I love you for a long time, and I will never forget it.
You may be curious when you see the title: What movie is so powerful?
In 2006, the release date of a movie collided with The Golden Flower in the City.
It happens that this film is very small.
When it comes to literary films, there is a petty bourgeoisie.
It's tedious and unappreciative.
Naturally, it is not as gorgeous as "Golden Flower", so it did not perform well at the domestic box office and ended hastily.
However, this did not stop it from becoming an excellent film.
It has a nice name, called:
veil
It tells a love story that happened in the 1920s.
An English couple came to Shanghai, China, where a series of love disputes happened.
Co-filmed by China, the United States and Canada.
In fact, this story is adapted from the novel The Color Veil by British writer william somerset maugham.
Mao Mu said in the preface of "The Color Veil" that the novel was inspired by the poem in Dante's "The Divine Comedy, Purgatory":
"Please remember me, I was raised by Pia/Siena, but Marema ruined me/the person who gave me his gem ring before/you should know this."
He has always wanted to create a story based on it, but he has no suitable place to set it.
It was not until 1920 came to Hong Kong that he was inspired to write this novel.
Mao Mu's unfortunate childhood experience makes his works mostly focus on the complex description of human nature.
Humorous, satirical, calm, objective and exotic, it has a large number of readers at home and abroad.
So is the veil, except that the story in the film takes place in Shanghai.
To tell the truth, my cousin first liked Edward Harrison Norton.
A famous American actor, 1969 was born in Boston, USA.
My cousin once saw the movie Fear of the First Degree, in which he played a murderer with split personality.
In addition, he and Brad Pitt played a middle-aged man with split personality in Fight Club. (It has something to do with split personality)
He is not only a good actor, but also graduated from the history department of Yale University, high flyers.
How can an actor with talent and face like him not be liked?
It is said that Norton got the script six years before the film started, and he liked the story very much.
Try to figure out the character repeatedly.
However, due to various reasons, it was not until 2005 that the filming was officially started.
Despite the shortage of funds, the director presented us with a beautiful visual feast.
Norton changed his old image and played a clever, boring and elegant bacteriologist Walter Finn in the film.
He is deeply in love with the vain and stupid woman Katie.
In front of love, most people are blind and impulsive.
When he found out that his wife was having an affair with British diplomat Charlie Townsend, his humble heart grew from love to hate.
Determined to take his wife to Meitan Prefecture where cholera occurred, mutually assured destruction.
When I married you, I knew you were selfish and spoiled But I don't mind. I thought our feelings would gradually deepen, but I was wrong. You have no ability to change your feelings.
Walt's wife Katie is played by Australian actress naomi watts who plays Mulholland Road.
She was born in England, which is very consistent with the characters in the novel: "big eyes, slightly square chin, delicate skin that she is proud of."
Walter described her in the book like this:
"I know you are stupid, frivolous and empty, but I love you. I know your intentions and ideals. You are snobbish and vulgar, but I love you. I know you are a second-rate person, but I love you.
I know you only married me for yourself. I love you so much that I don't care. As far as I know, when people fall in love with a person but get nothing in return, they often feel sad and disappointed, and then turn into anger and bitterness. "
Just to get rid of her snobbish mother, she agreed to Walter's proposal and came to China with him.
A marriage without love is like a slowly withering flower, which makes people uninterested.
As soon as Walter returned to Shanghai, he devoted himself to the study of bacteriology. It is not surprising that the boring kitten is attracted by the humorous and charming Charlie Townsend.
Come to think of it, everyone has an invisible veil.
I thought Walter would always love each other or they would be fine, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel.
He knows that Charlie won't divorce, and Katie must go to Meitan House with him.
Elegance and kindness are appearances. When anger accumulates to a certain extent, it is enough to subvert a person.
Kitty, the beauty and elegance in other people's eyes are endless.
Walter saw at a glance that she was spoiled, stupid and empty.
Before going to Meitan House, she didn't know how to love or give.
Visiting Meitan Mansion is like a dream. Fog covers and dissipates, just like a veil, which people can never see clearly.
Charlie townsend, a charming man with a graceful demeanor and an open career.
Playing with women between applause is selfish and treacherous. My cousin admires him for keeping calm in the crisis.
Affectionate style is completely different from cruel indifference.
And the doctor at Meitan House,
Neighbor Wildington is also British.
Colonel Yu, hold the relieving.
The contradiction between westerners and China people, the contradiction between love and forgiveness. Let the emotional direction of the whole movie be confusing.
Cousin feels suffocated, on the one hand, because of the beautiful scenery of Guilin.
Every frame is picturesque.
On the other hand, there is more and more sadness in movies, which goes deep into the soul and cannot be let go.
The unexpected ending added to the sadness.
The piano music in the movie was played by Lang Lang.
The episode at the end of the film is a French folk song. The cover of the Laure Shang edition is similar to that of the movie edition.
The fog slowly dispersed, and the melodious song still lingered in my ears.
Without you, I began to buy flowers and start a serious life.
Sleeping in the flowing moonlight, dreaming of waltzes,
Memories bloom again.
On the rose pontoon bridge ......
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