There is a ville where called pleasanville

Dawn 2021-11-16 08:01:26

David, played by Tobey Maguire, is a boy who has an incomplete family in real life and is timid and afraid to talk to a girl he likes. In his eyes, the pleasantville is perfect, and he yearns for the life inside. But his sister Jenniffer is bold and open and even bitching.

When they lived in Pleasantville for a period of time, they changed their original lives more or less. David was able to soak up girls, Jennifer changed from a little elder sister to a lady; and pleasantville also changed a lot because of him. (Sex, knowledge, art, rain, possibility, color) But the alternation of the old and the new culture will definitely cause disagreements. Bright colors will be merged into black and white, and people will panic and split into teams. Over time people will assimilate. The changes in David's siblings and the town can be said to be the crystallization of the alternation of two cultures.

But this color shift can not only represent culture.

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  • Monique 2022-03-26 09:01:04

    Three and a half stars//It's the American dream, but the needs of people from different times and backgrounds have also changed//The anti-Trumanian utopian regulations have to be broken and the rules have to be broken, so I'll make up for the people in Happy Valley because they feel the lust from within And love will get its own color (.//I'm curious about how this color map is made and it seems that a certain period or a certain type of American movie will color the screen to this kind of yellowish cream color

  • Edna 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    The "Happy Valley" in the film is a place similar to Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring", where everything is orderly and harmonious. However, the backgrounds of "Peach Blossom Spring" and "Happy Valley" are similar, but their intentions are completely different. "Peach" is dissatisfied with reality, while "Huan" emphasizes that imperfection is the most real. Just like a composition, the same thing can have completely different viewpoints. However, I don't understand the ending. The male protagonist returns to reality, but the female protagonist stays behind. What does it mean?

Pleasantville quotes

  • [the geography teacher uses a pointer to demonstrate, on the classroom blackboard, the world of Pleasantville, which consists of Elm Street, Main Street, and the Town Hall]

    Miss Peters: Last week, class, we discussed the geography of Main Street. This week we're going to be talking about Elm Street. Now, can anyone tell me the difference between Elm Street and Main Street? Tommy.

    Tommy: It's not as long?

    Miss Peters: That's right, Tommy, it's not as long. Also, it only has houses, so the geography of Main Street is different than the geography of Elm Street.

    [Jennifer is frowning in bewilderment. She raises her hand]

    Miss Peters: Mary Sue!

    Jennifer: Yeah. What's outside of Pleasantville?

    [the entire class turns to look at her]

    Miss Peters: I don't understand.

    Jennifer: Outside of Pleasantville? Like, what's at the end of Main Street?

    Miss Peters: [chuckles and shakes her head] Mary Sue. You should know the answer to that! The end of Main Street is just the beginning again.

    [the teacher points at the intersection of Elm and Main. The class feels released to giggle at Jennifer/Mary Sue's clearly stupid question, and Jennifer frowns again]

  • [David looks up from his job at the soda counter to see Jennifer determinedly leading Skip out of the place and down the sidewalk]

    David: Oh, shit!

    [He takes a flying jump-leap over the counter]

    David: *Jennifer*!

    David: Jennifer, stop!

    [He chases Jennifer and Skip outside, to where Skip's car is already pulling away from the curb]

    David: You can't do this, Jennifer! He doesn't exist! You can't do this to someone who doesn't exist!