Deep loneliness under the grotesque cloak

Breanna 2022-04-19 09:02:16

Weird and talented. A few swooping and high-drawing camera movements in the title show vividly the prosperousness of the metropolis and the insignificance of people, and I almost thought I was watching 3D; the buildings and characters were all out of proportion, so exaggerated and unforgettable. Accurately highlights the characteristics of the characters; the whole film has almost no lines but does not affect the information transmission of the context... There are so many advantages that I gave 4 stars after reading it.

But think about it carefully, peel off this grotesque coat, what is the core. A lot of people are analyzing political similes and metaphors, but I just think this movie is so lonely, a few unforgettable moments:

1. The puppy, Bruno, stays at home all day to keep his master home, and regularly rushes to the second-floor window to bark at the subway. When there was no subway passing by, Bruno accidentally slipped down the stairs and fell to the ground. The rain marks on the window were clearly printed on Bruno's face, like a lonely person crying in his heart.

2. Does the little owner Chapin really love bicycles? I don't think so. Otherwise, when grandma urged her to practice cycling behind her, when she finally participated in the Tour de France, when she was coerced by the mafia to participate in the "gambling car", when she was rescued by grandma and ran away on a bicycle, why did Chapin's eyes look empty and blank? ?

Perhaps a dream of the puppy Bruno can answer this question. In the dream, Chapin was pedaling hard on his bicycle, pulling a train leather and Bruno around in circles, which seemed to imply that Chapin's so-called struggle was just a blindfolded donkey pulling the grind, not driven by his heart, but just a mechanical monotonous life. Practicing cycling is Chapin's way of life.

3. Grandma's loneliness needs no example. Her love is firm and blind, but she can't get any eyes or words from her grandson. I know someone would say that at the end of the credits, Chapin's chrysanthemum is back to grandma "TV's over, grandma", foreshadowing the autistic Chapin's response to love. But don't forget, Chapin was in middle age at this time, and grandma spent thirty or forty years to get a normal conversation response. Isn't this lonely?

The most interesting thing in the whole film is the dog Bruno, who also had a dream: he was on the train whizzing past his door, but the real passengers were crowded in front of the window he squatted every day.

Who is the spectator of this world?

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Extended Reading

The Triplets of Belleville quotes

  • [first lines]

    Madame Souza: Is that it, then? Is it over, do you think? What have you got to say to Grandma?

  • [repeated lines]

    The Triplets of Belleville: Swinging Belleville rendez-vous / Marathon dancing, doop-de-doo / Voodoo, can-can aren't taboo / The world is strange in rendez-vous