Before officially writing this 2022 new film masterpiece , Pigo needs to to popularize first, once "the most humiliating scene in the world's film history" -
The most humiliating scene in the world's film history happened in 1930 The evening of December 5th.
The premiere of a Hollywood movie is being held in the Mozart Auditorium in Berlin, Germany. Before the film was released,
was described by the media as "the bloodiest movie in the 1930s in America" , and the auditorium was packed.
The film was only shown for a few minutes when an accident happened -
thugs appeared in the audience, they smashed the stink bomb on the big screen , and then released the prepared mouse from the bag. The
theater was in chaos, and the guests and audience who attended the premiere were also scared to dodge around. This scene of
has been nailed to the pillar of shame in world film history forever.
And the source of this farce is the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" .
This is an anti-war movie, and the protagonist of the story is a German soldier.
At that time, Germany had just emerged from the quagmire of the First World War, and the country fell into it again from top to bottom. In the midst of 's fanatical worship of war, this anti-war film "unfortunately" hit the muzzle.
The backbone of the Nazis Goebbels , who was then the propaganda minister of the Nazi party, orchestrated the farce. After the
farce, the German media swarmed, and they did not mention the atrocities in the theater in the report, but blindly condemned the film as "deviant" .
Hollywood on the other side of the ocean, feared the German deterrence, and collectively chose to remain silent.
The investment boss of the film even came out to apologize , and said in a low voice that he must revise the film well until the Germans are satisfied.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" does not need to be revised at all. Because it won two Oscars for best picture and best director that year, has become the most classic anti-war film, or even one of them.
It has been banned in Germany until was lifted in the 60s of the last century, and it quickly triggered a movie viewing frenzy. 30 years after
was wronged, this classic can be regarded as justifying its name.
has a correct name in Germany, but in the world film circle, its road seems to be "going narrower and narrower" .
, especially now, is a bit "out of place".
From the story, its plot is so simple that it can be summed up in one sentence.
During the First World War, the German soldier Paul was called into the army and suffered the cruelty of the war, and finally fell on the battlefield on the Western Front. After that, the armistice agreement between Germany and France came into effect. The German newspaper that day read: "There is no war on the Western Front."
Judging from the performance, the film also seems to be "weird".
was born in 1928 because the first audio-visualTherefore, this 1930 old film follows the performance style of silent film : has exaggerated expressions and rich body language, similar to a drama.
Today's audience, it is difficult to accept such a shocking style.
As for the picture of the movie, let alone.
As a war movie, this movie was extremely shocking at the time, don't forget, this is a 1930 movie.
But modern audiences who are used to watching 3D movies can no longer bear the roughness in the picture. For example, many soldiers fell before the explosion.
However, despite the factors of the times, Pigo still thinks it is the greatest war movie in movie history.
First, it was adapted from the novel of the same name, and the author of the novel participated in World War I; second, it was released in 1930, at the junction of World War I and World War II, it witnessed two world wars.
Finally, it carried out a profound reflection on the war, but still could not prevent the outbreak of World War II.
This also verifies what Hegel said:
"The only lesson human beings can learn from history is that human beings don't learn any lessons from history." Dunkirk " These films are just "watching the fire from the other side", then "All Quiet on the Western Front" is "immersive" .
This is a classic that has been tempered by war, and that brilliance will never be wiped away by time. How does
make a classic work pass through the times and be accepted by modern audiences?
The easiest way to do this is: remakes.
In fact, "All Quiet on the Western Front" has been remade by the United States once in 1979, and it has a good reputation. Many domestic fans have watched the film on the movie channel that year.
This remake is also 43 years old.
This year, streaming giant Netflix spent a lot of money to remake this classic again.
has two jewels in front, and many viewers take it for granted that Netflix is picking up people.
But after the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, it immediately received rave reviews. As soon as the Douban score opened, it was as high as 9.0 and . The score of
surpasses even the 1930 edition.
Novels and movies have been around for almost a century, so what else can this remake bring to the table?
I watched this video out of curiosity.
Many netizens are praising how wonderful this war movie is, describing it as "the best of the year" , Pi Ge wants to look at it from another angle.
The two versions of "All Quiet on the Western Front" seem to tell the same story, but they are actually two completely different movies .
