Chinese name: Todd the Barber
外文名： sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street
Other translations: Magic Street Barber
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Area: USA, UK
Directed by: Tim Burton
Writers: John Logan
Producer: Derek Frey
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Crime, Music
Starring: Johnny Depp
Sveny in Todd the Barber. Todd is a true murderer in 160 murders in London in the 18th century. The musical "The Devil's Barber on Fleet Street" is about Swinney. Todd's story. 2007 Tim. Burton and Johnny. Depp worked together again to bring the musical to the big screen.
The film follows Tim. Burton's consistent gothic style is another dark masterpiece. Before that I loved Tim. Burton directed "Zombie Bride" and "Edward Scissorhands", but compared to this black and dark thriller and bloody violence, these two Gothic works are really bright and warm. In fact, "Zombie Bride" and "Edward Scissorhands" are just cloaked in gothic style, and behind the darkness and absurdity is still warmth and warmth.
"Todd the Barber" is a completely black, bloody and violent work, even if there is a beautiful girl Joanna and sailor Anthony pure love as a beautiful embellishment, but this beauty is so pale and powerless under the blood plasma and violence.
The tone of the film is almost all black and white, the dark, absurd social background, coupled with the bloody and violent scenes everywhere, the film feels only horror and horror. This is a dark work, a dark work about how the righteous Avengers have become murderous demons.
Let's take you back to the basic plot
Englishman Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) lives a simple and mundane life with his wife Russie and daughter Joanna. Benjamin was a hairdresser, with a good business and a happy family life. However, the good is always short-lived. The local judge, coveting Roussie's beauty, set up a pretext to exile Benjamin Barker on trumped-up charges (on charges of stupidity) and later expelled him from England. In this way, the trajectory of the benjamin family's fate was completely changed... Years later, he returns to England and joins forces with the pie shopwoman Lavert (played by Helena Bonham Carter) to embark on a bloody journey of revenge...
The plot is very simple, right, framed and exiled, and for the next fifteen years embarked on the road to revenge, and the chant at the beginning of the film already reveals the ending, "We all deserve to die!" "When I saw the big black ship, I thought that "Pirates of the Caribbean" crossed the forehead, and Yuki felt the same way? Immediately after that, the rhythm of the musical began, and the first thing that came to my mind was "Les Misérables", which also began with the boat, except that Uncle Wolf was tragically pulling the galleon. I was still interested in musicals, so I checked it out, and it turned out that "Todd the Barber" was adapted from a musical of the same name that won a Broadway Tony Award that year. The barber in the play is based on the "serial killer" who once appeared in London (it is said that the bodies of the people he killed can be piled up to the ceiling...). ）。 It's terrible! Coupled with a strong lineup of directors (Tim Burton) and actors (Johnny Depp), it attracted much attention.
How many people fell in love with Depp from watching Edward Scissorhands? So fall in love with Bolton's movies? More than a decade ago, Depp's funny style in "Edward Scissorhands" is still vividly remembered. But in this movie, only because of the dark heart of Todd's role, Depp's funny performance under this film is not much, only a small part of the widow Lovett fantasizing about marrying Todd. Speaking of which, I think the most brilliant role in the whole movie is Mrs. Lovett played by Helena, who is very good in all aspects of the play as Todd's supporter, the owner of the meat shop, and Lucy's love enemy. Obsessed with Todd, he finally took his life and died tragically at the hands of his beloved. Sadly, sighing
The entire film is dominated by gray, matched with the bright red of human blood, reflecting the dark psychology of Todd, a gentleman. Since it is a musical theater form, then there must be requirements for the performance of the performer's singing skills, when Depp opened his mouth to sing the first sentence, it is undeniable that there is indeed a stunning, unadulterated clean voice, the grasp of the rhythm has been very accurate, if there is no lot of practice, I want to achieve the expected effect. In addition, the hammer beating and the razor flying make the picture and music closely integrated, which is refreshing.
