Songs from the Second Floor

By Green 2022-03-25 09:01:16

short comment

Roy Anderson has established a more extreme personal style through these three films, not only in the language of the film, but also in the content of the film. The drama has been dissolved, the narrative has disappeared, and there are only fragments that keep repeating the cruelty and sadness of life ("You Are Alive" is an exception; it also became the best of the three in my opinion. ). This way of filming may not reflect a director's control over a grand narrative, but it can indeed...

By Karson 2022-03-25 09:01:16

A film likes a director

This kind of film actually started to understand a little bit! A film likes a director. Very distinct personal style, fixed camera position, multi-layered composition, pale face, and ubiquitous multi-line progress.

Lots of scenes left a lasting impression:

1. The scene in that small bar is reminiscent of Edward hopper's nighthawks, cold and alienated.

2. The magician sawed a living person, and the sawed person said "Hey! Hey!" It really made people laugh.

3. The fat...

By Kurt 2022-03-25 09:01:16

Sedentary is lovely

Sedentary is lovely

- "Singing from the Second Floor"

By Adam 2022-03-25 09:01:16

just to survive

The film seems to have broken several stories and put them together again, independent and coherent from each other. Under the long shot of the fixed camera, the scenes and characters can be seen carefully arranged by the director. The white-painted faces, slow and weak movements, and fat bodies of the characters all reveal human deformities, as lifeless as the walking dead. People here have no spirit, no religious pursuits, people are indifferent and alienated, and the society is chaotic....

By Vita 2022-03-25 09:01:16

just to survive

The film seems to have broken several stories and put them together again, independent and coherent from each other. Under the long shot of the fixed camera, the scenes and characters can be seen carefully arranged by the director. The white-painted faces, slow and weak movements, and fat bodies of the characters all reveal human deformities, as lifeless as the walking dead. People here have no spirit, no religious pursuits, people are indifferent and alienated, and the society is chaotic....

By Elza 2023-08-01 22:43:28

This kind of weirdness that seems to come from a stage play always makes people want to cry and...

By Axel 2023-06-30 07:21:39

It's not like watching a movie, it's like watching an experimental drama. It's boring to death, but thought...

By Keven 2023-06-21 10:01:29

I feel that the first half is better than the second half. The absurdity that gradually spreads out at the beginning makes people full of expectations for the movie, and the various matching editing is also very cold and humorous, but the director's ability to control did not give a strong end to the last, "Everything has A time-limited "or" sitters are lovely" attitude is hardly convincing. Four stars because I like...

By Lucie 2023-05-31 10:16:50

I like the plot, it is the shooting method of this broken scene that made me almost fall asleep... The director also specially made a short short film for the fans in Taipei. It's so...

By Henderson 2023-04-26 22:48:22

The signs of all beings at the end of the capitalist civilization have already appeared at the turn of the century, which is almost a portrayal of the present, and those who live in the end times cannot help but feel sad. People followed the flow trying to break free but found themselves trapped, moaning and complaining. Christ was once again crucified, made a commodity, once again abandoned, and he was only talked about in the asylum. Poets are forever silent, and the world does not need or...