There is no doubt that this film is a high-quality "exploratory" film that failed to win the grand prize. Although it still has a clear story, it has strong anti-genre characteristics. It can be said that it is a work that combines genre attributes and art film expression.
There are not many mistakes in the audio-visual language of this film, and the obvious mistake is that there is a confusion in the direction of the movement of the characters at the beginning (Herold's fleeing direction is opposite to the direction of falling to the ground in the next scene). In addition, I strongly disapprove of black-and-white movies. This practice of forcing the uniform color of the scene space actually loses a lot of information about the language of the movie. I did research on the behind-the-scenes documentary filmed on the film, which was shot using Alai's film camera. In fact, it is completely possible to use different color matching styles to achieve the distinction between past and present, reality and vertigo on the premise of retaining color information.
In addition to the above, what will be recorded later is the splendor of the whole film.
The director specifically said in an exclusive interview, "I hope the audience will keep thinking about this movie when they go home and open the refrigerator."
Like most people, my first impression after watching it is how realistic this movie is, and this is called film. Like "Hacksaw Ridge", which has to repeatedly use subtitles, interviews with prototype characters at the end of the film, and historical photos to tell everyone that this movie is real, "Fake Captain" shows the realism of the new wave of European movies. The director even deliberately induces the audience to blur the reality and trance in the characters' viewpoints.
There is no obvious innovation in the audio-visual language of this work, but the script of this work is undoubtedly very top-notch. In addition, I would say that the casting of the main character was so accurate that it could be said that the film was halfway through before shooting.
After repeatedly pulling the film and researching "why is it so good", I came to a judgment that the most exciting thing about this film is that the characters are extremely realistic.
The essence of film is the reproduction of material reality. One of the core of the film is to explore human nature and society. The shaping of characters is the center of the expression of human nature, and to express human nature requires strong character values in the film.
In the popular commercial blockbusters that often appear in the society, most of the time the values of the characters are very weak, and the characters have no or very few shortcomings. The result is that the character appears flat and fake, not like a real person, or even worse, giving the impression that he may have muscles and strength, but no intelligence.
Many vulgar or unprofessional "directors who call themselves directors" also realize that it is necessary to give the characters a motive. What they do is let the characters shout slogans, or suddenly have a childhood flashback or something like that. These are not the way the film is presented.
The truth, hidden feelings, and values of the characters can only be truly reflected when they make the necessary choices after a long period of heavy pressure.
At first, Herold put on an officer's uniform just to survive the cold. But in fact, he really enjoys the inner sense of accomplishment of cheating others without being discovered. It can be said that he is a 20-year-old natural deceiver. The intensifying incidents that followed, however, forced Herold to slowly assimilate with the identity of the officer represented by the uniform, or be engulfed by the uniform. From the beginning, he killed the first deserter like him tremblingly, and later, in order to maintain his authority and comply with the pressure of the second battalion's food resources, he continued to slaughter most of the deserters of the punishment camp.
The most meaningful thing about this movie is not the protagonist, but the people around the protagonist. Many of them have seen through the fake identity of the protagonist, but they feel that the existence of the protagonist can expand their rights and interests, so it doesn't matter whether it is true or not.
The surreal crossing at the end of the film, the director actually hesitated before cutting into the feature film. In my opinion this is a wonderful one. This film, in fact, has many similarities with "Dunkirk", and it can be said that neither of them is a war film. "Dunkirk" is a suspense thriller with the background of World War II and the appearance of a war film. The whole film has no idea where the enemy is or when death will come. The Fake Captain, on the other hand, is a fable in the context of World War II. In fact, if the background of World War II is removed, it may happen in any era. For example, in the 1970s, there was an incident of "Zhang Longquan pretending to be a son of a high-ranking cadre".
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