UMike Newell kaMona Lisa Smile, ovela kumdlalo bhanyabhanya kaLawrence Konner kunye noMark Rosenthal, kubikwa ukuba wayenombhalo wemagazini yakhe malunga neminyaka kaHillary Rodham Clinton kwiKholeji yaseWellesley ngeminyaka yoo-1960. Ababhali-skrini bagqiba kwelokuba babuye umva ishumi leminyaka kwaye basete ifilimu ngexesha le-1950s, i-Eisenhower era-ixesha laxa abasetyhini babekhuthazwa ukuba babe ngabafazi bendlu abonwabileyo kwaye balibale ukuba banokwenza (kwaye ngenzuzo) benze imisebenzi yamadoda ngexesha Imfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Kungabetha abanye abantu njengothusayo ukuba ababhali ababini abangamadoda kunye nomphathi oyindoda baye basebenzisana ukwenza enye yezona ngxelo zomeleleyo zabasetyhini ukuba zivele kwiscreen kulo nyaka. Ewe, lixesha elidlulileyo elihlanjululwayo, kwaye akusoloko kulunge kwaye kuchanekile, njengokuphela kwekhredithi yokuphela kwezinye zezentengiso zentengiso ezonwabisayo zekhaya, kunye nemifanekiso ethile yokhuphiswano lukaNkskz.
Kufuneka iqatshelwe ukuba abaphumeleleyo baseWellesley, ubukhulu becala, liqela labasetyhini abancinci abanokhetho oluninzi kunabalingane babo kwiimeko ezithobekileyo. Kwaye kwakhona, iintsapho ezininzi zikwazile ukuphila ngomvuzo omnye kwii-1950's kunanamhlanje; Ngoku, uninzi lwabasetyhini lungena kwindawo yokusebenza hayi kangako ngenxa yeminqweno yezopolitiko kodwa ngenxa yeemfuno zoqoqosho. Le yimfihlo encinci emdaka ekucingelwa ukuba iyakhula uqoqosho lwaseMelika: Uninzi lwabasebenzi abakumgangatho ophakathi abahlawulwa ngokwaneleyo ukuxhasa iintsapho zabo ngendlela amajelo eendaba abenza ukuba bayiqhele.
Emva kokukhupha le ntetho intshayelelo, kufuneka nditsho ukuba bendimnandipha kakhulu u-Mona Lisa Smile, ubukhulu becala ngenxa yesidima sabantu ababhinqileyo, bexakwe ngumatshini wexesha elingenasiphelo ngexesha apho amadoda bekulindeleke ukuba akhokele kumgangatho wokudanisa. nayo yonke enye indawo. Ulawulo lwangoku lweWellesley lwasebenzisana ngokupheleleyo nabavelisi, kwaye ngoba? Akukho hlazo leziko langoku ekuvumeni inyani yokuba kwisiqingatha senkulungwane eyadlulayo, ngokuka Mnu. Konner, babesenza uncwadi lwesiFrentshi kusasa, kunye nendlela yokuhambisa iti kumphathi womyeni wakho emva kwemini. Le satiric tidbit ingqina kuphela kwinkqubela phambili eyenziweyo kwimfundo yabasetyhini ukusukela ngoko.
Umboniso bhanyabhanya usicela ukuba sicinge ukuba kule cauldron yokuhambelana kuza noKatherine Watson (Julia Roberts), umthunywa wokukhanyiselwa evela kwinkqubela phambili yaseCalifornia, apho wayefunda khona imbali yobugcisa e-U. Berkeley. Umnumzana Konner uyacacisa, Kutshanje kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo, iNew England ibiselulwaziso lweLizwe Elidala, ngelixa iCalifornia yayililizwe elitsha. Ke sicinge ukuba leyo iya kuba yindawo efanelekileyo yokuba uKatherine akhulele kuyo, zombini ngokokucalulwa kwayo ngokungqongqo kunye nokuziphatha okuvumelekileyo kwezentlalo.
