Most recent public comments by GuanXing Li https://nowcomment.com/users/23471 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636212 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636212 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636209 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636209 In this imagine, we saw Addie repenting on the left screen while Jewel was on the right side wandering alone the river. The splitting screen here worked as a function of connecting different time and space. Immediately after that, we saw the process of Addie committing the crime and clearly understanded Jewel's identity as a bastard. Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:31:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=636208 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=636208 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:00:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=636207 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=636207 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:59:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636186 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636186 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:54:01 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=636185 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=636185 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:34:17 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=636184 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=636184 The idea of gentlemen here referred to the abilities of telling right and wrong as well as some spiritual qualities (such as bravery, honor, mercy, pride, justice and liberty), rather than emphasis too much on abstract moral principles or rules of what should a gentleman acts. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:21:08 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636181 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636181 His own personality and traits led to his dedication to get close to what he really wants. People know if they could not quit one thing at the right exit, then it will be more difficult to stay out of it. However, it seems not suitable for Marlowe and after this stupid protagonists refused the advice of others, trying to step closer to the truth, this series of events is doomed to be tough and sophisticated. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:15:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636178 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636178 As a stubborn, rational and cynical detective, it is difficult for him to get the favorite of most audiences, especially the group of female. But the situation will be completely different, if our hero is a stubborn, rational, cynical, but gentle and sweet. And this may also be the reason for the filmmaker to create romance for. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:50:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636177 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636177 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:37:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636176 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636176 In fact, in the novel, there is no obvious romance existed between Marlowe and Vivian but few crippling chemistry. This is allowed for a detective novel in which a tough guy was set as the main character, but not rich enough for a classical Hollywood narrative. Marlowe's romance with the Femme Fatale Vivian makes this film full of spectacles and ease the sense of depression created by the suspense. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:28:58 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636174 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=636174 The refined and sophisticated script language also gives the audiences the desire to rewatch it again. As a detective film without suspenses for second time audiences, this film still contains reasons for them to review it and that is sufficient to prove how great it is. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 22:56:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636155 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=636155 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:43:13 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629075 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629075 In Faulkner's experimental novels, the characters speak at least three kinds of languages: the language they use in dialogue and communication; the language in which they cannot speak openly under certain social situations, and the language they use to express some unsayable ideas. In some cases, these roles may not be able to clearly express their thoughts in their own languages and those words borrowed from Faulkner usually indicated the most important concerns in the story. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:37:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629056 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629056 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629055 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629055 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:51:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629052 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=629052 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:15:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626476 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626476 Whether in the novel or the movie, Anse is the most selfish, lazy, rogue and despicable character. He pretended to be sick every time he was sweating in order to beg for his neighbors' help; He was afraid to spend money on his wife when she is havoc sick; He took away the horse from Jewel to honor his words... Although this film perfectly re-engraved most of the humanity of this typical role, it did not remind the audiences about the influences of the southern environment on his personality. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:32:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626468 In fact, I think the film depicted most details of the novel The absences of black humor must due to the ways Franco and Faulkner choose to present the story. In the novel, Faulkner uses a large number of irregular, different lengths and sometimes no title chapters to make up a complete story. Every chapter itself is a black humor just like "my mother is a fish" in the novel turned out to be an independent chapter. However, in the film, Franco did not specifically amplify these ironies, but focused more on the stream of their consciousness. He has been creating a desperate, silent, breathtaking atmosphere from beginning to the end of the film. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:07:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626459 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626459 Decentered novels should refer to those novels that do not unfold their plots around one or two focused characters and most characters are equally contributed to the narrative. Therefore, As I Laying Dying is a decentered movie which was composed of several monologues of different charactors. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=626453 I think the adaptation also means simplification. The plot of the novel is not complicated but Faulkner used an extremely complex narrative structure to made it a challenge to read. However, Franco does not intend to imitate a similar structure in his film. In order to solve this problem and simplify what will be portrayed on screen, he chooses to split it. And Splited screen not only creates a sense of urgency, but also a sense of isolation. This isolation allows us to close-up and observe the facial expressions of multiple characters to infer what they felt in a specific moment. