A bold adaptation

Arnold 2022-01-19 08:02:25

The director’s creativity is based on the perspective of heathcliff. Although the male lead is immature, it does not mean that he does not approve of black selection. On the contrary, the setting of blacks is closer to the spirit of the original. Obliterated the mysterious temperament of heathcliff. But it cannot be denied that this new perspective also presents the unspeakable plot in the novel, which only exists in the reader's imagination (the original story is through the maid nelly to tell the plot, so the reader is closer to the feelings of catherine she served rather than heathcliff. ). In comparison, this has also made Cathy in the film outstanding. The performance of the actor is my favorite. The fragility in loneliness and the anger in resentment look distressed. This is also the appearance of Cathy in the original book.

The whole film is almost entirely based on the director's own understanding of the novel and the imagination left by the original. Although only half of the novel is performed, it conveys the cold essence of the novel: the anger and emotion that is swallowed by depression.

It’s not difficult to imagine that such an independent-minded and bold film adapted from a famous book will definitely be criticized, but the value of this type of film should be nothing more than the urge to lead the original after watching the film. Me, at least it did. Just as Yeats said in his poem: "good art beaten down": Art must be whipped up-isn't the original work only after being controversial for nearly a century before being enlisted in the ranks of the world's masterpieces?

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Wuthering Heights quotes

  • Older Heathcliff: Don't leave me here where I can't find you.

  • [last lines]

    Young Cathy: I am Heathcliff.