Alan Rickman, who played Professor Snape in "Harry Potter" , died of pancreatic cancer in 2016, and fans around the world are deeply mourned.
He failed to save himself in reality, but in the movie world, he has saved countless lives.
In a 2004 HBO TV movie about medical miracles, Alan Rickman, already "Professor Snape," played a doctor on a mission to save lives.
It is estimated that many people are looking at Professor Snape. What kind of feeling will he bring to the audience when he has completely changed his character image?
When he first appeared, the words "Snape" were left behind. With neat hair, an incredible hairline, dignified glasses and a suit, it can be seen that he is a learned, usually more serious person. No matter how successful the role has been created before, acting in other movies will not make people jump for a second, which is a manifestation of excellent actors.
This time, Rickman plays Alfred Blalock, a surgeon who is short-tempered, quick-tempered, and strict, and who is not very easy to get along with.
So recruiting assistants has become a difficult task.
No one can stand Dr. Blalock's eccentric temperament, and people who can meet his requirements are hard to come by. Until a little black brother with a girl's name Vivien appeared, things turned around and the story really began.
This is a story based on true events.
In history, Blalock and Vivien have overcome many medical problems together and made great contributions to the treatment of congenital heart disease. Their team's invention of the "Blalock-Taussig shunt" procedure ushered in a new era of cardiac surgery.
Why isn't it called "Blalock-Vivienshunt"?
Because they were from the 1930s to the 1970s.
In that era, racial discrimination in the United States was several times more serious than it is now . Audiences who have watched films such as "12 Years a Slave" and "Green Book" can feel the cruelty. Vivien's dark skin limited his career, and while he was a great help to Blalock, Vivien was not given the credit he deserved for a long time by "conventional".
At that time, if the operation was named "Blalock-Vivienshunt", there would be a lot of controversy in public opinion. Now that everyone is familiar with the name, and various books have written it, it is difficult to change it to "Blalock-Taussig-Vivien shunt". .
But now history has recognized that BTS is indeed inseparable from the three legendary figures. Different professions, different genders, and different skin colors. This medical miracle has a special meaning beyond the field and is unique.
This saga can be divided into four stages.
30 years.
The United States suffered the Great Depression, and Vivien's bank deposits were all reimbursed. The money is gone, and the desire to go to college is also in vain. Fortunately, he met Dr. Blalock. Blalock discovered his amazing talent and decided to keep him by his side as an assistant.
But even Vivien couldn't bear Blalock's temper. It was only because of financial difficulties and his passion for work that he reluctantly agreed to stay and help.
40's.
When World War II broke out, countless soldiers lost their lives due to hemorrhagic shock and traumatic shock on the battlefield.
Blalock was already working out how to solve this problem when Vivien first met Blalock.
Traditional medicine at that time believed that the treatment should be to tighten the blood vessels to prevent the continuous loss of blood. Blalock has a bold idea that breaks with tradition - blood transfusion.
By doing experiments on dogs, Blalock successfully found a way to treat blood transfusions, thus saving thousands of hot-blooded young people. This is another important achievement for him besides BTS.
Between 1943 and 1944.
The main part of the story. Blalock met Dr. Taussig, a pediatric cardiologist. Taussig in "Blalock-Taussig shunt" refers to this female doctor.
Since the film is mainly about Blalock and Vivien, Taussig's weight will inevitably be undercut. However, the issue of gender discrimination is also slightly reflected in the film.
Taussig brings up a "blue baby" problem with congenital heart defects.
To solve this problem, the heart must be operated on. Similar to the situation with traumatic shock problems, the basic rule at the time was not to move the heart.
So what Blalock has to do is break with tradition again.
At the same time, it is necessary to deal with the controversy of Vivien as the main assist. During this period, their friendship has been greatly challenged, and if Vivien chooses to leave, Blalock may be too late to save the dying baby.
As Taussig said, it takes a lot of courage to do this.
70's.
After the "Blue Baby" incident, the plot mainly focuses on the friendship between Blalock and Vivien. The "interracial" friendship between the two, regardless of master and servant, is comparable to the black and white combination of "Unreachable" and "Green Book" .
The film ends with Vivien being awarded a Ph.D. His deeds show that the big environment cannot be an excuse for the unfulfilled dream. Seize the opportunity like Vivien , give full play to your talents, complain as little as possible, be grateful, and persevere. Those insurmountable stumbling blocks will gradually become stepping stones to help you reach the top of your life.
From Blalock, it can be found that greatness is often built on breaking tradition. He was determined to do a great thing in the medical field, with a strong will and great courage, he ended up doing more than one great thing.
Since it is a TV movie, the script structure is more like a seven-act play (weekend movies are more common) , which is slightly different from the three-act play generally used in Hollywood theater movies.
The seven-act TV movie and the four-act TV series may allow TV stations to insert advertisements during the broadcast of the work. Audiences who are familiar with TVB know that their Hong Kong dramas are generally divided into four parts, and advertisements will be inserted between each part.
Nowadays, many people are accustomed to on-demand on the Internet. If the four acts are connected together, they will not find any problems, but if the seven acts are connected together, it will be different.
If the narrative is an ordinary linear narrative, it may make people feel a little "sleepy", because most audiences have become accustomed to the urine nature of three-act dramas, and the turning point or difficulty comes late, and the "urinating point" is also Just come.
But no matter how mediocre the narrative may be, the social functions of TV and theatrical films are much the same. It can help people pass the time, give people insight into life, and bring people back to history.
Alan Rickman starred in the high-scoring movie "Miracle" , which brings people back to the bloody days of Blalock and Vivien.
When the blood has become a thing of the past, I only hope that what we remember is not the regrettable things, but the things we have done.
Blalock and Vivien, and Taussig, for what they did, they deserve to be remembered forever.
They say that if a person has no regrets, his life is wasted. --"miracle"
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