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The conflict of ideas, to put it plainly, is the difference in ideology. Just like the issue of religion and ethnicity, the conflict caused by different ideologies is also one of the biggest problems in the world today, and compared to other issues, this concept is quite tall. On the other hand, if the film shows 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 present-day position. The box office performance of subsequent works is certainly important, but to improve his style, to say that being popular is to raise his own compulsion, which can win the crazy support of countless audiences and critics. It is equally important to leave a name in film history.

Therefore, he would never choose those popcorn movies that are severely homogenized, and niche literary films that cannot be widely circulated are also not his dish.

What Murphy has to do is to give commercial films a very high style, a theme that can make countless people discuss crazy and obsessed with it.

Ideological conflict is undoubtedly one of the best choices.

This is a whole series, and as the beginning of the series, it is necessary to fully demonstrate this theme.

The night was getting deeper, but Murphy didn't have any sleepiness. Instead, his brain was running at a high speed. It was never easy to show the conflict of ideology just right.

How to realize the conflict and opposition of ideology?

This is not difficult for Murphy. The reaction in the film is the collision of ideas between the protagonist and the villain. The protagonist has his own bottom line, but the villain also has a complete logic...

Murphy thought for a while and wrote in his notebook: The protagonist-a combination of multiple ideologies, the villain-a single ideology.

Everyone knows that a single ideology will bring obstacles to the world's cognition, and it is extremely easy to become obsessed and crazy...

In fact, the simplification of ideology has been widely suspected and criticized in this era. It is generally believed that this utopian social design theory is the only way to lead to totalitarianism.

Thinking of this, Murphy flashed a concept in his mind and hurriedly wrote it down: Sweep everything and leave an unturned stone. What they aspire to build is not only a better society than us, but a complete elimination. All the ugly world!

How about this idea of ​​being 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 unity of power.

As a result, the loss of competitiveness has brought about the nihility of political moral foundation.

At this time, the legitimacy of a certain region or city can only rely on self-referentiality, and has nothing to do with the real moral emotions of human beings. Therefore, in order to maintain its false legitimacy, the ruling class will create beautiful illusions to promote the future. Prosperity, and all human actions will be strictly designed to achieve the purpose of maintaining his rule.

Murphy remembers clearly that Orwell's "1984" showed the audience such a terrible scene, in which the people living in it had a terrible personality fracture.

The themes of that film can also incorporate appropriate parts into the villain’s ideas. ,

He also wrote in his notebook: Taking self-consciousness as freedom, acting as an obvious crime, but self-consciousness as justice, is just like claiming justice when there is no humanity to kill.

"Politics needs to be based on morality. Therefore, even the chaotic society of New York in the film cannot be reconstructed with this kind of politics that loses its moral foundation."

Murphy knows very well that since it is a fictional New York, let this city be completely chaotic.

The chaotic New York, the duel field of the pros and the villains, is like a scene of New York gangs fighting. To achieve this, Murphy wrote two more words on the theme of the film—darkness and realism!

In the next two days, Murphy didn't go anywhere except to visit James Franco and Lily Collins in the hospital. He completely hid at home to improve the personality and script of the new project.

He thinks more and more, and the protagonist's settings become clearer.

Finally, on the page representing the protagonist’s setting, I wrote this paragraph: using logic as the table and emotion as the inside. Behind the laid-out suspense, complex narrative, and rigorous logic, I created a character that is almost paranoid. The most secret motive in his heart is exhausted and stubbornly searching for himself, in order to realize the secret knot in his inner "safe", he is making crazy but logical struggles, driven by his paranoia, pain and guilt. He completed a great career.

The positive characters centered on the protagonist. They represent a complex ideology. Everyone has huge differences in their ideas, but they do not think that destruction is a necessity for reshaping like the villains of a single ideology. More understanding of the importance of accommodation and collaboration.

All the main characters are trying to change the world with their own motives and blueprints. In an almost crazy city like New York, they use their ideas as the basis, advance or retreat, and ultimately all point to a choice and game. "Ideological War".

