Saturday Night

#RFH #LFF London Film Festival 21st. Surprise Film, I guess I made a wrong bet... My friend and I hesitated when the director came up... We just decided to…

The film still follows the structure of a hero's journey, and apart from the long shots, there seems to be no breakthrough...

The reenactment or dramatization of the preparations for the 1974 premiere of Saturday Night Live is like the graduation sketch of Ten Great Things that I saw recently, but I feel that I haven’t absorbed much culturally… At most, I watched Colin and Michael’s Weekend Update, the previous presidential election imitation show, and the episodes where Commander Gosling was kidnapped by aliens. But I still didn’t expect George Carlin, the big guy… Andy Kaufman’s scene is also very famous, and Jim Carrey starred in “Man on the Moon”, which is his biopic. The new father insurance at the beginning looks so abstract now… I’m also curious about what the puppet show of adult jokes will be like…

Visually, what is impressive is definitely the large number of long movement shots, especially those in the narrow aisles and across the set, which feels like a test of scheduling.

In terms of hearing... it feels too... complicated... I can understand that the live effect is presented in such a noisy environment, but it is still a bit tiring to watch as a movie.

---It's hard to imagine that after watching a show for more than ten years, I'm still just an entry-level fan.

This is a movie for SNL fans, you could even say it's a love letter to SNL. I won't go into detail about SNL's history, because there aren't many shows on the planet that are still relevant 50 years later. (Obviously, I'm a huge SNL fan.)

The film tells the story of the chaotic preparations for the first SNL in 1975. As the poster says, everything that could go wrong went wrong, and even the TV executives didn't want the show to succeed. As an audience, it's hard not to watch the twists and turns before the show was broadcast with the perspective of a cool article. After all, we know that it later became the greatest comedy show in the world, no doubt about it.

There are many real people in the film, and most of them are still alive, but the events in the story happened too long ago, and there are obvious traces of drama processing, so it is not a bad idea to regard them as fictional characters. In this way, SNL has added another layer of legend: a program that even the producers are not sure about its positioning, a group of abstract artists dug out from the underground streets, a new form that no one has ever tried, has become a golden business card for New York and even the United States.

The film is full of ridicules of dissatisfaction with the old system. The most obvious scene is when Lorne Michaels goes to the studio of an old artist downstairs to poach a young lighting technician. The only thing missing is adding "Only the young can run." to the background music. (Thank you, Taylor Swift) Then the scene of the old artist exposing his penis is another full-scale ridicule of toxic masculinity. Although after walking out of the movie, we will find that this ridicule is almost powerless, because the real world is still ruled by old white men. But don't rush, take your time.

All of the above is just based on the perspective of SNL fans. But through the portrayal of the actors, musicians, and staff represented by Chevy Chase in the corners of the camera, it also outlines a ukiyo-e of Vanity Fair, which is also an encouragement and reminder for me as a comedian. In fact, this movie is also suitable for anyone who wants to do something that no one has done before. In that context, it is even an inspirational film.

Although the whole film exudes a feeling of loss of control and anxiety, I still screamed and burst into tears when I heard the line "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!!!" that I have heard for more than ten years in the last shot.

I knew SNL because of Ali Wong, of course I had heard of it a long time ago, but I had never seen it. It wasn't until Ali Wong came on tour this year that I saw her current boyfriend, who is very famous and has worked in SNL for many years, that I knew it was something amazing, and I watched it after reading the movie 🎥introduction.

There is nothing particularly outstanding about this movie. Maybe it is for old SNL fans, but to me it is more of an inspirational film.

Just like Elon Musk building a rocket, he tries his best first. Even though there will be many unexpected situations in all aspects, he makes a revolutionary innovation first. It doesn’t matter if it fails. He just sends the rocket into space at the lowest cost first.

Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

(Saturday Night) (B+) Because the show S/N/L in this film cannot be named on our platform, we will use Saturday Night instead. This film records the chaos and pressure in just one and a half hours before the first Saturday Night Live, showing how difficult it is to present this show under various circumstances. From the lights falling off the stage, to the sound system breaking down, the sofa catching fire, and the actors walking away... Not knowing whether the live broadcast can start at the last second is indeed an exciting and dizzying experience. This movie will also make people feel that breaking people's conservative ideas and being the first to innovate is a great challenge, and it often requires the efforts of many people.

