The plot of "The Borgia Family" started from Rodrigo Borgia's campaign for the Pope. Rodrigo Borgia succeeded in taking the position with the black gold politics of large bribes and became Pope Alexander VI. A painting of Vatican style full of greed, murder, and desire is spread out. The impression left to posterity during the Renaissance was mostly the splendid artistic eruption and humanistic spirit. "The Borgia Family" brings another footnote from the Renaissance period to the audience. This footnote is covered with shocking blood and swallowed inhuman luxury.
The trend of famous directors' involvement in the TV industry has become more and more intense in Europe and the United States. For example, Martin Scorsese assisted in "Atlantic Empire", and the director of "Floating World" is Todd Hines. "Family Borgia" is also in this wave of trends. The first player, Neil Jordan, won the Oscar statuette, the Golden Lion and the Silver Bear. As early as 2006, Neil Jordan had been involved in the story of the Borgia family. It is said that he directed Colin Farrell as Cesare Borgia and Scarlett Johansson as Lucrezia Borgia's "Borgia", but it has not been seen so far. The trace is probably gone. From movies to TV series, Neil Jordan finally fulfilled his wish. Without the constraints of the length of the movie, he started from the beginning the Borgia family ruled Italy for 30 years.
In the family pedigree controlled by Rodrigo Borgia, every member of the family has become a pawn of power. In the first season, Rodrigo Borgia, played by Oscar actor Jeremy Irons, is the absolute protagonist. He opened the prosperity of the Borgia family and a dark age. Pope Alexander VI itself is a huge paradox. He forgives the sins of others on behalf of God, and the person most in need of forgiveness is himself.
Later in history, Cesare Borgia, who was daunting to Italians, and the legendary woman Lucrezia Borgia, in the first season, were only the help of the Pope. Most of the time, their identities are children of their fathers, adding a little warmth to the prologue of this bloody storm. From the perspective of consequence, there is probably no difference in the initial differences between human nature and evil in the Borgia family. From the moment they were born, they have been constantly instilled with the corrosive education of power and conspiracy. They are the future masters of power and the victims of power. They cannot escape the long-established altar of the family. Especially Lucrezia, from the beginning to the end of the first season, she changed from an innocent girl to a femme girl who is good at calculating. Learning how to protect yourself and how to hurt others, this is a gratifying and terrifying transformation.
Sitting in front of the TV or computer, after watching the intrigue scene after scene, watching the flower of desire grow from bud to blooming. As a costume drama, many scenes are in the church, "The Borgia Family" has a gorgeous background, costumes and attire, photography and music are also very particular. Every corner of the exquisite hall is hidden in a dark vortex. The output of the picture is not only entertainment and black science for the purpose of excitement, but also a section of the luxury era, although this section is not a 100% copy , Is also enough to provide a schematic diagram that considers that era.
"The flower of evil in the Renaissance", or "the prosperity of literature and art in the dark age", this kind of positive phrase contains a certain causal tendency. It seems to say that the Renaissance is the nourishment of the flower of evil, or that the dark age nurtures literature and art. Renaissance, obviously, is not appropriate. History has judged the Borgia family, and there is no need to say anything. In the movie "The Third Man", Orson Welles has a line related to the Borgia family: "In the 30 years of the Borgia family’s rule, the Italians have experienced war, fear, murder and blood. This was the birth of Angelo Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the great Renaissance. In Switzerland, there has been 500 years of peace, but what have the Swiss dedicated to the world? Only the cuckoo clock. "Rehabilitation? excuse? It's not even considered. This is just a perspective on history. What is certain is that Da Vinci and Cesare have a lot of contacts. In the next plot, if nothing else, Da Vinci should appear on the scene, and Cesare's assassinations will be more frequent. At the end of the first season, the family carnival scene of the Borgia family was just the tranquility before the killing.
■ "Beijing Youth Daily"
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