There is "Little Women" on the Oscar nomination for best picture. I am still quite surprised. Let's not say whether this film has a chance to win this award. The Irishman and other masterpieces compete on the same stage, which shows that there is still his uniqueness.
"Little Women" is adapted from Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name "Little Women", the cast is still very strong, Sweet Tea, Hermione, Miss Bird, Laura Dern, etc. The new and old actors can be said to be a fairy lineup.
The gossip is over, let's get to the point
The narrative structure of "Little Women" is relatively complicated. If you don't watch it carefully, it will definitely play. This movie uses a "sandwich biscuit" mode. The beginning and the end: the part of talking with the publisher can be understood as the biscuit part, and the The whole plot is covered in it. The middle part is a double-layer sandwich, the happy time of childhood is compared to a strawberry sandwich, and the cruel reality of the Little Women stage is compared to a matcha sandwich. The middle part uses a parallel editing method to cut the happy and sad scenes together. . So in terms of structure, "Little Women" definitely made a lot of effort, which is the strength of this film's attack.
And then this movie is still difficult for many people to understand. Although it is not as difficult to understand as Nolan's movie, it will definitely be confusing the first time. Don't rush to listen to me slowly.
The opening quotes from Louisa May Alcott: "I've been through hardships, so I'm going to write interesting stories.
The book "Little Women" is fabricated based on the author's own personal experience. From around 4:43 of the whole film, the book cover of "Little Women" begins, and the latter part is the "sandwich" part. More generally speaking, The parts with sweet tea are all in the book, just like the place where James Caan is in the movie "Inception" is reality. As mentioned above, the sandwich part is easy to be confused by parallel editing, so this is a movie that requires the audience's attention. It is easy to remember if you are not careful. The structure of the film, the director played a bit of a flower.
Then the next point: On the "sandwich" level, Joe rushes to work overnight to send the original manuscript of "Little Women" to the publisher, and the children of the publisher's boss are shouting to see the sequel of "Little Women", also in the same sandwich level, the audience It is easy to confuse the sandwich layer with the pie. Why is this set up? I have to start with the golden sentence of the original author. After all, what I have created is what I have experienced in my own life, so it is understandable that the author reflects the part of the book published by Little Women to the reality. Then in the end, the part where Joe married his shared boyfriend was a happy ending at the request of the publisher. This should be seen, so the part of Joe's marriage is completely fictional. After reading this part of my appeal, there should be no pressure to watch the film.
Because this film still focuses on pinching people, it is still necessary to analyze the characters:
Joe
As the eldest sister of the four sisters, Joe can be said to be a thorough feminist. In the United States during the Civil War, the status of women was still very low. Just like Aunt March said: The way for women not to marry is to change. You have to be rich, but your woman has no way to make money, and no one can really live according to their own ideas. Joe's ideal is that women can live independently without relying on men. But it is precisely because of this ideal that Joe suffers from losing his love. Repeatedly rejecting Laurie, he ran to New York alone...
Meg
Meg is a kind of true lover. During the Civil War, it can be said to be a money-worshiping society. People are always proud of being rich. Meg is a maverick existence who resolutely chooses love in material and love, but does not It doesn't mean that Meg doesn't like material things. In the film, Meg married into a poor scholar's family and couldn't even wear a beautiful dress. Material is not unattractive. In terms of casting, I must have considered it three times. Choosing Hermione to play feels like playing in her true colors. Hermione in real life has not also said that a very princess does not necessarily marry a prince.
Amy
Amy is a follower and compromiser, and has always followed the big sister in life, such as art, Joe writes novels, Amy draws, and love Amy follows Joe, Joe likes Laurie, and Amy also likes Laurie . When Aunt March told Amy: You are the hope of the whole village, Amy is a compromiser. For the better future of the family, she must marry into a wealthy family. Amy can be said to be the one with the best ending, not only getting material Got love too, married Laurie, got money and love.
bass
Personal feeling is the most failed character. The role of Bess in the whole film can be said to be a tool for contacting the family and a tool for contacting neighbors outside. He is kind-hearted but shy and does not have much contact with others. It is difficult to have love. Died of scarlet disease.
This movie is a warm and cruel, magical and realistic epic of the poor. The gap between the rich and the poor has been a big issue in recent years. After all, the stick has sent this proposition for two consecutive years, which shows that in today's rapid economic development, the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider. It has become the focus of people's attention. Although it is a true story, the magic point is that there is a big family like an earl living next to the poor family of four sisters. The poor and the rich can really be friends. ...
The parallel editing in the film is my personal favorite, and it is also one of the two points of the whole film. The sense of rhythm is very perfect, which highlights the director's skill. At the stage of Little Women, the soundtrack becomes as biting as the cold wind, and the rhythm control has been perfected.
If you have to summarize a theme idea: daughters should be self-improvement. hhh
Although this film is a work for the Olympics, the odds of winning are poor. This year's "1917" is really strong, and I may have to accompany it...
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