Someone was studying Houmai, and I borrowed "Green Light" for a quick glimpse. It turns out that I have seen a lot of films introducing Master Hou, and I am very interested, but unfortunately it is very hard to find.
I really feel bored, probably I am not a pure intellectual, otherwise I should have a sense of sympathy for the film. The film tells the story of a single woman looking for the ideal love. After breaking up with an old lover, Delphine is faced with the distress of spending a holiday alone, and the film opens page by page of Delphine's vacation journey in the form of a diary.
The purpose of traveling is to relieve the loneliness of brokenheartedness and to find pure love in her heart, but no matter where she goes, she can't really relax and integrate into the circle of friends. An indescribable yearning for love goes hand in hand, but she finds the end of her search. Unforgettable loss and loneliness and depression that are out of tune with reality made her keep leaving and returning. This conflicting anxiety of expectation and disappointment, longing and fear makes Defen feel at a loss, and her several seemingly unprovoked crying is a subtle manifestation of this psychology.
While on vacation, Delfin heard a group of people talking about "green light," which can give people insight into other people's feelings and their own hearts. Delfin has always hoped to meet her true love. When she almost gave up waiting and decided to return to Paris again, she met a young man Wan Sang, a young man who looked sunny and healthy. The two seemed to resonate with each other. , and went to the beach of the resort to enjoy the sunset together. At the moment when the sun submerged under the water, the legendary rare green light appeared, and Defen cried with joy. Regarding film language, first of all, it has a documentary style, but it is different from neorealism or the rough and cold reality of Jia Zhangke and others. It can be said to be light and simple, like a TV documentary we have seen on TV. , especially many of the characters' dialogue scenes are like interviews in documentaries.
Second, the use of the lens. The pace of the film is rather slow, and the camera is always slowly wandering around the protagonist, either as she wanders alone, or as she chats casually with friends. A day (shown in the form of subtitles of months and days in the film) can basically be counted as a paragraph of the film, and often several long shots make up a paragraph.
Third, because there are many dialogues, the film mainly relies on some medium and close-up shots in the use of scenes. The camera pans slowly across several characters. What is impressive is that the few close-ups in the film are often used on objects, such as playing cards on the ground, revelations on pillars, etc.
Finally, the use of sound language. The film is interspersed with a large number of character dialogues. It is worth noting that when the dialogue between several characters is presented, the unity of sound and picture and the separation of sound and picture coexist, which expands the capacity of the picture and makes people more associates. The use of music is also quite intriguing. Whenever the violin full of agitation in loneliness plays, it is always when the heroine is walking alone (she accidentally picks up the cards twice before and after it is accompanied by music), which seems to imply that Miracles will happen in the future.
I have some doubts whether this ending is too coincidental. Has the miracle really come? Is Wan Sang really the ideal lover that Defen has been looking for? It's hard to answer. The film's abrupt end may also represent Rohmer's noncommittal attitude. 2008 movie viewing
View more about Summer reviews
