The epic film "1900" (1976), directed by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, has deeply moved us. At the beginning of the 20th century, in the countryside of northern Italy, the son of a landlord and the son of a poor peasant were born on the same day. The poor peasant's son was still an illegitimate child. The two were very close, but the mark of class antagonism was deeply engraved in their later life. in the years of life. The son of the landlord grew up and inherited the inheritance, and became an evil puppet in the company of the fascists, while the child of the poor family followed Marxism when he grew up, carried the bright red banner, kept fighting, and led the poor to create a labor movement. The details in the room are touching and interesting, and it has the Italian natural "circus" style of humor.
What piqued your interest are these two world movie superstars (at the time can only be regarded as quasi-superstars), one from the United States and one from France. What's interesting is that the two debuted almost at the same time, with the same dedication to movies, and they are also famous for playing "multifaceted people". They have different play styles, but they shine at the same time.
Robert De Niro, who played the son of a landlord, also starred in "Taxi Driver" that year, and the film became an excuse for the assassination of US President Ronald Reagan in 1980. Because the killer who shot Reagan had seen this film countless times, especially Jodie Foster, who was only fourteen years old when he was obsessed with the little prostitute. The murderer imitated the plot of the taxi driver to assassinate the candidate. De Niro had previously appeared in "Mean Streets" and "The Godfather" (2), and won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Godfather's fortune in his youth. On the screen in 1976, although he was thin, he was still full of youth and vitality, and he was in full bloom. He has since starred in films such as Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Once Upon a Time in America, and Cape Fear. His collaboration with director Martin Scorsese has also become a story in the film industry.
Gerard Depardieu, who plays the son of a poor peasant, is more familiar to traditional Chinese movie fans. He co-starred with the great French beauty Catherine Danoff in "The Last Subway", which dates back to the 1980s in my country. It was first released. After that, several of his funny films about police and gangsters were also released one after another, and his "Green Card Love" filmed in the United States was also well known to the majority of movie fans. But some of his really outstanding films have not been released in our country, such as "Spooky", "Waltz Girl", "The Return of Martin Kyle", "Too Beautiful", "Rodin's Lover", "Big Nose Lover" "etc. So far, he has appeared in hundreds of films and is one of the actors with the most leading roles in Europe and the world.
Depardieu is good at performances in various types of films, and has been out of control since he starred in "A Little Sunshine in Cold Water" in 1971. In 1976 he also starred in "Barocco" and several other films. He came from a poor family, and was born with the "bandit spirit" of a refugee. He had a criminal experience as a child, but fortunately he grew up on the right track, and was brought into the show business by a friend who studied at the drama school. He has experienced a car accident and a plane collision, and also had a heart operation. In 1996, he was awarded the highest honor in France, the "Order of Knights". He has no outstanding appearance, and even looks a little ugly, but his natural rich expression, his light and playful smile, his unyielding inner will, his destructive eyes, and his tireless back, all make him The movies he starred in were brilliant. He is an iconic figure in French and European cinema.
Whenever we think of Depardieu's characteristic big nose, it's not funny, and his inherent smirk, inadvertently showing confidence, stubbornness and grumpiness, is admirable. As if all the characters in the film were to play himself. He is regarded by his peers as an honest man and a sincere actor who sees film as his life. He always experiences characters from different backgrounds, different identities and even different nationalities, enriches himself from them, and makes the roles he plays more full and full of tension, so as to achieve the life interpretation and extraordinary value he recognizes.
Robert De Niro is an iconic figure in American cinema after Marlon Brando (although we still like Al Persiva, Dustin Hoffman, Nicholson, etc.), But his seriousness in acting and the ability to interpret the role is unparalleled. He has to do a lot of preparation before filming, and he is notorious for the meticulousness of his characters. He was seen as the best American actor of his generation, and he always liked to bury himself in the roles he played.
What is valuable is that De Niro is low-key, never talks about his personal glory, and does not want to attract attention. He is very uncomfortable with interviews and the like. For this reason, a few years ago, a tabloid reporter even fabricated his prostitution in France. The false reports made him so angry that he said he would never come to France again. He is such a person who is very serious about people and things. De Niro said that life should precede art. He said: "Some old movie stars are amazing, but they are too romantic. People pursue phantoms, and these phantoms are created by movies. I want to make the film concrete and break those phantoms. I don't want future generations to remember. Live in De Niro, he's got a lot of style."
De Niro is such a sober and humble actor, unlike the so-called "big names" that we usually see in the media pretending to be cool and pretentious, as the so-called acting first. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003, the year he also received the American Film Lifetime Achievement Award. Strictly speaking, he thanked Streep, Hoffman and other friends who were present at the awards ceremony with his unique smile and expression. The scene was very touching.
De Niro also successfully directed "A Different Childhood" in 1993, a film that recorded his childhood. Although the story takes place in New York, it inevitably bears the imprint of Italian life. Descendants of Italians, this is one of the reasons why Bertolucci invited him to come to Italy to make films in 1976. He had to admire the director's eyesight, just like when he filmed "Last Tango in Paris" in 1971, he boldly used Marlon Brando . Bertolucci always gives us the ability to shine. He is the first foreign director to enter the Forbidden City to film "The Last Emperor". He uses a foreigner's unique perspective to interpret the pain and pain of a Chinese last emperor. Admirable indeed.
With a master director like Bertolucci and two rising potential superstars, the blockbuster "1900" was successfully completed in 1976 and won a distinguished reputation. And De Niro and Depardieu face off against each other - giving us a rich spiritual and visual feast.
In 1976, we were still in shock one after another, appearing extremely sleepy, superstitious, and dazed. Fortunately, we did not lose our souls, and fortunately, we were still walking, despite the squeeze, narrowness and unknown.
2005, April, 2
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