For films about anti-domestic violence, I personally prefer the name "Family War" translated from the Taiwan version. Domestic violence has always been a very sensitive social topic. This film is very cleverly shot, and it takes up to half an hour at the beginning. The court negotiation explained the background of the story. The contrast between the mother who is restless and a little embarrassed and the father who is calm and polite makes people think that the story will have a big reversal at the end. The calm and negotiation at the beginning of the film is in stark contrast to the chaotic gun chase at the end of the film. The story begins in calm and rationality, and ends in out of control and trembling.
1. Long lens
Movies are very good at using long takes, many of which are one-shot or lasting more than 10 minutes, which can better bring the audience into the mood. The element of suspense in the film does not rely on fast, intense editing, but through constant attention, constant follow-up. What impressed me the most was a performance of Julian and his father in the car. The camera gave a large section of the close-up of Julian's chest above, which vividly showed Julian's nervousness and fear, which was able to arouse the emotions of the audience. And especially his repressed, crying or screaming expression becomes an important tension in the film. The director is well aware of this, and the camera keeps bringing back his chest, as if it became the gravitational core of the image in the film: the camera uses his chest as the gravitational field; and no matter where it is thrown outward, it must always be held by this center of gravity. to pull it back.
2. Narrative style
The narrative style of the film review adopts a blank style, which gives the audience enough room for imagination. For example, the scene of my sister crying after using a pregnancy test stick in the toilet, there is no clear result here, whether there is a pregnant sister may cry out, this place understanding is a matter of opinion. This place also whetted the appetite of the audience. Can make people think more.
The film changed the conventional narrative mode, and drew a series of stories from the battle for the custody of the children. The seemingly normal behavior of the child's father made me think that the reversal of the ending was that the father did not love the child at all, and just wanted to use this to save his wife.
3. Feeling
When watching the last part of the movie, the biggest feeling was why the wife didn't choose to call the police when the husband knocked on the door in the middle of the night, but only remembered to call the police when the other party broke in with a gun. Perhaps it was a fluke. In the film, the mother said to her son, "Don't worry, he will leave if he has enough trouble." . . After watching the movie and checking the information, I saw that "In China, women choose to report to the police after the 35th time they have suffered domestic violence." Maybe it is because of family environment, social environment, personal character, etc. that make women choose again and again Tolerance, but I always believe that there are only 0 and countless times of domestic violence. Many things are bound to get worse once they are done.
The long-shot narrative and editing without too much polish is cool
Lines:
The harm caused by domestic violence is never one time.
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