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The Jazz Singer (1927)
finally saw this movie, the world The first sound film.
The story of the movie is wonderful, telling a singer's choice between ideal and reality. The leader of the synagogue choir hopes that his son can continue the family tradition and continue to sing in the church, but his son likes to sing pop songs, that is, jazz. The father's friend saw his son singing in the karaoke hall and told his father that he was very angry and beat his son. The son ran away from home in a rage, leaving only his sad mother and angry father. More than ten years later, my son has become a famous jazz singer, very popular in some small karaoke halls. The singer's excellent singing attracted the attention of a very beautiful female dancer, and she decided to help him perform. After performing for a while, the singer became more and more famous. The female dancer was going to perform on Broadway, and she also introduced the singer, so the singer also had the opportunity to perform on Broadway. After coming to New York, the singer went home to visit his parents. The mother was very happy after hearing his son's song, but the father still did not forgive his son. The singer saw his father's attitude and left again angrily. After the singer left, his father couldn't afford it. There is no lead singer in the church, and everyone wants the singer to come back to sing. Friends of mother and father came to the theater to persuade the singer. The singer saw his father seriously ill and was in a dilemma. Finally, the singer chose his father, he returned to the church and became the lead singer, and the Broadway performance was suspended. After hearing his son's singing, his father left the world happily. A few years later, the jazz singer has become very famous, and my mother laughed happily in the audience.
This film can enter AFI100, naturally because of its historical position-the world's first sound film. Therefore, in the process of watching, I also always pay attention to the appearance of dialogue. However, most of the "voices" in this film are singing of songs, with only a few simple lines of dialogue. The narrative of the whole film mainly relies on subtitles. Is this also called a sound film? Movies that simply sound out are called talkies, which are far-fetched. However, since the information says so, then think it is. In short, I was a little disappointed to see so few dialogues. I hope to see the first film in the true sense in the future, where the film relies entirely on dialogue to express the plot. This should be called the first film with sound.
Although the highlight of this film is "voicing", other aspects of the film are also excellent, especially the editing of the pictures and the use of background music. What impressed me the most in the whole movie was that when the singer faced the theater manager and mother, the scene kept switching between the three of them, which perfectly showed the singer's inner struggle and pain. Ideals on one side and family affection on the other. The singer's dilemma is vividly displayed through the change of the picture. Moreover, the background music sounded at the right time, rendering the three of them painful and sad, and appropriately conveying the mood of the film. As a movie from the 1920s, it is not easy to do this.
Through the story of this film, we can see that jazz music was popular music in the time when the story happened, but now it has become a less popular music style. Of course it is for me. So, I don’t like the songs in the movie, and some of them sound funny. On the whole, the rhythm and tune of the songs in the film are not like singing, but like "said songs", without the melody of contemporary songs. In addition, contemporary jazz is very different from the jazz in this film, after all, the times are advancing.
Finally, let’s talk about the plot of the movie. The plot of the film is very classic. After its story mode is adapted, many different stories can be derived. I won't say more about these. However, the plot of this film is a bit extreme, and the stubborn and stubborn character of his father is difficult to exist in real life. For example, even if the father is about to die, he does not forgive his son's behavior? too exaggerated! How do you say the son is his own flesh and blood, why call this Jin?
There is too little information about the actors in this film because the film is too old. The Chinese profile of the actor Al Jolson is zero. His looks and voice are not good, it is not clear why he can be the leading actor. The heroine actor May McAvoy is simply too beautiful in the film, young and dignified, but too short. She has very little information, and it seems that she has never been popular. The other actors are all tricks, not to mention it.
In general, this is a silent film with a few lines of dialogue, and it is the first sound film recognized in the world, although I don't think so. The story is pretty good, but the age makes the film too slow and it looks sleepy.
May McAvoy
May McAvoy
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2011-10-15
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