The two little princesses mentioned here refer to the two versions of the princess played by the two girl stars Xiulan Temple and Camilla Bell respectively. Mrs. H. Burnett's classic masterpiece, which has been turned into a movie many times, has a very positive meaning.
Captain Crewe was ordered to go to South Africa to fight, and the youngest daughter Sarah had to be fostered in an aristocratic school because she had no mother. , the principal learned that she was from a noble family and made a waitress as a noble. Time passed by, and the front line came from time to time with the list of the dead. One day, Captain Crewe's name appeared on the newspaper's missing list, so he couldn't pay the expensive tuition anymore. The school kicked little Sarah out of her original room, and Sarah started a little servant with tears in her eyes. But he firmly believed that his father would not leave her, so he took the time to go to the hospital every day to find him. Her true feelings moved the Queen of England and God, and a miracle finally happened...
The time between 1939 and 1995 was separated. It has been more than half a century, and the techniques and focus are completely different. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Generally speaking, the 39-year-old version is more loyal to the original. Everyone who has watched Xiulan Temple's film should still know it. I remember that almost every film of hers has a classic scene of tap dancing. The style of the films at that time was very popular, of course, it was inseparable from her own versatility. I saw her when I was a child and I still remember the way she danced and the way she danced. The round apple face with big wavy curly hair, like a cute doll-like face, this film also fully applies this point, when she pouts her mouth and puffs her cheeks, she really feels like a spoiled child .The scene in the script "Stealing a Kiss" where she is in the dream is very good. The whole film is quite satisfactory, there are no major flaws and there is no very prominent place.
Compared with the production of the 1995 version From the perspective of the structure and aesthetics of the picture, with the development of the times and the maturity of various conditions, the work is more exquisite. The director focuses on depicting the events of the little girl's communication with other playmates in the school, which seems to be It is more real, interspersed with Indian myths and stories, and it is more coherent. Here, it fully reflects that the little princess is full of love although she grew up in a superior family, which is proved by her friendship with the little slave girl;
And the part where she encourages the fat teacher to elope with her lover also adds a lot of brilliance to the whole film. She delivers bread to children when she is hungry, sticks roses at the door of her neighbor's house, and imagines a rich dinner. These are all this film. But one of the biggest flaws of
this film is that the beautiful quality of perseverance in the whole fairy tale is completely wiped out. Without the touching plot of her going to the hospital to find her father, and the recovery of her father's memory is also very inconsistent It makes sense. This drags down the whole film by a few points.
The 1939 version handles this point better.
The heroines in the two films have their own mischief. One end, the other is to scare in Malay language, reflecting childlike interest. In addition, I think the headmaster in the 1995 version is really similar to the chef in 39 years.
Because I read the 1995 version first and found that there is still a 39-year-old version. The version, I looked for it with great interest, different periods, different people, different shooting focuses, and the aftertaste of the same period is endless.
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