Emuva kwiminyaka eyi-50 yobomi bokwenyani, eli phondo langaphandle lingaqondanga ukuba iCalifornia yeNixons kunye neAnowlands yayiqhubele phambili ngokwenkcubeko kuneNew England yaseKennedys naseLodges. Kwakhona, ndasebenza phantsi kwenkohliso yokuba imizobo eyenziwe nguJackson Pollock, eyayikhathaza kakhulu abaphathiswa beWellesley kwimovie, babebaninzi ekhaya eManhattan ekufuphi kunaseLos Angeles ekude. Kodwa ukunikezela yonke imiboniso bhanyabhanya ngokwendawo nangokwenkcubeko, kunye nokuthenga kuyo yonke into malunga nabafazi abancinci abanokukhetha ngaphandle komtshato wokuqala-kwaye kwanokhetho lokuncedisa amakhondo kumtshato wokuqala-andinakunceda ndive ukuba imovie yayiyinto encinci Ukuthetha ukuba abantu babesisiyatha ngelo xesha xa kuthelekiswa nendlela abayiyo ngoku. Namhlanje, ingxaki enkulu ayisiyiyo nokuba ngaba amabhinqa amancinci anokukhetha, kodwa ingaba banokulindela ngokufanelekileyo ukuba babe nayo yonke. Kwaye ezinye izinto azitshintshanga kangako konke-umzekelo, abasetyhini baseMelika basebenzisa iinkqubo zotyando ukunciphisa ubungakanani beenyawo zabo ngeenjongo zokuzingela abantu. Iimpawu zetshayina yakudala!
UKatherine ngokwakhe ungomnye wabalinganiswa ababanjwe kwi-buzz saw yolindelo oluqhelekileyo loluntu. Uye wabandakanyeka kwaye wayenemicimbi, kodwa uhlala ethandabuza ngaphambi kokuthatha inyathelo lokugqibela, nokuba yiringi yokuzibandakanya emnweni wakhe. Yiyo loo nto, esiya kubafundi bakhe abakumgangatho ophezulu besesichengeni sokumgangatho ophakathi. Iklasi yokuqala kaKatherine yifasco ehlazisayo njengoko abafundi bakhe betyhafisa amagama epeyinti ngentloko ngobuchule kwisicwangciso sesikolo sesikolo. (UKatherine ngokwakhe akazange aye eYurophu ukuze azibonele ngokwakhe izinto zobugcisa azifundisayo kwizilayidi nakwiincwadi zemifanekiso.)
Imesis yakhe ephambili nguBetty Warren (Kirsten Dunst), umhleli oxhunywe kakuhle kwiphephandaba lesikolo, othumela uhlaselo lwephepha eliphambili kuAmanda Armstrong (uJuliet Stevenson), umongikazi oqhubela phambili onesotto voce lesbian izinto zokuthintela ukukhulelwa kwabafundi ekucingelwa ukuba baziphethe kakubi. U-Betty uxosha u-Amanda kwaye uxwayise u-profesa wakhe omtsha ukuba umama wakhe ophetheyo angenza lukhulu kuye ukuba angazama ukunika uBetty ibakala elibi. Abanye abalinganiswa abaphambili babafundi nguJoan Brandwyn (uJulia Stiles), umfundi oqaqambileyo kaKatherine; UGiselle Levy (Maggie Gyllenhaal), intombazana enesidima e-bedding ekhampasini; kunye noConnie Baker (uGinnifer Goodwin), ilungu leqela elingaqinisekanga. Abafazi abancinci bayazibophelela kunye no-Betty ongqwabalala ukwenza isangqa sangaphakathi sesikolo, esibonakala ngathi asinakwenzeka ngaphambili.
Kodwa ngeedigri uBetty, oyika phantsi kolawulo lukanina, unyanzelwa ukuba abe ngumtshato ophelisa isikolo kumyeni ongenalukholo, athi ekugqibeleni aqhawule umtshato-kakhulu kukumangaliseka kukanina-aze abaleke aye eGreenwich Village, apho abelana khona kwigumbi kunye noGiselle . Kwicandelo lakhe, uJoan usebenza kwiYale Law School ngokucebisa uKatherine; uyamkelwa, kodwa uyala ukuya xa etshata kwangoko, elandela umyeni wakhe kwiDyunivesithi yasePennsylvania, apho amkelwe khona ukuba afundele ubugqwetha. UKatherine uphoxekile kwisigqibo sikaJoan, kodwa uJoan ukhumbuza uprofesa onengcinga yokuba kufuneka ahloniphe ukhetho lwabanye ukuba ufuna ukukhululeka azenzele. UKatherine uqhubeka nokulandela eyakhe imigaqo ngokushiya abathandi abangamadoda ababini kunye neKholeji yaseWellesley uqobo, emva kokuba iitrasti zibeke iimeko ezinzima kuhlaziyo lwesivumelwano sakhe. Uqala uhambo oluya eYurophu, apho, mhlawumbi, uya kuzama ukuzifumana.
