Beautiful Marianne is singing, girlishness is always poetic tenderness and sadness, and he has fallen...

Shyanne 2022-04-21 09:02:09

"Sense and Sensibility" is Kate's third film work, which is adapted from Jane Austen's well-known novel of the same name. Ang Lee, who has been nominated for two consecutive Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Wedding Banquet" and "Food and Drink," plays Kate's second heroine, her emotional, innocent and romantic sister Marianne. In order to express the different Marian before and after the emotional injury, Ang Lee chose two poems from the Jane Austen period and asked the soundtrack master Patrick Doyle to compose it as Marian's theme song, and boldly let Kate interprets one of them herself - "Weep You No More Sad Fountains" This singing is not the later mouth-to-mouth recording of "Dream Paradise", but a live recording - the performance, playing and singing should be performed at the same time, in one go.

Colonel Brandon arrived late, and a girl's soft singing voice came from the living room - "Softly, softly, now softly, softly lies sleeping...", the Marianne in front of her was as pure, clear, and sentimental as her singing voice, so clear Moving, not only deeply moved Brandon, but at this moment, this role has officially entered the audience's eyes, in sharp contrast with the rational and reserved Eleanor, Marianne made no secret of her emotions and loved unreservedly , like a pink rose blooming heartily, among a group of senior British actors, Kate is particularly bright and not inferior. Although her performance is not as general as Emma Thompson's, it is full of vitality. No matter whether the Marian in front of you is like a spring breeze or grief-stricken, you can feel the speed of her heartbeat. The strength of the fire of life, everything is so real, so empathetic...

"Sense and Sensibility" is undoubtedly the most successful Jane Austen film in film history. The film won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as seven best film titles including the British Academy, the National Film Critics Association, and the Golden Globe Awards. Although it was narrowly defeated by "Braveheart" at the 68th Academy Awards, This film made Kate nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the first time, and won her the Screen Actors Guild Award, which is second only to the Oscar, and the British Academy Award. At that time, it was agreed that this girl had a bright future!

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Sense and Sensibility quotes

  • Elinor Dashwood: Marianne, please try... I... I cannot... I cannot do without you. Oh, please, I... I-I have tried to bear everything else... I will try... Please, dearest, beloved Marianne, do not leave me alone.

  • Marianne: Colonel Brandon.

    [Though trying to slip out, he eases slowly back into the room, almost afraid to speak]

    Marianne: Thank you.

    [a fleeting look of mild gratitude crosses his face from these first sincerely kind words she's ever spoken to him]