I think that the film works of the father and daughter are worth watching together. The aura is very different from the story structure. At least one can intuitively draw a superficial conclusion: female artists tend to express more personal emotions, while male artists do. Longer than expressing important historical themes or political content.
The old Coppola is still alive, but he has stopped making movies. Sophia Coppola is in his prime of life. He won the best film at the Venice Film Festival with a film that resembles "Lost in Tokyo". The film is called "Somewhere ". Using the term prime of life to describe a woman seems to be slightly wrong, not that women have no prime of life, but a word of "strong", which is slightly masculine. From "Lost in Tokyo" to "Somewhere", all are from a female perspective, unique observation, consistent, gentle style, scattered structure, and feminine. If the old Coppola's movies are likened to a big novel, the younger Coppola's works are like good prose. I don’t know what words and attitudes Westerners use to describe the father and daughter. I have to guess secretly. I guess, since the beginning of filmmaking, Coppola wanted to be a "great" director, so his works were domineering. , Resolute and generous. And Sophia Coppola does not matter whether he is great or not. This is because of the difference between men and women, and also because Sophia Coppola has been standing next to the giant since birth.
I don’t want to be a great artist. The biggest advantage is that I don’t have to express too much in one work. (Many movies often give me too much thought and too much feeling to express, and the result is the famous saying "more is confused") There is no baggage to be happy and chic. It is true that Sofia Coppola is chic. The new film "Somewhere" is so cool, it's too much like "Lost in Tokyo". There is no need to blame, there is no need to cite examples of success that remain unchanged and respond to changes; there are more and more examples of failures due to changes, such as Luc Besson. Click to the end, continue to talk about "Somewhere". Same as "Lost in Tokyo", the main scene is still a hotel, with a male protagonist who is extremely empty at heart. They either stay in the hotel or deal with various social activities. The protagonist of "Somewhere" is Johnny, a successful Hollywood actor. In the process of recovering from boredom, his 12-year-old daughter came to visit him. His daughter's arrival gave him a sustenance in his life. He took his daughter to school, played ball with her daughter, and played game consoles. His daughter cooked breakfast for his father and accompanied his father to the awards party. Most of the time in the film is the happy life of Johnny and his daughter. There are no big waves in the story, the calm narrative, and the enviable life of the father and daughter are enough to make the audience sigh with emotion. After that, the daughter was sent away and probably went to the mother's place. Johnny returned to the hotel and returned to emptiness and loneliness, but soon he quit the hotel and went on the road alone, ending with a big question mark, where to go, I don't know.
This is the same as making a movie. The future is always unknown, but what is known is that you should stick to something that remains the same and keep shooting. The ancient Chinese said that this is called "Holding Chong Shouyi". Sophia Coppola, as long as it remains the same, she will eventually become a great female director.
(Published in "100 Days of Holiday" on February 25)
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