difference between the BBC version and the novel version
[Serious Spoilers] After
watching three episodes in one go, I reviewed the novel and wrote the following things.
At the beginning of the BBC drama, I looked at the clouds and mists, and I didn't know what to do. When I watched it the second time, I felt that every picture was a wonderful foreshadowing and foreshadowing. The same is true for no survivors.
The wind blows the waves of wheat (huh, is it wheat...), the woman in the red swimsuit, the seaside, the endless calling, Cyril...I love you...From the very beginning, everyone's sins were gradually confessed.
The language of the lens is really beautiful. I especially like the part of the invitation reason presented in the form of a typewriter. The actors and roles begin to correspond one-to-one. Through the modification of a small part of the original work, everyone is invited for different reasons, widening the differences between each character, and making "such a different group of people together" become even more contradictory.
An Irving couple are interested in women’s moral education, but they also have a female mental disorder, like carnival parties, and are lovers of military history. Obviously, these contradictions cannot be concentrated on a couple at the same time. Irving=unknown Also smoother into the chapter. Compared with the original novel’s invitation reasons, the four people mentioned above basically refer to "a common friend", and the technique is slightly monotonous.
For the most important verdict record of the whole play, the play also gave an explanation. Forgive me for being stupid, I didn’t realize it at the beginning...
The No Life in the play version still pays attention to details. The rope loop on the train indicates that Vera's life will end in hanging. The judge’s medicine, it seems that his illness is really not healed; Anthony’s car, Vera’s swimsuit, photos of the general’s wife, doctor’s trembling hands, and Longbottom’s pistol are all causes or means of their crimes; the housekeeper’s wife brought them Sunglasses conceal the fear in her heart.
Well, there is also the small episode of Vera and Longbottom on the train. It is impossible for the relationship not to deepen later.
By the way, the BBC’s selection is really amazing. The huge deep pit on Soldier Island, seabirds hovering in it, eating the thrown off internal organs. The feeling of "beautiful and secluded" is also chilling. Please tell me this is true.
Okay, let's officially talk about some of the major changes of the BBC.
1. Is Anthony a drug addict boy?
The BBC was the first to arrange Anthony as a juvenile addicted to drugs, but why did he do this? Judging from the original work, it is equally reasonable for such a frivolous dude to drive two children to death and not repent, and there is no need to add to the crime of drug addiction.
The possible explanation is that the drugs Anthony carried with him were used to pave the way for a drunken party that appeared later in the play. Party seems to be showing that the four people who know that they are in desperation are constantly suspicious of each other, and their nerves are highly tense. Suddenly, the string in their brains that maintains the last bit of reason breaks. For a while, Indulgence and indulgence come like a raging flood, and it is unstoppable. Singing, drunk, paralyzing oneself in this way, willing to die unconsciously, and don't want to live in pain anymore. Perhaps it is the last bit of self-protection consciousness that maintains the mind that is unwilling to face reality. It's like being in a severe pain, willing to choose to coma instead of waking up. I personally think that this adaptation is one of the highlights of the whole play, and the actors' acting skills are fully demonstrated at this time.
The relationship between Vera and Longbottom was completely sublimated here. It was because they were too close, which allowed the doctor to regain his senses. It is also reasonable to choose to use the role of a doctor to bring all the characters back to reality. First of all, no matter what era, the profession of doctors potentially represents a mind with wisdom and a certain degree of endurance. The doctors portrayed in the play are originally more suspicious, which is very suitable for the development of the plot.
The relationship between the doctor and the police in the party is so close, and I don’t know how many people screamed. This is also the BBC’s usual tactic...
2. The character of the doctor
In the novel, after the death of the housekeeper, Vera was terrified and almost mad, and was slapped awake by the doctor. In the play, it's completely reversed! The doctor almost went crazy and was awakened by Vera's slap! I have to mention that before this fierce conflict, the BBC arranged another conflict. That is, after the death of the two people, Vera became hysterical and aggressive, which led to the first full search. At this time, the assaulted doctor said something that impressed me very deeply: "Who the hell do you think you are? I'm a doctor. You're a secretary." The suspicion is no longer limited to individuals, huh, huh, It has also risen to the level of social identity. After revising the novel, it still has the meaning of being more connected with reality.
