The Italian film "Red Desert", an excellent work in 1964, tells the story of a family of three, his wife Juliana lives with their son Valerio, and her husband Ugo lacks care and love for his wife and children because he is away from work. Juliana was distressed and helpless. At this time, Hugo's colleague Corrado began to covet Juliana. The director Michelangelo Antonioni uses the poet's feelings and the height of the philosopher to lead the audience to think about how we should live when the real conditions separate people's emotional relationship? As Rodin said: "The activities of the world may not be perfect, but they are still beautiful." At the beginning of the film, the huge and towering modern industrial facilities show an illusory beauty under the defocused lens, just like Walking in the desert, the mirage that appears in front of us tempts us to move forward. The director is like a poet who controls the camera, letting the image ooze emotion, and everything he sees seems to be emotional, and people and the environment exude the same temperament. Those industrial facilities, and the steam and gas they spew; abandoned and polluted land; lost ships; and the heroine's trance-like expression and panicked behavior, all of which exude a poetic, desolate, Helpless, mysterious and aloof poetry. Does the demeanor and expression of Juliana played by Monica Weidi remind you of Tian Zhen's "Wild Flowers": a swaying flower, she also needs your comfort, don't let her grow old and wither while waiting, I want to ask him if he knows my heart, I waited anxiously in hope and you didn't see it... Juliana always wanted her husband Hugo to care about her, as she talked to Corrado on the boat: "If Hugo ever paid attention to me like you did, he would have found a lot." We can piece together the fact that Hugo has been away from home for many years, traveling on business or staying in factories, and has neglected to take care of Juliana and her son. Even though Juliana was in a car accident, he didn't rush back because the doctor said it was fine. But in fact, Juliana thought about suicide. She couldn't feel love, and her heart without emotional nourishment collapsed. When she fell ill in the middle of the night, Hugo only cared about his own desires. The son lied that he could not stand up, and the results of the examination were delayed. Juliana was anxious and crying, but Ugo never showed up. His wife and children went to find him, and the two walked around the industrialized site at will. Why didn't Ugo stand up and stop this behavior that completely violated the safety regulations? Valerio lied that his legs could not stand up, but in fact he wanted to get his mother's attention and hoped that she would accompany him more. Children are the most sensitive. Where does his insecurity come from? In fact, Juliana's trance-like mental state is also an expression of hope to get the attention of her husband, Hugo, but Hugo has turned a blind eye. When Corrado pays so much attention to Juliana, she becomes normal, talks normally, thinks normally, acts normally, and no longer refuses to admit her inner fragility and fear. There is no conventional dramatic conflict, the director's storytelling is loose, and there is no obvious transition between the fragmented scenes, which seems to lack a close logical connection, but Juliana is the spokesperson of the director's intentions, and she hopes to gain Ugo's attention, The logical connection of the film is also waiting for the audience to discover. If you really become "Hugo", you will feel that the story is too dull and boring, but if you experience it with your heart, you will find that the director, just like Juliana, has always understood what she needs and what she is doing, and he has always revolved around the changes in reality. It unfolds from the separation of personal life and emotion, and it goes from point to point. Juliana and the Hugo family are typical representatives; so is Corrado, his father built a large factory very early, he now works with Hugo, looking for suitable workers to lobby them to come to the factory, he goes around with new projects and new factories Run, but no matter where he stays, he is not happy. Now he has to recruit more workers for the new factory in Buenos Aires. What will happen to the families of these displaced workers? Can they adapt to this change? The director's exploration of these realities of life did not use a god's perspective, did not feel his contempt for life, on the contrary, it was full of respect, and discussed with the audience in an equal tone. What personal items would you take with you if you were traveling? Juliana and Corrado share their opinions on the deck of the ship. Juliana said she'd take everything, everything she saw and had, "If I go away and never come back, I'll take you too, because you're part of my life. , is something I can't live without. How do you know when you leave and come back, they will always be here waiting for you to come back? Will they be the same as before? ” And Corrado’s answer was different, he said, nothing, only two or three backpacks, maybe, I won’t come back...” The ending of the movie is open, Antonioni will not be narrow-minded for "Problems" are "prescriptions", which require everyone to think independently, and the solutions vary from person to person. Juliana "couldn't ask for it", Hugo was already numb, she thought Corrado loved her, only It's