although that is just somewhere in time,
are more beautiful because they become the lost beauty
. Movies nearly thirty years ago Maybe the plot is a bit old-fashioned or even can't stand the scrutiny, but it is very comfortable to watch. The soundtrack is great. It is the melody that is often heard in the movie that is the real enthusiasm
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I have been writing this article for a long time, because I feel it is necessary to clarify some of the questions that people have asked me privately about "70 years back in time" . These questions are often asked during the weekend events of "70 Years Back in Time", and they are all very meaningful questions. Although this well-loved love story is the result of careful choreography, and fans have watched it over and over again, they are still very confused about some of the details. I came to the following misconceptions not entirely from conjecture, but because I had the privilege of having close conversations with the crew and the cast and crew during the filming. Maybe I can provide these ideas and help everyone better appreciate the storyline.
Question: Does William Robinson really have an extraordinary prophet?
Answer: It is definitely not the case. Of course, Alice McKenna was convinced so, it was what he convinced her. He is good at manipulating people and things in Alice's life-how else would he be a manager? However, we can still find some clues in the story to prove that he actually lacks this ability. William Robinson probably told Alice when she was almost 20 years old: one day she "will meet a man who will change ("destroy") her life"; this sentence becomes a powerful force to control her . Whenever she meets a man who makes her interested in learning more, she wonders if this is "that person." Normally, Robinson had already blasted "that person" away in a threatening tone, so there would be no problem. When Alice sat in front of the dressing table and asked Robinson if Richard was "that person," Robinson calmly replied, "Of course only you know..." So Alice identified her awesome prophet by herself Is Robinson always calling this persistent and attractive young man? Robinson's answer was a sensational warning: "If she is attracted by him, she will be on a path of no return leading to destruction!" He hinted; this would undoubtedly scare her.
More details are provided in the original "Bid Time Return": From this we know that a gypsy girl Alice knew once predicted that Alice would meet a man on the shore, and an Indian woman predicted that Alice would be I met a man on a strange occasion in November when Alice was 29 years old (that is, the month when the book was published, Alice’s age in the book was 29 years old), she kept remembering and was walking and thinking about it by the lake These predictions led to a weird question when she met Richard: "Is it really you?" In the book, we can also learn: When Richard retrieved Alice's life history, he found that Robinson was in "Lusitania". The man died on board the ship. But if William Robinson really had the foresight, how could he get on this boat! Robinson has lofty expectations and goals for Alice, which is based on her talent and his careful cultivation and shaping of her, so of course he does not want her to fall in love and leave the theater. Once he finds that Alice's career is no longer at the top of her life, he will definitely not want to live, because he will lose everything-his long-term investment-so keep this jealousy. In the dressing room scene, his trick of disguising the prophet to drive the man away from Alice was finally dismantled because Alice caught his contradiction: "Then he is not the person you are talking about?" "That's because you got him wrong, didn't you?" And he could only be speechless. She has made a plan to be with Richard and is determined to put it into practice: "And he will make me extremely happy." So he left the room and went down the stairs, becoming a downhearted person-he again I couldn't control the Alice I wanted to control.
Question: Does Richard have a past life? Or is this story about reincarnation?
Answer: No, this is a pure love story, a story of a perfect marriage between a couple. The power of their love is so powerful that it breaks the time barrier that separates the two sides. We think "70 years back in time" is Richard's story, and it is narrated from Richard's perspective (that's why men love to watch this movie). But the relevant clues that most people tend to ignore are the implicit clues learned from Alice's stage monologue. In my opinion, this is the key scene. When Alice appealed her impromptu lines on stage, we can find that this story is much richer than love at first sight. She said: "The man in my dream has gradually faded out"... "He is a fictitious man in my consciousness, the kind of person who makes every woman dream in the deepest and most secret place in my heart." It can be seen from it. : Alice may be the man who has been constructing her dream in her mind for many years-her ideal man, and this man happens to be Richard Cowley. This dream has gradually faded because we still have to face reality in the end. We think that Richard is doing his best to go back to the past to meet his Alice, and it all started because of Alice-she was so eager to see her lover that she took him out of the future Pull over to meet yourself! Although he was not born yet. Now, he came to her, and she recognized that this was the man in her dream; and he did bring her unprecedented feelings...
Q: Since Richard has been in 1912, why did he go back to the past? Don't know anything about it?
