Real love is not so beautiful

Yvette 2022-04-19 09:02:44

This is at least the third time I've watched this movie. The first time was before the high school art exam, the second time was a play starring Feng Xianzhen that I watched in Beijing when I was in college, and this is the third time. Dostoevsky's question is still deafening: "Can beauty save the world?" Such love in the film is both beautiful and romantic. In a very bureaucratic and stereotyped system, it is unimaginable, whether in the Soviet Union or in our country, to be able to talk about a vigorous love - still in the same unit, or with strong women and weak men. . Not to mention the slapstick scene in the office at the end of the film. When it comes to this matter, it is actually quite sad to scrutinize it: is it true that a realistic love story is not enough to move the audience, must some romantic love stories be written to impress the audience? After all, according to Xu Baogeng’s definition, romanticism is "Reality is as it should be" and realism is "realism is as it is". If we always use romantic creative methods when we talk about love, this proves the problem.

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  • Makenzie 2022-04-23 07:04:09

    The kind of socialist love represented by the Soviet Union has never been unrestrained, direct and clear, like the kind of socialist news. This movie clearly shows that.

  • Greta 2022-04-22 07:01:49

    A dry socialist instant newsreel that Ryazanov turned into a wet slapstick. The telescopic scheduling of the camera, the lyrical music and the empty camera lens have all become the fascinating "revival of life" under the gap of the system. The director of the Ministry of Light Industry is fat. The good ending is that the young people in the 1970s will get fat in one bite.

Office Romance quotes

  • Kalugina: Well, how's the cat?

    Novoseltsev: Better, she said.

    Kalugina: Just so she said, didn't she?

    Novoseltsev: Yes, she did.

    Kalugina: Such a wonderful cat! The best cat in the world, isn't she?

  • Samokhvalov: It's just that... it compromises you.

    Kalugina: I have had such a spotless reputation, it's about time I were compromised.