Mann says Oscar for Best 62: "Drive for Miss Daisy"

"Driving Miss Daisy" won the best picture, its own uniqueness, the picture story is completely lifelike, completely a quarter-century of a person's life white, with individual life trivia, to record American history, indeed has its own clever way. Jessica Tenancy, who plays Daisy, has created an unprecedented brilliance, and at the age of seventy-nine, she won an Oscar, and it is estimated that this record will be difficult to break. The old drama Morgan Freeman(s) matching, the real Oscar film emperor starred, so that the audience does not feel bored in the film, unconsciously followed by a unique contemporary history of the United States. When watching this film, I have been thinking about how to translate the title, "Driving Miss Daisy"? "Walking with Miss Daisy"? Chinese and English are difficult to translate, perhaps the importance of learning English is that you can directly use another language to understand and experience the world, without the need for translation by others.

The film's characters are simple: Daisy, her son Boolie, the black maid Idella and the black driver Hoke, all of which revolve around Daisy, no conflicting storyline, only a watery life record, but the story takes place in Atlanta, the capital of black America, where Martin Luther King Jr. set off a black rights struggle in the United States.

The film begins with a close-up shot of Miss Daisy's face, she combs the mirror and opens the curtains to peek into the world. The background time is set in 1948, Miss Daisy is actually seventy-two years old, saying that Grandma Daisy is more suitable, people are too rare, but they dress up extremely delicately every day, paint their eyebrows and powder, and live a leisurely life. She was a Jewish widow, guarding a large house and living alone. The son was forty years old, and he did not live with her, and he accompanied her only Edra, who came to work every day during the day.

Miss Daisy was driving her 1946 Chrysler classic car, and accidentally crashed into the neighbor's yard, causing the insurance company to think she was too risky to protect her. The son Brie was rich, bought a new classic car for his mother in 1949, and hired a driver for his mother, so that his mother did not have to worry about the old eyes and frequent traffic accidents. But Daisy was unsympathetic and would rather take the bus than have a professional driver. There are also Chinese elements in the film, four Jewish wives play mahjong around the square table, Daisy's most of the time, is how to pass the past, sure enough to play mahjong to make people use their brains, Daisy lives a dashing life, deaf and blind, the quality of life is not reduced by old age, this point, it is worth learning more from Chinese old ladies. Through a conversation with Houke, she said that she was born in 1876 and remembered the time when she was twelve years old as a little girl, playing by the sea. Every old man has a girlish and boyish heart, which is not false at all.

Houke took Bree's salary, reported to Daisy's house on time every day, did not drive, and then sorted out the yard and shook in front of Daisy. Daisy insisted for two weeks, deeply realizing that it was difficult to walk without a car, half pushing and half accepting her son's arrangement, and Houke officially became Daisy's driver. Later, Edera suddenly passed away, Daisy did not want to hire a maid anymore, began to cook her own food and do housework, houke in addition to working as a driver, also began to take care of Daisy's daily life.

One of the plots in the film is interesting, Daisy goes to a relative's house to attend a birthday party, but when she passes a fork in the road, Houke, under daisy's guidance, drives in the wrong direction, causing the two to drive for half a day. Driving in the dark of the night, Houke urinated urgently, parked the car on the side of the road, and went to solve the problem. Daisy asked accusatively: Why didn't you go to the gas station just now? Houke is still quite aggrieved: black people can't use public toilets! During the waiting, Daisy felt terrified alone, heard the footsteps that were gradually approaching in the night, a little sweaty upside down, and fixed her mind on seeing that it was Houke, and then she let go of her heart.

Another episode also shows Daisy's dependence on Houko. The snow closed the door, Daisy was at home alone, lonely, there was a problem with the heating, and his son called and said that he would clear the driveway of the house before he could come over. Houke appeared and became Daisy's hero, he brought coffee, and also warmed the house, Daisy began to use Houke as a crutch in life, without him, life would not be easy.

As the film progresses, Daisy begins to get older and Bree's hair thins out. Brie is also a business figure in Atlanta and has been named the best business elite in the city. Brie gave her mother two tickets, and originally wanted to take her mother to listen to Dr. Martin Luther King's speech, but there was a temporary matter, so Daisy asked Houke to go with her, but Daisy wanted Houke to ask her, but Houke did not want to bow his head. As a result, Daisy listened to Martin Luther King Jr. on the spot, Houke sat in the parking lot outside, sat in the car, and listened to the speech through the radio, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was indeed the american civil rights leader, and his voice was extremely inflammatory, infectious, and spoke for black Americans.

The film reflects the problem of black people in the United States from Daisy's point of view, in the history of the United States, from 1948 to 1973, the 25 years, it is the black people from can not ride the bus with white people, no right to vote, to later can have the right to vote, the black civil rights movement flourished. However, the film only ends to the point, except for the scene where Daisy attends Dr. King's speech, there is no positive narrative. It's just that the problem of black people has already arisen. Daisy was going to church for a service, but when she got closer, she found that the church was cordoned off because of the explosion, and some people suspected that the blacks had done it. These are all expressed through the conversation between Daisy and Houko in the car.

At the end of the film, Daisy suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is confused and awake for a while, and is forced to live in an elderly care center, and her house is sold. Bre and Houke went to meet inside the old house, looked at the empty house, and saw things and people. Together, they visited Daisy, who was 97 years old, at the nursing center. At this time, Houke was also 85 years old, and Bree was 65 years old.

This film is very cleverly taken, from point to surface, from small to large, from one person to see the whole society, the problem of the elderly, the problem of race, the problem of the American economy, how to face in the process of aging in life, a person's home, mapping a country, no big scene, but let the audience think of a lot. Perhaps, this is why this film won the Oscar for best. This film may not be very popular in China, and few people can calm down and watch a movie that is old and late. Boiled water has a sweet taste, but most young people like to drink Coke, although boiled water is healthier for the body.