The premiere of "The Diary of Anne Frank" is not only of political significance, but later generations of film critics often regard the appearance of this film as the beginning of film art. Although Edison's "The Singer" was the first sound film with a plot, it was obviously completely forgotten, and later, when talking about the earliest sound films, everyone generally thinks of "The Diary of Anne Frank". It is said that during the entrance examination of a certain film school in later generations, the question "Which is the earliest sound movie with a plot" was asked. Most of the candidates answered "The Diary of Anne Frank", and only a few answered that it was "The Singer". What's even worse is that these candidates who answered "Singer" were also deducted points on this question.

And at the beginning of the 21st century, in the poll of "the greatest film in the history of cinema" launched by the Motion Picture Association of America, this film made a hundred years ago topped the list.

"It's a great movie. Most of the way we now write about film, whether it's the use of shots, cuts, stunts, or music, comes almost entirely from The Diary of Anne Frank. It can be said that "The Diary of Anne Frank" is a complete miracle - its appearance has made the emerging art of cinema almost no youthful childhood, but one step into the blooming May of flowers. Its success has inspired countless subsequent filmmakers, although because of technical and other problems, in fact, from today's point of view, this film still has a lot of flaws, but even so, to this day, this film still has the power to shock the soul. And when we take a serious look at any successful film since then, we can see the shadow of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in it......"

If a hundred years later, this film can make the audience feel a long aftertaste, then in this era, it directly makes countless people crazy. In New York, Heidi and Katie have watched the movie six times, but this is not the highest record, the highest record is an American aunt who bought tickets from others at a high price, and watched it twenty times in a week!

This madness has certainly attracted media attention, and now you can almost always see reports about the film if you flip through the entertainment lists of various newspapers. It seems that if you don't report on this movie, you won't be considered media. Of course, the angles of the report are even more varied, some are analyzed from the perspective of science and technology, and then shout long live science, such as a report in Science magazine:

"The Diary of Anne Frank marks the maturity of sound films, and we were impressed by the groundbreaking soundtrack technology of The Diary of Anne Frank compared to Edison's sound films. This technology perfectly solves the problem of synchronization between sound and picture, and the multi-track technology used in "The Diary of Anne Frank" provides us with a feast for the ears. When the cannon fire in the movie sounds, some viewers who have experienced the war even immediately make a lying motion, which fully illustrates the realism of the film's sound effects. In terms of music, the music we heard on the phonograph or on the radio was very different from that in the movies. Honestly, the musical effects in the movie are already very close to being played live, and many people are even skeptical after that. The stage is not hiding a symphony orchestra. At first, I may only be able to hear with the most professional ears that this is not hidden behind. The symphony orchestra of the station is playing live.

Not only the sound technology, but also the progress of cinematography in The Diary of Anne Frank is extremely obvious. When we watch "The Diary of Anne Frank", we can see a huge difference between it and the previous films. First of all, compared to those previous films, the movements of the characters in The Diary of Anne Frank appear to be much smoother. That's because in the case of The Diary of Anne Frank, the camera was able to take 24 shots per second, far more than the previous rate of 16 shots per second. At the same time, we can also notice that the resolution of the images in "The Diary of Anne Frank" is also much higher than that of some previous films, and this advantage comes from two points, one is the camera itself. As far as we know, the cameras used to shoot this film were made in the University of Cleveland's studio, which means that they are not the usual products available on the market today. In order to learn more about these cameras, our reporter interviewed Peter Researcher at the University of Cleveland's Institute of Optical Studies, who told us that many of the techniques used in the most sophisticated astronomical telescopes are used in the lenses of these cameras, such as aspherical high-transparency special optical glass lenses, as well as complex lens combinations:

In order to ensure the high quality of the images, we made the lenses of these cameras quite large, and yes, we built them according to the same standards that we make astronomical telescopes. This, of course, also brought another problem, which was that our lens and camera were so heavy that it became difficult to move steadily. Directors often require the camera to be able to follow the actors' movements, even quickly. In order to solve this problem, we came up with a lot of ways to solve this problem, and finally imitated the railroad railroad in all the scenes where the camera needed to move, and then set up the camera rack on it......

