How many times have you been immersed in Vermeer's oil painting, which is as famous as "Mona Lisa"? Can't even remember.
I always like to revisit something I like again and again, whether it's a book, a movie, music, or... a painting.
The more addicted, the more addicted,
my friends joked that I could watch the same thing for 50 years.
And this time, it was no exception.
On this oil painting of the size of eight open paper, the background is completely black, the girl is sitting sideways, turning her head to stare, her lips are slightly open... It seems that you and I are looking at each other, forgetting both.
Although more than 350 years have passed, the oil paint has cracked, but it is still unstoppable.
Staring at the clear eyes of the girl in the painting makes one want to hear what she has to say.
In the shadow of the neck, the teardrop-shaped pearl earrings that symbolize purity can be seen faintly, which perfectly balances the light perception of the picture as the finishing touch.
This is also the final frame of the film
Gril With A Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer C.1665
ROYAL CABINET OF PAINTINGS, MAURITSHUIS, THE HAGUE
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" Johannes Vermeer
1665 AD
Now in the Hague, Netherlands As
time goes by, it seems to have returned to the golden age of Dutch art. The
young girl Griet was forced to come to the painter Vermeer's house as a maid because of her livelihood. There, the beauty of art and the ugliness of the world collided - Vermeer Her talent and strength, the greedy and coveted gaze of the art dealer, the vigilance and deep jealousy of the painter's wife, the pursuit of the butcher, the hostility of her children... She is not only indulged in the colorful world of Vermeer's heart, but also has to deal with the whirlpool of reality.
This movie based on Tracy Chevalier's original work of the same name is like a flowing oil painting. Through the screen, the era is clearly visible. It seems that you can touch the silky texture of silk by raising your hand, like the strong blood in the meat market. And the pressing cold of winter is coming, and, smelling Vermeer's fresh paint
smell , everything makes people forget that this is actually a completely fictional story, a generation of great master Vermeer, left to In addition to 35 completed paintings (there is also a saying that it is 34), 11 children and heavy debts, there are almost only birth and death years. On the other hand, Tracy Chevalier relies on his rich imagination to successfully use realistic storylines to connect the oil paintings of frozen time and the real or illusory characters
. In the film, the selection and arrangement of almost every group of important scenes They also strive to match the oil paintings of different painters of that era. If you are careful enough, you can easily catch the traces of Da Vinci, Rembrandt and others. The costumes also meticulously restore the costumes in Vermeer's paintings, "The Girl in Blue Reading a Letter", "The Maid Who Pours Milk"... Those familiar figures often come into your sight inadvertently. The performances of the
actors also make the praised. Movies without too many lines always present both opportunities and challenges for actors. The performance of the 5 main supporting characters in the film is vivid. The two leading actors are even more amazing - Scarlett Johansson who plays Griet has a delicate and natural acting that is not commensurate with her age. The struggle and struggle flowed in a frown and a smile; and through Colin Firth's interpretation, Vermeer's oppressive attraction was as mysterious as a ghost, restrained and sexy in the turbulent emotional agitation. The superb acting skills of the two leading actors are as well integrated as the spiritual worlds of Vermeer and Griet. It's like wandering on a wonderful journey, and there is an incredible chemical reaction between each other.
In front of the window, Vermeer guided Griet to observe the colors of the flowing clouds in the sky
"Look, Griet." Vermeer walked to the window and opened it.
"Look at the clouds." He made her look at the white clouds flowing on the blue sky.
"What color are they?" Vermeer looked at Griet expectantly, he knew she would understand.
"White?" Griet answered tentatively. She looked at Vermeer and found that he turned his head to the side in disappointment. She hurriedly denied that "No...not white"
Griet adjusted her mood and looked out the window again, this time she finally focused Up, "...Yello." Vermeer turned his gaze back to her face again when he heard the word.
"Blue...and gray." Griet continued, she knew she was right this time. A smile of approval gradually appeared on Vermeer's face.
"There are colors in the clouds." Griet smiled confidently, knowing she was one step closer to his world.
"Now you understand." He also understands that this is the first time he has completely opened the door of his own world to others.
From the beginning to the end, he and her only had the growth of feelings, but there was no explosion. There was
only a collision between the hearts, but no physical union. The fingertips
and the lips were their closest distance .
It all settles in the painting that looks back - Griet becomes the heroine of Vermeer's painting, she puts on his wife's pearl earrings for him, but she never has the opportunity to see the final painting once. The hostess who knocked over the vinegar jar finally kicked her out of the house.
Griet is free again, and on the eve of marrying the butcher, Vermeer's maid brings a gift.
She gently opened the wax that sealed the cloth bag, revealing yellow and blue ribbons—the satin she used to wrap her hair when he was his model, and that time he saw her as chaste Symbolic hair—in the satin, and the pair of pearl earrings she had only worn once.
Griet finally understood that Vermeer loved her, and he didn't care about the painting alone. She turned her head, looked across the corridor - where her wedding dress was hanging - and looked out the door, a line of tears fell silently...
In the city of Delft, the Netherlands today, when clouds flow across the sky and things are different, In the dark background, the girl who turned her head and stared at the person on the other side still stared at the person opposite, just like staring at the painter of the year, but Vermeer, who has been sleeping for more than 300 years, would not know what he meant to his family when he was alive. Paintings representing bread are now hard to come by, and he doesn't even know that people are trying to connect his mysterious life with his mysterious paintings—perhaps he will never get tired of it.
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