compared to "Pride and Prejudice" Other film version, the version of the 95BBC beginning to convey a lot of information, which shows the foot work under screenwriter. In the first picture, the horseshoe hits the Mercedes Benz on the slope, turning over the dirt, and then the two gentlemen comment on the Niederfeld Garden. There is no static movement in the meantime. In the tidbits, the screenwriter pointed out that this is to set a vibrant general tune at the beginning of the scene. Brisk and full of rhythm, this is the tone of the original writing.
Bentley: The scenery is so beautiful!
Darcy: I grant you (I grant you), it's pretty good-looking.
Bentley: I know it's not as good as Pembery, but I have to find a place to live. How about your approval?
Darcy: You will find the people here are quite rough.
Bentley: I think it’s cute.
Darcy: Then you can rent it.
Bentley: Thank you.
Bentley's easy-going, Darcy's picky and arrogant, immediately appeared. The relationship between the two is also clear in a few sentences. This kind of friend relationship in which one party depends on the other party is transformed later in the story. As Bentley grows up, he needs to learn to make his own mind and not ask for Darcy's advice on everything. Later when he decided to propose to Ji Ying, he asked Darcy the same way: "Then I have your approval? (Then I have your approval?) Darcy smiled: Do you need my consent? Bentley Rin: No, but I’m still happy to know that you agreed.
Then, the camera zoomed out. Two gentlemen rode across the field, and this scene fell in the eyes of Elizabeth Bennett who came out for a walk. This hinted at her position in the story: " "Pride and Prejudice" is always a story based on Elizabeth's observation. Jennifer Ehle raised her mouth, showing that this lady enjoys the pleasures of nature and is also very interested in observing people. She returned home and made noise with her mother and sister. He didn't show any disgust, but made an expression of knowing helplessness with his father. Then Ji Ying came out of the room and put down the book on hand to talk to her mother. This shows Ji Ying's docile temperament and the role in the family.
More than 2 minutes into the opening, the basic relationships and personalities of the characters in the original work have been revealed one by one. Then, before entering the gossip of the new owner of Niederfeld Garden, the characters and relationships continue to be filled with details. The famous allegory of "a rich bachelor must want to marry a wife" was uttered by Lizzy. Mr. Ban ridiculed his wife and made the daughters laugh. Lizzy later reflected on this, thinking that the father's actions harmed the mother's image and status and were actually not good for the family relationship. Among the five daughters, Mary didn't find anything funny. Lydia laughed and talked unscrupulously. Katie agreed with Lydia. Although Ji Ying and Lizzy also found it funny, they still restrained the sisters from being too presumptuous. The relationship between husband and wife, mother and daughter, and sisters was further clarified when the plot progressed more than 4 minutes.
The screenwriter then asked the two eldest class girls to talk before going to bed, and made comments on the topic of "love and bread", thus not only revealing the deep friendship of the two sisters, but also explaining their marital difficulties one by one. At this point, the overall background explanation is completed, including each person's temperament, talents, mutual relationship, and economic situation. Although some lines in this scene are indeed a bit blunt, they do show all the background that should be explained, and the subsequent plots have a basis. The casting of this version of the
role
has been disliked for a long time, because the female role is too plump. However, referring to the portrait paintings of the same period, we can see that this was indeed the aesthetic fashion of the time. Women's corsets had to hold up their chests, and the light-colored, high-waisted, and succinctly cut skirt styles alleviated the heaviness of the plump body. Jennifer Ehle does run briskly, which is in line with Darcy's "found that her body is not symmetrical here and there, but at the end I have to admit that she is light and likable".
