ideological appeal

Preston 2022-04-23 07:02:33

In my humble opinion, this film shows the interweaving of dreams and reality. The murder didn't happen, it all happened in a dream, a Freudian dream interpretation. There is no clear separation between the critical point of dream and reality, and confusion is used. Then he narrates according to the subconscious logic of dreams. It seems to be advancing according to the logic of reality. In fact, some irrationality can be felt. For example, he ran into a group of young people who were numb and indifferent listening to rock and roll, and among a group of young people who were taking drugs. Re-encounter with photo models who have gone to Paris. Back to reality, the male protagonist woke up in bed, revisited the same place during the day, and the body was gone. I met the noisy hippies at the beginning again, stopped and ran to the tennis court, performing tennis sparring in the form of pantomime. The male protagonist looked at the group of young people who were serious about playing tennis. Presumably, a sense of unreality and emptiness struck, and he could no longer distinguish between reality and dream. Finally, the director used a bird-shooting angle to freeze the male protagonist in the middle of the grass. The story pushes towards metaphysical ideology. The director's appeal must be the ideology of young people who have evolved from the beat generation to hippies. They have formed their own three views, sexual openness, rock, drug addiction, pursuit of fashion, anti-war and peace, hippies, and concern for the third world. The seemingly firm idealized world that these young people seem to have formed is actually very weak. They don’t even know what their own real demands are. The girl from the antique store said that they were going to Nepal, a place with few antiques. The hero said that there are many antiques in Nepal. , she immediately said another place. In fact, she doesn't know the world around her, but she is tired of the constant life and yearning for the outside world. Two fashion girls who are chasing the male protagonist to take pictures, they are caught up in the trend of the times, and they want to become the trend-setters of the times.

A problem suddenly arises. If true literature and art and fake literature and art are defined by engaging in literature and art work, most of them are young people in the film, vain, hypocritical, pretentious, and not down-to-earth.

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  • Dock 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Aside from the still deeply fascinating theme (being/nothingness), one of the main things that attracted me to this Antonioni was the sound. At the beginning, I was attracted by the noise/silence combination, and the natural sounds in the park were also amplified. In addition, the fascinating application of glass mirrors is again seen in Antonioni's work. The switch from a subjective perspective to a director's perspective is also amazing. After the tennis ball is thrown at the end, the sound of the tennis game gradually emerges, which is wonderful.

  • Elfrieda 2022-03-23 09:02:10

    The camera was addictive to use, and it was used to replicate the world when the human landscape began to change at a dizzying rate. The scene captured by the viewfinder is a sign of the past presence, and even because of its complete time and space cut, it will be regarded as a substitute for memory. But if you only want to appear through the lens, relying on the image of a specific scene frame, complete the presence, and confirm the existence, then it is inevitable to return to Plato's cave as the way to end.

Blow-Up quotes

  • Thomas: I wish I had tons of money... Then I'd be free.

  • [first lines]

    Mime: Give me your money. Do it.