The film Picnic/Crazy Love Picnic (1955) is covered by a British Blu-ray edition
William Holden (1918-1981) has been wandering hollywood's second- and third-tier cast since his debut as Golden Boy/Golden Boy Golden Boy (1939), and when Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was rejected by a number of Hollywood male and female stars when Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was rejected by a number of Hollywood male and female stars when he was preparing to shoot Sunset Boulevard Sunset Blvd. (1950), William Halder was forced to play the lead role. At the suggestion of his agent, Holden seized the opportunity to star in the screenwriter of "Eat Soft Rice" in the film, and after being nominated for Best Actor at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951, his acting career began all the way.
Images of William Holden and Audrey Hepburn in the film Dragon Phoenix/Sabrina Sabrina (1954).
He was then invited again by Billy Wilder to star in Battlefield Souls/Cell 17 Stalag 17 (1953), winning the Best Actor Award at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954; in 1953 he met Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) and played the lead actor and actress in Billy Wilder's Dragon Phoenix/Sabrina (1954), with Humphrey Hepburn in 1953. Bogart Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957). Since William Holden was already turkish, Audrey Hepburn had to choose Mel Ferrer (1917-2008) as her husband.
Images of William Holden and Grace Kelly in the film Country Girl/The Country Girl (1954).
Grace Kelly (1929-1982) quickly succeeded Audrey Hepburn and collaborated with William Holden in The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) and The Country Girl (1954), quickly becoming "lovers" and attending various events together.
In the face of Hollywood's better resources, William Holden is also seeking to change, and after working with big producer David Lee, he is also looking for change. Jennifer Jones (1919-2009), wife of O. Selznick David O. Selznick (1902–1965), took on Picnic/Crazy Love (1955) while collaborating on Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).
Stills from the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), by William Holdden William Holden and Jennifer Jones
It was adapted by screenwriter Daniel Taradash (1913–2003) based on William Inge William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play of the same name. Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) 'Bus Stop/Bus Stop' (1956) was also adapted from William Inge's play.
"Picnic" is a highly dramatic film, a story that takes place in a small town for 24 hours, strong contradictions and conflicts, symbolic characters, and a mixture of joy and sorrow. This film is full of poetry, depicting life in the American countryside very real and vivid. Kim Novak, who doesn't know how to act, was nominated for the British Academy Award for Best Actress for the film.
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), william Holden William Holden and Kim Novak
A film critic once described Kim Novak this way: "When others were girls, she was already a woman." "This is a female star who can play mature women in her teenage years. So, in Picnic, we can see one of her few pure images. The film takes place in a small American town. Every year on Labor Day, the town holds a traditional celebration, every family brings a collective picnic with food, as well as a wide variety of garden tours, dance parties, beauty pageants... It can be described as a wonderful American folk painting.
Unemployed, Hal (William Holden) comes to Kansas to meet with college classmate Allen (Cliff Robertson), hoping that Ellen can help him find a comfortable job through his wealthy father, suggesting that he wants to arrange a separate office and make him a supervisor.
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), william Holden William Holden and Cliff Robertson Cliff Robertson
Kim Novak plays Maggie, the prettiest girl in town, growing up in a single-parent family, she is loved by thousands of people, her mother Flo (Betty Field) is proud of her, the town's handsomest and richest boy, Ellen, is willing to marry her, and she is the town's beauty queen every year.
Her sister Millie (Susan Strasberg) is in conflict and pain, proud of having such a beautiful sister on the one hand, and jealous of everything her sister has. She gave up her physical efforts and turned to learning to compare her sister, so she often sneered at Maggie: "You can only work as a salesman in a cheap store." ”
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), Kim Novak (right) and Susan Stazberg Susan Strasberg
Both sisters fell in love with Hal at the same time in a very short time. The reason for this is because Maggie is indeed a beautiful girl who has never seen the world, Hal's handsomeness and the wild, wandering atmosphere brought from the outside world attract her, and Millie, although smart, she naively thinks that if she finds a handsome man, others will think that she is also an attractive girl.
However, Hal's arrival caused different reactions from other women in the town, such as the attitude of the female teacher Miss Rosemary (Rosalind Russell) to Hal, which is actually the attitude of some women to sexy men, wanting to see but not daring to look, and pretending to look contemptuously, and others ask "What do you think of him?" She would say "Cut!" Not good! ”
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), from left: Cliff Robertson, William Holdden William Holden and Rosalind Russell
Miss Rosemary is older after all and has no chance to play with Hal, and she sees Hal's shortcomings, but she, like Millie, has a "patch-up" mood for beautiful men, hoping that the other party will pay attention to herself.
After Maggie's second success in the pageant, she said jealously, "Really, I was just as beautiful as she was when I was younger." Finally, after getting drunk, she actually picked up Hal's pants, wanted to see people's legs, and then tore Hal's clothes.
After being pushed away, embarrassed, she had to start to divert the contradictions, so that everyone mistakenly thought that Hal had first slighted Maggie, so that she caused such a scene. She talked about Hal's bragging, incompetence, and other shortcomings, and the "sour grapes" mood was ignited. I didn't think that this move made her a matchmaker.
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), william Holden William Holden and Rosalind Russell Rosalind Russell
Maggie comforts Hal, and the two, who were already in love at first sight, have a good conversation. Maggie didn't think long before she packed her bags and followed Hal. Mother Flo was a hundred reluctant in her heart, but the neighbor's grandmother said, "Let her pursue the original appearance of love." ”
As usual, this color film by cinematographer James Wong Howe (1899-1976) gives us a feeling of extreme comfort and life, just as Joshua Logan (1908-1988) was the director of the work, after all, the stage play of the same name was also directed by him, and his creative team, except for Kim Novak, was the original Broadway stage play cast.
