Brother Meng is good, after a week, I am back again.
A few days ago, I suffered a work injury while cooking, so I couldn't update it this week, but it's almost better now. It's time to update.
Today, let’s talk about an old movie "The Wizard of Oz" 80 years ago.
"The Wizard of Oz" Promotional Poster
In fact, my previous attitude towards this kind of old movies was: if you don’t watch it, you won’t watch it, because the old movies in my impression are stinky and long, and they are excellent for hypnosis. It is a torment to watch them as normal movies. .
However, Goe asked to watch old movies such as "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" in the assignments recently assigned by the teacher.
Unexpectedly, when I was forced to watch "The Wizard of Oz", I still didn't escape the law.
It is believed that comrades who have been in high school and have been editing and directing will not be unfamiliar with the name of this movie, and even recalled the horror of being dominated by Zhang Fuqi's "Little Yellow Book".
"Fleming Victor, American director, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind"..." Similar to this kind of knowledge, I was so familiar with me back then, but now all this knowledge is returned to Zhang Fuqi.
1. Movie overview
"The Wizard of Oz" is a fairy tale film produced by MGM. The film is adapted from the children's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", directed by Victor Fleming and others, starring Judy Garland and others. The film was released in the United States in 1939.
At the Oscars ceremony in the second year of the film’s release, "The Wizard of Oz" won two awards including "Best Original Song", five nominations, and also received a Cannes Palme d’Or nomination, which can be said to be quite good. Achievement.
In November 1998, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of "The Wizard of Oz", the digitally processed "The Wizard of Oz" was released again.
In 2008, the American Film Institute held a selection of ten best films in genres, and the film ranked first in the fantasy film category.
The position of "The Wizard of Oz" in film history is evident.
There is no need to repeat about the director Victor Fleming, everyone should be familiar with him. His "Gone with the Wind" has been regarded as a classic and has a reputation forever.
Victor Fleming (1889-1949)
The female protagonist Judy Garland also has a lot of background, and has the dual identities of singer and actor, both in the singing industry and the entertainment circle are the top of the time. Oscar for Best Actress, Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement... The prize was soft.
In 1999, she was selected as the 8th "Greatest Actress in a Century" by the American Film Institute.
Judy Garland (1922-1969)
u1s1, this one has and looks good.
Second, the plot introduction
The heroine Dorothy is a small-town girl living in Kansas, in the central plains of the United States. She grew up on a farm with her uncle and aunt.
That day, her pet dog Toto bit Mrs. Kashxu, and then Mrs. Kashxu came to Dorothy's house with the police officer's order, and wanted to take Toto away. After asking her uncle and aunt for help, Dorothy left home in anger. When he left and came back, a tornado swept across the farm. Toto, Dorothy and her house were swept into the sky, and the story of "The Wizard of Oz" began.
Dorothy and Toto
When she woke up, Dorothy found that she had come to a place she had never been to before-the country of Jinzhi.
Whisper bb: Actually I think this place is more like a fairy pot, why do you say that? Because this place not only has strange-looking golden dwarfs, but also a demon fairy queen.
Fairy Queen——Glinda
The little dwarves of the Golden Kingdom regarded Dorothy as a hero, because she and her house fell from the sky and killed the oriental witch who had enslaved them.
There was a disagreement, and the happy little people danced...
At this moment, the younger sister of the Eastern Witch who had just died-the Western Witch appeared!
Western Witch
After the western witch left after a stinky mouth, under the guidance of the Queen of the Devil, the eagerly homecoming Dorothy embarked on a home-finding journey-to the distant Emerald City, seeking help from the Great Master of Oz.
She hit the road.
Following the instructions of the Queen of the Devil, Dorothy set off along the path paved with yellow bricks.
Soon after departure, Dorothy met a scarecrow who had no brains. He wanted to ask the Archmage Oz for a brain, so he joined the journey.
Dorothy and the Brainless Scarecrow
Then, they met the tin metal person who wanted a heart (I would prefer to call him Lao Tie), and in order to have a heart, Lao Tie also joined them.
Dorothy and the heartless old iron
Then in the jungle, they met a lion known as the king of beasts.
I thought the lion should be like this.
Never thought he was like this...
Is this the king of beasts? It's so funny.
Ahem, this lion does not lack internal organs, but lacks courage, so he joined Dorothy's group.
Since then, formal mentoring four put together, set foot on the ( Buddhist sutras ) find the way Archmage.
Finally arrived at the Emerald Palace, and after some meticulous dressing, I saw the great Master Oz, whom the four had dreamed of.
This is how the Zuan people say hello!
