the earth

Newell 2022-01-26 08:43:38

I really care about the form. I have watched a lot of films more or less, and the impression of the earth on me is still very deep, more profound than many good films. A group of westerners speak English and interpret the Chinese peasant story in 1937. The form itself is attractive, and he shot it very well. The black and white picture has a lot less color impact, but it unexpectedly gave me a glimpse of this film in 2019. A sense of alienation from the times, that is to say, not only is this story far away from me, but everything in this film is far away from me, they are there, and I seem to have accidentally walked into an ancient tomb, feeling this from zero distance. atmosphere of the era. This is not a feeling that can be photographed by the Chinese people who have inherited it today, but something that people who stood in the social atmosphere at that time understood. I think there is a sense of reality in it, which is even more accurate than what we are now. At that time, it was on the eve of Japan's invasion of China. The wind and rain were about to come, and the torrent of the times was close at hand. People could feel the helplessness, struggle, cry or laugh in the torrent, and they could empathize with them, or be a spectator. The information was very rich and revolutionary. At that time, refugees poured into the mansion of the rich like zombies. It was a shock. The films I have watched are second to none. At that time, I had the urge to cry. It seems that the Yuanmingyuan was completely destroyed by my own hands. Let go. The thinking that brought me is very complicated, the most obvious is to cherish the present. Wonderful

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  • Haylie 2022-04-21 09:03:29

    It's soul-stirring enough as an epic, and the angle is objective, but whitewash is just not okay, and it even won the actor's Olympic award. Ah me bah. [Muni's makeup really looks like a Chinese, laughing so hard

  • Deja 2022-04-22 07:01:53

    Pearl Buck's original work is of good quality, and the starring's interpretation of the Chinese peasants is even more vivid, and there is no problem with serving the Tao. Louise Reiner's Yuelan plays too well, and the little daughter-in-law's shy, aggrieved introverted look Absolutely. Wang Long's obsession with land, from a timid and timid tenant farmer at the beginning, to buying and managing his own land later, and then becoming a big landlord, after a long life, he finally found it again on the land. Lost soul, for Chinese farmers, land is the foundation of life. The last scene of the plague of locusts has a taste of magical realism, and the filming is quite good. "People can be controlled by the land, and they can also control the destiny of the land." This film is a grade better than "Dragon Seed".

The Good Earth quotes

  • Wang Lung: If you could have a little food, you'd have strength to bring the child. I'll find it. Tomorrow I'll...

    O-Lan: When have you had food ?

    Wang Lung: There's a thing in me that hurts... and not hunger. But a man has no words.

    O-Lan: No words... but I know.

    Wang Lung: O-Lan, the earth has forgotten us.

  • Ching: Hunger makes men mad.