For the domestic cinema chain in the past 20 years, the genre of musicals is really poor, and domestic audiences are not very interested in musicals. Although last year's "La La Land" was popular all over the country, the film did not mention it as a musical during the promotion period. Many audiences watched it for a while before realizing it was a musical, so they watched it hard. I slowly sank in, and finally fell in love with this movie. Now, another song and dance film "The King of the Circus" is released, and this film has more song and dance elements than "La La Land".
Due to traditional factors and other influences, Chinese people always have a little resistance to movies that release more emotions. It is acceptable to sing, dance and dance in TV shows, but talk and say lines on a big screen like a movie theater. Just singing and dancing, always makes people feel a little embarrassed. Just like when I was watching this movie, the big brother behind him was always talking about " singing if a word disagrees, dancing awkwardly if a word disagrees ", with embarrassment in his tone, but he also watched the movie from beginning to end. So, why do we have to go into the cinema to watch this singing and dancing movie?
To be honest, the plot of "The King of the Circus" is really not very good. There are too many ways to describe this generation of heroes who created the history of "circus", not to mention that this character is full of controversy, but this film is not. But I chose a general way of running account to show it. But think about it carefully, in fact, the intention of this film is very clever, because it captures a key word that runs through the life of the protagonist Barnum - "dream". And if you want to use this keyword to shape the whole movie, then the musical is undoubtedly the best form of expression.
At the beginning of the film, it was a gorgeous show. Fireworks, beasts, all kinds of strange people, plus splendid colors and dynamic songs and dances, all of a sudden grabbed the hearts of the audience. In " A Million Dreams ", the male and female protagonists from childhood to teenager to marriage and childbirth are expressed through montage techniques, making this "dream" more attractive. After that, charming songs such as " Never Enough " and " This Is Me " followed one after another, and the scene became more and more gorgeous, pushing this gorgeous dream to the extreme.
When watching this movie, I noticed a very interesting place, that is, each main character has its own representative color in clothing, and these colors are also closely related to the character's personality. Barnum always wears a bright red dress, and this fiery red also represents his passionate and never-ending character. Everyone around him can be infected by his enthusiasm and moved by the dreams he creates. ; Jenny Lind always wears white costumes, the color is like her singing voice, holy and beautiful, which makes people dare to look at it from a distance; Lady Beard and Ann Wheeler wear purple clothes most of the time, this melancholy The color is the "freak" in the circus represented by them. They have been discriminated against since childhood, but their hearts have become stronger after repeated blows.
In addition, there are Charity's blue, Philip Cary's black, etc., each person or each group in this film has its own representative color, and when they come together, they are It seems that countless colors have come together, turning the whole film into a colorful and fantastic "dream", which makes people forget everything in more than 100 minutes and only be moved by this gorgeous dream. When the song " From Now On " at the end of the film sounded, I guess many viewers were actually trying to suppress their inner impulses so that they wouldn't dance with the beat.
This "King of the Circus" was actually released in North America last Christmas. Professional film critics did not give it a high rating. The box office in the first week of its release was also very bleak, but it was like the theme "Dream" in the film. In the same way, the film's box office continued to climb, and it became a magical film that "movies critics looked down on, but audiences bought it."
"Bringing joy to others is the best art" is the reason why the protagonist in the film PT Barnum said, and it is also the last scene of this film, and I think this is also the fascinating part of this film. The mission of film art itself is to create a dream, to let the audience sit in the dark and watch the gorgeous colors on the big screen and forget to immerse themselves in it. This is not a thought-provoking film, but a heartfelt film. Happy movie. So back to the original topic, why do we have to watch this group of people sing and dance in the movie theater, because, they can really make you happy.
Finally, I would like to talk about song and dance movies. Song and dance movies are actually one of the more difficult types of movies to make. The requirements for the entire production team, including actors, screenwriters, composers, lyrics, directors, etc., are very high. After the golden age of American song and dance movies passed, The genre of musical films has become very rare, but from "Dancer in the Dark" to "Chicago", and then from "Les Miserables" to "La La Land", although the production is scarce, it is almost all of them. They are all high-quality products, which not only cater to the market but also retain a considerable level of artistry.
In contrast to domestic films, although the output of the Chinese film market has been increasing in recent years, song and dance films have become a "forgotten corner". If you think about it carefully, it's just like "If Love", "Rooftop Love", "Gorgeous Office Worker" In these few films, film practitioners are either busy making commercial films, or they are devoted to making art films, but no one wants to make a song and dance film that can ensure commerciality without losing the artistic level. It can also be seen from one point that although we already have the same capital and material resources as the world-class film industry, we still have a long way to go in terms of artistic creativity.
It is hoped that there will be more "The King of the Circus" abroad in the future, because it will not only satisfy audiences who like singing and dancing movies, but also give inspiration and confidence to domestic film practitioners to create our own excellent singing and dancing. Movie.
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