American filmmakers have never lacked awareness of their country's film history. I watch very few musicals, and even less seriously. I just remember that "La La Land" paid tribute to many classic musicals, and this "Singing in the Rain" presents American film history from different dimensions.
The first thing that catches the eye is that the male protagonist has been in and out of the cinema with his partners since he was a child, and the poster pays tribute to "King Kong"
This scene where many men scramble to light cigarettes for actresses reminds me of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily". I wonder if Tonadoray borrowed from this?
Goodbye, silent movie era. With a loud bang, "The King of Jazz" debuted, and Warner Bros. came back to life.
The shooting scenes of silent films, the studios of big Hollywood companies, are very interesting and can be regarded as historical materials.
We often hear unskilled filmmakers claiming that their work is first-of-its-kind, but either because they have not read much or because they are unfamiliar with film history. If they can use film history material like this, I am afraid it is difficult to be so confident.
Hollywood's exaggerated star system makes people feel hypocritical. After watching this film and watching the gossip feed, I instantly feel dull and boring.
In addition, the film mocks the silent Hollywood era commercial films under the big studio system from both the perspectives of film practitioners and audiences. It's not really art. And that failed talkie movie made me double laugh through the recent popularity of the slow speed of sound. It can be seen that the jokes produced by technology are never out of date. It can also be seen that we are now in the era of technological jokes, because such jokes are abundant and randomly copied. In the second half of the film, the starring transformation of this terrible work actually took a very short time and was very casual. It reminded me of the commercial film craze that was popular in domestic films from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. It is often the film companies rushing to a theme, winning with time, and even the bad money drives out the good money. After all "movies can please anyone".
The theme of the movie is self-esteem, both male and female. One of the lines from the heroine that touched me the most was: I will sing, but I will never see you again in the future.
Very interesting studio presentation, which I discovered Chinese themes. Maybe it was for Anna May.
Musical films are a product of the golden age of America, and everyone wants to indulge, indulge in fantasy. Look at the childish-faced female lead, and watch the actors in gorgeous clothes line up to sing and dance. The singers and dancers at that time were amazing. And musical films are also very pleasing to me in time, and they are actually similar to martial arts films to some extent. Even if the plot is boring, isn't it good for you to watch the show itself? The show itself was great. But martial arts movies often make me feel very painful.
In addition, the body and humor of musicals and Disney's animation are the same system. It's all a harmless lovable juvenile protagonist to watch.
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