Please review the 1948 version of "Oliver Twist"

I watched the movie "Oliver Twist" some time ago. Perhaps because I have read the original work, I feel that this movie is not very good and too simple. The overall selection of characters in the movie is still very good. It's good, very consistent with the style of the original work, but the outline of the whole story is not very good. Some very important characters in Oliver's life experience are not mentioned, and Oliver's confusing life experience is not reflected. The whole storyline seems Not continuous. However, since it can be photographed for everyone to see, it is also very good.

The story takes place in England in the 1830s. On a cold and windy night, a baby boy just walked into the slums. As soon as Li Guagua fell to the ground, her miserable mother passed away. No one knew the identity of the mother, and the baby boy became an unknown orphan. Later he was adopted by the local church, and the steward who raised him named him Oliver Test.

When Oliver (Barney Clark) was 9 years old, because no one supported him to go to school, he entered the children's workshop in the workhouse and was engaged in heavy physical labor every day. Because Oliver can neither be lazy nor flattery, he is often beaten and scolded by the steward. These growing children had no clothes on their bodies and no food on their bellies all day long. In desperation, they decided to draw lots to select the person who proposed to add porridge, and it was Oliver who was chosen. At dinner, Oliver made his request truthfully, and the frightened steward decided to get rid of this hidden danger of rebellion.

But fortunately, Oliver finally failed to become a chimney sweeper. Instead, he was spotted by the funeral parlor owner Solbilly and became an apprentice bought by him for five pounds. The well-behaved Oliver quickly gained the respect of his boss and his wife, but was also jealous of the older apprentice Noel. Noel made fun of Oliver's dead mother, and Oliver couldn't bear it and got into a fight. Later, he was misunderstood by his boss and was beaten severely. In anger, Oliver ran away with hatred and ran to the distant foggy city of London.

In the suburbs of London, the hungry and cold Oliver met Atford, who not only provided him with a place to live, but also introduced him to a man named Fagin (Ben & S226; Kings). Lee ornaments). The innocent Oliver is still in the dark. The place where he lives is actually a den of thieves. These children are used as criminal tools, and Fagin is their "godfather".

One day, Oliver and Atford and others took to the streets together. Atford was accidentally exposed when he was stealing. In the chaos, Oliver was taken to the police station as a thief. Fortunately, a bookstore owner proved Oliver's innocence, and Brownlow, the rich man who had been stolen from, also felt compassion for him and took Oliver home.

Fagin and his accomplice Thicke (played by Jamie Foreman) did not give up and kidnapped Oliver when he went out to buy books. Brownlow mistakenly thought that the little boy had absconded with money, and was deeply worried. Very disappointed. Oliver, who returned to the den of thieves, was coaxed by Fagin to reveal the situation of the Brownlow family, and was coerced by Thicke to rob. Although the robbery was successfully prevented, Oliver was shot by Cold Gun. Just as Thicke was about to throw him into the river, Toby, who was traveling with him, rescued Oliver.

The sinister and unpredictable Thicke still encourages Fagin to get rid of Oliver to avoid future troubles, while his girlfriend Nancy tries to protect Oliver and gets in touch with Brownlow, hoping to help the innocent Oliver escape from the devil's cave. Unexpectedly, Nancy's intention was discovered by Fagin, and she was brutally killed by Si Ke soon after.

The police quickly arrested Sigg and Fagin. During the escape, Sigg accidentally died, and Fagin was eventually brought to justice. Soon, Brownlow took Oliver to visit Fagin in prison. Despite all the misfortunes caused by Fagin, the kind-hearted Oliver still prayed for him silently in his heart...

Starting from Dickens's original work , we can still see that the whole story is filled with a gloomy atmosphere like the dense fog that has been lingering in London for many years. The fate of the poor people at the lower class is played in the hands of the times and a few well-dressed and sanctimonious upper class people. There is little mutual care and support between the lower class people, but more mutual use and persecution...

For Polanski's film, it has to face today's world. There has to be a whole new element, kids. Roman Polanski, who is also a master figure, has repositioned the film so that it will become a colorful educational and entertaining film for teenagers. Adding entertainment factors is something that many people are happy to do today, but the original work The spiritual temperament must never be abandoned. Therefore, "letting teenagers receive a 'realistic' re-education" became the main theme promoted by Roman Polanski's 2005 version of "Oliver Twist."

Everyone knows that the vast majority of movies adapted from literary classics can achieve considerable success, and also have considerable opportunities from a commercial perspective. Because people come into contact with literary works first, and the words in the works should give people a broader space for imagination. The art form of movies only uses reels of film, and it is naturally difficult to express huge content in one or two hours. Moreover, it is a rare choice to choose actors who match the image of the original work. Therefore, shooting such a movie is a severe test for the director's own skills and those of the actors.

I believe that Polanski, who has rich experience and senior director skills, can completely control the direction of this masterpiece and bring a different cultural experience to children and many "old children" who like this masterpiece in the golden autumn.

Masterpieces are often one of the focuses of attention in movies. Since then, nearly twenty film half-pages have been released. The most classic among them is the 1948 version directed by David Lane. Although there was also a music genre with the same name as the novel in 1968, it was not included in the adaptations of this famous book because its interpretation was too outrageous. Count from the beginning. The first people to put this masterpiece on the big screen were not native British people, but Americans from across the ocean. Although the film world was still in the silent film era at that time, Hollywood did not yet have much appeal. But people at that time already knew how to adapt existing masterpieces into scripts and arrange them into movies. Thus, 1909 became the year when the famous novel "Oliver Twist" was first presented to people in a form different from the book. Years later in 1912. The awakened British also immediately shot their own "Oliver Twist" movie, not to be outdone by the emerging Americans.

