One, life is like a dream: "Once Upon a Time in America" Course: Life
"Once Upon a Time in America" contains everything a man can encounter in this world. Friendship, love, want,
responsibility, conflict. It's more like a dream that you don't want to wake up from, a dream that begins when Noodle lies in bed and goes back to those lost years in the warmth of the light and the mesmerizing ringing of the phone, a dream that doesn't end until Noodle at the end finally breaks out into a smile, and we go back to our own lives to continue the endless stories. What gangs, what vendettas, turns out to be unimportant, the impression is only a hairy teenager, peeping at a beautiful girl dancing; only a guilty brother, every day early to bed; only a gray-haired old man, in the face of betrayed friendship, tone of voice calm, immovable. Once Upon a Time in America takes you on a three-hour, forty-five-minute dream. Life is a dream, and that may be the only feeling.
This is one of Lavigne's "American Trilogy", an image of America in the 20s and 60s as seen by Italians. In a departure from the traditional Hollywood Western format, the director portrays the characters of American gangsters born and bred in a unique perspective.
Plot:
In the United States in the 1920s, a New York teenager nicknamed "Noodle" and a few friends of his age meet Max, a smart and cunning man. They begin to engage in smuggling activities. Soon after, Noodle kills and maims a man in a fight and is sent to prison.
Some years later Noodle is released from prison, and his buddies have become mature and robust youths. Led by Max, they return to their old ways and begin a series of robberies, thefts, and extortions. As the criminal activities continue to deepen, Max seems to be overwhelmed by the victory, even the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank included in the target of the operation.
Noodle, who has had experience behind bars and can't bear to watch his friend go to ruin, secretly calls the police to try to force Max's hand. The police and Noodle's friends engage in a fierce gun battle, and Max and the others are all killed. Noodle in extreme remorse and pain, left the place where he grew up, left his beloved girl, far away from home.
Decades later, the dying Noodle returned to his hometown, and accidentally discovered that everything was Max's careful planning. He used Noodle and the police to get rid of his partner, and then he himself was able to swallow up the gang's huge sum of money and become a celebrity in the upper class after changing his name and becoming a politician. Max pleads with Noodle to kill himself, fantasizing that this will atone for his sins, but is rejected by Noodle. Max is desperate and commits suicide by jumping into a garbage grinder.
The film won two Academy Awards in 1984 for Best Accompanying Music and Best Costume Design, and was nominated for Best Director at the 1985 Golden Globe Awards.
Schindler's List Course: Responsibility
The so-called responsibility is something that may not be done but must be done. For Schindler, rescuing Jews in distress was his duty as a real human being. And bringing that history to the screen was Spielberg's responsibility as a Jewish artist. Schindler's List is a tribute to those who suffered, to those who saved them, and to the belief that light must come. Amidst the acclaim that followed the film's screening, Spielberg calmly donated all proceeds from the film to the Nazi Holocaust Memorial Museum in the United States.
The plot:
"Schindler's List" is a true-to-life re-creation of the German entrepreneur Oskar Schindler's life during World War II. Schindler protected 1,200 Jews from fascist murder during World War II.
Schindler, a German speculator, was a member of the National Socialist Party (or Nazi Party). He was known locally as a Nazi stalwart who was a womanizer and a pleasure seeker. He was adept at using and connections to maximize profits. In occupied Poland, Jews were the cheapest laborers. Therefore, Schindler's factories used only Jews. Yet by getting the job, these people also got temporary safety from slaughter as producers of war products. Schindler's factory became a refuge for the Jews.
However, Schindler became increasingly disenchanted with the Nazis' brutal persecution of the Jews, and the brutal bloodbath of the Jews of Krakow in 1943 shattered Schindler's last vestiges of disillusionment with the Nazis, who were well aware of the massacres of the Jews and the horrors of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. From then on, Schindler had only one idea, to protect as many Jews as possible from death at Auschwitz. He created a list of workers he claimed were "necessary" for the factory to function properly, and bribed Nazi officials to keep them alive. He was increasingly suspected of violating racial laws, but he wisely avoided persecution at every turn, and as always, risked his life to rescue Jews. When a train transporting his women workers made a wrong turn to Auschwitz, he even broke a large fortune chasing them back to his factory.
