I think maybe the most romantic way to pass the time is to get into a scene that makes you hallucinatory and contemplative, like my favorite French directors Eric Rohmer and Jacques Tati. the end of the lens.
Regarding Tati and his film style, there are many video essays on the Internet that deconstruct him and his works with obscure and blunt film theory. I don't need to go into details, but I must mention that Tati is also my favorite French writer Duras favorite. Contemporary directors (one, Godard the other), my favorite Tati outside of "Traffic Accident" is definitely the third of the "Mr. Hulot quartet" - surreal epic (also Tati's film career suffered from Waterloo)'s comedy blockbuster "Playtime".
Since his previous works "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" and "My Uncle", Tati has been keen to implant a large number of natural sound effects that restore life scenes into the film, including crisp birdsong and dog barking, street cafes and markets. People of all shapes and sizes frolicking and chatting, the "sizzling" sound of inflated balloons rubbing against the concrete, the regular echoes of secretaries in pencil skirts and stilettos walking around as their heels touch the ground, and the film's recurring characters The sound of the door after "opening, knocking, hitting" the glass door.
Every time I rewatch Playtime, I notice the details of the new Tati's carefully sampled sound effects, especially in the monochromatic surreal scene at the beginning of the film, where Tati leads the viewer into the 15,000 square meters he built by himself and beside Vincennes. The grand setting, Mr. Yule used comical and hectic body language to express the incompatibility of the characters when they are in the huge and cold steel forest, symbolizing the pursuit of minimalism and excessive efficiency, and the complete alienation of modern industrial civilization. After the city people are isolated from nature , isolation and helplessness on the physical plane and in the spiritual world.
The great thing about Tati is that he can always use the right props and lighting at the right time to guide the audience's point of view. The "sound" that is just inserted is not only completely unobtrusive, but also leads the way, which is similar to the kind of French style that Tati wants to convey. The humor is tightly bundled together, it's so powerful, even if it's a Chaos movie scene, he can make people enjoy it in a leisurely manner within a second, as if drinking with friends on the banks of the Seine. Sitting in the rocking chair and rocking, it was very comfortable.
In addition, in the second half of the classic scene of "Dark Night-Crowd-Restaurant Carnival", audiences can use extras' chaotic and orderly performances to experience Tati's incomparable genius for chaotic and complex scenes and characters. , he carefully built a complete set of "steel forest" in the two scenes of "daytime - modern office building - ultra-modern minimalist facilities" and "evening - glass landscape apartment - looking for people" - including "power plants, configuration of traffic lights" The highway, two well-decorated high-rise glass buildings, and several fake buildings built with scaffolding", and Tati's core element in "Traffic Accident" - "city traffic" are all perfect!
Ah, I love Tati, that's all, you must watch it if you have time?!
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