"Talk About Love, Dance" is an American love movie directed by British director Peter Chelsam and starring famous actors Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez. Although the film is adapted from the Japanese movie of the same name, it has made a relatively successful local adaptation in terms of audio-visual language, original soundtrack, and actor performances. The story told in the movie is simply the story of a middle-aged man who regained his confidence, regained his passion and gained the second spring in his life by dancing during a mid-life crisis. The male protagonist John (Richard Gere) is a successful lawyer in Chicago, with a bright appearance, a stable and successful career, a happy family and a beautiful and virtuous wife. But his heart is extremely empty. He lives a boring life of two o'clock and one line every day. The boring work and the trivial family affairs make him gradually lose his former passion and happiness in life. Every time John took the subway home at night, he would pass by a dance school. When he looked out the window, there happened to be a beautiful woman in the dance classroom looking out the window. The woman is Paulina (Jennifer Lopez), a dance teacher. After many days, John finally got the courage to get out of the car, entered the dance classroom, and started a wonderful dance journey of mutual redemption. The mid-life crisis can also be seen as a continuation of the seven-year itch in such a couple's marriage relationship. Dancing is the magic weapon to rescue this crisis.
A fusion of light comedy and musical musical, a composite genre narrative that combines comedy as an element with other genres. Richard Gere is a hot Hollywood star in the United States. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Comedy and Music for "Chicago". Light comedy romance is an important type of classic Hollywood movies, and many well-known classics have emerged, such as "It Happened One Night", "Blue Bridge", "Peachy Apartment", "Meet Hate Late" and so on. Musical musicals are a larger genre with a historical tradition in the United States. Generally, classic Hollywood musicals can transcend class and cultural differences, and bring pure pleasure to the audience. Entering the new Hollywood period, films that fit the genre gradually appeared and became mainstream. In this film "Talking About Love, Dancing", music and singing and dancing are the main bodies. At the same time, the three supporting actors in the film are constantly making jokes in them. , which adds a lot of comedy to the work. In the music and dance part, especially the night before the competition, John played by Richard Gere and Paulina played by Jennifer rehearsed with a small class in the dance classroom without lights at night. Forgetting some work chores and family troubles, I completely devote my body and mind to the exquisite dance, and experience the collision and coordination of two different souls and bodies, which is impressive. It can be said that this film is a good organic integration of the two types of classic Hollywood period, romantic light comedy and musical musical.
Free emptiness, happy and happy, open eyes with relief. Eyes are the windows to the soul, and for actors, it is very important to grasp the eyes. Throughout the film, Richard Gere's John takes the subway home and looks out the window, which recurs at different times and at different stages of the story. It can be said that this plot is the clue of the film or a fragment similar to the broken structure. Because the same scene appears repeatedly, the actor's acting skills, understanding of the characters and the ability to grasp the story are very tested here. The same scene, the same action, here Richard Gere performs three different levels, corresponding to the three different stages of the characters in the story. The first floor, at the very beginning, was empty and lonely eyes. At this time, John had not touched dance, and still lived a boring and repetitive life every day. It seems that the only free time to take the subway every day is that the subway window is still boring and uninteresting. His eyes drifted aimlessly until he found the dance school and the mysterious, beautiful and sad woman. The second layer is the happy and excited eyes after entering the dance world. After going through twists and turns and difficulties, John finally entered the paradise of dancing, found the fun and gradually fell in love with dancing. At this time, John in the subway looked out of the window with excitement and excitement. It seems that the happiest day is being able to go to the dance classroom and dance a hearty dance with a group of dancers. At this time can not wait, happy eyes. The third layer is the eyes of relief after confessing to his wife and getting his wife's approval, understanding and affirmation. At this time, John no longer has to be sneaky, and no longer need to exhaust his brain to find reasons for his late home. Dancing has really become a hobby, a sport that pursues happiness, without covering it up, and even sharing it with the people you love the most. At this time, it is relieved, it is put down, it is a magnanimous eye.
"It's an art to find a husband, and it's your job to grab his heart." This is John's wife, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), watching her husband dance with teacher Paulina When the photo was taken, the detective was puzzled and asked "What would make a man who has been consistent for twenty years suddenly become completely inconsistent?" The answer he got. In fact, the same is true for wives. For a man, finding a wife is also an art, and capturing her heart is the responsibility and final dignity of every married man. So, what is it that can make a man who has not changed for 20 years suddenly have a completely different personality? This story can be seen as a middle-aged crisis for the male protagonist John. Dancing is a magic weapon, helping him to get out of the siege smoothly. As mentioned above, the mid-life crisis can actually be seen as a continuation of the seven-year itch in this marriage. Twenty years, how to keep marriage fresh? How to keep a marriage, maintain stability, and still have passion and happiness? This seems to be a question that is difficult for every couple to answer. Some of them can't even stand it anymore, and some have already put aside the love between husband and wife, and become relatives who are not related by blood and live the life of the most familiar strangers. . At first, John's attention was not actually dancing, but was attracted by the sad and melancholy Paulina in the dance room, and if the relationship between the two was not handled well, it was self-defeating, you come and go, then it is very good. It may be another kind of incident such as cheating or being sentenced. The same is true for both men and women. For example, a film "Infidelity" played by Richard Gere is still a case of a woman's derailment. So, this video gives us a good answer, talk about love, dance, play ball, your spouse is the best dance partner in your life, you can develop some hobbies together, dig some new fields, discover some new place to survive this crisis. Finally, I will complain about the casting of John's wife and praise Sarandon's acting skills. Although Sarandon does not have many roles, the quality of her acting skills does not depend on the number of roles. Her performance in the film deeply captured the audience. My heart, looking for such a beautiful Susan Sarandon to play, the male protagonist even ran out to dance, hey!
My dance partner is you, Beverly, dance with me!
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