Lonely and alienated, love out of reach

Ena 2022-04-21 09:03:02

estranged. The relationship between people always seems to be close to each other, taking one step closer, and then lingering two steps, as if playing a game on the table, no one will show their cards, and no one will be happy. This kind of emotional gambling, even if whoever has the upper hand, also produces a plain sense of vulnerability; mystery and concealment, but they are all afraid of losing everything while revealing their own scars.

No matter how cold and distant the surface, everyone longs for passion and love.

Antonioni's picture manipulation seems to have always been calm and restrained. The lighting, scenery, costumes, character movements, expressions, screen segmentation, detail hints and foreshadowing of each scene are close to perfection, restrained but not deliberate, no character is With a flat face, nothing develops in an orderly manner. His camera language is neat but clueless, full of details. If you wait patiently and curiously, you don't know where the story will go. Expand on a fork.

The camera is full of unexplained eagerness, which seems so oppressive and unclear, but I can clearly feel a yearning for understanding, love, passion, and liveliness.

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L'Eclisse quotes

  • Vittoria: Why do we ask so many questions? Two people shouldn't know each other too well if they want to fall in love. But, then, maybe they shouldn't fall in love at all.

  • Vittoria: As long as we were in love, we understood each other. There was nothing to understand.