The director uses humorous methods to tell us how to guide energetic young people to return to the mainstream of society.
An absurd English comedy, a panorama of 16th-century England, a fascinating affair. At least that's how I positioned the movie. The protagonist of the film is Tom Jones, a common British name. But on the way to pursue his love life, he caused a lot of hilarious jokes. Director Tony Richardson is a person who is very good at telling stories with music and camera language. In the film, he used Chaplin pantomime-style laughter a lot. While making people feel absurd, it is also so touching and thought-provoking.
Our protagonist, Tom Jones, is an illegitimate child. Not long after he was born, his parents were expelled by the squire Alos on the charge of destroying his reputation, and he became his adoptive father. Tom grew up, tall and handsome, but idle. It's hard for such a young man full of hormones to control his waistband, so he quickly got along with the seductive Miss Molly. Because of his unruly behavior, the locals thought that this bad boy would one day go to the gallows. Mr. Allos, the responsible adoptive father, hired two teachers for Tom, Mr. Scam and Mr. Squire. The two teachers were very different in appearance. While fighting openly and secretly, they did not bring Tom a good education, because they knew that Tom was an illegitimate child and had no blood relationship with Mr. Alos. So they would spend more time trying to please Tom's cousin, Prefill, the son of Mr. Arlos' sister. Also Mr. Allos, the nominal heir. The director used a few short shots to criticize the Anglo people's money worship. This mercenary spirit was exactly what the Germans looked down on the British during the First World War.
The beautiful and kind heroine, Miss Sophie Weston, has returned to Mr. Weston's manor after her study in France. Weston and Alos are friendly neighbors, and Tom and his cousin Prefer are both in love with the beautiful Sophie. Plifill felt disgusted with Tom after feeling the threat from Tom. But since it is a well-educated gentleman. How can you use your fists to solve problems like a savage. Our insidious cousin, ready to wait for a good opportunity to take down this hillbilly full of women and whiskey in one fell swoop. The seductive peasant girl Molly is pregnant. This made her a local joke, and this act of getting pregnant out of wedlock was collectively resisted by local peasant women. The angry peasant woman and Molly had a scuffle in the cemetery outside the church. Tom, who is very responsible, stepped forward to rescue Molly who was besieged by the peasant women, which made Tom the target of public criticism. Everyone took the matter that Tom made Molly's belly big, and used it as a chatter after dinner. This made Sophie, who had long been fond of Tom, feel inexplicable sadness. Although Molly's debauchery has a family heritage, the word prostitute was still very taboo among the bottom British at that time. Tom decides to visit Molly and take responsibility for his fault. Unexpectedly, in Molly's boudoir, she also met his old friend, Mr. Squire. This Mr. Squire never forgot his pedantic identity, even when he was naked and romantic, he still wore glasses. Although Tom was temporarily liberated from the position of the catcher, he still offended Mr. Squier, which made Scam, Squier and Plifill form a holy alliance. The director used a playful way to remind young people who were more and more open to sex in the 1960s. There is a huge risk in this kind of unmarried pregnancies. It seems that he wants to use the comparison of Molly's and Miss Sophie's identities to tell the young man who is on the brain, who is the right person to go to the end.
Mr. Weston, who loves safari, organized a grand safari. Energetic Tom responds naturally. Our beautiful Miss Sophie also inherited some of Mr. Weston's restless character. In order to chase a poor sika deer, the squires rode high-headed horses and galloped freely all the way, leaving a mess. In the end, the heroic Mr. Weston slashed the sika deer, and the bloody scene also disturbed Sophie's mount. Of course Tom would not miss such a good opportunity, a heroic rescue of beauty. Tom, who has long been accustomed to romance, knows very well how to tease the girl's heart and use fake injuries to bring the relationship between the two closer. During Tom's recovery, the two happily traveled in the countryside every day. Pure love is also slowly fermenting between the two until it fills both hearts. People often encounter something when they are most proud. Mr. Allos and his sister's carriage lost control and got into a car accident, killing his aunt tragically. Mr. Alos, who seemed to be unable to do so, announced his will in front of everyone. Everyone is happy to be able to get a good legacy. Only Tom mourned that his kind adoptive father was about to leave him. What's funny is that Mr. Alos survived. This causes the just-announced will to lapse, and Tom gets drunk in celebration of Mr. Allos' recovery. Alcohol is the lubricant that sparks the conflict, and Plifill fuses with the gaffe Tom. Scam and Squier on the side were obviously more good at pulling the strings. As a result, Tom was outnumbered and was kicked out of the house.
