The classic American drama "Marty" in 1955 is very similar to the kind Soviet films about late love like "Lonely is provided with a hostel", "The most charming and attractive", "In love of his own free will", "Afonya" and "Office romance".
Freaks like us are not as ugly as we think. Single and ugly people very often become the object of cartoon comic depiction in the movies.
Men appear in the images of passive mama's sons who have grown a belly and spend their free time with a can of beer in front of the TV. And lonely old maids are portrayed in a much more cruel manner - it is either concerned ladies, aggressively seeking male attention, or grumpy ladies with a terrible character, or absolutely insecure mice. . .
But "Marty" tells the story of its heroes without trying to expose their negative traits. The main character of the film is a 34-year-old bachelor who lives together with his mother and is famous as the owner of a good heart. Everyone wants him to get married as soon as possible. And he says, Every Saturday night I spend my life looking for a girl. But I have to admit the fact that none of the girls I like want to do business with me.
Marty is ugly, does not know how to present himself from the advantageous side and for many years of searching for the second half, he stocked up with a huge baggage of negative memories. . .
The next Saturday, he again goes with a friend to a dance club and meets there with an ugly woman. A girl from whom, just like him, shuns representatives of the opposite sex and always prefer to spend time with someone better.
It would seem that Marty and this girl should easily get together and everyone around will be happy that two singles finally form a family. But the film "Marty" tells not a romantic tale, but a realistic story. But in reality, it turns out that the way of life built over the years is difficult to change, even if it always seemed unbearable. It turns out that a mother who constantly persuades her son to marry does not want to lose his company. And friends made up a close circle of bachelors who want to frolic with beauties and harshly speak about the appearance and age of any girl who can take a friend from them.
At one time, "Marty" became the main picture of the year, winning the main awards of the Oscar, Golden Globe and Cannes Film Festival. It is listed on the National Film Registry of America and has high ratings.
Although today the film "Marty" looks too naive and outdated, the essence of the story told by him is more painful and truthful than most modern films that proclaim themselves as representatives of realism. This is a kind and bright film about love, jealousy, loneliness and the huge role of external attractiveness, which largely determines the ability of a person to feel happy.
Using the famous image of Boromir performed by sweet Sean Bean, you can not just take and get married. Who cares? Calmly on emotions and under the pressure of parents, children can get married at the hungry age of 18, when they did not really see life. Naturally, it is not worth collecting all under one comb, there are exceptions in the face of strong and satisfied families, but they are clearly not enough. Good-natured butcher Marty Piletti quietly crossed this 30-year milestone, and began to rush: endless questions about when man gets married, when almost everyone around is married.
Screenwriter Paddy Chaefsky for the American film industry is an iconic icon. Infa hundred. He is the only winner of three awards ' Oscar & #39; for scripts that he wrote alone without outside help. Revered by you zealously Aaron Sorkin in 2011 not in vain dedicated his victory to Mr. Chaefsky. So, he painted a simple story so that without excessive empathy and unnecessary pathos, he managed to tell about the life of an ordinary representative of the middle class who wants to find a person who simply appreciates, understands and loves, and does not hover his brains about what a man should be and what else ' he should' he owes everyone.
The irony lies in the fact that Marty found his kind of wonderful soul mate, which is so good IA so easy, but family and loved ones included another record about how ugly and how old she is. What's wrong with those advisors? It is not satisfied that a 30-year-old man is lonely all the time, then you do not like that the passion is not suitable. What the hell is that talking about? Think with your head, make your decisions, make your choices. You still don’t realize that the train and the little trolley are the advisers in your life. Give yourself to be torn to thoughts that do not belong to you, let’s be honest.
Only three films in history were able to win in one year and the Golden Palm of the Cannes Film Festival, and the award ' Oscar' for best film-g. 'Marty' Delbert Mann is just one of those three. I think you think this could have happened. Even more, after the first viewing, you will feel that there is nothing special in the film. All the problems and experiences are plump, because we have no problems with ladies of different ages, what to steam about. That's different. The aftertaste remains, oh strong. You go back to the scenes from the movie, you scroll through the events, you draw conclusions. And you'll come to think that this is a really great film of the era.
Marty, a 34-year-old bachelor of Italian descent, lives in the Bronx with his mother. He works in a butcher shop and every day everyone says when he is getting married. But Marty is complex because of his unpresentable appearance and with girls he is not lucky. And one day at a dance he meets a teacher Clara, in which he finds a kindred spirit. But now, on the way to happiness, Marty must overcome the stereotypes and press of his environment.
The rarest case in world cinema, when the opinions of the Hollywood Academy and the Cannes jury coincided. The film received both the Palme d'Or and the Oscar for best film. A simple and simple story that grew out of the TV production of the same name won hearts on both sides of the ocean.
