This movie did not win any Oscars, but we should still watch it

Birdie 2021-12-20 08:01:05


Dalton Trumbo likes to write in the bathtub. The first shot of the movie "Trumbo" was that Brian Cranston woke up in the bathtub, tranced for a while, then put on his glasses and continued to write His script. At this year’s Oscars ceremony, Lao Bai won the only nomination for this movie as an actor. Before the announcement of the best actor, his short film was the first to be played. It was a scene in the bathtub, smoking a cigarette, yes. The daughter in the play growled. At this time, Trombeau lost his job and went to jail because of his faith, and was not even allowed to continue to exist in this industry. For someone who has a writing genius and just wants to make a living, it is almost a disaster.

He resisted in his form. Trombeau took over a bunch of scripts from a small production company for $1,200. He couldn’t sign his name, but he needed to make a living. That’s why there was a conflict with his daughter, "I’m in the bathtub. Work is surrounded by water, so even if the whole country is on fire, I don’t worry, so that I can continue to be the private slave of this family.” Before being blacklisted, he was the most expensive screenwriter in Hollywood, but there After that, he could only write anonymously and cheaply in this way. He borrowed the name of another screenwriter, sent the script of "Roman Holiday", and wrote "The Brave Man" under a pseudonym. These two plays won him an Oscar, but apparently the author himself was unable to attend the awards ceremony and could only watch the live broadcast at home on TV. These two scenes were restored in the movie. When "Roman Holiday" won the award, Trombeau didn't even laugh. His daughter said, "Are we going to be happy now?" He took a cigarette and continued to be silent. The screenwriter in front of the scene wanted to return the statuette to him, but he refused, saying that there was no his name on it. In fact, it was not until 1993 that the academy returned the honor of "Roman Holiday" to Trumb, but the son of Ian McClellan Hunter, who took the trophy at the time, was unwilling to hand over the trophy, so they renewed it. Made one.

By the time "The Brave Man", the situation did not get better, but Trumb was eager to win the industry's highest honor with a person on the blacklist, to complete the wonderful satire and revenge for all this, not to mention that it was the best he has ever been. The play I want to write. He won, and the whole family cheered, even though unrelated others still took the trophy on TV. Trombone completed the counterattack. He is still the best person to write stories in Hollywood, but the ultimate goal is to make his name appear on the screen again. He helped Kirk Douglas write the script for "Spartacus", and Otto Preminger came to him to rewrite "Exodus." Finally, despite the controversy and opposition from his peers, Kirk Douglas insisted on announcing that Dalton Trombeau was the screenwriter of the film. He saw the name Dalton Trombeau reappear on the screen in the movie theater, and his eyes were horrified. With tears.

I like the footage of Trombeau going to the movies in the movie, opposite the original black and white image, is the feedback of later filmmakers using color. He enjoyed the laughter of the audience during the screening of "Roman Holiday." For ordinary people, movies are a means of pinning dreams and escaping reality, but for Trombo, he is fulfilling his dreams. Although this dream allows him to avoid the harsh reality for the time being—not just his colleagues’ avoidance of friends Because of the guidance of public opinion, he is not even tolerated by ordinary people. In reality, Trombeau did not live in California in the movie, but moved to Mexico. The price of that dream is the consumption and torture of the spirit and talents without seeing the future.

At the end of the film, President Kennedy went to see "Spartacus" and made a positive comment in front of reporters, which means that the blacklist is about to become history. Trombeau returned to the Screenwriters Association of America to receive the honor and apology that the industry and the country owed him for decades. He said that what he said here tonight is not to bring harm to anyone, but to heal those wounds. At this time, I think back to the original purpose of belief, just want to be a self who does not hide my heart, but without any mistakes, I was pushed to the opposite of the times. However, decades later, we will still easily label someone and something, and will still easily follow the flood of public opinion without thinking about it and listening to our true voice.

This is not a scribbled question of who owes an award. Brian Cranston did not get the statuette, and for many years he could still sit in the audience as a new nominee. But about Dalton Trumbeau winning the Oscar but failing to get it, that period of history and the reflections it brings are the parts that we should understand and remember. At least, you can start with this movie called "Trombo".

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Extended Reading
  • Kasey 2022-03-21 09:02:07

    Look, any country has a cultural revolution...

  • Dane 2022-04-21 09:02:25

    He is the biggest contributor to the Roman Holiday just revisited on the big screen... This is what I saw on the big screen 3 years ago, supplementary notes.

Trumbo quotes

  • Edward 'Ed' Muhl: Kirk. Hedda Hopper just told me the American Legion is going to boycott us unless you get rid of Trumbo.

    Kirk Douglas: Ed, he's not done with the script. His name will never be on the thing. What's anybody boycotting?

    Edward 'Ed' Muhl: [to the make-up artists] Kirk... Just a second. Please. Please. Just give me five seconds, please.

    [the make-up artists clear away]

    Edward 'Ed' Muhl: Listen. Twenty million Americans are saying loud and clear, they will never buy a ticket to our movie unless you fire one writer. Here's fifty. Pick one.

  • Dalton Trumbo: Hello? Oh hello, Otto.

    Otto Preminger: I've read your last draft.

    Dalton Trumbo: What do you think?

    Otto Preminger: My answer is on the front page of today's New York Times.

    [Trumbo checks the paper and sees Otto has given him screen credit under his real name]

    Dalton Trumbo: [Amused] You hated it that much?

    Otto Preminger: Merry Christmas, Mr. Trumbo.