Observation from a distance - a movie that only two or three people watch!

Shanon 2022-01-26 08:43:38

I can really thank a friend of mine in the history department for watching this film. He studied medicine before and then transferred to history. He had a lot of ideas about history, but he kept it in his head, and since he almost failed to graduate. Saying these things, I just feel that when I look back on the days shortly after graduation, it is like the calm and profound mood of watching "The Earth" alone in my dormitory. I didn't know much about "The Earth" when I watched it. It was a random encounter. It was pulled out from a pile of discs by a friend in a dark room.
Closer to home, the plot of the earth is as mentioned in the introduction of the plot, "similar stories seem outdated today", but I was really seen from another country's perspective of China, the farmers, and the land of China. The kind of distance, the kind of detail attracted. This kind of feeling is like the feeling of reading Mr. Fairbank's book and "The Fifteen Years of Wanli". Although one is a film and the other is a book, there should be some similarity in the sense of distance. The attraction of this feeling should lie in the experience that the perception of some people is truer and more meaningful only from the perspective of the unrelated person, and only if the sense of distance is not disturbed by the familiar details, can it be seen Those most obvious characteristics; each one wants to know more about other people's views and impressions of themselves. This impression may not be the most real (but it may be the most meaningful to others), but it does want to know, when After you understand other people's views, and you feel that others are working hard, you will like this sense of distance from observation. The angle of "The Earth" is directed by Americans, so it will have a sense of distance and attractiveness; you will find that they are very serious and hardworking in filming and acting, and you will like this way of looking at things; of course The experience of rural life and the wonderful emotion that goes deep into the land whether you find it or not is also a very important factor in whether you like this film or not.
What happens on this earth is so ordinary and so full of life, because this is a piece of THE GOOD EARTH. Born in the earth, return to the earth.

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Extended Reading
  • Mossie 2022-04-20 09:02:32

    Thanks to Pearl Buck's original work, the film's depiction of China can be said to be unparalleled. The film is full of the golden age of Hollywood, and the photography is extremely magnificent. The naturalism and poeticism are extremely perfect. In the middle, the surging feeling of the wind blowing the wheat waves really caught the wind. The escaping process, which is edited using rear projection and medium shot close-ups, is also very infectious. The train scene in this paragraph should be a clip shot in China, which is completely different from the studio scene in "Shanghai Express" shot a few years ago. . The scene of grabbing something and a close-up montage is mixed. The panoramic symmetrical shot opens and ends at the upper left angle. It is perfect. If modernism is applied to this paragraph, it can be completely understood that it is the imagination of the heroine when she is dying. The title "Earth" in the text is the most important core. It is a rare picture of the lifeblood of Chinese farmers. At the end, the earth is equated with his wife, realizing the traditional Hollywood-style love reunion routine. There is basically no choice in terms of acting skills. The body language of the male and female protagonists shows their skills.

  • Kiel 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    The rural society in the late Qing Dynasty written by Pearl Buck is real and familiar to the Chinese people's land complex. The characters are also very Chinese and three-dimensional, and the story is smooth and eye-catching. It was made into a Hollywood movie, and the protagonist was played by an American, but except for the face, I really didn't feel like a foreigner. All aspects were very good, and they worked hard. It was actually released in 1937, which was shocking.

The Good Earth quotes

  • O-Lan: When I go back in that house, it will be with my son in my arms. I'll have a red coat on him... and red flower trousers... and a hat with a gilded Buddha and tiger-faced shoes, and I'll go into the kitchen where I spent my days as a slave and into the great hall where the old mistress sits with her pipe, and I'll show myself and my son to all of them.

    O-Lan: [Smiles, contented] Hmm.

    Wang Lung: Well... Now, I... I haven't heard you speak so many words since you came to this house.

  • 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.