Movies are more like deals At the heart of the film is a new female assistant. She graduated from college with strong ambition and hopes to become a producer. Her parents are also proud of her job. The film shows the day's work of the female assistant, from leaving home in the early morning to returning home at night. Although trivial, it really reflects the hard work of the bottom assistant and the hidden rules of the whole environment. However, she is greedy for work every day, even doing cleaning work. There is no one in the office who respects and appreciates her efforts, and almost no one is looking at her. The film also shows for the first time the hard work of a junior assistant in a Hollywood company.
This is not news in fact. Many years ago, there were books about Hollywood assistant survival guide! Most of the assistants, male and female, were very humble at the beginning. Most of their work had nothing to do with the production, such as copying, answering the phone, serving tea and water, helping the boss to buy lunch, booking air tickets, reimbursements, and getting dry cleaned clothes... I also did these during my internship. However, since a lot of big directors and big producers started in this way, many young people also bear no grudge.
The female assistant in this movie doesn't complain about doing this, but she slowly finds that there are young and beautiful girls going in and out of the office or being arranged to go to the hotel. She also helps to deal with the questioning from the boss's wife. Even the whole company knows the boss's behavior. Instead of complaining, they tease the girls together. They are used to it. They even help him arrange the girls and do everything.
Because the girl is also a new assistant. Like the audience, she is curious about everything, and gradually opens Pandora's box with the audience. The smoke inside makes her suffocate for many times. But if you go to HR, you will be threatened and your bright future will be destroyed as much as possible. Before leaving, HR said: "don't worry, you are not his dish." As comfort.
Most interestingly, every time Weinstein criticizes her, she needs to write a letter to apologize. And Weinstein would boast that she was smart. It seems that lustful bosses also have reason. Although there are many beauties, they always need to find someone who really does the work, and they also need to be aware of the overall situation. And the girl with excellent academic background and eager to succeed, who came to New York from a small city, just met the requirements.
This film is written by assistant Weinstein after the rabbit movement. I personally think most of the content is authentic, which greatly satisfies the audience's curiosity about Weinstein. After all, directly from the perspective of the victim, it is often regarded as biased. It is better to be more objective from the perspective of his closest neighbors. The female assistant can only be silent though she sees everything in her eyes. There is no dialogue for a lot of time in the film. Only the sound of the copier and the phone ring show why we have waited so long to hear the truth: countless small people who pursue their career as individuals have given up their principles because of their ideals and have to bow to the power... Until one person after another came forward.
The film successfully plays up a kind of horror atmosphere. The color of the whole film is gray and lifeless. In the dialogue outside the silence, it is mostly insulting and belittling to people. It successfully creates a toxic environment, and there seems to be no good person. Weinstein's shouting at his subordinates and belittling them with offensive words are also often heard in the film. This verbal violence is one of his hallmarks. Although there was no violent content, the female assistant was obviously frightened by the surrounding environment, and often saw her swallowing saliva, not daring to look at the people around her.
After watching this film, you will surely think that anheithway's female assistant in "the Devil Wears Prada" was just too happy.
However, the presentation of the film may occasionally be boring and lack of commercial attraction in the eyes of the public. After all, watching her clean the room, wash the dishes and copy for a long time, I really feel that it is not as interesting as the fast-paced and dramatic narrative way of "bombshell", so I just quit the award season and released it in January. But what the film tells us is really not to be missed. That said, even if you look for a big star, shooting like "Bob shell" can still be controversial. Such sex abuse movies are actually very difficult at present, but they are also very important. The main reason is that things have just happened, but I believe that there will be more and more similar films in the future, and I hope that there will be more sharp and sharp perspectives with different angles.