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=623079 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=623079 I think it is a good story that makes it best. It is one of the few works that Faulkner did not use ambiguous hints or metaphors to talk about social problems, but a very clearly and bluntly way to reveal the real South racial society. Besides that, the role of black people was not only a victim but also a discoverer of the truth make it different from any other detective novels. Although the theme was not accepted by the film companies and most of the public, it is a good story anyway. Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:07:07 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622564 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622564 I found that the music settings in the film perfectly fit the circumstances. One scene that impressed me happened when Morgan sailed to the shore ready to pick up the french guys, he lit three times in a fishing boat lights, and the rhythm and background of this action The rhythm of the music is perfectly compatible. Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:22:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622559 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622559 Bogart and Barkau's romantic history is not only conducive to the Hollywood studio but his career also. In the post-war years, Bogart's personal life and his life as actors have both reached the peak. Although Barker is 25 years younger than Bogart, it looks like they're built for each other. Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:21:58 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622554 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622554 I think the film version only left Harry an image and personality as a tough guy as well as his companion Eddie. In fact, I believed that if Marie does not appear, Eddie may even become a portrayal of his future. Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:21:05 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622540 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622540 Of course, the obsession with Marie was an essential idea why Morgan could not refuse her request, but he was also driven by the extreme inner loneliness. The purpose of this film is to fix this emotional hole by giving Harry a mate, so that he will not say like what in at the end of the novel: "No matter how a man alone ain’t got no bloody fucking chance" Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:19:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622539 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56416?scroll_to=622539 The setting of two opposing doors in the film is a very clever design. Behind every act of opening and closing the door, the film creates a sense of unspeakable romance and many secrets and their character traits are revealed at the same time. Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:38:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621152 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621152 I think more or less there will be an influence on the novels he might intend to transfer into a film script, the appropriate simplifying the setting of the past would be beneficial both on his writing and Hawks to complete the film without the flashback just like what he did in this novel. However, the focus of the story is the most important and if the information about the past has great relevance to the development of the story, I think Faulkner will choose to use the flashback. Fri, 18 Nov 2016 19:18:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621139 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621139 The idea of giving a name to a role denotes its importance. In the film, the plot itself does not flow by a single character, the whole story line is composed of the performance of multiple characters. It will seem to be strange and unbalanced if only the reporter does not have a name.Besides that, I do not think any well-known Hollywood actor will decide to take a role as an unknown reporter. Sat, 19 Nov 2016 06:57:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621135 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=621135 I think Faulkner said it was honest because he felt that the information conveyed by the film was similar to the original intention of his writing for the novel, even though this kind of similarity could not be fully reflected in the exact setting of the script or the plot. He thinks it might be best this film can do under the limitation of the censorship. Sat, 19 Nov 2016 06:55:54 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=614511 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=614511 Its message conveying extents way more than the community could afford to understand. Also, the function of serious movies as transmission of information had been unable to replace the role of classical hollywood narrative as tools for entertainment for a long time. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:00:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=614484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=614484 Intruder in the dust is a message picture because it posted a race trusted problem to audiences and try to deliver the solution through the story of a white boy helping a black man to approve his innocent. Yet it is also a classical hollywood narratives depicting the boy's inner struggles. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 07:59:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599911 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599911 Differ from The Double indemnity the other work scripted by Chandler , the story-telling mode of The big sleep are more straight forward just like what it is in the novel and does not contain any voice over narration and flashback. However, it does not deny its success as a classical film noir, after all, I don't think film noir is all about its way of telling a story instead of the nature of the story itself: the sin, rot and dark atmosphere in the cities. The big sleep is no doubt an excellent film noir which meets some most significant elements to be a film noir like: series of crimes, a femme fatal character as Vivian and darkness side of people. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:37:17 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599910 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599910 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:43:37 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599908 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599908 Public buildings and factories in cities of the Victorian era contributed to images full of dark, gloomy and sin in people's minds. Although the industrial revolution laid the modern social corner of towering as well as the rise of the bourgeoisie to enjoy more and more abundant goods, instead people's spiritual world is volatile unrest. To some extent, Hollywood production code has its similar characteristics with the "mask" of Victoria era and the existence of black film is to take off this mask made of pretenses and expose the real faces of “city”. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:33:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599906 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599906 I think the use of this word here highlights the one of the unique characteristics of Marlowe and his overall level of knowledge. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:16:03 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599903 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599903 The reason for The big sleep without flashback as well as Today As We are different. In The big sleep, Hawks preferred the story without flashback because he wanted it to be more straight forward like what it is in the novel. It is the easiest way of storytelling but created most suspense. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:13:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599902 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599902 They both look cynical, stubborn but self-disciplined and extremely insisted on their decisions. Even if they do not have a superior appearance, these qualities of a hardcore gentleman will remain them mysterious and provide a fatal attraction to women. