The dazzling work of Joe White

Lexie 2022-03-26 09:01:06

After "Atonement" and "Pride and Prejudice," Joe White's style seems to have gone to an extreme. The melancholy and the use of long shots in "Atonement" are just right. In "Pride and Prejudice", the melancholy is a bit swaying and inappropriate. Backlight shooting and long shots are a bit abused, which makes this work that should be bright , seems too depressing. The producer once said that this work has added a lot of the director's own feelings. Well, I accept it. After all, everyone has their own Hamlet in their hearts, and naturally everyone also has their own Elizabeth Bennett.

And when it came to "Anna Karenina", Joe White seemed to be complacent. These things, especially long shots, began to be exaggerated, and even a little bit in order to use long shots to turn the narrative of the story into a stage play, scenes and scenes. The switch is to pull with long shots differently, but this technique is gone in the second half, so I don't understand, whether I am watching a stage play or watching a movie. The horse racing scene is obviously plagiarizing Hepburn's "My Fair Lady". The method of the dance scene is actually not new. The main characters are still, and the background characters appear one after another. This expression method also appears in "My Fair Lady". The main characters later dance solo, which is inexplicably used in Pride and Prejudice. In literary works, the dance is a kind of scene, a kind of social interaction, in which various characters are mixed, and it is also an occasion that can best express the relationship between people and human nature. This approach is a bit self-defeating, after all, like "Pride and Prejudice" and Classics like Anna Karenina aren't just for romance.

Being proud is always going to get carried away. The stage play style of "Anna Karenina" did not run through the whole story, which proves that the director may not be able to hold it later, and the skill to control the overall situation is still not enough. After all, Joe White is still very young. In terms of movies that control the style of the stage play, it is worse than George Cook.

In addition, because the movie is about showing off skills, the content will inevitably make people feel shriveled, it is difficult for the audience to enter the plot, and it is even more difficult to feel Anna's social tragedy to achieve a shocking emotional effect. In addition, because the production team of this film is too British, the Russian style of the work seems to be only reflected in the names of the characters.

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  • Hailee 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    1. The innovation of stage effects is very commendable, but this kind of innovation is only suitable for old classics that have been adapted countless times; 2. If the status of "Anna" is elevated to a universal level, it will be tolerated by those laymen who deliberately show off (Levin returned to the countryside on Kizhi Island, and the church behind him has 23 roofs); 3. But the choice of actors, the shape is really terrible: the fart-like Voronsky, Rasputin-like Levin of...

  • Addison 2021-12-18 08:01:10

    The director is quite capable, and there are so many familiar faces in British dramas that are horrifying; Kayla has been wearing a street prostitute hairstyle that makes people unable to look directly; Jude Law leaned in front of Kayla’s bed, but Kayla greeted Aaron to come over, I heard Someone behind him exclaimed, "This woman is so cheap", until Aaron leaned on his bald fur shoulders and wept. In short, Nima has Jude Law as her husband, how could it be possible to have an affair? ? ?

Anna Karenina quotes

  • Alexei Karenin: I consider jealously to be insulting to you and degrading to me. I have no right to inquire into your feelings. They concern only your conscience.

  • Levin: [observing his servants] They look happier than I've ever been. Is it living simply that I'm looking for?