Maybe there is a certain number in life, and everything has been set before it even started.
When love comes, all disputes, misunderstandings, misunderstandings, or suspicions during the period can no longer shake the final outcome. On the contrary, it is precisely because of such conflicts and twists and turns that love silently breeds and multiplies in the passage of time. , has been a disaster. This is a knot, a calamity, that cannot be undone, nor can it be avoided.
"South and North" is such a beautiful story about love. The BBC spared no effort to create a romantic sample that no woman in the world could refuse.
From the moment Margaret pushed the workshop, love was born.
As soon as she opened the door, the slow and long music turned, and immediately joined the bright and cheerful rhythm. This is the rhythm of encounter. I love this beautiful soundtrack! At this time, Margaret's wide eyes were full of astonished expressions: cotton wool fluttered in the sky, scattered like snowflakes, hundreds of looms were busy working, shuttling back and forth, a snow-white cotton cloth Placed on a rolling shelf, workers are working during the period...
The rumbling of machines and the hustle and bustle of the factory floor actually presents a strange romanticism in the epic music! This should be a compliment to the vigorous northern industrial revolution at that time, and also a contrast to the scene of the hero and heroine meeting for the first time. I have to say that the screenwriter is too attentive, and he presents exactly what he really wants to express in his heart. Perfection is always reflected in the meticulous details.
It was here that Margaret looked up and saw Mr. Thornton for the first time.
She saw him standing on the front steps with a grim expression, looking down at everything below like a regal. The camera freezes on Margaret's astonished stare at him, stares again, then turns to Mr. Thornton's face, and when everyone thinks they are about to meet, the plot takes a sharp turn - Margo Lit watched Mr. Thornton's face change, and began to scold the workers who smoked secretly, and there was a fierce chase and beating on the spot...
The first meeting was like this, and the heroine was shocked. At this moment, prejudice and misunderstanding are also planting seeds in their respective hearts.
In this way, in the subsequent exchanges, misunderstandings, suspicions, disputes, and understandings repeatedly accumulated in each other's hearts. Time makes these clips become images one after another, which cannot be erased: I still remember Thornton's focused eyes watching Margaret pouring tea when she was in class at Margaret's house; I remember Margaret in the angry crowd. During the strike movement, he shielded Thornton from the flying stones; I remember the loss when Thornton confessed to Margaret for the first time when he was rejected; I even remember when Margaret left in a carriage in the wind and snow, Thornton The sad eyes and desperate self-talk behind him: Look back, look back at me...
These fragments eventually accumulated into a strong and inseparable emotion, until the longing became a disaster.
About the people in the play:
When the film tells the emotional journey of the hero and heroine, it also does not forget to express the personal characteristics of other characters in the play in a profound and moving way.
Let's talk about Mrs. Thornton first. What impressed me the most was Mrs. Thornton's love for her son. I remember Margaret said in a chat with her girlfriend Bessie: She just stood there, looking down at us like an angry black crow guarding the nest. She was referring to Thornton's mother. Indeed, she always wears a delicate black dress, stands motionless at the window, and pays attention to everything about his son with sharp eyes that see everything!
When Margaret was injured defending Sunton in the strike movement and Sunton was going to visit Margaret's house, Mrs Sunton tried her best to prevent her son from visiting, and even begged him not to go. And when Thornton returned at night, he found his mother waiting for him in the living room. Seeing her son come back, Mrs. Thornton repeatedly confirmed to her that she had not visited the injured Margaret just now. What a domineering and willful mother! But then she pulled her son over again and said to him faintly: I'm sure she will take you away from me, so I don't want you to see her tonight, I just want to enjoy being yours for the last night. favorite.
"Enjoy the last night as your loved one."
This is the willful reason for being a mother, and I can deeply feel the greatest loss and melancholy in her heart at this moment. But at the same time this is a sensible and wise mother, so she said: son, you know what I want most, what I want most is your happiness, I don't care about the rest, so tomorrow, you go Look at her, confess to her, as long as you love, I will try to love.
Mrs. Thornton is such a mother. She puts her son first, she is proud of her son, and regards her son as the best person in the world. In her opinion, there is no woman in this world who deserves the love of her son. If a son really falls in love, then the other party must be flattered. So when she learned that her son had failed to confess to Margaret, her shock and anger were unprecedented. For a time, she showed a strong hatred for Margaret, but at the same time she immediately spread her wings to protect her calf, embraced her son, and firmly stated to her son: only maternal love is constant and never disappears. And a girl's love is just a layer of smoke.
I don't know why the BBC chose the role. The vision is accurate and poisonous. The old actor who played Mrs. Thornton was full of drama. His sharp eyes, the corners of his mouth, the corners of his brows and the eyes, including the muscles of his face, were infinitely vivid. expression, and it is just right.
The second one I want to talk about is Higgins, a thoughtful low-level laborer who strives to change the status quo through his own struggles. He presided over rallies, mobilized workers, and organized strikes. Although the strike failed in the end, his daughter died of illness, and his job was lost, he still did not lose his fighting spirit. He clearly saw the social reality at that time. He discussed with Margaret's father Hale about the existence of God and the injustice to the world. His anger—he thinks that this is not the world that God wants to see, because they live at the bottom, oppressed by factory owners everywhere, dragging half their lives in the dark corners to make a living. In the face of his doubts about God, Mr. Hale's defense as a priest was obviously weak. In the end, Higgins concluded that the same class at the bottom must unite to protest. If the protest is ineffective, it can only be a fight. And his last words are sobering: Combat always brings crime, and standing by is an even greater crime.
