At that time, I could always see a copy of Tess of the D'Urbervilles on the half-open bookshelf of the school library. It was neither thick nor thin. I knew it was a masterpiece, but I never had the courage to poke it off with my fingers. I was sixteen or seventeen years old. At that time, I didn’t have the guts to challenge foreign masterpieces, and Chinese ones couldn’t read them. Not to mention those martial arts novels and best-selling novels were more attractive. Of course, the video hall and game hall at that time were more attractive than books. As I get older, I can settle down and read a few books, but I still rarely choose foreign famous novels. First, due to time constraints, famous books are often too large and not suitable for fragmented reading; Readings that can broaden the knowledge base always feel that the breadth of life is not enough. As for the pursuit of depth, I feel a little apprehensive. The thinking is lazy, and I can’t settle down. In fact, it is still impetuous. Moreover, the classics are classics, and classics are often repeated and recreated. , Sometimes although we have not read the original book, its story and content may have been familiar to us through other channels and methods, and once we understand the story, the appeal of the original book will decrease, and the desire to read will also be small. a lot of. For example, movies, classic classics are often remade once every few years. How refined a movie is, the story is told in two or three hours, and it takes days or even months to read a book. Of course, it is also an immersive experience, reading books and watching movies. It's a completely different feeling. It can't be measured and compared only by time, but for me and other mediocre people who like to eat fast food, the cost-effectiveness of long-form masterpieces is not high, and the movies are real, direct audio-visual stimulation, easy to understand , don't waste time for those long descriptions and narrations. No wonder there is no depth to thought. Another obstacle to reading famous works is the language problem. The classics and strengths of many famous works lie in the beauty of the language, and the stories are often second. When we encounter this type of work, we can only be amazed at the ocean, because behind the language is culture, although there are honest and elegant translations. It is difficult for us as foreigners to appreciate the essence of other people's mother tongue because of the hard work and re-creation of the writers. There are cultural differences, or it is very important to be proficient in a foreign language. For example, in this "Tess", the story is not bizarre and the scene is not grand. The strength of the original novel should be in depicting the characters, highlighting the human nature and showing the social style, and its language must be beautiful and full of philosophy, then it is adapted into a movie. I am afraid that the literary charm of the original book will be compromised. Fortunately, the film's strengths lie in visual effects and character performances, which can slightly make up for the lack of written expression. Through this film, we can see the face of the English countryside in the 19th century, the vast and boundless fields, the rough but accessible country roads, the tired and busy farmers, and of course the wealthy class The sanctimonious appearance and the desperate struggle of the bottom society, and more importantly, through the characters in the play, we learned about the ideological conditions and cognitive level of the British rural people at that time. For example, in that era, British farmers had already started to use machines to thresh wheat. This scene evoked my childhood memory; Tess still drank raw milk. It can be imagined that people's hygiene concept was not strong at that time, no wonder her child will die prematurely; the status of men and women is extremely unequal, almost on par with us in our time, and the in-depth presentation and analysis of this problem may be one of the reasons why the novel can become a classic. I haven't read the original book, so it's hard to say whether the movie shows the essence of the novel, but considering that this movie was released more than 40 years ago, it doesn't look old at all, from the picture to the performance, especially In the end, Tess and her husband stayed at the famous Stonehenge in England. It was a very romantic and surreal expression, and the impact on the senses was extremely strong. It can be said that it has shaped the classics in film history. Be ingenious! Remember Roman Polanski, who also directed this film.
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