Our mysterious childhood

Johnathon 2022-01-14 08:01:26

At the age of 72, the director Roman Polanski directed the classic drama "Orphans in the Fog", which has been put on stage hundreds of times. The director uses a unique film language to interpret the eternal theme of this world movie-we are like a mystery The general childhood experience is like the semi-autobiographical life experience described by the British realist writer Dickens in his work "David Copperfield". Today, we may have our own unchanging family life, work and career, but every Individuals may have a dreamlike interpretation of their own childhood. One hundred people have one hundred colorful childhood fantasies. Of course, our childhood is not as difficult and obscure as Oliver Tweeter, such a legendary adventure. However, each of us may have an unknown childhood experience that is rarely mentioned in our adulthood. Roman Polanski uses a specific film language, a specific historical background, and a specific character to round us. A dreamy journey of personal childhood adventures.



Polanski once said: "I like the shadows in movies, but the shadows in life are not." Roman Polanski's film focuses on exploring human loneliness and the struggle and helplessness in the face of the big social environment, a 9 A year-old child has to face all kinds of similar life pressures and moral dilemmas imposed on him by the society. Even today's experienced adults may not be able to relax in such a dilemma, free from the moral bottom line and Between money, vanity, and social censure. Many of us, for the so-called bottom line of society, have lost ourselves and are living on the edge of pain. Our hearts are like broken egg yolks without sustenance.



The beginning of the film comes out of the old-fashioned prints and illustrations of Dickens’ novels. The film’s scene, layout, and character positioning are very British. It has both British-style old-fashioned and British-style gentleman demeanor. Oliver Pushster’s Fearful Poverty House Experience, the fat-eared elders of the poverty-stricken home council, condescendingly taught poor little Oliver, "My child, what's wrong with you, your face is scared." The supervisor in the poverty-stricken home plans to call Oliver When entrusted to the terrible man in black who cleaned the chimney, the director of the slum house asked Oliver sympathetically, "You are kind to him, he urgently needs care." The director's funny look, old British dress, civilized rod, Gao Yaner's hat, courteous on the outside, is in fact an unforgettable and profound recognition of the society's hierarchy of rich and poor. It presents a pair of British 19th-century worlds to the audience, allowing the audience to experience a despicable elegance and secularity.



Little Oliver appeared in golden wheat fields outside London, appeared in cruel shops under the rule of the coffin shop owner’s wife, appeared in the bustling streets of London, appeared in the villa of the kind gentleman, appeared in the courtroom ruled by the neurotic sheriff, Xiao Under the leadership of Polanski, Oliver has experienced the world of London. Little Oliver symbolizes the twists and turns of each of us in childhood, or the innocence lurking in our numb hearts, the evil and good people in the movie. , The villain, the servant master who is loyal to the social hierarchy, symbolizes the contemptible traditional concepts in our daily life, those who gain ambitions after the satisfaction of money, rights, and desires, those who hold their elbows everywhere, and the cowardice and inner hesitation .

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  • Bernadette 2022-03-25 09:01:17

    It's a pity that the child has chosen so well that there is no room to play, and there is no place for him to be appreciated and sympathetic to everyone, except for his poor face. The supporting roles are good!

  • Leone 2022-03-25 09:01:17

    Reminds me of the years when I read the original English version of Dickens in middle school. The big environment of fog is really suitable for the gloomy Polanski to play. Fagin and Oliver's indulgent hug in prison still captured me. The so-called balance between temperance and indulgence was lit. As a Dickens fan, I seemed to see Dickens laughing. Ps: Kingsley is a good actor.

Oliver Twist quotes

  • Artful Dodger: I suppose you've been walkin so long on the beak's order?

    Oliver Twist: What's that?

    Artful Dodger: Don't you know what a beak is?

    Oliver Twist: It's a bird's mouth isn't it?

    Artful Dodger: [laughs] You are green. A beak's a magistrate, where have you been all your life?

  • Fagin: [watching Dodger and Nancy play cards] Lovely life isn't it my dear?

    Oliver Twist: Yes, sir

    Bet: Sir? You know who you're talking to, do ya?

    Charley Bates: [laughs]