The movie "The Scarlet Letter" (1995) I watched last week was very touching. Maybe some experts, especially literary people, will have a lot of criticism when they use the original framework to frame her. But from the point of view of the film and the adapted screenplay, it is undeniable that "The Scarlet Letter" is a success.
She did not completely copy the original appearance of Hawthorne's novel, in fact, it is impossible to copy completely. The novel begins with Hester's public trial, but the film adds an antecedent to her, making the story more complete and character behavior and character more prominent and more characteristic. In my opinion, the arrangement of Hester coming to the island without fear of humiliation, ignoring the eyes of others, and encountering Pastor Arthur in the jungle all laid a solid foundation for the future. This Eden-like scene, the encounter of love at first sight and After being tried, the repression and pain after her husband came back formed a stark contrast. ...
On the other hand, the novel focuses on the portrayal of the characters' psychology. The scarlet letter on the protagonist Hester and the scarlet letter in Arthur's heart, even as a new generation of little Pearl itself, is a symbol of the scarlet letter. The three clues develop together. The pastor is constantly tortured, and the two lovers are also tormented because their love is fault. Of course, a movie cannot show psychological activities throughout, so in the movie "The Scarlet Letter", the director visualized this psychological activity and presented it to the audience with Arthur's self-blame behavior, her husband's revenge plan, etc. This is the film language differences. The whole story is narrated in a voice-over in the voice of little Pearl, and the end also makes the lovers get married, but in the end, Arthur died young due to excessive self-blame and guilt, and Hester was no longer with anyone else--" Maybe this is God's punishment for them." In fact, after experiencing so many unswerving loyal love, and finally being able to be together in an upright and bright way, one day is enough, not to mention the months and years, isn't it the old saying "If the two loves last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening? ". It is said that the ending was revised according to Dami Moore's comments. It seems that it is far away from the original book, but the spirit and connotation expressed by the film are still the same as the original book.
I like Reverend Arthur played by the actor Gary Oldman. Beneath his suave appearance is a fiery heart. He has knowledge, demeanor, ideas and ideals. He hopes to impress the "neighbors" of the Indian tribe with his sincerity and avoid war. Translating the Bible into their words, wanting to share teachings with them, he went into the tribe to help them and befriend them. But the rulers used his sincerity and friendship to delusionally destroy the alien race. He was an idol of great talent, and he fell in love with Hester at first sight. They have been introduced many times at the party dramatically, one of them is beautiful and proud, the other is personable, they have a common hobby - reading, and they can see through each other's hearts better. However, Hester was married to another woman, so the two of them got along carefully, suppressing their sincere emotions. She didn't think about him, he went to preach in a distant tribe, all self-restraint was just to forget, maybe a little bit of lovesickness faded away. But the real emotion is on the verge of breaking out in this "forbidden". Gary Oldman expresses the character's emotions incisively and vividly with his expressions, even his eyes and temperament, making our hearts shed tears and blood with him, and suffer together in the ban.
I also "banned" for a few days. I always wanted to write a blog in earnest, but the relationship was not ready. Until this feeling suddenly burst out, it was like Hester heard the news of her husband's death. The emotion of self-blame, so I erupted the current depression, experienced and solidified it into a song "forbidden".
Forbidden
(2005.3.9)
Whoever binds his soul with his hair , whose
heartache is so painful that he can't breathe,
whose ruler probes the
unmeasurable gap in the distance,
who wraps his hands in resistance
, how can he still hear the sigh of the wind,
whose faith is trampling on it How can the heart
sprout the traces of spring, the mood that cannot be locked
can't help but
forget who's who and who's thinking of who's back
who locked his eyes with the magic
and magical looking through the copper wall and the iron wall
, whose silhouette lives in the bible, the
bible ignites love like fire
Who used beauty to embellish the placket and
the placket is woven and painted with scarlet words
, whose courage has pierced the ban , the
fragments are scattered all over the place, the time can't be
locked, the mood can't help but
forget who's who and who's returning to whom's memory
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