It's also "The Scarlet Letter", and the story frame seems to be similar, but like the "Alive" films and novels I mentioned before, the "Scarlet Letter" film shows something much more modern. Not only that, for the film's box office consideration, many commercial elements have been added to the film. To borrow the words of my classmates, I thought I bought the wrong disc; it was beyond recognition... The original novel was written smoothly, but due to the limitations of the author's time, that is, his personal confusion about the future development, it seemed very depressing. The movie will be much smoother. The obvious point is that the priest in the film is much wilder than I thought. At the beginning, I thought it was a mixture of "scarlet letter" and "leather socks".
From the perspective of the thoughts expressed, the original work mainly discusses the sin of man, that is, all people are guilty. And through atonement and exposure of sin, the soul can be elevated. This is inseparable from the author's Puritan identity and a sense of fatalism for the family's previous sins. Moreover, although the author felt that it was wrong to imprison people's thoughts at that time, he was also skeptical of reform. But movies are different. The times have moved forward not a little bit, and now the emancipation of the mind has been recognized, so in the film, Hester's words and deeds are more firm. Hawthorne was just looking into the future, but the director was looking back, which naturally took a lot of advantage. Therefore, it would seem out of place and even weird and obscure to simply express the idea that everyone is guilty in the film. So the role of Hester's husband was significantly reduced. So what to use to fill the gaps in thought? The love scene between Hester and the priest has increased in the film, and the Indian scene has also increased significantly. Especially the latter, even brought a large-scale battle scene at the end of the film, maybe the director wanted to create a climax for the dull overall situation. I am afraid that the effort was wasted, because the end of the reunion that was forced to go up was really abrupt.
In the novel, Hester is confused. She refuses to name her lover for the sake of her lover, and vows not to reveal her husband's identity to others because of guilt and fear. In the film Hester is firm, never considers himself guilty, and is completely on the side of his lover. In the film, she went to warn the pastor Joseph, and at the beginning of the film when Hester was riding a carriage to find a house, the people in the town were watching her, which showed that there were not many people in the town, and every newcomer was very happy. Concern, it is impossible for Joseph not to know the identity of Hester's husband. In fact, from the later episodes, he knew. Hester's different performances show that Hawthorne is confused about love and teaching itself. He not only affirms that the love between two people is great and is a gift from God, but also believes that adultery is a sin. The film director obviously puts the human need of "love" in the first place. He was defending the actions of the two men.
The movie still retains the mapping part of "The Witch Case" very well, and it can be regarded as loyal to the original work. However, the unusual beauty of the scarlet letter being decorated by Hester in the novel is hardly shown in the movie, not to mention that Hester returned here at the end of the original book and voluntarily wore the scarlet letter to spend the rest of his life; It was gradually accepted by everyone without mentioning it at all, probably because it had to be abandoned in order to lead to the battle at the end of the film. Based on the above two points, I think the movie is far worse than the original in showing Hester's toughness and kindness. Business and ideas always seem to be two ends of a seesaw, and I personally think this film does a poor job of balancing those two ends.
There is also an image in the film that shares the weight of the scarlet letter, that is, a red bird. The red bird appears twice, and then again in the slave girl's description. It's all in the first half of the movie. The first time she was working in Hester, the little red bird led her to see the priest swimming naked. This undoubtedly cast a boulder on Heist Heart Lake. According to the current words, it is probably: oh my god, it's too shocking! The second time was when Hester was finally with the priest, the little red bird flew into Hester's house, and the slave girl watched the red bird take a bath. The first time Hester tried to catch the red bird but failed to catch it, the second time the red bird automatically flew to her room but eventually flew away. The red bird can be said to be both Hester's matchmaker and a symbol of the happy love itself between her and the priest. And because it is a bird, it also symbolizes the spiritual liberation of Hester and even many women. Speaking of its meaning of human liberation, it also appears indirectly once in the film, that is, when Hester's slave girl was tricked into interrogation, the slave girl expressed it. For this, I take it to mean that once human nature has tasted liberation, it will have a profound impact on people, and it is difficult to tie it up again. Personally, I don't agree with the appearance of the little red bird. First of all, it robbed the scene of the scarlet "A"; secondly, its appearance has a beginning and no end, and it did not show its face in the happy ending of the film, but it makes people feel that its reference is unknown.
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