Soon, the Soviet Red Army arrived in the city of Krakow and announced to the surviving Jews working in Schindler's factory that the war was over. One night when it was snowing heavily, Schindler said goodbye to his workers, and the more than 1,000 Jews who had been rescued saw him off.
They handed Schindler an automatically initiated signed affidavit to prove that he was not a war criminal. At the same time, someone knocked down his own gold tooth and fashioned a gold ring, which was presented to Schindler, on which was engraved a famous Jewish saying: to save one life is to save all mankind. Schindler was in tears, agonizing over his failure to save more Jews. Schindler had done everything he could for his salvation. All of his possessions had been used to save Jewish lives. In the midst of the snow, the Jews watched Schindler leave the city. His act of righteousness will always be remembered by the Jews.
Review:
The movie "Schindler's List" is a world sensation made by the great director Steven Spielberg in 1993. The movie profoundly exposed the German fascist massacre of the Jews of the horror of the crime, and with its high artistry became the 94 years of the world's most watched a movie. Its seriousness of thought and extraordinary artistic expression reached a depth that is almost unsurpassed. Released in the United States on December 15, 1993, the film was an instant sensation, winning the Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, as well as the Directors Guild of America Award. At the 66th Academy Awards in '94,
"Schindler's List" uncontestedly won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing. For the movie's achievements, it was well deserved. Steven Spielberg also won his first Academy Award for Best Director for this movie. For his talent, it was a belated recognition.
Stephen Spielberg put a great deal of energy and enthusiasm into the making of the film, and in fact bought the rights to adapt and produce the movie as early as 1982. But it wasn't until 10 years later that the plan to make the film was actually realized. In order to shoot the film, Spielberg for the first time to give up the usual movie stunts, but also refused to invite Hollywood movie stars to star in the film, but collected a lot of relevant information, invited the survivors of the concentration camps as the assistant director, and invited the Jews who were saved by Schindler to be the film's consultant. Spielberg spent $23 million to make the 3-hour, 15-minute film, and declined to be paid for it, donating all of his personal winnings to the U.S. Holocaust Museum.
As a Jew, it was Spielberg's longtime wish to make such a movie. Schindler's List" is shot in black-and-white, but the scale of the production is as large as any major color film.
The movie *** has 126 characters and utilizes 30,000 extras. The film's plot is touching and poignant, and the documentary style of filming with black-and-white cinematography gives the movie an extremely realistic effect that is heartfelt and thought-provoking. The use of film language in the movie is very good, in the expression of the tragic experience of the Jews, there is a shot of red, in the scene of the storm troopers massacre of the Jews, the little girl in red and the picture formed a very strong contrast, resulting in a very strong artistic impact of the visual effect, and when the little girl reappeared, she was already a corpse on the body carriers. This treatment is a classic. At the same time, it also points out the main character's ideological shock. For Schindler, the little girl represents the misfortune of all the Jews he sees, and the changes taking place in his psyche. The depth of meaning and artistic value of this shot is enough to go down in history. It has reached the status of a classic in its artistry.
When the film reaches the point where the Jews come out of the camps and are freed, the screen suddenly bursts into brilliant color. This obvious use of cinematic language techniques is extremely effective. The change from the depressing and gloomy black and white to the richness of natural colors is an extremely graphic demonstration of the cheerfulness of the people after they were released from the danger of death and regained their freedom. At this moment, almost everyone in the audience could not help but applaud. This is not only a relief for the Jews to be free, but also the highest appreciation for director Spielberg's secret work. The end of the movie has the same touching artistic appeal. It reflects the infinite respect of the Jews for Schindler, but also makes the movie has a review of history, the artistic effect of contemplation, greatly expanding the film's performance space.
"Schindler's List" piece will exist as an eternal glory in the history of cinema, it is a classic work in the history of cinema. Steven Spielberg's name will also be forever associated with this movie.
