In the past few days, I watched three movies in a row, which happened to show the life fragments of childhood ("Pan's Labyrinth"), teenager ("Fanny and Alexander") and youth ("The Life of Adele"). However, the first two are static and overhead, and the drunkard's intention is not to drink; the latter involves dynamic growth and is unpretentious, but it is my favorite one.
To be honest, it is extremely difficult to make a movie with a pure youth theme, because everyone has experienced it before, and the advantage of being curious cannot be accounted for. In order to shoot well, you must pay close attention to observation, remove carvings, and even boldly dissect yourself. In the limited viewing experience, only "Please call me by your name" was mentioned at the end of the film by his father's mouth, which made the scattered text suddenly shine. And "Adele's Life" took a solid three hours to shoot, and the filming was not sloppy at all, and it was very beautiful.
The film uses excessive close-ups, accompanied by light and airy shots, to perfectly present the unique growth footprint and pulse of life in youth. The camera is almost close to the actor's nose, and the breath of youth is blowing at the face.
The movie is talking about love, including the opposition between "things" and "people", and the difference in life patterns is destined to only love each other instead of companionship, etc. But in fact, it is talking about growth, which must be very ambiguous in emotions and desires. growth completed in youth. The audience followed Adele step by step out of the comfort zone, exploring, knowing and accepting themselves. Interestingly, this kind of self-exploration still has powerful social properties. In the scene with more than three people, Adele's eyes are erratic, the front and back shots are quickly switched, and the rhythm instantly becomes tense. Yes, we simultaneously construct borders with the world by watching the eyes of society and listening to our own voices. Crossing boundaries has become the norm when building boundaries, which includes loving, refusing, and being overwhelmed; misunderstanding, slapsticking, and tearing your skin; going to places you have never been to eat things you don’t like; chasing the life you want .
When youth comes to an end, our sense of responsibility transcends the restlessness of exploration. If you want to stay young forever, you must constantly break yourself, destroy everything in your life, and then start over and rebuild it bit by bit. We used to have nothing, so we boldly moved forward, and now we have too much responsibility to bear the pain of "starting all over again". And precisely because the moment of youth stereotype is never perfect, our life is full of regret and helplessness.
I love this movie, the authenticity and pacing of it. Strange to say, the themes and styles of films that have won awards at Cannes in recent years are not necessarily pleasing, but none of them have a bad rhythm. But it's not perfect, for example, the sex scenes are too long for me. Before the two reunited to tell their old relationship at the end of the film, it was too much like a gimmick. But on second thought, maybe I was too platonic. As much as I love paintings, literature, music, food and beauty in movies, using "sex" to connect "love" is just a personal choice. What do I have to criticize for filming growth so well?
In the end, the film isn't entirely "real" either. The way the two encounters were shot really touched me. Perhaps the truth of life is that there is no extra drama other than a chance encounter. The encounter in youth is fate, and it is even more fleeting. Fortunately, you became the guide of my sexual enlightenment, and I became the Venus in your paintings. We have all become an inseparable part of each other's lives. Unfortunately, it's only part of it. Youth is not forever.
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