Julian Ajulia's article, perhaps the longest review article in the Los Angeles Tribune, is naturally interested in the film music in "The Pianist at the Sea".

This is known as "the European soundtrack master in the Hollywood film and music industry", and I highly appreciate the soundtrack in "The Pianist at Sea".

"If I want to select the best musical and dance film in Hollywood, I think no one will hesitate. I will take over the movie "Hollywood Story" directed by Mr. Corleon. It is the highest peak of Hollywood movies and the pioneer of this type of film. After the birth of this movie, no movie can reach its height for a long time, and no music in any music can spread throughout the world like the melodies in "Hollywood Story".

"But today, I think Hollywood people can proudly announce that another outstanding musical film was born. Even though it is not a musical film."

"In the eyes of many people, "The Pianist at Sea" is a touching and grand film created by Griffith and Corleon. Like many movies produced by DreamWorks, people cannot classify this film. But I personally am willing to call this film a musical film."

"In the whole movie, music appears in almost every important scene. The functions of these music are different, and they have to be just background music. Some directly participate in the meaning construction of the film, while others are the soul of the whole movie. It is undeniable that if these music are missing, the artistic charm of "The Pianist on the Sea" will be greatly weakened."

"If you calm down and analyze it, it is not difficult to find that there are obviously two different styles in the music of "The Pianist on the Sea": Italian style and American Broadway style. Of course, this is related to the composition of this movie, Andrea Morricone and Porter."

"In Hollywood, no company can value music in movies as much as DreamWorks has, maybe it's because DreamWorks invented the audio film relationship. No company can have such excellent film talents. Andreah Morriconne and Porter, two of them are undoubtedly the greatest movie soundtracks of the century."

"Andreah Morriconne's music is rooted in Italian music. Italian music is precipitated in every cell of his body. As one of the most traditional musical countries in Europe, the Italian music style, from brilliant opera to traditional minor tunes in various regions, from sacred and solemn religious music to cheerful and concise tavern dance music, has different styles of music traditions. It provides Andreah Morriconne with rich creative inspiration."

"Mr. Morricone is one of the rare geniuses in the movie music. He is a genius. He not only means that he writes music well, but also that he can have a profound understanding of the movie scenes. He has this profound experience of the movie characters, and then he can create and picture works based on the spiritual changes of the characters, the inner world of the characters, and create seamless works of the movies!"

"In "The Pianist on the Sea", Morriconne's music became the deepest part of the whole movie. Especially the nameless song, it was simply a natural sound. The themes of these music are deep, hesitant, with a strong accent. They are like sighs. They are like whispers of fate, making the whole movie deep and heavy. Morriconne did not stay at the level of music just rendering the atmosphere. He made music an invisible character, made music a means of telling, and let the music elaborate the theme of the 1900s and the entire movie."

"This kind of music is dazzling and touching. Music represented by nameless music will surely become a classic in the Hollywood movie soundtrack."

"If Morriconne's music is internal, then Mr. Porter's music is obviously external. Morriconne's music is low, hesitant, slow, while Mr. Porter's music is fast, suffocating, and shouting."

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"As a native American musician, Mr. Porter's music has a strong Broadway style. This style is undoubtedly a perfect match for jazz. The soundtrack created by Mr. Porter is cheerful, like a tinkling stream, jumping forward. We have to admire that Mr. Porter's attainment in jazz has reached a master level."

"The soundtrack of "The Pianist on the Sea" is perfect, and what interests me most is that the soundtrack of this movie is closely related to Morriconne and Porter. If it is created by Morriconne alone, or Porter alone, the soundtrack level of the entire movie will obviously be greatly reduced. It is precisely because of the cooperation between these two people, one inside and the other outside, and each has a division of labor, that the soundtrack of the entire movie seems so full and so full! This is thanks to the planning of Mr. Griffith and Mr. Corleon."

"This is the best movie soundtrack I have heard in the years. As a colleague, I would like to thank Mr. Morricone and Mr. Porter for their own creations, which have shown a brilliant path to the film soundtrack industry and benefited me a lot."

It can be said that in Hollywood, no one has a more say in the soundtrack of "The Pianist at Sea".

As a British man, he is more familiar with Italian music than Americans and understands the essence of the country's music better. As a British man, because of his cultural proximity, he also understands American music and Broadway more than any European. Therefore, his thorough understanding of the soundtracks of Molicone and Porter made people admire him.

Without his analysis, perhaps most people just think that the music in "The Pianist at Sea" is very good and very good. As for why it is good and why it sounds good, I think even a movie musician can't say much.

His analysis paves a path for the audience to deeply understand the soundtrack of the movie "Sea Pianist". After this principle, people can discover things they have not discovered before. This is exactly the charming part of the entire movie.

So, a good critic is essential for a movie.

Among the numerous comment articles, in addition to these articles, several articles have also attracted my attention.

An article by Chaplin was published in the Hollywood Times.

This may be the first time he has published an article in the newspaper publicly since the Peach Blossom Case.

