"Singing in the Rain" should probably be regarded as a classic in musicals. Many of its scenes have been paid tribute by latecomers. After many years, it is still regarded as the leader in the film. Whether it is the satire of the history of fame or the ridicule of the screen cp, it has not lost its humor because of the changes of the times. The contagious singing and dancing in the film can't help but sigh at the depth of the actors' hard work, which cannot be easily achieved by future generations.
The most classic scene in singing and dancing is the male protagonist dancing in the rain. The madness when he just fell in love is vividly displayed in the dance. It is said that in reality, when the male protagonist performed this song and dance in the rain, he had a high fever of more than 40 degrees, and the look of dementia on his face made it difficult to tell whether it was caused by the high fever, or whether it was deliberately done by the actor, or whether it was because of the high fever. The two have reached a very delicate balance, which makes people admire again and again, yes, that's how it was when they first fell in love. Light and fluttering about to ascend to immortality, extremely mad and smirking.
And my favorite song and dance is a play within a play. The people in the movie conceived a plot of a poor boy struggling to turn himself into a master. When the poor boy was still a poor boy, he fell in love with a woman who was an underworld boss at first sight, but the woman still chose the latter between love and money and left him. After struggling, the poor boy finally entered the upper class. At a banquet, he saw the lover of his dreams again, and a lingering song and dance appeared in his mind. When the singing and dancing was over and he returned to reality, the dream lover didn't recognize him, just treated him as a waiter, gave him a little tip, turned and left. The song and dance that I liked came from here. In that scene, Bai Ling, the lover of my dreams, was entangled in her and dashed towards the "poor boy". The woman's Bai Ling danced and gradually wrapped the two together. That was when the love was at its strongest. And after an affectionate kiss, the woman left with Bai Ling, and the man was reluctant to part with Bai Ling's entanglement. The white silk that is light and elegant in the wind is much like the wisps of love between two people.
The historical background of "Singing in the Rain" happened to be the era of the transformation from silent movies to sound movies. The movies at the beginning are silent, and the necessary lines appear in a single frame, with white text on a black background, typed in the center of the screen. When a short film with an actor's voice appeared, people laughed at it as a freak, and naturally resisted the emergence of new things. But once the first sound film appeared in front of the public, it was a huge hit and a great success. Cinemas have to keep up with the pace of technological change in movies, update audio equipment, and turn to audio movies. In the process of switching from silent films to sound films, and new things replacing old things, there are naturally many ironic setbacks. One of the most prominent problems is that the sound acquisition equipment cannot collect the actors' voices well, so that when the sound comes out Intermittent, high and low, constant noise, affecting the perception. This also made the big star who was like a duck to water in silent movies, that is, our male protagonist, encountered a bottleneck in the development of his career. If you can't solve these kinds of problems, the sound film will not be able to achieve the desired effect, which also means that his career has come to an end. When all thoughts were lost, on that rainy night, the male protagonist, the female protagonist, and the good friends of the male protagonist proposed an idea of dubbing the movie, so that all kinds of problems about sound collection were easily solved. In the process of watching the movie, I seem to have experienced the setbacks that may be encountered on the way of innovation with the three of them, and I also witnessed the proposal of new methods, new thinking and new technologies to solve the existing problems step by step. This kind of feeling is very subtle, as if standing at the forefront of technology, leading the development of all mankind, and it has pioneering significance. Then there is the dance in the rain mentioned earlier.
I really like watching musicals. From the first time I saw "The Sound of Music", I was fascinated by this way of expressing the plot and emotions with music and dance. If you want, let's sing and dance. Naturally, the buildup of emotions is prolonged. I don't know if this method has something in common with ancient operas.
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