If "Spring Tale" gave me a preliminary understanding and good impression of Eric Rohmer's film style, then after watching "Summer Tale", a heart of admiration and reverence arises spontaneously, Totally converted to its fans. The Tao Te Ching says: "The sound of a sound is like a sound, but an elephant has no form." Art often returns to its true nature when it reaches its extremes, and it has a natural and moving charm. Rohmer's films strip away exaggerated techniques and dramatic conflicts, and use a lot of dialogue, real-life lighting, and unpretentious shots to narrate, which seems to confirm Lao Tzu's spirit of "doing nothing and doing nothing". Among the master directors that I love and admire, Kitano Takeshi is one of those who can practice this style, and now there is another Rohmer, who may be more persistent and pure than the former.
The core of "Story of Summer" is still the theme of "Story of the Four Seasons" - love. Different from "Spring Tale", the protagonists of this film are replaced by four young people. The scene is moved to Saint-Malo in the Brittany region of northwestern France. Under the breeze of the summer sea, there is a youthful turmoil. The film adopts the structure of a diary, and tells the experience of Gaspar, a young man who came to the beach for a vacation for more than ten days. While waiting for his girlfriend, he not only met two other lovely girls, but also experienced a The "game" about the choice of love includes provocation, anticipation, scorching, and relief. Although it seems bland, it is enough to make the parties "thrilling".
I have to admire Rohmer in his later years. Not only does he possess superhuman wisdom as if he has insight into the world, but he also knows how to outline various characters and the emotional relationship between them through images. Therefore, even young people (especially women) love psychology. It can also be captured so real by him. The three girls who make Gasper tangled and hesitated have completely different personalities: Lena is his current so-called girlfriend. Although Gasper is quite infatuated with her, she behaves lukewarm and has an uncertain personality. , very unpleasant. In my heart, I think of Gasper more as a friend than a boyfriend; Margot is a waitress who Gasper met in a restaurant. She has a natural personality and is very understanding. Gaspar's days of waiting for Reina filled his emptiness and loneliness in a timely manner, but Margot was very keen to find the other party's mentality and firmly maintained an appropriate distance; while the third girl, Su Lin, passed Margot Those who know each other are both lively, enthusiastic and bold, and have a great temptation to Gaspar, but Su Lian also has her own principles, such as not going to bed before confirming the relationship, and being very serious about love, never dragging its feet.
Rohmer once explained his story this way: "When a man wants to befriend a woman, he is teased by another woman. From this idea, I build my own situation, plot, ending, until the characters. character." In "Summer's Tale", the classic triangular relationship has evolved into a four-cornered relationship, which enriches the plot and makes the characters' personalities more distinct and three-dimensional.
Gasper is the "gut" of the film, all the plot revolves around his actions, but ironically, he is in a situation of waiting and passive throughout the film, Rohmer through a The series continues to deepen the character's indecision and indecision. From the very beginning, it was a helpless choice for Gaspar to come to the seaside of Saint-Malo alone, because his girlfriend Lena changed her mind temporarily and went to Spain to travel, so she had to come here alone and wait, and whether Lena will come or not is still a matter of two years. Say. Then Margot's appearance made him feel the happiness, ease and naturalness that he didn't have in his relationship with Lena. He didn't need to cover up or guess each other. Although Margot has a nominal boyfriend, it can be seen that she is interested in having The young-looking Gaspar also had a good impression. Presumably as long as Gaspar made up his mind to pursue it, Margot would not refuse, but Margot finally realized that Gasper still did not give up on Lena, and just regarded himself as a Spare tires, and thus decisively set friendship as the bottom line. Reina didn't come, and Margot stuck to the bottom line. Under the interweaving of distress and desire, Gaspar was like a beast in estrus, so when the hot Su Lian approached, why didn't he stunned? Heartbroken, not only gave Su Lian the song originally written for Leina, but even made an appointment to visit Weisong on another day—the first destination that Leina agreed to travel with.
If it continues to develop in this way, it will basically be the rhythm of Gaspar and Su Lian, but how could the old-fashioned Rohmer let Gasper get what he wanted so easily? When Reina made her debut, the story finally began to have a ripple in the dullness. With Reina's appearance, Gaspar's heart rekindled and returned to the goddess in his heart. The subsequent plots have become more and more dramatic, but Rohmer's drama is not in putting the protagonist in a conflicting perspective defined by Western drama, or in a wide range of joys and sorrows, but a very natural psychology or behavior in life. Therefore, Not at all intentional. In front of the capricious Reina, Gasper is doomed to be at the mercy of his fate, agreeing to go with him to Wesson, proposing an extension, and agreeing to change back to the previous plan, which makes Gasper follow him again and again. At a loss, I didn't know what to do, until I finally found out that I had an appointment to meet Leina and Su Lian on the same day.
However, Rohmer is a benevolent elder after all, and his criticism of characters always leaves room for rather than kills them out. When Gasper was in a dilemma, Rohmer thoughtfully handed a life-saving straw, and a phone call sent a message about second-hand music equipment, so he immediately rushed to trade. Gaspar had an idea, and decided to leave without seeing anyone, and then use this as an excuse to prevaricate. Until this moment, it can be seen that his heart is still undecided about how to choose, or that he has not figured out what kind of love he really wants. At the end of the film, the one who saw Gaspar off at the pier was Margo, who he could talk to the most but was difficult to become a lover. When the haze of love dissipated, the sunshine-like friendship seemed to be particularly precious and reliable. The parting kiss of the two contains various interpretations. It seems ambiguous and innocent, sad and relieved. In any case, it gives the audience just the right blank, which is infinitely thought-provoking.
Maybe we can make fun of Gaspar’s carelessness and hesitation, but if we think about it carefully, we also have our own shadow in him. I believe that most of us have experienced “Who do you love?”, “Who is more suitable?”, “Would you like it?” Leave a spare tire?" He hesitated. "Summer Story" is another vivid teaching material about love by Rohmer. It reflects the profound essence of the ever-changing and inseparable in plain water, and arouses our fond memories and strong resonance of youth. No matter what age group you are in, Rohmer's films can reach people's hearts.
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