The film Zorro, a comedy action film starring Alain Delon, premiered in Italy in 1975 and released in Chinese mainland in 1978, was one of the first Western films to be introduced to Chinese mainland, when it was viewed by more than 70 million Chinese audiences.
The film tells the story of the warlord bureaucracy in the middle of the sixteenth century, and the masked righteous hero Zorro, who worked hard to eliminate the evil forces in a mysterious posture.
Alandron's portrayal of Zorro in this film has so far been unsurpassed — no matter what the plot, even if you can't remember the plot, you still remember Zorro's gorgeous cloak eye mask small leather whip. Of course, the dubbing has not yet been surpassed by anyone - the dubbing of Teacher Tong Zirong is more like Zorro than Alandron himself. Let's put it this way, the image of Alandron and the voice of Tong Zirong, both of which deeply influenced the standard of young women in China in the 80s.
The film's foreign name is Zorro.
The theme song "Good Hanzoro" is popular and inspiring. When the lighthearted opening song sounds, it is "Zorro" who drives the horses to gallop freely in the barren tropical yellow land, and the scene makes people's blood spurt. The melody of this song features a flamenco-style guitar play, which is full of Spanish romance, which is all too pleasant.
The biggest contribution of this film should be about the laying down of Zorro's action style - the handsome Alandron, the identity of the knight, a whistle, the black horse running, his heroic posture on the horse, and the black uniform, full of ceremony, it was too enchanting at the time.
Alandron himself is said to have asked for the film to be the most free to play and enjoy Zorro's role since 1964's Black Tulip.
What is the content of this role? It is the chivalrous spirit of envying evil as a vendetta, punishing evil and promoting good. Alandron is perfectly interpreted through the character of Zorro.
This is a light shot of Alan Long not long after his appearance and has not yet become Zorro.
It can be clearly seen that at this time, Alandron is not young, like a beautiful person who is twilight, old! Compared with 1964's "Black Tulip", Alandron, who is close to the age of no doubt, is far less bright than it was then. But in the eyes of his parents, he is the most handsome and likable at this time.
Why? Without him – this movie is definitely not Alandron's most handsome film, but it is the most familiar to us! So you must understand the aesthetics of the mothers of that year to better understand the idol character of the parents of that year.
The reason why Zorro became "Zorro" can also be said to be accidental.
He was originally the "first swordsman in Europe", Diego, a swordsman friend of the new governor Miguel, who himself was a very pragmatic chivalrous, but his friend was a naïve idealist, bent on building a new order in the Americas, and at that time, the Spaniards were in the era of colonial rule in South America, all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people did not have a good life. Miguel was killed on the way to office, and before he died, he handed over the official seal to Diego, asking him to inherit his legacy, take over his post, and swear not to kill again.
Diego thus took office in place of the Governor, and three months later, when the new Governor suddenly appeared, Diego was a completely aristocratic clumsy son, all kinds of womanish, pretending to be stupid and stupid, and everything was fake to others.
At first I didn't understand how Diego, as a chivalrous man, liked to play a fool – I later learned that it was because he saw the situation clearly.
At this time, Colonel Velta was the military leader of the colony, although not a nobleman, in terms of rank, the major should be a subordinate of the governor, but this figure had guns and ambitions! Taking advantage of the high emperor of the mountain, he was bent on fighting for his own dominion. The local nobles were suppressed by the colonel's violence and dared not speak out. Senior clergy were also bribed and suppressed. And the position of governor is only an administrative position, and if you say that you can kill it, you can be killed...
So Diego adopted a very intriguing method of governance - as the governor but played the role of a green forest warrior to fight against the evil forces, holding some power, but abandoning the code and resorting to violent revolution - this is a bit of a "violent counter-violence" flavor.
The new governor played by Diego is ostensibly a game of humanity, regardless of the right thing, in the face of the sinister colonel, he hangs on to lang dang, pretends to be crazy and stupid, but secretly travels in plain clothes to understand the local situation - Zorro is actually a secular hero, which is much more cute.
When the heroine appears, the atmosphere is obvious, and it is the heroine at a glance, this woman with cat-like enchanting eyes.
The heroine's small face is fleshy, which is much more amiable than the actress who is now full of bones.
Her Spanish girl's signature large round skirt lined her small waist as if it were broken at once. Long, curly black hair like seaweed – simply, beauty is a word!
Zorro appears like an American superman, the masked Black Man descending from the sky and then walking slowly from the horizon, the figure gradually becoming clear from the blur, and at the same time the loud voice rises:
"From today on, we do not fight innocent people! Show me the fair verdict! ”
"Now, go get the real criminals: the judge who takes bribes, the witness who cheats, the vicious law enforcement officer!"
Honestly, even if the plot has been completely forgotten, the voice is always in the head.
Every sentence is a call for justice, which is the spirit of Zorro.
Human beings like to have such a heroic figure appear - punish the evil and punish the adulterous, hoe the strong and help the weak.
Zorro's english name went away in this way, which caused great headaches to the colonists.
Zorro's horse Zorro's sword Zorro's whip, this outfit is very important - it is difficult to say whether Alain Deron made Zorro, or Zorro made Alain Deron, as the embodiment of the absolute hero, a symbol of freedom. Zorro's image was an eye-opener for the Chinese people, and in this role, all the beautiful imaginations of Chinese audiences at that time for the romance and elegance of Western countries were pinned on.
