The best films of Danny Boyle: Review “the Movie”

World famous Director Danny Boyle received after the release on the big screens of the movie “Trainspotting”, which in 1996 seemed to be an event for the cinema. It was the second picture of Boyle; today, we remember the best and most significant of his work.

The best films of Danny Boyle: Review “the Movie”

“Trainspotting””Trainspotting” was the second feature film by Danny Boyle after his debut – the film “Shallow grave”. The film describes the story of four friends that have a General dependence on drugs, leading each of them to the latest features. The story is on behalf of the young Scot Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor). Mark is fond of literature, politics and philosophy, stealing from book stores, of which collects at home the whole library. He believes that heroin is his conscious choice, which is an alternative no less bleak and meaningless existence of “normal” people. However, neither he, nor his friends, loafers and losers, can not find themselves in adult life.

Andrew MacDonald, John Hodge and Danny Boyle on the film “Trainspotting”

The painting was based on debut novel “Trainspotting” the controversial Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. In the novel there is a sequel called “Porno” at the moment Danny Boyle is busy with his adaptation. The shooting took place in London and Edinburgh, and to their roles returns almost the entire main cast of “Trainspotting”.

Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor on the set of the film “Trainspotting Porn”

“The BEACH”IN 2000, Danny Boyle took a picture with one of the “Pets” Kinopalace a young Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as with such film stars as Tilda Swinton, Guillaume Canet. The plot of the movie “the Beach” a young American, Richard arrives in Thailand in search of new sensations. He accidentally meets with a strange man, daffy, who tells him that somewhere nearby on the Islands of the lost Paradise. The hero gets a card and shares the secret with a couple of tourists, and they go on a path that will lead them to the unusual commune based other newcomers from the West. By the way, the island of Phi Phi Lei is still popular with fans of the movie “the Beach”.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Danny Boyle on the set of the movie “the Beach”

“28 DAYS LATER”Horror movie “28 days later” with Killian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson was released in 2002: it is now possible to say that he had an enormous influence on later paintings, telling about the zombie Apocalypse and became a cult classic among horror films, but among psychological thrillers, because the plot – internal changes occurring in faced with the terrifying man-made disaster people. The group of “green” extremists invaded Primate research center and released from a secret science lab monkey. A deadly virus transmitted through the blood within seconds, leads to the immediate contamination and contact with any living creature, it transforms him into a bloodthirsty monster. 28 days after the disaster a group of survivors trying to find shelter and looking for ways to fix global cataclysm.

Photos from the filming of the movie “28 days later”

INFERNO sci-Fi film of 2007, with Killian Murphy, rose Byrne, Chris Evans and mark Strong tells the story of a disappointing future for humanity. Year 2057 the Sun is dying, and people are on the verge of extinction. The last hope of earthlings – “Icarus 2”, a space ship that needs to deliver a nuclear warhead to the dying Sun to re-ignite it. The crew is in a dangerous situation, when, on approaching the star, hears the radio of the ship “Icarus 1”, which once disappeared under mysterious circumstances, trying to perform the same mission.

In the film “Inferno”

“Slumdog MILLIONAIRE””Slumdog Millionaire” is the story of a young uneducated guy Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is just one step away from winning the game show “Who wants to be a millionaire?” and winning 20 million rupees. During a break in the game, police arrest him on suspicion of fraud. This film earned Boyle the Oscar, Golden globe and BAFTA for best Director (also the band won the same awards as the best film). Many scenes were shot on location in India, and the young actors portraying the main characters in childhood, has been found for Danny Boyle in the slums of Mumbai.

Danny Boyle in India during the filming of “Slumdog Millionaire”

“127 HOURS”while working on the movie “127 hours” Danny Boyle acted not only as Director but also as producer and co-writer. The film tells the true story of mountaineer and conqueror of canyons, Aron Ralston (the role went to James Franco), who in 2003 spent in a mountain crevice for six days after his arm was trapped by a stone weighing more than 300 pounds. Before you go on a journey, he did not tell anyone about where it’s going. When a small amount of water and food he had with them was over, he cut off his brush, making was able to get out of the canyon and to find tourists who called the helicopter rescue service. Sam Ralston was actively involved in the creation of the film, he shared his memories with the crew and showed them the video messages that were removed, while in the crevice.

The shooting of the film “127 hours”

“TRANS”is a detective story with Vincent Cassel, James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson, tells the story of a humble auctioneer Simon, who at some point were not able to resist the temptation – he had conspired with a gang of robbers and organized the kidnapping of a unique lot worth millions dollars. However, the RAID ends not quite as he expected in the beginning. The auctioneer stun blow of the blunt object on the head, in which he loses any memories about what happened. Trying to get to the truth, he comes to the strange and frightening discoveries concerning himself in the first place.

Vincent Cassel, Danny Boyle and James McAvoy in the film “Trance”

“STEVE JOBS” film adaptation of the book by Walter Isaacson “Steve jobs” with Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet was one of the favorites in the Oscar race in 2016. The film is based on three iconic presentations of Apple, which culminated in the 1998 premiere of the iMac. The movie shows the “underbelly” of Apple — the harbinger of the coming digital revolution, and also the life of Steve jobs – a genius in its midst.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine Danny Boyle said that he used “traditional theatre three-act structure”:Let these parts do not appear static, they move. The first act of you shoot on 16 mm film and on the soundtrack put music that immediately recalls the sounding of the first personal computers. The second act of being shot on 35mm, and here different music and feeling: it looks like a more traditional movie, movie 1988. And in the last section we recorded on digital camera Alexa. Now we consider the infinite world of digital technology, which was a dream of Steve jobs”.

Michael Fassbender and Danny Boyle on the film “Steve jobs”