But after seeing the 20 13 version of Gloria and the new version of Gloria Bell, you have to praise one thing: the director is very talented.
This is almost a one-on-one mirror movie. Not only are long lines directly translated, but also a lot of shots are exactly the same. The two versions of Gloria show different styles and textures.
The reason behind this effect, on the one hand, comes from the director.
It also tells a story that seems to be a midlife crisis for women. When it was first published, the director chose to put this story in the political context of his hometown of Chile, which was more or less substituted, and there were some metaphors about the domestic situation in Chile, which made the practical significance of this work more complicated.
However, in the new version, Gloria becomes an American middle-class woman, instantly jumping out of the original vision and pattern of the director, making the proposition of the film more pure and focusing on the life and psychological state of a middle-aged woman.
Of course, what really distinguishes the two films is the change of the leading role.
Gloria helped Chilean actress paulina garcia win the Silver Bear Award in 20 13. The Berlin-winning actress's performance is so natural that it even makes the film feel like a documentary.
Paulina's drooping eyes on both sides, shrinking and restrained posture and occasional bright smile coincide with the image of middle-aged women in many people's minds.
The new version of Gloria Bell invited the famous Grand Slam winner Julianne Moore to play the leading role. Aunt Mo's acting skills are naturally impeccable, but her aura and aura give "Gloria" a new life.
The original Gloria, dressed conservatively and appropriately, is a defensive posture even when questioning and blaming, more like a mortal; Gloria portrayed by Aunt Mo is more American self-confidence, more feminine and even slightly feminine.
Let's talk about a small detail. In both works, the heroine has several passionate scenes or nude scenes. Paulina's body shows obvious signs of aging. Her flabby and wrinkled body is intertwined with the protagonist's obese body, showing a kind of tired beauty, as if life had violently resisted and accused time.
Aunt Mo can't hide her old age between her eyebrows and eyes, but the body under her skirt is still compact, tangible and full of vitality.
In the last stage of hitting the man with an egg gun, compared with Paulina's performance of almost escaping in the original book, Aunt Mo turned and left with a turbulent momentum, which was completely another feeling.
Therefore, the completely different temperament of the two works is more from the personal style of the leading role. Of course, two outstanding actresses can't perform without each other at all. It's just that Aunt Mo's more personal interpretation can make this remake a different story, which is also rare.
However, whether it is Gloria or Gloria Bell, what I like best is such a boring but touching story told by the film.
It is one-sided to say that it is aimed at the middle-aged crisis of women. It's not normal for a woman like Gloria who has been divorced for many years, alienated from her children and has been in the window-but it's normal for her life to be lonely and muddy.
A man with a good income and a successful career like Arnold has always been morbidly dependent on his two 30-year-old daughters. What's more unusual is that when his daughters call for help, they will walk away-but the bad guys and things in life are normal.
Gloria seems to be a quiet middle class with a stable but not busy job. In her spare time, she shuttles between dances and parties all day. She has a son and a daughter, and her mother is healthy and carefree.
My daughter stopped talking to her when she had a boyfriend. When her son has a child, she tries to avoid letting her hold her and keep an awkward and polite distance. Even in her career, she gradually reached the bottleneck and began to worry about her retirement.
On the surface, Gloria's life is as mature and glamorous as her appearance, which is a unique sense of stability of the middle class. But in fact, she lives in a rented apartment, and the landlord's son seems to be mentally ill. The room is noisy every day, and the noise and chaos at home are the truth of Gloria's life-even a hairless and ugly wild cat dares to invade Gloria's territory constantly.
Gloria's hardship is essentially the same as that of most middle-aged and elderly people-lack of love.
That's why she was beaten by Arnold, who took the initiative on the dance floor. So she finally forgave Arnold's bold departure. That's why she was moved to tears after listening to Arnold's whispers-how can a mature woman be so easy to fool?
Finally, Gloria, who lost her helmet and was bruised all over, was like a dancing skeleton manipulated by street performers in the movie.
Gloria likes dancing. Not only does she often go dancing, but she also meets Arnold at the dance. In the dance, Gloria felt beauty and passion.
However, when Gloria saw the skeleton dancing in the street, she seemed vaguely aware that if her favorite dance lost its flesh and blood, only a dancing skeleton remained, those wonderful movements would become so sad and funny. Isn't the humble gesture of asking passers-by for a reward the same as her gesture of asking for love?
Finally, the happy shooting at Arnold is Gloria's self-liberation and redemption, but in fact, before and after this, she has already come out.
The wildcat that kept breaking into Gloria's house thought it was reckless and ugly, but in the end, she and the wildcat both started feeding it naked and even secretly tasted two bites of cat food.
In fact, the hairless wildcat is as lonely and miserable as Gloria's life, but in the end she chose to accept her imperfect life, embrace it warmly and learn to enjoy it.
After all, this quiet literary film is actually the same as Hollywood's chicken soup for life.