I like that atmosphere

Macie 2022-09-02 06:13:45

Every frame at the beginning of the first half of the eight and a half is very beautiful, especially remember the dream, the balloon-like person. I discovered it from a film critic's top ten of the year. But limited to cognition, more just to appreciate the lens and makeup, not much thought about the content.

Speaking from memory, it's been a long time since I watched it. The most impressive is the dream at the beginning; his absent-mindedness, the camera switching is really wonderful, and there are some fantastic changes in the front. Later, I accidentally saw that it was the use and connection of the near and far lens, and then I knew what my strange feeling was. Seems like a casting later? The girl talks to him, and it turns out that it's picked on the screen like a shot. And his mom, Chase. I remember a sudden sinking, and his dad was half-buried in the soil. The sudden rise and fall, the feeling of not being able to trace the trail is wonderful, and it is even better when it is reflected by the black and white lens.

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  • Guido: Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence.

  • Guido: I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film to help bury forever all the dead things we carry around inside. Instead, it's me who lacks the courage to bury anything at all. Now I'm utterly confused, with this tower on my hands. I wonder why things turned out this way. Where did I lose my way? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway. Why don't those spirits of yours come to my aid? You always said they had lots of messages for me. Let them get to work.

    Rossella: I've already told you: your attitude is all wrong. You're curious in a childish way. You want too many guarantees.

    Guido: Fine, but what do they say?

    Rossella: The same as always. They're very reasonable. They know you very well.

    Guido: Well then?

    Rossella: They say you're free, but you have to choose. And you don't have much time. You have to hurry.