Youth is a generation darker than a generation

Noel 2022-04-20 09:02:10

The work "All About Lily Zhou", the representative work of cruel youth at that time, is completely different from this film. The progression of youth, in this age of loss of faith, comes at the cost of constantly seeking the ultimate in order to drive away numbness.

If sex was a very important symbol and represented "destruction" in the movies of the year, now this symbol directly refers to "death", skipping the link of imagery and directly destroying.

The three main child characters in the story either kill people or have motives for killing people, and the way the story is expressed is enriched by the support of increasingly upgraded visual equipment and special effects. Xiaoqingxing, represented by Lily Zhou, is obviously a product that has been eliminated by the times. The new generation will be praised and carried forward by the blue and blue tone of Gothic style.

To be honest, when video art has developed to this day, there will no longer be completely original works to shock people's attention. We have seen Rashomon's narration in the film, and we have seen a lot of high-speed shooting used in MV and TVC advertisements. , after a calculation, almost 80% of the shots in this film use high speed, of which 30% of the early shooting uses a bellows (hey, the bellows that makes me jealous)

The two best scenes are undoubtedly the opening scenes The high-speed + fast-cut and the high-speed reverse at the end are two imaginative peeping perspectives and subconscious perspectives.

What amazes me the most is that a school-themed movie can be so perfectly combined with RADIOHEAD's music. To be honest, their music is so popular that everyone knows it, but I've never seen anyone use it so much. It's very difficult. A kind of electronic music to control. But it fits quite well in this film, much better than those few nursery rhymes with milky voices.

Also, as a member of the Appearance Association, I am more excited about the choice of actors. Apart from the old actresses Matsu Takako and Kimura Yano, I saw the faces of two new-generation actors in this film. The girls are white and big. The eyes are quite exotic, and the boy's face is definitely comparable to that of Takizawa Hideaki. He has a hunch that he will soon become the two biggest money-sucking men and women in Johnny's Office.

The advantages are mentioned here. In fact, there are still many disadvantages. The most serious one is the procrastination of the rhythm. Many scenes are completely separated from the plot for aesthetic services. The third party's perspective of God also often appears in very awkward time points. It's a common mistake in Japanese movies.

I like this movie very much, I remember the director's name, and I am eager to see his new work. PS, it's really not as thrilling as I thought, it's really a misunderstanding that it took so long to watch it.

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Confessions quotes

  • Shuya Watanabe: Nobody taught me that killing people was wrong. Where other kids got read picture books and fairy tales, my mom taught me Ohm's Law and Norton's theorum. She only ever talked about electronics.

  • Yuko Moriguchi: This is my revenge. I have plunged you into the depths of hell. This is the first step towards your redemption... just kidding.