Answer: This question is really not easy to explain; here is the answer... When Richard tried to go back in time for a long time but was unsuccessful and almost gave up, he saw his name in the register and understood completely. What is the meaning of "return to me" when Elder Alice said. Now he succeeded because he knew that this would happen. For Alice, this has already happened, but for Richard it hasn't happened—it hasn't happened yet in his consciousness. What does that mean? Well, try to think about it this way: Richard met Alice by the tree when he was 28. It was an established fact. When he first met the elderly Alice, he was only 20 years old and had just finished his play in college. Eight years later, just before his 28th birthday, he became a famous playwright, but he was unhappy, unfulfilled, and lonely. He never found the woman he wanted. He always carries that pocket watch with him like her. He left home for a trip, and decided to live in a big hotel on a whim. He checked in the day before his birthday, wandered around to pass the time, and walked into the history hall. He watched the exhibits carefully, and then felt...even before seeing it, "feeling" Alice in the frame staring at him and "summoning" him. From the following text, we understand the mystery-this picture was taken when Alice looked at him affectionately. The following things are as you know: he didn't think about sleeping and eating, until his 28th birthday, he used a spell to successfully bring himself back to 1912. Therefore, in his own life, he experienced these things for the first time, even though these things have long been recorded as "history." That's why he didn't know where to find her, and didn't know how to answer when she asked where his pocket watch came from. He felt that he could be with her forever, but when the "spell" was broken by a coin and returned to the present from the past, he realized that everything was irreversible... and she had been looking for him all her life. When he found that he could not change the facts and reunited with her now, he chose to pass away (according to director Jeannot Szwarc, he died of love). In this way, they can finally get together in time.
There are several key differences between the original work and the film, and these differences make some details (such as the story of the Gypsy) be removed. The original book is more tragic. On page 1, Richard died of a brain tumor-the purpose of his trip was to see how his life would end. Alice was still asleep, and Richard was sucked from her by the coin so that she did not see him leaving. Imagine this: they had sex all night, and she woke up early in the morning to find that he was gone-as if he had abandoned her badly! She never found him again, nor did she enjoy the joy of figuring out where he came from until she died.
Question: Where did that pocket watch start?
Answer: The pocket watch in the original book has a beginning-Alice gave Richard a new pocket watch as a gift, with the names of the two engraved on it, and he brought it back to the present. He didn't say anything before dying of a brain tumor, just grabbed the pocket watch tightly. In the previous article, his brother is publishing the manuscript of Richard he discovered-the unfinished work of the playwright. His brother said at the end that he never wanted to go to the hotel to find out whether Richard's name was actually registered in the past register, because he was afraid that if there was no registration, these would be "phantoms." He was willing to believe that these were facts that did happen, and Li found her Alice, and the two of them also got together in time.
In 1991, when the first "Go Back in Time 70 Years" weekend event was held in the Grand Hotel, the original author Richard Matheson answered this question like this: In the early meetings to discuss the revision of the script, he threw this idea-that the elderly Alice appeared to give it to Richard this pocket watch, as soon as he said this, he immediately realized that this would lead to an endless loop, that is, the pocket watch did not start. But it was too late. Others liked the idea, and he couldn't take it back and could only keep it. This became a joke during the filming of the film. I clearly remember: Once Jeannot Szwarc wore a T-shirt with "Ask me about the watch" printed on it, and Richard Matheson also wore a T-shirt with "Ask me about the watch" printed on it. What watch?” When Jeannot Szwarc was asked the same question at the weekend event of "70 Years Back in Time" in 1993, he replied that they all knew that the pocket watch had not started; the conclusion of this incident was: this piece The table is in its own cycle.
Question: Did Richard dream of these things, or did these things happen?
Answer: If these are all illusions in Richard's consciousness, then this story is too boring; don't you think so? Don't forget: Alice's picture was taken while she was staring at him. When she was old, she found and recognized her Richard—he looked much younger, but he had the same name and was also a playwright. This is why she sits and looks at the lighthouse while stroking Richard's name on the script.
The storyline of the original book is very good and the details are very rich (if you only watched the movie, you will definitely be shocked by the description of their love scene in the original book), but I think Richard Matheson has made great improvements in the film adaptation. I have no doubt about this. He changed the past time from 1896 to 1912, so as to provide a character who lived in both eras-Arthur. (Don't we like it too?) This makes the story more real and further proves that Richard's travels did happen, rather than he dreamed of these things, because Arthur remembered him, his voice and behavior. And when Richard returned to the present from the past, he found himself in Alice's room 417, so he had to rush back to his room to try to return to the past again.
Although Alice's life was indeed changed due to Richard's appearance and disappearance, it was only coincidence that made William Robinson's prediction come true. On the one hand, her life was ruined, but on the other hand, she also found true love and accompanied her through her life. Eventually she saw him leaving, so she understood that he came from another time and space. She read books on time travel to familiarize herself with the concept. For the rest of her life, she hoped to find her true love again. Before she died, she found him at the play celebration and led him to the moment in her life: he would find a picture of her and experience in his own consciousness the connection with his true love, a life-long partner.
I believe that clarifying these points will help you understand the beautiful love story seamlessly integrated in the movie: Alice McKenna and Richard Cowley once crossed the time barrier between them. , And finally eliminated all obstacles to get together. This is a perfect true love story, every time you read it, you can get more enjoyment. Let us thank Richard Matheson for creating her, and thank Stephen Deutsch and Jeannot Szwarc for bringing her to the screen. This is a movie treasure......
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