This film can be said to be a subtle tribute to Shakespeare or to Western classical drama. The structure of the whole movie uses nested and multi-layered narrative techniques. Starting from the modern theater, it declares to the audience in the theater, "We are going to tell a darker story about the pen in the hand, the sword in the palm, and the victory of the drama. And the loss of the throne..." The story begins with a flashback from the burnt down of the famous "Globe Theater", from the tortured scenes of Benjamin Johnson, cut into the laughter of the audience, and smoothly transitions to the appearance of William Shakespeare as a comedian. . In this scene, the British people's obsession with drama, the contempt, disgust and suppression of drama by the upper class, Benjamin Johnson as the author of the drama, William Shakespeare as the actor, and Edward Dwell, who is about to be the protagonist, appeared one after another; After the transfer, it turned to the discussion of the court struggle between Annapton and Essex, and the picture scroll of the story has slowly unfolded. In the story, Queen Elizabeth’s love for poetry during her youth, the growth of Edward Earl of Oxford, and the personal love stories of the two are shown in their respective chapters with similar scenes and memories. The story has always remained light and light. Speed and breadth, full of plot and emotion. When William Shakespeare pretended to be the author and blackmailed the earl, the earl’s own life experience was exposed, and the earl’s dramatic “conspiracy” was thwarted by the more scheming Cecil, the ups and downs of the story became more and more intense, until the end of his life, Benjamin Johnson embraced. Going through all his works and claiming that he is the "soul of the age", this story is closed with the death of the protagonist and returned to peace. In the end, in the beginning of the theater, the storyteller ended his story. The background of the ending subtitles was a fixed long shot where everyone got up and left. Outside the camera, real-world audiences also got up and left. This scene The reflection of real life can be said to be profound.
The plot of this movie can also be said to be full of Shakespearean style: the palace’s ambitions across generations, the bitter fruit of intermarriage, the confrontation between the Queen’s counselor who conspired to frame young power ministers and the queen’s lover who tried to protect her illegitimate children, and the bitter queen who shocked her. Incest secret. As far as the plot setting is concerned, it can be said that it has inherited Shakespeare's sensationalism, the evil taste of unhistorical life in high society, and the British tradition of using the queen to make fun of it. At the same time, the story is interspersed with youthful and ignorant love stories, longing for poetry and beauty, tragic and unsuccessful public riots and military remonstrances, humorous and sharp evaluations and mockery of people of the time, and scenes of brilliant fragments of Shakespeare's dramas that have become popular. , Dazzling, vividly reproduced the essence of Shakespeare's drama: with dramatic plots and language, it showed the faces of the people in the era as colorful as a kaleidoscope, and told an imaginative story.
Almost all of the British actors in this film have received theatrical training, and every move is like a reappearance of the Tudor dynasty, full of tension and not excessively exaggerated, worthy of appreciation. The camera and lighting are not lost, and they are not overly dramatic in recreating the drama. They restrain themselves on the position of the lens and the way of framing, which is not bad. The Earl of Oxford in the film is a fashionable figure at the time. He has traveled extensively and is well-known as a fashionista. The black eye shadow and luxurious and elegant clothes in the film really complement the talent of the Earl himself.
Although the story of the whole movie is very bold, it is not made out of nothing. For a long time, the academic circles have questioned Shakespeare: as the son of a grocer in the family, who has not received higher education, how can he master the mystery of delicate poetry, with gorgeous and scattered rhymes, steps, and circumflex, weaving love A drama chapter of hatred and hatred? And Edward Deville, the Earl of Oxford at the same time, was considered the best candidate for the writer. One of the reasons was that as a patron and organizer of the Royal Theatre Company, he was exceptionally talented, and his plays were published from time to time. The period of the work is staggered with Shakespeare. As for the truth, both sides have essays and writings, making historians a headache. The same is true for the queen. As the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth was unmarried for life, so she also had the title of "the virgin queen" and named a place in the colony with this title. Yes, it is now Virginia, America. However, it has always been said that she has many boyfriends, and South Hampton and Exes in the movie are both legendary candidates. The identities and roles of Edward Deville, the seventeenth Earl of Oxford and the father and son of the Cecil family in the movie are quite consistent with historical figures. It is true that Shakespeare himself was very wealthy in his later period and built his own theater; but his unsuccessful remonstrance came from the playwright’s imagination, but it is also quite credible.
Generally speaking, this is a very wonderful story. The word dramatization can be used to describe almost every aspect of the whole film. Edward Deville in the film was poetic since he was young, but he was limited by his identity and could not be revealed. The only queen who appreciated this talent and admired him was unable to unite. She was blackmailed by Shakespeare when she was looking for a puppet; she neglected management for the sake of artistic creation. , Unwilling to be committed to the court, the family property is dilapidated, and ultimately will not be known to the world, unable to get the glory and recognition that it deserves. Only his works have gone through the generations and finally been widely acclaimed, and they are hailed as the soul of that generation. From this perspective, it doesn’t matter who the real author is. These signed Shakespeare’s plays show the highest level of English drama and poetry creation during the Renaissance. They are popular and touching so far, so it’s already very good, is it not?
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