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Tragedy is that in the eyes of God, everything he created has no meaning, and the loss of meaning creates the root of tragedy. Comedy is that everything that God created has meaning, and when you see it, wholehearted admiration and love naturally arise in your heart. Seemingly the opposite of simplicity, is comedy that simple? It seems that it is not so simple. When we feel that everything in the world is so meaningful, will it be because we are too young to see the existence of tragedy, so comedy is not satisfied with such a simple and happy path. In the ancient Greek period, comedy was used to sing and chant the harvest, express the spirit of the sun god, and simply praise the meaning of life. Later, comedy developed other definitions. Lu Xun: Comedy is to tear up meaningless things for people to see. In this senselessness, comedy produces a more powerful ironic power, stronger than sings and praises. It sees through meaninglessness and not only praises the existence of all things. significance. Beginning of a genre: dark humor, Catch 22, like an insinuation of life, obedience or break, will be in dire straits. Such comedies, full of melancholy and allusions to meaningless predicaments, enter the realm of black comedy. The film is a eccentric comedy, born during the Great Depression in the United States. In the past, the shooting method was subject to the film set equipment, and the filming followed the axis. According to the Hollywood screenwriting principle: When you meet and start a quarrel or fight, you will definitely be married. Mainstream tendencies to hide behind bad tempers, outrageous actions to break down class hierarchies, that's why we love each other, we love each other's differences, so we're in love. The friction between the poor and the rich is a very beautiful Hollywood dream. After the chorus in the car is over, the transition from a national crisis to a personal crisis is just a metaphor for the national crisis that the audience does not feel, but becomes a personal intuitive pain, and the feeling will be deeper. The rules for shaping characters: A mature and credible character is a fully functioning microcosm, including revolution and rotation, centripetal force and centrifugal force. Revolution is to serve others and the society, rotation is something to consider for one's own survival, centripetal force recognizes mainstream values, and centrifugal force reverses mainstream values. Achieving a complete balance is a flesh-and-blood character that makes people approachable. The production of joy cannot exceed three minutes, otherwise the audience will be bored. Overhead shooting is not good for expressing heroes In Hollywood screenwriting principles: If you meet and start a quarrel or fight, you will eventually become a family.

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It Happened One Night quotes

  • Ellie Andrews: By the way, what's your name?

    Peter Warne: What's that?

    Ellie Andrews: Who are you?

    Peter Warne: Who me?

    [smiling]

    Peter Warne: I'm the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I'm the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.

    Ellie Andrews: You've got a name, haven't you?

    Peter Warne: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne.

    Ellie Andrews: Peter Warne. I don't like it.

    Peter Warne: Don't let it bother you. You're giving it back to me in the morning.

    Ellie Andrews: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Warne.

    Peter Warne: The pleasure is all mine, Mrs. Warne.

  • Peter Warne: Excuse me lady, but that upon which you sit is mine.

    Ellie Andrews: I beg your pardon?