Catherine is the cherry on the side of the cake

Rosella 2022-04-20 09:02:10

[Zu Yuzhan] I can't understand the evaluation of "this is a love movie" at all, love is only part of the story.

Truffaut's lens movement/lens planning is very good, which can give any viewer a visual enjoyment - it is worth noting that the heroine Catherine's clothing changes over a 25-year time span, which are very close to fashion, and the silhouette is small. The decorative details are very solid.

I say it's not a romance, but in the romance I understand, all the stories revolve around the push and pull of power between the protagonists and the progress of the relationship after deepening understanding. But there is actually none in this film. The director's perspective is very detached, and he uses a lot of narration and camera changes to show his sense of existence. What he wants to do is close to describing a state, whether it is Zu Zhan or Catherine.

And, the protagonist of this story is Zu and Zhan, a German and a Frenchman, friendship in the middle of World War I and World War II - anyway, especially in the 1960s, it is difficult not to anthropomorphize the country / the individual of the national under the war Choose to think.

(Key spoilers below)

The barrage is good, "I thought I was watching Hitchcock", I still like the plot of the heroine driving into the river with Zhan, a kind of cruelty and hotness of the white knife entering the red knife, obviously it is Very unwilling to the point of self-destructive resistance. Even this resistance is pointless.

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Extended Reading
  • Stewart 2022-03-24 09:02:51

    The last show of the 2018 Beijing Film Festival -You told me"I love you" -I said"wait" -I almost said"Yes" -You said"Go" Love blooms like a bud when it comes, but who can change it when it falls come with a bang

  • Van 2022-03-30 09:01:06

    Accurate and sharp, concise and not procrastinating, happy and hopeless; what I like most about New Wave is that it can always shoot those seemingly vigorous stories that turn around and turn around in a natural and smooth way, even as short as a parent’s, which is true to the point.

Jules and Jim quotes

  • Récitant: It started like a dream.

  • Jim: I'm afraid she'll never be happy on this earth. She's a vision for all, perhaps not meant for any one man alone.