Ben Affleck's directorial style infuses the reality of "The Town" with "The Town"

In the second work, we conducted more interviews than the previous work to pursue reality.

So what about his second film, "The Town"? The directorial skills that explode in this film are also an extension of " Gone Baby Gone ". However, perhaps because of the confidence he gained from the previous film, this time he began preparations on the premise that he would also star in the film.

The story takes place in Charlestown, northeast of Boston. According to the opening credits, it is "the city with the highest robbery rate in the world." As with the previous film, he wrote the screenplay with his childhood friend Aaron Stockard. The original author, Chuck Hogan, is also from Boston. The reason this subject struck Ben's heart was the exact same as with "Gone Baby Gone." This time, too, he aimed for "realism." He was confident that he could once again bring to life a unique, realistic story that only he could write.

"I'm not a skilled director with a knack for film techniques or presentation. So I just pursued what only I could do. I tried to portray everything realistically, using a world I know well as the setting."

In fact, these are words that Ben spoke during his previous film, "Gone Baby Gone," but they can be said to be the very foundation of his directing techniques, which are also present in "The Town."

However, it is true that the hurdles have been raised even higher this time. Car action and gunfights are carried out in broad daylight, and the characters are arranged in a more complex relationship. This is a work that will test Ben's ability as a director and his possibility of moving to the next stage.

So how did he pursue "realism"? Ben's research was even more intensive than in his previous work. First of all, from the scriptwriting stage, he didn't just adapt the original story, but wove details together based on the testimonies of various people in the town.

Some of the characters were former drug dealers or bank robbers. When necessary, he even went to prison to meet with inmates and talk to them. He also quizzed police officers about the details of the cases and the investigation, taking great care to carefully portray the conflict between the two. Furthermore, the bank robbery scene depicted at the beginning of the film is based on an actual local incident, and he was careful to make use of the testimony of witnesses and those involved in the investigation as much as possible to avoid criticism that the incident was "not true." In a sense, he burned the memories of the town into the film.

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