As a representative of new French films, Jean-Pierre Genet's works have their own unique aesthetic style. Whether it is the use of lens language or the adjustment of colors, from the ambiguity of image aesthetics to the isomorphism with French films, Genet's playful conception and romanticism are highlighted.
Hot Inner films are used to highly saturated colors and gloomy dark tones, and through the contrast of light and dark, the impact of the picture is created.
He uses rich and exaggerated lens language to create a playful image spectacle. The sketching of the character appearance outline allows the audience to identify the typical characteristics of the characters in the most effective way. The clever use of animation special effects in the film also adds to the playful style of the film. Another touch of color. At the same time, Genet likes to let the characters look directly at the camera, thus breaking the fourth wall and the attraction like home video constitutes the paradox of image attraction and alienation.
In "The Fantastic Travels of Young Spivey", Genet starts from the lack of parental imagery, the reorganization of child imagery, the alienated and repressed self, expressing inner anxiety and fantasies, and embodying a unique trauma theme. As well as the protagonist's self-identity questioning and unease to the return of personality and emotion, he wrote an excellent romantic style film with brilliant and strong colors and exquisite and ingenious settings and plots.
references:
[1] Li Bingyao. A study on the aesthetic style of Jean-Pierre Genet's film "joke and fantasy". 2019
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