I have collected three versions of this film based on the world-famous masterpiece "Oliver Trester" by British writer Charles Dickens. Since I bought the exquisite book in the first edition of Dickens' Collected Works at a low price in the bookstore of Central South University of Technology in Changsha, I was quickly attracted by its unique artistic appeal. Can't extricate themselves. Reading in different seasons and environments many times, and weeping for Oliver's unfortunate childhood many times. What kind of life experience is this? Before he came to this world, Oliver was already bearing the stigma of an illegitimate child. At the same time he let out his first cry at the world, he lost his mother. Becoming an orphan, the story begins with his cowardly looking at this society that is too cold and ruthless for him, and describes a real and cruel experience to the world. As a result, the meaning contained in this description is too deep and cannot be accurately expressed in words. The humiliation, hunger, gloom, pain, fear, and depression of London’s lowest level of evil atmosphere will undoubtedly leave a life-long shadow on the soul of every child who has experienced it. For the first time, because I couldn’t get rid of the temptation, I took the opportunity of going out for field operation internship in a small town, and encouraged a few brothers who loved me to sneak into the cinema together and watched the black and white version directed by David Sien. "Orphan in the Fog", when I walked out of the darkness of the theater in tears and bathed in the bright afternoon sun, I was truly grateful that I had a happy childhood. The second time I watched it was late at night on a weekend in Beijing. After I returned from the laboratory, I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the TV and accidentally watched the musical version of Oliver directed by Carol Reed in 1968. , This version that won the 41st Oscar for Best Picture Award is the only musical feature film among the many adaptations. It is also the only film written, directed and starred by British in the 20th century, and won the Oscar award. The musical movie. The film is completely transplanted from the successful stage musical of the same name, with brilliant colors, beautiful pictures, moving music, and grand singing and dancing scenes. Many wonderful singing and dancing scenes in the original drama are more pleasing to the eye thanks to the unique advantages of the film. The excitement of this film caught my eye deeply. In order to watch it completely, I made a special excuse to postpone my business trip for a week. Several actors in this edition left a deep impression on me, Especially the little boy with the angelic face and the extremely melancholy eyes made me fascinated and loved. It is said that Mark Lester, the young actor who plays Oliver, was selected from hundreds of candidates. He was only ten years old. He is intelligent by nature, good at singing and dancing, and has an innocent and innocent temperament, which perfectly interprets Oliver's innocent image that has never been contaminated by crime. Ron Moody (Oscar nominated for Best Actor) as the thief King Fajin, who is so sophisticated but self-deprecating and funny, a bit cute in the evil, adding a few hints to the adaptation of this dignified masterpiece joy of life. Except for the unforgivable and indisputable villains in this world, most villains are not monsters. They have the same emotions and sorrows as ordinary people, but also have tenderness and a certain moral bottom line. It is only the environment and negative influence that make them hard to return. This is known as the most classic music version "Oliver!" released in 1968 and is still my love. It has won six Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Director and Best Original Music. Nominated, and the film has more time-honored popular tracks such as'Food Glorios Food','Consider Yourself','I'll do anything', and'As Long As He Needs Me'. The director of the film, Carol Reid, is good at handling suspense and documentary films. He is one of the most iconic directors in the UK after World War II, and is as famous as David Lean. It is generally believed that there are three of Reid's most important films: "The Courageous Soul", "The Collapsing Idol" and "The Third Man". Reed's other masterpieces include "Season Chase", "Man in the Middle" and this Oscar-winning film "Oliver" based on the musical adaptation and the "Night Train to Munich". The most exciting news for fans of literary and artistic movies in 2006 is undoubtedly Polanski's coming to China to promote his new film "Orphans in the Fog". His works are no stranger to Chinese audiences. He directed "Tess", which was released in Mainland China in the 1980s, and his famous films "Sword in the Water" and "Bitter Moon" are often mentioned by literary and artistic youths. The new version of "Orphans in the Fog" is the world's master director Roman Polanski to David. Lean’s tribute was also a secret contest between the two masters. The new and old versions of "Orphans in the Fog", separated by more than half a century, are highly faithful to the original work by Dickens. The plots of the adaptations of the two films are surprisingly similar, and their choices are similar. Although the plots are similar, the perspectives, styles and performance techniques of the two master directors in the film are not the same. For example, it is also an accurate adaptation of the original work, but the David Lean version is more calm and objective. The whole film is dominated by gloomy pictures, just like the dense fog that has not dispersed for many years in London, full of somber breath; and Roman Polanski’s new version is much more "sunshine", and the sadness is greatly reduced, like the winding and endless mountain road leading to London from the funeral home by Oliver, it is full of golden yellow, although This is a wandering road that savors the warmth and coldness of the world, but it makes people feel a light of hope towards a new life, which has never appeared in the old edition. The characters in the new version of "Orphans in the Fog" are slightly caricatured, and use a lot of deformed telescopic and tilting shots. The loyalty and the evil are beautiful and ugly. They are not without comical flavor. The lines are humorous, such as an abnormal hunger in the poorhouse. 'S partner walked up and down the room and refused to sleep, muttering: "I'm afraid lying next to you will eat you as bread", and Noah at the funeral home yelled out impatiently while waiting outside the door: "I It’s not knocking, it’s kicking”, the old gentleman’s eccentric friend’s mantra “If it’s not like this, I’ll eat my own head”... The film’s entertainment and drama have been enhanced, which is in line with the original Dickens book. Satire, humor, exaggerated language style, artistic technique. The new version of "Orphans in the Mist" is indeed, as the director Polanski said, it is a work for his son, a gift for the children, a work that reminds children of sweetness and evokes the innocent nature of their hearts. The important villain in the film, Fei Jin, is played by Ben Kingsley, the famous actor who had collaborated with Polanski in the psychological panic drama "Death and the Maiden". In the David Lean version, this role is The role of the British jazz Alec Guinness, who is known as a man with a thousand faces, is a challenge for Ben Kingsley. Judging from his shaping, he still respects and continues the performance of his predecessors. . The first fee for the thief is no longer inexcusable, Ben. Kingsley interprets the disgusting and poor old man from Dickens' pen in place. The old man's rickety and neurotic appearance is completely different from his previous roles, which fully allows us to see the character of this outstanding British movie star. In this film, the director has a clear love and hatred for the characterization of the characters. The second of the thieves, Sykes not only killed Nancy, who sympathized with Oliver, but in order to escape the police chase and even wanted to kill the puppies loyal to him, he must be crazy. In retribution, his puppy finally let the wicked man put his head in the noose. The director is full of sympathy and compassion for people in low social status in the film. Compared with the previous version, the thief leader and the old Jewish Fagin in Polanski's version are not so abominable, and even a little bit old and pitiful. There is a scene in the film where Oliver goes to prison to visit Fagin, who is about to be hanged. He looks at the already crazy old man and shed tears and hopes that he repents. Although this choice is very common in European movies, it marks the director. The spiritual world has changed from human isolation to seeking spiritual comfort. The humanitarian standpoint is to care for all living beings. Oliver still maintains a kind and upright mind despite setbacks and tribulations. It has a positive educational significance for the audience of this movie’s youth. This is also a sublimation of the director's spiritual world as the main group of victims.
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