The terrible "Last Subway"

Americo 2022-01-16 08:02:17

The relationship between this movie and me is quite long. My friend bought me this disc "The Last Subway" when I was in college, and I kept it on without watching it. After I worked for almost two years, I bought another one by the way when I went home for my personal affairs. I don't remember having such a disc long ago. Late works by Truffaut. It's really unsatisfactory. This morning I watched and wandered off. The passage is very simple. Regarding the Jews of World War II, regarding love, if someone likes Truffau so much, we can still get involved in human nature, of course it is completely unnecessary. Truffaut's return to "quality" in his later years seemed to follow a normal law. He is not a fighter, but a director. Just like our evaluation of Godard, we should call him a fighter. Godard's energy is always full, and his bones are boiling. He belongs to the form of confrontation. Therefore, the separation of the five new wave generals is also the inevitable result of everyone's pursuit of differences. Truffau once said that there are no good or bad movies, only good and bad directors, but he really defended his "The Last Subway". I don't like this movie, it's pale and weak, and the plot is procrastinated, so I can't watch it anymore.

I have translated the movie about Truffaut before. It seems that Truffaut was only more rebellious when he was young, and would eventually return to the embrace of his "family".

In contrast, after I underestimated Bresson’s films, I found that a director’s persistence is sometimes a personality. The Bresson I learned through "Pickpocket" and "Money" is definitely better than Sina. The tide goes further. Of course, because of this, Bresson was highly praised by the five generals at that time. Bresson’s films are full of film-like alienation, and his capture of the character’s emotions is also very precise and precise. He actually has a desire to control the actors. This is what I felt in the interview with the "Pickpocket" actors, but he tried his best to turn this control into a kind of guidance. "Money" is a work in 1983, but it has more personal awareness and a keen sense of society than "The Last Subway" produced in the 1980s.

I watched some other left-bank movies during the New Wave period, such as Hou Mai’s "Shuangshu Adventure" and "Marquise"; Louis Mahler’s "Elevator to the Death Penalty", "Black Moon", "Curious After "Heart", I think sometimes we really magical some people such as the return to the traditional Truffau and the sharp-edged Godard. Another example is Alan Renai's "Smoking No Smoking", which is a bit like the big feet of a prince's wife. I really want to see his "Last year in Marion Bad".

So Truffaut's distinction between good and bad directors is really a bit of a mystery. Film is the essence. After the director has finished shooting the film, he becomes a background of the film. The director should be seen from the film. From that sentence, it can be seen that Truffau was so arrogant when he was young. His black and white work "Shoot the Pianist" is even more personal. One was made in 1980 and the other was made in 1960. Obviously, the expressive power of the pianist in 60 years is greater than the desolation of the last subway train. The big-headed and short pianist is more able to confuse and attract the audience than the famous big-nosed love saint, while recounting the pianist’s suspicious life experiences, and the pianist’s existential inner monologue. It also highlights the innovation of art in France at that time-because most of the new forms are actually cleverly different assembly of the old things. The inner monologue is like this. It is not new at all, but it is particularly interesting in shooting the pianist. , This taciturn, shy pianist's perplexity in life, the calmness of his inner monologue, which is really not too much, makes people feel hopeless that he can't get rid of. However, "The Last Subway" does not have these powerful cinematic expressions. I don't know if there are any memorable scenes in this 80 movie. The plot is too stylized to attract me. Yes, the new wave has passed. The two bad guys who shot the pianist intercepted the pianist and his girlfriend joking in the car, blurring the distinction between good and bad, and adding black humor to the absurdity no longer exists—— Fortunately, Quentin inherited well.

Maybe I shouldn't say so much, because I haven't finished watching the movie yet. What's bad is that from the beginning I was tired of "reading". Obviously, this movie "The Last Subway" was declared dead to me.

Another: I watched Almodovar's "Bad Education" last night and it was absolutely great. Almodovar's grasp of the character's character and the serial narrative method that forms his own style are like a light and humorous little magic. In view of the fact that I haven't read many of his movies, I still recommend the ones I have watched and feel very good: "Say to Her" and "My Mother". But I don't like "Tie Me, Tie Me".

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The Last Metro quotes

  • Marion Steiner: I'm simply exhausted.

    Lucas Steiner: So make yourself comfortable.

    Marion Steiner: No, I want to sleep at home, at the hotel. I'll go home.

    Lucas Steiner: So you're deserting the conjugal cave?

  • Jacquôt: There are the Boches.

    Raymond Boursier: Yes.

    Jacquôt: The Heinies.

    Raymond Boursier: Yes.

    Jacquôt: The Krauts, the Jerries. I don't remember the other one.

    Raymond Boursier: You forgot the Beetles.

    Jacquôt: That's right, the Beetles.