Owona mntu ulumkisayo kweli bali lokuziphatha kwabafazi licinezelwe kwaye likhathazekile uNancy Abbey (uMarcia Gay Harden), oyalela amantombazana ngentetho, ngokuhlala, ngokuzola nangokwenza amakhaya. UNks Abbey uthwala umthwalo wexesha eliqondakalayo njengoko ephantse abune umdiliya.
UMoan Lisa Smile ngandlela zonke ubutyebi obuphakathi, kwaye kufuneka ndivume ukuba bendixolile ukuba akukho namnye wabalinganiswa abancinci okhe wahlangabezana nokukhulelwa okanye ukuzibulala njengemivumbo yesohlwayo se-melodrama. Unyaka wabo wesikolo eWellesley wawuzele ngokwaneleyo.
Amantombazana kwieperile
Intombazana kaPeter Webber enePearl kubonakala ngathi yenziwe isibheno kubabukeli abakholelwa ukuba umzobo owaziwayo ubaluleke kakhulu kunomboniso bhanyabhanya obhiyozela ubukho obuphakamileyo balo mzobo. Ngenxa yoko, inqanaba lokuqala lomlingisi lithanda ukuntywiliselwa kwimizobo epeyintiweyo egxile kwikhondo elitshisayo lombono wobugcisa kaVermeer. UColin Firth njengoJohannes Vermeer kunye noScarlett Johansson njengesicakakazi sakhe, umfuziselo kunye nomyuziyam, uGriet (umxholo womzobo ongathandekiyo), baba ngabantu abathobekileyo kumhlaba waseFlemish. Ukungahambi kakuhle kwekhaya likaVermeer kulawulwa ngumamazala wakhe onobuqili kwezorhwebo, uMaria Thins (uJudy Parfitt), kwaye ehlaselwa kukugula ngumfazi wakhe ongazinzanga ngokwengqondo kwaye uhlala ekhulelwe umfazi, uCatharina (Essie Davis). Yongeza kumxube umninimzi ocebileyo kunye noxhamlayo, u-van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson).
Kwelakhe icala, uGriet izandla zakhe zigcwele zibaleka ingqumbo yomona kaCatharina, ivanoping yokuhlola kaVan Ruijven kunye namehlo ahlabayo kaVermeer, abonakala ngathi anikezela ngovavanyo lokuyila kwendalo yakhe yangaphakathi. U-Griet ude afumane nexesha lokuphendula ngokuzimisela kwinkundla yenkwenkwana exhobileyo, uPieter (uCillian Murphy). Ngelishwa, UNks Johansson akaze aqhekeze iqokobhe lakhe kule ndima, nanjengoko esenza ngokungalibalekiyo ku-Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. Ifilimu ihlwempuzekile ngenxa yayo, iVermeer okanye ayikho iVermeer.
Nge-3-D, Cofa uM
Kumcimbi wokukhumbula iminyaka engama-50, u-Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) uyavuselelwa kwifomathi yakhe yantlandlolo ye-3-D kwiForam yeFilimu ngoJanuwari 2 ukuya ku-8 (209 West Houston Street; 212-727-8110). Xa ndathi ekugqibeleni ndabona uguqulelo lwe-3-D emva kwi-60's (ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka emva kokuba ndibone ifomathi esemgangathweni ye-2-D), ndiye ndaphawula kwikholam yam yelizwi leLali ukuba kwi-2-D, ukucofa uM yiHitchcock encinci; kwi-3-D, yeyona Hitchcock enkulu. Ubungakanani obongezelelweyo buxhaphaze ukusikelwa umda kwefilimu yentsimi yokubonakalayo ethintelweyo kunye noyilo lweseti enabantu abaninzi ngokunika izinto ezidadayo kwindawo ye-3-D engenanto engenanto ngokuzimela okuyingozi.
Kulo mbono ucocekileyo kwaye ucocekileyo, uGrace Kelly udlala inenekazi elimhlophe likaHitchcock elisebunzimeni; URay Milland, umntu okhutheleyo nonobuhlanga; URobert Cummings, umntu okrexezayo okrelekrele wajika waba ngumkhuseli we-chivalric; U-Anthony Dawson, osomathuba ohlekisayo ohlekisayo uye wancitshiswa wangumntu obethwa kakubi; noJohn Williams, umvavanyi omangalisayo weScotland Yard oba umboniso xa yonke into ibonakala ilahlekile. Konke kumnandi kakhulu ngomlingo we-Hitch's ultra-functional mise-en-scène.