Her first brilliant performance was when Elizabeth heard Dasi talk about her. First, he snickered because Bentley persuaded Darcy to dance, and then was surprised by Darcy's contempt for the locals. Most of the smile disappeared; the conversation between the two gentlemen continued to develop, and the personality characteristics were undoubtedly revealed. Elizabeth found it funny and began to smile slightly. ; Then Bentley mentioned her and encouraged Darcy to dance with her. Elizabeth lowered her eyes and felt embarrassed when she heard that she was being discussed. Darcy replied, "She's tolerable," she frowned, and turned to look at him; "but it's not beautiful enough to make me tempted." This was too mean. Elizabeth was really surprised and opened her mouth slightly. Then he raised his eyes unhappily to look at Darcy, and slowly turned amused, and couldn't help pursing his lips and walked to Miss Lucas to tell her. This performance is short and rich. Although Elizabeth and Darcy have formed a bridge, she does not change her naughty and intelligent nature, but her dignified manner reveals her rich emotions and thoughts.
Colin Firth was repeatedly troubled by the role of Darcy, because his image has since been finalized, and even published a "BJ Single Diary" that expresses the madness of all British women for Darcy, and he is still asked to play the leading actor with Darcy personality. It should be said that Colin Firth is not comparable to Laurence Oliver, who has played the same role for 40 years, but his gestures and gestures are all style. When he looks at the crowd, his eyes always have the meaning of scrutiny. After noticing Elizabeth, his eyes are not What kind of strong emotions made Elizabeth only think that he stared at her because he hated her so much, and never noticed Darcy's feelings. But Colin Firth's eyes are full of subtle expressiveness. In the scene where Elizabeth refused to dance with him, he did not "feel sad", his eyes showed a soft look for the first time, "missing her quite happily". Another highlight was that he saw Elizabeth walking to Niederfeld to visit her sick sister. Her expression remained unchanged, but her eyes were suspicious and admired: "On the one hand, he admires her bright complexion after walking, and on the other, he doubts her. Is it worth to come here alone for such a thing?” When Elizabeth left Niederfeld, he watched the carriage leave, frowning slightly, because then he realized that he was becoming more drunk with her and secretly thought about it. shock. This is an important reminder that he both admires her and looks down on her family.
Such quiet and subtle and rich performances are the characteristics of the two protagonists in this version. To fully express the character of these two characters, it must be so. These two people have one thing in common, but it is not Elizabeth's ridicule of "not talking easily, and wanting to be a blockbuster when you say it." Darcy is distinguished and arrogant by nature. Although he has both insight and judgment, he does not easily express his emotions to the people around him; even if he has deep feelings for Elizabeth, he does not show any courtesy. And Elizabeth is more active in thinking, emotional, and even emotional than any female role, but she also understands the truth, considers human feelings, and has an inherent normative force for her upbringing. This kind of inner richness and decent behavior creates a certain tension. It should be admitted that the two actors have performed this kind of personality tension quite adequately, which also gave a powerful and vivid interpretation to the etiquette crowd in the Austin era.
Generally speaking, the casting of this version is more appropriate. Bentley's face is beautiful, cheerful and flexible. It's a pity that Ji Ying is not a beauty at first sight. But the actor's appearance is very classical, just like the image on an oil painting, to express her calm personality and not easy to show emotions. As a result, Darcy thought she was not tempted by Bentley. Miss Bentley is not as good-looking as in the original book, but the actor emphasized the characteristics of Miss Bentley's high self-esteem and her accent from her dress to her eyes and her lines. Mr. Collins' performance is also a classic. This character is stupid, but he is clever, extremely snobbery, arrogant and humble and obedient. Austin's comic-style brushwork is interpreted by the comedy-style performance. Relatively speaking, Wickham's image is far worse, just "okay, but not beautiful enough to make so many little girls tempted." However, this actor's performance is also remarkable, with fashionable chic demeanor and sly expression, even if Elizabeth finally exposes a lie, she tries to maintain her demeanor in embarrassment. Giorgioanna Darcy was supposed to be a young girl who had grown up in stature, but the play was too thin, fortunately she was shy, sensitive and intelligent. Uncle Ban’s is shrewd and open-minded, while his aunt’s temperament is more refined, responding to Austin’s background that set her to be higher than her husband. Mr. Ban’s image at the beginning was like making fun of people, but he was also caring for his daughter and was able to perform basic family duties. After Lydia eloped, his image became fuller: on the one hand, he deeply admitted that he had over-educated his daughter. Negligence made a big mistake, but on the other hand, he also understood that his situation "will be over in a few days." This self-deprecating expression expresses his frustration and laziness. For Mr. Ban, he would only sneer and ridicule the absurdity of the world and his own absurdity, but he could not and had no intention of making changes. Miss Lucas' performance is also very subtle. When she heard that Elizabeth had rejected Collins’ marriage proposal and decided to fight for this opportunity, she suddenly thought of herself, after thinking for a moment, she looked down and made up her mind, slightly vacillating, and she didn’t need to use words to show it. The situation of this smart and sensitive lady: getting older, has become a burden to her family; and she sees the world too clearly, thinking that love is not a necessity for marriage. Under this premise, she reluctantly chose for herself Mr. Collins, who was far less intelligent and knowledgeable than herself, but could bring a comfortable life. These details all subtly hit the core of the character's image.
