——On the film "Love in the Evening"
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Since the last time I watched "Dragon and Phoenix", I know that Billy Wilder has been obsessed with Hepburn's purity Up. In his films, the heroine and the actor always go through a setback and finally unite together. "Dragon and Phoenix" is a love triangle with disparity in status, and it was produced in 1957 called "Love at Twilight". In the black and white film, Hepburn and Jarrie Cooper are like a father and daughter, and the age gap is so big—Jari born in 1901 and Hepburn born in 1929 are 28 years apart in total. Jiali once played the image of a tough western guy on the screen, especially the 85-minute film "Noon" that made him famous. However, in "Twilight Love", although he has shown a gentlemanly romantic, but it is difficult to conceal his blessed figure and aging face. For this reason, the director and behind-the-scenes staff took great pains to filter the lens, and often left Jari in a dimly lit place. Hepburn’s face was originally a powerful sign of box office protection, and she always stood without scruples. In front of the brightest light. In this way, Jared and Hepburn undoubtedly escaped the age barrier and performed an unforgettable "love between young and old". They hugged and danced in a room with a view of the Retiro Hotel in the afternoon. . So, I finally understand the origin of the title-it is related to people's age, love, and afternoon...
It is said that the director found the popular movie star Gary Grant for the second time and asked him to act in a rivalry with Hepburn. Gary refused to participate because of his age difference. Compared with Humphrey Bogart, Gary Grant is more handsome and romantic, but he resigned from "Dragon and Phoenix" and resigned from this "Twilight Love" until 1963, when they finally played in Stanley. Cooperated once in "Mystery in Mystery" directed by Donan. In my eyes, fans expect their cooperation based on a kind of aesthetic taste, and the director and producer’s several "matching" are obviously aimed at commercial benefits, like the "peacock" like Gary Grant. The type of actor, based on seniority and face to put on airs, Hepburn must have been rumored. Her performance did not break through the limitations of her own "beauty". Although the previous films have received rave reviews, they have also won awards of various sizes. Hepburn's performance skills obviously have not made a greater breakthrough. Especially after watching "Roman Holiday" and "Sweet Sister", her dance and beauty have already appeared. At this time, she is married, and her expression occasionally brings a touch of mature charm, but the sadness in her eyes is still there. She once again played the role of "Girl" and herself, and conquered the audience with her true beauty. After conquering me for half a century. I think people with qualifications and reputations, such as Gary Grant, will sneer at these. Hepburn in his eyes is a rough shape: a noble, exquisite craftsmanship but worthless vase... And Humphrey Bow Jia pointed out Hepburn when he starred in "Dragon and Phoenix". It was entirely because of his personal problems that he was troubled by political issues. Hepburn had no complaints about this. Many years later, she said to her son: "Maybe he (Humphrey Bogart) is right, I am not suitable for acting." In
the Hepburn films I have seen so far, she plays The characters are pure, kind, and well-trained. Sabina in "Dragon and Phoenix" studies in Paris and loves cooking, "Roman Holiday" Princess Anne is playful, Shuya is always deceived, "Sweet Girl" "The girl in "Joe loves philosophy. In this "Twilight Love", she always walks through the Paris apartment with a cello on her back.
It seems that her movie is inseparable from the city of Paris, and the cello-study girl she plays in "Twilight Love" lives on the left bank. At the beginning of the film, her father, Mr. Shafer, stood on the top of the water tower and used a high-power camera to secretly photograph the celebrity's privacy. His monologue became the beginning of the whole film. With a group of shots, the Parisian men and women who are kissing no matter when and where, do they condense the romantic and interesting characteristics of Parisians? This is undoubtedly condensed. The whole film casts a romantic background color.
Yali lives with her father. She usually studies cello at school and gets along well with a male classmate. Her father, Mr. Shafer, is a private investigator who is often employed by others to investigate sexual affairs between men and women. He locked these exclusive search materials in a cabinet, but he didn't intend to be read by his daughter. This time, Shafer was hired by a suspicious rich man to investigate his cheating wife. The result of Schaffer’s investigation was that the wife always stayed alone with a corporate tycoon named Fanaken. In a certain room of the “Retiro” hotel, four groups of gypsies were called every afternoon. The Orchestra then played some gorgeous and melodious waltz. There was a song called "Distracted and Delirious" (to be examined). After playing this piece, the orchestra left, leaving only the wife and the tycoon alone. The jealous husband heard the report at the private detective Shafer's residence and became furious, and threatened to shoot the tycoon to death. At this time, Ari, who was eavesdropping in another room, learned the news and called the police during her spare time at school, but was refused. The reason was that there were thousands of murders in Paris every day. Before the matter had a result, the deployment of police force was a kind of manpower consumption-so Yali decided to deploy alone. She avoided the jealous husband who was standing at the door, and climbed into Mr. Fanaken's room from the balcony to understand the whole story. Of course, she and the lady switched roles, the lady escaped from the balcony, and she and Mr. Fanaken used clever acting skills to deceive the angry husband. Afterwards, Fanaken fell in love with her-in his eyes, she was a piece of tender meat, without accidental contamination, regardless of his feelings, he was provoked by the arrogance that had always been cultivated by flattery and obedience.
