Before the movie was released, supporting books were already on sale, including "Hello, Cruel Heart", "Cruella's Sketchbook" and "Cruella Live Action Novelization".
The novel fills in some of the details omitted in the movie, and also answers some audiences’ confusions. At the same time, it describes Kuila’s psychology and the Baroness more. I found that some people don’t seem to understand... so I sorted it out from the beginning:
Estella learned sewing from her mother since she was a child, and gradually showed her talent for design. She began to act out of the ordinary, and her temper became more and more weird and mean, and her mother Catherine was a gentle and kind person, and she hoped her children would do the same.
``This is cruel, your name is Estella, not Cruella. ''
Kuila is the nickname given to her by her mother and her other self, but out of love for her mother, she has always suppressed this side.
At the age of 12, because of Estella’s natural black and white hair color and maverick dressing style (that school uniform was changed by herself), she was bullied by her classmates and took revenge against her mother and was expelled from school. The parents of the child who were retaliated against were rich and powerful in the city, so his mother was also out of work, and the two planned to go to London to start a new life. Estella chose Regent's Park as the first stop of her new life. In her opinion, this place symbolizes her mother and is her emotional sustenance.
Then, just like in the movie, Mom went to the Baroness for help. Estella couldn't resist the temptation of the dress and slipped into the party, leading to being chased by Dalmatians. During the process, she heard a sharp sound but didn't know what it was, etc. When she recovered, she saw her mother was thrown down by a dalmatian and fell off the cliff, and she lost the necklace her mother gave her. The book has more descriptions of the ball itself and the dialogue between the Baroness and Catherine. The theme of the ball was Queen Marie Antoinette. The baroness wore a Chinese dress and swung down on a swing, appeared in front of everyone, and said the queen's famous quote: Let them eat cake. Then the curtain fell behind, revealing a huge cake with the same words "Let them eat cake" on it. (The director of this scene said it was one of the most gorgeous scenes in the whole film. The result was basically not cut in. It was probably to match Estella’s perspective to prevent the audience from seeing the baroness’s face, but it’s not necessary at all. This kind of plot is very good. guess.?)
Estella met Jasper and Horace after escaping that night, and lived by stealing. She believed that she did not follow the rules and killed her mother. Feeling guilty and regretful, she dyed her hair red and decided to integrate into the low-key life of normal people. "Kuira" was temporarily buried in this way, but she is satisfied with her current life, she can continue to make clothes and have friends. However, as the actor said in the interview, the relationship between Estella and these two people has also changed as she gradually darkened to become Kuila, from a friend to a relationship between a boss and a subordinate. Transition to "101 Loyal Dogs".
In an interview, Emma Stone said that this film contains two mother-daughter relationships. So far, the story of Estella and mother Catherine has been explained, and then there is another completely different mother-daughter relationship...
As an adult, Estella was picked up by the baroness of the fashion industry by accident and worked for her. (The Baroness hired her mainly to keep an eye on the girl and prevent her talents from being seen by the world. She uses all capable people for her own use, and the Baroness is proud of her ability.) Perhaps it was due to blood Perhaps it is the yearning for the power to control fashion. Although Estella does not like the Baroness, she admires and respects her. When the baroness scolded the two shop assistants, Estella stood at the door carrying the dinner plate, as it was written in the book,
"Estella listened with fear and fascination. She had never heard anyone speak so boldly and confidently, let alone a woman."
This appreciation is two-way, and the baroness's name for her has changed from "dirty girl" to "Estella". Estella was very happy, she had never heard the baroness call anyone else's name. The relationship between the two people is quite delicate. At this time, Estella is in a state of trembling. She doesn't know when the baroness's extra attention to herself will disappear, and she sees the baroness as a person who can help her realize her dreams. people.
(PS: When the two people were in the car, the baroness threw the lunch out of the window and looked at Estella's shocked face. She explained, "Because of the neighborhood here, they hate me. Professional women are nouveau riche. . Anyway, they hate me so much, so let them hate enough.” Fun fact: The Baroness’s 9-minute nap every day will be held 13 minutes after her last lunch.)
After that was the first turning point in their relationship. When their intersections gradually increased, Estella accidentally discovered that the Baroness was wearing the necklace of her dead mother. Only then did she know that the ball was held by the Baroness. In addition, the baroness's contempt and insult to her mother made her angry. She finally realized that the Baroness was not a good person, and her dream was broken. The more Estella thought about it, the more she felt unfair. She lived a miserable life while the Baroness lived in a mansion, so she decided to steal her mother's necklace. This scene also paved the way for Estella’s life experience. When the baroness was about to go out and take the necklace off and hand it to the butler, Estella kept staring at the necklace.
"John (the housekeeper) watched her gaze, his eyes widened slightly, but not in doubt, but in a completely different emotion-understanding."
