Treasure old lady's 'unknown' past

Eunice 2022-03-28 09:01:09

In the dog abuse variety show "Wife's Romantic Travel", the young actor Ying Er once admitted that he was once in confusion because he had given birth to a child.

Indeed, many actresses will more or less affect the development of their careers because of family and fertility problems.

When you are young and beautiful, from young women in the workplace to young schoolgirls, you can always have a wide range of dramas;

And once a family is formed, especially after giving birth to a child, the drama seems to have narrowed a lot invisibly.

But then again, from young to old, it is the only way for everyone.

Don't actresses stop being actresses just because they get older?

If an actor is good enough, his acting skills are proficient enough, and his mentality is stable enough, then the saying "Actors eat their youth" simply doesn't apply to him.

There are treasured old ladies like Maggie Smith after all .

age crisis?

non-existent non-existent.

She is a gem of British acting, one of "Britain's most outstanding actresses";

When she first entered the film industry, she was only 31 years old when she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress with Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Othello";

In the following ten years , she has won many Oscars , BAFTA Awards and Golden Globes for classic films such as " Spring Breeze Never Turns Rain " , " California Suite " , " Massacre on the Nile " , " Quartet " and so on . Awards and other awards and the favor of the audience;

When she was 58 years old, a "Nun is Crazy" made the film critics applaud at the time, and it won the crazy love of fans around the world, thus establishing her status in the international film industry;

In the 21st century, Professor McGonagall of the "Harry Potter" series once again made her gain a large number of fans and fans;

Known as "Britain's most successful series of era dramas" , "Downton Abbey" , which has never been rated below 8.3 , in which she played the elegant and dignified old countess has become one of the representatives of British elegant culture ... ...

I have seen this comment on Maggie Smith:

Maggie Smith, a lively old lady, is always in the focus of light and shadow. Whether she plays the leading role or a supporting role, she can bring us the enjoyment of art and an attitude towards life.

The years have left marks on her face.

At the same time, it also left behind the beauty of precipitation.

Today, let's take a look at another look of this treasured old lady:

In the British film "The Lady in the Van," based on Alan Bennett's play , she plays the eccentric , stinky, grumpy "Ms. Shepherd" .

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Screenwriter: Alan Bennett

Type: Biography

Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings

Length: 104 minutes

How weird is the behavior?

Her residence is not a house, but a dilapidated minivan. No matter what color the car was originally, she had to paint it a bright bright yellow;

Her food and drink are all in the car, and Lazar usually goes to the nearby houses to rub, because she doesn't take a bath all the year round, she always looks disheveled and sloppy;

Why is your temper so stinky and hard?

She never responded to the warm greetings of strangers, and slapped the other person fiercely;

She never appreciates or appreciates the kind help from the surrounding residents and related charitable organizations;

Even the writer Alan , who has been silently providing her with a parking space for 15 years, silently taking care of and helping her in life , has always had a cold and indifferent attitude .

What is the concept of 15 years?

It is a rare thing to insist on giving unconditionally to an irrelevant person for 15 years.

What's more, the object is a grumpy old lady who can turn you into the sky at any time!

The behavior of this Alan writer is truly admirable.

Read this review:

The film embodies life, a trivial and ordinary life, emanating from the depths of everyday life, without any artificially twisted sense of story.

In fact, the story between the writer Alan and the grumpy old lady is real .

The story is based on the real experience of screenwriter Alan Bennett , who has performed it in the form of a stage play.

It was later adapted into a screenplay by him.

And Alan Bennett himself had a cameo addiction at the end of the film.

Alan in the movie is a writer with a double-sided character :

One is clean-minded and reclusive; the other is soft-hearted and caring for others.

These two characters are called by Alan Bennett himself: one living, one writing. One handles the chores of life and communicates with others, while the other looks on and records objectively.

The film's witty self-talk also makes the otherwise vivid story even more interesting.

He is so weird that even his mother doesn't want to live with him, but he is willing to take in a weird goddess;

Clearly obsessed with cleanliness, but obviously resisted in his heart, but still extended a helping hand;

He is Alan, a fine-grained writer, and Alan, a polite and humble good-natured man.

As the plot progresses further, we gradually discover that this eccentric old lady has a sad and unknown past.

The reason why she reacts violently to the music playing of the children around her is because she was taught a hard lesson in her love for playing the piano in her nun days;

The reason why she always has an attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away is because of the injuries she has suffered;

The reason why she has been living her life in a way of atonement is because of the mistakes she has made...

Putting aside all the past, she is actually an old lady full of childlike innocence and yearning for innocence.

She is actually very cute when she orders an ice cream and rides on the merry-go-round alone.

With a wheelchair, she is actually very happy with her feet off the ground and sliding on the ground.

The most moving moment in the film is the moment when the old lady sits in the slowly rising wheelchair;

The most soulful moment in the film is the moment when the old lady's withered fingers are placed on the piano;

The happiest moment in the film is the moment when she becomes "soul mates" with the young man who had an accident.

Also read this review:

The film tells the story of two "weird people", occasionally interspersed with a sentence or two of British humor, and the tone is like Shepard's old yellow-painted truck, which has a lively and intimate worldliness.

Originally it was a sad story, but with humorous dialogue, bright tones and interesting characters' experiences, all the sadness was buried, and what remained in people's hearts was joy and hope.

As long as there is hope in your heart, life is actually not that hard.

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Extended Reading
  • Dusty 2022-03-20 09:02:35

    It's a good story, and the awkward old lady is also very suitable for Maggie's role, but it's not very good to make a movie.

  • Kole 2022-03-23 09:03:01

    After understanding the whole story, you will feel that the experiences that changed her are not as shocking as you imagined, but if you think about it carefully, for each individual, most of the things that really keep you from getting around and affect your character and habits are not big things. The effects are not proportional. Be kind to those around you. And the Englishman in the movie is such a good gentleman and merciful, the old lady is amazing. 20160619

The Lady in the Van quotes

  • Alan Bennett: Shouldn't you say sorry?

    Miss Shepherd: I've no time for sorry. Sorry is for God.

  • Miss Briscoe, Social Worker: We all have names. Perhaps if you called her by her name and she called you by yours, "Alan", "Mary", you never know, it might be easier to talk things through.

    Alan Bennett: Through? There is no through. How do you talk things through with someone who has conversations with the Virgin Mary?