The low-budget picture, made in a style close to neorealism, draws the usual life situations of ordinary poor people. And the action of the picture takes place in just two days. The main actors Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair are not exactly among the owners of standard Hollywood appearance. Although terrible the same Blair can not be called (by the way, the wife of Gene Kelly, whose film career was broken by sympathy for the Communists and McCarthyism). Both actors play simply and convincingly. That’s why they breathe life into their characters.
Well, the life of the then youth is curious: dancing, drinking, dating. It's funny when Marty and his friend Angie don't know what to do after work. For then-Hollywood, the success of this film, shot for just $350,000, became iconic and paved the way for realistic low-budget films.
It’s a beautiful and beautiful movie and it looks good now. And the problem of finding love for those over 30 is still not outdated.
7 out of 10
In 1955, the favorite of the Cannes Festival and the Oscar Film Awards was the painting “Marty”. In fact, Oscar and Cannes would like the same film, a phenomenon quite rare, and for example, before Marty, it was only once, in 1945 with the film “Last Weekend”. Marty was based on a successful TV movie, which is also rare. And he took 4 Oscars - best female and male role, best film and best script.
Listen, Angie. I look for a girl every Saturday night in my life. I am thirty-four years old. I'm just tired of watching, that's all. I'd like to find a girl. You all keep telling me, "Marry, marry, marry!" Do you think I don't want to get married? I want to get married. But you're all driving me crazy.
Marty is Ernest Borgnine's hero. Borgine previously played the sadistic prison commandant who beat Frank Sinatra to death in From Here to Eternity. Here he plays a quiet guy who works as a butcher. He's 34 years old, he lives with his mom and these days he would be a blogger. But in the '50s, he sits his pants in a cafe and sometimes goes to dances, trying to pick up anyone, but to no avail. Of course, all relatives, although it is faster to marry him, his very existence is quite outdated. But one day at the dance he meets a girl, terrible as my fate. He talked to her and even agreed to meet her. But the friends began to giggle that they say that she was an insect, and her mother did not like her because she is not Italian (and Marty is Italian). And Marty, after listening to them, decided that to hell with him, something to change. But there is no room for him.
All this reminded me of modern Russian comedies such as all sorts of “Trees”, i.e., it seems impossible to scold the film, because the film is kind, about goodness and love, as it were, and on the other hand, there is nothing to laugh at. Frankly, I smiled twice for the film, once from the way one of Marty's friends shoot girls and from the last phrase in the film. And so the only reasonable explanation for the 4 Oscars and the golden palm branch is that in 1955 there was a drought for good movies and Marty's movie is good.
I don't understand why fat people in cinema make losers so often. Although I understand, of course, when the screen is not quite "standard" look of a person, it is easier to believe that in his life is wrong than when in his place will be recognized by modern society handsome.
Marty, a 34-year-old man, works as a butcher, lives with his mother, and everyone around him pesters him with the same question: “When are you getting married?” And Marty (what a charming name!) would be happy, but with women he does not work. But a miracle happens: at a dance he meets an ugly-looking teacher (at least, they try to show her to us). What will happen next is clear.
But there is one interesting point here. Marty's friends, even his mother, who wanted to marry him, are no longer happy about the prospect. They dissuade Marty from seeing Clara again in every possible way. And he begins to doubt himself. We all talk about how we want change, but are we ready for it? Ready? Then pay no attention to anyone. This is your life after all. I think that's what Marty teaches us.
I found out about this film thanks to the film “Who to eat cheese with”, in which the main character constantly talks about “Marty”. And the tape itself looks like a remake of “Marty”. It's really not very good.
In general, it’s not a bad movie, especially considering the year it was made – although it doesn’t matter, we seem to always think about the same thing. There is something in it, but something is missing. Although some phrases are a direct hit on the target. The main character was more sympathy than vice versa. I didn’t like the main character very much, but Virginia performed by Karen Steele was very nice.
A positive review is given to the film, but my impressions will be most accurately expressed.
7 out of 10
The ending is good. I was afraid he wouldn't be there, but Marty's decision is respectable. I love American happy endings.
This is a film about wrong conclusions and false generalizations. Here, all the characters only assume how to act and, based on their stereotypes, decide everything for their opponent in advance. So, the main character of the film, Marty, decides in advance that the girls are not interested, hence its complexity. At 34, he is a single man living with his mother. And he is sure that his mother should just make friends with his suddenly appeared chosen one.
Marty's mother is also caught in illusions. She is too hostile to the real actions of her son in search of a chosen one. Obviously, instead of listening to a friend, she would talk to her son and find out everything.
