study notes

Beaulah 2022-03-23 09:02:47

1. Niu B's play. The overall structure is good! One by one. The very classic story structure and shooting technique of the production era, combined with the details of the exaggerated and humorous dramas of Lubitsch's style, come out as exquisite works with director's style. When thinking about a problem, a very serious political event + a comedy effect is so full of power.
2. No matter in terms of narrative or structure, how should the director break the reality of time and space to tell the story in the language of the lens, and what kind of movie is suitable for the narration? In this movie, I found some answers. Just imagine how bad it would have been if the Italian neorealist period film + narration was used. The more alienated your story is from the real time and space, the more the director can intervene and manipulate in this time and space of your film. It is time to study Brecht's alienating effect.
3. The performance enriches the texture of the film and creates a good rhythm. After the husband came home, he found that the pilot was lying in his bed, and the rhythm was slow. When the wife came back from the Nazi spy, facing her husband and the so-called pilot, the rhythm of the three people's language suddenly became fast. This kind of performance suddenly improved The inner rhythm of the film, including the sense of rhythm in the overall language, the conflict is worth learning, and the rhythm of the performance can be studied more and more from now on.

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Extended Reading
  • Declan 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    [The 400th film in 2013 dedicated to Lubitsch] The 1942 Nazi satirical comedy. Very sophisticated and funny. Well-designed and natural jokes are still hilarious 70 years later. Unforgettable. You can see the shadows of many later movies: the jokey head of "Inglourious Basterds"; the "Mission Impossible 4" both sides and so on. It turned out that it was Lubitsch who played the rest. Comparable to The Great Dictator. But still not as great and immortal as it is. Four and a half stars

  • Chesley 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    How wonderful. Drama invades reality. After watching this, I suddenly realized that some of the scenes from other films are from here.

To Be or Not to Be quotes

  • Joseph Tura: Oh, darling, you were right this morning. I felt so rotten after the rehearsal that I went to Dobash and told him when he advertises the new play to put your name first.

    Maria Tura: Did you, darling? Oh, that's sweet of you; but, I really don't care.

    Joseph Tura: That's what Dobosh said, so we left it as it was.

  • Joseph Tura: [disguised as Professor Siletsky] Well, Colonel, all I can say is... you can't have your cake and shoot it, too.