ivy的小作文: Review of the film Out of Africa May 18, 2010

Review of the film Out of Africa

One of my most impressioniable  films was  Out of Africa.
The film was directed by Sydney Pollack, the chief actress was Mery Streep, a very famous actress in Hollywood. This film was awarded 7 Oscar awards in 1986 for:  the best film, the best director, the best screenwriter. In terms of its  wonderful music through the whole film, it was also awarded the best music.

The film was adapted from a true story. The writer, Karen Blixen wrote this story so as to recall her life and experience in Africa. A short summary of the story is as follows.
Karen Blixen was a beautiful and smart woman but  she was also vain. She decided to marry Baron who lived in Africa because she regarded Baron's social position as important.  However, Baron didn't take care of Karen very well, he hunted for wild animals and sometimes didn't even  come back home. Eventually he went to find other women. Being left alone so much, Karen felt very lonely. She ran a coffee plantation herself which belonged to her husband. At first, Karen rejected the local people, but later she found the African people were very simple and honest. From  then on,  Karen got well with the local people, her housekeeper even taught her how to plant coffee.
Later, Karen met Dennis who  took her  into wild Arica, protected her from being attacked  by a wild lion. They felt in love. The most fascinating scenes happened in wild Africa, with the camera pannimg all  kinds of wild animals, such as giraffes, lions, and zebras. You could see them  running below the plane piloted by Dennis.  The rivers were lit up by  the golden sun,  wild high trees stood up  on top of the hills. Listening to the melodious theme of film, yours thoughts and feelings also went up and down.

Out of Africa is a tragic love story,  as  Karen finally  separated from her husband and  Denys died in an air crash. Even now, the  music  from the film still lingersin my heart  and will do so for a long time.