"Apartment Spring" 1960

Issac 2022-04-20 09:01:34

Do you think that such a beautiful name "Apartment Spring" will definitely be accompanied by a beautiful picture? Then you are wrong, there is not even a single word of anger in the whole movie.
The bottom-level employees of a large company are the protagonists of this story. What are the bottom-level employees of a large company? Similar to Sister Feng when he was working in the Fortune 500, except that he was not a cashier, but a member of the crowd who sat on the phone in a huge office that could not be seen at a glance. He was a good guy, at least that's what the neighbors said about him. But his character not good at rejecting made him turn his bachelor apartment into a "low-end motel", and also ruined his reputation among the neighbors. The four superiors used their positions and promotion opportunities to repeatedly "requisition" the rookie's apartment for cheating. These cheating times even require a schedule so as not to be confused. Once there is any change in the middle, it is also very expensive to rearrange. Weekly. Adding a big boss to so many guests makes the story even more lively.
"Spring in the Apartment" has won 5 awards at the 33rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The story connects everyone through the needs of the characters, and in the end, no one is double-taken. Even though the film was shot in the 1960s, even in modern society, such stories still happen every day. Power, money, and sex seem to be the only goals that people can pursue. At the same time, sex is gradually being equated with love. .
The whole picture of the film is clean and clear, especially the layout of the apartment that the protagonist rents. The bedroom door, which symbolizes privacy, is located on the left side of the frame, which happens to appear in the same shot as the entrance to the apartment. This arrangement plays an important role in the later development of the story.
It is said that at the end of the film, the heroine's sentence: "Shut up! Make a deal!" became a very popular catchphrase. This line reminded me of the most recent sentence: "Love". Love is the eternal theme, I hope there will be less ironic process and more warm ending in real life.

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  • Rosemary 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    A work of strength, it is really good to start and turn

  • Cassandra 2022-03-21 09:01:40

    Wilder's lovely black comedy, he's glib at the poker scene, she sighs and says one thing and another, it's so beautiful, one of the best Christmas movies

The Apartment quotes

  • C.C. Baxter: I know how you feel, Miss Kubelik. You think it's the end of the world - but it's not, really. I went through exactly the same thing myself.

    Fran Kubelik: You did?

    C.C. Baxter: Well, maybe not exactly - I tried to do it with a gun.

    Fran Kubelik: Over a girl?

    C.C. Baxter: Worse than that - She was the wife of my best friend. And I was mad for her, but I knew it was hopeless. So I decided to end it all. I went to a pawnshop and bought a forty-five automatic and drove up to Eden Park. Do you know Cincinnati?

    Fran Kubelik: No, I don't.

    C.C. Baxter: Anyway, I parked the car and loaded the gun... Well, you read in the papers all the time that people shoot themselves, but believe me, it's not that easy. I mean, how do you do it?

    [cocks his finger, and points to his temple]

    C.C. Baxter: Here?

    [points to his mouth]

    C.C. Baxter: Or here?

    [points to his chest]

    C.C. Baxter: Or here? You know where I finally shot myself?

    Fran Kubelik: Where?

    C.C. Baxter: [indicating kneecap] Here.

    Fran Kubelik: In the knee?

    C.C. Baxter: Uh-huh. While I was sitting there, trying to make my mind up, a cop stuck his head in the car, because I was illegally parked. So I started to hide the gun under the seat and it went off - pow!

    Fran Kubelik: [laughing] That's terrible.

    C.C. Baxter: Yeah. Took me a year before I could bend my knee - but I got over the girl in three weeks. She still lives in Cincinnati, has four kids, gained twenty pounds. She sends me a fruit cake every Christmas.

  • Dr. Dreyfuss: Nice veins.