Today, let's talk about the movie "Black and White Witch Kuira".
Film title Cruella / Cruella de Vil (2021), alias Kuila / Black and White Queen (Hong Kong) / Fashion Wicked Girl: Kuila (Taiwan) / Black and White Witch / "101 Dalmatians" live-action prequel / Kuila de Vil ville.
The film, produced by Disney, is the third live-action film adaptation of the "101 Dalmatians" series and the first prequel film.
Disney has high hopes for the film, and its announcement was unambiguous, giving it a full credit. It is also the first film to premiere on the red carpet since the outbreak of the epidemic in the United States.
Different from other Disney family films, this film reveals its own unique temperament. The protagonist is not a silly white sweet princess, but a rebellious girl who takes revenge as her mission.
"Kuera the Black and White Witch" is Disney's second live-action film focusing on the villain, the last one being "Maleficent" (Maleficent, 2014).
It can be seen that the villain is not static, as long as the tragic background story is given enough, and the characters are prepared enough, any character can be washed in vain.
Glenn Close, who played Kuera in the first live-action 101 Dalmatians film, serves as executive producer on the film.
Originally directed by Alex Timbers, he dropped out of the project due to scheduling conflicts. It was replaced by current director Craig Gillespie.
In addition to the protagonist candidates are very popular, the villain Baroness von Hellman (Baroness von Hellman) candidates are also very popular. Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Emma Thompson, Julianne Moore and Demi Moore are all in the running for Von The role of Baroness Hermann. In the end, Emma Thompson took the role.
Emma Stone was banned from smoking when she played Cruella, as Disney's films have banned smoking for the characters in films since 2007.
It wasn't all smooth sailing for Emma Stone either, with rumors that she dislocated her shoulder at the Spice Girls concert in London, causing filming to be delayed. Emma Stone later explained that the night before the Spice Girls concert, she accidentally slipped while running on the wooden floor in her boots, broke her shoulder in two places, and continued to the concert with her suspenders on until I had an X-ray the next day. She only then began to recover, causing filming to be delayed.
Kuella has been the villain in the "101 Dalmatians" series, but no one wants to be a bad guy in the first place. Most of the villains have encountered a series of deceit and betrayal before embarking on the blackening route.
This prequel film details Kuira's past and present life. Kuira has faced various challenges since birth. She needs to grow up hard and find out the truth to complete her revenge.
Kuira also has a real friendship with Horace and Jasper, and they are not sent as idiots in other films, but as family.
The audience will have a more comprehensive understanding of Kuila through the film, and good and evil are not fixed.
Kuila's natural black and white hair in the film is not completely fictional, and has certain basis in real life.
Polio is a genetic disorder that causes hair to lack pigmentation and appear completely white.
If it happens that one side of the head is completely white and the other side is completely black, that is the image of Kuila.
As a prequel movie, "Black and White Witch Kuira" has a lot of places to pay tribute to the previous work.
For example, the halls of hell where the armor is stored is a copy of the earliest animated film "101 Dalmatians" (One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1961).
For example, when Kuira honked the horn at the police station door, the sound of the garbage truck horn is the same as the sound in the animation.
In addition to the heroine's road of growth and revenge, another highlight of this film is the very eye-catching costumes. Costume designers naturally contributed.
The film's costume designer, Jenny Beavan, was hired by the director after seeing Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
Jeanne Bevan created and designed 277 costumes for the film, including 47 for Kuira.
Another highlight of the film is the soundtrack, which incorporates a large number of 60s and 70s rock, punk, jazz, funk, blues and other musical styles, all of which are classic old songs.
The song is very suitable for the content of the film. While rendering the atmosphere, it makes a very appropriate annotation to the film.
Bee Gees' Whisper, Whisper, The Doors' Five to One, Nina Simone's cover of the jazz classic Feeling Good, Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love, The Beatles' Come Together, Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy", "One Way Or Another" by Blondie, "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash... As an old music fan, I was instantly excited when I heard these.
The big heroine's anti-traditional revenge,
The prequel is more interactive.
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