If we compare this 2022 version with the original version, what will be the different gains? The first difference between
01 and
: drastic changes have been made to the protagonist, and the adaptation of "bed scenes" is the most subtle. Although the original version of
is classic, it has a major drawback that the protagonist's presence is too weak. Many people have watched half of it and still can't tell who is the protagonist. The ill of
was keenly caught by the director of the new work, who made drastic changes.
We can see the clue from the appearance. The original protagonist of
, Paul, was a burly and handsome guy, which was a very popular style in Hollywood at the time.
is handsome and handsome, but it doesn't stand out in the crowd, so many viewers stupidly can't tell who is who .
and the protagonist of the new version has come to subvert.
In the traditional impression, the protagonists of war movies are all muscular men who exude male hormones.
But Paul in this film looks a bit "Wenxiu" , and the eyebrows even look like a widow sister with short hair .
This is obviously the director's intention, Paul suddenly became a "heterogeneous" on the battlefield, behind his "wenxiu" is a kind of gentleness and forbearance, other people's faces are only numb and cold.
I can guarantee that after watching this film, you will be obsessed with Paul in this one, his blue eyes filled with sadness.
From the perspective of plot design, the two are also very different. The 1930 version of Paul is essentially the absolute halo of Hollywood . The big male protagonist .
He has a very clear growth line: a good student at school, a recruit on the battlefield, the halo of the protagonist who survived the death, the loss of returning home, the tragic and tragic sacrifice of generosity, and the proper script for the big male protagonist.
For example, when he faced the once evil instructor, he wore a big back and was handsome, and it was clear at a glance who was right and who was evil; .
The most obvious example is Paul's sex scene.
You read that right, Paul had sex scenes in the original.
Paul went to an appointment with his comrades and three plump girls, and spent a romantic night, After having sex in bed , he also left the girl "Scumbag Quotes" : "After tonight, we will always be I won't see you again."
In my opinion, this actually means that the protagonist is also an ordinary person, and he also has his own emotions. The "stain" on Paul actually makes the character more real.
and the new version of Paul is completely reduced to the body that has removed his humanity.
at the beginning, he was still smiling while listening to the pre-war mobilization speech.
took off his clothes and put on his military uniform, he still said: "Girl, I love you."
He was abused by his boss;
was almost crushed to death by a wooden board;
witnessed the death of his comrade-in-arms; Director
's changes to the original sex scene are the most brilliant. In the new version of
, the three girls are just passing by from afar.
Paul can only laugh out there.
Paul couldn't wait for the spring night.
comrade-in-arms asked for a handkerchief from the girl, and everyone solved their desires by smelling the femininity on the handkerchief.
Paul later "inherited" the handkerchief, treating it as a treasure, holding it tightly in his hand until he sacrificed.
As he was dying, he saw a poster of a beautiful girl swaying in the wind.
He has never tasted women in his life, this is his last fantasy about love. Adaptations like
are wonderful and memorable, but they are really cruel.
In terms of acting, the new version of Paul is also far better than the original.
We can see the difference by just taking one scene as an example. In the
novel, Paul has a "hand-to-hand fight" with the enemy.
He killed the enemy and tried to save him. Finally, he found a picture of his wife and children from the other side, but the enemy was dead, and Paul fell into endless self-blame. The original version of
was a little stylized in the performance of this section, and we can also see one or two from the stills.
and the new version used nearly 5 minutes to show this plot , 5 minutes is Paul's one-man show.
His desire for survival, repentance, struggle, self-blame, numbness can be linked together in our minds through a few screenshots.
So, in general, the most refreshing thing about the new version is the in-depth portrayal of the protagonist. The second difference between
02 and
is that in terms of the plot, the director goes the other way, taking risks and subverting
The original version is black and white, but the story is in color; the new version is in color, giving you the feeling that you only see black and white.
The reason for this difference lies in the choice of plot.
The original movie basically restores the context of the novel: Before the war, after the war, going home to visit relatives, returning to the battlefield, and sacrifice.
The film gives the audience room to breathe and breathe, combining work and rest without getting tired.
For example, Germany fell into a frenzy for war at the beginning, which is very magical;
For example, after Paul enlisted in the army, a few boys joined together to beat the bad instructor, which is very funny; , very romantic;
For example, the death of a comrade-in-arms was originally sad, but Mueller got the boots left by his comrades-in-arms.
