First look at a set of shots:
In the hotel, the blonde girl trot upstairs and knocked on a door.
After the little brother opened the door, the two had a mysterious conversation:
Male: "I see, don't cry, let me think about it."
Female: "I can't stay here for too long, she is waiting for me downstairs."
Guess what is the scene of the dialogue between these two people ?
A. The boy was at a loss when he was arrested for cheating.
B. The girl fell in love early, and the old mother caught J in bed.
C. Parting farewells to lovers who are passionate about each other.
Use your little head, Sister Tiao now announces the answer:
The little brother in the loafers is a rich man, the blonde girl on the right is his target, and downstairs is the blonde girl’s employer, so...
The answer is C!
In a love scene, the rich man is so uncomfortable.
This... is definitely a love scene?
What's even harder to guess is that this movie, which seems to be about Pan Jinlian and Ximenqing, was adapted from Hitchcock's classic suspense film "Butterfly Dream" .
As Hitchcock's first entry into Hollywood, "Butterfly Dream" allows the audience to see the talent that Hitchcock has endured .
At the 13th Academy Awards , "Butterfly Dream" led the way with 11 nominations , and finally won two awards for Best Picture and Best Photography .
Although the big studios put forward many opinions on "Butterfly Dream", which restricted Hitchcock's performance, which made Hitchcock extremely annoyed:
"The story is old-fashioned and lacks a sense of humor. This film is not my style at all."
Nevertheless, "Butterfly Dream" not only made small-cost movies on the highest podium, but also created a golden age of suspense movies .
In the new version of "Butterfly Dream", in addition to the roots of Hongmiaozheng, several leading actors are also strong cast members.
The role of Mr. Derwent, the rich son, is the actor Amy Hammer in "Call Me by Your Name" .
Lily James plays the role of "Cinderella" . She has also starred in Disney's live-action version of "Cinderella" before.
Although the lineup is reliable, since you remake the remake of the master's work, this matter itself cannot be reliable.
PS: It is recommended that readers who have watched either the new or the old version continue to watch, otherwise you will be spoiled by Sister Tiao's circuitous lightning spoilers.
The heroine is a Cinderella-like character .
Born in poverty, be a companion to a rich woman and earn some pocket money by the way.
And the rich woman is more like a donkey to the little girl , she is still very rich.
Today I will go to Monte Carlo, France to eat oysters, and tomorrow I will fly to New York to fish for a small drive.
Turning around, she ran into the little brother who made her fall in love at first sight——
Mr. Derwent, the widower who owns the most luxurious house in Mandley in the UK .
As a result, the heroine sparrow turned into a phoenix.
After experiencing a farce at the beginning of the "East Window Incident", the two happily ran to Mandeley Manor and lived their lives without shame.
Speaking of the two leading actors , to paraphrase the words of netizens:
Full of strength, a good boy in the new era, only the nobility and elegance of rich men and ladies are missing.
Lily James is really only suitable for Cinderella. As for the princess after putting on crystal shoes, she still has the village atmosphere of a London second-road car .
Although she was born in England, Lily is more like an American immigrant in the film, and her speculative psychology of going high is revealed everywhere.
The old version of Joan Fontaine is different, with an inherent elegance.
In the early stage, she was only promise, had never seen the world, and was timid and timid;
Later, when she came to the manor, she also paid attention to everything like Lin Daiyu, for fear of making a fool of herself.
Nevertheless, they still retain the purity of poor girls, at least not earthy.
Amy Hammer’s excellent coolness is not revealed in the film.
The tall man of 1.96 meters makes him look less like an English nobleman, but a second stunner who is still stinky and does not eat the fireworks .
Women are more than vigor, but not extravagant; men are more than dull but not elegant.
Fortunately, the only thing that can make Sister Tiao feel at ease is the actor who plays the butler Mrs. Danforth , Christine Scott Thomas .
This role is considered the most reductive.
The first is the noble and mysterious appearance of actor Christine .
The lens is mostly upside down, and her cheekbones and the edges and corners of her face are often shown in the lighting, showing her not easy to approach personality.
The second is aggressive behavior .
Since the hostess entered the manor, Mrs. Danforth has written "Unwelcome" on her face.
Mrs. Danforth is an island, a ghostly existence.
In her eyes, she only recognizes one master , that is, the former mistress of Mandley and the former wife of Mr. Derwent—
Rebecca
A few years ago, Rebecca died in a shipwreck, but she was still heartfelt to the soul, and even more like the owner of the manor than Mr. Derwent.
However, Christine's advantages belong only to Christine, as for the film, Sister Tiao still feels dull and tasteless .
The housekeeper in the old version framed the hostess again and again, but without explaining the reason, this also gave the film a sense of ambiguity .
In the new version , the director was afraid that the audience would not understand, so he kept explaining that she was behind the scenes .