Next is the black and white dance party. (Insert one of Anita's personal settings. She didn't want to report the Baroness. The boss forced her to come. She wanted to report something more important than fashion, so she simply helped Kuila afterwards)
This scene is very important. Estella released Kuila for the first time in many years. Washed off the hair dye to reveal the black and white hair color, and deliberately changed her accent, but this time she was just to disguise herself, until the baroness asked her name, she was stunned, she had not thought about it, it was the baroness mean The cold eyes reminded her of the boy who bullied her at school. Then she remembered the revenge of herself and said firmly that she was called "Kuira", which was also the first step in blackening.
[Here is another hint about Estella's life experience, (not written in the book, but in the movie) When asked about her hair color, the baroness thought about it, and the butler glanced at her. At the beginning of the movie, there was also a foreshadowing. When the butler took off the little Estella's hat, his eyes changed. Obviously, the butler knew her.
Regarding the dog’s age, the book states, “Estella looked at the Dalmatians next to the Baroness and thought,'It shouldn’t be the ones that attacked my mother. Is she one by one? Just change them, like changing a handbag?'"]
When the two people sat down to talk, they talked a lot. Estella asked her the secret of success to delay the time, and the baroness replied.
"2 hours of sleep, rule with fear, be a creative genius, let nothing stop you and destroy all competitors."
"I have no friends, and I found that no one can reach my level, so I prefer this."
Even though Estella hates the Baroness, she has to admit that she has great power and uses this power as a weapon.
Then there was the chaos caused by the mouse. The baroness whistled and ordered her dalmatian to chase Buddy to grab the necklace. Estella remembered that she had heard such a harsh sound back then. She looked at the baroness and knew that she had passed. Dalmatian killed her mother, and her bad impression of Dalmatians disappeared. She knew that it was people who were bad, not dogs. For a time sorrow and anger came to her heart, her feelings for the baroness turned into extreme hatred, and she decided to destroy everything about her.
Estella began her revenge plan. As mentioned above, her attitude towards friends has changed. During the argument, Estella thought that Jasper could not fully understand the matter, which made her very angry. This is not just revenge on the Baroness. Of course, it is good to beat her, but more importantly, her own design has a chance to come out, she can establish her own brand, and her dream can be realized. This is two birds with one stone. At this time, her cognition of her identity has slowly changed from Estella to Cruella. She previously played Kuila, but from now on, she will play Estella.
When she was called into the office by the baroness the next day, she found that the ground was full of newspapers (newspapers are also an important element in the film), and the baroness was very upset about what happened at the prom, (here appeared again To pave the way, she said to the housekeeper, “Did you notice her hair?”) She hoped that the staff could create better designs, but Estella didn’t want to do her best for her, so she drew a few design drafts during the day and negotiated at night. Go to the red carpet where the Baroness attended to grab the limelight. She intends to use what she learned from the Baroness during this time and the door the Baroness unwittingly opened for her to become a designer who shocked the world. (First create a sense of mystery, let everyone know that there is such a woman, and then the time is almost time, then I will announce my name to the world, and it will be an instant hit.)
[The outfit that Kuila wore every time she appeared was taunting the Baroness. The first red dress was an improved version of the Baroness’s old dress; the dress that covered the Baroness’s car reads "the past", which means that the Baroness is in the past tense; the old dresses that fell down from the garbage truck are also all The Baroness's previous design refers to her design as rubbish. 】
During a lunch break, Estella secretly went to the alley to continue designing her own clothes, but was discovered by the security guard. The original clever baroness had long discovered that Estella was a little strange recently.
"In the world of the baroness, if someone becomes weird, it usually means they want to stabb her in the back."
After her own design was taken as her own, Estella wanted to resist, but she needed the salary, so she could only bear it. The Baroness also needs her design, so even if she betrays her, she will not fire her. Two people who disliked each other were entangled.
The Baroness is a person who does not allow anyone to share the starlight with her. She must be the top of the fault, so she tried to destroy Kuila again. After finding someone Chakuila's whereabouts failed, she decided to act on her own. I said earlier that the Baroness likes to look through the pages of all newspapers about herself, and in all the recent reports about Kuila, Anita’s photos are always the best, as if she had already prepared, the Baroness speculated from this. Anita and Kuila are in the same group, and only then did they find Anita Xingshi to ask the guilt.
As for how the Baroness knew Estella was Kuila's, it was mentioned several times in the book. Once when the baroness asked if the beads of the dress were up, Estella accidentally said in Cuira's voice, "I've placed an order, waiting for this idiot deliveryman." The baroness stopped and glanced back at her. He left without saying anything. (During the black and white ball, the baroness felt that Kuila was familiar, so she should have suspected that they were alone a long time ago, but she never said it.) After the moth egg skirt was made, the baroness took Estella to drink and celebrate, and then It was another long dialogue of yin and yang.