Plot and scene
The character's character is in place, and the story is mostly completed. In addition, the entire play has abundant information, which provides sufficient background information for the development of each plot. In the six episodes, none of the shots is meaningless. Even if it's just a shot slowly passing the crowd, you can see Lydia flirting with the officers, Jiying and Bentley are tender and affectionate, quietly reminding the development of the secondary line of the story. When Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam talked in the foreground, Collins kept flattering Darcy in the background. The music also matches the picture and plot, resulting in a compact and rich style of the whole play, and the progress is full of rhythm.
The main line of the story-the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy is full of tension in the early stage, and there are several one-on-one dialogues in the play. It was the first time in Niederfeld to discuss Darcy’s arrogant character and his flaws. The two came and went to form a tense back and forth, but they were clearly close to each other in intelligence. At the end of the dialogue, they reached an agreement with some kind of intimate joke, and the result was called Miss Bentley was very upset, so she hurried to play the piano and interrupted. At the second dance, the two maintained their formation among the dancing crowd, but their dialogue and emotions were almost tense. The growing disgust on Elizabeth's side and the doubts about Darcy's image have paved the way for the subsequent plot. Later in Rosings, Elizabeth spoke to Colonel Fitzwilliam at the piano, but she was actually teasing Darcy. Darcy expressed herself seriously and even embarrassedly. Although there is still confrontation in the dialogue, in fact the exchange between the two is the deepest of all. In these several performances, the pause between the words and the expressions of both sides determine the atmosphere of the dialogue, and also determine the emotional development of the two. Darcy's feelings grew deeper and harder to suppress; Elizabeth was unaware, and only strengthened this person's very arrogant impression. But on the other hand, the ability to form such a tense dialogue between the two of them just shows that the two are equal in intelligence and understanding, which constitutes the rational basis for their feelings. ——Austin doesn’t think that unprovoked love is reliable. Therefore, how to grasp the rhythm of this dialogue in the performance is very important to the advancement of the plot.
The key to the problem between the two is how the emotions change, how the two began to reflect, recognize and adjust themselves through the marriage proposal that ended in a quarrel. After Elizabeth had read Darcy's letter of explanation, she kept thinking back on the way home. The messy horseshoes and the sound of rolling cars suggested that the struggle in her heart was fierce. In her subsequent conversation with Ji Ying, she expressed her reflection and realized that her previous judgments were too arbitrary and superficial.
Finally, Lizzy joked to her sister that she had fallen in love with Darcy since seeing Pembery, which caused Ji Ying to call her serious. On the surface, this seemed to say that Darcy's magnificent manor and wealth moved her. However, if you see how Austin connects Pembery's scenery with its owner, and several main scenes in the play are also arranged according to the character's temperament, there will be other understandings. Longborn is simple, casual, and comfortable. The priest's mansion is also very simple. The interior design is somewhat trivial, but there is always some ostentation on the stairs and beds. When Rosings Manor appeared, it was specially matched with the theme music of Mrs. Catherine, and later appeared again when Mrs. Elizabeth threatened Elizabeth, which was very effective. The Rosings Mansion is magnificent, overlooking the neatly built garden below, as if Mrs. Catherine’s pressing force is to impose her will on the priests and couples, the poor in the parish, and even the wardrobes and clothes in the subordinates’ homes. The folding method has been implemented. Go to the shrubs and grass in the garden. Mrs. Catherine was sitting on the throne to receive the guests. The walls were decorated with richly colored oil paintings, and the whole scene was like a solemn oil painting. Thinking of the various ridiculous things about the host and the guests made it even more funny.
