At the 89th Academy Awards ceremony held in March 2017, there were nine works in the list of best film nominations. "La La City" and "Moonlight Boy" are undoubtedly the most popular. "Bloody Battle with Hacksaw Ridge", "Arrival", "Hidden Characters" and other works also gathered many topics, and there was also a unique independent work, "Manchester by the Sea".

This work, with an investment cost of only 8.5 million US dollars, has a cool style, a simple core, a streamlined story, no reflection of great enlightenment, nor a magnificent epic. Even the gimmicks that touched the awards ceremony season like "Juno" and "Sunny Beauty" back then were not good, but unexpectedly became a shiny black horse above the Oscars, shining brightly.

The nominations for six core awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, etc., demonstrate the solidity and excellence of this work in the performance level; it finally won the two Little Golden Man of Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, which is also a major victory for independent works by mainstream media.

As for Renly, his love for "Manchester by the Sea" is no less than "La La Land", and even slightly better than in some ways.

Because, "La La Land" is about dreams, while "Manchester by the Sea" is about performances - in the final analysis, Renly is still an actor.

"Manchester by the Sea" tells a very simple story.

Lee Chandler is a repairman. After learning about his brother's death, he returned to his hometown - Manchester by the sea to deal with his brother's funeral. This is a small city in Massachusetts, not the Manchester in the UK.

According to the will, he became the guardian of his elder brother's son Patrick, who was about to bring Patrick back to Boston, but Patrick was not willing to leave his hometown and friends; and he was not willing to stay in this sad land, because there was a memory that made him desperate:

Once upon a time, his mistakes led to his two daughters being buried in the fire, and his wife left him.

This time he returned to his hometown, he met his ex-wife again - she has remarried and is about to become a mother again; at the same time, Patrick's missing mother also appeared again, hoping that Patrick can become a member of her new family. So, what should Lee do?

This is a story about sadness.

When an accident occurs, when birth, old age, sickness and death come, when separation comes... life will always continue, and everyone must find the track to continue, because "the dead are gone, and the living are like this", this seems to have become a law of life, and the living people need to live after all.

However, on Lee Chandler's body, the wounds and pains never disappeared, entangling himself like a nightmare. More importantly, he could not get rid of it and refused to get rid of it. The bloody wounds were placed there, never healing, and heartbreak may be like this.

Everyone has the right to refuse reconciliation with the past.

There is no doubt that this is an emotional movie, all the weight falls on Lee Chandler, so heavy that it almost crushes his shoulders. The bitterness, sorrow, and struggles have never dissipated. He has spent his whole life carrying his own faults and the pain of his life.

But the real excellence of the movie is that it presents the little bits and pieces of life with delicate and trivial strokes. It is not something that can heal everything with just one sentence "Everything will be fine" or something that can really cheer up by clenching your fists. It is not something that can really cheer up by clenching your fists, nor is it that all moments can open a new chapter after "Cheating" like a movie. In real life, some things and some pains will never be erased.

Although it is a movie, it tells life.

The real and delicate story has a heartbreaking tenderness. On the emotional level, on the emotional level, especially on the story level, we can easily touch the softness deep in our hearts, maximize the charm of the character and move towards the ending, everyone is looking forward to a result of self-reconciliation, hoping that Lee Chandler can cheer up again, but the movie does not, just like life, we will not find an ending, and if we live, we can only continue to move forward.

There is no doubt that the focus of the entire work is on Lee Chandler, and it can even be said to be a one-man show, and the success or failure of the actor is crucial.

In his previous life, Cassie Affleck starred in this work. He truly interpreted what "face paralysis acting" is - unlike his brother Ben Affleck, Cassie has shown his delicate acting skills since his debut, and the emotional penetration from his eyes to actions is very outstanding.

As early as 2007, Cassie showed his talent with "Death of the Sharpshooter" and "Missing Baby". The former even won him the first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the Oscar. Since then, he has always been active in the field of independent films and constantly polished his acting skills.

Cassie's performance is delicate and gentle, and in a quiet manner, he can always present an emotional level through his eyes, which is not easy for the actors.

