To Be or Not to Be Comments

Declan 2022-03-26 09:01:10

[The 400th film in 2013 dedicated to Lubitsch] The 1942 Nazi satirical comedy. Very sophisticated and funny. Well-designed and natural jokes are still hilarious 70 years later. Unforgettable. You can see the shadows of many later movies: the jokey head of "Inglourious Basterds"; the "Mission Impossible 4" both sides and so on. It turned out that it was Lubitsch who played the rest. Comparable to The Great Dictator. But still not as great and immortal as it is. Four and a half...

Oscar 2022-03-26 09:01:10

It's twists and turns, layer upon layer, charming details, seriousness, tension, wit, and everything I like about comedy. Lubitsch's brilliant line made me laugh out loud late at night (hope it wasn't too disturbing = =) "Her husband is the great Polish actor XXXXX, you must have heard of it." "Yes, I have seen his Stage play, what he did to Shakespeare is what we Nazis are going to do to Poland...

Madilyn 2022-03-26 09:01:10

The power of comedy! Anti-war comedy, Lubitsch's first, think of escape from the tiger's mouth. Mrs. Bai is amazing, the protagonist is brilliant, and the supporting roles (Charlotte's monologue! The sense of tragedy in comedy!) are also eye-catching. Political conspiracy, relationship between men and women, small people win, and the usual factors of comedy are perfectly controlled ~ "An actor's worst fear happened, and someone left the stage while he was performing" (No association! Haha) to...

Micheal 2022-03-26 09:01:10

What is especially rare is that the film was made in 1942, before World War II had yet been won. Lubitsch's film feeling of having fun in the midst of hardship did not change history like the later "Inglourious Basterds", but surpassed...

Lesley 2022-03-26 09:01:10

The first time I saw it when I was a kid was the color version, and I didn't get laughed at at the time (especially the part where "Hitler" was dropped in the UK at the end). Lubitsch is ruthless when he spoofs his motherland... (The "We also need to eat food..." in the play should be the first anti-racist thought I came into contact...

Rowena 2022-03-26 09:01:10

to be or not to be, as mentioned in the movie is like a code. It's the beginning of any comedy conflict. When the male protagonist reads this line on stage, it means that his rival is about to have a tryst with his wife. And when the line reaches the heroine's ear from England, a burlesque of stage actors smashing the Nazi conspiracy is about to...

Thaddeus 2022-03-25 09:01:15

Looking back three years later, I still want to sigh, the whole structure is surprisingly delicate, and every repetition is the consolidation of style. The whole film should be called "self-cultivation as an actor". How light is Lubitsch's humor, and the later Billy Wilder continued to pay tribute to him, but he was still more ingenious than...

Alysha 2022-03-25 09:01:15

High comedy. An encyclopedia of comedy, an actor's self-cultivation book. Lubitsch is so...

Vaughn 2022-03-25 09:01:15

Brilliant comedy, witty, and beautiful lines. It was the first time I saw Lubitsch, and the first time I heard the word "Lubitsch Touch", I became...

Idella 2022-03-25 09:01:15

9.9 points, like "The Great Dictator", Hitler was still alive when the movie was made. Compared with the exaggerated body language of "The Great Dictator", this film is a serious joke, and the plot arrangement is extremely clever. I actually felt a little bored watching "Escape from a Tiger's Mouth", but watching this movie really made me...