1 "Naked stick" performance, why not wear clothes? Why are women always lonely? Why are movies in black and white?
2 Why do astronauts and trapeze appear?
3 What is the title of Rome? How to interpret the opening and closing? What is the role of the plane in the film?
4 What was the subject of Rome? What kind of thought was conveyed?
This article uses a lot of lens language and interpretation of the plot to help you find the answer to the question, and finally dig out the theme of the movie!
Venice Film Festival (2018; 75th) Award-winning Golden Lion Award
Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards
Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director at the 91st Academy Awards
It is often said that watching a movie is all you need to feel. How to listen to the feeling... um... it seems to be the case, but only after careful inspection can I realize that this is a misunderstanding of film and art
Artistic perception and thinking need to be exercised and formed! For example, in the title, you all see the floor, right? All the audience have seen it, the reflection of a sky plane inside... Is there any?
So have we asked ourselves, the screen frame is so small, why does the director want to shoot these contents?
Focus on art! When the eyes see it, the heart also arrives, treat everything like this!
Who is staring at the ground other than the audience...? The person who cleans the floor, right, that is, the nanny, look at that pile of shit, it's a distraction, it's strange, it's unreasonable that this family has such pity for these broken dogs in such a neat big room, After cleaning, I have to clean, I am exhausted... Wouldn't it be better to keep the dog in the cage?
The ultimate purpose of everything the director presents is to make us think, first to use our brains, to understand the film. Especially this kind of literary film, if we can understand it clearly and find the clues, it will be a huge wealth for us. It's interesting~ It's flying~ It's so cool! Then let's support together and dig the mystery of this movie together!
Emphasize one word at this moment: focus! Focus! Thinking down the word, now let's solve the first problem!
Why use black and white film with oily texture?
Is this the director's concern that too much color will affect the focus on characters and stories? That's right! The director is to imply the audience, don't be distracted! Be focused! As Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching: "The five colors make people blind, the five tones make people deaf, the five flavors make people taste good, and the galloping and hunting makes people mad." will affect the attention!
Is it ok if it becomes a color? What will be the impact? This question is left to everyone. The key point is that we have to think and take the initiative to grasp the creative thinking of art creators. This is called grasping artistic thinking and grasping the way of cognition!
In today's era of unlimited technology, the choice of black and white films for creators is not a gimmick, but the transmission of ideas! Focus and artistic cognitive thinking, this is the focus of our training.
The black and white effect of this film has another meaning. I will talk about it later...
Since the director spared no effort to instill these two words with the lens: focus! Then we must find these audio-visual languages, analyze and think, only then can we discover art and highlights, otherwise nothing will be seen!
Focus, what's the use of staring at your eyes if you don't watch the movie ten times? It's about brainstorming! Move your mind, something will happen, and you will have the price... Do you understand?
More about attention is ah! In the movie theater, "Escape from the Tiger's Mouth" is playing, and there are young men and women in pairs, unintentionally watching movies, playing with children, including the heroine and hooligans, talking about pregnancy... Originally a comedy, people giggled, how about her? bored at home...
This plot also emphasizes focus, right? Right! If you don't want to convey your thoughts, you can just find a shade of a tree and take a photo. Does it take so much effort? Do you know how many groups to perform in this scene, how much rent and how many lights...? These are all technical aspects. Before going deep into the technology, we should polish our thinking, so that the application of technology will be more handy!
Movies reflect the director's subjective thinking, and the phrase "one Hamlet for one person" applies to movies and film reviews, which is a false theory! "Existence is reasonable" is also a heresy.
How should the actor's blocking be designed, where the camera position is, whether the camera is still or moving, whether the scene is loose or tight, whether the focal length is telephoto or short, soft focus, I'm facing the shit, facing the sky... all are particular about it! Then you will question, who will find out that the design is so detailed? Then this kind of thinking is wrong. These master directors use artistic works to connect with those Cannes, Berlin, Oscar judges...
So, I still try to use as little weird professional terms as possible to talk to everyone, the goal is to make it easy to understand~~ This is the other side of art~~
The second question: Naked stick performance, why not wear clothes?
There is a nude scene in this film, the little hooligan plays with a stick, what does this mean? Naked stick, you can see at a glance, this is definitely not Shaolin Kungfu, so why don't you wear clothes to practice martial arts? I don't know if you haven't noticed, this scumbag's lower body is very thick... Haha, indeed, he is bigger than me... I will ask you, why...
