Today's foreign films are far less quality than those translated and produced in the last century. At that time, many of the imported blockbusters were adapted from the world's famous novels, with big directors and big stars participating in the choreography and directing, plus the re-creation of China's famous dubbing artists! An excellent translation film can bring endless enjoyment to the audience. The French film Tess is one such film.
The film "Tess" is adapted from the masterpiece of the British poet and novelist Hardy, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". I read the novel first, the eighties, it was an era of reading! Everyone's reading of Chinese and foreign famous novels can be described as hungry and thirsty. Hardy uses a cold brushstroke to tell the tortuous life of the beautiful poor girl Tess who is mercilessly teased by fate. After reading it, there will be some depression, as if it is shrouded in the rain and fog of London.
Sitting in the cinema and watching Tess suffer fate on the screen, the mood is even more sad and angry. Because Natasha Kinski, who plays Tess, is so beautiful, this pure inner patience beauty will make the audience more distressed! There is a scene in the movie that I will never forget. It is the close-up shot of Tess's young lord Alec forcefully feeding Tess cherries when Tess first stepped on the D'Urber Manor, and Kinsky vividly showed Tess's psychological state of rejection and helplessness. The picture is beautiful, but full of crises.
At the end of the film, Tess kills the evildoer Alec who ruined her life's happiness, bids farewell to her lover with a relaxed attitude, and walks to the gallows... I remember that I must have shed tears at that time, and I believe that the other audience members left the theater with resentment and sadness.
The movie "Tess" is very good, because Hardy's original book is good, the actor Kinsky, the director (Roman Polanski), and the voice artists who translate it! In the film, the voice of Tess is Liu Guangning, who is known as the "foreign princess dubbing professional household"! Liu Guangning's voice is pure and sweet, and he has his unique ability in creating the screen voice image of a gentle, kind and pure girl; Through subtle changes in volume, intonation, and the intensity of her language, she clearly expresses Tess's complex emotional waves. The villain in the film, Alec, is voiced by Joe Hazel, who is praised by the audience as "the master of sculpting sounds"! Qiao Hazel, who has a deep cultural heritage, his voice is thick and broad, full of appeal! It is suitable for dubbing passionate, hidden screen images, such as the officer Osvaldo in "Yesenia" and the prodigal nobleman Vronsky in "Anna Karenina". When dubbing Alec of Tess, his voice is magnetic and seductive, accurately controlling the characteristics of this rogue aristocrat. In particular, staring at Tess with affection, he said slowly: Strawberry, cow! At this time, the temptation to Tess in the plot is magical!
The re-creation of Chinese translated voice actors often adds to the artistic level and charm of this film work!
This is the charm and quality of imported films in the last century. An excellent foreign film blockbuster, its essence and charm, relying on the picture and subtitles to reflect, is far from enough!
This summer, I kind of miss the translation and production of the last century!