Watching film notes-"It's a Wonderful Life"

Jules 2021-10-18 09:29:42

1. Potter's image of a disabled tycoon is very typical. From Potter to the railroad tycoon in "Once Upon a Time" to the mayor in "Rango", their common feature is the disabled... This image is an allusion to Daxing Keynesianism , 4 terms of president, Roosevelt threatened the foundation of the free market? 2. The myth of capitalism's common prosperity. When George came to the universe without him, the streets were full of bars and dance halls, with eyes full of drunken gold fans and depraved crimes. The friendly and mutual-help community was completely shaken, and the town became like a big town. The city is equally unbearable. 3. And what Frank defends is the good capitalism of small towns, communities, and mutual help. As Weber said: "Insatiable greed is definitely not equal to capitalism, let alone capitalism. On the contrary, capitalism can be equated to temperance, or at least to the reasonable relaxation of this unreasonable impulse." 4. Worthy of card Pula's value tendency shown in the movie, he has been a conservative Republican all his life. If the leftist filmmakers didn't have George's world Mary, they might end up on the streets. 5. In order to emphasize the traditional values ​​of family and friendship, the film introduces the same narrative strategy as in "The Wizard of Oz", placing the protagonist in a disorderly life. When life is normal, the value of family is highlighted. 6. Let’s just run the question. Dorothy was forced to leave home for the same young people in a small town. George’s inability to leave home is a manifestation of responsibility. In the new Hollywood movie, the young people have to escape from the family; to "Big Fish", father Leaving home is portrayed as a personal legend. Leaving home here no longer means fleeing/betraying the family, but a part of personal choice, which is the only way for a youth to grow up. Here, a closed narrative of leaving home-adventurous-returning home is completed, which is similar to Forrest Gump. In this narrative mode, the pain caused by the 1960s was stitched together, and the American value was reaffirmed. 7. This film introduces a true perspective of God, and we have been looking forward to the arrival of angels from the beginning. 7. The brilliance is also here. Angels can only solve the problem of suicide, while secular problems require secular solutions. When the friends in the small town come to donate money, it is hard not to be moved, as the so-called self-help people help God. 8. The film was nominated for 5 Oscars, but none of them did not become a must-have dish for Western families at Christmas time until the 1980s. One of my teachers, Sue, said that she would watch and cry once every Christmas, and chant There is nothing more important than friends and so on. 9. In this sense, Frank Capra is Feng Xiaogang from the United States, civilian stories plus traditional values. Anyway, I would like to see "Party A and Party B" every Chinese New Year. 10. The ending song is called Auld Lang Syne. The long-lasting friendship in China is quite meaningful. It is also a must-have for the Western New Year, and it often appears in the works of other Frank Capra directors.
Memorable scenes: 1. The voice montage after rejecting Potter's proposal, George returned home, and various conversations from the past highlighted his ambivalence. 2. The war period is very demeanor of news reports, there are wartime documentary images. 3. A rare jump cut. Potter talked to Uncle Bailey after Harley got the medal. It was not a jump cut in the full sense, but there were still changes in circumstances; is it to highlight the money in the hands of the uncle?

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  • Gillian 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    One of the most classic Christmas films in film history. The script concept is somewhat borrowed from Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol". It’s just that the protagonist has changed from a miser to a good guy. The director’s sensational skills are quite good. I have been in tears, this film should be a reserved film of the Global Anti-Suicide Association, especially suitable for all frustrated people to watch.

  • Newell 2022-03-23 09:01:09

    Life is not without a reason.

It's a Wonderful Life quotes

  • Violet Bick: [being dragged into a squad car by police] That sailor's a liar!

  • George Bailey: [on Mary being caught naked in the bushes after her robe slips off] This is a very interesting situation!

    Mary: Please give me my robe.

    George Bailey: A man doesn't get in a situation like this every day.

    Mary: I'd like to have my robe.

    George Bailey: Not in Bedford Falls anyway.

    Mary: [after the bushes' thorns starting hurting her] Ouch! Oh!

    George Bailey: Gezundheit.

    Mary: George Bailey!

    George Bailey: Inspires a little thought!

    Mary: Give me my robe.

    George Bailey: I've read about things like this.

    Mary: Shame on you! I'm going to tell your mother on you.

    George Bailey: Well, my mother is way up on the corner.

    Mary: I'll call the police!

    George Bailey: Well, they're all the way downtown. They'd be on my side.

    Mary: Then I'll scream!

    George Bailey: Maybe I can sell tickets.

    [a car pulls up, and George is told that his father has suffered a stroke]