In fact, in such simple questions lies the whole intrigue. In almost every scene, the characters are not enough to stop, think and just talk, open up. However, the touching Marty will do a lot to change his life. But what metamorphosis will have to go through a man whose friends can say that his chosen one is not beautiful. The same will be said of the mother. Sentimental Marty will make his choice, impulsively, sharply and unexpectedly. Thanks to the sharp finale, I am sure the film unexpectedly collected a bouquet from the Grand Prix of Cannes and the Oscars. Realistic, touching, socially useful. To me, the movie didn’t seem to be fast enough. But, it is done professionally, and the questions raised are important.
By the way, the sentimental line of the novel between Rocky Balboa and Adrian so strongly resembles Marty.
7 out of 10
In the rhythm of routine, deftly separating the pinnacle from the butcher, weighing a fat chicken kilogram by two or wrapping beef ribs in wax paper, thirty-five-year-old butcher Marty Piletti is forced to politely explain every day to all the regulars of the butcher shop, like Miss Fuzari, why he is still not married. And in the opinion of the very objective Miss Fuzari, who takes only fillets on Tuesdays, and on Fridays he finds out for a long time whether the cutting is fresh, Marty should be unbearably ashamed of his social status. After all, all his brothers and sisters have got families, and he, like a white cow, knocks out of their friendly herd. And she will deign to live with her mother, who, however, loves and listens to almost every word of her. The everyday life of the simple-minded bachelor flows behind the store counter, and weekends are filled with empty conversations like: “Hey, friend Angie, what are we going to do today?”, rare dreary dates and visits to morning mass accompanied by mom.
The film “Marty”, shot in 1955 by Delbert Mann, has a usual, but at the same time unique history: a year before the release of the feature film, Mann shoots a TV show of the same name based on the script by Paddy Chayefsky. The playwright Chayefsky was known as one of the successful followers of the “kitchen sink drama” and an author who knows a lot about “life on paper”. His stories are full of realism and naturalism, which the audience undoubtedly likes. The heroes of such dramas were usually restless teenagers looking for their place in life, immigrants from petty-bourgeois families, young workers of factories and factories, tireless loaders, romantic truck drivers in their hearts. TV production of Mann is gaining quite a lot of popularity among viewers and the director decides to shoot a full meter. Moderate budget and strict adherence to the style of “kitchen-sink” turned out to be an unexpected success for the authors of the film: “Oscar”, holding in one hand “Palm branch”, and in the other – “Golden globe”, and boundless love of the public.
Bachelor Marty, performed by the brightest Ernest Borgnine, does not belong to the brutal type of “eggs, tobacco, tooth and bristles”, on the contrary, he, with all his harsh Italian exterior, is an exceptional “mother’s son”, who always needs advice: whether to buy him a butcher shop or not, whether to call a lady or still not, whether to wear a black tie or... that one, gray in a narrow strip? Full of self-doubt, who considers himself a fat, rude loner, Piletti comes to life when he meets a modest teacher Clara, whose role belongs to Betsy Blair and is one of the most significant in her career. Marty and Clara suddenly find a common language and from this moment begins at first shaky, but stubborn opposition of the ordinary butcher to the established conservative system of “mama friends”.
The film definitely manifested all the genre paraphernalia of the notorious “kitchen sink”: it does not favor pavilion shooting, but welcomes naturalism and the absence of venerable actors. It has not quite satisfied with life, somewhat angry main character, there is a kind, not quite beautiful girl, with the appearance of Aunt Vali from “Visiting a fairy tale”, but she calls him “smart and sensitive butcher” and sees in him a decent man, not a stocky hard worker. There are the same hardworking friends, spinning one-day draughts with nurses, getting drunk, there are relatives with their domestic troubles and there is a beloved mother who fears old age, wishes her son happiness, but at the same time is afraid to let him go. Life contradictions and dramas abound here. Although there was a place for great humor. For example, a scene where old friends praise the author of detectives Mickey Spillane as a true connoisseur of the vile female essence. The final demarche of the protagonist in the phone booth, full of desperate determination, is also not without irony.
The relevance of such tapes has not sunk into oblivion. Unless similar to the plot of film stories look somewhat naive and look with some delightful condescension the current saturated cybereye of the ordinary viewer. Only time has changed, the worries are the same. Go out with a garbage bag into the entrance - you will certainly meet a smoking bachelor in threes with a belly who also jokes cheerfully. Go to the nearest bookstore - probably there wanders in search of a volume of Brodsky an elderly sad teacher of secular ethics with an umbrella in his hands ... What if it's fate?
