The two-hour film has only 28 pages of script. It can be known that the rhythm is relatively slow, a simple love story. After reading the script, it is indeed written in detail in many places, more like discussions and descriptions in literary works, such as "He thought for a moment, then walked over, sat on an armchair, faced her, and stared at her. She looked up and looked him in the eye. He knew in his heart that he was no match for her eyes. There was a long pause. Then he began to speak—" "They sat for another moment. Ava stood up. George followed her to the Hall. He opens the door and they enter the bedroom. The bright sun shines through the shutters. Ava goes to the bed and stares at Annie. She strokes Annie's face with a shy and awkward movement. Annie opens Open your eyes and look at her. There is no movement." The film uses long shots, and this small episode will be presented slowly with the camera. The emotional changes of the actors are also gradually progressing or changing, and close-ups are rarely used. , The actors who perform are basically in the paintings, and there will be no close-ups of hands to cover up difficult facial expressions. That kind of true emotion flows into the skills of the actors the most.
When I read the script, I was very concerned about how the film would handle transitions, because the script basically skips to the next scene and stops abruptly. Unexpectedly, the movie is also a direct transition, deliberately creating this sense of abrupt end. Suddenly I thought of the old man in my family, I could feel the waning years, day by day, and gradually the weight of life getting old and dying. Many things could not be answered, gradually lost interest in the world, and remained silent all day long. The silence in the film leads to the punch of direct transitions. It's just a long aftermath when the discussion goes on, it's better to end with an accent. It is true that music or that kind of gradual transition cannot be used. This is not a beautiful depiction of life, but death is approaching and love is a severe test.
I tried to summarize the theme of the film, which is actually the name of the film - love. It's just a story about love that happens in the twilight years, in the face of death. It sounds a bit general. Think carefully about whether it can be expanded into eight words: respect each other as guests, and depend on each other in life and death. Later, after reading the director's interview, he said that he had no intention of doing this, and that he did not want the audience to be bound by his interpretation. The interpretation of works of art is indeed like Michael Haneke, there is no standard, as the saying goes: a thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets. The current view on works of art is that the author's interpretation is only one of thousands of interpretations. Everyone has their own interpretation methods. Everyone has different cultural backgrounds, different learning experiences, and especially different interpretations. In the past, an old American professor came to China to see a few chimneys painted by college students. He said that it was very sexually suggestive, and the college students were confused, saying that they just painted the old factories that were demolished realistically. At that time, when I read Milan Kundera's "Life Elsewhere", I borrowed the artist's words to say that art is actually just a kind of inspiration, and the inspiration just chooses to flow out of your hands.
The film is still quite freehand, dreamy. Henry's suffocation of Annie obviously borrowed from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" where the chief suffocated Mike and fled with Mike's soul. Henry Anne finally left the closed house together, and it was also the freedom of the soul. I noticed a small detail, the scene begins with Henry sitting up from the bed, with a painting of a sunrise behind him, hinting at rebirth. Michael Haneke really pays attention to detail.
Regarding the pigeon, the director actually said that it is a pigeon, what you interpret is what it is. It just makes me dizzy, can you tell me the reason why you let the pigeon appear on the screen? Just kidding~
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