There are eight Dreams realms in the film, which run through almost all themes of human life, war and peace, society and life. There are different Dreams in different Dreams realms, with different colors, presenting all the themes that humans face one by one. The overall structure of the story has been completely separated from the plot factors and turned to deep thinking about life. A large number of long shots and excellent visual effects are used to express different worlds in the Dreams environment. All Dreams seem to show the theme of human loss and uncertainty, but they themselves are full of desperate nostalgia.
If life is a Dreams, Wind Man will use this "Dreams" to review his life and his thoughts, and convey his thoughts on humanity and society, full of compassion. As described in the French "Movie Cards", the film combines the characteristics of myths, philosophical thinking, hymns to nature, painting experiments, visual wonders and film lessons. There are no bluffs or pretentious shots in the film, everything is presented both gorgeously and harmoniously, as well as rigorous and powerful.
In the film, color is used as an iconic rhetorical device, assuming an important narrative function, and then promoting the development of the plot. In Dreams of "The Crow", color separates two different time and space, one is the realistic blue world where "I" is located, and the other is the golden ideal world. The reality blends with the painting, the past and the present meet. Create a beautiful mirror image of oil painting style. In the dialogue between "I" and Van Gogh, Wind Man used backlighting to shoot to make the picture feel dizzy. In the "Red Mount Fuji", with Mount Fuji as the background, the red flames formed a scene of extremely stimulating volcanic eruption under the wind. The director used this to insinuate the deep meaning (the erupting flame is like a human arrogance. The folly), so that the image ideology is full of critical tension.
In the film, Wind Man uses his consistent audiovisual style and philosophical thinking to show his reflection on modern society and condemnation of all kinds of human folly through eight far-reaching Dreams scenes, both old and young people. Sharp criticism. The eight stages of Dreams are independent and organically connected, forming the overall thinking of the world in the late Wind Man. The boy in the first Dreams "Sun Rain" represents the original nature of mankind, and the short knife is the punishment for infringing taboos. Wind Man used this Dreams state to illustrate the myth and fear of human beings about taboos. The second Dreams "Peach Garden" is full of allegorical fairy tales. The peach trees are given life in Dreams, and humans slaughter them arbitrarily for the holidays. This Dreams state is accusing humans of their arrogant attitude towards nature. The third Dreams "Blizzard" is to praise human beings in the face of hardships and obstacles. If they have the courage to survive, they will surely win in the end. The fourth Dreams "Tunnel" is accusing the so-called "rationality" of the war. The concept of the Dreams realm gives people a natural association. Time is symbolized by space. Walking into a dark tunnel is like being caught in a war. Walking out of the tunnel means surviving. However, the life that has been ruthlessly swallowed by war is not reconciled. Refers to the absurdity of war. The vicious wolf dog has been pestering the veterans, ferocious and roaring, like the bewitching and calling of death. The clip came to an abrupt end here, and Wind Man's fear of humanity's killing nature and pessimism about the future world are ready to come out. The fifth Dreams "The Crow" expressing humanity and art is a necessary part of the advancement of history. Vincent Willem van Gogh said that the artist's mission is to discover the beauty of nature. However, the natural environment is gradually disappearing from our vision. This contains Wind Man's deep respect for the master, but also an encouragement to himself. The sixth Dreams "Red Fuji Mountain" expresses the worries about the future use of nuclear energy and other energy sources and the anxiety that mankind will eventually be destroyed by nature in the future. In the seventh Dreams "Ghost Cry", human beings once ambitiously wanted to conquer the natural world, but eventually led to their own destruction. The eighth Dreams "Waterwheel Village" depicts the simplest and most natural life picture for the audience. This is also the ideal human lifestyle that Wind Man pursues and yearns for.