3. Anthony committed suicide?
Anthony was suspected of committing suicide at first, and it was not until the death of the housekeeper’s wife that they thought it was a murder. In the play, the suspicion of suicide is skipped directly, and the nerves are tense at the beginning. After the change, the plot is more compact and more rhythmic. But the novel is more in line with the changes in human emotions. For the sudden death of a person, and the total evidence shows that suicide is easier. So whether you are in the self-protection mentality or the mentality of solving the case, whether it is for self-deception or to save trouble, people will first suspect that this is a suicide. Death will not happen to oneself so easily. On the head.
4. The crimes of generals and police, the deaths of religious madmen are
also dealt with for the compactness of the plot. There is also the general's method of murdering soldiers. In the novel, they are sent to the dead, while the drama is directly robbed, and one is omitted. The appearance of characters.
Movies and TV dramas use lenses to replace words, and concrete pictures to replace abstract feelings. Therefore, the treatment of the drama version is acceptable for the methods that caused the death of religious fanatics. But there is no doubt that the description in the novel is more suitable for nursery rhymes, but it is really not easy to express.
The crime of the police changed. In the novel, the police were driven by profit to imprison an innocent boy who was imprisoned and finally died in labor. In the drama version, the boy becomes a homosexual. The police beat the boy to death because of homophobia. Although the moment the police closed the door, I felt that the police was actually a homosexual in his heart, with a certain impulse of desire for boys.
The topic of homosexuality is really familiar to the corrupt country, and this can be regarded as a strong brand of the times after the adaptation.
5. Willa and Longbottom, love or not?
The emotional drama and passion drama of Vera and Longbottom. Originally thought it was just a means to gain eyeballs, until the end when Vera and Longbottom were only two people left, let's call it the "decisive battle" for the time being. The little bit of goodwill between the two people that was born in a dangerous place vanished before the final life and death, and that little bit of trust and dependence was fragile because of suspicion. Sigh, is this a selfish person? ! Because the relationship between the two has been deepened before, it is especially sigh and frightening when the emotions disintegrate. It turns out that the bond between people can be so fragile. Everything we believe now may be worthless at a critical time.
Vera killed Longbottom. A weak woman killed a strong man. A crazy woman killed a sane man. A woman who forgot to love killed a man who still had love. Who will win the favor? No one is a winner.
6. The judge watched Vera die.
Vera, who was determined to commit suicide, wanted to live again. Contradictory? not necessarily.
Why did Vera want to commit suicide? As the novel said, "A person has just shot and killed a person, and his nerves are in a state of extreme tension, coupled with the hypnotic effect of the environment, it is easy to embark on the road to suicide."
Why doesn't Vera want to die again? Vera's suicide was partly the result of environmental hypnosis. When the judge appeared again, the hypnotic effect disappeared, Vera regained her sanity again, and her sanity aroused her fear of death and desire to survive. Human instinct is afraid of death. I always feel that whether in film and television dramas or in real life, most people who choose to commit suicide are because they have an emotion in their hearts. This emotion is condensed and becomes a high-density impulse, and the impulse induces people to do it. An extraordinary decision. As long as a while, when the impulse dissipates, people will feel as if they have drew off the power of their whole body, and they are no longer able to think about things about taking their own lives.
What's more, when Vera saw the judge appear again, she knew that this killing game was a chess game set by the judge, and she became the object of the judge's hands. At this time, Vera wanted to live and it became natural, of course the judge would not give her a chance to live.
The adaptation of the ending is still in line with the purpose of making the play more graphic and expressive, and it also makes the role of Vera more complex, reflecting the multi-faceted nature of people.
7. Textbook-like flag.
"Are we already dead?" "I've got a tomato crop that's got to be harvested. Who's going to do that?" Maybe this confession is a bit blunt, but it also confirms people He will die, and his words are good.
The main difference between the drama version and the novel is this, of course, there are still some small places that are not listed one by one.
How should I put it, the drama version of No Life is more than just a reasoning drama, the more you look at it, the more it tastes.
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