When it comes to France, many people can think of the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower, and Paris as a romantic capital, with its pleasant climate, mellow wine, beauties in naked-back dresses, and literati who gave birth to Hugo and Rousseau. The soil of France is naturally marked with romance, just like China's sense of urgency, Germany's critical and rational spirit, and the Jewish sense of suffering.
Therefore, as his cultural product-movie, it can be said that the only film market that can compete with Hollywood is more or less romantic, and Albert is more inclined to that kind of childlike romance. "Red Balloon" is the story of a little boy and a balloon, and his other film "Wild Horse with White Mane" tells the story of a little boy and a horse, which shows how much the director likes this type of theme (how much he does Lonely).
In terms of performance, "Red Balloon" mostly uses long shots, not one but several. Long shots not only have the effect of objectively recording the truth, but also slowed down the rhythm of the whole movie to a certain extent, so the details of "Red Balloon" Foot, overall quiet and composure. "White Mane Wild Horse" has more cuts, and the overall feeling is more intense, but he still maintains a slow narrative. This is the usual way of expressing lyrical films. Although it can't be said that, the slow narrative does have more emotional tension, and romance is not a way of existence, but a mental state activity, a kind of moving that is unknown to reality. From two aspects, one is flamboyant and wild, and the other is the trickle-down Xiaojiabiyu, to illustrate this soft emotion related to childishness, fantasy, and friendship, which is his romantic tone.
In terms of content, the story is full of fairy tales and is a fantasy, but it is not a fairy tale, at least not a simple fairy tale. It has a realistic texture, but it is not a realistic black fairy tale, but a kind of positive tension full of beauty. "The Wild Horse with White Mane" is more realistic, but the inner loneliness and pursuit of the people he shows are similar to "Red Balloon". This fantasy pursuit based on reality is romance. Romantic in English means poetic, full of fantasy, and it also means vision and wish. Isn't "Red Balloon" also full of Albert's own vision?
Therefore, the French romance represented by Albert is a poetic romance, a romance that makes people feel good, a romance that is somewhat lonely and endless, and then French movies such as "Scent of a Woman" and "Untouchable" " also has a romantic element.
After talking about romance for so long, what is the value of Albert's romance? To discuss this issue, we might as well look at Christianity, which has had a major impact on the entire Western civilization and even world civilization. Christianity is a universal religion. It can be traced back to Jewish Judaism. Being enslaved by other peoples and being driven out of their homes several times, they developed Judaism, which believes in the only true God. We know that the Bible and the Old Testament are the covenants between God and the Jews. The Jews only need to abide by the Ten Commandments and devoutly believe in them. God, God blessed them and took them to a place flowing with milk and honey. And God will eventually bring disaster on those who do not believe in him, leaving only the Jews. This is of course the beautiful vision of the Jews. God did not bless them in the end, and their suffering will continue for thousands of years.
Later Christ also preached the beauty of the other side in the reality of poverty, so the life of medieval Europe was barren and spiritual. In 1956, when I watched "Red Balloon", World War II had just ended. From the film, we can also see the dilapidation of Paris at that time, the depression of adults, and the denial of fantasy. The romance of "Red Balloon" is like a seed, which opened in the depression of thought. On the soil of , this kind of vision is similar, so Albert's romance is a very simple romance in our eyes, but he cannot be copied, he is an inevitable trend of thought that has evolved in history. The tree of thorns produces the fruit of thorns, and the fruit of thorns breeds the tree of thorns. This is also the reason why there is always some sadness in "Red Balloon".
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