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Published at 3rd of January 2022 12:33:17 PM


Chapter 469

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Slumdog Millionaire is a novel by Indian writer Vikas Swarup. It tells the story of orphan ram Muhammad Thomas who won a huge prize of 1 billion rupees in the TV quiz program. The TV quiz organizers think he cheated. The original novel has been published in more than 40 languages. The book has been praised and affirmed by major international literary awards. It is a classic novel affirmed by literary circles and readers.

It won nine Oscar nominations and seven awards after adaptation, and his box office also reached an amazing 380 million. Mark will not let go of such a big fat meat. He has already entrusted Nancy of ICM to fight for the right of adaptation for him.

The original author Vikas Swarup was born in an Indian lawyer family. He loved writing since childhood and majored in contemporary history, psychology and philosophy. He worked in the Ministry of foreign affairs of India and has been stationed in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia and the United Kingdom. Now he is the Deputy Ambassador of the Indian Embassy in Pretoria (the capital of South Africa). Readers can't find a word that can summarize all the features of Q & A - if it is realism, how to explain the fantasy chapter of Haitian voodoo? If we are serious, what about the form of explosive households after the protagonist won one billion rupees? If it is entertainment, where does the detailed description of India's slums and the destitute little people at the bottom of society focus on?

Of course, the novel is one thing, and the film adaptation is another. After the right to adapt the novel came into hand, mark had someone rewrite the script.

The adapted Q & A is called Slumdog Millionaire. All the key scenes are moved to Mumbai, and all the parts that simply show the protagonist's strange experience are cut off. In the Q & A, lamb and Salim, who were originally friends, become brothers in the film. In order to show the dispute between * * * religion and Hinduism, the "lamb Mohammed Thomas" of the unity of three religions is changed to represent * * * religion "Gemma".

Due to the limited space of the film and the high requirements for the cohesion of the narrative, the screenwriter added the heroine Latika, with the love between Gemma and Latika as the main line throughout, making the story more compact. The role of gemma's defense lawyer was cancelled and changed to that Gemma was tortured and forced to confess by the sheriff, pointing to his participation in the program "who wants to be a millionaire" in India "Cheating details", the interrogation process and Gemma's growth experience are interspersed with each other. Each problem is a strange chapter in his life. The original jumping narrative sequence in the book has been basically restored to positive sequence, and the focus of the film has shifted from strange plot to character style description.

Danny Boyle has never been to India. His understanding of India is deeply influenced by his father. He is greatly shocked by the "fatalism" in Indian culture. People are small and meaningless in front of fate. Everyone has his own heaven and earth and his own role. What people need to do before fate is just to comply with heaven's will rather than do everything.

Danny Boyle is a man of goods. After reading the 20 page script, he decided to take the job. The clear and powerful theme roared out of Nirvana from the muddy and dirty reality, and the two protagonists carrying the spiritual weight finally evolved from crawling to walking upright. The two lines of sinking and sublimation intertwined with the straightforward resentment in the first four chapters of vicas Swarup In contrast, the film leaves the criticism of reality to the silent lens, and the growth process of the protagonists Gemma and Salim is full of childlike transparency. The humorous details newly created in the script, such as Gemma jumping into the dungeon in order to get her beloved star's signature, Gemma and Latika putting crushed pepper in Salim's underwear, and Salim stealing tourists' shoes at the Taj Mahal Money and others have given a new look to the life of the poor. Oscar's favorite is to silently criticize society, sigh fate and torture human nature.

Moreover, the top tycoon in Hollywood sent him an invitation. The opportunity is very rare. Now that the intention of cooperation has been reached, the two sides talk more happily.

However, how can things be satisfactory? Boyle called back to push off the job in just three days because the special effects production of the sun Holocaust was delayed and in conflict with the schedule.

The reason mark heard is that 20th century fox didn't want Boyle to work for mm. Boyle led Fox's hundreds of millions of large-scale production, eating in the bowl and staring at the pot, which made them very unhappy.

This was also learned from Danny Boyle's excuse that he asked to postpone the production of the film for one year, which was equivalent to the crew waiting for him for two years. The film could not be released in 2009 and participate in the 81st Oscar.

This film is from Schindler's list in 1993 After that, another film, including Oscar, Golden Globe Award, best film, best director and best play award of the British Academy of film and Television Arts, achieved such achievements. Neither time, place and people are indispensable. In a bad word, Boyle's current position is not worth mark waiting for him for two years. This is tantamount to blowing up.

Mark found screenwriter Simon biyoufoy. He visited India three times to collect wind and travel when writing the script. Mark discussed the director with him.

Simon said: "I never thought Danny Boyle was the right person. Although I like British directors very much, British directors are not only surprised by Danny Boyle."

Mark smiled and said, "so you have a candidate?"

Simon said: "Peter cardanio, Sam Mendes and Christopher Nolan, there are a lot of suitable ones. I don't think the play of Slumdog Millionaire is 100% suitable for someone."




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