Three "The Shawshank Redemption" Lesson: Faith
"There is a bird that can never be shut up, for every one of its feathers is stained with the light of freedom." What kind of spiritual strength is it for a man to be able to live in fifteen years of agonizing imprisonment without giving up his yearning for freedom? So he succeeded and managed to reclaim his freedom. There is a line in The Shawshank Redemption that says institutionalization is such a thing that at first you reject it, then you get used to it, until finally you can't get away from it. Think about it, how much of our bodies are already institutionalized?
Andy, the tradesman, is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and serving time. In Sharkbone Prison, which is infested with thugs, Andy is able to survive by his wits, and gradually wins the respect of the prison governor and the love of his fellow inmates. But what he gets in return for his ability to handle tax returns is the prison governor's determination to keep him locked up forever.
Synopsis:
After 20 years behind bars, Andy's only hope lies behind a large poster on the wall of his cell!
The iron gates of Shawshank's prison open. An elderly black prisoner in a chintzy old-fashioned suit stepped out and stood in the doorway he subconsciously looked around; everything was so déjà vu and everything was so new under the bright sunlight. He hesitated for a moment, held his hat on his head, and tackled the broken suitcase as he walked toward the freedom of the unfamiliar.
This is a prisoner for 40 years, to freedom he has long been disappointed, in prison he lives in a comfortable, there are a lot of people need him. But to get out of here is a matter of great courage, because in real life there is no place for him, he is an outsider, because it has been "institutionalized" by the prison. This is a near-perfect portrayal of a prisoner, a realm of acting created by Morgan Freeman.
Four "Apocalypse Now" Lesson: Pain
War is the destruction of order, and there is nothing sadder and more painful in the world than war, and there is no more painful war movie than "Apocalypse Now". Apocalypse Now is about the regression of humanity and the destruction of order. But no one can stop the progress of civilization.
Plot:
During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Intelligence Officer Captain Wilde is ordered to eliminate Colonel Kurtz, a renegade U.S. serviceman, "without mercy". Upon receiving the order, Wilde leads a small team in a dinghy up a river and ventures deep into Cambodia.
Inside a remote tropical jungle, the mentally disturbed Colonel Kurtz rules over the local natives with his bloodthirsty brutality and has become a totem of blind worship and superstition. As the dinghy sails into Cambodia, Wilde and his entourage seem to become embroiled in a world beyond reality and utter madness, drowning in the darkest, vilest shadows of the human soul.......
Apocalypse Now is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 classic masterpiece. At the time, the movie had up to 49 minutes cut from it due to the political climate and to cater to mainstream audiences. Twenty years later, when Coppola watched this old movie on TV, he was y impressed by the shortcomings brought about by the "conformity" of the time. Perhaps, after two decades of change, today's audience has become mature enough to withstand the drastic cuts that were made to the unique personalities and overtly political episodes. And so, under Coppola's direction, this amazing work has finally been restored to its original form.
And sure enough, Coppola's move was an eye-opener: the new version of Apocalypse Now is fuller and more mature. Not only are the themes more pertinent and deeper, but the pacing and atmosphere are also more fluid, and the 196-minute running time passes by unnoticed, without any sense of bloat or drag.
The film's plot is largely based on British author Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, with the time period, setting and characters switched around. The movie follows Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a U.S. Army intelligence officer, as he travels upriver and deep into Cambodian territory - his mission is to get rid of Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a shrewd and arrogant career soldier. Kurtz has assembled an army of natives in the mountains and forests, and has become an unstoppable dictator. The film vividly depicts the strange craziness of war: the high-flying, supercilious Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) leads a helicopter strike on a target while wildly enthralled by the sounds of Wagnerian opera; a Playboy Club gala that opens with uncontrollable chaos; and a party in a town besieged by Vietcong forces that is the only place in the world where he has ever been seen; and the fact that he has been killed by the Vietcong. In a battalion under siege by the Vietcong, the officers and men are addicted to drugs, the command structure is ineffective, and the soldiers are scattered. All of this is just a prelude to Captain Willard's journey through the jungle. Around Kurtz's stronghold, an even more gruesome picture unfolds: bodies hanging from tree branches swaying in the hot sun; the heads of rebels cut off for public display.
