In 1933, when the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles knew that MGM was going to shoot the film, it immediately negotiated with MGM, hoping that the film would not reproduce the unfriendly description of the Chinese in the original work, because the original novel vilified the Xinhai Revolution. The highest body in charge of film censorship in China, the Film Censorship Commission, is also cautious. After a period of mediation, the Film Censorship Committee ordered MGM to submit the script first, and the filming was approved after the review. MGM quickly submitted the script, but the Censorship Committee thought the script slandered the Chinese. In order to pass the script, the central party department, education, internal affairs, and foreign affairs agencies directly sent commissioners to assist MGM in revising the script. After 16 reviews and 16 revisions, the script was finally approved
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The Good Earth screenwriting
2022-01-26 08:43
Extended Reading
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Kelvin 2022-03-15 09:01:10
I feel that Pearl Buck understands China better than the Chinese, looks better than Chen Zhongshi's Bailuyuan, and looks better than Lu Yao's ordinary world. The woman is the good land. As the saying goes, the ugly wife is the treasure in the home. For a farmer, the most important thing is the woman and the land.
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Bailee 2022-04-24 07:01:24
The nuanced depiction of the faces of the people in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China expressed their disgust at the wealthy who bought the people's land and looted their wealth in disguise during the disaster. Praise the 1911 revolution. The scholar gave a generous speech All China will soon be free! a republic! The robbery can be described as a famous scene. This film was released after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. It rarely smeared the Chinese people. On the contrary, it glorified optimism, industriousness, tolerance and tenacity in many places.
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Wang Lung: [must sell his land to feed his family but the buyers take advantage of him] Thieves ! Thieves ! And well you know I must sell.
O-Lan: No ! Not the land. We'll not sell the land. We'll keep it. We'll go south and when we return, we'll still have the land.
Uncle: But I've arranged it. I brought these men here. You MUST sell !
O-Lan: Is it your land ? Did you buy it bit by bit ? The land is our life... and it's better to go south... or die walking... than to give it to you for nothing.
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Liu - Grain Merchant: Mr. Wang, two clever sons like these are the better half of your wealth.
Wang Lung: They're stupid, worthless creatures. If anything was driven into their thick, brass skulls it was by beating them. I told their teacher to beat them. He beat them so well that this one's going to the university.
Liu - Grain Merchant: Indeed.
Elder Son: If I'm not too unworthy, I hope to win a degree in agriculture.
Liu - Grain Merchant: Degree ? Agriculture ?
Wang Lung: That's some kind of paper that will make it rain just enough, but not too much.