The opposite is the beauty of Pembery. Rosings’s first scene was awe-inspiring and majestic, while Pembery Building’s first appearance was extremely beautiful. The natural scenery of Pemberley is typical of English gardens. The hillsides, woods, streams and buildings are in harmony with each other, full of natural flavor and no vulgarity. The furnishings in the building are also stylish and elegant. Such an environment illustrates the taste of the owner himself. The commendation of a smart housekeeper to the master best demonstrates the good character of the master. It was in these side reactions that Elizabeth's perception of Darcy gradually changed. In the process of admiring the scenery and visiting the house, her micro expressions reminded her that although she was looking at the scenery in her eyes, she was thinking back to the past in her heart. When Darcy himself appeared, he changed his previous style and was polite to her and her merchant relatives, and surprised Elizabeth, who had originally wanted to see him embarrassed. Darcy still spoke with restraint, but did not hide his eagerness and nervousness. Elizabeth was surprised, delighted, and still somewhat restrained. When I was reading the original work in the early years, I couldn't read these detailed emotions. When I looked at the video, I remembered them one by one.
For Austen's novels, which are far from modern in terms of style, time and overall environment, modern readers often cannot read them in their hearts and figure out the feelings of the characters like people of the same generation. The role of good film and television works is to communicate this time span, to bring modern readers into the situation with intuitive means, so that the emotions and feelings in the text touch our hearts. Wherever there is an adaptation, it cannot be done arbitrarily. The scattered plots in the original work can be combined to focus on important dialogues (such as the dialogue at Niederfeld and the ball). Although the progress is fast, it is reasonable; where the text is not mentioned, the plot is supplemented to help understand ( For example, showing Darcy's hard work searching for Wickham and Lydia in the City of London). After all, I was talking about humanity and sophistication. Without the fullness of feelings and feelings, I just fell into copying books. The 84 edition of "Pride and Prejudice" is more than elegant, but lacks enthusiasm, and it turns out to be very dull. Elizabeth observes the people around her with anger and interest, and participates wholeheartedly; it is also out of the same interest that Austin himself described these parents with such interest, and although she satirized the stupid words and deeds, she was not cynical. . On the contrary, from Elizabeth, Eleanor to Annie, the most prominent virtue of these heroines is their sober and warm understanding of human relations and ethics, showing a keen sense of life. From this point of view, the 95 version adopts this brisk and dense rhythm, warm and bright tones, and meticulous details, which fully demonstrates the tone of Austin's thoughts, and the true charm of "Pride and Prejudice" emerges from this.
At the end of
this version, unfortunately, after Bentley and his entourage returned to Niederfeld, Darcy and Elizabeth had a series of opportunities for contact. During several tea parties, Elizabeth was anxious about whether he still maintained feelings for himself. This paragraph has basically been deleted. As a result, the relationship development between the two people later lost some time for development. But the ups and downs of the scene between Mrs. Catherine and Elizabeth, sparks, and even Darcy's second marriage proposal was compared, enough to show that Elizabeth's feelings have been firm.
Compared with the beginning, the pastor preached on marriage at the end. Although it summarized several marriages in the story, it seemed a bit more blunt and the teaching taste was too strong. This is certainly contrary to Austin's style, but in comparison, it would be even more outrageous to understand her work as a collection of love stories. That way of understanding and feeling romantically is exactly what Austin himself satirized. Merely understanding "Pride and Prejudice" as a romance novel, or thinking that Jane Austen only satirizes certain characters and affirms certain characters, which belittles the comprehension of this female writer as the "Shakespeare in Prose" and the merits. The rich meaning of the book as a classic has prevailed so far. In this regard, although the 95BBC version of "Pride and Prejudice" does not put all the plots on the screen and adds many scenes, they are all well-founded. The interpretation of this version is not comparable to other film and television versions.
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