Hoover

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Hoover is a biographical film released by Warner Bros., directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Amy hammer. It was released in the United States on November 11, 2011.

The film looks back on the legendary life of Hoover, the director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of investigation who has been in office for nearly 50 years and has experienced nine presidents.

Synopsis

The film is based on the story of Edgar Hoover, the legendary American FBI. In 1924, at the age of 29, Edgar Hoover was promoted by the attorney general to head the Bureau of investigation. Hoover set the goal of "completely eliminating criminal acts", immediately adjusted and reformed the flawed system of the Bureau of investigation, dismissed hundreds of agents at one go, and stipulated that only those with university education and law enforcement experience had the opportunity to get the job. Later, he set up the FBI crime lab and renamed it the FBI. In 1950, he also established a list of the top ten most wanted criminals. It is reported that Hoover used illegal means to collect evidence of his opponent's crimes during his term of office and gained a lot of political power. Before his death, the rumor that he was "gay and transvestite" added a bit of legend to the experience of this tough law enforcer.

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Creative background

The film is adapted from the story of J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary figure of the FBI. Hoover used to be the most powerful person in the history of the United States, and he also used to be a powerful person. At the age of 29, he became the head of the Department of justice's Bureau of investigation and established it as the FBI, the famous FBI.

Cast selection

Charlize Theron originally planned to play the role of Helen Kennedy in the film, but because of the time conflict between her other film snow white and the hunter and the film, she withdrew from the cast. Later, the crew considered Amy Adams as the star, but it didn't work. In the end, Naomi Watts got the role.

Shooting schedule

Hoover, with a 128 page script, was filmed at Warner and Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The film, with an investment of only 3.5 million US dollars, has only a 39 day pre filming schedule, which is a great pressure for the actors and the people behind the scenes.

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Film evaluation

Edgar Hoover was the head of the FBI for 48 years, after seven terms as president of the United States. His career is full of controversy and is said to be extremely dirty, ranging from illegal eavesdropping to murder. Nothing is right. But the J. Edgar is as like as two peas. It is nothing to exaggerate. It is a good thing to describe the rhythm to the narration and the rhythm. It is the only thing that brings the best to the public. (Phoenix Online Review)

The film does not have the traditional three paragraphs of "start process end", but is interspersed with endless flashbacks and flashbacks, which is puzzling. The length of more than two hours is also easy to make the audience give up. (CNN comments)

Directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Dustin lance black, the film is perfect with the costume design and artistic effects of the 1940s. But in fact, it is more like an animated wax figure about Hoover's life. (Wall Street Journal Review)

It is precisely because we think that many elements of the film are likely to become new classics that we feel so strongly after watching the film. It's too disappointing. (San Jose Mercury review)

Although Leonardo's performance is quite wonderful, compared with "the pilot", the narrative of the film is chaotic. It's hard to see what the film is talking about. He is like a text trying to shoot all the characters without fully mobilizing the language of the film to make it look like a work of art. (Boston Globe review)

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