Here is also a little portrayal of the Baroness. She said that many talented women were buried. In that era, she had to pay a lot to break her own career, and she couldn't give it away.
"Estella is surprised. The Baroness actually sounds a bit human."
"The Baroness raised the glass to her lips and looked at Estella. The latter moved nervously in her seat, and there was a look in her eyes that she didn't like. Does she already know who I am?"
The conversation that day made her very nervous. She was afraid that the Baroness would start with her, but her plan was still the last step-her brand debut. She asked the little attendant to make trouble and deliberately exposed. She hoped that the Baroness thought it was Kuila who had come, but the Baroness had basically determined that Estella was Kuila, but she was forcing her to confess.
"'She (Kuira) might steal my creation, this is indeed a good idea, if you are her (you would do it too)', the Baroness looked at Estella, her eyes cold and provocative. "
"The Baroness has been sorting out her thoughts and putting together various events these days. She is sure that Estella is Kuila. She has carefully studied Kuila’s design and found that similar patterns appear in Estella’s design. And she didn't investigate her background when she hired her, she probably had this kind of evil mind to fight her."
And Estella's plan is to make the Baroness feel that Kuila is under her, and underestimating the enemy is very dangerous.
Not much to say about the following things, fast forward to the baroness setting fire to kill, here to pave the way for Kuila's life experience for the last time. The baroness looked at Kuila's black and white hair,
"Check again, this is your natural hair color, right?"
"Yes what's the matter."
"nothing."
Finally, the mystery was revealed, and the butler saved Kuila's life and told her that she was the daughter of the Baroness. (Is this setting a dog-blood? It’s quite a dog-blood. But it's quite reasonable. Estella herself admits that they have many similarities: talented designers, who want to get ahead, if there is a grudge, they must be reported. Some extremes make people feel that they have many similarities. "Mental illness can be inherited." The two names are also unique, "Cruel (cruel) la" and "Hell (hell) man". I even hope to see them join forces. But in this film, Kuila clearly does not have a baroness. So bad, or not yet, the screenwriter tried his best to integrate 101, and played the old version of the terrier, "It should be good to make them into dog fur coats", "How do you know (I am not a murderer), I still Young".?)
The butler said that the baroness succeeded in getting the baron to marry her by lying and deceiving her. It is not difficult to imagine that the young and beautiful baroness won the favor of the baron and also won his money. But the Baroness is a narcissist, she only loves herself. She didn't want children in the first place, and she was very unhappy when she learned that she was pregnant, but the Baron was so excited to change her will and leave all the property to future generations, and the Baroness decided to kill the child. Unexpectedly, the butler was softhearted, saved her life, gave her to the maid Catherine, and gave her all her own money and the necklace by the way. (The butler did not say that the child was still alive, but the baroness found out later, and guessed that he saved Kuila from the fire, a savior and a savior.) After returning from a business trip, the baron was told that the child had died and borrowed wine. Dispel the sorrow, and finally passed away. He did not change his will before his death, but because the child was gone, the property was given to the baroness.
The amount of information was so great that Kuila couldn't accept it for a while, and she had mixed feelings. Then she understood why her mother kept telling herself that she should keep a low profile and be in a group. It turned out that she had always been afraid that her adopted daughter would become a biological mother-cruel and ruthless. Shape her with love. But after some ideological struggle, Kuila gave up the struggle, she decided to embrace her dark side, although her mother would not agree to do so, she would also implement her own final revenge.
At the end, Kuila changed back to Estella, suspended the Baroness in jail, and arrested her by the police officer responsible for the murder of Catherine. He was young and naive back then, and was in awe of the baroness's wealth and power, but this time it was different. He received a lot of evidence that the baroness had done evil over the years.
"Cuira succeeded, got revenge, and inherited a huge amount of fortune. She doesn't know what the future will be. But the days of dealing with the Baroness not only deepened her love for fashion, but also awakened her desire for power. And she can't wait to extinguish this lust."
"Estella is doomed to die. In this difficult world, there is no room for her kindness and heart. The Baroness taught her that if she wants to succeed, she must bury this part in the ground forever. She will never let any more People riding on her head will not let anyone see her weakness."
"She is ready to fight. Defeating the Baroness is just the beginning. When she finishes her work, the whole town, the whole city, and even the whole world will see this black and white."
The word of mouth of this film is currently somewhat polarized, and men are generally rated lower than women. Some say it looks good, some say it’s ugly, some say it’s whitewashed, some say it’s not whitewashed, some say it’s dark, and some say it’s true, good, and beautiful... uh, whatever?
Finally, put some stills and admire Emma Thompson's acting skills by the way.
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