Source: Author: 2001-1-0815: 01:41
This is a story about the self-realization of women. In the face of her husband's betrayal, Roberta (Meryl Streep)' s world collapses. Over the years, she has been running around with her husband who served in the navy and has no personal career. Now it's all gone. She must support herself again and raise two young children at the same time. Roberta left her hometown and went to East Harlem, new york, the most chaotic place in China. She has nothing but qualifications, tenacity and 50 violins she saved in the past. Teaching children to play the violin has become her only choice for a living, but questions from all sides have troubled her. Under the pressure, Roberta's passion infected the students, and wonderful music came from the chaotic neighborhood, and people stopped to listen. Roberta succeeded. However, the good times did not last long. After the music classroom was maintained for 10 years, the school suddenly decided to divest, and Roberta faced the crisis of being stranded. ...
The song of the soul tells people who are discouraged from their dreams that no matter where they are born and how many obstacles they encounter, as long as they persist and believe in themselves, everything will not come naturally. Roberta in the film encountered many obstacles from her family and career, but she persisted in the principle of being a man in adversity and never gave up easily, and finally realized her life value. She touched the musical talent of children from humble origins, and the aura of children made the lifeless education system suffer from rigidity.
The director of horror movies.
The film was originally named "50 Violins" and was adapted from 1995 Oscar nominated documentary "Little Wonders". The prototype of the story is Roberta Gaspari Chevalas, a violin teacher in East Harlem, new york. At first, it was really surprising that it was directed by Weiss craven, who was famous for such horror films as Nightmare Street and Screaming for Life. In fact, craven is a brave, humorous and innovative filmmaker. His 1984 directed and performed Nightmare Street gave a new meaning to the youth horror film, while the first and second episodes of Desperate Scream both exceeded 1 billion dollars at the local box office. After filming "Scream of Death 2", craven felt that he had reached the limit in the style of horror films, so he always wanted to transform himself with a drama. As a teacher, he likes the documentary "Little Miracle" very much, so he has the impulse to change it into a drama. Facts have proved that craven's attempt is successful, and his ability to control drama is impressive.
It took a lot of effort to put this true story on the screen. First of all, Gaspari, the prototype of the story, opposed it, because the original documentary has explained everything very well, and besides, she doesn't want to sell herself to Hollywood, let alone a director from a horror film. Just as she hesitated, the gentleman craven stopped her, and Gaspari, who was "very kind", finally agreed, on condition that the facts must be respected.
Streep beat Madonna
In fact, the heroine Roberta was originally intended to be played by Madonna. Madonna has been practicing the violin for several months, and she has also gone to new york to observe the movements of the prototype. Unfortunately, Madonna didn't get the chance to shoot this film, because she and director craven have different ways of expressing characters.
Meryl Streep, whose acting skills are universally recognized, 1 1 was nominated for an Oscar and won two awards. Julia made her mark in 1977. Her later films Sophie's Choice, Kramer vs Kramer, Out of Africa and deer hunter are all masterpieces in the film history. She worked hard to cooperate with craven. Before Song of the Heart, Streep had never seen any movies of craven, only listened to his radio talk show. At first, she politely declined craven's invitation because of the schedule. Even after being moved by craven's sincerity, Streep found it extremely difficult in view of the violinist's position and the psychological and emotional complexity of his role. In order to play the piano on the screen, Streep keeps practicing piano for 4-6 hours every day. Although I didn't know any musical instruments before, after two months of hard training, Streep has been able to complete all the shots that need to be really pulled independently. Besides, because she plays the violin master, Streep should be as elegant and comfortable as possible when playing the piano, which is very difficult for her. Streep found in the filming process that the piano children who had never made a film were very proud of her piano playing level. She said, "when they find that the teacher plays worse, they will forget that sense of pride." Although the children are good at playing the piano, they are beginners after all, and the staff have to try their best to make the little ones play worse and worse. So these children change their shoulders, change their hands and tune the wrong strings for a while, which is really lively.
Streep believes that playing a professional role like Roberta is much more difficult than playing a fictional role. When shooting, she tried to forget the real Roberta and try to present a down-to-earth strong woman on the screen. Streep's artistic attainments are beyond doubt, and she is likely to be nominated for an Oscar for her film 12. As craven said: "Streep's body perfectly combines elegance and wisdom, and her affinity makes us admire."
Two bright green leaves
Pop singer Gloria Easterfen won Grammy Awards twice with 1994 and 1996. This is her first time on the screen, playing Isabel, a passionate and restless female teacher, who stood up when Roberta was in the most difficult time. Estefen is very happy to cooperate with Streep. When Streep was acting, Estefen studied her smile with great concentration, and Streep also gave her generous advice. The cooperation between them is quite pleasant. In addition, Esteban also sang the theme song of the film with the youth band.
Angela bassett was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role as tina turner in What's It to Love? This time, she played Janet as a cold and enthusiastic middle school principal, and her unique inner charm was fully displayed.
Brilliant ending
The violin concert at Carnegie Hall is the last scene shot by the crew and the climax of the whole film. In fact, Streep had only been exposed to violin for four and a half months, so he had to bite the bullet and perform in Carnegie Hall. He played Bach's works in front of several world-class violinists. When she came into contact with the eagle-like eyes of the violin master, she described that she almost fainted. This is the fifth time in the history of Carnegie Hall 108 that the film crew has been provided with the right to use the venue. On the day of shooting, the main actors, dozens of violinists, 10 world-class musicians and 2000 extras filled the concert hall. At the end of filming, the official in charge of education affairs in new york personally came and said that he would continue to support the East Harlem Music Classroom in Gaspari, which undoubtedly ended the filming of Song of the Heart.