Looking at the title, you can think that this is a family drama about interracial marriage, because after the white beauty and the black doctor have hurriedly decided to get married, their families will have their own different ideas, the feelings and estrangement between people. Inevitably appeared. At this point, the first thing I want to emphasize is that this is not a perfect script. As mentioned in the tidbits, if Mr. Plantis is not such a well-known doctor, will their love be established? Since the parents are newspaper giants and gallery directors, why is the daughter so pure and persistent? But for an original script, the details in the story can be described as carefully crafted. The use of comedy to slow down the conflict, coupled with the continuous changes in the combination of characters, can also be seen in Polanski's "Killing" 45 years later. This is of great help in conveying the inner thoughts of each character more accurately, and connecting the stories in the background of the small pattern. Therefore, the award for the best original screenplay is an excellent affirmation of William Rose's outstanding creation.
However, the film's brilliance came to a greater extent from the two old men. Spencer Tracy passed away two weeks after starring in the film. In the process of watching the film, who would have thought that this brilliant, strong-spoken, and straight-tempered father had reached the end of his life. Catherine Hepburn was at the end of his life. In her speech, she kept staring at her intently and with tears. It was not so much her acting skills as her true feelings. And Stanley Kramer also fully used the advantages of an independent producer to fully express what he was trying to express. He used the technique of moving the mirror back and forth many times when the characters were constantly switching positions and mental states, making The audience can be deeply immersed in the story, and the director's skill is extraordinary. He can be called the pioneer of the times, and he was the good voice of the United States in that era. He retained that period of history with film and changed history.
Featured notes:
1. This movie appeared in the year before Martin Luther King was murdered. American racial problems and conflicts were serious;
2. At that time, 16 state laws stipulated that blacks and whites were not allowed to marry, and blacks had to sit behind on the bus. White people can’t be used in platoons, in the toilet, etc.;
3. The kissing scene in the opening taxi is the first time a black man and a white woman kissing in the movie;
4. Before the filming started, Sidney Poitier (a black doctor) ) Asked Director Kramer: Do you think this country is ready to watch movies of this type? Kramer said: No, but we have to shoot;
5. This is the ninth time that Spencer and Catherine Hepburn have collaborated. After the first day of shooting, Sony used Spencer Tracy as an excuse to be in poor health. The film was cancelled, but that night Kramer and Hepburn informed the Columbia company that they were willing to use their wages to pay for Tracy's insurance premium, and the company gave the green light the next day.
6. Kramer’s wife recalled that she and her husband received multiple death threats;
7. Poitier was criticized by the black community for playing successful and heroic roles in the movie; (It can be seen that such an image does not represent black people. (Social status at the time)
8. In a TV interview in 1978, Kramer mentioned that he had a good relationship with Poitier, but Poitier thought it was still difficult for whites to accurately express black films, so Poitier himself became a director. ;
9. expression of racial themes make it easier for whites and neutral person to be a comedy way;
10. Virgin Reid (steak takeout delivery boy actor) danced the dance to pick up fragments of black girls out to play was his own idea , Free to play, not Kramer’s creativity;
11. This film is quite tormenting for the final actress Catherine Hepburn. In the film, his niece (Catherine Horton) appeared in the film for the first time, and he had to face it. To Spencer Tracy’s near-death state;
12. Spencer can only film in the morning, and his condition is very serious;
13. After filming the final speech paragraph on the last day, Spencer and all his friends said: I After finishing this movie, I think the effect should be good;
14. Director Stanley Kramer was born in a low-level community in New York (hell kitchen?). When he was young, his father left his mother and was raised by his mother. The education was very strict;
15. After completing his military service, Klay Mo and his military partners jointly established a company;
16. Stanley was the first independent producer.
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