In the early 1990s, after his family trilogy caused a lot of repercussions in Taiwan and even internationally, he was appreciated and recommended by Emma Thompson, the screenwriter and star of "Sense and Sensibility". director. Even more unexpectedly, the film received rave reviews and even received 7 Oscar nominations that year. Many people are unwilling to believe that this is from a Chinese director born and raised in Taiwan who has never read the original novel. . .
With such a high starting point and reputation, it is not difficult to understand why the producers felt that Ang Lee was the most suitable person to make this film, which was also adapted from a novel, telling the story of a middle-class family in a certain era. Different from the previous British setting in the 18th and 19th centuries, this time the story takes place in a small town not far from New York in the northeastern United States in the 1970s. . .
The film opens with some details and a conversation at a party: Nixon and Watergate, Marvel's "Fantastic Four" comics, the "wife swapping game" from California, and the highly controversial and topical classic porn "Deep". throat". . . Clearly explaining the background of the times, Ang Lee's skill in recreating the historical atmosphere can be seen from this.
As for the issues touched on in the film, they include: society’s loss of trust in government and authority, loss of loyalty and passion between husband and wife, lack of communication and understanding between parents and children, adults’ nostalgia for their lost youth and self, adolescents’ feelings about adolescence and the opposite sex Confusion, loneliness and anxiety about growing up. . .
The first time I saw this movie was about ten years ago. The most impressive thing was the scene of Wendy and Sandy played by Christina Ricci. The rest are not that much. Now, the rest of the plot seems to be as fresh as the first time I watched it. . . . sigh~~
Finally, I couldn't help but habitually want to mix up the casting of the video:
1. The members of The Hood's family change according to the images in their respective masterpieces = the stupid president's father (Kevin Kline) + the capable female politician mother (Joan Allen) + the Spider-Man brother (Tobey Maguire) + the evil princess sister (Christina Ricci - no Know if she was deliberately fattening for the film or was a real adolescent endocrine disorder...)
2. The Carver's: gay retired Navy dad (Jamey Sheridan) + alien ghost mother (Sigourney Weaver) + Lord of the Rings Hobbit brother (Elijah Wood)....
The funniest thing is that Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) fell in love with Batman's girlfriend (Katie Holmes)...
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