The movie "The First Lady" about President Kennedy's widow is finally going to meet the audience on the big screen. This film, which has won many awards, focuses on the White House years of Jacqueline, the most beloved first lady of the United States. Natalie Portman was once again nominated for the 2017 Academy Awards for this film.
This movie has been delayed for a whole year before it finally met the Chinese audience on the big screen. In fact, there are many movies that depict female politicians on the big screen, and each of them has a strong feminist style.
The legendary life of Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline is actually not a particularly beautiful girl. Her figure is not petite enough, the distance between her eyes is too wide, and her background is not good. This girl is of mixed French and Irish descent. Her biological father is a stockbroker, her mother is an Olympic champion, and although her stepfather is a wealthy banker, he also has a bit of a nouveau riche vibe. In order to marry into the famous Kennedy family, she fabricated a false identity as a French aristocrat, so that the Kennedy family finally accepted her.
During Kennedy's presidential campaign, Jacqueline participated in almost all political activities. She wrote more than 20,000 letters and gave speeches in French, Spanish and Italian before newly naturalized voters. People called her nickname Jackie, and she eventually became the youngest first lady in the White House. After
entered the White House, Jackie decided to make the White House the most beautiful house in the United States, equivalent to an American history museum. She formed a committee that raised millions of dollars to purchase period furniture and paintings across the country. A breath of fresh air blew into the White House, ending the house's rut.
After Kennedy's death, Jackie took over the love of the Greek shipping king Aristotle Onassis from the opera goddess Maria Callas. After becoming Mrs. Onassis, Jackie spent money so lavishly that Onassis had to limit her spending and only gave her an allowance of $20,000 a month. This also brought the relationship between the two couples into a deadlock, and even reached the point of divorce.
Onassis had filled out the divorce papers, but he died before they could take effect. According to the prenuptial agreement, Jacqueline did not receive Onassis's property, but the shipping family still spent 30 million US dollars in exchange for proof that Jackie gave up all her inheritance.
Jackie returned to the United States and entered the publishing industry, editing and publishing many influential books. True to her name, Jackie, she did become an outstanding woman.
After Jackie's death, her funeral was televised across the country, although she wanted it to be limited to relatives. She was buried next to her late husband Kennedy in Arlington Cemetery. Then-President Clinton delivered a written speech, and her two children presented her with flowers, marking the end of an era in the United States.
Jacqueline and Kennedy
The movie focuses on the turning point of fate
For Jackie, the turning point of her life was not her meeting with Kennedy or entering the White House, but the moment when her husband was murdered. For a woman, Jackie was not very happy during that period. She and Kennedy were only superficially inseparable, and she considered divorcing. For a long time in the past, she had been tortured by various scandals between her husband and the sexy actress Marilyn Monroe. Although Monroe later passed away, various media revelations also made her mentally and physically exhausted.
On November 22, 1963, in order to fight for re-election, the Kennedys went to Dallas to canvass votes. But they never expected that the shadow of death had already enveloped the couple. At 12:30 noon, a bullet fired from a building next to the street hit Kennedy in the head, and Kennedy died. And Jackie was wearing a suit full of her husband's blood, and even his brains were splashed on her body. She climbed to the back of the car tremblingly.
After the gunfire, Jacqueline tried to save President Kennedy who was shot.
encountered such psychological trauma, but she still had to be strong. A week after the assassination of President Kennedy, she needed to keep uncovering this scar. This is the story "The First Lady" tells. During the interview, Jackie was sometimes in a daze and sometimes excitedly describing the great changes in her life. A first lady who appeared in public calmly and powerfully after her husband was assassinated. She had to attend her husband's state funeral, explain her father's death to her two young children, and even had issues about inheritance. When Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President of the United States on the plane, she wore a pink suit that was still stained with blood, showing her courage and calmness to the American people. However, outside the television broadcast, she lost control of her emotions and Unable to calm down. To most people around her, the person who was assassinated was the president of the United States, and the first priority was state affairs. But to her, it was her husband and the father of her children, and the first thing to bear the brunt was the grief of losing a loved one.
's videos use interspersed narratives and blend color and black-and-white images to try to capture time and capture the moment. The emergence of black and white images allows us to remember history and retain memories, while the emergence of color images creates infinite space for our imagination, allowing the audience to wander between reality and re-creation, and examine the American from a new perspective. The most beautiful "First Lady" in history, use this to keep getting closer to her.
The films Jacqueline and Kennedy
most focus on depicting life fragments
movies about female politicians, and not many like to use long-term narratives like "Madame Peron". "Mrs. Peron" tells the story of Evita's transformation from a teenage girl to the first lady of Argentina, spanning several decades. This film narrative method has fallen out of fashion since the turn of the new millennium. Today's filmmakers like to choose smaller perspectives to reveal the experiences of these female politicians during a special period. From the perspective of these works, they can actually enrich the unique image of women standing on the historical stage.