Admittedly, the '79 version of Apocalypse Now is still a masterpiece, but the ruthlessness and brutality of it does leave you a little breathless. And from time to time, the new version eases the viewer's strained emotions from Colonel Wilde's murderous adventures. Shortly after the beginning of the movie, Wilde and his men join together to steal the surfboard that Colonel Kilgore holds so dear, and it is here that we first see Colonel Wilde's happy, smiling face. In addition, members of the Playboy Club are once again seen in public. During the voyage, Wilde and his party encounter them. As the helicopter they are traveling in runs out of fuel, they have to ask Wilde for help. Wilde offers the girls a deal, asking them to spend half an hour with each of them in exchange for fuel. It's a bawdy, comic scene that evokes an unforgettable sense of innocence and bitterness.
The most important addition, however, is the episode that has become quite legendary on the French plantations. Willard's party stumbles across French plantation owner Herbert Marais (played by Christine Marquand) and his large family on their way up the river. The plantation owners within the family have long adhered to an upper-class lifestyle, despite the ever-present specter of death that looms over them. The episode centers on a raucous dinner party where the guests argue impassionedly about political issues and Willard's affair with an attractive French widow. After reading this episode, one gets the impression that it seems like one of those surrealistic dreams, a mirage of Western colonialism that is out of reach. But listen to Marais's poignant words at the dinner, "We fight to hold on to what is ours, while you Americans are always fighting tooth and nail for things that mean nothing."
Because the new version uses advanced dye-print coloring and has been remastered in Dolby Digital, the film is still top-notch in both sound and picture quality after 22 years.
Additionally, the new version of "Apocalypse Now" is not simply a mix of cut episodes; the director has revised the film as a whole, making it more full-bodied and detailed, and more thoughtful about its themes. It can be said that, after some transformation, this work will become an eternal classic in the history of world cinema.
V The Seventh Seal Course: Philosophy
I don't dare to say that I can understand "The Seventh Seal", but if I have to watch a movie before I die, I will definitely choose "The Seventh Seal".
Martin Scorsese once said "If I had to choose a movie before I die, I would choose The Seventh Seal." This statement has two levels of meaning, on the one hand, it expresses the old Martin's love for the film and his reverence for Bergman; on the other hand, it also reveals that the film's profound ideas are worth exploring for a lifetime. Nowadays there are always individual directors screaming that their movies are for people 10 years from now or something like that. In front of the real masters of cinema, they are like monkeys playing tricks. Bergman never explains his movies, because he knows that his movies are not for people in a certain year, they are for people in that year, they are for people 10 years later, they are for people 50 years later. Just as 50 years from now, I, a kid living in the age of Transformers and Spider-Man 3, can do nothing but kneel in reverence and look up with reverence in the presence of the master.
Decadence, depravity, cruelty, melancholy, asceticism, wildness, snuggling, mystery, evil, piety, a strange combination. And different people have different ways of being in this end-of-the-century darkness. That's exactly what Borgman's movie The Seventh Seal seeks to explore. Borgman anthropomorphizes death into the Grim Reaper, and through the Grim Reaper's pursuit of people, he allows different people to present different attitudes when they meet the Grim Reaper, or when they are pursued by the Grim Reaper. These people become the "archetypes" of people in the world, and you and I, the audience, are caught up in them.
The plot:
The story takes place in the Middle Ages, when a crusading knight returns from an expedition with his squire, and on his way, he encounters Death incarnate. It was the time when the Great Plague was raging in Europe, and he was dragging his exhausted body with questions that would take time to unravel: what is the meaning of life? What is the nature of death? He decided to play a game of chess with Death, and if he lost, he would let Death take him away. The game goes on and on. The knight continues his journey. What he sees and hears on the way makes him gradually realize that the truth is the happiness of the world, and that what saves them is not the power of heaven, but the fact that human beings nurture life and love each other. At that moment, however, Death caught up with him and demanded to finish the unfinished game of chess with him. The result was that the knight lost. The next day, the Wanderer seems to see Death taking the Knight away and dragging him into a circular formation of "skeleton dancers".
