Ginger is old and spicy, and movies are good in black and white

Gerard 2022-03-24 09:03:00

The second 90-point movie this year, I have always felt that the black and white movies that Hollywood made in the middle of the last century are very interesting, the lines are the best, the screenwriters are very good, the actors are very attentive, and everyone in the camera is very good. I can only use the word seriousness to describe it, even if it is a marginal extra. This film is a comedy, with humorous language, funny actions, and amusing plot twists. What's more commendable is that it has a deep core. It is simply a master of comedy.
It's okay not to elaborate on it, let's go and see.

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Extended Reading
  • Casey 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Liu Bieqian was a German. In 1942, before World War II was over, he made a comedy satirizing Nazi Germany in the United States. More importantly, compared with Chaplin's "The Great Dictator", this comedy has a more advanced joke. The charm of Liu Bieqian's movies is really peculiar.

  • Olen 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    The German director made a World War II English-language film with a witty tone of voice. Patriotic stage actors and the Gestapo secretly resisted. Playing Hitler is hilarious. It's a pity that Gable's heroine died unexpectedly. To be or not to be as a password is too innovative.

To Be or Not to Be quotes

  • Joseph Tura: [disguised as Professor Siletsky - speaking about Maria Tura] Her husband is that great, great Polish actor, Josef Tura. You've probably heard of him.

    Colonel Ehrhardt: Oh, yes. As a matter of fact I saw him on the stage when I was in Warsaw once before the war.

    Joseph Tura: Really?

    Colonel Ehrhardt: What he did to Shakespeare we are now doing to Poland.

  • Joseph Tura: [disguised as Colonel Ehrhardt] I can't tell you how delighted we are to have you here.

    Professor Alexander Siletsky: May I say, my dear Colonel, that it's good to breathe the air of the Gestapo again. You know, you're quite famous in London, Colonel. They call you Concentration Camp Ehrhardt.

    Joseph Tura: Ha ha. Yes, yes... we do the concentrating and the Poles do the camping.