Reading "Why does anyone hate this Golden Palm 丨 Deep Focus Round Table so much" is not a typical film review, it is more like a movie sharing.
I arrived at the annual Cannes Film Festival again. I read the roundtable discussion of Palme d’Or last year, " Why would anyone hate this Palme d’Or 丨 Deep Focus Round Table ". I also knew a few classmates on the round table. The stool squeezes the table. . .
For the movie, before watching the movie, I knew that I got the Palme d'Or with controversy, except that I didn't know much about it. It has not been shown in the UK, so try to avoid film-related information. One night in February of this year, I accidentally clicked on the projection and watched it for about half an hour after seeing the resource on the video playback website. This half-hour experience was superb. Then I checked the schedule and found that it was March. I decided to close the computer and wait a few minutes. God, leave the complete first experience to the theater.
A few days later, I went to see the preview at Picturehouse Central, my favorite movie theater in central London. The theater was almost full. The laughter during the filming process happened one after another. I was greeted almost all the way. I even had to deliberately control the size of the laughter Frequency so as not to disturb other audiences.
The first reaction after watching it was that Palme d’Or of "120 Strikes" was lost (letted) to this film. I think it’s okay. If I lose to other films, I might not be convinced, even if I like "Face, Village" very much. And "Happy Ending."
Afterwards, I was excited to chat with the companion who was watching with me. The companion who graduated from Oxford and worked as a project manager said that "it was a very tormenting experience." . . At that time, I didn’t understand why there were such different feelings. The main complaint of my companion was that the director deliberately made the audience uncomfortable, and he didn’t like being in an embarrassing situation. When he couldn’t get rid of it, he seemed very tormented (using words such as disturbing, unbearable, etc.) ), not so much as different thoughts, but more like different experiences caused by different personalities, just like some people like horror movies, but I don’t feel anything. After a brief discussion, I turned to other topics.
For me, "Square" is a comprehensive version of "Tony Erdman", "She" and "Wild Tales" that I have liked a lot in recent years.
The movie "Tony Erdman" exudes embarrassment from beginning to end, and at the same time reflects a lot of hypocrisy, or powerlessness, in Western society. Shows the estrangement between people of different backgrounds and status (the characters in the film convey humanitarian values through the exhibition works of the art museum, and they also routinely buy food for beggars, and protect women who are righteous and courageous, because these events can be fulfilled. I am excited and proud of the values I maintain, but I can say that I don’t understand or even fear to understand the other person I am helping. Therefore, the familiar world faces repeated challenges and collapses after the opening events); the emptiness of contemporary art He Wu (when part of the exhibition works are swept away by the workers, and then restored by the workers); in the name of freedom of speech and equal rights, kidnapping, allowing or urging part of the sacrifice of public opinion environment;
For example, "She" is controversial and watchable. The former Parisian game company, the cold female boss, became the curator of Stockholm's art museum. The former was triggered by a rape in the house, and the latter was a mobile phone. Being stolen led to a series of seemingly dog-blood, but very "real" things. Both protagonists in the film contributed wonderful and credible performances. I remember that two years ago, the audience's reaction to "She" was also polarized, and many people felt uncomfortable. Speaking of "She", it is the most unforgettable movie-watching experience in my life. I watched the last main competition in the Debussy Hall two years ago. I haven't had a special movie-watching experience before. After I left the movie hall, In the deep focus group who usually doesn't speak much, he sighed, "Finally watched the movie and enjoyed it from beginning to end!"
The paragraphs are comparable to the madness and absurdity of "Wild Tales". Each paragraph has a climax and an explosion at the same time, but the difficulty is that it can be together (although it is deliberate). The part of the dinner that was considered too ridiculous and made the audience uncomfortable. At that time, I was reminded of the exhibition I saw at the Shachi Gallery last year. A performance artist stayed naked in the room, dressed as a dog, and curious audiences entered the room cautiously. Sometimes docile and obedient, sometimes fierce biting, sometimes rushing in estrus, the audience's reaction becomes an important part of the expression. According to investigations, the scenes in the film were really inspired by the performance artist. At the opening of an art exhibition in Stockholm, the opening artist pretended to be a dog and bit the audience and had to call the police to intervene. The actual character is called Oleg Kulik. , The character in the movie is called Oleg, so in comparison, the movie is not too absurd.
