The indoor drama movie is very special, the setting is simple and exquisite, the lighting is highly controllable, as if they are all shot in the studio. The shooting is very flexible, almost every shot is in motion, breaking the convention that silent films use fixed camera positions, which is an innovation in film photography. Mornau said that the camera is the "director's paintbrush," and such a "unbound camera" and the elimination of full-film subtitles are a great change in the history of world cinema. This is a simple and moving tragedy (not counting the ending words added at the end). It is about a low-level old man who was replaced and lost the uniform that symbolizes dignity to him. He had no face to see people, so he stole. The uniform is deceptive, but the wife finally sees through, the story of being unable to lift his head in life. Finally, there is a Hollywood ending that lifts the contradiction of the whole film. He became rich overnight and regained his hope in life. Of course, the previous story is enough to explain the status of this film, and the final ending is a bit like satisfying the daily fantasies of the poor. Some people say that this film is exposing the roots of the poor in the bones of the poor, but this is a realist film. Realistic films describe reality so that people can see the essence of life and gain insights from it. So I even agree that this film uses the poor people's blind worship of the uniform of the air, revealing the absurdity of reality and the nihilism and meaninglessness of worshiping authority, making people understand that this is an undesirable behavior. The opinions of neighbors and family members constitute the entire dignity of a middle-aged man, which is also a bit sad, and it is not advisable to live in the opinions of others. He is similar to "The Bicycle Thief". It is a story of the people at the bottom losing something extremely precious and losing their dignity. When it is lost, everything collapses suddenly. Efforts to retrieve it, but the realism is also there. They can never retrieve it. Even if the ending is satisfactory, the director must add a subtitle to explain in advance. I added this happy ending because I sympathized with him. And this ending is impossible in reality, remember. Mornau has filmed "Nosferatu" and "Sunrise", which made Mornau one of the world's leading director series.
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