Movies of this type usually revolve around the most difficult moments in these women's lives, trying to recreate their lives through one or a few small things and several small fragments. For example, Hannah Arendt, the most famous thinker and philosopher of the twentieth century, experienced a difficult moment of reputational damage in the early 1960s. In the famous "Eichmann trial", she went to report as a reporter and proposed the "banality of evil" which was mistakenly regarded as exonerating Eichmann's crimes. For a time, all kinds of doubts and distrust surrounded her. The film mainly tells the main experience of Arendt during this period.
Comparison of history and film characters
The movie "The Queen", which helped Helen Mirren win the Oscar for Best Actress, also chose to use an event to show the Queen's life, that is Diana 's death. After the death of the princess, who was loved by the public but was controversial and not well accepted by the royal family, all members of the British royal family hid in the Balmoral resort estate in Scotland and only issued two brief, unemotional messages. statement.
"The Queen" specifically describes what Queen Elizabeth experienced, felt and thought in the days after Diana's death. This makes her no longer a British representative wearing a luxurious crown and saying Christmas greetings, nor is she a little old lady with a short-legged Corgi, but an old man with children, grandchildren and a family. She needs to bear not only the pressure of the country, but also the pressure of her family.
"The Iron Lady" even presents the most pitiful moment of Mrs. Thatcher in 10,000 years. The once all-powerful female politician wore pajamas and a knitted sweater to buy a carton of milk. She was uneasy because of the increase in commodity prices... These little things can only It further adds to the elegance of the movie.
In contrast, China's domestic films and televisions are much weaker in exploring women. There are relatively few films about female politicians, and it is relatively rare to explore the depth of characters and inner feelings.In recent years, a large number of TV dramas featuring female politicians have appeared on Chinese TV screens, but in terms of storytelling, most of them focus on romance and house fighting. In comparison, excellent works are rare.
Worth watching:
" Elizabeth I"
Starring: Cate Blanchett
1554, Mary I ascended to the peak of power in Britain. Under her bloody rule, Britain fell into unprecedented chaos. . In 1558, Mary I died, and her half-sister Elizabeth ascended the throne of Queen. Faced with the mess left by her sister, the chief adviser, Mr. William, urged Elizabeth to resolve the situation as soon as possible because Britain no longer had an army and was threatened by neighboring countries, and some people in the country began to carry out subversive activities against her. In order to cope with Britain's dilapidated situation, some people in the court began to suggest that Elizabeth get married and seek a protectorate for Britain. When Elizabeth felt helpless, the return of Earl Lister, her childhood sweetheart, brought her great confidence.
"The Iron Lady: Tenderness"
Starring: Meryl Streep Starring
Mrs. Thatcher, who is in her 60s, suffers from Alzheimer's disease and often switches between hallucinations and memories. She felt that her beloved husband was always by her side, but in fact the latter had already passed away.
As the daughter of a grocery store, she was admitted to Oxford University with excellent results. Accompanied by the love of her life, she gradually reached the position of leader of the Conservative Party. Finally, the Conservative Party won the election and she became the first female Prime Minister in British history. Faced with the complicated international and domestic situation, the free market policy she advocated was also criticized. However, she used her extraordinary wisdom and super endurance to overcome the situation of betrayal and alienation, and single-handedly saved the world. The British economy has defended its territorial sovereignty and is known as the Iron Lady...
"The Queen"
Starring: Helen Mirren
In 1997, Princess Diana died in a car accident. The whole country was devastated, but the British royal family took measures. An attitude of avoidance and alienation. This indifference angered many British people. Public sentiment against the royal family is quite high, and the emergency situation has plunged the royal family into a serious crisis. However, Queen Elizabeth of England did not come out to stabilize people's hearts. Instead, she took her family to hide in the holiday palace. Tony Blair has just become the Prime Minister. Faced with this difficult situation, measures must be found as soon as possible to balance the interests of all parties so that the royal family can get rid of the crisis of trust. The Queen can rebuild the relationship with the people and establish her authority among them.
" Princess of Monaco "
Starring: Nicole Kidman
In 1962, the princess had been married for six years. Her smile and smile had become the classic image of the princess in the 20th century, but at this time, she was trying to make herself reconciliation between past and present. Hitchcock suggested that she return to Hollywood, a proposal that troubled Grace. At that time, her husband Rainier's modernization reform measures were resisted by French President De Gaulle . De Gaulle wanted to impose heavy taxes on Monaco and promoted force to ensure the implementation of this measure. The growing international crisis and the imminent French invasion are not only a crisis for Grace's family, marriage, and country, but also a crisis for her personal life. Once our submission is accepted, we will be compensated. Follow us on WeChat for reporting materials: ihxdsb, QQ for reporting materials: 3386405712】
