Italy in the 1960s, in this industrial city, there was a lot of smoke, a woman restless all day, but her husband was indifferent to such a beautiful wife!
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Antonioni by the color of the characters' inner to the outer, explore their spiritual world, therefore, the film is known as the world's first color film in the true sense, the director can be described as the function of indicating the use of color to the extreme, each frame The picture is like an oil painting, with reasonable composition and profound meaning. Industrial products not only cause environmental pollution, but also make people's spiritual needs ignored and suppressed.
Red is warm, like boiling blood, like a sizzling flame, but in the film there are cool colors that can be seen everywhere. The heroine’s husband Ugo’s factory is dim gray, the stairs in the house are melancholy blue, and the shop. The inner wall of the hotel is dark purple, only the railing at the bedside of the hotel is gorgeous red, and this warm and cold tone also metaphors the character of the character and the social environment.
The heroine Giulina is a contradictory woman. Her inner desires constantly collide with real life. This contradiction can be divided into two levels. At a shallow level, she rejects the noise of machines and hates the heavy smoke of people. , The industry had a bad influence on her life, but she had to live in this world, even if she opened a small shop on a remote street corner, it was impossible to get rid of the noise and smoke.
At a deeper level, while people in industrial society are getting material things, they throw away precious emotions such as love and family affection. Giulina has a lot of things, has a husband, and has a son, but she is not satisfied and even less happy. Is it because she is too greedy and indifferent? No, this is a kind of misplaced love. What does it mean? For example, when I was a child, my father worked hard and could only see each other once in a month . My father went home every time All bring expensive toys and continue to work. The child may be happy for a while, but this happiness is fleeting and very empty, because material abundance does not bring spiritual satisfaction, and money cannot be completely equated with happiness.
Therefore, even though Julia possesses a lot of "materials", she is abnormally "scarce" on the spiritual level . Her husband satirized her for opening a commissary and did not respect her. Her son teased her with a broken leg and made her worry that her family could not support spiritually. Instead, she brought infinite pain to her, so instead, she could only seek comfort from outsiders, and her lover Corrado played this role.
In the first half of the film, Corrado was kind. She comforted Giulina. She even said that the two had the same illness, had similar difficulties, and lacked the goal of life. They were "patients". Therefore, he gave Zhu Leah supported him, Julia completely trusted him, so she told him the pain and even told him the secret. The two stood on the side of the mist, accompanied each other and struggled together. If so, the cruelty of the red desert would be reduced. Halfway through, so Antonioni sublimated the plot.
This plot appears in the second half of the film. Giulina has a relationship with Corrado. The dark purple on the bedside turns to pale pink. Pink is passion, ambiguity, and a spiritual temptation. But Giuliana Was Na's soul comforted ? No, on the contrary, her soul was destroyed again. Cordola was part of the industrial society. He was wearing a brown coat, black leather shoes, and a brown tie. Most of the time, he was spying on Giulina’s body, and the conversation was just a means of approaching. After he got it, he left, leaving behind the desperate Giulina, running wildly in the red desert, not knowing where to go. , The helplessness and loneliness of the individual highlight the sad atmosphere of the film, and it is the deep meaning of the film to use the individual to question social illnesses.
There are also two important reds in the film. One is in a blue house by the sea. A group of people are chatting on the bed. After that, everyone removes the red wall panels and throws them into the fire. Desire burns to ashes. People They do not want to have emotions, they avoid and ignore human sentiments, and the indifference of industrial society is at a glance. There is a detail. Giulina said to everyone: "I want to have sex." Everyone laughed, and her husband gave her a mocking smile. However, he flirted with other women himself. This is a typical act of suppressing women. It can be seen that in the industrial society of the 1960s, the status of women was not high, but Giulina’s cry foreshadowed that feminist ideas began to sprout, and the feminist movement was surging.
The other is the pink bay. The little girl was swimming happily in the sea. She found a white sailing ship in the distance, but it floated away before the ship approached. This ship is an adult’s world. There, she needs to interact with Interpersonal. But the little girl is nostalgic and mature late, and the fun of running on the beach remains in her memory. Even if she grows up to marry and have children, she still retains that innocence in her heart . Therefore, the inner independence and the demand for foreign objects are a contradiction. On the one hand, Wanting personality independence, on the other hand, she needs help from others. This contradiction suffocates her, makes her mad, and makes her at a loss. Therefore, she must learn to love others or something, husband and son, and even puppies. , Let the mind be peaceful, let the inner and the outside coexist.
The film has a loop-like structure. The music and the picture echo from the beginning to the end, and singing sounds. Giulina wears the hopeful green dress at the beginning of the film, holding her son's hand and walking through the factory. The son asks: "That kind of smoke is yellow. Yes, then, if a little bird flies over there, it will die. She replied: "Now the little birds know that they will never fly over there again." This is a compromise of her life. , Is also a fusion of inside and outside, she began to adapt to this world full of smoke and dust, so as to make her heart more comfortable.
The development of science and technology will naturally make traditional people feel uncomfortable. Smoke will hardly not affect the environment. However, science and technology must advance and society must develop. Humans must continue to survive. They cannot complain about the environment or escape emotions. They must face and solve problems. , In order to get out of the predicament and live happily.
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Review|Yian Editor|Ru Guo
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