roman holiday analysis

1、Romancescene:RomanHolidayAfairytaleromanceexultinginthejoyanarchyofloveByGeoffreyMacnabFriday19September2008Innocentjoyfulromancesarentreallywhatmoviesareabout.Thereislittledramatictensioninstiesaboutcouplesfallinghappil

2、yinlove.Itisthestrugglethatcounts.Therecriminationsthemisunderstingsthejealousyfamilyfeudingarewhatgiveromanticstiestheirtraction:witnessRomeoJuliet.Howeverwithinfilmsthereareoftenmomentsinwhichoutsideeventsceasetomatter

3、theloversareabletocreatetheirownmagicalselfenclosedwld.WilliamWylerwasntinanywayregardedasasa“romantic“direct.LookthroughhisfilmographywhatleapoutarefilmslikeTheBestYearsOfOurLives(1946)hisbrilliantbutsurprisinglybleakac

4、countoftheexperiencesofthreeservicemenreturningtocivilianlifeafterthesecondwldwarBenHur(1959)aswdsalepicbestrememberedfitsiotrace.RomanHoliday(1953)wasoneofhisfewromances.ThescreenplaybyJohnDightonDaltonTrumboisbarbedmul

5、tilayered.GregyPeckisanAmericanjournalistinRomeahsomebutcynicalfigure.AudreyHepburnisapamperedEuropeanprincesswhoshrugsoffhermindersgoesAWOLinRome.Someneatplottwiststhrowthecoupletogetherneitherknowingmuchabouttheother.B

6、othhavetheirownagendas.Peckisarepterwhoneedsastyaboutthemissingprincess.Hepburnisslummingitbutknowsshewilleventuallyreturntoherlifeofprivilege.Nohelessthescenessharedbythecoupleareblithelygiddilyromantic.WhatmakesRomanHo

7、lidaysofreshapartfromtheobviousrapptbetweentheelfinHepburnthedarklyhsomePeckisthewayWyleruseshislocations.TheItalianneorealistshadlongadvocatedshootingonthestreetstellingrealpeoplessties.Theirmoviesmadeintheaftermathofwa

8、rwereinvariablygrimaffairsaboutimpoverishedoldmen(UmbertoD)fatherswhocouldntfindkeepjobs.(BicycleThieves)RobertoRossellinisRomeOpenCityshowedtheItaliancapitalunderthethralloftheNazis.Wylerbycontrastcapturesthemagicmyster

9、yofthecity.ItistheperfectbackftheromancebetweenPeckHepburn.Thereisaspontaneityexuberanceabouttheirscenestogetherthattranscendstheirownlittledeceptions.(HepburndoesntrealisethatPeckhasarrangedfaphotographertofollowthemaro

10、undthecity.)SothegreatGregyPeckstslooksathislovefasignbutthingsarenotgoingaccdingto.Wehaveseenalittlewhileearlierthattheprincessisnolongercontrolledbyheradvissshereactssharplywhenoneofthemremindsherofherdutytowardshersta

11、tion.Itgivesusahintthatshehasalreadythoughtthematterthroughmadeherdecision.ThedeliberatemannerinwhichAudreyHepburnsaysherlinesherecouldbe(hasbeenbysomecritics)putdowntonervousnessadebutantehlingherfirstbigscene.AsfmeIthi

12、nkofAnnaKarinainGoddard’sBeaPartlookingstraightatthecamerasaying“Myheartgoesoutatthesightofyou”.ThenIthinkofAudreyHepburninterruptingherownmanufacturedresponsetoslowlyintone“Rome.ByallmeansRome”Ican’tchooseoneclassicmovi

13、emomentovertheother.FinallyafterallthequestionshavebeenaskedtheprincesscomesdowntomeetthemembersofthepressincludingGregyPeckwhoprobablyexpectshertosayalotisdisappointed.Bynowthelookofconfidencehestartedthescenewithisvisi

14、blybeginningtowaneliketheaudienceheisslowlypainfullycomingtotermswiththefactthatthismaynotbeahappyending.Yethelooksupwithamovementsosubtleastobenonexistentasksher“Wellhowaboutit”Shereplieswiththeslightestshakeofthehead.I

15、nanunfgivingcloseupweseehopefadefromhisfaceheswallows.Theaudiencethoughhasnotlearntitslessonstillexpectsafairytaleend.Theyfcehimtolingeruntileveryoneelsehaslefthopingthatshewillreappearrecant.Butshedoesn’t.Ittrulyistheen

16、dallonecandoisaccompanythemanonhislonelywalkout.第一篇：AHolidaywthcelebratingeverydayoftheyear.ThePrincessawakensfromherslumbersinthisclassicfallfrominnocencecomingofagetalewitharoyaltwist.AudreyHepburnstakesherclaimasthemo

17、stperfectwomanwhoeverlived.GregyPeckathisbestastheneerdowellAmericanrepterwhoguidesherchastelyfromgirlhoodtowomanhood.WhatcanIaddOneofthefinestmoviesevermade.Nowwillyoupleasestopreadingthisreviewrentthemoviefheavenssake.