In addition to the Turin Horse, the second favorite Bellatar movie! ~
I like to use the whale circus that suddenly appeared in the town as a metaphor for the sudden onset of war. Mystery, the elements of the universe are the subject of interest to me. The giant whale feels like a doomsday element, a very absurd existence, through which it tells the inner complexity of the crowd. The prince who has never seen it feels like a very nihilistic thing, but people will unconsciously be willing to be dominated and follow blindly.
Bellatar's overall film language is relatively calm, and the camera moves smoothly. What's interesting is that I feel that his films are full of eternal feeling. Some monotonous symbols, close-ups of vertical stripes of large vehicles, long shots of walking all the time, neat footsteps are full of lines and timelessness.
And the black and white photography and framing inside are great. The lonely silhouettes of street figures, the composition of the frame, the visual proportions of black and white, especially in the hospital, the naked old man is in a white picture, and the people around are black. , It feels particularly beautiful. Then the soundtrack is also very poignant and pitiful, and it always appears in several important climaxes every time. Even the last scene is full of epic and brings a lot of aftertaste.
The whale saw all this through its eyes coldly. I feel that the whale is like a way that the creator sends down to warn the world, making everyone feel scared, because they are afraid that people will keep thinking. The movie has a lot of intentions, it's worth the second brush!
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