La Notte (1961) This
film won the Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin Film Festival in 1961.
The film tells the story of a middle-class couple in one day. The hero and heroine are a couple, and the two come to visit the hero's friend who is in hospital. The heroine in the visit can't bear this kind of pain, so she leaves first. Afterwards, the lone actor was seduced by the woman in the next room when he left. The nurse interrupted them when they were making each other. Later, the two came to the bookstore, and the actor promoted his work. The heroine still feels bored, leaving alone to wander in the street, and return to the place where the heroine and heroine were just married. The heroine returned home and found that the heroine was not there, and waited until the evening to finally wait until she came back. After the heroine took a shower, the two left again according to the heroine's proposal and went to the nightclub. After not staying for long, the heroine decided to go to the friend's house proposed by the hero earlier, so they came to this mansion, which was full of guests at this time. As a result, the hero and heroine respectively wandered around the mansion and chatted with others. The heroine wandered alone when it suddenly rained heavily, and a man took her into the car and left the mansion. The man wanted to make affection with the heroine, but was rejected by the heroine. The protagonist in the mansion had a fierce fight with the daughter of the mansion owner. They were together when it rained and when the power went out, but the two called when they wanted to have sex, and then the heroine was sent back by the man. However, the heroine saw the hero kiss the woman. At dawn, the hero and heroine left. The two sat on the ground next to the mansion and chatted for a while. The heroine read a text written by the hero. In the end, although the heroine said that he no longer loves the hero, the two still kissed the ground.
This movie made me miserable. why? Because it is so boring, I finished it after watching it for four days! It's been a long time since I saw such an "ugly" movie. The art film is so subtle, depressing, and it makes people look at it at a loss, it can be regarded as "unprecedented"!
Although the theme of this movie is not deep, it is very cryptic. Through the film's story process, character dialogue, and street scenes, it shows the differences between the modern Italian society and the past, as well as the blurring of modern people. To put it simply, it is the word "change" and the word "fake". "Change" means the change in the material world and spiritual world of Italian society. "Fake" is the fake model and false affection between husband and wife and family. . Hey, it's not easy for Michelangelo Antonioni. In order to show that these contents make the movie so boring and boring, there is no second person in the world! In addition, compared with the movie "Red Desert" which is also directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, they are equally boring!
Not much to say about the filming, there are many articles on the Internet that analyze in detail Michelangelo Antonioni's unique use of shots and images, and how to make them serve the characters and themes. I just want to say that as a general audience, we need a movie that we can understand, not a "dynamic picture" that needs other people to explain! Although some films will cause people to think, it is obvious that this film will not cause people with high IQs and lack of knowledge of movies to think. In a word, the director is too ego, thinking that the general public can understand the film, he overestimates ordinary people.
I don’t say much about other aspects of the movie, but the movie took nearly two hours to show the story of a night, and it is almost approaching the limit of time! I guess it can shoot for four hours if the director wants it! In addition, the ending heroine read a very gorgeous letter, and I can see that Italian can still express rich emotions. I feel at least better than English.
The actors are very familiar, because most of them are queen actors of famous Italian directors. The actor Marcello Mastroianni is very familiar. After checking the information, it turns out that he is the actor of "Eight and a half". He looks so handsome! One of the heroines is Monica Vitti, the heroine of "Red Desert", who is still beautiful in the film. Another heroine, Jeanne Moreau, is also pretty, but she looks very old in the film, but she is not a few years older than Monica Vitti! The other actors are real casts, and they are all the roles of extras.
in conclusion. This is a ugly movie. There is no main plot, but fragmented fragments. Although the theme of the film is worth thinking about, it is not suitable for appreciation. Therefore, I came to a conclusion: Italian art films cannot be watched!
Jeanne Moreau
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2013-05-18
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