Haha~ Is it a crooked idea~
Stop! You are distracted. This is to examine our concentration. The director has a subtext here to torture every audience: Are you staring at the stick above or the stick below...? This lens language is played, carefully taste it, isn't it wonderful... It's so interesting~
fun, right? ! This is art, and if you think it's nasty it's nasty...
Let’s not talk about it, let’s go back to the word “focus”. This concept is reflected in a lot of lens language. I hope I can only be a guide. The mystery of the film needs to be found in sound, light and shadow by yourself! That's more fun!
Below I only emphasize, what is the meaning of focus, we have to dig out the theme of the film! Compared with the director's creative thinking, this idea is completely the opposite way~ When you think about the director's creation, he needs to disassemble the theme of the creative idea and break it down into the story script and film language, and find the most suitable form for the theme! Then, what we have to do is to regroup the themes that the director crushed in the language and story of the film, and dig it out! This is our way of thinking!
Next, let's look at this storyline. The fat old lady, the grandmother of the children, was so anxious to cry when she got to the hospital that she felt like she was about to collapse! Think why?
Look at the medical staff again, how dedicated each of them is, caring for every patient, asking for warmth, reassuring the patient, and having peace of mind, you don't have to worry about anything when you come here, just read the dialogue,
''I have delivered hundreds of children..." Who is this to hear?
That's right! I think this maid is really lucky to have such a good employer, such a good hospital, who care for her like a family member, take her to see a doctor, buy her a crib... The girl is really lucky! At the same time, she is so unfortunate. The child's father is a local ruffian who shoots and kills people. The ironic thing is that under her fierce appearance, she also wears a love T-same as a young couple...
This kind of person just can't put the stick in his hand. You can see that people hand in the stick after practicing kung fu. This kid is still carrying the stick. It is inevitable that he will pick up the gun in the end, and he is murderous... The key is to analyze these plots and see what significance?
I have always emphasized "concern" before, but now I look at its opposite, "distraction", the two servants, the attention and attitude towards their work, she treats every child as her own, treats every job, No matter how big or small, everything is done correctly, and there has never been a complaint! The female employer sometimes loses her temper, but the maid never seems to have said anything and thinks it is all right! Obedience to the employer, hard work without complaint, what is this called? Dedication, sense of responsibility! Of course, some people will also say, is she stupid~ Okay...
Also like doctors, can they get mad at their patients? Those are all patients... Professional ethics and ethics, see with your eyes and experience with your heart, this is concentration!
Focus on career, focus on family, focus on friends, reflected in one word, love!
See that the rogue is also "focused", and they drink the leftover Coke...
The husband of the female employer, he is also "focused" on his own beautiful car, and he treats his family so perfunctory and distracted, the comparison of these details has already revealed that he is a selfish and stubborn man, which is also for the He later left his family to foreshadow.
A very simple yoga move, why can't others do it well, but the nanny can...? Just because she knows how to "focus" without being distracted,
Let's think together after asking a question, why the babysitter rescued the baby and said: I'm not going to give birth to it...
Personally, I think the nanny must want the child to be alive, she doesn't even drink alcohol, for the child's health, and she is also very distressed about the dead baby... So I'm also very strange about this!
This requires a different way of thinking!
As I said before, the nanny treats every child of her employer as her own family, as if she were her own. When she almost found the children drowned, the anxiety and anxiety seemed to have experienced another failed childbirth, (compare Cleo Childbirth scene passage and Cleo saving the child) The young, wet corpse was taken away from her by death... She couldn't stand the stimulation, so she said, "Don't want to give birth to it..." That What does she want to do?
—— I hope that the child will live in my body forever and accompany her forever... Right? So you see, if you watch a movie like this, the mood will come out, right?
Viewing problems from an artistic perspective is different. So what exactly is an artistic perspective? Let me explain with a simple example.
