In the original book , Belle’s businessman father encountered a natural disaster, and the cargo on the ship fell into the sea. The original wealth of life was consumed until the family was forced to move into a small house in the country. It turned out that the two pampered elder sisters were not used to living in poverty. They fancied that they could go back to the past. Only the little girl, Belle, took the initiative to share the housework and farm work for her father.
One day, my father received a message that he might have kept the cargo. He went happily, thinking that the family's plight was finally hoped to be resolved, and as a result, he fought a failed lawsuit with the other party, and everything was in vain. He rode in the forest, worried about how he went home and confessed to his daughters, and lost his way absent-mindedly. A familiar story happened later...
Everything started with money, and it's no wonder that this movie version of Jean Cocteau has a bit more copper smell than the fairy tale version we are familiar with .
Belle voluntarily stayed with the Beast to avoid bankruptcy of the entire family and save his father's life. Her father "reluctantly" led her back to the castle, and left by himself. It's hard not to remind people of the reality of "selling daughters."
Compared with the "living castle" embodied in the fairy tale movie version through anthropomorphic household objects, the gothic atmosphere created by this movie through human arms and human heads seems to be better. The promenade, which must be passed before entering the castle, is obviously more suspenseful than the hall. If you think of the filming process of actors hiding in the dark, it will inevitably feel a bit ridiculous. But if you can control your rational imagination of the production process, I think many people will think that the image of this castle is more advanced.
Many people commented that this version of "Beauty and the Beast" is not a fairy tale, and the adult nature of this film is also reflected in the performance of the heroine. In this film, Jusette Day has at least two strong sexually suggestive performances:
The first paragraph is when the Beast tries to have dinner with Belle. Belle was sitting on the dining chair, and the beast came from behind her. She should have expressed a panting of fear, but conveyed a sense of excitement to the audience. To put it bluntly, you would think that there is a vibrator in Belle's dress.
The second part is the scene where Belle wears instant transfer magic gloves at home. She was lying on the bed, thinking of the beasts in the castle, and slowly stretched her hands into the gloves, like masturbating hands into the panties, and the expression on her face was rippling with pleasant feelings.
In particular, I am not saying that Jusset Day did not perform well. On the contrary, she perfectly embodies the director's imagination of this story. What's more, in the film, many of her close-ups and body postures are so beautiful that people can't help but pause the screenshots.
This black and white film, which was nominated for the first Cannes Film Festival, does not look so smooth. The main reason is that its opera soundtrack does not match the actor’s lips, so I believe many friends watched it for a few minutes. Just gave up.
In fact, if you look at it patiently, you will find many interesting slots .
for example:
Her father was seriously ill, and Belle returned home. Because of the magic, her tears turned into diamonds. When my father saw it, he was moved and surprised. So the common tear-wiping scenes we often see in film and television dramas have become the father's hard-pick under Belle's eyes...
Belle's two older sisters were jealous when they saw Belle return home in beautiful clothes. The trick the sisters came up with was to pretend to be sad. What about the tears that can't cry? Wipe it out with onions! But, Belle’s nose is deaf...
The most thunderous is at the end,
The beast becomes a prince, and the prince's face is the friend of the brother Belle liked before (that is, the arrogant Gaston in the new version). If the subtitles are not translated incorrectly, like the prince, I think Belle is "really a weird girl"...
After Belle announced that she loves both, she also lost her original dignified lady temperament, and her whole son became full of bitches , full of the pride of getting fish and bear paws at the same time!
The prince asked, I want to take you to fly, are you afraid? Belle said she didn't mind. Thus, the two of them ascended to heaven happily.
In fact, according to the work style of director Jean Cocteau, this picture implies... death .
The End.
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