What impressed me the most was the period when I was looking for someone on the island, which was very typical. Antonioni always puts the face in the foreground, facing the audience, behind the characters are the desolate and mysterious scenery, and occasionally people who walk by with a dim look. The cover of the DVD I bought is a typical still picture with this style. The protagonist’s face is placed in front of the audience, and behind is an erupting volcano. Antonioni puts the expressions of the characters together with the space they are in. The way he handles the space makes the space a part of the character's emotions, not just as a simple story backdrop or rendering some emotional effects. His space can not only affect the emotions of people, but also create the emotions and hearts of the characters, mirroring their mental state like a mirror, and trapping the characters in it at the same time. He is constantly using natural sounds here, and natural sounds are purely self-proclaimed, without any purpose, without any direction-a bit like Bresson, but the method of use is actually very different-this kind of sound It can point out the anxiety, anxiety, hidden fear and confusion in the character's heart.
Antonioni makes the characters walk around in the space, turn around, raise their hands, speak, and make various expressions-the first time he walked into the cabin, Corrado, the old man on the same boat, took off his jacket. This was an ordinary gesture. , But there is a special feeling here, this sudden movement that disappears without explanation. Then, the owner of the cabin came and introduced the photo on the wall after a simple greeting. Not only this person disappeared, but the male protagonist in the wild met him again. This sudden appearance and disappearance of the plot brings the feeling of being right. It was what Antonioni wanted.
What Antonioni wants to find is the kind of expressions and actions that are bored and faintly disturbed but unable to act firmly in the heart, so the characters have so many inexplicable actions, or Antonioni intercepts so many random in life, Simple, energy-consuming but aimless action.
But sometimes this way of desperately pushing your face to you seems a bit deliberate and rational. Not subtle enough.
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