The beginning of the film takes me back to a time when I had never been there. Whether it is the processing of the picture, the retroization of the characters, and the soundtrack outside the silent film, the restoration is very strong, which made me open Baidu several times to check the production year of this film to confirm my judgment.
Most of my understanding of silent films remains in the Chaplin period, and the works such as Modern Times and City Lights, which are popular all over the world, are still vivid and expressive of Chaplin. That may be my most primitive and immature understanding of silent films. I have not yet felt its charm and have never understood how much joy silent films gave people in an age when people were eager to synchronize images but technology couldn't. On the basis of this lack of understanding of silent films, The Artist gave me a passion for silent films and respect for artists in the true sense. The director used a miniature of a person to show the promotion of the entire film history, and paid tribute to those artists in the true sense with the growth of a person.
The film probably tells the story of George Valentine, an actor who was widely loved by audiences in the silent film era. He lived in the silent film era. It was the silent film that made him and he enriched the silent film. Although Miller's appearance is accidental, it is an important manifestation in the historical context. She met George Valentine by chance, and gradually became acquainted with George Valentine during the audition. Under the inspiration and encouragement of Valentine, she has gradually grown into a popular actress in a new era. However, George Valentine's acting career was going from bad to worse. He had to dismiss the housekeeper because of financial constraints, his wife abandoned him, and he auctioned off his family property as a last resort. There is an important background for the development of the different fates of the two people, that is, silent films are being replaced by sound films. While George Valentine rejected the revolution of this era, Peppy Miller followed the trend. But in my eyes, both George and Peppy Miller are artists in the true sense. Although they belong to different eras and film formats, the representations of these forms cannot hide their true artistry. .
The emergence of sound movies is indeed a huge progress and change. Not only the voices of the actors convey the mood of the plot, but also the different soundtracks convey certain signals to the viewers when the plot is at its climax or when it progresses smoothly. In those days when actors used body and shape and silent lip tones to convey meaning, moviegoers had the original preference for movies, and moviegoers were more likely to immerse themselves in the situation of the movie, and as the actors fluctuated and fluctuated, There are ups and downs, and there is no straightforward and audible conversation in the script. There will be no embarrassing scenes like the actors in some films who are not acting well and use dialogue and narration to make up. Therefore, it is said that the era has created classics and completed a batch of dross.
Yes, the so-called actor, the so-called artist, is to construct another person's life in a way that is performed and close to the prototype, rather than reproducing another self to the audience on the screen. I remember watching a few Dustin Hoffman movies a few days ago, and then I realized that the real actor is not so beautiful and handsome, nor how charming the costumes are, but what he acts like (actually speaking Ironically, this was originally a basic requirement for actors, but because there are more and more pseudo-actors, the basic requirement can only be praised. It is also on this basis that actors like Dustin Hoffman are talented Classic and precious), in "The Unsung Hero", Dustin Hoffman presents a little man who is imperfect but a perfect father. In "Rain Man", he seems to be an autistic rain man. It is said that in order to play this role well He lives with a "Rain Man", a pimp in "Midnight Cowboy", and an actor disguised as a woman in "My Fair Lady", Dustin Hoffman is a playwright The actor is an artist. He has experienced thousands of lives in different scripts in his life, and those poor actors continue to be themselves in other people's lives all their lives. For them, acting does not mean that they have thoroughly understood the script, and they are not trying their best. Presenting a character's life. In today's era of huge profits, a wide range of actors spend very little time choosing a good book, spend little energy pondering over the life in the character, spend a little time memorizing lines, and spend more time. Spending more time participating in commercial activities and making grandstanding fans, this can't help but make people sigh, and it also makes people heartache what kind of deterioration and "alienation" actors are going through, and art is even less complimented.
There are fewer and fewer artists who are down-to-earth in performing arts, and there are fewer and fewer sincere beliefs in their hearts. The fast pace of the times urges people to move forward into a colorful world, rush blindly to pursue profits, and rarely think about art. essence and meaning.
Although George in the film is pedantic and arrogant to a certain extent and refuses to accept the changes of the times, he was gradually abandoned by the times because of his complacence, but from another point of view, George has his own determination and persistence in art. In the era of life and belief, silent films are everything on the big screen. Silent films have the most realistic presentation of films, so is it really impossible to enter the sound world with George's acting skills and basic skills? And I think it was precisely the transition from silent films to sound that challenged George’s inner understanding and obedience to art. He could immediately adapt to this development trend for himself and become a new favorite in the sound era, but because of his persistence in art, he It is blind obedience and irresponsibility to the viewer to fail to accept this form in behavior when it has not been internalized in essence. I think of many so-called actors in China, because they have no right to speak without understanding, so I spend money to go to the theater to see his/their works. The acting skills are poor, and even the lines seem to be studying or showing PPT to people. Many of my personal films have no recognizability at all, and I have always been a female white-collar worker or a good man with central air conditioning.
Besides, I really liked the arrangement at the end. The long silent film made me have a strong desire for the voice of the hero and heroine, so when they spoke, I almost jumped from the ground. Tap dancing is so exciting, every gesture is an art, and when you see tears streaming down your face, the classics that stand the test, thank you and pay tribute.
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