荣耀;六十年 — HD中字

Sixty Glorious[. Years:] is an exe rcise in the crea*^tion of iconogr=.^aphy, both(; for Victoria =`and i*ts star,%` ;/An:na N%\eagl]$e (wh
o]#^ subsequent ly became kn*/own[ as '+Reg al Neagl@e')?. Just (as[@_ Elizabeth I co^mmi ssi*one_d art%;ists to create fl_%[atte^!-!ring .)icon `*`ic images for _$p[ublic consum^[$ption, s-o this film!- p?]e(-rforms a sim$^il_ar fun^%
ction,? for$%# N`#eagle is more b, eauti\ful t*ha/
n the re+^al life %#Victoria?. _C,+;on(troversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') a?r+e omitted+ and# unpleasant aspects of Victor!ia's cha?racter ]+(her pet!ulance, ar$[#r$/ogance, favou^]:ritism an`
d 'right to pri;vilege') _;,,are glo+$sse$d over as en;`dear;\,ing % little 'whims'.]` Al^).bert acts =^as a moderating influence whe,n s+he goes too f;\
ar.　　The :film fo+ll^owed a year after )t]he +]highly(= successful Vict/oria t%!he-+ .Great (d#:. Herbert W#ilcox, 1937). Again the screenpl`-%ay is by Miles?/ Mal*!(leson ==%and$ /Robert Vansit*:?*ta-++\r.:t, and many of the supporti*ng cast :(the cream , @of acting ta# _len?t of perio]d) re /# peat t
he+- ir roles, this time
/? fo.$r,( +@the ?:.+colour; camer+%as. Th! is w+[^as the first/ full% lengt./%h Technicolor fil?[!m of cine]matographer F;red? die Y$oung, who %=]c?]aptures the sp _;ectacle=@ of royal ,=weddings, ]gran]`=d ball,#s #.;a]\nd op?(ulent int
,e+,riors, wi=th scenes actua`lly filmed at.! royal palaces. V,.:ivi@$+(d b]#attle scenes, se)t $#in Alexande%)r Korda's empir;`e% ter%=ritory (Sevas=topol and t\he S` ,uda`n), riv-al those in The/: Four Feathers (d. Zo]] ltan Korda 1939).　　The %tit
le music $]sets the tone a\ reg al cho.ir sing$s.%= /ov[#er.=:!? (a , shot#: o!`f the_ crown. Elgar( ,'s 1%=901 'Po=
mp and C%%%ircumstanc!! e]' march=[(- ; is heard during the d iamond jubi ]lee celeb=^rations an
@d, a []s Victo^;ria's %/coffin l;ie_-s in state, the film!\: concludes with?;` Anthony Coll]$%!ins', s.tate[ly. music ?ac_ ;compani#?e.@d by [ the t=)ext of Rudyard- K`-ipling's:=, 'Le]/st we
 forget'. C#o mbin$=ed with the em/ot\!\iona;( l app!=:eal of scenes of $ Victoria conne$ cting ?_\with:$ h,e [r^[+ 'ord @%in %ary fol=k', this i/s stirring st-.#+]uff.　　\,\The film connects with@ .+c\-on(/]temporary $[events (;(of 1938. The r `%$elease of two cel)ebr
*/atory royal films was int_+end(*%:ed t`^ o # boost *-publ/)ic affection 
for \t]$#,he monarchy in t()he,` %%wake\  of Edw,;)$;ar;
-.d VIII's
 abdica:
tion. Anglo-Ge#/rma+n r[
elations .were ano %ther touchy subject. Wit ;h an]#othe.]r war on\  the horizon, in`fluent_i\al voic# es *\:wan:
ted ap,)#-
pease=%men/[t,.  and the film ; could be]^ seen to fit  that agenda. Victoria hers#%elf was`- of mainly German desc]ent, nicknamed 'the grandmoth: e r)=^/ of E):urope',?+ (while Alber [t ?is=$@ `a#[ 'good[$ German', ch:armingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.　　Sixty Glo,r!-io-u
^ s\ Years _(now seems unduly formal`_ :and reverent.ial. Had m#
ovies exi#`st#ed d(-u^-ring -= Victori_@a's reig#/!n[/] (th) ey onl:y emerged\^$^ at the# end)[ this mig+)ht have been?/^ th!e kind= of fi?lm pr
(od`uced. U_nlike Mrs Brown..: (d. J%./o ,^hn ?\
Mad+de.*n, 19/9%7), it i
^)s all so[ very 'Victor]`]-(i*-an'=-+#.:#　　Ro)=ger Philip Mellor