I haven't seen the original version of "Under the Peony". I have learned a little about the plot. I look forward to those drama conflicts. The new cast is surprising: Kidman leads, Coppola Wannian's favorite Dunst, and Xiaohua elle fanning. The only male role is played by Colin Farrell. At first I felt that the choice was not good, but after reading it, I figured it out that the roughness and obvious scheming of the choice was quite appropriate. The story is simple: during the American South American War, a wounded soldier who strayed into the land of a paradise woman, and all kinds of things caused by him. All kinds of awakenings, all kinds of tears, all kinds of human explosions. Needless to say, the man fell from the nightmare battlefield to this paradise, looking around and looking like a clever tongue, full of self-confidence, eternal brain unable to control the lower body, setting the tone for the tragedy and laying the theoretical basis for the tragedy. Kidman uses power cleverly, wandering between reason and emotion, power and desire. Fanning is young and frivolous, thinking that everything in the world can be settled with youth and beauty. The most entangled character is Dunst, the best old-fashioned woman who has passed away. In an unchanging and decadent life, such a rough man who speaks lightly of love suddenly popped up, and his years of education and restraint fell short. Many times, everyone, including herself, understands that this is unreasonable. But remember, in many cases, people are not aiming at the result, but to change the status quo.
Many people criticized this turning point, saying that it turned the country of Beauty into a small island panic, and the turning was too hard. I think it fits the style of the whole movie: minimalism. Except for the costumes that help explain the characters, the movies are basically shot in natural light without any rendering. Created a paradise scene of isolation in the American South. The women are all dressed in white, like forest fairies, spotlessly clean. Therefore, there will be tension in bloody plots such as sewing the legs of the wounded soldiers or even sawing the legs that have not been shown. There is almost no music in the film, which is unheard of in Coppola's films. Coppola’s music tastes very good, anyway, many of the songs I listen to now are because of her movies. The lofty ambitions of using rock and roll to collide with the pictures of the classical palace of Paris in the previous "Peerless Queens" disappeared here. This should be regarded as a kind of rupture or growth, and it brings another kind of solemn beauty.
Let's talk about Dunst. She used to play Fanning's age in "Death of a Virgin". She doesn't know the depth of her head and poses, but everyone loves her. Now, after his youth, the man who keeps saying that he loves has also climbed onto Fanning's bed. She is still struggling to make promises. Seeing that the man was poisoned to death by scheming bitches, he did not resist and returned to the usual. Sitting in front of the door, waiting for Kidman to give orders, his face was indifferent. Although I am quite envious of her once beauty, the actor's own dressing taste, and the list of high-quality boyfriends. But a woman, living to her current age, can be regarded as living a clear and clear life.
The last thing I want to say is that in a group of fairies, there will always be a little fat man, and men will never favor it. But don't make trouble, maybe at the end, you will die in her hands. . . . . .
(This article was originally published in the author's WeChat subscription account: Talking Little Universe)
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