It is undeniable that director Joe Wright added a large number of elements of stage play in this version: surrealist stage design, poetic and freehand natural scenery, smooth scene switching and hazy light and shadow effects, all so flashy and dreamy, quite Novelty.
However, Tolstoy’s kind, pure, sincere, charming, and full of vitality Anna, charming, radiant, blushing, striking beautiful... was played by Keira Knightley as a young coquettish, stubborn and fragile superficial. woman. In addition, the Volensky in this version is so young (an actor born in 90), and his face is so tender that there is no such thing as a man. There seems to be nothing but handsome; and Karenin, played by Jude Law, is in charge. , Forgiving, forbearing, especially the last scene where the flowers are in full bloom, he smiled and watched a son and a daughter (Anna and Volensky’s children) play-he looked like a peerless good man. This undoubtedly further brings out the superficial boredom of the heroine.
In addition, the play does not show the hypocrisy and nasty of the upper class at all, so that their rejection of Anna seems to be a maintenance of loyalty. The other Levin’s clue in the novel, the process of the rural landlord’s self-exploration of soul salvation, is combined with Anna’s upper-class social clue to jointly express the important content of Russian society, and it is completely downplayed in the play. Those who haven't read the original can't help wondering, is this a world-famous novel, just relying on the story of such a romantic young woman, Hong Xing, who came out of the wall and made her own feelings?
In short, this story was ruined, Anna was also ruined, a profound story was once again subverted into a mediocre love triangle in the era of popular culture. Speechless.
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