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On the Waterfront 1954
Continue to watch the IMDB250 series, this film Still a black and white film. I now find that black and white films turned out to be pretty good.
The story of the film is about the life of a dock worker. Dock workers make money by moving goods, but the distribution of tasks and the union of workers is controlled by a triad-like organization. The dockers were outraged at what they had done. In order to control speech and control workers, the underworld bosses do not hesitate to kill people. A young man feels guilty for taking part in a murderous operation, and when he runs into the victim's sister, they develop a relationship. Inspired by the victim's sister, he was shaken and wanted to expose the evil deeds of the underworld trade union. The underworld boss sent the younger brother of the young man to lobby him without success. Subsequently, his brother was killed and became a victim. In his conscience and the wrath of losing a loved one, he exposes the underworld union, putting the status of the underworld boss in jeopardy. At the end of the film, the young people scuffle with the underworld boss. When the workers see that the underworld trade union has lost power, they are no longer afraid of them and get rid of their control.
The film can be seen as a gangster film, a gangster film in the 1950s. Of course, compared to movies like "The Godfather", the gangsters in this film seem a bit pedantic.
The uniqueness of the film is that the plot does not focus on the struggles within the gang, but on how ordinary people face the oppression of the gang union, and how people respond to them. It specifically shows the servility that humans are born with on the screen. We can see how people make choices between justice and life, between conscience and money. In the film, every worker on the wharf dares not come forward, silently responding to all the crimes committed by the union. They will only whine in their hearts and will not take any actual action. Even the male protagonist in the film, his confession is forced, if his brother is not killed, otherwise he will not be so resolute to testify in court. His righteous deeds were not discovered by conscience, but with a vengeance mentality. What if his brother hadn't died? He will likely continue to be a silent man. This servility is most real in the ten minutes before the end of the film. When the young man was knocked unconscious, no one helped him, and no one said a word of justice for him. They are all so indifferent, so insensitive, it makes people very worried! This aspect of the film is really cruel. It shows the characteristics of ordinary workers who are submissive, greedy for life and fear of death, and timid as a mouse. It is rare to see such a movie that deeply digs into human nature, which is also the reason why this movie belongs to IMDB250.
This movie is a rather depressing movie. The light of the picture is very dark, mostly indoor scenes and night scenes. Even in daytime shots, where sunlight is rarely seen, such films are best shot in black and white. In addition, the lens used in the film is also very cold, as if there is a third person's eyes watching the development of the plot. It keeps the indifferent emotions of the characters in the play in the picture. Apart from these, the other aspects are quite satisfactory, that is, there is nothing particularly good or bad.
The main character of the film is also a Christian priest, and Christian religious beliefs also run through the film, which makes the film raise the good and evil of human nature to the level of religion. I don't know religion, and I don't want to, so I completely ignore these aspects of the film. Of course, the intention of the director of this film cannot be ignored, and there are not many films in which religion occupies a large proportion of the film.
The film's leading actor is the famous actor Marlon Brando. In 1954, he was still very young, with a handsome face, and the unique corners of his eyes were impressive. His performance in this film is really great, and all kinds of emotions are well-adjusted. What impresses people in this film is his performance. The heroine Eva Marie Saint feels very ordinary, obviously not in the same class as Marlon Brando. Whether it is appearance or acting, it is very mediocre. But it also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, luckily.
Been watching old movies the last few days. The old movie is very good, it is mainly based on the plot and characters, and it has a deep theme, which is very good. But old movies also have shortcomings. Most of the scenes are in dialogue, and even many movies rely on dialogue to promote the development of the plot. This creates three problems. First, the quality of subtitle translation is very high. Second, sometimes there is too much dialogue, which makes it seem dull. Third, frequent dialogue increases the time spent watching subtitles, which makes it difficult to understand the plot. These three situations are rarely encountered in modern movies, so sometimes old movies need to be watched several times to fully understand the plot. However, these are unavoidable, after all, times have changed.
In short, a movie that relies on the big explosion at the end to improve the overall level of the film. Most of the movie is mediocre. If you can bear to watch the end of the film, you can understand the beauty of this movie.
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2011-07-09
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