Slight tinnitus, accompanied by the roar of machines, Antonioni's first color film, beginning in gray. A female voice was humming an unknown tune, and the high-pitched part could be called exclamation.
The hum of the machines was coming from the factory, white smoke was rising from the huge chimneys, the buildings of the same height next to it were spewing fire, and the workers were on strike. A woman walks by with a child. The woman's behavior is confusing. The green coat is very conspicuous against the black plants.
The noise of the machine began to increase. When entering the factory, it may be that the senior engineers were talking about work arrangements and could not find anyone willing to go abroad. After making a few calls, the background of the person who answered the phone changed. The only constant is the noise. The machine voice and the negative answer. The woman reappeared, her hair ruffled by the steam inside the factory, and met her husband and his colleagues. The woman's slightly bizarre behavior is answered, car accident, concussion, just discharged from hospital. Falling in love with a person can't be hidden, well, Corrado made me believe it for the first time, or Richard Harris' performance convinced me, eyes can't deceive people, the woman's name is Giuliana.
The story unfolds piecemeal, and the noise finally disappears. Giuliana's disease should not be cured, or she accidentally developed a low-grade fever, she said that she dreamed that she was sinking in quicksand, without end, her husband Ugo didn't seem to care that much, soothing hug, blurred background It's a mix of blue and yellow, not the background of their home, the paradoxical background music.
Corrado learned in a few words from Ugo that Giuliana was going to open a small shop. He went to the door, hesitated in front of the door, and after pushing the door, he quickly went out and walked a short distance to the side, wanting to dodge but not wanting to dodge. Then it was discovered that he used a lie as an excuse to explain his intention and said it was a lie on the spot. The woman didn't seem to care what he said. She walked into the store and tried several colors of paint on the walls. She said that she should choose green as the wall and blue as the ceiling, simulating nature, which should not affect the sales of the products, although she didn't know what to buy. . Her language was always so nonsense, but Corrado kept going, and sometimes she didn't even seem to be able to tell if Corrado was answering her. Corrado said he has been to many places and never wanted to stay somewhere forever. The street where the shop is located has no traffic, but there are mobile shops that buy things. The things you buy are gray, and the utensils you use to take things are also gray.
Giuliana and Corrado's contacts became close. She should accompany him on the way to find potential employees. During this period, she repeated the story of sinking in the desert, but the protagonist of the story was not her, but her in the hospital. At that time, the patient, the girl had no husband and no son. She seemed to know the man he was looking for, but was rejected anyway.
Afterwards, the three of them swim together. It seems that it cannot be called a 'tour'. The places they go are not green mountains and green waters, but polluted rivers. In winter, it is chilling. Ugo seems to have sensed Corrado's special feeling for Giuliana, but , he didn't care that much. Giuliana asked Corrade if it was right or left, and Corrados responded with a long, speech-like answer. After that, I met my friend again, and they rested in their friend's hut by the sea, with the sound of the whistle and the waves as the background. The hut is blue, and there is also a red space that is similar to a camp. Six people huddle together, and the atmosphere is ambiguous. Giuliana still didn't answer, but no one cared, and Quan was drunk. She looked at the unclear sea outside the window, like muttering to herself, he was still responding 'what your eyes should look isn't the same as what my life should live', he seemed to be able to understand that this is not yet Woman recovering from concussion. The leisure time in the house ended with the mooring of an infected ship outside the house, or when the woman's madness said she was going to leave.
The story after that was even less of a story. Ugo was going on a business trip for a few days, and Giuliana helped pack up. Then in the blink of an eye Giuliana and Corrado were on the ship again, talking about what to bring with them if they were leaving a place. Corrado said he shouldn't be able to bring much, Giuliana said she should bring everything, including Corrado, because he was part of her routine, and she said it would be nice if Ugo could understand her like Corrado. Corrado said the girl was none other than her, and the man who happened to know that day was not a neighbor but a patient. Corrado and Giuliana got off the steamer and boarded a small boat, supposedly heading back to the city.
Corrado gathers people going abroad. Giuliana's son seemed to be unable to stand up again. She began to think it was an excuse not to go to kindergarten, but this time it seemed too disguised. Yesterday's story, the story happened on a small island far away from people. A girl often went there. The sky is blue, the summer sun is there, the sea is clear, the beach is pink, and there are boats approaching and rational. The song at the beginning sounded again, the wind was calm, the song was not so demagogic, but it reminded me of siren's song for no reason. Giuliana left for a short time, and when he returned to his son's room, he found that he could stand up again.
She hurried to find Corrado, but she forgot his name for a while, and it took a long time to remember. Another long monologue with little clue, Corrado listened patiently to her and calmed her down. After that, she went to the shop that was still being renovated. She said that Corrado didn't know her either. Corrado didn't have so much patience this time and left, although he hesitated for a while after walking out the door. Giuliana went to the pier alone again, preparing to board the moored ship. The crew was foreigners, and the language barrier did not make her temporary escape plan successful.
She wore the green coat again and walked with her son.
Fragmented language and plot. A picture of perpetual fog. I don't see loneliness, I don't see alienation, but there is some indifference, pollution to the extent that it really exists, maybe there is love or short-lived passion. Crazy woman, screeching noise. So I don't know what it wants to express. The last movie was "Ass Batsa". I should probably watch movies according to the director's chronology instead of buying movie tickets based on the theater screenings. Or maybe I'll have a new understanding when I'm too crazy to hold back my suicidal desires.
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