I don't know when it started, "fast" has become the highest state of development in this era. High-speed, high-speed rail, fast food, fast food, flash marriage, and the 4G network recently launched by China Mobile, it is said that if you forget to turn off the network at night, you will find that your house has moved in the morning! (The more popular jokes on the Internet that 4G network charges are high, and also reflect the fast network speed) It is in such a fast background that the old Hollywood movie "Street Corner Store" shot in the 1940s will appear so Elegance, voices are one slow, one love. When it comes to "Street Corner Store", I can't help but mention the director Lubitsch, and when it comes to Lubitsch, we can't help but mention Lubitsch Touch. There are many versions of the definition of Lubitsch Touch, but for us laymen It's too difficult. I read a film review that said it very well. "Praise is not too much" and "sarcasm is not harsh". He gently knocks on our hearts, not too light to detect, not too heavy to make people hysterical , we are not too excited to move. The story takes place in the 1930s and 1940s, in a shop on the corner of Budapest. A pair of pen pals communicated their hearts to each other through letters, chatting about the world, and the seeds of love also germinated quietly. A pair of colleagues who get along day and night have been fighting each other since the first day of working together, with constant friction and deep grievances. Now, after the baptism of Hollywood and idol dramas, the audience can see at a glance that the colleague who quarrels all day is the soulmate they think about day and night. But putting this story at the time, with such a character setting, people must be applauded. Lubitsch, however, doesn't really want to sell this off, giving a seemingly random freeze to the carnations in Novak's staff cabinet soon after the film begins. In fact, this movie, which can be called the originator of this genre, is actually not as vulgar as we think. In terms of plot arrangement, although we guessed the ending, the process was twists and turns. How many times, after Kralik found out that the sweetheart he had never met was Novak, I kept whispering in my heart, hurry up, tell her, hurry up with her. See, this is the typical monkey anxious mentality of modern society. We obviously don't have the composure of people of that era. Kralik can test Novak again and again to determine her feelings and attitudes towards herself and the person in the letter, and after considering and striving for material abundance , before finally revealing his identity to Novak. Such a careful thought and a sense of responsibility as a man are beyond the reach of modern people. I call this film a fairy tale without a trace of color. So pure, it makes people fascinated; so quiet, it makes people intoxicated; so thick, it makes people pounding. (Written a long time ago, not finished, can't continue now...)
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