Images of Kim Novak and William Holden William Holden in the film Picnic/Crazy Love Picnic (1955).
"Picnic" ruthlessly exposes the limited choices and helplessness of a beautiful girl in a small American town in the 1950s facing the world.
But the original author, William Inge, and director Joshua Logan did not overemphasize Kim Novak's final choice as "miserable", because they always believed that joining the "power of love" would give William Holden and Kim Novak a drive to face difficulties later in life.
They disguise this attitude as the philosophy and wisdom of life, and overemphasize this argument, which is not only naïve but also hypocritical today. However, Rosalind Russell is like a horsepower motor in the film, always impressed by her passion in the film.
Poster for the Japanese version of the movie Picnic/Crazy Love (1955).
In a very reasonable structure of the play, the interesting events surrounding the forced entry into the town by the unemployed homeless William Holden change the lives of everyone in the town.
A charming, lying, and fast-talking loser, William Holden's performance was hilarious.
In fact, in Picnic, William Holden's image looks a little too old, and it's a bit embarrassing for him to show his nearly rigid upper body muscles. William Holden's character is actually at the end of the road, and his behavior looks increasingly outdated.
But Maggie's life in the movie "Picnic" is a bit like Kim Novak's state at that time, after being excavated from a store clerk, he seems helpless when faced with a new showbiz world, but he has to make his own choices.
American stills version poster for the movie Picnic/Crazy Love (1955).
In fact, Kim Novak is not an "overnight star", as people call the little stars who "became famous in One Fell Swoop" in Hollywood in the United States.
Before she became famous with Picnic, she had already made three films, the first being Pushover (1954), played by Fred MacMurray (1908-1991), which was a painstaking film because Harry Cowan Harry Cohn (1891-1958) had forgotten to give Kim Novak one of the most important lessons in these months of busy work. This is the acting class.
So, I had to subtract a lot of lines.
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), Kim Novak and Cliff Robertson Cliff Robertson
However, although Kim Novak's performance is very young, his natural beauty has been praised by critics. When the producers decided to put her in another minor role in Phffft (1954), they had to keep her as silent as possible.
In the later film The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Kim Novak only muttered a few words, which made Harry Cowan feel that he could take a risk and jump, so he wanted to push her to Hollywood and American audiences through "Picnic".
At this moment, the only obstacle is director Joshua Logan. Joshua Logan couldn't accept a blonde who had just debuted, and she muttered like a newborn.
Kim Novak was filmed on set in the film The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).
Harry Cowan is also not a vegetarian either, and he is very tough with Joshua Logan: "I order you to choose between Kim Novak and Picnic, or I will not hesitate to hand this film over to another director." Joshua Logan had to choose to use Kim Novak. However, his work could not be easier and smoother. Kim Novak got fat again during filming. In addition, she was so afraid of Joshua Logan that she could only make some unrecognizable grunts from her mouth.
Joshua Logan said, "I was furious when I saw her come to the set decorated with holy plaques, saint statues and amulets. Every time I criticized her, she would hum a few words and flee to church to pray. She came late in the morning because she had to stop halfway to receive Communion. ”
Stills from the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955), from left: Rosalind Russell, Arthur O'Connell, William Holden William Holden, Susan Strasberg
Kim Novak said: "I knew I could only be a extra at best, but I was seen as a star, which made me extremely worried. "But the war ended in a way that benefited her.
She can't act, she acts like she does in her own home, in a word, she's playing herself, but it's just "crooked", and director Joshua Logan needs her to be in this state.
"Picnic" was supposed to be a film by William Holden, but it turned out to be a film by Kim Novak. When it was screened in major cities in the state to see how the response was, I didn't want to be so successful.
Kim Novak was photographed on location in the film Picnic/Crazy Love (1955).
Next, Kim Novak starred in blockbuster films such as "Red Wine/Willow Green Pal Joey" (1957), "Ecstasy Vertio" (1958), "Bell Book and Candle" (1958), and became one of the top ten high-grossing stars in the United States in the late 1950s.
The showy Kim Novak finally waited for the day of his head and began to provoke Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor's position in the jianghu; this little girl, who was no longer a dimwitted, finally tore off her ugly face and let go of her own rudeness.
During the filming of the first scene of Flowers and Greens, she was deliberately late to provoke Rita Hayworth (1918-1987), who worked with her in the film.
At the premiere of the film "Red Wine/Willow Green Flower Red Palm Joey" (1957), Kim Novak and Rita Hayworth were photographed
Then Kim Novak smiled sinisterly and said, "Honey, if I have any disrespect for you, then please forgive me, I began to admire you when I was in elementary school." ”
In short, all the nonsense a star can do has been done for her. Kim Novak may know that she is not a very good actress, but she also knows that, in compensation, she is a star that everyone looks up to.
Harry Cohen said: "What else can you want, it's easy to launch a star, the difficulty is to explain to her clearly, it's just a propaganda "blindfold". But our production and publicity team is so capable that we can convince the world that the stars are extraordinary, and the first thing to be confident in themselves should be themselves. ”
Kim Novak, because of her sexiness, finally let her, an actress without any acting experience, enter the hollywood superstar channel, and perhaps the miracle exists in the dreamy world of Hollywood
Huang Zongpei, one of the ten most influential cinematographers in the history of cinema, shows us at the end of the movie "Picnic" that William Holden and Kim Novak ride both trains and buses at the same time, and he lives together in the same picture, which is also the last idea that Huang Zongpei contributed in this film.
But this beautiful picture that exists in non-life may be the reason why each of us must pursue and deserve to live, but to use an inappropriate analogy, that is, life is not just a picnic, because the dance of life will always continue in an infinite cycle.
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