"Masterpiece! A rare masterpiece! This is my evaluation of "The Pianist on the Sea". In fact, when I saw Edwin Porter, Henry Waltho appeared in this movie, and Keaton appeared, I was very upset, annoyed why I didn't appear in this movie and gathered on the screen with my former film companions."

"A few months ago, when Griffith announced the filming, I just thought that the film might have continued a certain style of "The Party and the Fight Against the Different", but when the first shot of the film appeared in front of me, I knew that my previous guess was completely wrong."

"This movie is obviously a combination of Griffith and Andre Corleone, a combination of Hollywood's past beautiful traditions and current excellent styles."

"Faced with such a movie, we can only sigh."

"For me, this movie is a beautiful dream. A dream that makes me miss those past years."

Chaplin's commentary article obviously has a kind of sadness. This sadness has a lot to do with his current down-and-out situation.

The Hollywood start-up era was his golden age. When he was in a dirt, he saw his past movie colleagues on the screen. You can imagine his mood.

Except for Chaplin Alfred Hitchcock, obviously, he was not idle either, and he joined in the fun.

"Dreamworks' "Sea Pianist" is a good movie, deep, touching, and inflammatory and passionate lines. But what I want to ask is, is there a pleasing possibility for this movie? Especially in terms of subject matter. Dreamworks targeted people panic after the economic crisis, and they knew what kind of movie people needed. Of course, this is also the usual style of Dreamworks."

"The Pianist at Sea has both the deep tradition of Griffith and the authority of Andre Corleon's new film interpretation. This is a film that cannot be denied and can be regarded as perfect. However, something that is too perfect seems a bit ideal."

"What I want to say is that I am a person who doesn't like idealization. To some extent, I prefer some fragmented or even dark and deformed things. I think there is a kind of vigorous power in it! This is why I would rather watch "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times".

As my rival, Alfred Hitchcock obviously would not applaud DreamWorks. Although his article is short, it is full of obscure negation and criticism from beginning to end.

Many people at DreamWorks naturally would not agree with his statement. However, their mouths grow on others' faces and people have the right to criticize them.

In addition to the major newspapers in Los Angeles, Lockett TV has also conducted large-scale reports, and the TV screen is full of joy.

In the theaters that show "The Pianist on the Sea", there was a long queue in front of each house. On the night of the movie's premiere, the box office exceeded 8 million US dollars, and it was still rising sharply. Appreciation from all walks of life also came one after another. This situation of both applause and popularity made the crew members of the "The Pianist on the Sea" who had been tired for several months relieved.

Especially Griffith, as the director of this film, the pressure he has been under during this period is self-evident.

First of all, this movie is the leading work of DreamWorks Christmas, and only success is allowed but not failure. Facing many strong opponents, Griffith must submit an answer that satisfies DreamWorks and many audiences.

Secondly, "The Pianist at the Sea" is different from other movies. Whether in Griffith's own mind or in the eyes of the audience, this movie is a revival of the old Hollywood filmmakers. Whether the excellent traditions of the Hollywood startup era can once again shine, determine people's understanding and evaluation of that era. Griffith obviously cannot allow himself to make any mistakes.

What's more important is that the United States is in ruins due to the economic crisis. People are in panic. When the filming of this movie started, I told Griffith to make the movie a torch, a torch that warms the hearts of the people. Griffith naturally understands what my words mean.

Therefore, since the filming, he has been under greater pressure than anyone else. Now that the movie has gained dual recognition from the public and Hollywood films, he has been both well-known and popular, he has been completely relaxed.

Griffith is relaxed, DreamWorks is relaxed. It does not mean that other people are relaxed. In fact, other film companies are under great pressure except DreamWorks.

Let’s not talk about the local videos launched by small companies, but the non-main videos launched by large companies, and the results are not very good.

In addition to launching Zinaman's "The Lonely of Troubled Times", MGM also launched four or five low-cost local third-rate movies. Such movies are obviously destined to make money from the beginning. These small movies have extremely low investment costs and low artistic achievements, but there are always some people who like to watch them, so they can make a little money back at the box office.

In such a movie, the way to go is not to win by quality, but to make profit by quantity.

A movie doesn’t make much money, and after a few or dozens of movies, the total profits are quite objective.

Measures like MGM Films are being adopted by major Hollywood film companies. This seems to have obvious reasons for its existence.

After all, there are only so many main movies in a year, and it is impossible to watch big movies every day. In the empty schedule, the cinemas are all shown in these low-cost third-rate movies.

In the past, during the Hollywood Christmas period, there were a large number of these low-cost local movies, which made up for the shortcomings of blockbusters and could also make a lot of money.

But this year, the situation is different. Perhaps because of too many big movies during the Christmas season this year, it has a huge impact on these low-cost movies, making their box office very bad.

Take MGM Films for example. Except for only one of the four or five movies launched, the box office was very good, the others were not good, and this situation was widespread among other film companies.

The outbound movies of low-cost movies are worrying, and major Hollywood film companies can only put their hopes on the main movies.

In this regard, several companies that participated in the first peak of the Christmas season have gained a lot.

