The director of "Mr. Sweetheart" Cameron Crowe is Billy Wilder's most high-profile fan. I just dug out the genuine Mandarin VCD I bought 20 years ago at home and re-watched the movie. The last time I saw it Still ignorant and ignorant ten years ago~time flies~~In the process of watching, I found that the film pays tribute to Wilder and his films again and again. The following summarizes a few particularly obvious.
This is a role that Crowe originally wanted his idol Wilder to play. He is the life mentor of the protagonist in the film. There are not many scenes. Interested, but escaped~ If he acts, this will be the only image of him left in the movie, he never appears in the movie. Apparently, Crowe ended up casting an actor like Wilder anyway. Wilder looked at it and said he liked the guy.
This scene appears early in the film, and it's an obvious nod to "Flywood," in which Jack Lemmon plays a cameraman who is knocked over and injured by a football player, and if you don't believe it, tell me One thing about you, the character in the picture above is called Steve Lemmon in the film.
This shot is very legendary. When Crowe needed a shot of the landing gear of an airplane, he went to a film archive to buy a few shots and used them in his own movies. Later, he learned that these shots belonged to Wyle. Germany's "Love of Two Generations".
This shot should be familiar to many people, which is obviously a visual concept from "Spring in the Apartment".
Pay attention to the whip in his hand. When Wilder and his collaborators wrote the script, the favorite thing to do is to walk around the house with a whip in his hand. This is obviously from Wilder's habit. Tom Cruise is talking to Renee Zellweger about his ideals.
At the wedding of the hero and heroine in the film, there are four people playing the piano, which should be from the Gypsy Quartet in "Love at Twilight".
Wilder has two favorite sports to watch, football and baseball. "Mr. Sweetheart" tells the story of a football player. At the end of the film, the heroine's son shows a talent for playing baseball. Wilder's favorite movement is complete.
In addition, there are some lines in the film that also have some detached relationship with Wilder. For example, at the climax of the film, Cruise confesses to Zellweger that he loves her, and Zellweger is like the snow at the end of "Spring in the Apartment". Leigh MacLaine said the famous "shut up". With so many details to please Wilder, it's no wonder Wilder likes Crow~
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