Class and prejudice are eternal themes in romance films. In ancient Chinese novels, when men are superior to women, women are generally abandoned, so there are complaints like "The Biography of Yingying" and "Du Shiniang's Anger and Treasure Box". If a woman is superior to a man, it is the man who has achieved fame and fame before reunion. . Although the portal prejudice in Western novels is not as stable as the East, Romeo and Juliet eventually fell victim to the family, Julien Soler still has no position, and Gatsby can no longer see the green light on the other side.
"Lang Heart Is Like Iron" is a suspenseful love film released in the United States in 1951. It is about the poor boy George (Montgomery Clift) who came to the city to seek refuge with his uncle, and a female worker Alice (Shelly Winster) fell in love, and at the same time he was infatuated with the rich girl Angela (Elizabeth Taylor). As his career improved slightly, the pregnant Alice learned of George’s After the scandal, he was determined to marry him. George, who had changed his mind, took Alice to the lake to row a boat. During the quarrel, Alice was drowned after the boat capsized and George fled. The prosecutor persuaded the jury to convict George of first-degree murder. Before the execution, Angela came to visit George in prison. The two complained to each other. George also found out that he was actually guilty...
"Lang Heart Like Iron" English name In fact, the Chinese translation of "The Place of Sunshine" is more accurate, which also induces the audience to think about the film. The former is easy to understand, with a strong condemnation of Chen Shimei, and the latter focuses on showing the depth of human nature, which is more in line with the film. Atmosphere.
At the beginning of the movie, the dusty George stopped the car on the side of the road. Seeing the glorious cars speeding by, only a truck was willing to carry him.
He goes to the company to visit his uncle. He needs to be notified by the secretary, connected by phone, and communicated by the waiter in order to be interviewed by the deity. The continuous scene editing symbolizes the insurmountable class barrier. The film shows the changes in George’s status through three visits. One is that he went to visit his uncle’s house. His hunched figure contrasts sharply with the magnificent hall. The uncle’s family has communicated in advance how to send him, and after greeting them, When he drove out, George also returned to his rental house;
two was after working at his uncle’s company, and George was still unattended after entering the court, hiding in the billiards room to entertain himself;
three as Angela’s male companion George, not only received greetings from the waiter, but also won the audience's attention when dancing with Angela.
The first half of "Lang Heart Is Like Iron" never stopped exaggerating class , George was just a humble member of the Eastman family, but after climbing Angela, his uncle promoted him to department manager. When Alice first fell in love with him, she had a strong sense of class, she always had a sense of crisis of "he will abandon me", but she didn't expect it to come true. The second half of shifted to the depiction of human nature , especially the most classic part of the confrontation between Alice and George on the boat. There was a small boat floating on the empty and quiet lake, and there were occasional screams of birds and music around. There is enough blank space, facing the questioning Alice, George's face is intertwined, half-bright and half-dark, and sweat is all over his forehead, which resembles the atmosphere of a psychological suspense film of Hitchcock. The film shows the inner world of the actor through many details, such as giving Angela’s intoxicating and beautiful face a soft light, and a close-up of Alice’s face that became old and distorted due to anger, making George’s struggle and The evil externalizes and leads to tragedies. The
film did not confirm the conclusion that "George was a murderer". He did have the idea of killing, and when Alice fell into the water, he did not take the initiative to rescue him. Is this considered a deliberate murder? But the guilt that morality cannot define is degraded to be defined by the law, and George takes the question to find God.
"Lang Heart Is Like Iron" reminds me of the TV series "What Can I Save You, My Lover" directed by Zhao Baogang many years ago. Obviously, it borrows the former framework. screenwriter Hai Yan is known for his innocent novels. The framework of "love + crime", the setting of "female classmates with stories" and "infatuated male two" have earned the audience a lot of tears. 's "Never Look at the Eye" and "Jade Guanyin" adapted from his novels are all the rage, and these plays are also called "Haiyan Opera".
In "Take", Long Xiaoyu (played by Liu Ye) and his girlfriend Zhu Siping (played by Fu Jing) used to be very beautiful, but I learned that Long Xiaoyu was against the rich girl Luo Jingjing (played by Yu Na)After the transfer of love, she threatened many times, incurring murder, and Long Xiaoyu's guilt also appeared confusing in the complex case investigation. In contrast, the three pairs of characters are exactly the same. Long Xiaoyu is as sad and unique as George. The complex temperament attracts pampering and pampering. The beautiful and elegant daughters Luo Jingjing and Angela, Zhu Siping, Alice, was also a pure and kind girl, jealous Harmony makes them lose their minds and become aggressive. At the end, they are foils, while the cross-class love of poor boys and rich girls becomes loyal and beautiful in the face of death. The difference between
is that the prosecutor in "Lang Heart Is Like Iron" swears to let George sit in the electric chair, while the lawyer Han Ding (Yin Xiaotian) in "Take" convicts Long Xiaoyu because he likes Luo Jingjing. Only God can judge George's sin, but Long Xiaoyu actually killed Zhu Siping.
The male and female protagonists in "Heart Like Iron" can be called "the most beautiful man and woman in Hollywood". Montgomery's face is very classical and rational. The 19-year-old Elizabeth is at the peak of her beauty and she is beautiful. It may be because of their too strong sense of CP. The focus of the ending of the movie has changed from confession to love.
