Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
Roger Philip Mellor
绝对的高水准！民族的骄傲！
算是小时候最喜欢的。刚重温一遍，却觉得没意思了。发现再美好的回忆，如果不经过自己重新组装和粉饰，也会索然无味。
玉皇大帝：长明灯，有书不传高高坐，脑袋流油当烛火。
看到10个爸爸那才忽然有点印象 音乐太赞啦
人物刻画惊人地生动！方丈、和尚、小贩、县令、衙役还有小皇帝。
所有的角色和所有的情节扭点都被高度符号化。在我看来，除了蛋生与狐狸精大战(正邪大战)之外，影片的一个重要注脚在于那个独脚小狐—它是神话与世俗的重叠，他是中国传统男性在精神和肉体上的偏离。小时候看不懂，现在以为看懂了，仔细琢磨还是不那么懂。好片！
云梦山上白云洞，洞中石壁，刻有天书，袁公将其传与蛋生，造福百姓，吃了仙丹的三条狐狸，招摇撞骗，偷了天书，从百姓一路骗到县令、府尹、小皇帝，蛋生与狐母斗法，不分上下，终得袁公出手，改编自平妖传，钱运达所言奇趣美，不能反驳。
啥时演，啥时必看的动画片，咱们啥时还有如此经典的国产动画片可以无限回味~~~
当官的是坏的，
一本天书，黑白争夺，白道扬善，黑道作恶，黑白交战，邪不压正。这内核直到现在都不落伍，天书换作魔方用在汽车身上叫《变形金刚》，换作戒指用在人兽身上叫《指环王》。极具中国美学的画风，生猛形象的人物造型，搞怪又凌冽的主题内核，清晰的故事脉络与大条的叙事方式，让这部看似低幼的动画片衍生出了极为大胆的政治讽刺底色。细想，一部无所不能的神书，百姓用它祛病除灾，妖精用它蒙骗县官，县官用它豪夺财物，知府用它攀援高位，皇帝用他作威百姓。这一轮回是个死循环，把天书换作“权利”就好明白了。看似搞笑，迂腐，封建，实则当今也未能根除。至于为什么不能根除，就从玉帝大会上，天官一句“你官职太低，不能参与大会”开始，就已经决定了的，这是自天而地，亘古不变的王朝所决定的。
昨天在b站重温了一遍 即使过了十多年 电影里的很多小细节都记得 这部作品简直神来之笔
#大银幕重看 故事到后面没有讲得很好，但是确实很美，加长的纪录片有心了。
青春就是恋爱 发光 后悔 义气 孤独 狂欢
在电影院观看《天书奇谭》修复版的过程中，我脑海里不断冒出一句话：“请把我最爱的《大闹天宫》比照此标准进行修复！”【天河城飞扬】20211107
该片讲述天宫里的袁公偷盗天书，刻在石洞里，后被三只狐狸偷学。狐狸修炼天书法术后，危害百姓。最后由天鹅蛋化为人形的蛋生，学习法术后和袁公一起消灭了狐妖，而袁公因泄露天机，被抓回了天庭。
三个狐狸精的升迁之路几乎就在影射或者揭露这个世界的本质，蠢贪坏几乎是天然孪生三兄弟，在闹剧背后却是正派人的污名与贬斥，「蛋生」本质上只是一个清道夫，或者一个会法术的「看到皇帝新装的小孩」。
重看反而看到了很多槽点 修复之后高清和重饱和度反而失去了味道
为什么都说师父死了？看的版本不同吗？小时候印象最深的是缸里出来了好几个爸爸，现在看原来是个中国版好奇心加持的普罗米修斯的故事。
2021.11.6大银幕4K修复版，包场。狐狸母女进宫后看睡着，上个世纪左翼电影把清白的良心还给了底层，一百年不到，国产影视剧又把心机和穷人、天真和富人进行了链接，穷人也许更容易败坏，但一定是富人先堕落的，
以前的老中国动画非常具有中国古典的韵味，这种风格在90年代的时候已经渐渐消失了，现在的国产动画不是学日本就是学好莱坞。而且本片的人物形象鲜明，审美也还不错，可惜过于低幼化了。袁公就是中国版的普罗米修斯啊~
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