a pity that he only wanted her; and the patient Juliana knew who worked at the Medicina radar station was not persuaded by Corrado that his wife did not want a family to be separated. She said: "Whenever he travels far, I'm about to go mad with fear and worry." Director Michelangelo Antonioni is not trying to create an opposition to the idea of the film "Red Desert". The antithesis of modern industrialization and nature, because real life, real truth, is above the concept of opposition. "I'm not saying that we have to go back to nature," Antonioni said. "I'm not saying that industrialization is harmful. In fact, I even find it very beautiful that humans have control over matter. To me, these pipes and beams are moving. , like trees. Some things are of course maddening, like birds dying on the spot as they fly through the smoke, poisonous gas prevents anything within a few kilometers from growing, but every age requires these kinds of sacrifices to build something else. No existence Evolution without crisis... When I see this landscape, I want to discover how the people who live there live. The evolution is so violent that it has to change their morals, their feelings, Their psychology. Without a doubt, these people are the most advanced human beings in these regions. If reconciliation cannot be reached, their response will probably be ours." The Red Desert is Michelangelo Antonioni's personal first A color film, the film won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 29th Venice International Film Festival. And Corrado's answer was different, he said, nothing, only two or three backpacks, maybe, I won't come back..." The ending of the movie is open, Antonioni will not be narrow for " "Problems" prescribe "prescriptions", which requires everyone to think independently, and the solutions vary from person to person. Juliana "can't ask for it", Ugo has long been numb, she thought Corrado loved her, but it's a pity He only wanted her; and the patient Juliana knew who worked at the Medicina radar station was not persuaded by Corrado that his wife did not want a family to be separated. She said: "Whenever he travels far, , I was about to go mad with fear and worry. ” As for the idea of the film "Red Desert", director Michelangelo Antonioni did not intend to create an opposition, the opposition between modern industrialization and nature, because real life and real truth are above the concept of opposition. "I'm not saying we have to go back to nature, I'm not saying industrialisation is bad," Antonioni said. In fact, I've even found it very beautiful that humans have control over matter. To me, these pipes and beams are moving, like trees. Certain things are maddening, like birds dying on the spot as they fly through the smoke, poisonous gas preventing anything from growing within a few kilometers, but every age requires these kinds of sacrifices to build other things. There is no evolution without crisis... When I see this landscape, I want to discover how the people who live there live. The evolution was so drastic that they had to change their morals, their feelings, their psychology. There is no doubt that these people are the most advanced humans in these regions. If a settlement cannot be reached, their reaction will likely be ours as well. "Red Desert" is Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, which won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 29th Venice International Film Festival. And Corrado's answer was different, he said, nothing, only two or three backpacks, maybe, I won't come back..." The ending of the movie is open, Antonioni will not be narrow for " "Problems" prescribe "prescriptions", which requires everyone to think independently, and the solutions vary from person to person. Juliana "can't ask for it", Ugo has long been numb, she thought Corrado loved her, but it's a pity He only wanted her; and the patient Juliana knew who worked at the Medicina radar station was not persuaded by Corrado that his wife did not want a family to be separated. She said: "Whenever he travels far, , I was about to go mad with fear and worry. ” As for the idea of the film "Red Desert", director Michelangelo Antonioni did not intend to create an opposition, the opposition between modern industrialization and nature, because real life and real truth are above the concept of opposition. "I'm not saying we have to go back to nature, I'm not saying industrialisation is bad," Antonioni said. In fact, I've even found it very beautiful that humans have control over matter. To me, these pipes and beams are moving, like trees. Certain things are maddening, like birds dying on the spot as they fly through the smoke, poisonous gas preventing anything from growing within a few kilometers, but every age requires these kinds of sacrifices to build other things. There is no evolution without crisis... When I see this landscape, I want to discover how the people who live there live. The evolution was so drastic that they had to change their morals, their feelings, their psychology. There is no doubt that these people are the most advanced humans in these regions. If a settlement cannot be reached, their reaction will likely be ours as well. "Red Desert" is Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, which won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 29th Venice International Film Festival.
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