What can you do in 69 minutes? read a book? Play a game? Change a partner or say a 180-degree life? For Finnish director Aki, 69-90 minutes is the time when his cravings have not developed. After 90 minutes, I don’t think the addiction should be described. And he, the movie as a foreplay to smoking. The man with a bit of Fassbender in appearance and stature has become Finland's most influential director with his Forever 60-minute film, and a regular at the Oscars for foreign-language films.
After "Ascension" aired, I was very impulsive to get to know him. It turns out that the length of his other works is less than 90 minutes. I have different preferences for movies. I like those films with beautiful pictures and a poetic feeling, just like the films of Anzhe or Tarkovsky. No matter how long the time is or how slow the rhythm is, I can enjoy it very much, because I know their footage can really talk to me. I also like films that are fast-paced and have a clear plot. The most unbearable movies are those movies that are deliberately stretched for a long time and cause me to fall asleep. Of course, personal analysis of personal issues. As for Aki's films, I think I like them the most during this time period. Similarly, they will also test the director's overall skills very much. In order to express a story clearly and have a chance of success, first of all, I believe that the character structure of the characters must be clear, and secondly, in addition to the breakthrough of the shooting method, there must also be a time-fixed point (meaning that It is said that the audience can call the feeling of about 60 minutes as full as 2 hours, which can also prove the attractiveness of the film).
Looking back at "Ascension", the director put our attention on a man whose work and life were unsatisfactory. He did not let the actor show all his misfortunes with his expressions, a little unruly, a little brave , a little luck, and a little hope slowly tell us over time the process of this man's departure from Finland. There are a lot of very attractive ideas in it, and I really don't know what a "liftoff" is until the end. Finland has always given me a very independent and comfortable feeling. At least many people around me want to immigrate there. It's just that every day from any angle of the earth, there are people who want to go, and people who want to enter. "The difference between humans and animals is that humans can make choices" --- Quoting a line from "East of Eden". To be honest, "Ascension" is very dark and humorous, and now I'm really looking forward to Aki's other films, especially "The Man Without a Past", which is competing for the best foreign language film at the Oscars.
Recently I found a lot of short stories, and my mood is a bit surging. Long and short, smoking addiction and milk tea addiction, the reason should be similar.
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