金钱本色

#1 Diegetic Sound Effect

In a movie, diegetic sound can be a very effective way to grab the attention of characters, and also the attention of the audience. At the beginning of The Colour of Money, the conversation between Eddie and his girlfriend is interrupted five times. This is to generally move his attention to the other main character, Vincent Laura. It also makes the audience begin to notice and focus on a new character. The process of the whole transition is done smoothly. When Eddie is chatting with his girlfriend, the first interruption comes in a sudden. Julian touches Eddie's shoulder to lead his attention from his girlfriend to the pool game, which indicates the audience about the other character, Vincent. As Eddie is looking at Vincent, a sharp car horn comes suddenly. This is a non-diegetic sound because it is only shown to the audience. The car horn indicates Eddie's mind and symbolizes the transition of his attention. Also, it is a subtle way to move the camera back to Eddie's scene. Additionally, the second interruption happens when Julian is trying to get the money on the table, while Eddie is astonished and quickly grabs Julian’s hand in a loud and sudden sound. The purpose of this diegetic sound is to tell that Julian is beaten by that young guy, which is a big suprise. The third interruption is Carmen's voice, calling Vincent by name, along with a ball colliding sound. It makes Eddie turns his head to the table curiously. At that time Vincent's face is first shown. When Eddie turns to his girlfriend later, the fourth interruption comes again. Vincent wins the pool games. He shouts like a kid and kisses Carmen. His shouting and the kissing sound are obviously diegetic sound because Eddie turns to them and observes them for a much longer time. This time, he shows the real interest to Vincent, the talented young man who might remind him of his early age. That's why after the fifth interruption, when Eddie hears Carmen's voice again, he cannot sit still anymore. He stands up, and walks to Vincent. Five steps, the director successfully raises Eddie's interest to Vincent, and transfers the audience's attention to the new character from Eddie.

#2 Non-diegetic Sound Effect

 A diegetic music may switch to non-diegetic music to indicate the change of character's moods and feelings. For example, a nice, smoothing bar music is on as Eddie enters the pool game room. This is the first time he decides to play pool game again after so many years. Therefore, the bar music, which is the diegetic music, is very soft and relaxing. The music shows Eddie's happy feeling and his great expectation for pool games. He hopes to give an excellent performance as goog as twenty years ago. With this kind of confidence, Eddie plays his game with a young hustler. He keeps winning at first, just like what he expects. It seems that Eddie is still a skllful and professional player. However, along with the hustler's ball dropping into the pocket, the bar music changes dramatically to non-diegetic music. This is a very loud, sharp interrupting sound played by the guitar, which acts as the turning point of the pool game. Eddie begins to lose, and realizes that he is hustled. After the first shot of the guitar, the music turns down, and becomes diegetic again. This time, the bar music is no longer in a happy tone. Instead, it is a sad music about a man laughing at his ridiculous life, which is like Eddie's state for now. He feels himself like a fool. After the game, he picks the white ball, and drops it down into the pocket. The ball keeps going down, down, down into the system under the table, along with Eddie's heart. At that moment, he feels down and upset like the falling white ball. In a pool game, a person will lose if he hits the white ball into the pocket. The white ball symbolizes losing. After all these years, Eddie still feels like he is a loser. The sound of the ball is so clear, but it should not be heard by characters. In this situation, the sound is neither diegetic nor non-diegetic. Still, the characters can hear a little bit of the ball crashing into the system, but most of the time the sound is imagined by Eddie. It is the sound of his heart filled with disappointment. According to the third scene of the movie, the music keeps changing between diegetic and non-diegetic. Sometimes it does not even belong to diegetic or non-diegetic music. All these changes are for one purpose only. To make the audience feel what a character feels.

