"Australia" created by the director of "Moulin Rouge" seven years later, "Australia", is an absolute love letter dedicated to this land. The love is really surging, even if there are too many regrets, it can't win the infatuation of outsiders, yes. The hometown he loves, I think, is always a complete confession of true love.
The story starts with Nora, a child of Australian aborigines and whites. In the 1930s, Australia had just gained independence from British colonists. The remote Great Northern Wilderness was still savage and scarce, and the social hierarchy was strict. Aboriginal blacks could not enter whites. In bars, public relations with them have also been despised by the beloved of society. The mixed-blood little Nora is called a "mixed-color person". She is neither a native black group nor a white person. She can only hide from the police in a large storage bucket on the farm from time to time, otherwise she will be forcibly caught into the preacher's children. The reception center received "assimilation education" and was separated from the poor mother.
British aristocratic lady Sara Ashley (Nicole Kidman) is dissatisfied with her husband's long distance Australia indulging in ranch management, and leap over the ocean alone to persuade her husband to sell the ranch and return to England. Carrying one after another luxurious boxes and the incompatible high-class temperament, Sara came to the northern port city of Darwin in Australia and met Zhuo (Hugh Jackman), a rough cattle herder who had mixed up with indigenous blacks. Zhuo drove Sara to the ranch for a long distance, never wanting to see only the body of Sara's new husband. The grieving Sara wanted to quickly sell the ranch and return to the UK, but to protect the little Nora who had just met, Neil, the farm manager of the snake, fell out. The 1,500 bulls were rushing to Darwin to ship, and the situation was imminent, so they had to ask for help from Zhuo who was wrong.
It’s no stranger to the story of a single aristocratic woman who first arrived in a foreign land and stepped into the dust from the clouds. "Out of Africa" set a good example as early as 1985, and Nicole Kidman, who wields a whip and is struggling to drive cattle, is also called One has to compare the heroic and heroic appearance of Meryl Streep that scared the lion. Despite the obvious traces of imitation, Baz Luhman still added a certain fresh element to "Australia". Little Nora's grandfather, the Australian aboriginal "King George" is the spirit of the whole movie, the ancient soul of Australia. His body is painted, standing upright on one leg, backlit alone on a high cliff, his eyes penetrating the vicissitudes of the world; at night, King George lit a fire to pierce the shady curtain, and the ancient ballads and dance rhymed with the melody of the age-"Somewhere above the rainbow , Is the country of lullaby chanting. Somewhere above the rainbow, the sky is blue, dreams come true. "
Yes, the land of dreams, this is the country that Buzz Luhmann talks deeply about.
Carrying the spirit of the dream is little Nora, an unruly cowherd, and Sara, a stranger who never accepts softness. The typical Hollywood love between Sara and Zhuo didn't add much to the film, but it also promoted the course of the story step by step. But the film transitioned from "The Cowherd" in the first half to "Gone with the Wind" in the second half. "Out of Africa" suddenly became "Gone with the Wind", but it really surprised me: Baz Luhman gave Sara and Zhuo The honeymoon was too high-profile, and I thought it would be a happy ending for Hollywood.
In fact, regardless of "The Cowherd" or "Gone with the Wind", the verbose editing is the fatal flaw of "Australia". The movie lasts for two hours and 45 minutes, but it feels like it lasts for more than three hours. Why doesn't it end? The love between Sarah and Zhuo is not enough to connect two parts that can be cut off almost completely. The climax of "The Cowherd" is almost as strong as the climax of the war of "Gone with the Wind". Each is independent and does not support each other. The structure caused a chaotic situation of one mountain and two tigers, which made the audience at a loss what to do. Comparing the treatment of the pre-war and wartime parts of Gone with the Wind, Scarlett Scarlett’s story in Nora Manor is all about constructing her character and paving the way for her tenacious vitality like weeds in the war. The part of Nora Manor is cute, humorous, and refined, and there is no suspicion of overwhelming the host. The narrative highlights the excitement behind. In contrast, Buzz Ruchman's "Australia" is too inferior in the script, and the editing is even more reluctant to spare the complexity, making the story bloated.
Since the two parts of "Australia" are almost independent, it is hard not to secretly compare which part more accurately reflects the unique charm of Australia. I personally appreciate "The Cowherd" more. On the one hand, it is the vastness of the Great Northern Wilderness (although the film was shot in western and eastern Australia) and the majestic attitude of the cowboys driving the horse herd. Hugh Jackman is handsome. Bodybuilder and chic, like the wind; the long-range photography is as pitiful as a landscape film, and the close-up shots are shining with a very light bronze texture after the film has been modified, and the visual effects are extremely comfortable. On the other hand, it is about the Australian aboriginal culture. Portray. Although the film is just a little bit of water, it’s far inferior to the philosophical and elegant "Walkabout" (Walkabout), but the narrations told through the mouth of Little Nora are still full of magical magic. People have to yearn for this land full of legend, magic and romance. Later, Zhuo ran away for freedom and his fellow black brothers told him that without love, there would be no story in his heart, and without legend, there would be nothing.
Outsiders like me, after all, can’t judge whether Baz Ruchman’s Hollywood-filled "Australia" truly reproduces the land that Australians love, but one thing is certain is that "Australia" depicts It is the dream kingdom above the rainbow, where the stars are shining and the blue birds fly; there are the ancient songs of the aborigines, there are also the free songs of racial integration; there are legends, there is gallop, and there is love.
"Movie World" January 2009 Draft
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