Making and Watching Biopics of Great People

Maxine 2022-01-25 08:06:28

Now the Chinese film format is very good. Does anyone want to make biopics of great people? I have seen a lot in those days, such as the stories of Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong, Marshal Peng, etc. The great people were either too humorous, too smart, or too persevering. They were always enthusiastic for the people, as if the people It's like their home. Later, these films were embarrassed to be called biopics, and changed to the main melody.

Even so, let's look at how Americans make biopics. Americans have also made biopics of many great people. The main thing is to take a look at Gao Xixi. Didn't he shout that he wanted to make a biography of Mao Zedong? When it comes to making movies, it seems that the realm of Americans is still higher.

When it comes to biopics of great men, I don't know if Nixon is a great man. When I watched Nixon's film by Oliver Stone, it was actually very tormenting. I kept flashing back, and there were a lot of inner scenes. I felt that the great man was very sympathetic. In my impression, Lincoln is a kind of old-fashioned and rigid image. After watching the director's Lincoln, I realized that the ugly-looking Lincoln turned out to be very humorous. In several important decision-making scenes, we have to tell a story with a hidden joke. Listen to everyone, and then make a decision. The jokes the leaders tell will be laughed at by people who have no sense of humor.

In the film, Lincoln is just an ordinary person. His subordinates will yell at him because they don't understand his intentions. Because of his wife, he will deliberately not let his son join the army. When things go wrong, he will put down his posture and negotiate with his opponent. , showing the eloquence of a lawyer, and hesitating and swaying in the face of difficulties.

The black officer at the beginning of the film (he wears a dagger and may already be an officer) has memorized the unfinished presidential speech of the white soldiers, and Lewis' eyes express the determination of the follow-up story of the film. I think it's a small touch. Jamie Lee Jones asked the clerk for the counting paper after the vote on the bill was completed. After returning home, he handed it to the black woman who opened the door for him, saying it was a gift, and then he learned that it was his wife. This is another small touch.

Today, when Barack Obama was re-elected as president, I personally think it is very meaningful to make such a film. In the early days, Spielberg made great efforts to create a movie about black life, which received numerous acclaim, but did not win an award. The award was an Oscar. The movie was called Purple, and it told the sad history of a black family for 20 years. The current Lincoln seems to be the answer to the fate of the protagonist of that movie.

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Lincoln quotes

  • Thaddeus Stevens: It's late, I'm old and I'm going home.

  • [the three Confederate peace representatives cross the border into Union territory; heading towards their carriage, they balk when they see it being guarded by black soldiers. At last, Stephens steps toward the waiting door]

    Alexander Stephens: [to soldiers] Much obliged.