The film "Red Desert" has a very specific and accurate positioning in terms of color, and it is called "the first aesthetically meaningful color film in the history of cinema". In this film, color is given the symbolic function of expressing meaning. After that, color in the film is no longer just a purely visual existence, but has been endowed with many other meanings, making various colors into image symbols to express the emotion of the story. The kaleidoscope of colors and scary sounds rule the film, as Antonioni's first color film, he said: "I want to paint my film like an oil painting, I want to find relationships in the colors, I don't want to be confined to the camera Extracted natural colors. In "Red Desert", he applied spray paint in each picture, accurately interpreting the mood and meaning he needed. Cowardly yellow, vibrant green, passionate crimson , and the gray of despair, no one of his contemporaries has been as passionate as he has painted such a desolate landscape of modern life. Women want to find understanding, to find feelings, but all in vain. In such a modern and civilized society In the rich material life, women are completely lost, and their hearts are empty and lonely like a barren desert. (Excerpt)
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