1) In 1990, wow, the year I was born, the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Picture was finally won by the movie "Driving for Miss Daisy." The film is about Daisy, a wealthy white old lady who breaks up her car and the insurance company no longer agrees to let her drive it after paying for a new car. So Daisy had to get along with Hawke, a black driver hired by her son, and the two staged a classic warm comedy.
Poster of "Driving for Miss Daisy"
2, Daisy was born poor, she is old, although she lives a rich life, she has always maintained the frugal and independent living habits developed since childhood, so she is very resistant to the driver invited by her son. To outsiders, Daisy may be more like a stubborn or even paranoid old lady. Hawke is a kind and simple good person, in the face of Daisy's cold eyes, he is not only willing to tolerate, but also take the initiative to express kindness and care to Daisy.
Stills from "Driving for Miss Daisy"
3. The direction of the story is naturally that Daisy and Hawke have gradually dissolved the gap between them in the long-term relationship. Hawke respects Daisy's principled character, but does not forget her responsibilities; and Daisy no longer rejects Hawke, but trusts and friendship. Daisy, who had been a teacher, began to teach Hawke to read and write, and Hawke accompanied Daisy all the way, becoming her only intimate friend in her later years.
4, the story mode of this movie is easy to remind people of last year's Oscar best picture "Green Book", but it is not a time to move, the Oscar's taste from "black people to white people to drive" to "white people to black people to drive", from "rich but stubborn white people vs poor but kind black people" combination to "celebrity and elegant black people vs down-and-out but upright white people" combination, which reflects the great changes in social culture in the United States in the past thirty years, which is very interesting.
Stills from "Green Book"
5. If "Green Book" is an accurate dialogue between different races, different classes, and even different sexual orientations with a strong sense of design, and is an almost perfect test-taking work under the banner of political correctness, then "Driving for Miss Daisy" is a simpler and more delicate character emotional story, and the pessimistic communication of human beings makes the theme of this film far from being limited to the small vision of racial estrangement. "You are my best friend" sounds verbal and simple, but it is said frankly after sufficient emotional preparation, but it is still a classic line that is still touching to this day.
6. "Driving for Miss Daisy" is directed by Australian director Bruce Bearsford, who is just 80 years old this year, still sticking to the front line of creation, and the creative state is quite good. His two 2016 works, "Roots" and "Mr. Church," were both above 8 on the ratings site, and in 2020, he was going to bring Oscar Wilde's classic "Insignificant Woman" to the big screen.
Bruce Belsford At a glance of high-scoring works
7. The male protagonist of "Driving for Miss Daisy" is the black actor Morgan Freeman we are familiar with. The role of Hawke is arguably the first classic he created on the big screen that swept the world, but even thirty years ago, Morgan Freeman, who played the role, was over fifty years old, and it seems that our impression of him in the movie has always been middle-aged and elderly?
Morgan Freeman, "Driving for Miss Daisy"
8. "Driving for Miss Daisy" not only won the Oscar for best picture that year, but also sent British actress Jessica Tandy to the Oscar queen throne. Born in 1909, Jessica Tandy has been immersed in stage performances since she was a child, and at the age of 21, she crossed the ocean to Broadway, worked with her husband to become the most popular husband and wife actor on the stage, and won three Tony Awards, known as the "First Lady of Broadway". Later in her career, Jessica Tandy began to move to the big screen, she was 80 years old when she starred in "Drive for Miss Daisy", and she died after winning the little gold man for 4 years. Jessica Tandy in her youth was also a sinking goose, no less than Scarlett Johansson today.
Jessica Tandy's award-winning scene
Jessica Tandy as a young man
9. In addition to winning the 62nd Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress, "Driving for Miss Daisy" also won two awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Makeup, while in other nominations, Morgan Freeman lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, who starred in "My Left Foot", who became the only legendary film emperor in history to win three Oscars after winning the Oscars again for "Blood Is Coming" and "Lincoln" respectively.
Daniel Day-Lewis, "My Left Foot"
10. Finally, it is worth mentioning that the soundtrack of "Driving for Miss Daisy" was written by the film soundtrack master Hans Zimmer, who is familiar to us, but he seems to be far from the status of the gods today. Although the soundtrack of "Driving for Miss Daisy" can be described as lighthearted and melodious, blending with the film scene, the two music awards of the 62nd Oscars were eventually taken away by the Disney cartoon "The Little Mermaid" that we are familiar with.
Poster of The Little Mermaid