The Color Purple is a remake of the 1985 film of the same name, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. This remake is based more on the Broadway musical version of The Color Purple. This remake is directed by Blitz Bazawule, director of The Burial of Kojo.
Celie (Fantasia Barrino) has been living a hard life since the loss of her friend, as the property of Mister (Colman Domingo), who abuses and mistreats her. Despite these dark sides in her life, she tries to persevere and finds her strength and hope in the mutual sisterhood of the other women in her life.
This remake tells an equal, but more musical version of the story about a woman who tries to remain strong and her own during racist and sexist times, despite all the difficult things she has to go through.
The cast members show with their acting how difficult life was for a black woman during 1900. Due to the musical aspects, the tone and emotions are more expressed during the singing and dance scenes. Many of these scenes are more on an uplifting and cheerful side due to the music beats and retain more sad song lyrics. As a result, the sadder emotional moments that the 1985 version had are somewhat lost. The cast members from the 1985 version had to act more with their emotions to express the feelings of their characters. This way the 1985 retains a more and slightly better emotional side.
People who worked in or on the original version, such as Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones and Steven Spielberg, have returned to this remake as producers. Others have more of a small cameo in the film, but are recognizable for connoisseurs of the original version.
Celie (Fantasia Barrino) has been living a hard life since the loss of her friend, as the property of Mister (Colman Domingo), who abuses and mistreats her. Despite these dark sides in her life, she tries to persevere and finds her strength and hope in the mutual sisterhood of the other women in her life.
This remake tells an equal, but more musical version of the story about a woman who tries to remain strong and her own during racist and sexist times, despite all the difficult things she has to go through.
The cast members show with their acting how difficult life was for a black woman during 1900. Due to the musical aspects, the tone and emotions are more expressed during the singing and dance scenes. Many of these scenes are more on an uplifting and cheerful side due to the music beats and retain more sad song lyrics. As a result, the sadder emotional moments that the 1985 version had are somewhat lost. The cast members from the 1985 version had to act more with their emotions to express the feelings of their characters. This way the 1985 retains a more and slightly better emotional side.
People who worked in or on the original version, such as Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones and Steven Spielberg, have returned to this remake as producers. Others have more of a small cameo in the film, but are recognizable for connoisseurs of the original version.