Drunk Tom, while strolling on a country road, meets the seductive Molly again. Tom, who was overwhelmed by alcohol, couldn't control his waistband even more, and he was entangled with Molly like dry wood. Prifil, who was chasing him all the way, found the lingering dog and man. While preparing to kill the killer, Mr. Weston appears, and he and Sophie rescue Tom, but also find Molly. Although Sophie was very angry, she was kind, and she rescued Tom home with her father. Although Plifill was not able to deal with Tom on the spot, after conspiring with Scam and Squire, who were full of poetry and books, he came up with a plan to drive Tom away. Although Weston's older sister came back from London, although she disliked Weston's rude hillbilly behavior, she cared deeply for her niece, Miss Sophie. She felt that this poor country, that is, the Prifil of the Alos family, still looked like a gentleman. So she decides to match Sophie and Plifill's relationship, but Sophie has fallen in love with her illegitimate son Tom, and the brave Sophie rejects the arranged marriage. Furious, the Weston siblings decide to keep Sophie locked up until she forgets Tom and marries Prifair. Who said that only ancient China had arranged marriages? This is just fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. On the one hand is a romantic boy who is showing mercy everywhere, and on the other is a steadfast young girl in bloom. Can the two really make it to the end? This may also reflect the fascination of the young girls with those rebellious teenagers. In other words, the director is trying to explore how to guide girls in the rebellious period. These problems of parents and children have become the key issues that have shaken the post-war European and American society. The collapse of traditional etiquette is not just in China.
Scam and Squire and Prefair have worked tirelessly to discredit Tom in front of Mr. Arlos. The three people confound right and wrong, and add fuel to jealousy. Alos, who was grumpy about Tom's illegitimate child's identity, finally listened to their slander. Tom was taken from him by his cousin Prifair. But Tom was optimistic. After saying goodbye to all the servants of the Alos family, he decided to go to London alone. On the way, he met a group of rebel soldiers. Tom's flamboyant character was always liked by some and hated by others. This time, the young man provokes the rebel officer Loston. Roston swears he slept with Sophie, which makes Tom, who was meant to be drunk, even more angry. After a confrontation, Tom fell to the ground wounded, and the rebels took him into custody, thinking Roston killed Tom, but luckily Tom just passed out. Poor Tom, when he woke up the next day, found that the army had already run away in pursuit of Loston, who absconded in fear of crime. The £500 I had with me was gone. With a bandage still wrapped around his head, he was thought to be a gangster of the king's meal, and was ruthlessly driven out by the owner. The protagonist, who is full of peach blossoms, meets another woman named Kanter at this time. The charming Kanter was moved by Roston's words and was about to run away with him. He didn't expect that this sanctimonious beast just wanted to trick Kanter to help him escape. After reaching the goal, don't forget to rob money and robbery. The director is here, perhaps to remind women who dream of running away with their lover. But this does not affect our Tom, who once again got a chance to save the beauty by a hero. After driving away the beast Roston, our unruly protagonist, accompanied by Mrs. Cantor, set off towards London.
Miss Sophie, who refused to arrange an arranged marriage, also chose to run away at this time, and decided to take her loyal maid to find his dream man, Tom. The Weston brothers and sisters, who discovered their daughter had escaped, began to search anxiously. Miss Sophie, who was wandering outside, happened to meet her cousin Khalil who was also running away. Cousin, Miss Hallier, was going to elope to London to find her sweetheart. Sophie, who was unfamiliar with her, had to follow her cousin to London first, and waited for an opportunity to find Tom. Our sperm-headed Tom is having dinner with Mrs. Cantor. It is unimaginable that a dinner can be photographed so beautifully. Under the influence of alcohol, Tom took off his waistband again. While the two were enjoying the spring night, the vinegar jar Mr. Fitpatrick, the husband of his cousin Hariel. Came to the hotel and mistook Tom and Miss Cantor for adulterers and prostitutes. At the same time, the dramatic crowd gathered at the hotel, the Weston brothers and sisters, Sophie and cousin Hale, and Mr. Fitpatrick, the vinegar jar, making the hotel a mess. The self-deprecating and self-deprecating spirit of the British makes people laugh at them. The witty Tom escaped the trouble without a hitch, and got Miss Sophie's notebook left in the hotel. He realized that Miss Sophie was near him. Tom, who fled, encountered a robber on the road, but this cowardly robber was obviously not very professional. After being subdued by Tom, the robber revealed his true identity. It turned out that he was Tom's "biological father", the barber Pudge, who was driven away by Mr. Allos, this poor and cowardly man. Pudge also told Tom that he was not the legendary, real biological father of Tom.
