The story of [雁南飞] may not be fascinating, especially after watching [Song of Soldiers] and watch this movie, you will even feel a kind of unspeakable depression. [Song of Soldiers] is the kind of movie that is happy and exciting to watch, which touches people's hearts with the smoothness of narrative and the purity of connotation, while [雁南飞] does not have the pleasure of the story itself, it is more of a poetic conquest of images audience.
[Yan Nanfei]'s lens is very flexible and has a strong visual impact. Many pictures alone will be great photographs. For example, at the beginning of the film, the scene showing Veronica's rejection of Mark: Because of the lack of ability to do this, Boris asked Mark to go to Veronica instead of him for a date, but Mark took the opportunity to tease Veronica. Veronica shook off Mark's hand resolutely and left in disgust. Mark leaned against the wall thoughtfully, watching her go further and further. At this time, the lens is unconventional and suddenly stretched high. When viewing this scene from a bird's-eye perspective, the static and movement on the screen makes the character's rejection and distance performance extremely vivid, and the black and white contrast of light and shadow is also very strong and full of tension. , There is a clear expression of the relationship between two people, even foreseeing, and laid the groundwork for it.
The other is probably the most familiar lens application that domestic directors are most familiar with appeared before Boris’s death. It was a set of rotating subjective shots. At that time, Boris was shot suddenly in a birch forest. He fell to the sky. At this moment, the sky in his eyes , The branches and the beautiful moments in his mind (such as the scene of him chasing and frolicking on the spiral staircase) in his mind. This naturally expresses Boris's nostalgia for life and love. This famous dissolve later became one of the lens applications that has been the most referenced by domestic films. But the most mysterious shot of the film is actually not here, but the set of shots used to show Veronica running towards the train in a crazy state. In my opinion, it is enough to match the most famous one at the end of [四百下] Long shots are comparable. Veronica rushed into the heavy snow, the camera paralleled her movement, and the speed was very fast. Black branches appeared between the camera and the character without any shy. At the same time, the distance between the character and the lens was also very free. The feeling of tension, breathing, and dizziness forced the audience and Veronica to experience the uncontrollable state of soul struggle before death. From the perspective of the times, the vivid changes of this group of lenses are surprising. It is already very avant-garde, with strong experimental colors and traces of momentary inspiration from the creator.
Mature and flexible photography is one of the foundations of a film's success. It can activate the soul of a film. [雁南飞] is obviously a very typical example. However, it is obviously not enough for a movie to have only superb skills. The reason why [雁南飞] can become an excellent movie recognized by one era and accepted by another era, its expressive power in other aspects is also quite powerful. . This film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1958. It seems that it can not only impress citizens of socialist countries, it has even surpassed political barriers in some subtle areas. This is a very interesting topic. We
Let’s try to deconstruct it one or two: Cannes’s recognition of films can be discussed in two ways. First, Cannes itself has always had a preference for technology. Many films that have won Palme d’Or have had a revolutionary impact on film technology. movie of. For example, the condensed control of the Coen brothers, the high saturation of [Farewell My Concubine], the technique of oil painting in [Piano Lesson], and the flickering of Wang Jiawei’s lens is still unfinished, and [雁南飞] is that era. The use of film lenses has a certain revolutionary significance and innovative spirit, which can be regarded as one of the reasons Cannes loves it. The second is the theme of the film’s trans-epoch. [Song of Soldiers] can still make people’s blood boil today, but as a whole it has not been able to surpass the basic functions of Soviet films at the time, that is, praise or praise. Criticism is a dualistic thinking model that is not eulogizing, that is, critical. Although [雁南飞]'s strengthening of the era at the end is an obvious compromise to the direction of the wind, which is very inconsistent with the inner tone of the whole film, but in addition, it uses more space to "very boldly" in its performance. What is actually contrary to the trend of the times, that is, the human nature that we often hear nowadays. The center of the film is Veronica's choice of emotions and soul struggle when making choices. This character is no longer a perfect "positive hero", she is more specific and more real. She has a vanity side, a cowardly side, compromises with fate, and vacillates with pressure. In a word, she is a full-blooded person. Just like the "high, big, complete" that appeared in domestic literary works in a special period The phenomenon is the same. For a long time, Soviet films have also consciously and unconsciously created political propaganda films under high pressure. This monotony of creative ideas will inevitably lead to the gradual degradation of the artistic charm of the works. In this sense, [雁南Fly] appeared very timely. After the film was released, it caused fierce controversy in the domestic art world, but the audience basically welcomed the film.
The depiction of a person’s emotional ups and downs is a strength of Russian movies, which can be easily achieved through the flow of events, while [雁南飞] goes against the narrative strengths of Russian movies and has done a great job in expressing techniques and showing the fluctuations of the characters’ souls. The article is a transcendence to the times.
In terms of actors, I personally think that the director Karatozov’s selection of actress Tagyana Samoylova was very successful, and she greatly increased the visibility of the film.
[Yan Nanfei] The name is very good and beautiful.
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