This is not what I think the 38th place in the "Top 100 Baddies in Film History" of the American Motion Picture Association should be!
Moreover, under the influence of the feminist movement, the relationship between Mrs. Danforth and Rebecca was changed beyond recognition.
What the old version of Mrs. Danforth stays behind is the elegance of the nobility , even if Rebecca is a vicious-hearted woman (involving conspiracy ending, stop here).
She defended the British feudal aristocracy , a gorgeous dream.
In the new version, although the fire was set off at the end, Danforth's death place was not in the manor with a class symbol, but in the sea symbolizing Rebecca's death.
Therefore, Danforth's death lacked the flavour of guarding the feudal class, and completely became the "marriage" of the old servant after not forgetting the master.
It's not a messy use of words, just look at what Mrs. Danforth said before jumping off the cliff:
If the old version is the worship and obsession with the hostess, then the new version is directly what——
Long live "Shuang Ji Lian"!
In addition to the cast errors in the cast, and the magical changes in the relationship between the characters, the new version of "Butterfly Dream" also failed to inherit the main contradictions of the old version.
In terms of major contradictions , the old version is still talking about the shadow of the predecessor .
The hostess always felt that Mr. Derwent could not forget his ex-wife, so she was not close to herself.
The reason why Mr. Derwent didn't get close to the hostess was because he was caught up in a murderous past.
At the same time, the big contradiction produces a small contradiction between the two protagonists:
As soon as the hostess goes to the beach, Mr. Derwent will be furious.
The hostess was framed and dressed in the clothes of her ex-wife to attend the prom, and Mr. Derwent was another kicker.
The new version only talks about one thing:
The poor girl squeezed her head and wanted to enter the wealthy Mary Su bridge section.
After all, the heroine was bullied all day long, and the rich woman held a cocktail party specifically to laugh at her origin.
I want to show class conflicts, no problem.
In the old version, the rich woman only needs a look and the different discussions of the heroine by sister Derwent before and after the others, it is enough to see the humble identity of the heroine.
Do you need to play a poker game with great fanfare to express this detail? Sister Tiao thinks this is just a manifestation of the director's lack of skill.
In addition, the old version shows Mr. Derwent’s anxiety, while in the new version, as long as something happens, the male and female protagonists will quarrel endlessly.
This implies the audience: Two people are not lost in love by Rebecca's shadow, but there is no love at all.
Something went wrong, it was more of emotional discord complaints, rather than the hesitation of your wish.
For the changes to the ending , it is the most unacceptable thing for many fans.
The cause of death of the old version of Rebecca was accidentally dying in front of the hero.
The original story is that Mr. Derwent killed Rebecca, but because the filming time was 1940, it happened to be the climax of the "Hays Code" censorship.
Under pressure from censorship, Hitchcock had to change the act of "killing his wife" into self-death caused by his wife's misbehavior.
But the new version has returned to the original setting, it was Rebecca who forced Mr. Derwent to shoot herself.
And after a series of investigations, Mr. Derwent was acquitted of "killing his wife".
Is it possible to clean up the act of killing his wife ? Sister Tiao won't talk about this for the time being.
After suggesting that Mrs. Danforth is the one who knows Rebecca best, the ending will be another big reversal-men can still get away with it after destroying women.
I have to say that the new version of "Butterfly Dream" is a bit of an upright and standing taste.
No matter how the plot changes, it’s okay, but the only thing that cannot be tolerated is that the new version loses the foundation of the old version——
Suspenseful
The old version of "Butterfly Dream" still focuses on the gloomy atmosphere and suspenseful colors.
Mr. Derwent’s secretiveness to Rebecca, the abandoned hut where memories of murder were buried, and the pressing of Mrs. Danforth, the housekeeper, all testify to Hitchcock’s intentions in setting the suspense.
For example, R , which often appears in the film , is the earliest McGoffin.
Rebecca is a character throughout, but never showed up.
Instead , the R, which symbolizes her initials, appears frequently in front of the camera like a ghost.
She just wanted to use her own death to frame Mr. Derwent.
The problem with the new version is that it turns suspense into pure storytelling .
All the visual symbols are all driven by the plot.
For example, the appearance of cousin Rebecca in the old version is blocked by a window, implying that he and the heroine are not in the same world, and that this outsider poses a threat to the heroine's happiness.
As for the new version, the image of the window was directly removed, and the two people simply met.
From time to time, there are narration + MV shots , and Guo Jingming doesn't shoot like that...I guess.
80 years ago, it was a song about the fear of the ghosts of the past.
80 years later, it became a butterfly dream of a poor girl.
There is no shortage of techniques, but an original story, paved with subtle details.
I knew that, the ghost of 80 years ago, it's better to let it continue to sleep.
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