Everyone must know the story of Zhuangzi and Huizi swimming above Haoliang. Now let's delve into the two ways of thinking behind the story. "Zhuangzi said: The minnow travels calmly, which is the joy of the fish. Huizi said: The child is not a fish, and the joy of knowing the fish. Zhuangzi also said: The child is not me, and I don't know how to set it up. The internal reason for this view is that the two view a thing from different angles. Zhuangzi uses the artistic thinking of "empathy", "association", "imagination" and "synesthesia" to feel the happiness of the fish. He saw the fish's swaying body. Posture, feel happy in this kind of action~ Just like this poem "A crane and white clouds in the clear sky", does the white crane jump up into the sky, does it give people a sense of vitality and uprightness; and Keiko uses scientific thinking, is Truth-seeking thinking, categorization thinking, thinking that fish and humans are not the same species, so there is no connection between the two~
A movie, creativity, art, and wisdom, just look at those points. Yes, if you can think of it, you will win an award. It's very simple! After filming for a long time, there is no fart, big scenes and big productions, how much chicken soup is poured, how much emotion... It is useless to fan out flowers, in the eyes of the judges, that thing is not called art at all, so art has to rely on The brain, cultivation, and ideological realm are the most essential things. Thousands of years in human history, so many art categories have been developed, and technology has become more and more advanced. You will find expressions that come and go, that is, that little thing!
Next, let's understand the title of the film through plot comparison, why is it called "Roma"?
There is a famous saying, Rome was not built in a day, how was it built? It's brick by brick, giving people a solid, solid feeling
One more element, the sense of responsibility!
Dedication to work, sense of responsibility, and love for everyone around you... The city of Rome is built up brick by brick! Don't talk about anything without love, it's not a problem that money can solve! Out of love from the bottom of my heart, I will clean the dishes and bowls, and only if I treat my children as my own love will I disregard personal safety to save people...
The gap between bricks and bricks is bridged with love, and only in this way can the city of Rome be built strong and firm!
Let’s compare it. When the heroine is looking for the little hooligan and passing by a certain place, the government officials are promoting it. Last time I came because of the local infrastructure construction. This time I will solve the water problem for everyone.
The problem is you look at the ground, it's muddy, what kind of infrastructure are you talking about? This is fake, fake tricks, not even dedicated to acting, see how other people's babysitters play corpses! Can you see it in a comparison? This is called focus, dedication! We watched the dialogue, the nanny was so tired that she wanted to die, so she just rested for a while... The hard work and tenacity of the working people really touched me.
If we think about it from another angle, we will understand, why do officials like to use official accents? What kind of environment do you live in? Where do the poor live? The lord never takes this poor place as his home, so you don't want to build it into a garden at all... Think about it, is it possible that Rome was built like this? Impossible, because there is no love! You don't love your people and you can't build homes for your people!
Only when your people are relatives and your country is your home can you build the ancient city of Rome, the spiritual home of the people of the world!
Speaking of home, you see some close-ups in the film, fixed camera positions, house numbers...
There are a lot of animals and people living in this film, and there are similar creative intentions! Chickens, ducks, geese, dogs and birds appear in large numbers in the film, indicating that this family loves animals and nature. On the other hand, they treat anyone and any life equally, which is called civilization! It's called love! Your love, let your animals call this place home, you see two geese, this is called "stepping on eggs", birds are shooting like this... It means that here, they feel safe and loving!
Animals have a home, and people have a home. The same home is a peaceful one!
The firefighting scene is also the same. Everyone works together to maintain this home. This is also a spiritual home. We are a family, a big family, and cannot be trampled on and burned! At this time, we traveled to Rome, the ancient city of civilization. The residents used to guard the city together like family members. Only a big family full of love can create a civilized poem!
Look at the gun battle riots, the city is in chaos! Why? The government does not take the people seriously, ignores their lives, and their demands will inevitably lead to riots! A city without love, full of terror and violence, gunshots... Can such a city even prove that Rome could be like this? Who will miss and commemorate such a city?
Cherish life, this is called civilization! The inheritance of human civilization is always the transmission of love...
So we see, the landmark of the city of Rome, the city of love, the landmark of love!
Combine the beginning and ending,
This title is so important! The more I think about it, the more flavorful it becomes. The beginning of the film is written on the floor, and the end of the film is the high roof, and the plane is still flying... How do you understand it?
One on the ground, overhead, one in the sky, upside down, echoing the front and back, from the ground to the sky, from the moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror, to a breathing and free plane flying state, the whole character's life has been completed. growing up. This is the growth of Cleo's life, the growth of the employer's mother, and the growth of the family.
Let's think about the big picture, and rely on the national and historical levels!
Ten thousand zhang tall buildings rise from the ground... do you feel this way?
That's how Rome is covered! It's not just Rome, countries and civilizations all over the world have continued in this way. With this kind of spirit, this kind of obsession, with love and responsibility, let alone a three-story building, the ancient city of Rome is built... It's not difficult!
