It can be said that "Being Julia" is a delicate and graceful film, which not only presents the realistic side, but also has considerable artistic quality. Be careful enough. The most heartwarming scene in the film is Julia Lambert (played by Annette Bening), the diva of the London drama world, who reacts happily to the younger generation who wants to replace her.
The young and beautiful actress Ives has only appeared in a few small plays, and she wants to use the body as a shortcut to break into the popular ranks, replacing Julia's position. How can Julia, who has persisted for many years and is outstandingly talented, give up her own stage career after losing her love and catch up with her husband. Finally, when the new play premieres, she presents herself with flexibility, outstanding talent, and self-directed and self-acted performance. She put out a wonderful scene and showed her rivals, lovers, husbands and even the audience that she was still the first sister of the London drama world.
It can be seen that Julia in 2004 is not Margo played by Bette Davis in "The Comet Beauty". The famous actor Margo seems to be strong and public, but he is helpless. He was finally used by the nameless but scheming Eve and stepped on his shoulders. Get in the back seat. When I was watching this 1950 old film, I had no sympathy for Margot, who was caught in a trap. Her way of life has determined her downfall, and Julia's successful title defense fully demonstrates that the veteran star in the entertainment industry not only needs acting skills. , but also need a smart mind. As a digression, although Qianlang will die on the beach sooner or later, when the younger generation is impatient and unscrupulous, it seems necessary for the senior working girls in reality to become Julia. This is particularly important for today's bad workplace environment. Do not advocate extreme behaviors such as revenge and counterattack, but at least learn to protect yourself.
The protagonist of the film is a famous drama actor, so the plot intersects and parallels between stage life and real life, but this parallel narrative is not dull and inflexible. Acting on the stage, but always involving reality, this time Hungarian director Istvan Zab calmly and delicately demonstrated his control and artistic skills. His expression recreated this dramatic, lightning-like counterattack vividly and vividly.
Compared with the set film, the audience only saw the charm of the stage performance, and the audience in front of the screen was much luckier. In addition to being able to appreciate the "unexpected" on the stage, they could also taste the splendor of the play within the play, and The hearts of the characters are instantly turbulent, and Julia's characteristics are even more radiant at this time. She brings reality into the play and jokes about life in the play, just like her mentor, Jimmy (Michael Gang) who has been dead for many years. No one) said: "When you are performing on stage, the theater is the only real thing. Everything outside, what people call the real world is illusory." The state appeared, and continued to tune, encourage or criticize in Julia's ear.
Annette Bening, who always thinks that she can conquer old playboy Warren Beatty, is not a simple woman. Of course, her acting skills are outstanding among American actresses of her generation, but she lacks luck. Although her performance this time has the taste of the scheming lady in "The Most Poisonous Lady", the overall shaping and interpretation are more diverse and richer. Most people who have read Maugham's original "THEATRE" think that Benin It is the best person to play Julia, and she lives up to expectations, making the people's laughter and tears equally expressive.
This time, Benin gave Julia the characteristics of a talented and hard-working drama actor: she has the fatigue and pressure of maintaining a first-class performance for a long time, and she also has accumulated anxiety and bottlenecks that seem to come at any time. This is often manifested in Intermittent hysteria towards her husband, agent and director Michael Gosselin (Jeremy Irons); at the same time, she is artistic and sensitive, as if she is always alive on the scene, and Acting recklessly in reality; she also has charming but hypocritical social methods, humorous conversation and sultry gestures; when going out on the wall makes her youthful, her romantic and passionate side is triggered, and the performance seems to be acquired new nutrients.
Fortunately, this unequal love from age to pay did not blind the sensitive and intelligent Julia for too long. When the new play premiered, she wisely brought the delicate relationship in reality to the play, which caught the authorities either by surprise or not. Escape anywhere. However, the shrewd and sophisticated husband is still able to round up the scene, the couple is still a perfect business partner, and the poor little lover Tom is relatively lost and can only stare at his beloved Ivis in the dressing room.
The scenes of the film are quite retro, and the nostalgic colors of the stage furnishings in the opening title combined with the rendering of the symphony have fully demonstrated the luxury and elegance of the European theater stage in the 1930s. Although the film was shot in Hungary, it was like London at that time, no matter the stage theater or the living room and street, there were several scenes in it, and Annette Bening's costume was very pleasing to the eye, it can be said that the stage design was very in line with the art of the film. need.
In terms of performance, it is not necessary to repeat the excellence of Bening. Jeremy Irons, the name of Jeremy Irons, who was remembered by his young man from the film pictorial in the early 1980s for starring in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" , Now it seems to be quite intimacy, this time his interpretation of the husband's role is just right, neither grabbing the show nor fading out. Sean Evans, who plays the lover Tom, has a lot of roles, but he is suspected of being annihilated by many acting schools. In addition, I personally admire Thomas Sturridge who plays Julia's son Roger. It is the key to promoting the plot, in which the conversation between him and his mother about "drama and life" seems to be the key to interpreting the actress's mind. Because of his reminder, the mother who knew the whole story quietly planned a counterattack. In the end, he The applause given to the mother on the stage comes from the heart.
Many of the soundtrack songs in the film are quite pun, like subtle sentiments, but also like straightforward reminders, such as the soundtrack "Life is bowl of cherries" (life is bowl of cherries) that contrasts with Julia's lifestyle, and the famous song "Smoke gets in your eyes (Smoke gets in your eyes)" appeared at the end of the film, at this time Julia sat alone at the dining table enjoying victory and joy, a touching smile appeared on her face, the melody of the song was full of faint sadness and joy. The romantic atmosphere, along with the atmosphere of the film at this time, slowly spreads around, as if Julia's life is confused with the fog of drama, Smoke gets in your eyes.
(This song "Smoke gets in your eyes" is often used as a soundtrack for film and television. The usual version is from The Platters. The female version performed by Alison Jiear in the film fits the mood and has an endless aftertaste, but unfortunately I can't find it. , for the time being, offer the Julio Igelesias version, if you can listen to ithttp://nicolew.blog.hexun.com/31945322_d.html )
Lyrics are as follows:
They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
Oh, oh I, of course replied
Something here inside can not be denied
They said someday you' ll find
All who love are blind
Oh! When your hears on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes
So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love
Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
Oh! Oh so I smile and say
When a lovely flame die
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes
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