"The world belongs to the people. 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 time, Murphy did not stop thinking. He was very clear that he wanted to make the film's style infinitely high. The theme presentation and discussion must be some high-powered things, "such as the human heart, human nature, life and Deep thinking about human society."

This world is a chaotic body composed of different viewpoints and positions. Various forces restrict each other, involve each other, arise and die, balance, order, chaos, interests, foundations-rushing back and forth to form the world.

Murphy couldn't help thinking of the "Tahiriya Tales" that he had seen before, some of which can also be properly integrated into the film.

"In a certain blank space, three consciousnesses think of the world at the same time: consciousness number one believes in freedom, consciousness number two believes in balance, consciousness number three believes in order... Number one believes that the world must be completed by itself, and the other two consciousnesses are The enemy must be eliminated; No.2 believes that the other two consciousnesses can cooperate with him to strike out of the world and must choose; No.3 thinks 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 learned to suffer because of hesitation, No. 3 learned to deceive... Finally, No. 2 exploded at self-sacrifice, forming the first world; No. 1 and No. 3 collided in a duel, forming the second world, tightly Surrounding the first world...people in later generations will call these three remnants of consciousness: heaven, earth, and hell."

Whether the city of New York is heaven, the world, or hell, different people will have different views, and different people will take it in different directions.

Back in the study, apart from the protagonist, the villain and the supporting characters, Murphy always felt that something was missing, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting Murphy's thinking, he answered the phone, and over there was agent Bill Rossis.

"Something?" Murphy frowned slightly. It didn't feel good to be disturbed at this time.

"There is an invitation." Bill Rossis knew what Murphy was doing these days, and he said quickly, "Warner Bros. and DC Comics' new film "Batman vs. Superman" was released in March. Warner Bros. You are invited to the North American premiere of the film. Are you going?"

Hearing "Batman v Superman", Murphy was stunned first, then suddenly realized that he finally knew what was missing.

However, he still answered Bill Rossis's question first, "Bill, take the invitation and I'll go see it."

"Well, I will reply to Warner Bros."

After receiving a definite reply from Murphy, Bill Rossis said again, "Then I won't bother you."

Bill Rossis took the initiative to hang up the phone, Murphy put the phone aside, walked to the back of the desk a few steps, and wrote a word in the notebook-people!

The protagonist of this film will be the nemesis of evil, but he does not have the real law enforcement power, just like Superman, what will the public think of such a person who crosses the boundary?

In "Man of Steel", Murphy showed the two sides of the people towards Superman, especially the repellent and fearful side, which led to a heavy epic feeling of sadness for the character.

Undoubtedly, this is one of the reasons why "Man of Steel" is higher than the previous one, and it is also an extremely easy way to raise the high profile of the film.

This technique can be used in new works to show the protagonist's treatment in the public with a unique perspective.

Then, there are the motives of the protagonist and the villain, and the costs caused by the motives.

In this regard, the villain can say that his motivation comes from a single ideology, but the protagonist’s ideological composition is mixed and cannot be the driving force at the beginning. Therefore, the protagonist needs to have sufficient persuasive motives, and it is impossible to fight crimes in order to fight crimes. , Especially to show the complexity of motivation, and only this complexity can bring the characters' inner struggles reasonable and reasonable.

Murphy has never thought about shaping the protagonist who is grandiose or tall. Throughout all the films, his protagonist almost walks on the edge, and if he is not careful, he may completely collapse and fall into a situation where he will never recover.

Nietzsche said: "Whoever fights with the devil must be careful to become the devil 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 struggles, and these will be revealed through the character’s motivation and the resulting costs.

Motivation and price! Murphy deliberately wrote these two words in a red pen to remind them of their importance to the entire film.

Sitting on the chair, he gradually had more thoughts on these two words.

There was a time when Murphy was instilled in the firm belief that justice will eventually defeat evil, but he never knew the motives and the cost.