In the ghetto of London, it's full of chaos and run-down. Tom continued to look for Sophie at the residence of Miss Sophie's cousin Hariel. It happened that Mrs. Pergison was a guest at the Halle's house. After seeing Tom, she admired this handsome and burly young man very much. Mrs. Pargison's reputation is not very good. She used Sophie as an excuse to invite Tom to the masquerade ball in Warkhorn Gardens. Warkhorn Gardens is a famous social place in the upper class of London. . Tom, who received the invitation, could not change his romantic nature, and was soon bewildered by Mrs. Pargison. Although he was playing with Mrs. Pudgeson, Tom still felt that his heart belonged to Sophie. After an embarrassing encounter with Sophie at Mrs. Pargison's house. Mrs. Pergison, who wants to monopolize Tom, shows her terrible scheming. She offered another of Miss Sophie's admirers, Ferram, an opportunity to possess Miss Sophie, and our pure Sophie would have been violated if Lord Weston hadn't arrived in time. After seeing Sophie, Tom thinks about her, but is unable to get rid of Mrs. Pargison's entanglement. Loyal Pudge finds a way for him - to propose to Ms Pudge, which is obviously a terrible bad idea. Although Tom achieved the goal of getting rid of Mrs. Pergison, Mrs. Perdison, who was used to seeing the wind and moon, took the plan and sent the letter to Sophie's aunt. Sophie became frustrated with Tom after reading the letter. . So the director told us through Tom's experience, those young guys, don't go to nightclubs to get drunk, and don't hook up with those so-called celebrities. After all, it is you who suffer.
Mr. Allos also came to London at this time with his nephew, Prefer. Ready for the lads to experience, our poor protagonist Tom is always in waves and waves. I wanted to find my cousin Khalil to persuade his cousin Sophie. As soon as I went out, I met Mr. Fitpatrick, the vinegar jar. Without saying a word, Mr. Fitpatrick regarded Tom as a little white face who seduced his wife. After a duel, Tom misses and stabs Mr. Fitpatrick. The terrifying Prifair framed Tom again, portraying Tom as a murderous robber, which resulted in Tom being hanged. Pudge knew Tom and wouldn't do such an outrageous thing, so he lobbied everywhere to clear Tom of his crimes. Finally found Mr. Fitpatrick, the vinegar jar, hoping he could prove Tom's innocence. At Mr. Fitpatrick's place, Page met Kantor, oh my god! Kanter turned out to be Jenny Jones, Tom Jones' "birth mother". Just as Mr. Allos was cursing this beastly incestuous Tom, Mrs. Cantor told the truth. It turned out that Tom's real mother was the dead Miss Allos, the younger sister of Master Allos. change. Alos, who realized everything, quickly found his old friend Mr. Weston, hoping to save the young man who was about to go to the gallows. The heroic Master Weston cut the rope with a knife at the critical moment, and then showed the imperial exemption order. After regaining his identity, Tom became the first heir to the Alos family. His younger brother, Prefer, was too smart to calculate Qingqing's life. The straightforward and warm-hearted Tom had the last laugh, and Tom and Sophie were finally able to combine properly.
The film is adapted from Henry Fielding's novel of the same name, who is also the founder of modern British novels and the most outstanding representative work. The film takes the chaotic private life of British aristocrats as an introduction, reflecting and satirizing the absurd values of the British upper class at that time. At first glance, the film uses romantic affairs and illegitimate children as gimmicks, but the core is to satirize the young people of the indulgent era of the 1960s in the United Kingdom and the United States-the people who grew up with baby boomers. In the material age that is gradually emerging, we begin to liberate ourselves and challenge traditional values. This is an era when rituals are broken and music is broken, and people's hearts are not ancient. It had a huge impact on young people at the time. They yearn for peace and long for recognition. Unable to get rid of the shackles of material, he wanted to build a utopia in his heart, but he lost to reality in the end. Like the protagonist Tom in the movie, he is happiest when he is just an illegitimate child. Because he doesn't have to think about his livelihood, he just plays happily. The film came to an abrupt end after he got married. When life returns to diesel, salt, oil and rice, I believe that the unruly Tom and the strong Sophie will face far more conflicts than when the two fell in love. The director depicts marriage very beautifully here, hoping that young people in Europe and the United States at that time can start a family and start a business as soon as possible. Don't continue to hang around, maybe it is precisely because of the transmission of this idea that this movie finally won the grand prize. After all, guiding young people full of hormones to return to the mainstream of society was the top priority at that time.
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