Umva kaJudy!
UJudy Garland (1922-1969) ngumba wokuvuselelwa kwefilimu e-9 eMyuziyam yaseMelika yoMfanekiso oHambayo (kwi-35th Avenue nase-36th Street, e-Astoria, 718-784-4520), kwaye kufanelekile ukuba undwendwele kwincopho, ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi, kwitalente yakhe enomtsalane kwaye ngoku eyoyikisayo. Eyam imoto eGarland endiyithandayo yiVincente Minnelli's Ndidibane eSt. Louis (1944) (Disemba 27 no-28, noJan 1). Ndikhetha kakhulu iSt.Louis kakhulu kwaye iphantse yagqithela kwindalo iphela IWizard yaseOz (1939), ekhokelwa nguVictor Fleming (20 kaDisemba, 21, 26 no-31). Ewe ndikhetha konke okunye ukungena kweGarland kolu ngcelele ku-Oz, kubandakanya enye ukusuka eMinnelli, Clock (1945) (Dec. 28), kunye neBusby Berkeley's Babes in Arms, (1939) (Dec. 20 no-29) kunye no-Strike Ukunyuka kweBhendi (ngo-1940) (nge-21 kaDisemba no-30). Inkwenkwezi kaGeorge Cukor izalwa (ngo-1954) (ngoJanuwari 3 no-4) kunye no-Charles Walters ’iParade Parade (1948) (Jan. 3) nabo basika.
Amadoda athandana noGarland kuthotho abandakanya uFred Astaire, uGene Kelly, uJames Mason, uRobert Walker kunye noMickey Rooney-hayi isibindi esinqunyiweyo ngokwabo-singasathethi ke ngee-tunesmiths ezinje ngoHarold Arlen no-E. IHarburg, i-Irving Berlin, uHugh Martin noRalph Blane, uRichard Rodgers kunye noLorenz Hart. Ayikho i-hip-hop virtuoso phakathi kwabo!
UCarlion umnxeba
U-Ellen Drew (1915-2003) usandula ukusweleka ngaphandle kwempumelelo enkulu. UDrew weza ngexesha apho uphawu lwakhe lwembonakalo entle lwaluyidime elininzi kwiminyaka ye-1930's Hollywood-grinder yenyama. Akumangalisi ukuba ngokukhawuleza wathunyelwa kwiindawo ezinelanga. Mhlawumbi umzuzu omnye okhanyayo kwiminyaka engama-21 kaDrew, i-movie ye-40 ye-movie yayisondele ngokusondeleyo eyayiza kwenza uNorma Desmond eluhlaza ngomona. Iyenzeka e-Preston Sturges 'ye-screwball office-and-neighborhood, irag-to-rich-comedy, iKrisimesi ngoJulayi (1940). UDick Powell udlala incindi yamabhongo kaDrew yesoka, ocinga ngempazamo ukuba uphumelele ukhuphiswano lwerediyo yekofu kunye ne-aphorism eqaqambileyo Ukuba awukwazi ukulala, ayisiyo ikofu, yibhokisi. Abaphulaphuli sele besazi ukuba ulixhoba lehlaya elisebenzayo elenziwa ngabathathu beepranksters zeofisi. Kodwa umphathi wakhe ukhohlisiwe, kwaye iqhawe lethu linyuselwa kwiofisi engaphambili. Xa kufunyenwe ubuqhetseba kwaye umphathi sele eza kurhoxisa unyuselo, intombi ka-lug ehlwempuzekileyo (Drew), ebixhomekeke kamnandi engalweni kuyo yonke imovie, ngequbuliso inyathela phambili kwaye inyuse iscreen sonke esenza isicelo esithandekayo isoka lakhe nabo bonke abafana abangazange banikwe thuba nokuba basilele kumnqweno wabo wokufumana ibhaso elikhulu. Ukugqabhuka kukaDrew ngokweemvakalelo kuyindinisa kwimeko yokuhlekisa kodwa eyi-wacky farce, kwaye isabonakala kwiscreen kwiminyaka engama-63 kamva-umnxeba wokucacisa ubuchwephesha eMelika ukuba uphile ngokuhlawula kwayo njengomhlaba wamathuba. Enkosi, uEllen Drew.
