"Beauty and the Beast" 1946

Madisyn 2022-01-12 08:01:11

The name "Beauty and the Beast" can be searched for many versions, including movie version, TV series version and animation version. A fairy tale made a weird and incomprehensible feeling, and as a film format accompanied by an opera, it was very new to me. This is my final evaluation of the French version of "Beauty and the Beast" in 1946.
With the technology of the time, a black-and-white movie can shoot such a gorgeous, gorgeous and magical work, and it can be seen that the director's skill is extraordinary. The characters suddenly emerge through the wall, the necklaces are transformed with bare hands, and the necklaces and the dirt are interchanged. These fragments always make me unconsciously think of the 86 version of Journey to the West. The technical aspects are quite similar. In some details, the director’s handling is rather peculiar. It is like that after Bell arrived at the monster’s house, he did not explore slowly because of fear or fear, but strode forward and rampage, as if she knew that the beast was not there; drifting in the corridor. The move; the beast carried the fainted Bell into the bedroom is the change of Bell's clothes; and the ambiguous sentiment of Bell for the beast. These clips undoubtedly add a lot of magic to the movie. Some critics say that the director boldly used Freudian symbols in this work. The more obvious one is the strong sexual cues in the first meal of Bell and the Beast.
Generally speaking, after watching the film, my more feeling is that I can't figure it out. Why did the beauty go from being sad and scared, refusing to reject, to accepting a necklace, and then ran to the beast to show her okay? Why did she suddenly remember that the beast came back after staying at home? Seeing that the beast has turned into a handsome prince, who looks the same as the young man he likes, why is he not happy at all, showing a frivolous image from beginning to end?
At the end, I could only hum: "Girl's mind, boy, don't guess, you guess and guess but don't understand" and typed these words.

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Beauty and the Beast quotes

  • Félicie: I'd rather sleep in sheets than hang them up. Look at my hands!

    Ludovic: Appalling!

    Adélaïde: Look at mine! Reduced to being a cook!

    Ludovic: My dear princesses, when you're poor, you work!

  • Belle: He's entrusted me with the key to his treasure. He has complete confidence in me. *I'd* be the monster if I were not to return.