The image of such a thoughtful laborer shines brightly in the film. At the same time, he is also full of love and sympathy for his family and the people around him, from the tender eyes and loving embrace of his daughter, to the relief he gave to the Bulcher family and finally to the adoption of all the children of the Bulcher family. A tall image of a man with great love who shines with humanity.
There is also a small character in the film that is particularly memorable - that is the hapless Bulcher. The ghostly shadow of Bulcher lingers throughout the film, a pale, bony face with gloomy amber eyes sunken, and a look of panic and dodging. He was selfish, cowardly, cowardly and stupid. He sabotaged the strike action, and secretly attacked the factory owner with stones. Later, he was cast aside by everyone. Finally, he lived on the streets, desperate, and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. This is a humble soul from hell, and a very pitiful and pathetic soul. In fact, he just wants to live humbly, even like a dog, he doesn't need dignity, all he needs is a job that is enough to support a family, in the end, he just wants to maintain the hard life in front of him Just go down.
In fact, Bulcher is also the shadow of most people in our lives: most of them are born to obey the arrangement of fate, to be content with the status quo, to live mediocrely every day, and only to be content with a meal that is safe and secure. What these people fear most is not poverty or oppression, but change, because change will only bring about two results, one is success and the other is failure, and the inferiority they radiate from their bones makes them not Believe that they will succeed, so they are the most afraid of reform, because they cannot bear the pain of losing the last bit.
The best thing about this play is that each character in the play is performing their own duties, neither robbing each other nor perfunctory, and everyone has performed the personality characteristics attached to the role.
For example, Dixon, the fat middle-aged maid of Margaret's family, is diligent and loyal but witty and independent; another example is Thornton's sister, a superficial and tacky real woman who only needs a few movements every time she appears. And the eyes can reveal the character's personality most vividly; another example is Margaret's father, a kind pastor with pure thoughts, and he is also a lonely old man who is lost and lonely, and gradually goes to death; there is also the man who mocks himself forever There will also be no children, poor Bessie who died in her youth; there is also Bessie's sister, a docile and sensible girl with sad eyes; each of them is appropriately interpreting their respective destiny and roles, gathering in At the same time, the whole film is full and vivid, full of thick texture.
About the original author:
Having said so many advantages, I wanted to talk about the shortcomings, but after a probe, I found that this kind of treatment is a reason. What I personally think is lacking is that in the end, the male protagonist faces bankruptcy, and the female protagonist comes back to save the male protagonist after getting the inheritance. This plot is almost the same as "Jane Eyre", in which the woman saves the man after getting the inheritance. And when I got to know the author of this novel, I found that the arrangement of this plot is not a coincidence, but a great source.
The original author of "North and South" is the British novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, also known as Mrs Gaskell. The most famous biography she has written is "Charlotte Bronte", and Charlotte Bronte is the author of "Jane Eyre", which shows that "Jane Eyre" and its author Charlotte Te Bronte must have had a great influence on Mrs Gaskell. And the second, bigger reason I think should be the same as Charlotte Bronte; in nineteenth-century England, women had low status, or no independent status at all, which directly led them to think It is necessary to choose such a plot to express the struggle-that is, after women gain some kind of self-independence (mainly financial independence), they must take the initiative and dignified to save love. Although such a plot may seem a bit contrived to us now, if we can put ourselves back in the patriarchal society at that time in the United Kingdom and consider it, we can find that among the few female writers who were chatting about it at that time, such a difference can be expressed. The value of sound.
Come back, let's talk about the male and female protagonists, why are they attracted to each other? This may seem accidental, but it is in fact inevitable. Margaret is smart, kind, independent and strong. She has a kind of daring responsibility in her temperament. At the same time, she has deep sympathy and is willing to be with the poorest at the bottom. Caring and empathizing with them, putting yourself in their shoes. It is this unique character charm that deeply attracted Mr. Thornton. And Thornton himself is a strong, sincere, upright and uncompromising person. Later, under the influence of Margaret, he gradually came into contact with the lower-level laborers, showing his inner kind and gentle side. So their mutual attraction stems from the fact that they are the same person at heart—independent, autonomous, authentic, and compassionate. At the same time, they both have the most sensitive and self-respecting hearts, and they are unwilling to compromise with each other easily, which also makes the relationship tortuous and almost misses each other.
The final encounter has to be the most romantic sample of all love stories.
Margaret and Mr. Thornton, one from the south and the other from the north, met by chance on a railway platform. In this situation, as people say, love is a platform, I get off the bus, and you happen to be there.
Looking at each other, Mr. Thornton took out a yellow rose from the pocket of his jacket. Margaret was astonished at the beautiful gift, for it was a rose from her hometown of Helstone.
It is the most beautiful gift in the world and the most romantic encounter on earth.
In the soft and lingering sound of music, the handsome and messy Mr. Thornton stared at Margaret with infinite affectionate love, the corner of his mouth was slightly raised, his eyes were deep and affectionate, and then, then, they kissed deeply... This affectionate tenderness, I am afraid that even the stone will be melted.
I revisited the "South and North" that I liked a few years ago. I didn't expect that I still love it now, so I recorded some mixed feelings. As a souvenir, I thank it for letting me yearn for something in the trivialities good.
2015/10/11
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