The overall tone of the work "Manchester by the Sea" is sad, but sadness also has different levels, different forms and different ways of expression. It is not necessarily only sorrow that only sorrow is not necessarily sorrow, nor is it only sorrow that is pain. Most of the time, heartbreak is silent. Cassie undoubtedly succeeds in doing it.

As for Renly, "La La City" and "Manchester by the Sea" are both very favorite works, and they can almost be said to be on the same side, but from the perspective of the actors, "Manchester by the Sea" is even better, just like "burst drummer" is better than "La La Land"-

The performance space of the characters is wider. As an audience and as an actor, the perspectives of looking at the work are different.

When filming "Descendant", Renly was actually looking forward to "Manchester by the Sea", because both characters showed a kind of sadness and despair under the state of facial paralysis, and "Manchester by the Sea" was even further than "Descendant", with richer levels and power of sadness.

In addition, in "detachment", Tony Kayer gives the characters more space to present through painting, narration, supporting roles and other means; however, in "Manchester by the Sea", these spaces are completely compressed, and Kenneth Ronagan (keh-lan) handed over all the weight to the actors.

This also means that the performance is more difficult.

Kenneth Ronagan is a director who is a screenwriter. The comedy movie "Boss Leaning" series starring Robert De Niro and Billy Christo is the screenwriter of Kenneth. He then served as the screenwriter of "New York Gangster". As early as 2000, Kenneth tried to write and direct himself, and the "You Can Trust Me" successfully received many praises. This work and "New York Gangster" won him two Oscars for Best Original Screenplay nominations.

After completing the script of "The New York Gangster" in 2002, Kenneth entered a long incubation period. It was not until 2011 that he appeared in the public eye for another self-written and directed "Margaret". This work won numerous praises among East Coast film critics, and received many nominations in the Boston Film Critics Association and Chicago Film Critics, but unfortunately he was unable to go further in the awards season.

It is also this work that gives Kenneth and Matt Damon the opportunity to cooperate.

Later, Matt Damon proposed an inspirational idea, which he believed was very consistent with Kenneth's style. After providing his story ideas to Kenneth, Kenneth completed the script creation. Then Matt hoped that he would serve as the director and starring him and bring the story to the big screen.

As early as the beginning of last year, the script was completed, but "Manchester by the Sea" was too sad and too cool. The entire script structure was far from the framework structure of Hollywood, and it was completely unreasonable to play according to common sense, let alone the sadness of the ending, which scared all Hollywood producers away.

Even Matt Damon himself did not find any investment, so the script appeared on the desktop of Sisyphus Pictures - but instead of asking Sisyphus Pictures to invest, they cast a wide net. It is estimated that all production companies have submitted scripts and waited for the reply.

Last year, when Lanley selected the script, she chose "Manchester by the Sea", but at that time, all his schedules were full, so she didn't consider it for the time being. After a year and a half, this work appeared again - this further proves that this work is like the "Drunk Country Folk Song" and is not the style of awards ceremony season at all. Otherwise, with Matt Damon's name and connections, it would not have fallen to this point.

So, what happened this time?

Matt Damon could not refuse Ridley Scott, and he agreed to star in "Martian Rescue". Due to schedule conflicts, he gave up "Manchester by the Sea" and handed over the work to Kenneth with full authority. Kenneth is director, and is responsible for finding investment and completing the filming.

Even Matt couldn't call on the film company, so Kenneth was even more difficult.

As a result, "Martian Rescue" has been filmed and has been officially released on October 2, and "Manchester by the Sea" has not yet been able to find an investment.

According to the development curve of the previous life, Matt will take over "Manchester by the Sea" again, but he no longer directs and no longer stars. Instead, he recommends Casey Affleck with a match, and then finds Amazon - that online shopping platform. They are also trying to build their own online streaming platform, so they set up Amazon Pictures, and finally Amazon completed the investment, which announced the official start of filming of the movie.

The situation in this life changed slightly. Sisyphus Films intercepted Amazon. "Manchester by the Sea" was intercepted by Andy in advance and handed it to Renli, hoping to reawaken Renli's enthusiasm-

If Renley refuses, the film should return to its original established track, and Amazon will win the first Oscar nomination for the best film in their history with this work.

Now, it depends on Renly.
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