be released in March. Warner Bros. invites you to the North American premiere of the film. Are you going?"
When Murphy heard "Batman vs. Superman", he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he finally knew what was missing.
However, he still answered Bill Rossis's question first, "Bill, I'll go and have a look next."
"Well, I'll reply to Warner Bros."
After receiving Murphy's exact reply, Bill Roses said again, "Then I won't disturb you."
Bill Roses took the initiative to hang up the phone, Murphy put his phone aside, walked to the back of the desk a few steps, and wrote a word on the notebook that was placed in the crowd!
The protagonist of this film will be the nemesis of sin, but he does not have real law enforcement power. Just like Superman, what will the public think of such a person who crosses the line?
In "Man of Steel", Murphy shows the people's two sides of treating Superman, especially the side of rejection and fear, thus leading the character to a profound sense of tragic epic.
There is no doubt that this is one of the reasons why "Body of Steel" is more impressive than the one before, and it is also an extremely easy way to raise the high profile of the film.
This technique can be fully applied to the new work, showing the protagonist's treatment in the public from a unique perspective.
Then, there are the motivations of the protagonist and the villain, and the costs caused by the motivation.
In this regard, the villain is easy to say. His motivation comes from a single ideology, but the protagonist's ideology is complex and cannot become the driving force at the beginning. Therefore, the protagonist needs to have a sufficiently convincing motivation. It is impossible to fight crime in order to fight crime, especially to show the complexity of the motivation. Only this complexity can reasonably lead to the inner struggle of the character.
Murphy never thought of creating a glorious or noble protagonist. Looking at all the films, his protagonists are almost wandering on the edge, and they may completely collapse if they are not careful, and thus fall into a situation of no return.
Nietzsche said: "Those who fight with the devil should be careful that they will become devils in the fight. When you look into the abyss, the abyss is also watching you."
This will be the best portrayal of the protagonist's inner struggle, and these will be shown through the character's motivation and the resulting cost.
Motivation and cost! Murphy specially wrote these two words in a red pen to remind them of their importance to the entire film.
Sitting on the chair, he gradually thought more with these two words.
Chapter completed!