In one house lives a widow, who has six children, all provided and created a family, all except Marty. At the age of 34, Marty doesn’t find the right girl. He thinks it's because he's fat, clumsy and just bad. And it would seem that everything is already lost for him, but suddenly, in an institution where young people usually gather, Marty meets a girl. Having left the foreplay, they enter the cafe, where Marty begins to tell moments in her life of past years and unnoticed for him, the girl sincerely begins to understand him, because everything is not smooth at the very horizon of her life.
The picture will completely drag the viewer when watching. The director qualitatively managed to show the life of the hero, his difficult fate in moral terms, and also managed to show the true play of the actors, because the roles played are really at the top and the Oscar for Ernest Borgnine is really deserved award. The actor managed to reflect the life of the hero, his experiences, dreams and moral uplift in himself, the acting game fully guides the viewer through the entire film and will not let you get tired when watching.
Deserved awards from the American Film Academy of Cinematic Arts and Sciences! The film deserves your attention, because in reality there are people like this Marty and a simple viewer like this hero can find the strength to follow the example of this Marty!
Having a family is one of the most important and one of the most difficult tasks in the life of any person. After all, the family establishment is not buying groceries in the store, it should be, at least for life. And for this, in turn, you need to find a loved one with whom you will be ready to spend the rest of your life. However, on this path there is another obstacle - the search for this soul mate, which happened to the main character of the striking sincerity of the film "Marty".
Plot
The film tells the story of two days in the life of an ordinary guy named Marty. Good-natured and simple guy Marty, who is already 34 years old, reconciled with his fate as a bachelor. Although his friends and Italian relatives are always pushing him to get married. However, Marty, disappointed in all his attempts to start, does not even try to find his love. But everything changes when, agreeing to go to a dance club, Marty meets a lonely and inconspicuous girl named Clara.
Game of actors
The actors performed their roles amazingly. Their performance was so good that at times it felt like they were not playing, but living on screen. I did not expect that Ernest Borgnine, after playing a ruthless villain in the drama From Now on and Forever, would be able to play such a good-natured and sincere man in this cute melodrama. I also liked the role of Betsy Blair, who played the same Clara, a quiet and modest girl who was tired of being compared to a crocodile.
Director
Despite the film’s relative intimacy, as it only takes place in two days, director Delbert Mann shot it in such a way that it turned out to be an epic about human feelings and emotions. The film was very lively, as if it were happening in reality. What I like is that there is no romance in the film. It's just a melodrama about two little people trying to build love.
Scenario
The script, of course, is brilliant. Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote it, skillfully coped with the depiction of the interaction of the two sides of the life of the protagonist, as well as their struggle between themselves. By these, I mean the boring life that used to be, and the new and happy life that Marty met Clara. The conversation between Marty and his best friend Angie made a special impression as they decided how to spend the evening with the words: What would you like to do tonight? - I don't know, what are you doing? Then the dialogue flows into an argument and so on from the beginning.
Result
"Marty" is one of the best movies I've seen. I like that it is very simple and close to everyday reality. And the ending generally leaves positive emotions on the soul. In general, if you like simple, but at the same time not banal romantic dramas, this film is perfect.
10 out of 10
Marty Piletti (Borgnine) lives a boring and ordinary life. He is 35 years old, unmarried, short, fat and a butcher. All of his siblings have long been family people, and he continues to live in the same apartment with his mother (Minciotti), who poops on Marty, looking for options for his marriage. At one point, Marty meets a quiet and equally lonely girl, Clara (Blair), with whom he begins a romantic relationship. However, Marty’s mother begins to realize that she may soon be left all alone, and his friends do not understand how Marty can wish for a new meeting with this “urodina”.
Interesting and, as I thought, quite a life movie. Although, what can I know about the feelings of single 35-year-old bachelors, the same lonely and frightened girls, and widows who at some point realize that now and forever they become a burden to living in the same apartment daughter-in-law? Nevertheless, all the events shown in the film seem logical, true and well-founded.
"Marty" is a film about the struggle with loneliness, everyday life, stiffness and life circumstances that stand in the way of a person to happiness. But it is also a film about the hope that is known to die last. Marty and Clara might not have met if they had calmed down, if they had stopped fighting, if they had let loneliness prevail over their dreams and dreams.
In 1956, the film “Marty” was awarded in 8 Academy Award nominations and won in 4 of them, including “Best Film”, while becoming the shortest timekeeping laureate. The picture, no doubt, deserves this success, but there is also the notorious “tar spoon”. The target audience of the picture is not as wide as it seems. Although I try to evaluate this film by its potential, I cannot but admit that the problems raised in it do not concern me personally. I can’t fully empathize with these characters, because I just never faced such problems in my life, and, fu, I hope that this will not happen.
So, if for someone the film “Marty” is one hundred percent hit, for me, it is nothing more than a good, bright and kind film. But that's enough for me.