"Larita is not a superfluous-the movie "Easy Virtue""
I watched the film "Easy Virtue" which was adapted and directed by Stephan Elliott based on Noel Coward's play of the same name. I also read some relevant commentary texts and found that the film The heroine Larita (Larita), played by Jessica Biel, was misunderstood. Anyway, in addition to "Sweet Girl", the relevant translations are not "Vanness", "Debauchery", or "Frivolity" "The Virtue", the reputation is quite infamous. Naturally, the director Stephen Elliott (Stephan Elliott) has been misunderstood for his painstaking adaptation of "Easy Virtue".
A part of the audience may have been preconceived by the Chinese translation of the film's name "Sweat Young Flower", perhaps because they have seen Alfred Hitchcock's "Easy Virtue" directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1928, and their thoughts are still in that romantic woman. Wandering in the small alley of Fireworks Road, unable to get out, as a result, Lalita and her father-in-law Whitaker (played by Colin Firth-Colin Firth) finally had a relationship with her father-in-law Whitaker (played by Colin Firth). He was convicted of "incest" and "elopement." In fact, Stephan Elliott (Stephan Elliott) participated in the adaptation and directed this film, the story is not very complicated, the female race car Lalita from the American Detroit worker family, and the British aristocratic son Xiaohui Before Turk fell in love, she had an unfortunate marriage. Her husband, who was very different in age, had no hope of committing suicide because of a terminal illness. For this reason, she was almost charged with murder. At the Monte Carlo International Racing Grand Prix, although, first across line, and because she was a woman, she was eventually disqualified from winning the championship. At this time, she met John Whitaker, the younger brother of the British nobleman. (Ben Barnes-Ben Barnes), Lalita, who has gone through ups and downs, thinks that happiness has come, of course, she is not focusing on his family and wealth. Actually otherwise, secular stories will naturally follow. John Whitaker’s aristocratic house, although still full of accent and full of style, has actually fallen to the brink of bankruptcy. His mother, Veronique (Christine Scott Thomas-Kristin Scott Thomas played) originally expected him to marry the noble lady next door to save his family's defeat. In this way, the bride, Lalita, who came to the manor in the suburbs of London, encountered a situation a hundred times worse than that of Lin Daiyu who first entered the Grand View Garden. Naturally, as the plot unfolds, the interpretation is far more than the American-style opening and the British. In the end, Lalita had no right to speak in that family, but the father-in-law who had experienced life and death in the war broke out. Then, the tortuous story of the first marriage was also lost. It was exposed. At the end of the play, at a public party, Little Whitaker refused her tearful tango dance. In embarrassment and humiliation, the old Whitaker, who was always dressed in sloppy clothes, came on stage and came forward. , Danced with Lalita, and the last tango was over. Lalita, who was declared expelled by Veronique, and the old Whitaker, finally left hand in hand, because this Lalita, Not Lin Daiyu.
In Stephan Elliott's lens, the colorful ceilings with peeling paint, the prom banquets with brilliant lights and long dresses; the old Whitaker, Lalita, and the gentleman with a warm and kind attitude Veronica, the arrogant hostess with raised eyebrows, contrasts with each other, and is full of contrasts between old and new ideas that are difficult to reconcile. Old Whitaker and Lalita’s tacit understanding of the world and outlook on life were foreshadowed in the dilapidated car room early in the morning. The old motorcycle, which was worn and worn, was finally restored by Lalita. .
Stephan Elliott has no intention of condemning Lalita, who is bright and charming and cheerful, and he has no intention of being crowned with the label of "watery flower". Little Whitaker has never stopped being with neighbors. The flirting hookup of the daughter of the noble family. For one, they had a childhood sweetheart; for the second, as a dude and incapable of doing nothing, he had this trick to save the family's decline.
Many viewers neglected that before Lalita left, as a thank you, they gave the housekeeper a generous cheque. What was the purpose of the bribe? Perhaps the so-called marriage scandal from the United States was Lalita's hand. The spoiler of the arrangement, the style of the noble house, many calls were answered by the housekeeper first, and a little hint of the scandal to that uncle George who was a tabloid reporter in the United States was also between the master and the servant. It is common sense. Things in it.
Indeed, long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. It is very consistent with Lalita’s personality. She is an excellent racing driver. She said that she should be good at shifting gears. For this hypocritical old noble family, she She once wanted to be at ease with the situation, she has worked hard and paid. But when everything was seen through, she gave up. At the same time, it is also to complete the interpretation of the story of the British aristocracy using marriage to save the decadence. Veronica is left with this trick. The audience who has watched "The Tudors" know that it was the former British King Henry. The habitual trick of the VIII.
The old dream of taking things as they pleased has been shattered, but new feelings have to be grasped tightly. This is also taking things as they are. The dish is wrong, it is not my food. However, it's not that Lalita has no choice anymore, right? The departure of Lalita and the old Whitaker may be poor, perhaps hard work, but passionate. Incidentally, the old Whitaker was not wrong. For the snob woman Veronique who always liked to stand next to the rich man, he should have been kicked a long time ago. Besides, "This is the end!" was what Velonick said to Old Whitaker himself after that passionate tango was over, Ok, that's over!
Easy Virtue is not a "watery flower", Easy Virtue is a tolerant and easygoing temperament, a stunning portrait of Lalita's temperament.
It is for remembering. －ZY.S. 2009-May－24
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