As a product of the Hollywood blockbuster trend in the 1950s and 1960s, the filming process of "Cleopatra" can be described as extremely luxurious. At that time, there was no advanced computer digital technology, and the producer must pursue the most realistic effect, which led to the construction of large-scale scenery. For example, the famous scene in the film, Cleopatra’s visit to Rome’s entrance ceremony, the scene is magnificent, the streets and gates are built with real building materials, so that some people say that the crew of "Cleopatra" intends to rebuild a Roman city.
However, input and output are not always proportional. "Cleopatra" has become the most loss-making film in film history, and its failure has also planted the bane of Fox's final bankruptcy. Of course, some people also benefited from it. The two leading actors of the film, Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor and British movie star Richard Bolton, acted in the filming process and acted out a lingering love story. This was also heated up by the media at the time.
"Cleopatra" is a giant costume production with the largest investment and the worst loss in the history of Hollywood movies. From today's perspective, it is hard to believe that the classic movie Cleopatra, which has been sung endlessly, turned out to be the box office poison of the year. However, this film has fulfilled Richard. Burton and Elizabeth. Taylor's love affair of the century, but caused the filming of the 20th Century Fox company almost bankrupt. However, "Cleopatra" does reproduce a period of magnificent history in the ancient Roman era with amazing courage, directed by Joseph. L. Mankiewicz's ability to control the big scene is still not simple. The film describes the ambitious Egyptian queen Cleopatra married with Caesar of the Roman Empire for political purposes, but later she has a stormy love with the general of Luo Yi, Mark Anthony. The depiction of this triangular relationship is relatively in-depth due to the show off of the external landscape, but the scenes of several battles and the queen entering the city in the film are breathtaking.
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Cleopatra-the daughter of the sun god, the most famous woman in history! Poets in the Renaissance saw her as a heroine who died in love, while painters interpreted her as a naked-breasted queen. What is her true face? However, she, who describes herself as the Egyptian goddess of Isis, is actually not an Egyptian, but a Greek. How did a Greek who has no blood relationship with Egypt become a famous symbol of Egypt?
This enigmatic woman left infinite imagination space for future generations, imagine her beauty, imagine how it made two generals of the Roman Empire willing to be captured by her...
Cleopatra (Cleopatra) was born in BC Born in Alexandria, a city with many beautiful temples and palaces in 69, Alexandria is an oasis of Egyptian culture, which is a mixture of Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations. He was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. When Alexander the Great established an empire with an unprecedented vast territory, he gave Egypt to one of his generals, Ptolemy, and "Ptolemy" immediately established the Ptolemy dynasty in Egyptian history. And "Cleopatra" is the eldest daughter of the king of "Ptolemy Olet". Contemporary Egyptian women have autonomy, strong personal colors, and full of self-confidence. Cleopatra is a leader.
Under the arrangement of her father, "Cleopatra" married her half-brother (later Ptolemy XIII) in accordance with the custom, and both of them held power. The ambitious "Cleopatra" wanted to gain more power, but at that time the two ministers "Bohinius" and "Okcivian" united against her and drove her to Syria. She raised an army there, ready to fight for the throne of Egypt by force.
At this time, Caesar pursued "Pompey" to Egypt, "Ptolemy XIII" killed "Pompey" and dedicated his head to Caesar, in order to please him, and wanted to use Caesar to get rid of him His sister "Cleopatra". But this move did not give him the favor of Caesar. And "Cleopatra" also wanted to take this opportunity to use Caesar to help her win the throne, and ordered his subordinates to dress up as a businessman, wrap her in a blanket, pass through the water channel under the palace, and then to Caesar. Room. When the merchant went to Caesar's residence to see Caesar, she got out of the blanket and met with Caesar. She is multilingual and eloquent, not to mention her grand ambition. These are all factors that attracted Caesar, because she was completely different from the women in Rome at the time. She was confident, ambitious and planned, and wanted to win. The regime led Egypt to a more prosperous situation.
Caesar decided to help her regain the throne. Ptolemy XIII was deposed, and Caesar ordered Ptolemy XIV, the younger brother of Cleopatra, to rule with her.
Subsequently, "Bohinius" launched a rebellion, and was killed after the rebellion failed. "Ptolemy XIV" was also killed while fleeing. Caesar conquered Egypt, but did not turn Egypt into Roman territory. From then on, "Cleopatra" lived with Caesar and had a son named "Caesarion", which means "little Caesar". At the same time, Caesar restored the throne of "Cleopatra".
In 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated and killed. "Cleopatra" escaped sadly from Rome back to Egypt. "Cleopatra" did not have time to grieve after losing Caesar, she hurriedly returned from Rome. After returning to China, she worked hard to improve Egypt, which was corrupt and gradually poor at the time, and actively explored trade routes.
At this time in Rome, Caesar's adopted son "Octavian" and his subordinate "Marc Anthony" calmed the turmoil in Rome, and the two divided their spheres of influence. "Octavian" ruled the west, and "Anthony" ruled the east. Anthony sent "Cleopatra" to Tarsus in Turkey to meet him during the attack on Rest, hoping to obtain the wealth of Egypt to solve the problem of army supply.
"Cleopatra" did not respond. She followed her own pace and took the resplendent royal ship to Tarsus.
They are essentially attracted. She needs him to grow Egypt and support her son; he needs Egypt to support his army, but when they return to Alexandria, they are both married. However, when he went to the battlefield, "Cleopatra" gave birth to twins for him, but later it was heard that he married Octavian's sister, when "Cleopatra" was 29 years old.
But he still loved "Cleopatra", and Anthony returned to her three years later. When he returned to the east, on the way to resist the Parthians, he summoned "Cleopatra" and Married her. Octavian furiously declared war on "Cleopatra". In order to show his sincerity, Anthony gave her the entire Arabian Peninsula, the copper mines of Cyprus, the turquoise of the Sinai Peninsula, Armenia, the fields of North Africa and the important ports of Phoenician. At the same time, he also angered the Romans. They believed that Egypt did not have Qualified to have the country they beat back with blood and sweat.
Then came the famous Battle of Akshin in 31 BC.
"Anthony" and "Cleopatra" dispatched 500 warships. Octavian blocked these ships on the west coast of Greece. "Anthony" followed "Cleopatra" to break through the blockade and took the opportunity to escape, but his fleet was wiped out.
Octavian arrived in Alexandria the following year and defeated Anthony again. "Cleopatra" took refuge in the mausoleum she built for herself. Anthony thought that "Cleopatra" had died for him, so he drew his sword and committed suicide in a real Roman way.
Soon the messenger arrived and told "Cleopatra" that Ra was still alive. Before he died he insisted that someone take him to Cleopatra and die in her arms.
After Octavian arrived in Egypt, "Cleopatra" had locked himself in the tomb. Octavian was afraid that she would commit suicide. Everything in the tomb was checked, but he still lost to "Kelly". Opetra.
She hid the cobra with figs, and after putting on the most suitable clothes for her, let the snake kiss and die. She died with dignity, free from the shame of being taken back to Rome for a parade. The twins of Anthony she left behind were sent to Rome and disappeared in history; while Caesar's son "Caesar Ryan" became Octavian's forbidding and was later killed.
The great Egyptian empire thus became a colony of Rome.
Although her legendary life will end in Snake Kiss in the future, she will never lose her fame. When the name of the great pharaoh no longer existed in people's memory, Cleopatra's name "Cleopatra" was enduring in the hearts of the world.
8 points.
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