The increase from eight-and-a-half to nine is not 0.5, it's a lump...

Eliza 2022-03-23 09:02:36

There was a set of Nortel directing entrance examination questions circulating on the Internet, one of which stated:

"Judging a movie according to the characteristics or concepts provided below, please write the movie name and director:
the male protagonist is crawling under the table, tethered to his ankles. The rope will fly people like a kite."

At that time, "Wuji" was so popular because of the steamed bun incident, so everyone guessed that the answer to this question was "Wuji" and Chen Kaige; unfortunately, the humanities and arts of the question were a little bit, I don't know whether it was It's not that Chen Kaige paid tribute to his predecessors, and made these scenes in "Wuji", and the people in the cage. When I knew the answer, I really wanted to see this movie, called "Eight and a Half", directed by Fellini.

Of course, after reading "Eight and a Half", I did not become literary and artistic. It was too stream-of-consciousness, too abstract, moral anxiety, and mid-life crisis; I still can't accept it very well. But the director of the tribute went on and on, so someone remade it again, adding a decimal to round up the whole, and the name was "Nine".

"Jiumei Jiumei's beautiful younger sister, Jiumei Jiumei's red flower buds." (Interlude song: Huang Hexiang's "Nine Sisters")

At first I thought it was a song and dance version of "Eight and a Half", I watched I understood that this is the annotated version of "Eight and a Half", and at the end, I suddenly realized that this is a harmonious version of "Eight and a Half"! I believe that Americans also like harmony, just as I believe that they also have the same democracy as us Same. Look, Kidman is on the stage gorgeously; Kidman is like the character she plays in the film, a goddess, an absolute goddess; but the goddess also wants to eat fireworks, and the goddess can't hide the old age at the corner of her eyes. Think of Brigitte Bardot in old age! If you still regard Kidman as the goddess in your dreams, then before watching the film, you should identify the year it was filmed, and it will be waived after 2005.

The true character of Penelope Cruz is a highlight, and Lisa also contributed to it, otherwise I wouldn't know that she was Tom's mistress; fortunately, Kidman is not a famous white-collar worker, otherwise Penelope General cannot escape the nightmare of mail cc. That provocative performance that wants to reveal and cover up is simply abetment. Can you say that such a mistress is not scolded by the crowd for sending emails?

In short, I admire the director's carefulness and thoughtfulness. After the temperamental beauty is over, it is a charming mistress. Of course, the mistress still can't push back the main palace, otherwise it will not conform to the harmonious original intention of the film. Marion Cotillard is worthy of being the first rose in France, and it can be said that she is the most stunning in the film. There is no halo appearance of the goddess, and there is no hot dance and teasing of the mistress; she is... she is Mrs. Zhenggong. The song she sang was sad and pitiful. Although her husband cheated, she was not a desperate housewife. In short, you have to carefully appreciate the painstaking arrangement of the director, otherwise there will be no final harmonious ending.

If "Eight and a Half" is a cup, then "Nine" is a washing machine. Even if you've been moved to tears by it, it can help you...wash away. You can think of gorgeous dramas, colorful songs and dances, or pure dreams of a beautiful hope and a happy life, but don't think of Fellini.

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Nine quotes

  • Saraghina: [from trailer] Be... Italian...

    Saraghina: Be Italian...

    Saraghina: Take a chance and try to steal a fiery kiss!

    Saraghina: Be Italian...

    Saraghina: Be Italian...

    Saraghina: When you hold me, don't just hold me, but... hold... this!...

    Saraghina: ...Be a singer!

    Chorus: Be a singer!

    Saraghina: Be a lover!

    Chorus: Be a lover!

    Saraghina: Pick the flower now before the chance is past!

    Chorus: Before it's past!

    Saraghina: Be Italian!

    Chorus: Be Italian!

    Saraghina: Be Italian!

    Chorus: Be Italian...

    Saraghina: Live today as if it may... become... your last!

  • Carla: [from trailer] I'll be waiting for you, with my legs open.