Isabel Archer, the heroine in the movie, is the lady representative this time.
When money (cousin Ralph persuaded his father to leave it to her), status, knowledge, cultivation, etc. are all available, such a white and rich 24K pure gold, what should life experience?
Therefore, the author (a movie adapted from a novel of the same name) arranged love and conspiracy for the life of the heroine Isabel.
In terms of love, she was so perfect that she naturally had a group of gentlemen in the skirt lined up, from Lord Warburton, cousin Ralph to Casper Goodwood, she ignored the love of all of them and simply refused. Their proposal.
Her dream is to travel the world, and she doesn't want to be hampered by anything.
This is the reason for her righteousness, and of course it turns out to be a high-sounding lie in the end.
When she meets the person she loves: wandering artist Gilberto Osmond.
Osmond is lazy, smart, and good at disguising. As a man with a mistress for many years, he knows how to please such an innocent woman who is blank in love.
Reject Warburton because Isabel doesn't like a husband who is too suitable, too safe, and too sure. She needs a man who can inspire her.
As a painter, Osmond, who also has a good taste, has more ideas that Isabel could not guess, coupled with his passion and strong pursuit.
Every encounter and every conversation with Osmond makes Isabel nervous, excited, surprised and expectant.
Therefore, she quickly surrendered in front of Osmond, took her wealth and married into the poor. She thought that the hopeful romance and happiness would become inexhaustible honey in her future life.
But she was wrong.
Osmond's love pursuit is just a conspiracy, under the direction of his mistress, Mrs. Mel. The goal, of course, is the money Isabel holds in her hand. Osmond wanted to use this to allow his daughter (born with his mistress) to marry the nobles.
So, from the very beginning, Isabel was played only money and springboard.
In the married life, Osmond removed his hypocrisy and his clothes, leaving Isabelle only in dire straits.
This movie is positioned as a fashion drama. In addition to the peak appearance of the male and female protagonists, it also shows the lazy and free hairstyles with American characteristics and the meticulous and gorgeous hairstyles with European aristocratic style at the same time. Compete with each other.
At parties, afternoon teas, and fun parties, the beautiful women and handsome gentlemen and men are a beautiful scenery, coupled with the charm of the city at the time, the look is still good.
just that if you see this movie as a romance or a drama, I’m afraid you will be extremely disappointed. In my opinion, the most romantic love plot in the whole movie is the love of cousin Ralph for Isabel.
Ralph Tachter (to Isabel): I love you, but there is no hope.
In addition, in terms of the creativity of the screen shots, the director used a surreal approach to present the colorful and restrained eroticism, which looks quite fantasy and will be even more impressive.
In the preface of the novel, the original author explained the theme of the story of "The True Colors of a Lady": "A poor girl yearns for a free spirit, pursues noble sentiments, thinks she has a clear head, acts generously and reasonably, but in the end she finds herself It was rolled in a conventional mill."
Although the movie has a length of two and a half hours compared with the novel, there are still a lot of omissions and jumps. From the movie, we can probably see the image of a girl like the author said. As for the "rolling mill", I personally feel that the strength is not enough.
The last scene of the movie. After refusing Lord Warburton again, Isabel frantically ran towards a safe place that she thought was safe. Before opening the door, however, she stopped and looked back in confusion. Did not return to her husband Osmond as written in the novel.
Probably, this is a new possibility left by the director to the audience.
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