实际上是保罗想教阿汤骗大钱，但阿汤不听话，在最后阿汤和上届冠军比赛时，阿汤受不了对方的嘲讽，又再一次的不听保罗让他大比分输给对方的话，以至于保罗离开阿汤，本来保罗的设想是麻痹上届冠军，让阿汤在比赛时赢的冠军，拿大钱，可阿汤不听话，所以本来已退出的保罗只能自己出马了。

听说保罗 纽曼已经死了，
我对他的感觉不多，依稀在几部黑白老片中有他抑郁英俊的样子，
唯一他的电影我认真看过的，是《金钱本色》。
客观的说，这部电影非常出色，故事讲得相当之好，
由于当晚我还看了《十二怒汉》所以就在我的激动不安里沉寂下去了。
如果把这部电影单独拎出来的话，那仍旧是一部相当不错的电影。

讲什么呢？
讲一个冷酷，世故的老牌撞球手，物色到一个年轻，单纯的天才，
他带着他四处赌博，教授他肮脏的经验，年轻人是他手中的一颗棋子，一棵摇钱树。
然后呢？
在青春面前，在天才面前，在自己不得不面对自己老朽不堪时，
他心里，突然有一种激情迸发出来：他想挑战这个年轻人，挑战生命，
他知道自己早已不在巅峰状态了，但是他忍不住。
年轻人已经变质了，变得比他更冷酷，更老辣，更圆滑，
而他也悄悄的变了，他变得温情，骄傲，当球杆回到他手里，他似乎也找到了昔日失落的尊严。
当一个人迎向自己的命运时，当一个人发起挑战时，
这种举动原本就有超越胜负的价值。
最后一个镜头，汤姆 克鲁斯扮演的天才，轻蔑无比的看着他，
而他高傲的翘起一个球，微微一笑，眼睛里有豪情万丈，他顽皮的看着眼前的年轻人，
慢慢的说：“我回来了！”

青春真的不是数量，而是质量，
一个年轻人可以开始腐烂，任何一个时代都能看见这样的年轻人，
而一个年华已逝的人，也可以重新赢得自己的黄金时代。

那个镜头，那时的保罗 纽曼把我感动了。
他演得好极了。
刚出道时的汤姆 克鲁斯身上有一种青春正盛咄咄逼人的粗蛮和骄横，
而他身上则有一种圆熟的优雅，一种冷酷的城府，一种不由分说的权威。
但是这座冰山封存的人慢慢融化了，一整部电影，就是一座冰山融化的长度，
你看见他一点一点的温暖起来，一点一点的滑向另外一极，并非是善，
而是一个完整的人，充满了人情味儿的人。

因为这一部电影，也要铭记这位伟大的演员：
保罗 纽曼。

粗看了遍，没太费力琢磨蛮值得琢磨的台词。老帅哥Paul Newman的表演完全盖过了小帅哥汤酷，无悬念的得了当年的小金人。小汤当年正在壮志凌云的年代，多年混小角色终于能够和大牌导演老明星齐名共镜除了运气也的确有演技。不过彼时的他如同片中的角色，还嫩呢。

本片的模式，老家伙欣赏、提携、教导、磨砺小家伙，小家伙成长、成名、独立、与老家伙反目、争斗，nine ball or what，无伦输赢，这就是人生。结尾超帅，击节。

教科书式的摄影没得oscar有些遗憾，干净利落如同九球入袋的爽快。

非常美国的片子，带着浓浓的导演个人风格。我喜欢这份纯粹。

86年的《金钱本色》成就了靓汤和保罗·纽曼22年的父子情（纽曼08年去世），而保罗·纽曼的儿子于1978年因服药过量去世，这也是阿汤反对滥用药物的情感原因之一，但遗憾的是这被无良和夸张的媒体拿来作为攻击靓汤与科学教的一个武器。纽曼也是我过去比较喜欢的演员之一，他凭借《金钱本色》在第8次奥斯卡最佳男主角提名后，终于第一次捧回了男主角小金人。而那一年只有24岁的生涩靓汤也表演得自然生动，为了有机会出演马丁-斯科塞斯的这部电影，为了有机会与纽曼合作，汤姆心甘情愿得每天游泳12个小时减肥。这是一部好片子，而30年前的靓汤也没有很多人说的那么演技不堪。