"Passionate" is a black-and-white film from 1959 that, even in the present, is comedic. A classic that always stands the test of time. In previous years, the film ranked first in the list of the 100 best comedy films in film history by the American Film Institute. The BBC once commented on the film: the greatest comedy of all time. I think this review deserves its name.
Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are two musicians who hang out in Chicago in 1929 and live their days without a meal. Once, Joe and Jerry unfortunately witnessed a gang murder, the gang began to hunt them down in order to kill them, and in order to escape, they began to run away. By chance, they disguised themselves as women and infiltrated a women's band that was going to perform abroad. In this band, they met Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), a woman as beautiful as an angel. The role of Sugar is largely representative of many of Monroe's classic characters—sentimental, sexy, and simply wanting to marry a rich man without losing herself. Joe and Jerry are both obsessed with Sugar, but unexpectedly, Sugar sees them as good sisters who talk to each other. In the band, Joe and Jerry, disguised as women, made a lot of jokes. Some of the comedy effects were caused by the situation, and some of them were caused by the dialogue. It is commendable that Billy Wilder has a good understanding of these two methods. Are extremely skilled. Billy Wilder is the genius of cinema, whether it's serious or comedy, he can make audiences "enjoy" it. "I have no talent, I just try my best to make the movie less dull". In Billy's films, whether it is the development of the plot or the shaping of the characters, whether it is the performance or the dialogue, whether it is the story itself or the theme, it is full of genius-like wisdom and depth.
As the relationship deepened, Joe learned that Sugar's wish was to hang a millionaire to be the husband-in-law, so he pretended to be an oil tycoon to pursue Sugar. Meanwhile, Jerry unexpectedly fascinates Osgu, a true millionaire. The two love lines develop independently and alternately at the same time, during which all kinds of wit and hilarious plot and interesting dialogue can be seen everywhere, just bow your head. Then, the gang followed, and Joe and Jerry had to flee again.
At the end of the film, Jerry has to confess to millionaire Osku that he's actually a man and can't really be with him. Then Osgu said a line. This ending line ranks among the top of the classic lines in film history. It is classic, funny, wise and great. In order to keep your surprise to the greatest extent, I won't spoil it for everyone here. If you don't know this line of dialogue, then you should have heard this line from Osgu yourself, and trust me, you'll agree with me after listening to this line.
Billy Wilder is a versatile writer and director. Not only can he tell a simple story very interesting, but also a very complex story can be easily understood. Billy Wilder is a master of film language. He controls the rhythm and mood of the film with great precision, keeping the audience in a curious and relaxed viewing mood at any time, which best reflects his director. place of power. There are many more classic works of Billy, and interested friends can look for his other works, such as "Sunset Boulevard", "Lost Weekend", "Peachy Apartment", "The Seven Year Itch", "Double Indemnity" "etc.
It's no exaggeration to say that Monroe seems to be made for movies, and it's no exaggeration to say that it takes audiences (especially male audiences) willpower to take their eyes off her in scenes with her. She has a devilish figure, a childlike innocent smile and a very sexy temperament. Photographers who have worked with Monroe many times have "complained" that Monroe has a unique and fatal attraction to the camera. Among the many collaborators with Monroe, Billy Wilder is undoubtedly the best player who knows how to release Monroe's sexy side. In the film, Monroe has three solo scenes, and Billy Wilder uses lighting, composition and lens very subtly to release Monroe's sensuality perfectly - in these scenes, Monroe's sensuality reaches Undressing is superfluous. Viewers who have read these paragraphs should be able to understand. Albert once commented on this film, he said that comedy is just a coat of this film, in essence this film is about sex and sex.
At that time, Hollywood's electronic inspection system was still relatively strict, and there were many restrictions on the expression of sex. Under such harsh conditions, Wilder still showed Monroe's sexy to the fullest, and he had to sincerely admire Wilder's genius. Of course, there were a lot of interesting things about Monroe during the filming process. One of them was like this. There was a scene where Monroe was asked to push the door in, open a few drawers, and then say a dialogue, "Where's the bourbon?" But it was such a simple scene that Monroe was NG fifty or sixty times. The crew filmed this simple scene for nearly two days. Wilder had to have a small note with the line in all drawers to remind her. Many times, Monroe will suddenly tell the crew that she doesn't want to act after everyone is ready, and then walk away, leaving the crew members to collapse collectively. Of course, only Monroe could make the crew endure such "perverted" torture, and other actors would have been kicked out by the crew long ago. But when you see Monroe say the line "Where's the bourbon?" in the film, you'll be heartbroken, yes, all the meltdowns are worth it.
Once again I recommend everyone to watch this great movie, a comedy of genius - "Passionate". Movies like this can always remind us that classics never go out of style.
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