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Mason 2022-01-21 08:02:30

Due to technical limitations at the time, many special effects in the film were very rudimentary, especially the surreal side that was shown in the second half, which is even more obvious. So relatively speaking, the first half of the film is better, and you might even wonder if this is really a film made in 1951? All the methods of storytelling are not outdated! If it is not black and white, it is only from the rhythm of the film, the scene scheduling, and the performance of the actors. , It is hard to tell that this is a movie that is so old. Therefore, it is not unreasonable that the film won the Golden Duck Award at the 4th Cannes Film Festival in 1951 (the predecessor of the Palme d’Or)... There are many Chaplin-like jokes in the film, which will not be eliminated in any era ( Not a nonsense comedy). For example, two rich men bargaining prices, and they become dogs barking at each other. This kind of irony is too talented; there are many other plots that make people laugh, especially the old man who is too hungry to be taken to the sky by balloons. Wait. It's like realism, but it's magicalism. Just as at the beginning of the movie, the old woman saw the overflowing milk and was not angry at all but played with her children. She regarded the milk as a river and built houses on both sides of the river. Jump on both sides of your feet, and the whole world is under your feet. This is an optimistic and kind-hearted way of education with inheritance spirit. . . After the death of the mother-in-law, the little male protagonist TOTO grew up in an instant. After coming to the slum from the orphanage, with the optimism and kindness inherited from the adoptive mother and mother-in-law, he became a living Lei Feng who helped others. In short, it makes me feel better than "A Beautiful Life".

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Extended Reading
  • Ruby 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    There are two shots that make a deep impression. One is the beam of light illuminating the dark clouds in the sky, and the other is a train whizzing past. Poor people picking up food from the heap. This movie has enough of these two shots.

  • Tia 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    4K Restoration* Studios. Watching the comedy, thinking about the sadness, watching the special stage fantasy, and carefully imagining the Xingshi Hengyan packaged as a strange story, the stories of the urban village in the first half have a surreal tone, looking for sunshine to squeeze and dance, funny and compassionate. The implication (corresponding to the end), the direct fighting method in the second half, capital vs divine power, various ancient special effects and facial expressions are similar to Journey to the West (the smoke retreats like Moses dividing the sea), the touch of stone becomes gold, and the mischief is quick, But it nourishes too many unsustainable desires (just like how adult statues integrate into society is an ethical dilemma), Desica shows a clear understanding of human nature in this insatiable comedy segment, they have nowhere to go But go, only illusory redemption can be obtained in the surreal spectacle.

Miracle in Milan quotes

  • Totò: Would you like the sun?

    [Edvige nods, so Totó looks toward the horizon, where the sun comes up in a few seconds]