Qian Zhongshu said that the Japanese flavor in Su Manshu's poems is as strong as the oil on the hair of Japanese women.
The translation of "The Shape Of Water" into "Water Shape Story" also has this problem. The Japanese taste is too strong. It is like an American soldier wearing a kimono, which is unspeakable.
In fact, we can have a better translation. Since most of the scenes in the movie are raining, we might as well call it-"Xiao Jingteng in 1963".
If the mainland’s translation of the name "Water Shape Story" is just four words, it will make an original movie look like a fake, and quietly hit the American emperor. Then the Hong Kong translation of "Forgetfulness Water" is more down-to-earth, as if I heard someone singing, aha, give me a cup of Forgetfulness Water, so I won't cry all night.
However, after watching this movie, it is impossible not to cry.
The taste of Oscar's old dish
A US version of "The Mermaid in the Sewer", which talks about cross-species abnormal love, won the best Oscar film, exposing the logic of the Oscar awards.
The Oscar judges, Wuyang Wuyang, are numerous, but the backbone of the decisive role is a group of grandfathers and grandmothers. These judges are seventy and eighty, with outdated tastes and decadent ideas, and they prefer the Hollywood style of the last century.
The king of Chu has a thin waist, and many of them starve to death in the palace. If the director wants to win, he has to do what he likes.
In 2011, "Artist" won the favor of grandpa and grandma by virtue of the resurrection of black and white silent films of the last century, and won the 84th Oscar for Best Picture in one fell swoop.
The director of "The Shape of Water", "Gyro", must be well versed in this spiraling Oscar routine, and well versed in the psychology of the veterans. At the birthday banquet in "Dream of Red Mansions", when Jia's mother asked Xue Baochai what drama she likes to listen to and what to eat, Xiao Xue knows Jia's mother's elderly well, likes lively drama and eats sweet food, so she said according to Jia's mother's taste Coming out won Jia's mother's heart.
The same is true for the director Xiao Tuoluo. In order to win the favor of grandpa and grandma, he has made great efforts.
The background of "The Shape of Water" was set during the Cold War period in 1963, which is of great significance. During the Cold War era, it was the sunny days of these old-fashioned dishes, young Qiu Ma, elegant clothes and shoes, the past can only be memorable. How can the judges not be dizzy when seeing the images of their youth on the big screen? This age setting is similar to the "sweet food" that Jia's mother loves.
In addition to "Sweet Food", the director of Little Top in the movie also ordered a lot of lively dramas for the grandpa and grandmother.
After the mermaid ran away, the first thing was to go to the cinema, which was showing "Ruth". This old movie is the youthful memory of the old Hollywood gangsters. "The Story of Ruth" is to them just like "A surprise attack on the White Tigers" is to Jiang Wen.
In order to further awaken their deep feelings, the little top also made the dumb woman and the mermaid dance abruptly in black and white pictures. This embarrassing dance imitates two Hollywood musicals from the 1930s and 1940s-"Love Dance on the Sea" and "Broadway Melody".
Needless to say, these two movies are naturally good for the veterans.
Scratching the itch of the judges, only half succeeded. In order to win an Oscar, in addition to taking care of the elderly complex, he must also consider political correctness.
Political correctness everywhere
The Oscars, after all, are not reserved for this group of veteran dishes. To some extent, these veteran food judges, consciously or unconsciously, play the role of government firefighters.
The United States is a country of immigrants, colorful, with their own beliefs, and different people crowded together, it is inevitable that there will be friction. The mouth of the people is better than that of Sichuan. Racial discrimination, women's rights, and the disparity between the rich and the poor all need to be smoothed out and all need to be vented, and the film just provides this outlet.
The old culinary judges of the Oscars have uneven artistic accomplishments, but they are uniform in terms of political correctness.
Their selection principle can be expressed in four words: Shut up.
The so-called "shut up" principle is the result of the final Oscar selection. All aspects must be considered, leaving people of all walks of life in the United States with nothing to say.
Take this Oscar as an example.
"Escape from Breakthrough" won the best screenplay, and "Dear Basketball" won the best animated short film. So, American black people, shut up.
"Three Billboards" won the best actress, "I, Queen of Flowers" won the best supporting actress, and "Ordinary Woman" won the best foreign language film. So, feminists, shut up.
"Please call me by your name" won the best adapted screenplay. So, gays, shut up.
"Darkest Hour" won the best actor. So, Bai Zuo Lao Pao, conservative, you shut up.
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Of course, many movies are multi-level, such as "Three Billboards", the core is very rich. The biggest winner of this year's Oscar, "The Shape of Water", even more involved women's rights, black racial discrimination, the bottom group, the handicapped and other pain points, which can silence the widest social class.
To be fair, the director like Gyro is a bit nasty and funny, but his talent is really limited, so he likes to make a little monster or something. The director's previous works, such as "Pan's Labyrinth", "Pacific Rim" and "Blade Warrior", are mostly mediocre works of the technological stream. This time, Gyro was able to get the best Oscar for the first time ever. First, it captured the politically correct G-spot, and second, it catered to the taste of the old-fashioned food judges. As for the movie itself, it was nothing.
From this, we can see the logic of the Oscar's awards: political correctness ranks first, then the decadent nostalgia of the veteran cuisine judges, and finally the artistry and completeness of the film itself.
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