Through the wandering life of the idealistic knight Brock and his companions in the plague-ridden continent of Europe, the film shows how different people face death in different ways, and at the same time questions the meaning of human existence, the roots of faith, and the very existence of God, while at the same time affirming the power of faith itself through the lives of the actors, the family of Josef. The film itself is full of obscure metaphors and symbolist compositions, and is arguably one of the most representative of Bergman's style.
The knight Brock and his retinue are arguably the most important characters in the film. Brock is an idealist who returns from the Crusades to find his homeland engulfed by the plague, and the crusade a complete sham. At the height of his agony, he meets Death, who greets him, but not willing to die in emptiness, he engages in a battle with Death - a game of chess, and Brock, ever in the throes of contemplation, feels the emptiness of life and the vagueness of God, and the seeming worthlessness of his own life, says, "I'm going to take advantage of this reprieve, and do the one thing that makes the most sense of it all". In his confession to the priest (who was in fact death in disguise), he radically questioned God, "Emptiness is like a mirror in which the empty self is reflected, and it is really horrible and frightening. Is it really impossible for man to see God as he is? Why is he always hidden in those unrealistic miracles? If I can't even believe in myself, how can I believe in others, what will happen to those who are willing to believe in God but can't really do it, and those who are neither willing to believe nor able to do it? I want not assumptions, but wisdom, and I want God Himself to show Himself ......" Brock is an agonizing truth-seeking idealist whose life is full of weights, while he is the only one who can communicate with death to each other and is tormented by himself as a result. Brock's follower, however, is a typical realist, who takes everything calmly and habitually, while at the same time often reminding those around him to keep their wits about them with his keen sense of observation. He never has any complaints or doubts about the absurdity of death and fate, he understands everything and accepts it. He is a man who goes along with life and learns to mock in it.
The hypocrite is the seminary graduate Rapha, who in vain has the learning and morality of God but exercises unrighteousness, who steals the property of the dead and sells it, and who also stirs up human relations to be a spectator himself. It was he who deceived Brock into joining the Crusaders back then, and now his deceptions are becoming more and more despicable, culminating in his life being swallowed up by the plague. The man who lives in chaos perhaps represents the image of a very large majority of people - the blacksmith, the blacksmith's wife, Ska in the theater troupe. And such people happen to be the most numerous in real life, they * some instincts of life to maintain, no clear beliefs and morals, and no sense of self-reflection, life for them is to meet the material and physical needs. Ska had said that he was best suited to play the role of Death and had recited a line about it, but sadly it had touched his life in no way, and when Death did seek him out, it showed a humble slavery and a crippled personality.
Six Forrest Gump Lesson: Obsession
Every time I think of Forrest Gump running between the east and west coasts of the United States, I can't stop feeling sad, and uplifted. Do you believe in the success of a mentally handicapped child? Do you believe that the people who get the most out of this world are the very ones who don't care what they get? Gump doesn't understand that he can't always follow a woman around to help her fight, or that a grown man shouldn't always hang on to *his* words. Gump doesn't know anything, he just knows that he keeps running down the road on his instincts, and that eventually he runs to the end.
Mom always said that life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what's in the box.
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Who is Forrest Gump?
Gump: I promised Bubba, and I've always tried to keep my word.
Gump: Mom says stupid people do stupid things. I'm not stupid, I'm Forrest Gump.
Review of Forrest Gump:
In the race for Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995, the film Forrest Gump won six awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects. The movie reflects all aspects of American life through the description of the life of a mentally handicapped person, and shows the important events in the social and political life of the United States in the past decades from a unique perspective. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The original is a satirical dystopian novel, while the film embellishes and embellishes the story. Instead of the original novel's absurdity and revelation of irony, the movie adds a warmth to the story. This undoubtedly made the film more palatable to the audience and the jury, but at the expense of the original's rebellious spirit of struggle, it made the film a symbol of idealized morality.
