Went to a movie salon and put this movie on. In fact, I didn't fully understand the director's intention, but I vaguely felt that the protagonist's poetry, love, and meaning of life (family, political revolution, love for little boys, etc.) of confusion.
I also found the interpretations of several friends in the salon to be very good. I will summarize it based on my own understanding:
Summarizing the mood of the entire film, its overall mood is tragic, presenting a kind of post-historical mourning - both in terms of combining the director's background with left-wing identity and the political upheaval of the 1990s, and the protagonist's life Looking back on this life at the end of the day, there is a meaningful sense of poetry and satisfaction, but it is also filled with a sense of loneliness and loss .
A few of the details that everyone talked about include:
Understanding of the title "Eternity and One Day". Sha You thinks that the meaning of "how long will tomorrow last, one more day than eternity" appearing at the end of the play means that today is eternity, and there is only one day tomorrow. In fact, it means that the protagonist looks back on his life on this last day. He lives in the present, instead of putting what he has to do tomorrow. If you put it on tomorrow, it will only be one day, and if you do it today, it will be forever. However, this interpretation is a bit like what Sha You added based on his own experience. Personally, I have not seen the movie trying to guide an answer-style "meaning of life", but only an expression of reviewing his own life.
Views on long lenses. There was a fierce debate here in the salon. A believes that there are many kinds of movies, one of which is a straightforward "there is tension on the surface, but there is tension inside", while the other is restrained and introverted, "the surface is very calm, There is tension inside." And A thinks that the director seems to want to achieve the second state in the first half, but the filming is "very calm on the surface and calm inside, but the audience knows that the interior is not calm at this time", which means that A thinks the director did not express it through the lens "Internal unrest" is avoided, so there is room for improvement in the expression of content . On the other hand, B believes that "inner peace" itself is the purpose that the director wants to express, and the author deliberately uses an inconsistent way of content and expression here . I personally think it makes sense.
Understanding Political Metaphors. I personally feel that political metaphor is not the focus of this film, and for the director, left-wing movements occupy a lot of space in his life, so as a semi-autobiographical film, political metaphor is only a part of the film’s content to express a life review. rather than purpose .
understanding of color. I don't remember much here, probably because the color of the shots with my wife is mainly white, while the symbols of little boys, new movements, new ideas are all yellow, etc. Not observed.
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