Author: Hua Er Dao
Yesterday was the 26th anniversary of the release of "Forrest Gump" . When it comes to this film, the 67th Oscar and "Shawshank's Redemption" cannot be avoided .
In that year, the two films competed in the same field, and Shawshank lost. Many people feel sad and feel that the victory of "Forrest Gump" is just a politically correct choice, not as good as "Shawshank" in terms of artistic value.
There have been many years of debate on this topic.
But no matter what, we cannot deny that "Forrest Gump" is an excellent film. It used the most advanced special effects technology at the time, with rigorous confrontation and compact plot.
The theme of "life is as light as a feather, but floating in the wind of the times" conveyed by the film , under the background of the theme of personal heroism with bitter and deep hatred, looks beautiful and refined, even today it is unique enough.
We can't predict the taste of the next chocolate, we can only live each day in silence. Today, another group of students have entered the examination room of the college entrance examination. I sincerely hope that the chocolate you will taste will be sweet and satisfying.
Back to "Forrest Gump", if you want to start from the beginning, the story is too long, because life is already long.
Why not let us follow the movies, sort them out one by one, and expand Forrest Gump's life drifting in the wind with 35 comparison pictures.
01
Forrest Gump Forrest Gump 's name comes from a general north-south war period - Nathan Bedford to Forrest . The general is also the founder and leader of the radical KKK.
When mentioning this passage in the film, it quoted a scene from the classic silent film "The Birth of a Nation" .
02
Forrest Gump and his mother live in an ancestral mansion. My mother rented out free houses to make a living, and one of her tenants was the famous Elvis .
In the plot, there is also a scene where Elvis is learning to dance with Forrest Gump who is suffering from polio and is hooping his legs.
03
The picture of Forrest waiting for his mother outside the office is based on the famous illustrator Norman Rockwell 's "Girl with Black Eyes".
04
When A-Gump was in college, he strayed into the camera and witnessed the famous "school-blocking incident . "
This incident occurred on June 11, 1963. George Wallace , then governor of Alabama, was dissatisfied with the admission of black students at the University of Alabama and blocked the entrance of the school to prevent them from entering the school.
05
The film uses a lot of news images, and many of the celebrities who appeared on the film are starred by themselves. With special effects, the final effect is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
For example, President Kennedy’s presentation of an award to a football player (Forrest Gump) was done as follows: First, find an actor who is similar to Kennedy in body shape, and cooperate with Forrest Gump’s actor Tom Hanks to complete the filming in front of the "green screen." Then cut out the image and superimpose it with the historical image.
06
John F. Kennedy was assassinated with his brother Robert Kennedy in the movie.
07
After graduating from university, Forrest joined the army. He saw his favorite girl Jenny in the "Playboy" magazine handed to him by his roommate .
This plot refers to the real "Playboy" school uniform incident that happened in the 1960s. Specifically, there was a school girl who was expelled because she took a large-scale photo in her school uniform and appeared in a magazine. It's just that the girl is not Jenny. The magazines used in the film are props printed specifically for filming.
08
Jenny is in the bar singing folk Bob Dylan 's "Blowing in at The Wind" .
09
In the movie, the scenes of the Vietnam War were not actually shot in Vietnam. It was taken at the golf course on Fripp Island in South Carolina. In order to create a "tropical scenery", the crew planted several American palm sunflowers in the stadium.
10
A-Gump's best friend in the army, Bubba, comes from a family in the shrimp industry. His mother, as well as other women in his grandparents, were all cooking shrimp cooks who helped in the kitchen.
Two similar scenes appear in the film, the master and slave in the plantation era, and the employer and maid in the 20th century. This also implies that although slavery was abolished, the social status of blacks has not been substantially improved.
11
Lieutenant Dan , A- Gump's boss in the army , comes from a military family. His ancestors died in the Independence War, the Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War.
12
Forrest Gump was received by President Johnson as a hero of the Vietnam War. This segment was also synthesized by special effects, and the one who was truly commended was Sergeant Semi L. Davis .
13
Walking out of the White House, Forrest ran into an anti-Vietnam war demonstration. That was in 1969, and 320,000 people gathered in Washington, dressed in weird hippie costumes, shouting anti-war slogans.
Forrest Gump was inexplicably pushed onto the stage, but the microphone cord was unplugged. In the movie, there is only buzz in this segment, but in fact what he said is.
"Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to theirmommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a badthing. That's all I have to say about that."
He was referring to Bubba and Lieutenant Dan .
14
When filming the scene of a speech in front of the obelisk, there were not so many extras involved, and the crowded effect came from "copy and paste."
Similarly, when Forrest Gump played rugby, the audience on the court came like this.
15
Forrest Gump, who reunited with Jenny, strayed into the Black Panther gathering place.
The Black Panther Party is an active left-wing black organization in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, corresponding to the KKK.
16
Forrest Gump played table tennis with both hands in the hospital, attracting onlookers. A lonely picture of Apollo landing on the moon was shown on the TV on the side.
"This is a small step for me, but a big step for mankind."
17
Because of his superb skills, Forrest participated in table tennis diplomacy. This event led to Nixon's visit to China and later the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
18
In fact, Tom Hanks , the actor of Forrest Gump, doesn't know how to play table tennis. He just performed the feeling of a master by virtue of his superb acting skills. The table tennis in the movie is synthesized by computer.
19
Forrest Gump went on TV and was interviewed with the famous rock singer John Lennon .
This segment is still synthesized by computer. In the original film, it is not Forrest Gump sitting next to Lennon, but his wife Yoko Ono.
20
On New Year's Day in 1972, Forrest Gump reunited with Lieutenant Dan. The lieutenant who had lost his legs was very decadent. When he was crossing the road, he shouted "I'm walking here" at the taxi . This line is a classic line in the movie "Midnight Cowboy ."
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Forrest was received by President Nixon and was recommended to stay at the Watergate Hotel.
twenty two
At night, a light spot disturbed A-Gump's sleep. He called to complain. This was the famous "Watergate Incident" , and Nixon resigned soon after.
twenty three
A-Gump and Lieutenant Dan went out to catch shrimps when they encountered strong winds and huge waves. This storm, also known as "Hurricane Carmen" , landed in the United States in September 1974 and caused tens of millions of dollars in economic losses.
And their ship "Jenny" was the only ship that survived this hurricane.
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After the hurricane passed, the shrimp catching business between Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan got better. They set up a shrimp company and appeared in Time Magazine .
25
Lieutenant Dan in the film lost his legs in the Vietnam War. But the actor, Gary Sinis, is physically sound. In order to achieve a more realistic effect. The special effects team wrapped the actor's legs with blue cloth and specially made a hospital bed with holes.
26
The television on the shrimp boat showed images of President Ford's assassination. The president was luckier than Kennedy, and the assassination was unsuccessful.
27
A-Gump's mother died of illness. Before she died, she said the most famous line in the film "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will get next . "
Sally Field, the actor who played her mother , was born in 1946, only 10 years older than Tom Hanks.
28
The "fruit industry" invested by Lieutenant Dan is actually Apple.
The rainbow-colored Apple logo that appeared in the movie actually only started in 1976, and the letter from Lieutenant Dan to Forrest showed the date of 1975.
29
Forrest Gump ran across the United States, where two important cultural symbols appeared. One of them is the sticker advertisement "Shit Happens".
30
Another important cultural symbol is the yellow smiley face, which was designed by Harvey Bauer in 1963.
31
Forrest Gump returned home, and news of President Reagan's assassination was broadcast on TV.
32
Jenny told A-Gump that she was sick. She is suffering from AIDS. Jenny is the first batch of AIDS patients in the United States.
33
In most scenes in the movie, Forrest is wearing a blue plaid shirt. He loves the blue plaid shirt very much.
34
The Nike running shoes that Jenny gave to A-Gump were very popular after the movie was broadcast. People affectionately called them "Forrest-Gump shoes."
35
"Forrest Gump" has an almost absurd ending.
In the last scene of the film, A-Gump waits for the school bus with his son. When the yellow school bus door opens, the same dialogue reappears. The female driver called the same name in two different eras and was also played by the same actor. Everything is like a dream.
It is often said that A-Gump's life is too smooth, saying that he is "a stupid person has a silly blessing".
But in fact, he is like the feather that appears repeatedly in the film, only being pushed forward by the waves of the times.
He can't control life and death, can't stop wars, and can't forcefully retain those who care.
Unlike Hollywood movies in the popular sense that must save something and add meaning to life, A-Gump's life is too ordinary, he has never changed anything, and he is not a hero.
All he can do is to keep running forward. As for the goal, it is like a box of chocolates, and no one knows what they will get next.
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