it may be over from the beginning,
maybe it's just a glimpse of the empty soul I experienced.
It was just a momentary dazzle, I know.
I looked at your figure in the moonlight,
and then, I touched your hand, the next moment, I kissed you, and
dazzle turned into love.
Although professional film critics did not appraise the film very highly, and had a lot of criticisms about the huge age difference of the actors and the slightly flawed storyline, this is one of the author's favorite movies, and the degree of love for it even exceeds "Roman Holiday" and "Tiffany's Breakfast".
Billy Wilder is the perfect master of grafting Viennese light comedies and Hollywood melodramas. In the classic scene scheduling, he has maintained the European elegance and humor, especially in the musical configuration of the film. , The cheerful and enthusiastic gypsy waltz and Haydn’s cello music played occasionally by the heroine, combining ease and elegance ingeniously, and complementing the rhythm of the film. Without these classic soundtracks, the film will undoubtedly lose a lot of appeal.
People have long held objections to the film’s male protagonist candidate, thinking that choosing a man who is 28 years older than the female protagonist is a failure. Although the story is about love between the young and the old, the 27-year-old Hepburn and the 55-year-old Cooper and the 68-year-old Shevari Aiga, who plays the role of his father, seem to be ironic. However, if we recall that Hepburn’s most classic films are all co-stars with actors whose ages are very different, they will not. Surprised.
Hepburn is beautiful in the sense of the world.
Orientals love her purity and sweetness, Westerners love her romantic elegance, Europeans love her classics, and Americans love her liveliness. She is a real Snow White, a mortal spirit who combines the upbringing of high society and the kindness of common people. She is best at playing those Cinderellas who become princesses. She has the innocence of a girl, the sexiness of a mature woman, and a little bit of childlike naughtiness. She doesn't need to act, because she is every role she plays. Her natural performance should be balanced by an experienced and mature actor, and only those men whose age is very different from her can alleviate her insecurities, especially in the early stages of her film career. The combination of her innocent sexiness and those sophisticated gentlemen has a wonderful dreamy feeling, making her more like a princess in a fairy tale. Gary Cooper is one of my favorite American actors. He is tall, free and easy to behave, simple and natural, yet resolute and tough. He is an icon of the golden age and an eternal American.
Therefore, I don't think there is any problem with Cooper's age. Instead, I think this combination is more in line with the taste of Twilight Love.
The elegant and pure European girls and the unrestrained old cowboys have not only achieved interesting effects with their respective accents, but also the kind of very funny cultural differences-this must be attributed to the humorous and swaying lines.
In the first half of the film, the girl played by Hepburn has always been in a passive position in the scene, while the old prodigal son played by Kobo is on the offensive. When the two meet again, Hepburn reverses the previous restraint and passiveness, using ridiculously learned tricks. The trick is to play this veteran in love on the palm of the hand. It makes him look extremely ridiculous and old. In fact, the same routine is used in "Dragon and Phoenix Matching".
The film uses black and white, on the one hand to create a dreamy and hazy atmosphere, but also to conceal Cooper's too old face. He usually stays in dim shadows, while Hepburn is always under bright light. Love at dusk has its own flavor.
Clothing and hairstyles have always played a pivotal role in Wilder's films.
People remember Monroe's famous white skirt floating in the subway ventilation shaft, and they will not forget the "Enthusiasm" in which men disguised themselves as women, and the gorgeous Swanson Salo American costumes in "Sunset Boulevard".
Hepburn presents the image of Snow White in this film.
Both the black one-collar skirt and the white floral skirt are the styles of princess dresses, especially the short hair that is completely imitated from Disney's Snow White, which creates a lovely image of an innocent girl who is thinking of spring.
It is worth mentioning that the French actor Chevalier, who played the role of his father, surpassed the two protagonists in acting. He created a kind, witty, witty and elegant French father. His typical European classical style is the entire film. Brings a French romantic elegance.
There is also the role of that ridiculous silly husband, who was the actor who later played the clerk of the jewelry store in "Breakfast at Tiffany".
Of course, the audience will never forget the four Gypsy musicians without lines, especially in the last scene they are standing on the drizzle of the station platform and playing Fascination affectionately to bid farewell to the lovers. The film is just With the accompaniment of this psychedelic music, the curtain came to an end.
When Hepburn, with a small silk scarf on his head, held the carnation tightly in his hand, innocently telling cute lies, and chasing the slowly moving train, I think every audience will be moved like Cooper.
He picked up the petite Hepburn with the solid and powerful arms of a mature American man, comforted the girl with a kiss, quiet, Ariane, quiet.
At that moment, the girl burst into tears,
and I cried.
I touched your hand in the moonlight, the next moment, I kissed you, and the
dazzle turned into love.
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