"Julie and Julia" is a film with two threads going hand in hand. A clue began in 1946, when 34-year-old Julia Childe came to Paris with her husband Paul. Julia, who knew nothing about cooking, enrolled in the top French chef school - Le Cordon Bleu, although she was the only woman in the class. And she is an American woman. Starting from cutting onions with tears and tears, Julia compared her male classmates through hard work. Julia later published a book, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," which became the "Bible" for Americans to cook French. And Julia's TV cooking show "French Chef" is the first cooking show in American history. It can be said that she changed the American kitchen.
Another clue in the film comes from 2002, when Julie Powell and her husband moved to Queens, New York, in their thirties. She was doing a boring job - working as an operator in a government agency, and was bombarded with complaints from all kinds of people every day. ; living in a rented apartment—must put a shock absorber to sleep against the rumble of trucks outdoors; having a few girlfriends who meet regularly—some become senior vice presidents of the company, some make quotes on their phones One or two hundred million US dollars, some became a reporter and asked her to do an exclusive interview, but wrote her as a representative of a lost generation who did nothing... Fortunately, she has a husband who loves her like a fairy, like her idol. Same with Julia Child. So, Julia, who had never eaten eggs, decided to challenge her frustrated life and attention deficit disorder. She decided to put the idol Julie's "Bible" "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" into reality, she would cook 365 days a year Produced 524 dishes and posted the progress on a personal blog...
"Julie and Julia" is a light-hearted women's film based on two bestselling books based on true stories - Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Kitchenette by Julie Powell and Julia Child's autobiography My Life in France. Discuss women's sense of belonging in life in the mundane reality, and explore how women redeem themselves from ordinary life, especially the mutual mapping of women's lives in two different eras. This kind of film is not easy to control. Makes it very dull. Fortunately, the 68-year-old female director Nora Ephron is a master at the same time. She also served as the screenplay adaptation of the film. She previously wrote "When Harry Met Sally" and "Seattle Nights". Sleepless" and "Electronic Love Letter" are all iconic works of romantic love light comedies, and they also have a considerable degree of dual-clue narrative features. Nora Ephron is familiar with a subject like "Julie and Julia", with mouthwatering gourmet dishes, lifelike details, lively pacing and editing, slightly edgy lines, and, of course, three-dimensional Although it is not a grand classic, and the ending is a little sloppy, "Julie and Julia" is indeed an excellent essay that is exquisite and meaningful.
The biggest highlight of "Julie and Julia" is of course the old drama bone Meryl Streep, the actress famous for imitating various accents, vividly imitating the burly and big Julia. With her clever body language, lingering, high-pitched, protracted, accented spoken language, and French with a bit of stammering, those who have watched the film will remember her catchy mantra "BON APPETIT!" (French " Good appetite"). Streep once again managed to show off her "method" acting prowess (those who didn't like her might). With classic films such as "Mr & Mrs. Kramer", "Sophie's Choice" and "Out of Africa", "Aunt May", known in Hollywood as "the best actress in the 1980s", has now entered her sixtieth year. It's amazing to be able to maintain such a strong creative momentum. After the relatively lackluster 1990s, Streep, who has entered the new century, has one or two more eye-catching works published almost every year. Even if the film itself is not a good work, her performance is often the biggest attraction and won Hollywood Favored by major performance awards, such as "The Devil Wears Prada", "Mamma Mia", "Child Abuse Suspect" and so on in recent years. The plain-looking, scandalous Streep is the actor with the most Oscar nominations in history. Winslet gave a demonstrative tribute to Streep when he took the stage to receive the actress at the Oscars last year. This year, Streep He also brought two films, "Love Is Complicated" and "Julie and Julia", and won the Golden Globe Award for the seventh time after successfully sealing the Golden Globe Award in the musical/comedy category for the role of "Julia".
In 1977, Streep starred in the film "Julia" and started her acting career. More than 30 years later, it is worth looking forward to whether she can use this "Chef Julia" to top the Oscar.
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