1. Presenting the current landscape of society
It can be seen that Antonioni has a desire to borrow and record some of the "spectacles" of the current society. The quarrels of stock exchanges in the Colosseum, the wonders of the companions going to Africa, a bird’s eye view of the ancient city of Rome, and the laughter of drunk men drowning in cars and crowds... When recording these, it also shows the empty nature of life. significance. There is also the alienation and indifference of social relations.
2. Uncommunicable love
For a female protagonist, love is boring, separation is painful, and in the chaos and contradiction of an ambiguous relationship, but she cannot completely reject the need for the opposite sex. This does not refer to individual or simple sexual satisfaction, it seems to be for the satisfaction of one. This kind of social collective recognition. This alienated communication and intermittent passionate ups and downs let the audience gradually enter the emptiness of the heroine.
3. At the end of the sky
The ten-minute airspace at the end does not seem to be Antonioni’s intention to show the two missed the appointment. Although there is a reason for this kind of speculation, in fact, the streets, vehicles, buildings, and people shown at the end, with perspectives and close-ups, are more like one. Kind of interpretation attempt. Unlike Hou Xiaoxian’s dissolution of the protagonist in the background, Antonioni is interpreting these so-called backgrounds. He wanted to use the lens to zoom in on this concrete act to try to explore the relationship, structure, and emotions of modern society, but to no avail. . People have learned to hide in modern life and the superficial communication, and walked hurriedly, leaving only a small wooden stick floating on the water...
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