Adventures of Wong Kar-wai

Tanya 2022-04-20 09:02:11

"Adventures" is the second Antonioni movie to be watched in its entirety, the first being "Days on the Clouds".
The old man's film is very calm, like oxygen, the narrative is never impatient or impetuous, and there is no obvious conflict with externalization, everything seems to be the character's emotional undercurrent.
The scheduling and camera design are very quiet, with a sense of oriental tranquility and poetry in the picture.
The entry and exit of the characters are often used, sometimes leaving a single person, and sometimes entering the painting as a double, the combination of space and people fully participates in the narrative.
The last shot is very shocking, with a big panorama, the woman strokes the man's hair, the man sits in a chair in dejection, and the sea in the distance is boundless, and they wait quietly for time to heal all wounds.
Adventure is a kind of state, a kind of human void. The state and emotions of characters are the most difficult to film in movies, and An Shi is definitely a master.
After watching the adventure, I understand why Wong Kar-wai said that An Shi is one of his idols, because in "In the Mood for Love", I can really see the shadow of the adventure. Many Maggie Cheung's scheduling in "Flower" is almost exactly the same as the heroine in the adventure, and The feeling of helplessness and decadence between the hero and heroine in "Flower" is like watching the scene in the hotel segment in the color version of "Adventures". Of course, this is by no means plagiarism like some domestic directors. Definitely a new lyric master pays tribute to his predecessors.

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Extended Reading
  • Christiana 2022-03-20 09:02:23

    A night of adventures with a sense of pilgrimage. Before the opening, with a cane, Professor Chen Chuanxing's guide, the sound, composition, and understanding are full of affection for Antonioni's style. Half a century ago, the Cannes department, rare 8 discs Film screenings, 288 seats that were looted, filled with the hearts of beloved movies; tear-stained red sharks' love adventures and competitions, "Tell me you want to hug my shadow on the wall, tell me you love me "

  • Lowell 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    Rewatch. I like the setting of the character Claudia very much. She is always the third party bystander, and all couples force her to be present when they are intimate, even if she clearly shows a desire to leave. Every time she left a "triangle relationship", she was not excluded, but actively escaped. When Anna disappeared and she finally entered into a relationship, she still chose to constantly escape and refuse. At the end, Sandro, who seemed to be cheating, betrayed her, but on the other hand, wasn't Claudia, who pretended to be asleep, the one who directed the cheating scene? In order to give Sandro a chance to leave herself, she counted the sheep all night, like a ghost in a game of ghosts, closing her eyes and waiting for humans to hide. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that she touched Sandro at the end, and she may have sincere pity for this man who fell into her trap. And she can run away again.

L'Avventura quotes

  • Claudia: Oh, Sandro. I want all the things you want, but...

    Sandro: But?

  • Marquis: [after Claudia walks past] Concierge, who is that little doll?