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Louisa May Alcott’s " Little Women " published in 1868 is one of the most important and influential novels in American history. It has been featured on the screen many times. Among them, the 1994 version directed by female director Gillian Armstrong is highly regarded. More than 20 years later, this work was remade again. It is also directed by a female director. It is also a collection of big names. It appears at the moment when feminism is sweeping the world and female consciousness is booming. It is naturally highly concerned.
"Little Women" poster
The lineup of the film is very amazing, even with Meryl Streep, Emma Watson, Florence Pere, etc., for the United States in recent years The movie's more concerned audience will feel that they are worth the price just by looking at the lineup. Not to mention that in the past two years, the hot Saoirse Ronan played the heroine Joe, just talk about the hero "sweet tea" Timothy Chalamade, tusk, who is this acting? know.
"Sweet Tea" plays Laurie
. The film did not waste this lineup. The director Greta Gerweig previously wrote and directed "Miss Bird" sweeping the awards season, which shows his control over female subjects. . In "Little Women", Greta's directorship seems to have improved. The adaptation of "Little Women" is actually quite difficult. This is a well-known and popular work in the United States. To adapt such a work, it is difficult to make breakthroughs and different interpretations in terms of characters, plots, and themes. However, Greta and the main creative team have given this new "Little Women" a unique charm in terms of scene scheduling, narrative structure, and character creation.
scene scheduling, a large number of group dramas in this film are quite challenging, often chirping girls, non-stop dialogue and action, while the camera is swimming in the narrow room following the characters and the plot, all in one go, full of breath. . For example, in a scene where Joe dances in a bar in New York, Joe meets and avoids eyes in the group dance with a neighboring professor. During the dance, two young people are gradually approaching, and the budding state of love is depicted. Quite moving; another example is the first meeting between Joe and Laurie. At the ball, Joe wearing a charred skirt and Laurie danced around the house outside the room. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, the people indoors danced in a restrained manner. The young man danced and laughed unscrupulously. The most typical scene of
that sees scheduling skills is that the March family sisters and mother come to Laurie's house. This brief scene takes place in the living room and seven or eight characters appear. The girls want to comfort Ai. In the main incident of Mi, there are not less than ten small plot points at the same time: Amy pouring out grievances in the girls’ school, Amy showing interest in painting, her mother is angry with Amy, Laurie falls in love with Joe, Joe Attracted by the book full of books, John fell in love with Meg, Laurie felt warm in the exchanges with the girls’ mothers, Grandpa Laurie played paternally, everyone because of bass’s attention to the piano, etc., character emotions, characters In this scene, the relationship naturally occurs, flows, and sublimates.
"Little Women" stills
is the most striking feature of the whole film, which is Greta's innovation in narrative structure. The original work of "Little Women" is narrated according to the growth process of the March family girls. This growth narrative has not been modified by multiple adapted film versions. The new version is a flashback: as an adult, Joe was in New York, plucking up the courage to walk into the publishing house and peddling her stories. Subsequently, Meg, Beth, and Amy played as adults. From then on, the audience will see two timelines: the teenage years of girls seven years ago, and the adult years of women seven years later. The two timelines intertwined and jumped repeatedly, forming a contrast.
"Childhood is a memory, a desire, and a key to understanding who you are and where you are going." Director Greta said in his director's statement. Therefore, the setting of the two story lines repeatedly intertwined is necessary. Seven years ago and seven years later, the childhood is a warm and happy fairy tale, and the girls face the cruel reality of the world alone after they grow up. However, the warm teenage years that can be traced back are the source of the girls who continue to absorb energy as adults. The childhood that the four people spend together is also a solid backing for them when they fight alone.
And what the author thinks is most commendable is the efforts made by the new version of "Little Women" in the limited space of character creation. In the original book, Joe is the most dazzling image of the four sisters. Her bravery, rebellion, self-confidence, and talent all made her a woman of that era.The unique outstanding in sex has become the "idol" that generations of girls yearn for. But also because of her prominence, the image of the other three sisters is slightly bleak, especially in the part of Amy, because in the original book, the young Amy is a little squeamish, and there are occasional small conflicts with Joe, and they often become one in the film adaptation. Unpleasant image. In the new version of "Little Women", it can be felt that Greta has made some character creation innovations on the three girls besides Joe, especially in the growth of Amy.
Emma Watson plays Meg.
Meg complains to her husband John that she is "tired of being poor", but she still restrains her love of beauty and vanity, and gives up useless costumes and face for the family; Beth said, "Death Like the tide, slow but unstoppable", as a young woman, her attitude towards death is heartbreaking and heartbreaking; Amy can accept her lack of talent calmly, and calmly declare that she wants to marry an upper-class person considering the actual needs. Rich people, but when faced with choices, she can follow her own heart.
Florence Pearl plays Amy
For Amy, a role that has always been a little snobbery in film and television adaptations, the new version of "Little Women" has made a different interpretation of her. The girls of the March family lived in an era when it was difficult for women to earn money independently from their jobs, and everything they owned belonged to their husbands, and they had no voting rights. Amy's idea of marrying a wealthy person and being a "decoration that everyone loves" is based on the calm consideration of survival instinct, and she frankly declares about it and does not shy away. This has been cooler than many contemporary "vase".
Before Meg’s wedding, Joe hopes that her sister will run away with her. She will be a writer and her sister will be an actress. She thinks Meg will be tired of this life of husband and child, but Meg said firmly and tenderly: "My dream is different from you, it doesn't mean that my dream is not important."
And the heroine Joe, also had I wanted to give up writing, and I was tired and said, "I want to be loved more than love." She knew very well in her heart, "Women have lofty ambitions, talents, and even beauty. I am tired of being told that women are born to marry." But she still cried and said, "I'm too lonely."
Saoirse Ronan plays Joe
Greta's version of the "little women", removing the stereotype and showing more contemporary. At the same time, he is silently expressing the view: It is not only independent women in the workplace and talented artists who are role models for women. Housewives and girls pursuing beautiful marriages are also very moving. Women should be free to choose who they want to be without being kidnapped by any trend or public opinion.
director Greta Gerweig wrote this statement on the front page of her script: "From the moment I can remember, I have been deeply impressed by this story and the girls in the story. The girls in March’s family are like My sisters, their adventures are like my memories." For the director herself, in her growth process, Joe in the story was her hero, and as a woman, the original work of "Little Women" The author Louisa May Alcott is her hero. Luisa's success also made her firmer in her creative dream. Therefore, in "Little Women", she is faithful to portray a "creator" image: Joe. And this character is both the protagonist in "Little Women" and the "creator" outside of "Little Women". In the film
, there is a section where Joe bargained with a publishing house boss. While fighting for her rights, she accepted the boss’s request: "Write a romantic ending." Thus, in her story, Joe and the New York professor had a romantic drama of chasing cars in a rainstorm, which was pretentious and full of age. "I'm very realistic. I let the heroine get married for the sake of selling the novel." Qiao said mockingly. At this moment, "Joe" is in harmony with the author Louisa, who was never married in reality.
Finally, I will share the words of Aunt March in the film: If you don’t get married, you will have a lot of money. Encourage everyone.
Editor in charge: Cheng Yu
Proofreading: Luan Meng
