This is the first Antonioni I've seen, but it's not really surprising to me. Maybe like Tarkovsky? The first one was rated 3 stars, and the second one started to be rated super 5 stars. But even with that said, I always feel that Antonioni doesn't have as many things to explore as the old tower, and it feels that its meaning will not be the same as the old tower, which is different for everyone. So in fact, for me personally, I don't like the old tower as much.
But there are a few points that are very similar to the old tower, and they are also some of my favorites.
One is the soundtrack - the constant noise. Or a kind of "mainstream music" in modern society. In fact, this is the first time I feel that the original soundtrack itself can also be used as a metaphor. When I hear this or the same or different "noise" in different places in the film, it is both familiar and refreshing. The former is because I often hear or feel the noise around me in my life, or the direct vehicle or industrial noise; or a speech, irresponsible point of view. And the latter because it explains my "dizziness". We're not confused because we don't understand these irresponsible, illogical ideas, but simply because it's noise, and noise is by its very nature dizzying.
There is also a scene along the coast interspersed with it. It is really similar to the old tower, but the movement of the mirror and the rhythm will be slightly faster; but the poetry is always contained in it.
If there's one thing the film is best known for, it's definitely the use of color. However, it was definitely unique at that time, but it seems to have become commonplace now, like a film school student can think of it. It's just a little bit of remembrance for me.
I hope the future Antonioni will make me like it more~
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