The story of "Green Book" is very direct. It tells about a black musician who went to perform in a racially discriminated southern region. For safety reasons, he invited a white driver to accompany him. On the way, a black and a white pair formed a wonderful partner. .
The film deliberately put the racial issues of that era and the complicated topics endowed by that era outside the main shot, while the main line of the film is to make the two relaxed and happy male protagonists feel the contradiction of joy, so that the audience can be the most comfortable. The perception of the film accepted.
We usually say that a good movie will have contradictions from all sides. On the surface, "Green Book" seems to be the contradiction and run-in between the driver and the musician in the world, but the film extends deeper. The contradiction between man and the times, man and man, man and himself.
Many people say that the Oscars are so boring. One of the big reasons is that there is nothing to dispute whether it is "Roma" or "Green Book" that won the best. No matter when these two works are placed Section, is a good film.
Especially "Green Book", the film is not a literary and artistic film in the traditional sense, but a film that can make your viewing process very pleasant, and it will make you feel very warm and happy after watching it.
Movies with the same structure and character, in previous years, there are "Bucket List" and "Unreachable" . These two movies are also a combination of black and white. There are also contradictions and running-in between the two sides, and finally a life-long friendship has been established.
The more advanced part of "Green Book" is that it has added racial issues, thinking of the times, and musical elements that can best mobilize the audience's emotions, and the film is also a road theme type. The composition of these elements makes "Green Book" "From any angle, it is impeccable. That's why the film won the Oscar for Best Screenplay.
The film is adapted from real events, and every main character in it has a prototype reference. In fact, when "Green Book" was released, it had already caused a lot of controversy outside the play.
"Pseudo-equal rights" is the biggest off-topic label of the film. Even if "Green Book" wins the Oscar for best picture, many black people in the United States will not like "Green Book" because the film is positioned as a white man who is a black man. Escort and influence the lonely soul of the black man from the white man.
From this perspective, Shirley's family has the most opinion in reality. They have announced more than once, pointing out that "Green Book" Tony and Shirley are just ordinary employment relationships, and they believe that the screenwriter is Nick Vallelonga. Tony's son, who also wrote the story between Tony and Shirley in a white manner.
Because the two protagonists in the film have died in reality, this also makes "Green Book" a little more Rashomon in the comparison of reality.
Da Cong has compiled some interesting comparisons between reality and the film to let everyone know more about Tony and Shirley outside of "Green Book".
In reality, Tony was working as a bouncer in a New York City nightclub before taking a job as a driver for African-American musician Don Shirley.
Don Shirley, as a black man, would not have achieved such high achievements in that era if it wasn't for his musical talent at that time.
Shirley started playing the piano at age 2, playing with the Boston Pops at 18, and Tchaikovsky's B-level piano concerto, as Shirley says in the film, not every pianist can play it Chopin (both musicians).
That is, in that scene, Tony suggested that Shirley should stop studying classical music from an angle that his own public and Shirley had never considered, but to develop in the direction of pop and jazz.
In reality, Shirley took Tony's advice and he mixed classical music with other types of pop music to create his own genre.
In the back of the film, Shirley and Tony went to a black bar and restaurant, Shirley played jazz, and it also showed that Shirley accepted Tony's suggestion and tried to change his music style.
But in reality, Shirley doesn't like jazz and bar performances. He believes that such an environment does not respect music, especially jazz pianists, who sometimes perform with a cigarette and a glass of whiskey next to the piano. , these habits are a challenge for Shirley.
The film actually highlights this, when Shirley puts the whisky next to the piano on the floor as he prepares to play in the black bar and restaurant.
In this special employment relationship, Tony was indeed a true racist before. After all, Tony grew up in a concentrated area of Italy in the United States, and it is normal to have a certain sense of ethnic isolation, but through and Shirley Down south, Tony witnessed the atrocities of racial discrimination, and Tony changed his mind since then.
The film is named after "Green Book". As explained in the film, this book is a guidebook for black people in the era of isolation. The book introduces black people in the United States, especially in the South, which restaurant to eat and which hotel to eat. You can go to live there, and also introduce which cities are "sunset cities", which prohibit black people from going out after the sun goes down.
In the film, Tony and Shirley were asked for trouble by the police because they passed through a certain "Sunset City".
Then Tony and Shirley were locked in the bureau. In reality, it was indeed because of Tony's conflict that he called the police, and Shirley was really friends with Rob Kennedy, so Shirley called Rob Kennedy for help. .
A few days after their tour in reality, Rob Kennedy's brother, the then US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Shirley also took time to attend Kennedy's funeral, but this part was not included in the film, After all, it does not match the main story of the film.
There is also a particularly interesting part of writing love letters in the film. In reality, it is indeed Shirley who is writing letters for Tony, but the film has done a more romantic treatment, letting Shirley secretly write love letters for Tony, but in reality, Tony writes The letters home, all explained clearly, and they were written by Shirley.
There is also a scene in the film where Shirley was caught while taking a bath. I don't know if the domestic version will be cut or not. In reality, such an embarrassing thing happened to Shirley, although in reality Shirley never did. Announcing his homosexual orientation, and when Tony ran to the rescue, Shirley was not naked, and the specific details, in fact, they did not reveal too much to the outside world.
Shirley's family is actually very dissatisfied with such a tendentious depiction of the film.
In reality, in addition to the achievements of the artist Shirley, in fact, Tony also has his own career in the film industry. Tony has worked as a bodyguard in a nightclub and as a driver of Shirley. In his life, he also participated in Coppola " In the movie "The Godfather", he was just a trickster in the little girl's wedding at the beginning of the film, and it is estimated that it is difficult for anyone to find him.
Tony's most famous film and television work should be Carmine Lupertazzi in "The Sopranos" .
The first "Green Book" was published in 1936. In the next 30 years, it sold as many as 15,000 copies a year. Now everyone can clearly feel that this is a book with racial discrimination, but Ironically, this "Green Book" brought a lot of convenience to black people in that era.
And the amazing thing is that the Green Book is still available on Amazon, as well as a hardcover and paperback edition. I went to the comment area out of curiosity, and everyone did not object to the existence of this book, but gave it a five-star praise, so as not to forget the black history of the black isolation era.
Although viewed from a harsh perspective, "Green Book" still lacks enthusiasm in terms of thematic excavation depth, and the film also lacks a strong directing style. The film is more inclined to a neat script that starts from succession and transition, and when to shake the burden and when to start friction , When the climax comes, the film is accurately calculated.
It is precisely because of this that "Green Book" has done a very good job in the audience's relationship with the audience, and the watchability is very high. The closed-loop happy ending also leaves the film with little room for discussion, so frankly, if you want me to watch it again, I will. is hesitant.
Most people's evaluation of the film is simple and happy, and these four words are very appropriate for "Green Book".
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