LOS ANGELES:
Few Hollywood stars bring the weight of cultural expectations like Leonardo DiCaprio. Whenever he enters a new project, the attention it attracts concerns as much the story on the screen as what the film could say about the moment we live. His latest collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson is no exception.
For Leonardo DiCaprio, explaining the synopsis for his new action thriller “One Battle After Another” is not easy.
“I think it is probably because it is a complex thing to articulate, but at the heart of it, I think that the film is much to do with humanity. It is a lot to do with polarization in the world in which we live, extremism at both ends”, the ” Titanic Actor said.
The film follows Bob Ferguson, played by DiCaprio, and his wife Perfedia Beverly Hills, played by singer Teyana Taylor. They are a loving but tense couple who embark on daring humanitarian missions in modern America.
“This is not a film where people impose political convictions on someone else,” said DiCaprio. “It’s a satire at both ends. It’s a great film to have released in today’s world. I think it’s important.”
In the film, Perfidia suddenly disappears shortly after childbirth. Bob changes his identity and leaves the grid to raise his child as a single parent. When an enemy resurfaces after 16 years to take revenge, Bob must work to save his kidnapped daughter. The writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson is known for his distinct style in films like Licorice pizza, there will be blood And Boogie nights.
According to DiCaprio, Anderson has “incredible flexibility” and can modify whole sequences according to the suggestion of an actor. “Not to say that he takes all your ideas, because he certainly does not do,” said DiCaprio. “He has an excellent BS detector. But when you say this good idea, I mean, the whole course of the film can change.”
“One battle after another” arrives in theaters on Friday. Cinema reviews granted the film, distributed by Warner Bros a 97% on the magazine Rotten tomatoesWith praise for Anderson.
