Fan Dian / text (2007 old crop)
1954 Audrey Hepburn already has a great reputation, with her 1952 film "Roman Holiday" won this year Won the 26th Academy Award for Best Actress. On September 24 of this year, he married Mel Ferrer, who is a director, actor, and writer. Of course, her prominence has attracted many scripts. The "Annie's Diary" on the subject of World War II was rejected by her because she could not forget the shadow of war in her childhood life. She took over the filming of the musical "Sweet Sister" and asked Fred Astaire to be the leading male star by name and surname. For Audrey, this is a master dance star, because her biggest dream since she was a child is to be able to dance on the same stage with Fred. In the book "Angels in the World" written by her son Sean, he wrote: "Since my mother passed away, I have often been asked in many interviews, which one of her movies I like best. I really I can’t answer this question. Because it’s ridiculous to think that I can pick out my favorites objectively enough. However, I’ve been trying to give an answer to those that I know she has given her personal emotions for. Movie. The movie "Sweet Sister" is one of them. This movie realized her dream of dancing with Fred. After all, in those years, it must be a joy to be connected with her first love-dance again. things ah. "
the film combines many elements of fashion, the film will be dazzling costumes, not to mention the Broadway-style musical, dance ...... this is a film bursting personal style of Audrey Hepburn, Just like Zhang Ziyi's dance practice since she was a child, she was finally able to show her skills in later martial arts movies.
The film started from a gray-headed girl and brought her beauty to a new level in fashion magazines-a collection of wisdom and beauty-so the photographers and female editors of the magazine started the "star-making project." , Turning the ugly duckling into a swan. During this period, the photographer and the girl fell in love. In the process of falling in love, the girl admired a certain philosophy professor because she specialized in philosophy. During the discussion, she suddenly realized that in the face of her beauty, the professor had been reduced to a man at best. In such an academic environment, she couldn't help being naked and sexually assaulted, so she ran back to the photographer...
From a girl who works in a bookstore, I saw her diligent fascination with philosophy (empathy). At the beginning, the high-end magazine wanted to take a few sets of fashion photos for the bookstore. She was very disgusted with this group of people. I didn't even want to please them at all. Maybe it was this personality that made the photographer notice her, and magnified the photo she used as a foil to the editor. The fashion industry is changing rapidly, no longer obsessed with expressing "big breasts and brainless" beauties, but began to please Hepburn such as the beauty of wisdom and beauty. It just so happens that she was planning to save money to go to Paris to listen to a lecture by a professor of empathy, and was taken to be a model. Taking advantage of this position, she finally met the dreaming philosopher in Paris... However, she was also the same. Encountered a difficult problem: whether to choose to continue to be a model or follow the master, of course it is the latter-her willfulness did not realize her ideals, but made her a wonderful marriage. In the film, Audrey Hepburn and Fred have a wonderful dance performance: a dimly lit bar, with her waist stretched like a cat, she and the dancers move in one movement, jumping freely; the street lights downstairs in the apartment are illuminated obliquely. On the road, his fiery and surging dance like a matador drew the girls to applaud. Audrey did not break through her acting skills in the film, but made good use of her dance foundation. Before, she was starred in the stage play "Gigi" by the French novelist Colette, and participated in her husband Mei Er's stage play "Ondine" was well received, so shooting this movie was not a problem for Audrey Hepburn, who is already accustomed to stage performances.
The film made great efforts in the design of the dance scenes, such as the two-person dance in the dark room, the three-person dance in the bar, the solo dance under the street light, and the three-person dance under the Eiffel Tower, which made the scene a favorable extension and construction for the dance. . For example, it’s very interesting to sing three people in turns in the elevator of the tower. For example, the dance in the bar that made Audrey Hepburn shine, fusion of tap dance and ballet rotation, as well as the agility and freedom of modern dance. It all adds a lot to the film. Some people say that this is the work of Paramount Pictures in the late stage of musicals. They pointed out: "In "Sweet Sister" where the scenes are exquisite everywhere, Hepburn's extremely luxurious modeling provides great visual enjoyment. The dazzling dress-up shows and transitions shared the heavy responsibility of the song and dance scene, especially one of the characteristics of the song and dance film-the most exciting song and dance show performed at the end of the movie-it seems that in "Sweet Sister" It was also replaced by a costume show.” This commentary has a certain truth. Many films themselves are worthless, but they are praised because of the wonderful performance of the actors... Overall, it has achieved Hepburn’s personal dance talent. , But it failed to make it the leading work in many musicals; it inspires the entire fashion industry, but is eclipsed in the colorful musicals. Many times, people remember that Funny face is because of Hepburn, which has become Her pronoun.
There is also a new term for me in the film "empathy". Its founder was German idealist philosopher Lotze, who advocated "the fusion of things and me". It has been widely used in the field of art and has become an aesthetic category. A professional term. In the film, the concept is obviously changed, "empathy" has become the meaning of "stand on the other side's position everywhere for the other side to consider", this kind of philosophical terminology but applied to the love plot is obviously a lovely The move, through the use of photographers and female editors to change the definition so thoroughly, probably those who study philosophy will laugh generously.
Regarding the dance on the grass, Audrey Hee herself danced with Fred in a wedding dress. In Fred’s memoirs, he wrote: “This dance needs to be shot on a beautiful grass on the outskirts of Paris. So we have been waiting for the most suitable time, but when we arrived there, the weather was terrible, it was raining every day, and the grass was muddy... I remember Audrey said:'To be with Fred Astan I have been waiting for dancing for 20 years, what did I get in the end? All in mud. "I thought at the time, this girl is so cute."
Hepburn has won thousands of audiences with her pure appearance. Her gentle and gentle style of person and work has won the favor of more friends. She has a kind heart and a funny face like an angel on earth. All the movies centered on her are It promotes the "extreme beauty", and this beauty comes directly from the power of "the stars and the moon"-she may not be thankful to others, but herself. "God kissed a little girl on the cheek, and Hepburn was born."
King of Song and Dance: Fred Astaire http://www.tapdance.com.cn/tapo/jieshao/FredAstaire.htm
The particularity of "Sweet Girl" and others http://gpaper.gigigaga.com /paper.php?mode=view&pid=1300223
Her life http://www.riverknows.com/hepburn/life3.html
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