After that, in 1916, 1920, 1922 and 1933, the masterpiece "Oliver Twist" almost became a frequent visitor to the cinema, and was repeatedly put on the big screen by many directors and filmmakers. It was not until 1948 that the British made "Oliver Twist" into a classic film in a serious manner, and it has become the most exemplary of all film and television versions of "Oliver Twist" to this day. In the following decades, there have been many film and television productions of "Oliver Twist", but among them, they are either fast food types based on commercial considerations, or bad works that are random and elegant. There are few worth mentioning. .

Today in the 21st century, in the film world where commercialism is rampant, Roman Polanski, a European master director who has also experienced the influence of Hollywood's commercial flavor, has picked up this famous book again and wants to bring it to life. It shows people from a new perspective and is worth looking forward to. Throughout the past hundred years, "Oliver Twist" can be said to have grown up with the young art of film, experiencing everything from silent films to sound films, from black and white to color, from traditional shooting to the extensive use of various special effects in films. everything. The arrival of the new century also heralds the rebirth of classic books. The more distant one is "The Merchant of Venice" in 2004, and the more recent one is "Pride and Prejudice" this year, both of which have become powerful helpers for "Oliver Twist". May classics regain their brilliance in the hands of knowledgeable people.

Roman Polanski talked about his motivation for creating this film in an interview in March 2004: "I often played with my children during my break last year, and just after At that time, I thought that I might make a movie for children. Then I recalled my favorite books when I was a child, and the last one that stayed in my mind was "Oliver Twist." Although Polanski wanted to make this film somewhat out of the blue, it was also inspired by his two sons. But the film is based on a classic, and there is pressure from classic movies in front of it. It is really difficult to make a breakthrough and requires a lot of courage.

The director, who was exiled from the United States to Europe, took a fancy to "Oliver Twist", which had been remade several times. Polanski expressed his intention to adapt this story written by the great British writer Dickens into a colorful film. A variety of youth entertainment films. Madman Polanski does not dare to tamper with the essence of realism in Dickens's original work this time, but he will pay more attention to showing Dickens's cold humor and uplifting atmosphere from time to time in the film, so that teenagers can experience a bright education. The idea was decided, so Polanski led everyone to start the intense production stage of the film. In the end, Polanski chose Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Central Europe, which has a slightly dignified cultural atmosphere, to start the project. However, in order to respect the style of the original work, the cast was exclusively made up of movie stars from the British Isles.

The actor who plays Oliver Twist in the film is Bonnie Clark, a 10-year-old actor who is very talented in acting. The leader of the den of thieves, Fagan, is played by the veteran movie star Ben ·Kingsley plays the role. Among the few British actors in Hollywood is Ben Kingsley. Because of his outstanding performance of the Indian hero "Gandhi", he became the Oscar winner. He also became the first Indian to win the Oscar. An Oscar-winning actor with a pedigree. His wonderful performances in "Bugsy" and "Sexy Beast" earned him two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. The veteran actor who holds an Oscar statuette plays the role of the villain, which can be regarded as a highlight of the film.

The film officially started filming in July 2004. A huge urban exterior was built at the local Ballandov Studios to imitate the urban appearance of London, England in the last century. Polanski was also very excited about this, "I have basically worked in studios all over the world. There are many excellent staff and advanced equipment there, but the feeling here is the best. Very few There is a place like here where you can shoot in a professional studio and an open-air studio at the same time.

It can be said that Prague, a once gloomy central European city, gave this movie a "breeding ground". Everything about it made the Polish director very satisfied. In addition to the various hardware on the set, even the cultural atmosphere here was completely suitable for the filming of the film after a little processing.

In addition, the clever Roman Polanski took a fancy to the cheap prices here, which provided a lot of room for the entire movie to take shape. Talking about the film's production team, they are all old Polanski's old friends and partners: Ronald Harwood, who once wrote "The Pianist", returned again and worked hard to adapt the script of this famous work. Behind the scenes of this film, there are still many original cast members of "The Pianist", including cinematographer Powell Edelman, costume designer Anna Sheppard, and set designer Alan Starrs. Key and editor Hervé de Lutz. Especially the set designer Starski, who has created eye-popping 19th-century London streets in places such as Poland and Prague. The film will complete more than four months of location shooting here, and will finally undergo step-by-step post-production. The total cost reached 60 million U.S. dollars. For such a standard feature film, it can be said to be a huge investment by the investors. The film's producer, Robert Benmusa, described the film as a very huge "cultural project." He explained: "The pre-production of the film took two years. For everyone involved in this film, Roman Polanski, who has previously created a passionate and powerful work "The Pianist", will once again show his master's hand to the world, and this time, he hopes to show it to the audience. Dedicated to a simple, relaxed and educational film "

"Oliver Twist" still continues the successful operation method of the previous "The Pianist", adhering to the principle of "complete Europeanization". It is jointly produced by the United Kingdom, France and the Czech Republic. All the staff and funds required for filming come from Europe. Only the distribution process allows "outsiders" to intervene - the American Columbia Tristar Company will take the lead in working on this film in North America.

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