The inevitable tragedy of a martyrdom of love

Kamille 2022-03-25 09:01:19

This time, the film festival has brought out many old films to renovate, which is called a tribute. This 79-year-old French version of Tess amazes me.
This is a classic textbook that once slipped into eternal hatred, and it is also an inevitable tragedy of martyrdom-like love. Tess gave up material things when she didn't want to be a mistress; she gave up her faith when the priest didn't want a funeral for her child; she gave up her dignity when the family was desperate to be a mistress again. The only thing Tess cared about in her life was love. She had a martyrdom-like passion to love with her life, which was also the root cause of her tragic life.
I feel that I was able to make such a good film for a long time in 1979, and I didn't feel long at all for 3 hours. The director's rhythm control is very good.

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Extended Reading
  • Pauline 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    It's amazing to make such a beautiful movie in the 1970s. As far as the story is concerned, it is indeed tragic, but who can blame it, the cruelty of the society, the poverty of the parents, the occupation of Alec, the hypocrisy and cowardice of Angel, or the naivety and stubbornness of myself. In fact, although Alec is despicable, it is not shameful, at least he is really good to Tess and demands to be responsible for her. She, who was not raped, also volunteered to be his lover.

  • Jeffry 2022-03-24 09:03:20

    #filmlighting#Light processing of fog scenes. The fog in the day scene is generally not illuminated by artificial light, and backlighting is often used when shooting to increase the spatial depth of the fog. The longer the focal length of the lens, the denser the fog, and the shorter the lens, the lighter the fog. Fog at night should be illuminated artificially, and should be illuminated with high-intensity, long-distance, parallel light.

Tess quotes

  • Angel Clare: Leave that! You're my wife, not my servant!

    Tess: I'm your wife? You don't want to live with me. You want to go, don't you?

    Angel Clare: I couldn't stay without despising myself. What is worse, without despising you. How can we live together while that man exists? He is your natural husband. Not I.

  • Angel Clare: It's absolutely necessary that one of us remain here - to avoid a scandal. We must at least keep up appearances.

    Tess: Oh, yes. We must.