I still remember that in addition to love, there are some elements missing in the 19th edition of Little Women, which I felt in the 94 edition of the adaptation. The length is a bit long, so it is divided into two parts, details, characters, and plots.
Since the first publication, Little Women has been continuously reproduced into different media formats such as movies, televisions, and musicals. A simple and simple novel with family life as the theme can span more than a century-not to mention that the current social, economic, and cultural environment can no longer be compared with the era when the novel was created. At that time, reading was the only thing people could do. The recreational entertainment-still maintain a strong vitality and appeal. There must be elements in the original work that can directly touch people's hearts , transcend the times , and respect national boundaries , and they will not change with the development of society, economy, politics, and media. In the 19th edition of the movie "Little Women" (hereinafter referred to as the 19th edition), the audience can easily fall into the transient and passionate love entanglements of the characters, which affect the emotions of each character's love. Audiences who are familiar with the plot of the Little Women can hardly feel the touching elements originally contained in "Little Women". They may ask questions: Is this still the classic masterpiece I know? The audience may be able to make up for this kind of lack of feeling in the 94 version of the movie "Little Women" (hereinafter referred to as the 94 version). Two versions of the film adaptation are taken by female directors, but to the audience two such different responses, so that we have the opportunity to glimpse, community meetings title changes and popular culture mapping in the film medium.
detail
Audiences who are very familiar with Little Women can find effortlessly that the director hides more plot, character and more realistic details in version 94 . For example, before returning, the mother would knock on her shoes on the door frame to shake off snowflakes to avoid wetting the warm house. At the same time, this scene and sound played the role of reminding the audience of the appearance of a new character; in version 19, this scene changed to The mother entered the house directly from the door.
After that, Meg said to her mother who had just returned from the outside: "You are freezing," and her mother replied: "Look at the people outside the Hope House", suggesting the mother's working environment.
Immediately afterwards, his mother asked Beth "Is your cold better?" This gave the audience a message that Beth was weaker;
The mother blurted out to John: "Girls have the same needs for activities as boys. Weakness and dizziness are the result of restricting women from wearing corsets and bending over to do housework at home", revealing the educational philosophy and feminist ideas of the March family;
The discussion of the four sisters with Laurie in the attic hinted at their curiosity about the stranger and rationalized the envy that Amy showed when he learned that the two sisters were riding in the neighbor's carriage.
At the wedding of Meg and John, Beth had to lie in a chair to rest, reminding the audience of the death threats this character might face.
It's not that the 19th edition is all straightforward statements. Playing Beth's piano when the professor first visited March's house also implied that he would eventually join the family, perhaps to fill the vacancy where Beth passed away.
The 94 version of the venue and setting are also full of more details worth observing. The audience can see from the publishers where the two film versions also appeared: one is messy, the author’s original manuscripts are piled up and down, the other is clean and tidy, people have Sitting in seats orderly and discussing, it's like a government office.
In the 94 version of the movie, the audience has the opportunity to find the details hidden in a line or a background by the director during the viewing process. This is the interaction between the audience and the director without verbal communication, which is separated by time and screen. The details are far less convincing than the information the audience is looking for.
Role
The two versions of the movie have different degrees of inking on different characters. The 19th version of Beth is difficult to impress the audience, and has become a symbolic character-her death is the reason for the family to reunite and Jo to rewrite the novel. In the 94 version, Beth’s character image is more vivid and rich. The audience can find in her dying words: "I love being home, but I don't like being left behind, now I'm the one going ahead." , This girl is far more than kind, just like other March girls with courage and ambition. More than that, she also has the shining points of the other three sisters: Meg's gentleness, Jo's talent and Amy's ambition. The director chose to give the audience such a strong emotional impact at the end, forcing them to re-examine this neglected role .
In the original book, the professor is described as a man in his fifties. In the 94 version, the director chose an older actor who has no advantage in appearance to play the role of the professor. She made an effort to make the audience gradually accept the love between the professor and Jo . Back in modern society, the audience will easily fall in love with the professor in the 19th edition: a young character with a sexy foreign accent. The director does not need to spend any energy trying to get the audience to accept the pair, because she understands what the audience wants to see .
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