The war makes the child a contradictory body: on the one hand, he is mature, calm and fearless of death, like a madman tamed by war, on the other hand, he reveals his fragility and softness in his dreams. The rapid switching of the picture between dream and reality strengthens the expression of this conflict. Finally understand why Tarkovsky is called "carving time". At the time, the swordsmanship is sharp and sharp, the reality and the dream, the memory and the real scene, interactive flashbacks, minimal and accurate. Light, black and white shooting is best for expressing light: mother's gentle face in the backlight, the beam of light projected from the reflection of water waves in the dark well above, the trail left by the fireworks falling down from the swaying dark water surface, my favorite is the flashlight flashing in the simulation battle in the post. Under the moving light spot, the boy freely shuttles between reality and imaginary memories.
The soundtrack and sound effects in the film not only enhance the atmosphere, but also narrate the plot. The sound of woodpeckers in the birch forest is not the wood but the girl's heart; the soundtrack is the heartbeat when you see the dead partner in the water.
The expression of emotion is forbearance in war. In the birch forest, seeing that the beloved girl couldn't hold herself back, she wanted to get close but pushed away. In the end, surrounded by the joy of victory, the sound and images before the death are shown from the boy's first perspective. As he walks through the doors and passes through each passage, when the last door is opened, there is a row of shaking ropes. Here, goosebumps are all over.
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