Forrest Gump is portrayed in the film as the embodiment of virtues, honesty, trustworthiness, conscientiousness, bravery and the importance of feelings. In the movie, Forrest Gump is portrayed as very pure, while Jenny becomes a symbol of depravity. This is a huge departure from the original. For everything that is narrated, the film is presented from the beginning with a warm and kind attitude, and even a poetic element is added, which makes the film seem soft and harmless. The movie promotes and embodies traditional moral values. The director's skillful choreography and use of cinematic language also make the movie very attractive. The content of the movie provides a guarantee for the commercial success of the movie, and the artistic treatment of the director also makes the movie more wonderful, which is the reason for the success of the movie. Forrest Gump became one of the best-selling movies in the United States.
Tom Hanks' performance in the movie is very simple and natural. He won the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in this movie. This is his second consecutive movie gold statue. The success of Forrest Gump also made Tom Hanks one of the most popular movie stars in Hollywood. For Tom Hanks, those two years were the luckiest in his acting career.
Seven "The East is Undefeated" Course: Talent
Men shouldn't refrain from watching martial arts movies, if you can only watch one martial arts movie, what would you choose? I think it would be The Undefeated East. Full of flowers drunk three thousand guests, a sword frost cold fourteen states, the swordsman's posture with the sword in the air and dance, like a stunning, like a swimming dragon. Jin Yong's "The Smiling Proud Wanderer" is about the pursuit of freedom, Tsui Hark, Cheng Xiaodong, Zhang Shuping, Jet Li and a cadre of geniuses with the movie reproduced this magnificent and incomparable martial arts world under the pen of Jin Yong. The tune of "The Canghai Laughter" has been sung to this day and has become a credential of our fantasy and an outlet for escaping reality.
Eight, love and responsibility: "Roman Holiday" Course: love
Perhaps "Roman Holiday" is a bit blind romantic suspicion, but Audrey. Hepburn's appearance makes it really become a fairy tale. She is like an angel traveling on earth, beautiful and untainted. The reporter kissed the wet princess, and then watched her slowly walk towards his residence. At that moment, do you silently say in your heart, "Don't go"? In the palace in Rome, two people stood so close and so far apart. Joe could only say, "Your friend will never let you down." And the princess could only reply, "Rome, of course Rome." In a person's life, even if there is only such a moment of spiritual connection, how many fewer regrets there will be!
Audrey Hepburn's stunning debut film, The Rising Star, is the first of its kind. Audrey Hepburn's stunning debut, not only was elected to the Academy Awards after the movie, and with its elegant temperament in the fifties set off the "Hepburn fever", many girls imitated its hairstyle and clothing. In terms of entertainment and artistic value, this movie is also a classic. The plot describes the British princess to visit the ancient capital of Rome, to the complexity of the mattress as a chore, sneaking into the city at night to enjoy the night, coincidentally met a kind American reporter, the two put their arms with the tour, a secret love affair. However, the British official delegation found that the Princess is missing, all pinched a cold sweat. In the end, the Princess sacrifices her love for the sake of her duty, which is saddening. Directed by William Wyler. Director William Wyler has vividly incorporated the scenic beauty of Rome into the plot, and the handsome Gregory Peck is also in love with Audrey Hepburn. Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are also very much in tune with each other, making a romantic comedy very warm and pleasant to watch.
Nine, the courage of freedom: "Braveheart" Course: Courage
Perhaps the hero is not omnipotent gods, but the hero must be fearless warriors. In you stand in the neon flashing streets, when you face the vile commissive smile, you again remembered the one that makes you sweat Wallace, this time you put away the face of the habitual smile, silently to Mel. Gibson has never been so solemn. For he made us realize what it means to be a true hero. "Freedom!" is Wallace's dying cry, setting your blood on fire as well.
Ten: "E.T" Lesson: Childhood
If you shed a tear while watching "E.T," don't be afraid or ashamed, no matter how old you are. In fact, it's such a blessing to be able to grieve and rejoice with children over what happened to E.T. It represents that we still have a little bit of our childlike hearts left, that we have some dreams still hidden in our hearts. When E.T., who has a pair of children's eyes, uses his superpower to make the children's bicycles fly up into the night sky and cross the bright moon, do you feel shocked? Did it make you question some of the things you've grown accustomed to?