From the plot introduction alone, "Annette" still has a bit of the strange and tragic color of director Leos Carax's works. However, a strange story must be filled with three-dimensional characters to be exciting. In the past, the men and women in the director's works were always loved by their hearts, and they couldn't help falling into a crazy situation. In "Annette", Henry, the protagonist, is of course crazy, but the emotional starting point behind his actions is empty, so the whole story is just superficial and cannot move people's hearts at all. The thinness of the characters makes the twists and turns of the plot development lack the transition of succession and transformation, which is very jumpy; in addition, the performance clips inserted in the musical film will inevitably slow down the development of the plot, so the rhythm of the whole film is sometimes fast and slow. Was brought very confusing.
Despite the void of content, the film's exploration of form is worth a book. At the beginning of the film, all the main creators, including director Leos Carax, screenwriter Mel Brothers, etc., all appeared on the stage, clearly telling the audience: Next, take the audience to a song and dance show. And after that, with Ann's opera performances and Henry's talk show performances, it became clear that the director was trying to blur the boundaries between film and stage representation. As for the song and dance elements in the film, it can only be said to be a disaster-level performance, neither the gorgeous dream of Hollywood's golden age musical film, nor the fresh and mournful works of Leos Carax's compatriot and predecessor Jacques Demy . Most of the so-called singing passages in the film are to sing the same line repeatedly in one or two tunes; and a small number of complete songs are not very pleasant; impression
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