2024-04-21 06:48:30
In 1864, when the American Civil War was in full swing, Inman (Jude Law) was busy looking at photos of his beloved Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman), recalling the memories of the passionate kiss they shared on the way to the battlefield. does not exist. Then, Inman, a Confederate soldier, was seriously injured during the battle and risked his life to desert while hospitalized in Virginia. To visit Ada in his hometown of Cold Mountain, North Carolina. Meanwhile, Ada waits eagerly for Inman, who has no way of knowing whether she is alive or dead, despite countless threats and temptations, to return alive. Ada, who lost her father (Donald Sutherland), her only blood relative, and is struggling to survive on a deserted farm, waits for Inman. At the same time, the film flashes back to the past, intersecting the moments before the war when the two people encountered each other fondly, and the times of pain they each experience after being separated due to the current war. Ruby (Renee Zellweger), a wandering mountain girl, appears before Ada. With her outgoing personality, Ruby helps Ada in her predicament, and Ada hopes to use her powers to rebuild her farm. Meanwhile, Inman is a pastor (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who impregnated a black slave on his way home, Sarah (Natalie Portman), a woman raped by Union soldiers, Junior (Giovanni Ribisi), who lives in the mountains and lures deserters and sells them to the volunteer army, and brutalizes deserters. As he encounters the captain of the volunteer corps (Ray Winston), who hunts fiercely, he faints and is sometimes tortured, experiencing the tragedy brought about by war.
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<콜드 마운틴>Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, it depicts lovers separated by war and the desolate life in America behind the war. Above all, Anthony Minghella’s <잉글리시 페이션트>and <콜드 마운틴>has something in common: it is a movie adaptation of a best-selling novel. Although both works were evaluated as difficult to make into movies, he succeeded in making them into movies under the theme of ‘The Power of Love.’ Inman and Ada shared an awkward first kiss before they parted ways due to war, so they yearn for each other even though they have no idea if their love is real or how they are doing. Risking their lives on the emotions of that moment that are difficult to reaffirm, the two desperately look forward to meeting again. Anthony Minghella, the master of epic poetry, holds tightly to the two huge themes of love and war. <콜드 마운틴>It is a passionate love story between a man and a woman who went through the turbulent times of the United States, and a lonely self-portrait of modern America.
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<잉글리시 페이션트>As if automatically associated with the memory of or the fact that it is an original work by Charles Frazer. <콜드 마운틴>is a typical ‘academic’ narrative melodrama. What fills it all is the splendid side of the actors. already <리플리>Anthony Minghella, who worked with Jude Law in <리플리>It brings out the dark inner self of Jude Law hidden behind the splendor of . Nicole Kidman fights against the world to protect what is hers in her latest release. <오스트레일리아>It will be interesting to compare it with, and Renee Zellweger, who plays a tough woman who grew up in the great outdoors, attracts attention in that Ruby is the most lively character among her works. The appearance of Natalie Portman appearing like a fairy is also impressive, and Jude Law and Natalie Portman later appeared. <클로저>This is very interesting considering the fact that they appeared as lovers in . It’s also the title of the movie <콜드 마운틴>is the hometown that Inman desperately wants to go to. It had to be a place that was not only dazzlingly beautiful but also had completely undeveloped scenery. In fact, we searched not only in North Carolina, but all over the United States and Canada, but could not find a suitable location. In the end, we went to Romania on the recommendation of one of the producers who was there on vacation and found the location of our dreams.
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Born on January 6, 1954, on the Isle of Wight, a small island located in southeastern England. She was the second child of an Italian immigrant family named Anthony Minghella. Her first job was as a university lecturer, but she also worked as a stage writer and received favorable reviews in the UK and Europe. Before entering the film industry, she also worked as a radio and television playwright. From a screenplay written by myself in 1990. <유령의 사랑>He debuted as a director by directing , and won the Best Screenplay Award at the British Academy Awards (BAFTA) in the same year. Then at Warner Bros. <미스터 원더풀> He also made a similar romantic comedy, but the work that made his name known all over the world was the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje. <잉글리쉬 페이션트>(1996). Afterwards, Patricia Highsmith <재능있는 리플리씨>Adapted from <리플리>Minghella, who made (1999), was once again nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. <리플리>Is <콜드 마운틴>While he was preparing, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he started this work first. Starring Nicole Kidman and Jude Law, set during the American Civil War. <콜드 마운틴>(2003) also encapsulates his skill in majestic epic drama. He was also interested in directing opera, with his most successful performance being Puccini’s, which premiered at the English National Opera in 2005. <나비 부인>am. Two of his works were nominated for the Academy Awards in February 2008, including Best Supporting Actress for Tilda Swinton. <마이클 클레이튼>produced and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director. <어톤먼트>Minghella also appeared as an interviewer for the first time in his film career. But unfortunately, she passed away on March 18, 2008 at the age of 54. The cause of her death was reported to be that she was hospitalized after undergoing surgery to remove a tonsil tumor due to massive bleeding, and while observing her progress, a fatal hemorrhage occurred and she died.
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2024-04-21 06:48:30