I read the original book at an ignorant age, confused by the obscure plot of the book, frightened by the dark atmosphere, and prejudice against Mel Oberon and Lawrence Oliver in my early years, so I just made a random online Watching the video; but quickly rolled my heart into it.
Now I finally understand Cathy and Heathcliff's love. Film critic Nanni once wrote: Watching a film like "Wuthering Heights" full of passion and strength, after all, I have a feeling of breathing precious oxygen again in the thin air space.
I know very well that, intellectually and realistically, I would have thought that Mr. Linton was the one worthy of a lifetime of love and companionship, and I had mocked Cathy vulgarly. This betrayal of love is not qualified to say that he loves Heathcliff at all; but he never puts himself in his shoes and thinks that it was England in the 18th century; The shackles of hierarchy are firmly bound; even the modern age of civilization and progress. In Cathy's heart, a dual character was born between the mansion's clothes and the sky and mountain trees. Suddenly, she ran up the hillside to hug Heathcliff and begged for his forgiveness and love. Hurt the person you love the most. It may be said that Cathy's soul belongs to Heathcliff's kind, and he is the one with her only soul, and her love is there; but Cathy's body is rightly placed in Linton's manor, in the forest under the care of Mr. She can't separate spirit and body, so she can only express her uncompromising with reality by death.
It suddenly dawned on me that the first center of the novel was actually Cathy, not the weird Heathcliff I thought before. Perhaps for modern readers, it is easier to see the duality of her own deep character in Cathy; just as I learned to be gentle and quiet on the one hand, the sharpness in my bones is still on the verge of triggering.
It's certainly been a while since I've seen such a powerful work; whether the ending is doom or not, it evokes a long-silent passion in my soul. Passion, English passion, another explanation is the crucifixion and death of Jesus; I am convinced that she is a gift of God, and may the world not lose her in the ordinary life of reality.
Finally, it ends with a sentence from the writer Nanni: Just because life is as simple and pragmatic as we have seen, art has the value of existence.
The director of this version of the film is William Wheeler, who wrote "The Brave House", "Roman Holiday" and "Ben-Hur", and "Wuthering Heights" is undoubtedly the beginning of his brilliant career. It's really hard to imagine how the movie will express the deep feelings in the original book before watching it, but Wheeler manages to do it; it captures the true, natural, charming love of Cathy and Heathcliff standing above the other characters. , awakened my epiphany as an unqualified reader of the original. Originally, I was worried that the plot would be simplified, such as changing Mr. Linton into a bad guy in order to praise Cathy's love, just like the version of a radio drama I listened to when I was a teenager. Thinking that this was produced in 1939, I couldn't help but be amazed.
If I say that in "Broken Melody", I like the character "Jie Ming" more, then this is the beginning of my understanding of Mel O'Brien's excellent acting skills. I can't use more words to describe it, because every picture and demeanor of her appearance are worth highlighting. For the time being, I will only talk about what I want to talk about most, the scene of Cathy reuniting with Heathcliff at the end of her death. Never seen passion so intense, like a burst of light in a burst; Cathy cried weakly and urgently: "Hold me ... just a minute, ... Hold me ... it's the last time." That face, tears , mouth, strongly stirred my heart. The dull Oliver deserves only his foil; it's a pity that the charm and explosiveness that Heathcliff should have is hardly to be found behind this handsome face. I don't want to say bad things about Oliver anymore, maybe he will be different on stage, after all, the requirements for expressions are not higher than that in movies; and his ability to read dialogues is still good. This scene can't help but make me compare Margaret's dying scene in "La Traviata", similar but not similar.
Has started to drag a clear version, for the collection and better appreciation of O'Brien's performance. Her make-up has definitely improved a lot here, and she has such a beautiful mixed-race face and black hair.
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