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film is pretty interesting, but it's just a stylized and uninspired romantic comedy.
—— "Hollywood Reporter"
Parker's own fans will undoubtedly be very satisfied with his affinity, but the film as a whole appears to be seriously out of touch with reality, and the adaptation of a rather humorous bestseller has no humor at all. .
—— "Variety"
Parker plays a 40-year-old financial man, wife, and mother in this film, and plays a 30-year-old single older woman in "Sex and the City"-the difference between the two? Absolutely not. I don't know why she did this (the original title of the film).
—— "Entertainment Weekly"
behind-the-scenes production
a romantic "affair"
There are not many comedy films about contemporary white-collar women in recent years. Films such as "Confessions of a Shopaholic", "Fake Marriage" and "Women" have their own merits, and the more successful one is "The Queen Wearing Prada". , This female comedy aimed at the workplace has won more than 100 million box office results and exposed the relationship between women and fashion in a witty way; "Kate’s Diary of Affair" also focuses its perspective on white-collar women in contemporary cities. The film tells the story of how a powerful fund manager deals with her busy work and life. Regarding the theme of this film, producer Elaine Bloss McKenna said: "The theme of this film It's about how a contemporary woman handles her work and life. The author of the original book uses a good perspective to cut in: If a person lives a life that seems to be perfect for others, then in fact, what would it be like inside What is the situation? What will her real life be like? The original novel uses this method to bring the audience into the story together, making this seemingly not particularly eye-catching story interesting. There is another point. It is worth noting that the female profession in this movie is a fund manager, which is not a profession that women usually do, or in other words, in most such stories, this profession does not become a woman. I would do something, because if I were a writer, painter, or editor of a fashion magazine, it would sound more interesting. When I heard about finance, many people would think that it would be boring, right? I admire Alison’s At this point, she did the opposite and achieved good results."
"Kate's Affair Diary" is the first producer of "The Queen Wearing Prada" and "Morning Anchor" screenwriter Elaine Bloss McKenna, this time she is also the screenwriter of "Kate's Affair Diary", talk about After turning female novels into films again this time, Elaine Bloss McKenna elaborated on the process: "In the process of adapting "The Queen Wearing Prada", I realized one thing: this kind of film The target audience group is naturally women, but I also want to expand more audience groups on this basis. So in the adaptation of Anne Hathaway’s story line, we took a different direction from the original. Try to add more young men and couples to the audience’s topic. This movie is not only limited to the discussion of fashion, but also wants to tell everyone how fashion affects all aspects of our lives. In the "Kate's Affair Diary", The quality of the story itself is good enough, and the amount of information is large enough. We organize her story into three lines. The first one is about her work, showing the working status of a white-collar woman in contemporary society. This line focuses on The second line tells about the relationship between him and his family, parents, and children. This line focuses on the family audience; the third line tells about her emotions and how she faces conflicts and resolves her pressure. The way she chose is to find a virtual'lover'. This seemingly immoral way will naturally face some conflicts, and this line is aimed at audiences who are interested in love. In these three lines In the process of parallel progress, the character of Kate has become more and more clear. Everyone can feel what kind of person Kate is, and then they can bring out the theme of the whole movie."
Director Douglas McGrath, who directed "Kate's Affair Diary," his previous work was the biopic "Infamous". At that time, this film about the author's exposure to the murder experience of a cold-blooded killer received a good response. Years later, Douglas McGrath focused his perspective on women today and talked about why he chose to direct "Kate’s Affair Diary." Douglas McGrath said: "In 2009, my colleague gave me a column written by Alison. After reading it, I like it very much. The original writing is very beautiful and witty. What makes me surprised is that there are so many thoughts on all aspects of the current society in this story. The light-hearted and humorous perspective tells about the survival pressure faced by contemporary women. I realized that if this story is adapted into a movie, it will have its own style to conquer the audience. Then I negotiated with the screenwriter of "The Queen Wearing Prada" , She was also very interested in this story. We immediately began to prepare for the script rewriting, and at the same time to prepare the film’s preliminary work. I hope that through this film, we can record such a group of women in this era. I am not a feminist myself. Fist, I just hope that the movie itself will be a good-looking story, enough "wind and snow," with a romantic texture, and at the same time, it can make the audience think a little after watching it. These requirements, "Kate's Affair Diary" are all I did it."
Middle-aged women in Sex and the City
As the heroine of this film, Kate’s candidate is Sarah Jessica Parker, who has become popular with the "Sex and the City" series of films and television series. It is easy to remind her of the "Sex and the City" series that made her so popular. Talking about the difference between the role of Kate and "Sex and the City", Sarah Jessica Parker analyzed: ""Sex and the City" and "Kate's Diary of Affair" are both comedies, although they are both female-oriented stories. But the difference between the two is still quite big. The female characters in "Sex and the City" are not very professional. They mainly describe how a group of middle-aged women live in this society and what happened to each other. What kind of topics to discuss together, the overall preference for friend comedy, "Kate's Affair Diary" takes Kate alone as the protagonist of the story, telling the various problems she encountered in her work and her own life. The story itself I have some experience of the author himself, and added some ideas from the director and screenwriter after the film was adapted. Finally, I made some adjustments to the character of Kate. I do not shy away from using Kate and "Sex and the City" to do it. Compare, but anyone who has watched the two movies will understand that, in fact, they are quite different.”
Talking about this urban comedy with middle-aged women as the protagonist, 007 Pierce Bruce, the former actor in the film Nan said: “This is a movie where men serve women. My character is in the movie, and Kate is a bit tit-for-tat, like an enemy, but in the end there will be some wonderful chemical reactions between them. The biggest charm of this movie. The point is that even if some young audiences will know that such a story is far away from you, you will still like it, because in the movie, Kate’s behavior is very special, and her personal charm will attract a lot of audiences. Thanks to the creation of Kate by the screenwriter and the original author. My role is more like a "comedy maker" in the film, which can make the audience laugh from beginning to end. The best thing is that audiences who are willing to think can also play this movie to feel some of the deeper things creative buried. "
Highlights
* the film adapted from the best-selling novel of Alison Pearson.
·In real life, Alison Pearson also has two children, but she denies that this story was written based on her own experience.
·At the time of the preparation of the film, it has been decided that the heroine Kate will be played by Sarah Jessica Parker.
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