Lone artist

Juliet 2022-01-12 08:01:33

From the perspective of modern people, the heroine is always a green tea bitch, without any growth in the film. Unlike commercial films, the director does not pursue a "shuangwen" style of expression, but gives the protagonist a personality, let him move with a certain natural frequency and "willfully" break through the boundaries of space and promote the development of the event. The protagonist’s behavior seems naive, but combined with his thoughtful (sullen) state, the contrast in the film (decision to the former fiancé, dancing African dance, and welcoming the male protagonist) expresses the content . After the heroine broke up, she can go to her mother and her girlfriend (but she was scolded by her girlfriend because of the African dance). If her mother lost money in the stock market and was in a bad mood, she could still make a new boyfriend... When thinking, it is either boring or catching emmm... the heroine's willfulness runs through.

Opening the curtains hints at the heroine’s desire for new love

Simple hints (there is another paragraph afterwards: the child ran over, the ex-boyfriend touched it, and the hostess walked straight away)

The director's portrayal of the social environment is also trivial. The hustle and bustle of the stock market was interrupted by news of the death for a while, and the chaos and chaos resumed. Everyone was happy to win, but they complained to each other when they lost. I thought that the world of love could be completely silent, but no one would have thought that even if the heroine Alan Delon was on the opposite side, she would “unbearable” to start... Then there was nothing to do to go to the tavern and chat with a man, and the hostess said, "Forget it, I Tired" (huh, false high).

Silence in stock market

The heroine who dare not strike up a conversation

The director constantly uses the space between the image and the character to express the constraints brought by modern society and the imprisonment of thoughts. The male protagonist is forced to run around because of life, and the female protagonist whose main profession is translation has become an important carrier for the director's expression.

I have to admire the director’s description of the space. The seemingly cumbersome multi-camera can express a complete story in a very short time. In a recent film, I found that the first ten minutes of the film seemed to serve as a summary of the full text. Unlike other art forms that take time as an independent variable, the general direction of the story line can be basically estimated from the first ten minutes of the movie. Although this way of expression sacrifices drama and gradually declines in the 21st century, I still think that the use is relatively simple The structure of the drama (total score) can help the expression of values, just like a model essay, there is no new idea, but it is understandable.

Crying face in the mirror

Exciting kisses through the window

"Binding" (no disease moaning)

Dazhuzi (also hints at the not-so-optimistic relationship between the two)

There are also many images such as the big pillars of the exchange, the iron net, and so on. But in general, this is a plain story. At the end of the film, the director arranged water spray guns (fear of war), current affairs newspapers (the Cuban missile crisis in 1962), street lights (rapid music), etc., which also reflected the director's concerns about the world situation. Every time I see European films in the 1950s and 1960s, American (bar, jazz, Coca-Cola) and immigrant elements can’t help but sigh: The warnings of art creators to the public still cannot stop the torrent of history, and Europe may not be able to lead today. The next movie trend is here. Our history will be analyzed by later generations in a few decades, hoping to give a hopeful "hint" to the future.

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L'Eclisse quotes

  • Vittoria: Why do we ask so many questions? Two people shouldn't know each other too well if they want to fall in love. But, then, maybe they shouldn't fall in love at all.

  • Vittoria: As long as we were in love, we understood each other. There was nothing to understand.