Chapter 1193 1193 Burning to the ground
Hugo didn't know the situation of pursuing elite agency, he had to focus on his current work.
Leonardo visited the set for half an hour before leaving without feeling satisfied. However, after Leonardo left, the crew of the "Seven Deadly Sins" did not immediately start filming again. Hugo walked to the side alone to calm down his thoughts. The discussion with Leonardo just now inspired Hugo. The most important thing is that Hugo has more of his own understanding of the performance of the character Anonymous, and he needs to clarify his ideas.
But Hugo found that this time it didn't seem that easy.
Before this, Hugo had encountered difficulties in acting several times, but he handled it very well. He quickly got into the state, grasped the key points, and then made a breakthrough. From "smelling fragrance to recognize women" to "before sunrise", it can almost be said to be unstoppable and invincible.
But this time, Hugo knew what he should improve, but found that his brain was in chaos, and it was difficult for him to find an accurate direction for him to move forward. This feeling was awful.
In fact, there is no problem with Hugo's performance. Just look at his first scene of "Seven Deadly Sins". Hugo completed the task exceptionally brilliantly, which proves that Hugo's analysis of Anonymous is correct, and Hugo's performance method is also correct. But why did Hugo get restrained after entering the role state?
When Hugo tried to give the character Anonymous more content in his heart, when Hugo tried to inject more vitality into Anonymous with more subtle changes, he was a little overwhelmed, and even disrupted his performance rhythm, so he fell into chaos. Is Hugo's method wrong, or is Hugo's idea unnecessary at all, or is Hugo's ambition not consistent with his current abilities?
Hugo tried to clarify a way of thinking, but found that his mind was in chaos. To be precise, there was no spark. Leonardo's words, Hugo's own understanding, past performance experiences, and previous construction of Anonymous, all stayed in Hugo's mind intact, but when Hugo tried to combine these things and collided with sparks, there was no inspiration at all, and his brain was empty like the sleeping Arctic Ocean.
This made Hugo feel a sense of frustration. He could clearly feel that the direction of his efforts was correct, but he didn't know how to exert force.
In fact, for many people, Hugo's attempt is unnecessary. Because Hugo's current method-selling performance has been successful, "Schindler's List" won him the Best Supporting Actor Little Golden Man, while "Pulp Novel" has received a Cannes Best Actor Award and an Oscar Novel, which shows that Hugo's acting skills have been recognized by everyone now. So, since there is already a feasible performance method, why change it?
Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, and Robert De Niro are all typical representatives of the method, and they actually always insist on their own performance methods. After achieving success, they almost did not change their performance methods.
This is almost a natural proposition: Since this method has been successful, why change the method?
Unless this method encounters a bottleneck or inevitably goes downhill and is forced to make changes, that's another matter. But obviously this does not apply to Hugo's current state.
But Hugo doesn't think so. He is not a professional actor. His understanding of performance is more of a piece of paper. He learned some academic systematic knowledge from Charlize Theron, and learned practical experience in performance from old actors such as Al and Jack. He also learned the charm of performance from hundreds of movie-watching experiences. Finally, through his continuous attempts and continuous efforts, he summarized his own performance methods.
Although the current method works, Hugo knows that he still has many shortcomings. He is eager to absorb more, but he is eager to go further. Even if his current performance has achieved partial success, it does not mean that he is a successful actor. Therefore, Hugo has always been eager to make progress and breakthroughs in acting skills.
The character Anonymous in the "Seven Deadly Sins" seems to have opened the door to the next stage for Hugo. In the first scene, he even touched the threshold, which made him even less want to miss it.
Thinking of this, Hugo was a little unwilling to beat the hard marble on the balcony. A slightly sharp tingling sensation from his palm made Hugo's brow frown slightly. Suddenly, a light flashed through Hugo's mind: He couldn't find a suitable force point and could not clarify his thinking. Could it be because he had too many ideas?
On the one hand, Hugo was thinking about the empiricism of the methodical acting skills, and on the other hand, he was thinking about the precise requirements of the expressionist for basic skills and emotional expression, which led to him mistakenly pursuing the balance between himself and his role, and at the same time he made a mistake in judging the connection between himself and his role.