This famous Z logo, just a Z, kills many chivalrous people in a second.
Who in reality wouldn't want to draw a Z in an evil place with a sharp sword?
The highlight of the film should be Zorro's "flirting" (in fact, very skillful beating) a group of soldiers led by The Fat Officer Of Garcia, the rhythm of this section is bright, compact and humorous, and a group of gunmen can't beat Zorro. He flew over the wall, was strong in martial arts, single-handedly, and took one to ten - to be honest, watching movies at that time was to watch hilarity, and could not understand the plot - who cares what this film is playing, anyway, the cheers of the crowd are one after another, and the perception is a pure pleasure without pressure - this is OK!
The so-called times call for heroes, and the people need heroes. The time and place are favorable, and the fame of Zorro has been created. He came to China at the right time.
In the movie, all the antagonists except for the sinister and vicious colonel are set as fools to show Zorro's cleverness.
The handsome, radiant, slender, athletic Zorro, the ornate sword technique of the dance steps, and the sword mark Z that pierced the darkness could not help but be fascinated- people of that era had never touched such a wonderful feeling: the masked hero, the shining sword, and the vibrating music, each of which was enough for the audience to be mesmerized and unwilling to leave.
Can't forget this little black man, wearing a torn straw hat, a little bit tall, a small black face except a pair of large black eyes, basically nothing else, the cartoon effect is first-class. As long as he is present, the previous scene gives Zorro a black silhouette, and the next scene must follow the little black face of this little black man, a face of reverence and admiration, such a wholehearted fan, just like us at that time.
Zorro and the heroine also have emotional dramas - but this relationship is very delicate, if there is none.
Zorro hides in the garden of the heroine's house, and has a conversation with the beautiful heroine, and the feelings in Zorro's voice are whispers full of true feelings...
I'm here to reaffirm justice and give you the joy you deserve again...
Alandron is born with a feminine temperament, full of moonlight-like hazy and astringent breath, allowing him to play a hero with a somewhat contrasting and cute effect.
The Colonel's acting skills are also very good, don't look at it is always at a disadvantage, in fact, there is a super aura, Zorro saved the heroine who was forced to marry by the Colonel, the Colonel is still pretending to be calm and tough, he emphasizes that he can't kneel: I am a soldier!
Zorro chased the Colonel away, and then the heroine, Ortonia, kissed Zorro on the cheek.
From time to time, the film has to give Zorro a side close-up of his resolute chin, and at this moment, Zorro's side face looks so handsome, and at the same time, the attitude is cold and determined, clean and neat.
The pepper noodles of love are the end of the point - although love needs to paint a gentle bright color on the tense war, heroic beauty, has always been the best combination, but in this movie, love still gives way to the corners, not allowing the heroine to steal most of the limelight.
So the camera still has to go back to Zorro – continue to be his governor, this face makes a role change of mother or man, which is quite natural, and his method is to hide his strengths in front of the enemy as much as possible, to show his shortcomings.
Diego must be both a governor and a chivalrous, wandering between the "swordsman" and the "governor", one strong and one soft, one strong and one weak, one dark and one bright, fighting wits and courage with the suspicious colonel.
I am personally quite interested in Zorro's silly literary drama, sweet and sweet, and it is not interesting.
No, no, she's a nobleman, my cousin, no, absolutely not.
Oh, my life... Hard to guarantee, hard to guarantee...
Zorro's dashing and the pseudo-governor's pretending to be very comical cowardice always became one in Alandron.
During this fierce chase, the beautiful girl Ortonia, her eyes burning, loudly confessed: "I love you!" ”
Like the Japanese movie "The Hunt", Nakano Ryoko on horseback said to Ken Takakura, "I like you!" ”
I always feel that there are too few love scenes between Zorro and the heroine, in fact, all aspects of the film are just right - just like tailor-made for China's national conditions, the emotional drama must be so understated, just right.
After Zorro let the heroine get out of the car, the horse fell off the cliff... But don't worry, at the end, he fell out of the window of a tall building unscathed, even his hat was still there—otherwise it wouldn't be Zorro.
The final battle is absolutely European classical court style, ping-pong and ping-pong, are simple fencing duels, and indeed bring people back to the era of knights.
Zorro is arguably the strongest fencer in the era of cold weapons, and he won't get hurt for most of the day. Watching the final duel was too exciting, and now I feel a little procrastinating.
Alandron finally took off his mask and revealed the truth – on the one hand, the governor who looked like a man to be slaughtered, and on the other hand, ZORRO, who was safe and well-to-do for the people. It's all one person, but who sees it? I didn't really see it at the time anyway.
This is the most standard chivalrous film, and the Qingtian Grand Master himself is a chivalrous guest. Still, I don't think Alandron should take off his mask to be more handsome!
Zorro eventually killed people—he didn't want to save the world or overthrow the rule, but he killed the brutal warlord Velta and won the people a little freedom.
Finally, with the cheerful and dashing theme music, Zorro's desert yellow sand rides the dust, leaving the world with the back of a lonely hero, and the audience watches his back drift away with great affection.
"In this land, we want peace and justice, and by that day Zorro will be back."
This ending is good, Zorro, showing us the dashing and calm of a Western chivalrous man who does not take away a cloud, which is cool and western!
Times change, this 40-year-old film makes a sound of the rings of the year - I find that I still love "Zorro", I will still be touched by it, that is, the expectation of beauty and kindness, the persistence of love and romance, which has never changed.