You see, everything in the film is flowing and rounded up.
Then think about why this film has astronauts and trapeze pictures
These passages and props have been able to speak self-consistently. Flying into space is the dream of mankind. It has already existed in the period of mythology. In China, there is the myth of Chang’e flying to the moon, the ancient Greek myth has Icarus flying into the sky, and in the human bone marrow Everyone has the dream of "flying", but what does it depend on to fly? That's right~ You'll know it after thinking about it~
There is no root underfoot, either floating in the sky or a safety net. In short, building a city and flying to the moon does not depend on adventurous spirit, but on down-to-earth...
At present, doesn't China also emphasize the spirit of craftsmanship? Relying on fooling around and taking risks is not enough! Rome was built with sweat, brick by brick...
In addition, there is a line that says: Women are destined to be alone, how do we understand this dialogue? Are women lonely? This requires us not only to see, to listen, but also to think!
Concentration, for example, two nannies are racing with concentration, almost getting hit by a car... Wait, let's talk about "distraction!" The male employers in the film are distracted, don't understand responsibility, don't understand love, who wants to deal with this kind of stuff, they don't deserve it If you have a family, you don't deserve the care of your relatives, children, and girlfriends... A lot of footage, let's look at it, the state of a man when he returns home, abandoning his family, but not caring about the feelings of his relatives at all. Is the person okay?
Look at that rogue warrior, who kills people everywhere with guns, and the rogue who is feared by everyone will die alone...? In fact, the focus of this family is entirely borne by a few women. The male protagonist does not know how to appreciate and cherish. Can the lonely person be a woman? Will it be a man again? Those who do not alienate this kind of family relationship are destined to be lonely! Men and women!
When a child is born, it must be raised, not only to give him life, but also to inject love... This is called responsibility!
Even though we were abandoned, but the family agreed to wipe away the tears, it's okay for us to live together, we still have love! Just like the bricks and tiles appearing in the opening sequence, what is used to condense them? Love!
So you see, a mother’s love is great, and a nanny is even greater. Passing on love to others will naturally give back. Every child loves her like his own mother, and will be grateful for every contribution she makes, and she sacrifices her life to save… …are they alone in such a family? Will not! Those who are in love are never alone!
So where can I find the theme? The title, the title, and the ending of the film are summed up... By using the director's artistic thinking and the theory of drama, the theme can be stripped away.
The movie really needs to find a theme, otherwise I really can't understand it! Isn't it, for me, a movie with plain water has become an eternal classic after you say it like this! I feel more and more that movie reviews are very important. When you read those commentaries on the Internet, you tell a story, but a movie is really not just a story!
Now I understand, Rome is not just a building, but also a landmark and cultural symbol. The message she conveys is long and far-reaching, but after all, it revolves around one word, love!
Love has made the culture and civilization of Rome. She is not only the soul of the city but also the soul of history! Wow, such history and feelings are really worth the artist's whole life to pursue, it's so interesting!
So you watch this film, the master-level script, every bridge section is exquisite, and the role it plays has multiple meanings, especially the repeatedly emphasized paragraphs... Look at this paragraph: the woman drives, drills, and scratches , at first glance, it is a novice, and once broke the wall of the corridor...
The theme idea, the trunk has been found for you, just follow the pole... Although this movie is definitely worth a long discussion... But I hope everyone can take the time to taste and think for themselves!
Look, this woman is a novice driver, aiming back and forth. It is absolutely difficult for her to drill through that corridor! Do you remember what happened that time you smashed the wall? Something with my husband, upset, abandoned, together with a few children... Losing love will break the wall... Right!
So, the architecture of Rome, every brick and tile, is filled with love!
wow! Do you have a sense of relief, the whole body is comfortable, you understand, this film is about Rome, about patience and responsibility, and even more about love!
So, "Rome" is not just a story, but the building and loneliness of a city... The rise and fall are all wandering between focus, love, responsibility and their opposites.
Look at the struggle between Russia and Ukraine yesterday, as well as the old and the United States and NATO pushing hard over there. With such a national government, how can the world be peaceful and stable~ Okay~ Not much to say about the hope for world peace~
After reading the article, take 2 hours to close WeChat, uninstall Acne Mark Kuaishou, calm down and feel the power of this video! Live with warmth, courage and love, and make movies with warmth~
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