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Morrow: You hop aboard my magic carpet and I'll show you sights that you've never seen before.
Longfellow Deeds: Well, I'd kinda like to see Grant's tomb and the Statue of Liberty.
Morrow: Well, you'll not only see those, but before the evening's half through, you'll be leaning against the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you'll mount Mount Everest, I'll show you the Pyramids and all the little pyramidees, leaping from sphinx to sphinx!
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Morrow: Pal, look, how would you like to go on a real old-fashioned binge?
Longfellow Deeds: Binge?
Morrow: Yeah, I mean the real McCoy. Listen, you play saloon with me and I'll introduce you to every wit, nitwit, and half-wit in New York. We'll go on a twister that'll make Omar the soused philosopher of Persia look like an anemic on a goat's milk diet!
Longfellow Deeds: Well, I guess that oughtta be fun.
Morrow: Fun? Listen, I'll take you on a bender that will live in your memory as a thing of beauty and a joy forever!
Frank Capra
Frank Capra (Frank Capra, May 18, 1897 ~ September 3, 1991), was born in The Republic of Italy , and was called " Hollywood 's greatest The Republic of Italy." Although born in The Republic of Italy, Frank Capra should be regarded as an authentic American Director. His works are full of optimism and positive attitude, always sticking to ideals and ethics. He relied on his own efforts to become one of the most successful Directors in the classic Hollywood period and an outstanding representative of "American Dream". Frank Capra made 53 films in his lifetime, and was nominated for the Best Director Oscar 6 times and won three awards.
Voted as one of the ten best films of the year by the National Film Critics Association; and nominated for 11 Golden Awards, including Best Picture, Director , Actor, Script, Supporting Actor (Two), Sound Effects, Soundtrack, Interior Decoration, etc. Only the original story of Lewis R. Foster won the title.
Performing Experience
From 1927 to 1933, it became mature. 1927 was the most important turning point in Frank Capra's life. He formally signed a contract with Columbia Pictures, and his boss Harry Cohen hired him as Director for a salary of $1,000. In 1928, the company's first sound film The Submarine was filmed. From 1927 to 1933, Frank Capra filmed "That Certain Thing" (That Certain Thing, 1928), "The Donovan Affair" (1929), and "Flight" (1929) for the company. ), "Unstoppable Rain or Rain", "Tears of Leisure", "History of the Sky", " Blonde " (Platinum Blonde, 1931), "The Miracle Woman" (The Miracle Woman, 1931), "Bitterness", "Golden Tide" ", " The Bitter Tea of General Yen " (The Bitter Tea of General Yen, 1933) and other 12 films. In 1933, " Lady for a day " with a $300,000 investment received the attention of Oscars for the first time and was nominated for the Best Director Award. During this period, Frank Capra's A movie script was basically written by Robert Riskin, which created the golden age of Robert Riskin-DirectorFrank Capra's best partner in the American film industry.
In 1934, "One Night" became famous. With the success of " It Happened One Night ", Frank Capra established his position as a big-name Director in Hollywood, created a new genre of romantic comedy, and won five Oscars. Following " It Happened One Night ", ""(Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936) and " Life is but a dream " (You Can't Take It with You, 1938) made him three Oscars for Best Director . " Lost Horizon " (Lost Horizon, 1937), " Mr. Smith Goes to Washington " and " man of the moment " (It's a Wonderful Life, 1946) have also been nominated for Oscars. Especially " Mr. Smith Goes to Washington " (Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, 1939) won eleven Oscar nominations. Starting in 1936, Frank Capra established his own production company Frank Capra Productions; in 1939 he left the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group . During World War II, the most famous war propaganda documentary in the United States. General George Catlett Marshall personally appointed Frank Capra to shoot a large documentary film that inspires American Teens to join the army- " Why We Fight""(7 episodes of a large-scale series of documentary films). These films were listed as must-see films in the education of the US military, and some were also shown to ordinary citizens, and they were also translated into foreign languages to be shown in many countries, with remarkable results. The content of " Why We Fight " involves the political, economic and cultural traditions of many countries, and the images come from many countries, just like a microcosm of modern history. "The Battle of Britain" was screened widely in the UK under the orders of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill , and "The Battle of Russia" was screened all over the Soviet Union under the orders of Stalin.
After the war, it became quiet. In 1946, Liberty Films was established with Sam Briskin, William Wheeler and George Stevens . In 1946 " man of the moment " (It's a Wonderful Life, 1946) was nominated for five Oscars, and the actor James Stewart called this film his favorite. Since then, the creation has gradually become silent. More influential works include "State of the Union" (1948), "A Hole in the Head" (1959), "Pocketful of Miracles" (Pocketful of Miracles). , 1961) and other films.
In 1971, Frank Capra published his autobiography "Frank Capra, The Name Above The Title" (The Name Above The Title).
On September 3, 1991, Frank died forever in his sleep due to a heart attack.
Weird Comedy-Exquisite Comedy-Social Comedy
Frank Capra is known as the O. Henry on the screen. His movies are almost all comedies, and most of them describe the daily lives of ordinary people in small towns. The protagonists are often eccentric, so they are called "weird comedies"; their plot structure and character The portrayal and dialogue are carefully conceived and cleverly arranged, paying attention to mood and details, so it is also called "exquisite comedy"; Frank Capra opposes money worship, he believes in the doctrine of " Love Thy Neighbor ", and it is completely possible to express people of different classes through films Living on an equal footing, his comedies are full of rich life material, exposed to the acute social problems of the United States during the Great Depression, he has insight into the lives of ordinary Americans, and can combine fashion in time (such as the car set in " It Happened One Night " Travel and traveler camps were the latest things in the United States at that time), so it was also called "social comedy". Watching Frank Capra's films, the story is often like a light farce at the beginning, but as the story unfolds, the audience will see the meaning of the different reactions from the comedy.
Director technique
It may be influenced by the creation of traditional comedy films. Frank Capra is good at improvising on the scene of Director, including temporary changes to scripts and improvisational theatre to inspire actors . In " It Happened One Night ", "Mr. Smith in Washington", " Life is but a dream " and other films, improvisation adds a lot of unexpected highlights to the film.
Values
"Miracle" is the motif of Frank Capra's movies. Almost all of his films tell the audience about miracles: Shangri-la in wars , rich people falling in love with the poor, low-status people becoming members of Congress, unlucky overnight All dreams come true... In fact, the essence of this motif is " American Dream. " Frank Capra has always maintained the praise of loyalty, idealism, social responsibility and other traditional American characters.
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