Kaleidoscopes in the hands of sexy teens

Hermann 2022-01-27 08:23:24

After reading the original book "The Flesh of Evil" and then looking back at the movie "The Bright Years", it is a very wonderful adaptation. "Bright Young People" is not a complete rendition of the original novel, but selectively tells the story of the main character group "the Bright Young People" in the book. And the movie does not use the original title "Vile Bodies" but instead uses the title "The Bright Young Things" with the title of "bewitching teenagers". The original novel is a group drama that runs through the two age groups of middle-aged and young people, while the film uses almost all the brush and ink to describe these young people in their early twenties. And Uncle Fried also made an adaptation of the original book that fits the theme of the movie very well. Uncle Fried Cut off most of the scenes of the adults in the original work, leaving only the key scenes that interact with the protagonist. At the same time, he expanded the stories of several young people except the protagonist. Among them, Miles (played by Mr. Xin) The expansion and Simon (a US Decoration) The adaptation of the lines is exquisite. Since I am a teacher of Xin, I have a strong focus on the role of Miles when I haven't read the original book. However, in fact, Miles is a relatively dissociated character with Agatha in the original text. The two of them They have their own unique colors, so after Miles fled and Agatha died of illness, the two still had their fragrance flowing in the text after they left the stage early. Unfortunately, these two beautiful children are not the protagonists, so I describe them in the text. There are still irresistible deficiencies. Therefore, when I watched the movie after reading the original book, I had to admire the wonderful adaptation of Uncle Fried. If the original book is to tell readers that Miles is a base, the film is to get Miles' sexual orientation out of the audience, and at the same time let the audience see how cute this gorgeous teenager is, Miles seems to be made up of two elements, a candy-sweet cuteness and a base that mixes alcohol and tobacco flavors. Due to the deduction of the roles of the adults, the movie has no time to deepen the emotional conflicts of the protagonists. The original work is a group drama and the background factors of the times make the emotional entanglements of the protagonists relatively thin and calm, while the movie Tilt up the calm sea, and let the turbulent sea set off huge waves. The original work actually has a relatively beautiful but vicissitudes of life ending, and the adapted ending is even more interesting and conflicting. The "sad" ending not only makes the protagonists happy, but also adds a new layer of comedy and irony to the film. I don't think the adaptation of the glorious years can be called "excellent", but should be called "subtle". The script does not deviate from the deep thinking of the original work, and at the same time as a movie, it has the profound dramatic quality of the movie. Maybe some viewers think that the movie is still not as profound and superficial as the original book, but to me, the movie is an excellent way to show us the chaotic, complicated, extravagant and decadent pre-war high society through the eyes of decadent and glorious teenagers. kaleidoscope.

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Bright Young Things quotes

  • Simon Balcairn: [Telling his fake news story] The most shocking orgy since the days of Sodom and Gomorrah rocked society last night.

    Typist: Hold the presses, get down to compositing. Now.

    Simon Balcairn: The vulgar evangelist, Mrs. Melrose Ape, proudly revealed that her angels were no more than underage adornments on sale to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, tears coursing down her face, the honorable Agatha... , whose repulsive liason with the Prime Minister shocked the nation this week, bewailed her, quote: "Ruined, bogus, vapid, bogus, and worthless life," unquote.

    [pause]

    Simon Balcairn: Yes, two boguses. Lady Maitland, shrieking of her terrible dependence upon cocaine powder, threw off her Schiaparelli ball gown and stood naked upon the dance floor, an example quickly followed by old and young alike until only the servants remained clothed. And grotesquely hairy Archie Schwert, swinging naked from the chandelier, screamed that all his money derived from prostitution and the opium trade. Lady Maitland's son Miles howled and howled and confessed to an intimate beastliness involving five guardsmen of the royal household, two marines, and a brick layer from Hattersfield. Nina Blount... Nina Blount grasped her stomach, screamed she was a whore, and misquoted several lines of Lady MacBeth whilst Adam Fenwick-Symes cried on heaven to bear witness to his talentless penury and hopeless illiteracy.

  • Simon Balcairn: [Telling his fake news story] Never, never, never have such scenes been witnessed in high society, that uneasy alliance between Bright Young Things and old survivors. Perhaps this was the defining moment of our epoch of speed and syncopation. This so-called 20th century of angst, neurosis and panic. Reader be glad that you have nothing to do with this world. Its glamour is a delusion, its speed a snare, its music a scream of fear. Faster and faster they swirl, sickening themselves with every turn. The faster the ride, the greater the nausea, the terror, and the shame.

    [pause]

    Simon Balcairn: Stop. Yes, that's it. Good night.