Is there any possibility that: these have built the foundation of his performance and have become the obstacles for him to further break through!
So, what if he turned all his thoughts back to zero and started from scratch? He overturned all his empiricism and all his self-understanding, returned to the essence of the role, put aside his performance methods and acting methods, and broke up the various ideas again as brand new materials, and formed his own thinking system bit by bit from the foundation, what would happen?
"Fate proves it repeated, when the explosion appears in the sky. All I need is what I cannot find in this world. And you stand there, waiting for me to understand all this: we build the world, and then destroy it completely; we build the world, and burn it all (burn.it.down). We can't wait to burn it into dust."
The old ones don’t go, and the new ones don’t come. Many times, to establish a new world, the first thing to do is to overturn the old order, which is inevitable. The raging electronic piano sounds mixed with huge drums and sounds in Hugo’s mind, just like the revelation sounded from the sky, igniting all the chaotic thoughts in Hugo’s mind, the darkness faded away little by little, and gradually showing the buried light.
It's easy to say, but it's not an easy thing. Hugo has been constantly polishing his acting skills from scratch. Although it has only been three years since "smelling fragrance to recognize women", it actually includes all the experiences and feelings of his and Lancaster's two souls before the twenty-five years. The combination of life and the charm of performances has combined countless precipitation to usher in the continuous explosions in the past three years.
But now, Hugo has to personally put away the performance methods he has learned for a long time in his mind, start from the most basic expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, re-learning the understanding and understanding of the character, and re-learning to correctly interpret the true emotions of the character with the correct expression of emotion. This is a very difficult and painful process, almost equivalent to self-denial.
It's like... it's like tearing apart the wound with your own hands and witnessing the bursting of blood, but you can still grit your teeth and persevere.
"Blood and dust stacked in staggering, climbing into the clouds with the rising flames. I wanted to repair and make up for it, but I couldn't stop tearing it apart. And you stood there, stood in the burning fire, and I was waiting there, waiting to make you understand: we build the world, and then destroy it completely; we build the world, and then burn it all. I can't wait to burn it into dust."
The violent melody notes were like heavy punches hitting Hugo's mind, causing him to lose all his ability to resist. He could only stand stiffly and tiredly in the burning flames, allowing his thoughts to be burned to pieces and turned into ashes.
The desolate grassland destroyed by the fire was lifeless, but in that silence, a ray of sunlight slowly lit up, and supported the endless darkness with a faint light.
Who is Anonymous? It's anonymous. The idea of the character Anonymous in Hugo's mind began to pop up in his empty mind bit by bit. At first, it was just a trickle, then it began to turn into a gurgling stream, then turned into a rolling river, and finally turned into a rushing waterfall, rumbling and playing a crazy melody in Hugo's mind, making all the cells in Hugo's body begin to roar.
Hugo turned all the mixed thoughts in his heart into rap, and used the most brutal, most direct and simple way to put aside the involvement and bonds of the melody, restored the purest form of the lyrics, and shouted loudly.
"Give me a positive answer, and you lift me up high, and I will believe the lies you tell. I am a soldier, and you are the king, and when I bow my head and kiss your ring, you have no right to have that crown anymore. I help you to reach the peak, but you disappoint me, and when you lose your hoof, I will act and fan the flames when you are burned."
Hugo knew that experience can become a source of motivation for continuous progress, but one day empiricism will become an obstacle to his further development. At this time, he must learn to abandon it and look at the problem from a new perspective.
When the melody and thought overlap, Hugo's emotions began to revive again, and the endless thoughts in his mind collided together. The water splashes flying in the sun reflected dazzling light. Regarding Leonardo, his thoughts on the anonymous, and his digging of acting... All kinds of thoughts began to bloom the sparks that should have, causing the gloom between Hugo's eyebrows to disappear little by little, as if they were burned to pieces.
"And you are there, waiting to show off with me and say, "We have established this, just to destroy it completely, we have established this, just to burn it out, we can't wait to burn it into dust. So when you fail, I will wait for an opportunity, and when you get into trouble, I will fan the air to burn it, and we can't wait to burn it into dust."
Chapter completed!