The next day, Ari met with him again in the afternoon because he was leaving Paris. The way she helped him organize his luggage was to jump onto the suitcase like a child, and then lock the bulging suitcase. She had fallen in love with him at the time of parting, and pulled out a carnation from his coat pocket as a souvenir. Reunited again at a concert. Ari saw him through a telescope. Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (?) was being played on stage. The two met during the intermission, and Vernaken invited her. Go to the Retiro Hotel for a date the next day. It happened that Yali's father brought back a ferret coat, which he said was stored at home for the client. Because Yali had heard too much fanaken's peachy news, she was smart and planned to tease him. So she hid the ferret coat in the cello box, put it on when she went to the apartment, and bragged to Mr. Fernakken about the wealthy men she had come into contact with. Sure enough, Funaken was deceived. In the course of playing and contacting for a few days, he asked her about the origins of the men from time to time, and she was always able to tell the details of them. He couldn't help but believe it—in fact, all the information came from her. "Personal Library" (that is, her father's investigation file). In her recording message to Mr. Fanaken, she left a total of 19 men’s identity and professions she had contacted. , But having an ambiguous relationship with so many men created her impression in his heart—mystery. So he went to the Turkish bath to take a bath, and happened to happen to the jealous husband who threatened to shoot him, and handed him Mr. Shafer's business card. So it's finally time for the story to unravel the mystery. In fact, for the audience, this is not a suspense, but we are very interested to see how it behaves and how it ends.
Mr. Fanaken found Shafer. At the time, Ari was washing her hair in the bathroom. The plot was cleverly sold. Then when Mr. Shafer found Mr. Fanaken the next day and gave him the information of his daughter, Finally explained the details. And asked Mr. Fanaken not to hurt such a pure girl. When it came time to break up, Yali resisted the tears, showing the kind of casual magnanimity in line with the "coquettish" female identity she played, but Mr. Fanaken felt the sadness in her heart when she ran along with the train. When he told him that he had a lot of pursuits, so that he didn't have to worry, he couldn't help it anymore and took her onto the train. They got married soon.
The story seems to be seamless, but I always have to doubt whether a man with too many scandals will be emotional when he treats a girl who knows him well. Most men want to have personal privacy instead of showing themselves transparently in the eyes of others, not to mention a famous and status man like Mr. Fanaken. And Miss Yali is obviously a person who has eaten food and is overly kind. She is not even willing to risk her life and climb over from the balcony to tell a message to a man who does not know each other... The story is weird and moving. Due to these chances and coincidences, if the two hadn't met through a wonderful and thrilling opportunity, I don't think the romantic diamond king, Mr. Wufa Naken, would have a deep impression on her. In this film, Jared Cooper played the romantic tycoon very well, but being played around by a little girl seems to be unconvincing. This is not Jarrie’s problem, but the screenwriter’s problem. I think Yali, played by Hepburn, lives in such an environment where her father works as a private detective. She has heard and seen a lot of weird rich lives, so she will imagine these lives and cultivate some vain bad tempers. , When she deliberately played with Mr. Fanaken, she was able to see through it. When Mr. Fanaken left her, she suddenly realized that she was in love with him, and Mr. Shafer also appeared at the right time, explaining everything, but at this time There is no way to save her first love... Would it be more logical if the film is performed in my own way? It is conceivable that Miss Yali’s future marriage life will be full of hardships. She must endure a romantic husband, and the foundation of her marriage is her first love. She did not fully enjoy the ups and downs of her youth. Just marrying this playboy with Fenran will definitely pay a higher price. From this point of view, she is undoubtedly pure and thorough, like a love idiot, or she is a very vanity woman. In a sense, does it symbolize that her love has come to an end from the very beginning? No wonder the story takes place at dusk in Paris. Although romantic, it is inevitably full of sorrows and sorrows of "the setting sun is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk".
There is one detail, I don’t know if the audience noticed it. When Ali saved Mr. Fanaken’s life, she hurriedly left, but confessed to him that she did not like young men because they were reckless and arrogant. It can be seen from this that she is completely pleasing Mr. Fanaken, and hints to him that she likes a mature old man like him. She once saw a photo of him in the data collected by her father. At the time, she exclaimed that he looked like President Lincoln and praised him for being handsome. It was this kind of affection that caused her to subconsciously please him and flatter him. In this way, after thinking about it, we can easily guess that Yali’s subconsciously active vanity, she doesn’t like the young man who learns piano with her, although he has a good family background and a good background, it is a kind of calmness. A rigid symbol of life, what she aspires for is a life full of romance, admiration, and follow-up investigation like Fanaken's life. She likes those bands around her, likes him hiding her high heels in his pocket when he flirts, likes him eating her men's jealousy for unknown reasons. From another perspective, her cleverness is no weaker than Miss Sharp in Vanity Fair. Therefore, the screenwriter emphasized her purity, which I don't think is very convincing.
In this film, Audrey Hepburn did not surpass the previous works in acting. She still plays the role of an innocent girl when she is young, but no one is moved by her beauty. It seems that the lengthy monologue at the beginning of the story is completely unnecessary. Just as everyone knows what role Audrey Hepburn will play, the romance of Paris does not need to be annotated. This is already the heart of Sima Zhao-a fact that everyone knows. Up.
Wagner http://baike.baidu.com/view/8233.htm
"Tristan and Isolde" ("Tristan and Isolde" http://baike.baidu.com/view/362613 .htm
Twilight Love http://www.dyzdy.com/html/movie_article/2/2773.html
Jaley Cooper
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