The new brain-opening masterpiece "Uncle Sweet Dreams" has continued to ferment after its release in the United States, and the box office has exceeded 100 million yuan so far, and it has been certified 92% freshness in authoritative film reviews** Rotten Tomatoes, and it is among the must-see works of foreign media this autumn and winter!The story follows millions of strangers who claim to have seen Paul (Nicolas Cage) in a dream, turning the hapless college professor's life upside down.
In the interview, director Christopher Bogley said that they chose one of the most famous actors on the planet (Nicolas Cage) to play the most inconspicuous man in the world, and for this the crew had to hide his star charm and energy. Cage himself came up with the idea of a bald look, and the director got him an inconspicuous fake nose and extremely ordinary outdoor clothes, so that Cage completely turned into an ordinary suburban dad with an embarrassing atmosphere, and the styling once aroused heated discussions among netizens when it was announced.
Talking about the inspiration for making this film, the director revealed that the idea of "Uncle Sweet Dreams" originated from a university professor who was fired and stripped of his tenure, and I saw several cases of professors being dismissed, and I began to become interested in this aspect, which is a bit like some kind of new culture, at that time there was no word "cancel culture". But these professors would podcast and share how they felt. Well, they can't understand the charges they are accused of, the charges that others have woven in their hearts. That's like clicking'Cancel your subscription'Buttons, like those that happen in the real world, are like those in a dream. ”
In real life, the director and Cage's father are both university professors, so they are quite aware of the pressure they are under, and they are always in fear of whether they can keep their jobs when they are worried that students will point the finger at you. The duo also brings this experience into the film, dissecting the emergence and prevalence of cancel culture in modern society.
The story of Uncle Sweet Dreams tells the story of Paul (Nicolas Cage), an ordinary biology professor who one day, for unknown reasons, begins to appear in other people's dreams. At first, he just watched or passed by in everyone's dreams, but as Paul's behavior changed in strangers' dreams, his real life began to ......fall apart