In addition to DreamWorks' "The Pianist at the Sea", MGM's "The Lonely in Troubled Times", Fox's "No War on the West Front", Universal's "The Scarface Thieves" and Columbia's "The Last Waltz" all saw the box office hit, making Hollywood movies explode at the same time.

The media and the public also praised these movies for their praise. Major media rushed to report on them, and the situation was gratifying.

"The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" directed by Zinerman has been favored by many filmmakers after its premiere.

"As a new Hollywood director, Zinerman's performance during this period is amazing. His progress is so great that people often ask if this is his movie when facing his movie."

"In "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times", we can see the shadow of Sissy Dimil, the ability to grasp grand scenes and the ability to smooth scene scheduling, which is obviously unique to Sissy Dimil. In this regard, Zinerman is obviously a student of Sissy Dimil and he has learned well."

"At the same time, we can also see the shadow of John Ford in "The Lonely of Troubled Times", the cold atmosphere filled with the movie, and the solemnity of westerns, which makes this movie deeply admire the essence of John Ford."

"In addition, as a admirer of the DreamWorks School, Zinerman's movie also contains obvious traces of Andre Corleon. The profound audience of the characters' hearts, the torture of life and the world, and the thought of light... The strong and heavy atmosphere emitted by the film makes people sigh."

"In addition to these people, we can also see Hitchcock-style psychological shots in this movie by Zenerman, King Vidor's compact plot, Griffith-style montage editing... It can be said that this is a movie that covers the achievements of many outstanding Hollywood filmmakers!"

"Zinaman obviously did his homework. The assignment he handed in can score a very high score. But what I want to say is that, with so many advantages of excellent directors, what are the characteristics of Zinaman himself??"

"No! I didn't see it. I only saw himself overwhelmed by the styles of these filmmakers! This is the biggest weakness of "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" and the most regrettable thing. Zinerman might want to prove to Hollywood through this movie that he inherited the excellent styles of these excellent filmmakers, but he would not have thought that for a film director, what he should do is not to learn from other people's style, but to launch his own unique things. This is the key point. Zinerman obviously did not understand this."

"The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times is a very good movie, better than ordinary movies and artistic. The box office is also good, but it always looks a bit imperfect, although for a newcomer in the movie, this is already a pretty good result."

Liu Bieqian's evaluation of "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" basically represents the views of Hollywood filmmakers regarding this movie.

Zenerman, who became the new generation of MGM directors, has great ambitions in this movie. He wants to use his own movie to tell Hollywood filmmakers. He will be the master of Hollywood films.

But the facts are not what he thought.

"The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" is a not very good movie. There is no doubt about this, but Zenerman's imitation of every excellent director's style makes the whole movie full of collisions between different styles. As a director, Zenerman did not eliminate this collision. The whole movie always seems a bit uneven and a little messy.

The most terrifying thing is that Zenerman is obviously a bit of a waste of time. He pursues and imitates the characteristics of different directors, but throws away his own characteristics, which makes the movie like a strong but soulless person.

Liu Bieqian's comments were very insightful. While he reminded Zinaman, he also confessed that the new Hollywood movies were important and imitation was also indispensable. But no matter when, you must not forget to create something on your own. That is the most important thing.

However, putting aside this shortcoming, "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" is obviously good for a newcomer like Zinerman. Only Zinerman can do such a wonderful filming and such a big work.

So, even if there is a regret, the movie has achieved considerable success.

Zenerman's "The Lonely Chicken in Troubled Times" has achieved good results, and George Stevens' "The Last Waltz" has also achieved extremely brilliant results.

In fact, since the film was announced to start filming, no one thought the film would fail.

Nothing else, just because there is Clark Gable inside.

It can be said that Clark Gable has now become synonymous with the box office.

As long as he is here, no matter what kind of movie it is, whether it is the main film launched by a large film company or the super bad film launched by a small company, as long as he is willing to star in it, the movie will definitely be successful.

Clark Gable has thus become one of the most valuable stars in Hollywood. His value is on par with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and others, and there is even a tendency to be a latecomer.

Such a person plays the leading role in "The Last Waltz", and with George Stevens' director, it's hard not to succeed in the movie.

As an excellent director, George Stevens obviously understands what Clark Gable's biggest advantage lies. The film "The Last Waltz" is both a director and a screenwriter, and it is tailor-made for Clark Gable.

"The Last Waltz" was like other movies starring Clark Gable, and became the only movie among several movies that can be compared with "The Pianist at the Sea" at the box office. However, many Hollywood filmmakers have expressed different opinions on this movie's artistic level.

To summarize these opinions, there is only one thing: Clark Gable made "The Last Waltz" and ruined it.

Since joining Columbia Film Company, Clark Gable has grown from an unknown newcomer in Hollywood to a first-class star at the Hollywood Film Festival in just less than a year.

At the same time, this man, who was just 30 years old, also became the most outstanding business card of Columbia Film Company. John Cohen, the president of Columbia Film Company, has declared in front of many media more than once: "Clark Gable is Columbia, and Columbia is Clark Gable." This evaluation. Since its establishment, no actor in the sea has ever received such high praise.
To be continued...