Tim Burton once again integrates the thriller, song and dance, funny, and love elements he is good at into his films, but you will find that the film is not actually scary, this is his consistent style, fear but not alarm, blood and not fishy. Maybe it's hard to satisfy you if you only watch Todd the Barber with the mindset of watching a certain element, but if you look at it comprehensively, you will find that this is a rare gothic blockbuster.
Speaking of gothic, I have to mention his other work, "Zombie Bride", and that gloomy animation "Zombie Bride" is also from his handwriting, but I always feel that "Todd the Barber" is the most gothic and bloodiest of his works.
You may be afraid and disgusted by the gothic darkness, and dislike the dark tone, but this is the brilliance of Bolton, without the foil of darkness, how to show the desire for light? I think he has done this uniquely, but what I want to complain about is the plot! plot! plot! Say important things three times!
Stephen Sondhe's music by Stephen Sondhe, with a screen full of bright blood, is really like a needle felt. You will try to avoid the disturbing notes, but you will unconsciously be occupied by them. Never before has a musical been reproduced on screen so magnificently. But it is safe to say that the soundtrack of a film has never been in the direct feeling brought by the melody, but also in the deeper musical mood, arousing the audience's double resonance with the music, plot and picture. The end of the film feels like the end of a song, and the musical integrity of Sandheim's one-shot work is also impressive.
Having said the soundtrack, then it's time for the film to focus on the film, and see how Mr. Todd incarnated as a perverted murderer. Put a few pictures for everyone to feel it ~ Tell the truth for heavyweight taste lovers is simply pediatric ~ Xiaobian Hello cheats!
In addition to cutting the throat and bursting blood, the blood flows into a river, that is, sprinkled with more tomato juice ~ but I think there will still be babies who will be scared, such as small fresh ah ~ cute ah ~ look carefully ah babies ~
And now it seems that it is still particularly fake, you want to put down the current stunt is how duanang ~ duang ~ duang ~ fifty cents of special effects can be used for a long time ~ this is not the point, which of Bolton's works is not focused on portraying the characters in the film? But for Todd, played by Depp, do you really just think he is a ruthless perverted murderer? Non-nor non-also~
I don't think this gorgeous Avenger played by Depp is completely ruthless. He would also be merciful when confronted with men who had come with his wife and daughter for a haircut, and would even turn his back a little self-deprecatingly and not look at the happy little family. Every time he killed someone, he chanted the magic name, his daughter's name "Joanna", and the crazy gentleness made people shudder. It is most painful for a man to do what he does not want to do when he is awake, and if he is simply reduced to a beast that cuts his throat and kills for love, it is understandable, but unfortunately he is not, he is just a reclusive and sober avenger. It's pathetic!
But it's all just about revenge, not just revenge on the bad judge (Professor Snape ==), but even for the target of arrogance on "all the men on the street". In the "pretty woman" song that is softly chanted with the enemy Judge Teping (played by Allen), a little bit becomes violent, a little bit dominated by crazy justice, Andyette, whose incomparably elegant knife-raising action contains both extreme joy and extreme sadness.
What is wrong with me opening the door of the grave for those I hurt my loved ones? What is wrong with throwing myself and my enemies into the grave?
It is said that hatred is a double-edged sword, and this perverted murderer Todd, who does not kill the red-eyed, dies with a manslaughter in the final scene of the film, and his blood flows on her closed eyes and along her scarred lips all the way to the ground.
Why did the most deserving beauty Anna die in her husband's arms? Angry I vomited old blood! At first, it was Joanna, their daughter, who thought she was going to die! This setting is simply a bit unexpected! Perhaps only by letting Anna die can we take away the hatred and calm the hatred in his heart. At the beginning of the film, "She is the meaning of my existence", I wish Anna had opened her eyes immediately, smiled angelically and said to him: Honey, thank you for all that you have done for me. Then say, I forgive you. I admit that I really wanted, too much, to give this cold man a redemption.