People are reminiscent of the characters in the METoo movement, such as Harvey. Everyone is aware of Harvey’s behavior. Some victims have already appeared, but everyone has tolerated it for more than ten years. It only broke out recently. Harvey from the movie god Falling into a demon is absurd to think of; this outbreak also led to another kind of violence, another famous figure in the movement, Woody Allen, whose relationship problems 26 years ago "offended everyone", "makes people" "Uncomfortable". When the accusation was triggered again, some filmmakers came forward to draw the line. In an investigation result, only three parties knew the truth, but in Rashomon’s family dispute (Dylan was too young at the time). It is very likely that only the two parties, Mia and Woody, know the truth.) The public who are not eligible to participate will all become judges and juries, expressing their views on the charges and committing violence. As shown in the film, when there is a leader in violence, everyone will join in without thinking, no longer caring about the intentions of the invited performance artist, and go to death. I think the film is a good irony and warning, this kind of phenomenon that the public can't bear it and then retaliate with double violence.
In addition, many scenes are not exaggerated compared with reality, they are quite real, and I will be reminded repeatedly in the following life.
A few days after watching the movie, I watched Eugene O'Neill's "Long Night, Long Road" starring Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville in the West End. Shortly after the start of the second half, an old man in the front seat started snoring. The sound was not loud, but it was enough to make the surrounding crowd realize that many people were looking in the direction of the old man. Knocked up the old man. Afterwards, it reminded me of a patient with a foul language testimony in the scene of the press conference in the film. Under the absoluteization of equal rights, the patient's right to express his opinions (onset of illness) was reserved, and at the same time, other audience members who wanted to communicate with famous artists were sacrificed. Right, since the illness is on the verge of onset, it’s better to come out and join the exchange after calming down. This is a better result for yourself and others.
A few days later, at the FLARE Gay Film Festival in London, a Canadian director brought a very careful record of "southern pride", showing a black lesbian, a white lesbian, and a white gay The pride in the respective host towns shows the re-fragmentation of the minority groups working for the same purpose, reflecting the United States through the town, and looking at the world, you can see the current status of estrangement.
In the post-screening communication session, a white female audience questioned that the director had not challenged the white characters in the film enough (because the white people in the film showed some racial discrimination). With this audience taking the lead, 5 or 6 people followed The audience challenged this issue. The director couldn't help being excited, confronted the audience, and replied loudly: "I'm recording the incident, and I can't participate in it!". Some people think that they can live in the most diverse metropolis like London. When they watch a movie about a small town in the southern United States one afternoon, they feel that they are qualified to criticize characters who have lived there all their lives, and even suggest that the director change the structure of the film and make the film. Way, this is even more exaggerated than the press conference at the end of "Square". No wonder people claiming to be the metropolitan elite have been Brexit, and news of Trump's party and government has continued to be shocked. . .
The space assumed in the film for mutual trust, mutual love, equal responsibility and equal rights would be an ideal world if it can be extended endlessly in real life. However, in the film, the side length is limited to 4 meters until the end of the movie. This side length is in the gymnastics scene Only then got the extension, as if unable to extend it any more. When the originally single-cultural society gradually becomes pluralistic, different groups lack understanding of each other, and the cost of getting along can create barriers, and a crisis of trust in the short term is doomed.
The movie threw up all kinds of problems and phenomena wonderfully. When it seemed that there was no solution at the end, the director actually gave the solution he thought, and the ending actor tried to find the little boy. The process of rebuilding the basic foundation of social trust is definitely complicated and long, but the key step is for everyone to try to communicate in the true sense, rather than simple charity (the male protagonist asks the beggar to pick out the onion by himself, which is different from the simple charity level. ). I personally think that this kind of effort is the most effective way to eliminate barriers.
The film also reminds the tossing process of living and engaging in culture, holding exhibitions, opening companies and shops, etc. after leaving the protective cover of large companies for several years, and all kinds of people encountered. Enlarging and approaching the diverse appearance of this city is to classify it according to criteria such as nationality or color, zip code or class, age or appearance. The difficulty of cross-category communication gradually makes people indifferent and forms a barrier.
Perhaps, these conditions that are destined to be resolved in the long term are the price to be paid in order to achieve a minimum of pluralism and peace.
Therefore, we can only continue to trust and care carefully for the majority; and feel the starry sky above the gutter together with the cherished minority.
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