The ugly and ugly Archmage Oz is also an old Zuan, and after some bb, Oz proposes to get the scepter of the Western witch.
So the four masters and apprentices went to the Western Witch’s Castle...
Just when the four masters and apprentices were in danger, suddenly! Dorothy poured a basin of water on the western witch.
Then guess what?
She just passed away on the spot...
You are the boss! That's it? ?
Four-faced dumbfounded.jpg
After taking the Western Witch's scepter and returning to the Archmage, Dorothy accidentally discovered that the Archmage was actually an old man posing as an old man, and there was no archmage at all!
Look at this little hand with nowhere to put
So he couldn't realize the wish of the four masters and apprentices at all. Under the flick of the old man, the brainless Scarecrow, the old iron and the lion were all satisfied.
Only Dorothy's wish to go home fell through. However, it happens that the Archmage is also a Kansasian, and he wants to take Dorothy back to Kansas in a hot air balloon.
Unexpectedly, just before the departure, Dorothy's pet dog Toto suddenly ran off the balloon, and Dorothy followed Toto to the ground. So he slipped away alone.
At this time, the Queen of the Demon Fairy appeared again, and she used her magical power to bring the Dorothy Ribbon back home.
Dorothy woke up and realized that this journey was a dream. The scarecrow, old iron, and lion that appeared in the dream were all her friends in reality.
After this dream, Dorothy cherished friends and family even more and vowed to be with them forever.
End.
Three, personal taste
First of all, a very interesting point: the picture in Dorothy’s dream is full-color, while the picture in reality is black and white. Since the film was re-released in 1998 after being digitally processed, I have no way of judging it. This move is the instruction of Victor Fleming or the work of posterity. Regardless of the result, the cleverness of this approach cannot be denied: the two contrasting tones clearly divide the film into three stages. , The two worlds, the dream and the reality are the inner and the inner, and mirror each other. On the basis of the fairy tale song and dance film, it is more mysterious and dreamy, and it is really clever.
In a dream
in reality
Secondly, I have a stereotype that only Disney can produce this kind of musical. It may be that I was too impressed with the previous "Frozen" series, "Beauty and the Beast" and other Disney-produced musicals. Into the. So when the heroine Dorothy danced for the first time, I thought: This is too Disney! But I am happy to accept this form. Art knows no borders, not to mention that this is just a different company. The most important thing is quality, not who the owner is. I think the most eye-catching thing in "The Wizard of Oz" is the scene scheduling during singing and dancing. In a space that is not too big, so many characters can dance together, and they can still be organized and orderly, and ensure the overall harmony. It can be described as a master's handwriting. .
"The Wizard of Oz" song and dance scene
"Beauty and the Beast" song and dance scene
Furthermore, under the shell of musicals and fairy tales, "The Wizard of Oz" also has the core of road movies. This movie is not only a benchmark for early musicals, but also has made great contributions to the maturity of road movies. It may have had a certain impact on future excellent road movies such as "Bonnie and Clyde".
Also, what impressed me very much was the lines. In a large number of songs and dances, when each character was reciting his own lines, I had a sense of seeing the rapper in the livehouse. It was too rhyming!
Many famous books about fairy tales are innocent and imaginative, but among the works I have seen, only the Wizard of Oz can be written before and after on this basis. It is not just for the strange and the strange, but for the strange. On the basis of fun, it presents the truth and logic, and connects the imagination with wisdom, instead of letting it be unconstrained.
A group of people looking for a return journey of courage, love, and wisdom. When watching the movie, I really feel like a child, feeling this innocence and simplicity.
The Scarecrow finally had wisdom. In fact, he always had it. He would make plans to rescue Dorothy, but he didn't realize his wisdom.
The little lion also gains courage on the way to find the magician; and the Tin Man also puts his heart on himself, when he knows that the basis for evaluating a heart is not how much you love others, but how much others love others. When you, he also realized his heart.
Therefore, it is not the magicians who gave them wisdom, courage and love, but they gained these on the way of searching. What an enlightening meaning: Those powers are not given to you by others, but you are given to you through searching, struggling, and passing trials...difficulties!
How can I praise this story?
It is true that "it is foolish to judge past historical facts with a modern eye." Everyone understands this truth. Having watched "The Wizard of Oz", it's time for me to let go of my prejudice against old movies.
Okay, I'm going to do my homework. In the next issue, let's talk about "Little Women" that shined at this year's Oscars (mainly I want to see Emma Watson).
in vain!
Originality is not easy, welcome to forward!
The adventure in the dream-"The Wizard of Oz"
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