“Notting Hill” A romantic comedy from the 90s, its influence on today

Richard Curtis x Hugh Grant, a team that goes well together

The collaboration between screenwriter Richard Curtis and star Hugh Grant continues from `` Four Weddings '' (1994), which was produced five years before this film. Originally, ``Notting Hill'' was considered to be directed by an unknown actor, but it seems that in the end it was decided to work with Grant again. Curtis had been developing the idea for this film since the time of ``Four Weddings,'' and the two films have one thing in common: Grant falls in love with an American woman who visits England, and their romance continues over a long period of time. ing.

Roger Michel, director of Notting Hill, said: ``Like this movie, Four Weddings is one of my favorite movies.It's not only full of humor and laughter, but also a great way to explore human sadness.'' It's well-written and has a sense of reality.That's why I felt that this movie could not only bring laughter, but also portray human suffering.Five years have passed since both Richard and Hugh's ``Four Weddings.''Both films have different types. No. ``Four Weddings'' is a story about a man who has never known true love and falls in love at first sight.The main character this time is a divorced man who has decided not to fall in love again, and it feels like the main character of a Jane Austen work. Their circumstances are different, but they share a naive personality.'' (Mitchell made the TV movie ``The Long Wait'' based on the Jane Austen novel in 1995.)

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Notting Hill, located on the outskirts of London, is the town where Curtis himself lived, and he explained why he chose to set the story there as follows: ``A variety of people live here, from the poor to the rich.It's the perfect city to depict how all races coexist.'' ``It wouldn't be unnatural for men and women from different worlds to meet.That's why William lives in are shopping.”

In addition, Michelle, who has a background in theater, moves the camera over a wide range to capture the city where various races coexist on the screen. In particular, in the scene where William, at a loss after being left by Anna, walks down Portobello Street, the series of four seasons from summer to spring is filmed in a pseudo-one-shot moving shot -- in reality, shots of each different season are shot and then shot. , seamlessly connected through clever editing. Along with Bill Withers ' soulful song " Ain't No Sunshine ," in which he sings, "If I don't have a girlfriend, the sun won't come out," this montage depicts his year-long recovery from heartbreak, compressed into about 1 minute and 30 seconds. (The woman who was pregnant at the beginning of the shot is giving birth to a child in the spring).

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