In addition to high-resolution lenses, high-resolution film is also very important. The film used in the filming of this film is also a distinctive high-resolution film, and the size of their silver grains is much smaller than that of ordinary film, which of course, also means a higher investment...... Obviously, in the coming period, these new technologies may not immediately enter people's lives, and even given the high cost, it is difficult to say whether the next sound film will be able to maintain this level, but in any case, science and technology are influencing our lives with great power, making things that we would not have seen in even the most bizarre dreams quickly become reality. We believe that science will lead mankind to a better tomorrow......"

Some media have analyzed the meaning of the work in terms of the art of cinema itself, such as the magazine "The Artist" in Paris:

"Compared with previous films, "The Diary of Anne Frank" has a more long-term significance in addition to its profound social significance, that is, its artistic innovation. Before "The Diary of Anne Frank", movies could not be called art at all, they were just technical verification or show-offs, and vulgar curiosity. However, The Diary of Anne Frank is different, (although it uses more and more advanced technology, but its purpose from the beginning was to complete the artistic creation) it is a great work of art, it has pioneered a completely new art form, and it is enough to be passed down through the ages. I'm sure it won't be long before more advanced technology will emerge, and countless films will be made with it. But people who love art will never forget this great movie. Allow me here to take off my hat to the masters who created this great, immortal work of art, and to borrow a poem from the great Shakespeare to express my praise for this great work:

'Your eternal summer will not wither,

and will not lose the beauty you have;

Death cannot boast that you wander in his shadows,

When you receive eternal life in this eternal line of poetry;

As long as people can breathe and eyes can see,

As long as this poem endures, it will keep you eternal. ’

Before cinema became an art, we already had the great art of appealing to the visuals - painting, and the great art of appealing to the auditory senses - music, as well as epics, novels, and plays that were good at using stories to move the soul. And this qiē is synthesized in the cinematic art created by "The Diary of Anne Frank". Some insensitive people only see it as an extension of the drama on the stage, but this is not accurate, first of all, when the audience watches the play, his perspective is fixed, and many expressions will be limited by this fixed perspective, for example, in some novels, the very classic and expressive small movements, expressions, are almost impossible to express on the stage, because even if you do it, the audience will not see it. And it's also difficult, if not impossible, to show a wide scene like a movie. Nor does it have the artistic use of the camera in The Diary of Anne Frank. Film is not a simple expansion of the stage, it has its own unique artistic means, artistic characteristics......"

However, the best proof of the popularity of the movie "The Diary of Anne Frank" is, in the final analysis, the box office revenue. In the film, the newly established DreamWorks film company spent about $70,000 (some of the fixed asset investment that was later used was not counted), and although the audience was enthusiastic, the investment was not quickly recouped, considering that the theater took nearly half of the proceeds. This made Edmundo a little worried. However, the MacDonald Consortium did not press him too much, because both the MacDonald Consortium and Edmond himself could be sure that the film would definitely make a lot of money, and now there is only one thing that limits the speed at which the film can make money, that is, there are too few projectors. If there were enough projectors in the United States, these investments would have been paid back long ago given the current market heat. Of course, borrowing money is borrowing money after all, and it is still necessary to repay the money. Otherwise, it's not easy to keep accounts. However, the McDonald consortium was very generous and allowed Edmundo to borrow new debts to pay off old debts.

Macdonald, of course, didn't fully see the prospects, and in fact MacDonald as a whole had already made money, and the queues of theater managers who were anxious to buy projectors at the gates of the equally newly established "American Special Optical Equipment Company" stretched two blocks away. Just getting the deposit in your hand is already more than the cost of the entire movie.