Tarzan is a classic character and his story originated in the colonial period, the period of whites "dominated" the galaxy. Hollywood's new film version of the character, titled The Legend of Tarzan (The Legend of Tarzan), referring to his past, but to put him Tarzan on a more modern society. The series also aired in the US from the date of 1/7.
More than a century ago, when Edgar Rice Burroughs first wrote the story of Tarzan, a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle with huge MANGANI apes, Tarzan of the book the Apes (magazine published in 1912, published the book in 1914), the Western world is in a century of colonialism and women who have been disenfranchised.
Fighting for slaves
Tarzan is a product of that era, even his name, was put under language Burroughs jungle but when translated it to mean "white". He embodies a romantic adventure full of that era, a time when many people do not want to repeat.
Although many people want to "bury" the story of this guy the green forest, but the character of Tarzan has been entrenched in the minds of our culture and so, in the past century, has been the subject of Tarzan more than 50 movies and 7 series.
"Edgar Rice Burroughs was referring to a primitive myths of mankind" - Scott Tracy Griffin writer, author of Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration and Tarzan on Film, said: "Tarzan is an orphaned boy, caught stuck in the woods, but was seeking to return to civilization, then to reject it and return to the wild nature as a brave explorers ".
In the new film, The Legend of Tarzan, directed by David Yates, Tarzan was put into contemporary society, which reflect modern values such as respect between cultures, irrespective of race and equality great.
The film revolves around the journey back challenging jungle Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard played). And the reason he's up and fight for beautiful wife - Jane Porter (played by actress Margot Robbie played Austria) were landlords violent man Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz) kidnapped. Not only that, he has discovered many dark secrets concerning his past and become entangled in an extremely cruel trap of Villains.
The film is opening later in life with Tarzan, after he was married to Jane and lived in England with the title Lord Greystoke are MPs. King Leopold II of Belgium Tarzan was invited to the Congo, but he only accepted after George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson) to convince him to go by through the investigation report shows, Leopold began locals as slaves .
In fact, Williams was not a fictional character. In real life, he is a veteran of the Civil War is also the historian discovers the brutality of colonialism in the Congo.
Samuel L. Jackson said he visited the grave of Washington in Britain last year, while shooting a film by Tim Burton here. "Washington is an incredibly charismatic character."
Jane became a modern woman
Original story about Tarzan not only been criticized for racist nature, but also at the portrayal of women than it was one-sided and that Margot Robbie elements, known for her role in The Wolf of Wall Street (the Wolf of Wall Street) US director Martin Scorsese, want to change.
"I never want to transform into a maiden in distress" - Robbie shared.
In the past nearly 50 movies about Tarzan, Jane always crying and had to resort to the help of Tarzan whenever she was in danger. But in a very impressive scene in the movie The Legend of Tarzan, when Jane is kidnapped Leon Rom, he told her to cry out to Tarzan for help, but Jane did not do that which has spit in his face.
"If the filmmakers do not make the same type of woman to contemporary audiences can empathize, they will not be interested in the movies" - Robbie talk about gender inequality in the products of Hollywood.
The Legend of Tarzan is a big budget film first made with the aim of modernizing the story about the guy jungle loin, whereas previous products reflect the ideology of the times.
Specifically, in the 1950s, about the Tarzan movies were inspired by the West, while the 1960s influenced the James Bond film series. Now the manufacturers are also trying to adapt Tarzan modern society, but modernized the story will get the sympathy of the public to where they have to wait for time to answer.
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