Most of Jason Reitman's films are full of dialogue, fast-paced, satirical, and full of era characteristics and dry humor. This one is also like this, but the characters are more numerous and noisier than before. The male protagonist, the producer of S/N/L, has been moving and talking from beginning to end. As he follows him, people see the chaos backstage. Many times he really does different things at the same time and talks to many people. He is like a spinning top that can't stop at all, which makes people's blood pressure rise. This part makes people feel very much like "Birdman", but without any fantasy content, it is as realistic as a documentary.

Overall, I feel that this is a very well-made movie with excellent actors, and many young actors have joined. However, except for the role of producer Lorne Michaels, the other people don't have many roles, but there are many group scenes. Poor Finn Wolfhard is just a flyer distributor.

But this movie actually shows more about the difference between TV production in the 1970s and now. In particular, people can be seen smoking in every corner of the backstage. Not only is smoking allowed indoors, but it is also dangerous even in the backstage where cables, papers, and clothes are messy. However, no one cares and people smoke anytime and anywhere. So I said a few days ago that Miss Jennie is really suitable to go to the 1970s. She said in an interview a few days ago that she apologized for smoking only because Koreans thought she was wrong. It was a problem of culture and the times, not that she did something wrong. She is right. This is indeed a problem of the times, but she said it the other way around. In the current era, smoking is not allowed indoors and backstage. Nowadays, this is a problem of quality and education. Her behavior is not accepted anywhere. But if she goes to the 1970s in this film, I guarantee that no one will judge her. Nobody would care. Nobody would say a thing. Who will give her a time machine.

In addition, racial discrimination and sexism can be seen everywhere backstage in this 1970s TV show in the movie. All the senior executives are white men who smoke, African Americans can only play minor roles, and an Asian worker is repairing the stage, but no one is willing to help him... Everything is so contemporary, and the small backstage has become a microcosm of the times.

After watching this, I guarantee you will cherish your current good life and feel that the times have changed a lot in the United States. People's working environment, especially for minorities and women, has gradually changed a lot. Who wants to go back? Except for Miss Jennie, there should be no one else.

It's hard to explain. I will probably never understand American humor. No matter how avant-garde the young people were 50 years ago, their jokes would become outdated.

The director described the large number of scenes and actors during the filming, saying that sometimes up to 58 microphones were used to record the sound and two mixing consoles were used for mixing. When watching the movie, I thought, it is true that "bad students have a lot of stationery"! So many microphones, but the actors' lines can't be recorded clearly? And most of the time, the background music is too loud, and it is impossible to hear what they are mumbling. But I don't mind it too much, because I won't laugh even if I understand it. The classic three-part plot makes the whole movie's rise, development, turning point and suspense setting predictable.

What I can't stand the most is the arrogance and pride that Americans have in their bones, both inside and outside the film. The director and screenwriter played a lot of jokes before the opening, making people think that the film was so exciting. In the end, they made a big movie of their favorite TV show, and the jokes in the story were all from the 1970s. They are self-indulgent and self-touched, and they still expect the global audience to buy into it, which is really puzzling. They used the spirit of art films that do not require the audience to understand, but made a tacky and boring commercial film.

Another thing is that the characters in the movie basically don't know what they are doing but are proud of it. The whole show is obviously a mess, and the director is so smart that he doesn't accept any questions. What does this have to do with the innovative spirit of young people?

The most hilarious part was the last 10 seconds countdown to the choice between live or tape. Everyone was sweating. Who among us didn't know whether the first episode of SNL was aired or not after reading this? Did you feel any tension? Wasn't the director too self-indulgent?

Maybe I am not a fan of SNL, so I don't have any emotional or memory connection. But if I don't have any urge to watch the first SNL after watching a movie, then at least it proves that this melon seller is not self-promoting at all, and she played a good hand badly. The only thing is that the texture of 16mm film is really good, and the two stars are mainly for photography and music.

If you choose surprise films at the London Film Festival, choose them carefully. If you don't know how to choose, don't open this column! More than half of the audience didn't enjoy the movie. Only a few people laughed. As soon as the end credits came out, a large number of people left. Are you happy to waste two hours of everyone's life? ? ? Have some conscience!