In a sense, the heiress’s characters, scenes and love nodes are more concentrated on drama than film, or this is one of the reasons why I do not love him enough. But it must be admitted that I still admire his meticulous control over the performances of the actors and the precise design of the dispatch.
At the beginning of the film, Catherine turns away from the merchant when she buys fish and cuts off the head of the fish; Catherine is thrown away by her partner at a dance and then “throws away” Morris; Catherine’s relationship with her father Oscar; Catherine’s relationship with her aunt; Catherine’s attitude to the maid years later – almost every brief play. Enrich every aspect of Catherine. Oscar didn’t love his daughter, but he loved his long-dead wife too much.
Catherine was really too ordinary and dull, and he seemed to be cold-hearted for her, even for her to face up to her own commonness. But it was also a way to protect her, but no doubt it was a way to make a girl while avoiding some injuries, it is also a kind of injury. Her aunt, knowing what Morris was trying to do, still encouraged Catherine to elope with her. It was a woman’s mind, her attitude toward love and home, another combination of protection and injury.
On the dispatch, several times to the performance of the living room, that open and close push-pull door, the living room and the space relationship between the porch, the relationship between the painting inside and outside, will also play James’s profundity to the maximum. And Catherine’s two upstairs ascensions, after betrayal of the exhausted and revenged to obtain peace of mind like water, the same pessimism and despair.
Montgomery Clift was born in October 17, 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, an American Hollywood actor. At the age of 17, he earned star status on Broadway, making his debut in the film Red River directed by Howard Hawks, winning three Oscar nominations for best actor and one supporting actor. In July 23, 1966, he died of a heart attack at home. He was 45 years old.
In 1997, Montgomery Clift was named among the 100 greatest actors in the history of movies by the famous American magazine Entertainment Weekly. In 1998, the American Film Association ranked “100 Most Important Movies in American Film History.” Montgomery Clift’s “Faithful Soul in the Chaotic World” and “Heart Likes Iron” was both selected.
In the drama, Edward Montgomery “Monty” Clift was the leading man, who was called Morris Townsend. Catherine Slope, whose parents were very rich, was a kind, shy, ordinary girl who was engaged to ambitious Maurice Townsend. Catherine’s father had seen through Maurice’s trick to dissuade her just for her daughter’s money, but Catherine planned to elope with him for Maurice’s sake. After Maurice learned that elopement would make Catherine a mere penniless, she abandoned her. Before long, his father died of lung disease, and Catherine inherited all his property.
Over the next 7 years, Catherine learned about human nature and understood all kinds of thoughts of men. Morris, who returned from California, attempted to revive the past, and he set forth with great dignity his abandonment of her: he did it in order not to let her sacrifice her legacy. Listening to Maurice’s rhetoric and lies, Catherine’s heart was full of contradictions: her dreams had been shattered, and she was humiliated again, and now self-esteem was stronger than love. But when Maurice persuaded Catherine to run away with him again, she agreed. In the evening, Maurice came to Catherine’s residence, but found that the door was closed. The realization of revenge reduced Catherine’s heart to calm. She took the lamp up the stairs.
The drama tells the story of a rational and practical love; reality and vulgarity are still mixed with light sadness and heartbreaking feelings, ingenious conception, accurate details and strong literariness. Olivia De Have land plays Catherine, succeeds in expressing the complexities and changes of the characters’ personalities with keen eyes and alert expressions. The film won four awards at the 22nd Academy Awards (1949) for Best Actress, Best Art Instruction – Setting, Best Costume Design, Best Drama and Comedy Music. The film was adapted from Henry James’ novel Washington Square, which was made into Washington Square in 1997. The main character, Jennifer Jason Lee, also made a good performance.
In 1949, the famous actress Olivia de Have land invited him to co-star in the film “The Successor”. In this film he plays a love liar, but his melancholy temperament and gloomy look confuse the heroine and all the audience. After the film was released, he and Olivia de Have land were both nominated for Best Actor and Actress at the Oscars, but only Olivia de Have land, unfortunately, won the title.
In order for Olivia De Have land to interpret the character’s physical and mental fatigue to the fullest, director William Wheeler put many books in the suitcase she dragged up the stairs. Montgomery Clift learned to play the piano for the purpose of shooting. It was De Have land who chose William Wheeler as the film’s director; because she thought the detail-oriented director would surely evoke his acting potential. In fact, Wheeler was not only directing intentl