He walked around wearing boots and walked out of "My Skateboard Shoes", very healing;
For example, Paul came home before his sacrifice and kissed his mother affectionately, which was very warm;
In other words, the story was cruel, but the director was very good Tolerance, he left the audience with a breather in every paragraph of the whole film, and we can finish the film in one breath.
is a new director, but it's the other way around.
He realized that if he copied the "big and complete" version of the original, he was just repeating other people's creations.
So he did the subtraction. In the plot of
, he cut the beginning and the end, the pre-war mobilization was compressed, Paul's visit to relatives was deleted, and those funny and warm paragraphs disappeared, leaving only the endless cruel and bloody smell on the battlefield.
In order to increase this despair, also added a leading line in the new version.
means that the German soldiers bleed and died on the front line, but the officials were roasting the stove in the office, eating delicious food, and saying things against their heart; a sharp contrast.
The last soldier was coaxed by the marshal, and when he went to the front line for the last time, the director even learned from Eisenstein and played "Lenovo Montage".
used the fat hanging from , the bloody scalpel , and the tattered religious portrait to predict the tragic end of the soldiers.
The director also "darkened" the relaxing moments in the original version.
Like Kate the cook in the original, a funny fat guy.
He stole a big fat pig for his comrades, and when he was eating, he acted arrogantly.
He confronts the rats in the camp, affectionately calling them "Oscar."
The new version of Kate, a no-nonsense middle-aged man whose son died of smallpox . In the original
, the funny part of stealing the fat pig became the stealing of the goose, and this move later brought a fatal disaster for Kate .
The second time he went to steal a goose, he was shot and killed by the owner's son.
The father who lost his son was beaten to death by someone else's son, a funny person who became a tragic father.
As mentioned above, in the original version of , the soldiers went to see their dying comrades in arms . Everyone asked for warmth, and Mueller also got a pair of boots. The wounded passed away with warmth.
has arrived at the new version, and also went to visit his comrades in arms with amputations.
comrades-in-arms took advantage of Paul's inattentiveness, picked up the rice fork and frantically poked his neck, and finally the blood flowed to his death, which is enough to make you physically uncomfortable.
You may ask, there is no ups and downs of rhythm in the new version, is it all lost?
is not. Director likes to intersperse beautiful empty shots in each tense plot to adjust the atmosphere.
But as the so-called "sorrow with joy" , the soldiers are in the beautiful scenery, but have no time to enjoy. Isn't this a bigger tragedy? Director
's adaptation of the simplified version is risky enough and subversive enough.
Every once in a while while watching a movie, I need to stop and slow down, all thanks to this intense emotional output.
03,
The third difference: the ending is rewritten, and the new version has more stamina. The ending in the original version of
is very classic.
Paul was shot dead by the enemy while trying to catch a butterfly on the battlefield.
Then the director used superimposed images and looked back with Paul's affection, and sang the praises of these dead soldiers. This scene of
has become a classic in film history. As a remake, if it is shot like this, it will only be laughed at.
After suffering for more than 2 hours, the new director of finally gave a different ending.
At the call of the marshal, Paul set foot on the battlefield for the last time, at this time he was already a walking dead.
In a fierce street battle, Paul and the enemy fought for life and death, and the two sides scuffled into the underground warehouse.
He was stabbed to death by the enemy, watched the enemy leave, and Guangming closed the door to himself.
And at 11:00 on November 11, 1938, it happened to be the armistice moment.
Paul has just fallen, and the clock in the marshal's office is frozen at 11 o'clock - the war is over.
The day's newspapers read "All Quiet on the Western Front" and Paul's death is unknown.
When Paul was dying, he was on the battlefield. He saw the tassels flying all over the sky and the young woman on the poster, but all this can only wait for the next life.
Objectively speaking, the endings of the two editions, the original version is lighter and more freehand, and the new version is slightly cumbersome.
But being able to give up the classic ending and boldly write a new ending is admirable. I think many viewers are as deeply shocked as I am. The stamina of
also keeps the film's reputation high, and it ranks first on the Douban hot list.
Finally, Pigo wants to say that the two versions of "All Quiet on the Western Front" ostensibly tell the same story, but they are actually two completely different movies. The plot of the old version of
is more popular, the beginning and the end, and the audience's emotions will fluctuate with the plot, and the overall viewing process will be easier;
We can feel the suffocation when watching the movie, but the staying power after watching the movie is even longer.
As a viewer, which version do you prefer?
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