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 02:12:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599899 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599899 Faulkner knows it and what he did was just carrying them out and applying in the film. And in some cases, linguistic wisdom is even more important than understanding the blur plots. For example，the discussions full of linguistic flirting and metaphor on sex between Marlowe and Vivian on “horse racing” is a classical example showing how impressive and subtle the dialogues are. Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:58:05 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599898 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=599898 The subtlety of The Big Sleep is that it condensed four ambiguous mysteries from its original novel into a two hours film. As an audience, we were always cliff-hanging to find out the real truth, but every time we got a little closer to it, more suspense appeared. So I think this exhausting way of storying-telling exactly provided a sort of fantastic view experience and that is the reason for it to stay classical in the history of film noir. By the way…. I believed that any movie at that time with the name of Bogart and Bacall would have a favorable guarantee on its box office earnings actually… Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:56:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=598398 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=598398 The two characters are very similar in their personalities. They are both mature, witty and cynical. But compared to the "Steve" Morgan from To have or have not, the deep detective Marlowe seems to have more principals for his behaviors which kept him focusing on his path. This is reflected in many scenes especially the scene he rejected Vivian’s temptation of letting him quit his deeper discovery in the restaurant. Therefore, I think Marlowe is a deeper man with a sophisticated inner mind. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 07:52:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=598397 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56417?scroll_to=598397 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:53:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585856 In The Reivers, the brothel became the place where people get rescued and changed. In this transition, both Corrie and Boon were spiritually rescued by the honest values of an eleven-year-old boy and forever changed his life path. By the end, Corrie decided to quit brothel and lived by her own hands as well as Boon made decisions what he thought is right to marry his beloved wife Corrie disregarding the secular bias. However, the brothel in The story of Temple Drake speeded up the real fall of Temple and destroyed all possibilities for her to establish correct moral values and the abilities to make right decisions. In the brothel, she gradually accepted her fate as a southern bell and all of her optimistic and positive minds are buried by the values of southern Puritan Woman. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:17:21 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585329 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585329 In the novel, Boon kept talking about the Hell Creek bottom all the way and he thought he did prepare for it well so he rejected Ned’s proposal of choosing other routes before the car really ran into a quagmire. However, those scenes just happened all of a sudden in the film. Besides that, Lucius had been sitting in the car when Boon and Ned tried to pull it out in the film, but in the novel, Lucius was also the one who get off and try to rescue themselves. In addition, the farmer saved them first before he was being paid in the novel. Fri, 07 Oct 2016 06:57:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585328 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585328 Because of those spiritual taught by his grandparents, Lucius could establish the beliefs of right and wrong in his early age otherwise he would be easy to get lost after a series of events. Those inherited beliefs did help him to be mature eventually after he saw all the bad and greedy sides of people. Different from the novel, the film develops the idea of gentlemen mainly focused on Lucius’s four days adventure in which the 11 years old gradually grew and understand the spirits of gentlemen in his journey. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:21:08 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585327 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56415?scroll_to=585327 In the filming process of “Double Indemnity” , Breen’s Office has sent letters to Paramount warning that the film was completely unfit to show on the screen because of the “general low tone” and “sordid flavor”. The portray of Walter Neff would make people feel sympathy for criminals and the suicide scene in the end to escape the legal sanctions was intolerable. In order to comply with the Breen office, the script outline has to be rewritten before shooting. Chandler and Wilder made considerable changes especially the ending to fit the criteria of Hays Code (the character of Barton Keyes was transformed as an eventual nemesis served as the moral standards for audiences) but keep more Cain’s original dialogues as possible. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:26:20 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564060 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564060 However, the subject and theme changed so much due to the join of the female character acted by Joan Crawford that the original style of dialogue and speech dominated by male could not match the needs of the new story. Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:30:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564059 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564059 After all, it is the job of director to break and restructure the plots of story into limited hours or less by using different approaches. He just wanted the story so that he can make his own arrangements to the film’s shots based on it. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:32:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=555617 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=555617 I think while he was talking about writing and screenwriting, he considered them as two entirely different forms of business. As he once replied in an interview in 1956, New York, to the question of "Can working for the movies hurt your own writing?" , he said:. "Nothing can injure a man's writing if he's a first-rate writer If a man is not a first- rate writer, there's not anything can help it much the problem does not apply if he is not first rate because he has already sold his soul for a swimming pool." However, while reporter asked about how he felt when he compromise in writing for the movies, he replied: "Always, because a moving picture is by its nature a collaboration, and any collaboration is compromise because that is what the word means-to give and to take." Therefore, it might be the reason why he was strict to himself as a writers but accepted compromise as a screenwriter. Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:47:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=554941 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=554941 I figure this specific order might be the production of Hollywood star system in the early 20th century, which is an evolving system putting more attentions on big actors rather than other supplemented elements (like writers) in film making and promoting process because they are more straightforward accepted by the audiences at that time. Therefore, in order to attract more viewer, stars were treated as the commercial center of the process creating and promoting films. And I think that is why we got the rank of actors ahead of screenwriter at that time. But I also believed we do not have the exact same order like that in today's film industry because the actors were no longer the only essential factors dominating the market. 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