As for the pale Lady Lovett, the female executioner who always appeared to be a squire, lewd, cunning, and cold-blooded.
She is actually the saddest character, looking cold and ruthless, but always exposing her feminine nature by fanatical love and casual warmth. Her compassion for the waiter, her infatuation with Todd, all reveal that she is not a dehumanized witch, although she has played many witches, giving people a grotesque, spooky, neurotic feeling, but it does not prevent her from having a warm side.
She began a love affair in which you killed me and hid my body. It was the only way she could do to protect and love.
But no matter how hard she tried, in front of him could only be a poor silhouette blurred in the reflection of a razor, or a twisted figure reflected in a broken mirror. She always wore black and gray dresses, she used extremely dull reds as ornaments, and even her hair was a dirty dark red. Not the beautiful blonde in Todd's memories. The poor woman said in a slightly trembling voice, "I am also your friend, Mr. Todd. Cautiously approaching, silently supporting Todd's killing plan, the final fate was so tragic! Burned alive!
It hurts! There was no emotion in Todd's eyes, gloomy and cold! All she wanted was to hang out with her beloved Todd.
She begged in an underground workshop full of corpses, singing "I didn't lie" in a voice so slender and feeble that she tried in vain to overshadow his angry accusations. Her tired eyes were pouring out to him: I just love you too much. And he didn't want to pay attention. In front of him, she was always a pale and somewhat shameful figure, always appearing inferior, but so unsent for hatred. She is a woman who can exude great energy for love, but she is also a sensual little woman with gentle and delicate touch. Her troubles were never the trivialities of killing people and destroying corpses, but the flowers she and Todd's "home" should decorate.
Therefore, she probably didn't care too much about being thrown into the furnace. This kind of thing as life is far less important than the dream of a little woman.
The most beautiful picture in the film is that she imagines a happy life with Todd in the future.
The picture is too beautiful, the baby does not dare to see, if all this is really how good it should be ~ if hatred did not blind Todd's heart, if Todd is not obsessed with revenge, all this may not be achieved, but in my opinion, the London of that era, there is little hope, everywhere is the drama of cannibalism. As the film says, why can't we let the superior serve the inferior? And what kind of society is this? Mrs. Lovett complained that prices were soaring, that her business was not good, and that others were killing cats for stuffing but had a thriving business. When Mrs. Lovett's Human Meat Pie Shop opened, it was bustling with customers. Such a man-eating society is a true portrayal of London, and thus there is the emergence of the human flesh pie. Extremes reveal the sadness and darkness of that era.
As for that ending, I think it's a bit blind, the film arranges Ford's death, but it pretends to be Mrs. Lovett's adopted child, and it always feels a little abrupt to hide him and finally appear to kill people. It was as if it had been drilled out of thin air, and then a knife was wiped on the neck, resulting in the life of a perverted murderer. But this flaw did not affect this outstanding film after all! It doesn't make sense to like it!
Of the crazy beggar, it was actually Anna later, her sentence "Sir, do I know you?" And as early as the beggar woman wandered in front of the judge's house, she was somewhat expected to be a figure who would become a clue. Sure enough, this dark line is too connotative! I serve!
I think Tim Burton is a man who doesn't care about praise and criticism, not the kind of praise and criticism that others have for himself, but ignores every "literal" praise and criticism. A strangely neutral attitude. Good and evil are difficult to distinguish, good and evil are inseparable, the dangerous atmosphere off the track, calm when it is time to move, but revel in strange corners. In unexpected corners of people, beautiful flowers bloom. In this film, he is only serious about telling a story about "hate", just as Edward Scissorhands is sparing no effort to tell a story about "love". Love and hate are never a clear line, like walking in front of the sunny windows of a castle on the lake, turning around and drowning in the shadows at the bottom of the lake. How dark the real world is, how beautiful the memories are.