![荣耀六十年](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
SixtyGloriousYearsisanexerciseinthecreationoficonography,bothforVictoriaanditsstar,AnnaNeagle(whosubsequentlybecameknownas'RegalNeagle').JustasElizabethIcommissionedartiststocreateflatteringiconicimagesforpublicconsumption,sothisfilmperformsasimilarfunction,forNeagleismorebeautifulthanthereallifeVictoria.Controversialevents(suchasthe'Irishproblem')areomittedandunpleasantaspectsofVictoria'scharacter(herpetulance,arrogance,favouritismand'righttoprivilege')areglossedoverasendearinglittle'whims'.Albertactsasamoderatinginfluencewhenshegoestoofar. ThefilmfollowedayearafterthehighlysuccessfulVictoriatheGreat(d.HerbertWilcox,1937).AgainthescreenplayisbyMilesMallesonandRobertVansittart,andmanyofthesupportingcast(thecreamofactingtalentofperiod)repeattheirroles,thistimeforthecolourcameras.ThiswasthefirstfulllengthTechnicolorfilmofcinematographerFreddieYoung,whocapturesthespectacleofroyalweddings,grandballsandopulentinteriors,withscenesactuallyfilmedatroyalpalaces.Vividbattlescenes,setinAlexanderKorda'sempireterritory(SevastopolandtheSudan),rivalthoseinTheFourFeathers(d.ZoltanKorda1939). Thetitlemusicsetsthetone:aregalchoirsingsoverashotofthecrown.Elgar's1901'PompandCircumstance'marchisheardduringthediamondjubileecelebrationsand,asVictoria'scoffinliesinstate,thefilmconcludeswithAnthonyCollins'statelymusicaccompaniedbythetextofRudyardKipling's'Lestweforget'.CombinedwiththeemotionalappealofscenesofVictoriaconnectingwithher'ordinaryfolk',thisisstirringstuff. Thefilmconnectswithcontemporaryeventsof1938.ThereleaseoftwocelebratoryroyalfilmswasintendedtoboostpublicaffectionforthemonarchyinthewakeofEdwardVIII'sabdication.Anglo-Germanrelationswereanothertouchysubject.Withanotherwaronthehorizon,influentialvoiceswantedappeasement,andthefilmcouldbeseentofitthatagenda.VictoriaherselfwasofmainlyGermandescent,nicknamed'thegrandmotherofEurope',whileAlbertisa'goodGerman',charminglyplayedbyAntonWalbrookasacultured,decentman. SixtyGloriousYearsnowseemsundulyformalandreverential.HadmoviesexistedduringVictoria'sreign(theyonlyemergedattheend)thismighthavebeenthekindoffilmproduced.UnlikeMrsBrown(d.JohnMadden,1997),itisallsovery'Victorian'. RogerPhilipMellor
2024-02-07 01:19:34,最后更新于 4月前
![](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
相关推荐TUIJIAN
![龙石密码](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![犯罪都市4](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![扫黑·决不放弃](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![浴血狙击2024](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![食人鱼2024](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![狙击精英之纳米危机](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![黑暗森林](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![九龙城寨之围城](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![维和防暴队](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![彷徨之刃](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![铁血女枪手](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![丛林追击](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![制暴2024](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![精武少年](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![仿生超极限](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)
![异星战境](/mxtheme/images/load.gif)