In the "kingdom" of light and shadow constructed by Wes Anderson, there are beautiful fairy tale scenes, unconventional shots and editing, and "dog blood" but creative stories. The director is poetic, humorous and slightly melancholic. In the language of the movie, a romantic "elopement" journey is shown in front of the audience.
Possibly, the infinite remembrance of childhood and the complete despair of the adult world are the most natural genes of every person who takes movies seriously...
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[About the story]
The story of the film took place on a small island far from land in New England in 1965. Two twelve-year-old boys fell in love and planned to elope together. But the authorities on this small island could not watch the two children go astray. They (including the girl's parents) began a protracted search. At the same time, an unprecedented storm is about to hit, and the entire island is turned upside down...-
According to the data, the script of "Moonrise Kingdom" was co-sponsored by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola. Once collaborated on the script of "Crossing Darjeeling". Roman Coppola is also a member of the Coppola family and has participated in the production of a number of films made by members of the Coppola family, including "The Four Hundred Years of Dracula", "Lost in Tokyo", and "The Peerless Queen" ", "Tetro", etc. The film is produced by Scott Rudin. He and Wes Anderson have collaborated on "Life in the Water", "Crossing Darjeeling", "The Great Fox Papa" and other films.
——From the story alone, "Yuesheng Kingdom" is not only clichéd, but also full of blood. The two ignorant teenagers who fell in love with each other, the broken family life, the elopement plan, and the fairy tale ending are all leftovers from countless movies, but these are the elements in the light and shadow of director Wes Anderson. Under the "processing" of the magic hand, it has become full of new ideas.
1. The "symmetrical" structure of the circular characters is
just like the last "half bay" shot of "Moonrise Kingdom". A form of semicircle mirrors and contrasts each other, thus forming a perfect circle, a "symmetrical" structural relationship of beautiful characters, the following analysis:
boy Sam, family background: no father and no mother (family happy when parents are ), personality: optimistic;
girl Susie, family background: parents alive (marital relationship exists in name only), personality: depressed and unhappy.
——From the family and character of the 12-year-old heroine and heroine, we can see that director Wes Anderson created two seemingly different but extremely similar characters. The boy Sam has no car, no house, and both parents have died. He has been adopted in a family with an adoptive father who often abuses him. And it is in such a seemingly love-less environment that the little boy grows up "savagely", maintains a positive and optimistic attitude, and has an optimistic personality. On the other hand, the girl seems to have a happy and happy family life, but her cheating mother and cowardly father still lack the care of her parents in the family, and she naturally develops an irritable and depressed personality.
——The same broken family has resulted in two completely different personalities for boys and girls. The author believes that the director uses this circular role "symmetrical" structure to explore the impact of the environment (especially the family environment) on a child. How much influence can it have?
2. The "half-black" humorous identity misplaced
every child in "Yuesheng Kingdom" is actually a "little adult", and every adult, the way he does things is more like a child.
For example, the boy Sam is as good at survival in the wild as the "man at the top of the food chain" Uncle Bei in "Survival from the Wild", and loves adventure; the girl Susie, loves music, loves reading, and has a typical "petty bourgeoisie." On the other hand, the so-called "adults" are all alive but like children: Edward Norton’s Boy Scout 55th Battalion Commander always looks very pretentious; Susie’s father, played by Bill Murray, is depressed. To cut down trees with an axe; Francis McDormand, as the mother of Susie and his three younger brothers, called everyone to eat even using a big horn...
to cartoonize the characters, not Wes Anderson’s Original, but he uses this "semi-black" characterization form very naturally, and the dislocation of the character's identity has become the most "core" burden in the humorous story of "Moonrise Kingdom".
3 Elopement can be romantic, dog blood can be innocent
At the end of the movie "Graduate", Dustin Hoffman snatched the bride from the church, and eloped to the bridge with Anne Bancroft to become a classic in film history One of the endings. In "Moonrise Kingdom", the elopement is completed by two 12-year-old children. A broken family and a childhood lacking love and affection made our two protagonists choose to leave. This journey of love (let's call it love) begins with a meeting, a communication with each other, and a sleep together. The moment we feel that their relationship is about to be destroyed by the rules of the adult world, the film turns around. Gives that fairytale ending...
——If you don’t handle such vulgar subjects as elopement, you will immediately reduce the so-called innocence to the category of "dog blood", and the film director Wes Anderson’s cleverness That is, the age of the protagonist is set at about 12 years old, and the round "symmetrical" relationship between the characters and the "semi-black" humor of dislocation of identity, combined with the dreamlike poetic film language, make the overall atmosphere of the film unusually romantic. Not pretentious, not hypocritical, the fineness of the best films is immediately evident.
[About the structure]
There is no exciting scene in "Moonrise Kingdom". Although many big stars come to "make soy sauce", two little-known actors sing the highlight, which is actually a "children's film" for adults. , There is a great risk. When watching the finished film, the author's first impression is that it is not "boring" at all. Come to think of it, this should be due to the "cute but not broken" performance of the little actors in the film, a tightly integrated and creative story.
The following is the plot point of the film, roughly divided into 23 segments.
The first paragraph:
Sports shot: Explain the relationship between the girl Susie's family and parents-what she seems to be waiting for and what she is looking for.
Second paragraph: The
professor explains the geographical environment of the "Yuesheng Kingdom", for example: a plane is needed to send a letter , A "kingdom" "separated" from the outside world-the time point: 1965, the
third paragraph:
Sam escaped from the Boy Scout 55th Battalion, the
fourth paragraph:
Sheriff Sharp received a call from the 55th Battalion commander and learned that Sam "escaped" "The sheriff informed his family that he learned about Sam’s unhappy childhood.
Paragraph 5:
The battalion commander of the 55th Battalion of the Boy Scouts ordered the Boy Scouts to find "deserters."
Paragraph 6: The
Boy Scouts and the police looked for Sakowski, and the girl found her mother. Facts about having an affair with Sheriff Sharp.
Paragraph 7:
Shakowski waded through the mountains and met the girl in a golden wheat field.
Paragraph 8:
Flashback. In 1964, the moment when Shakowski and the girl met for the first time. The boy cares and asks the girl: How did you get your hands? Girl: Smashed the mirror. The girl gave the boy contact information and hoped that he would write to her.
The ninth paragraph:
Susie and Sam embark on an unknown journey. During the journey, Susie tells Sam that she stole the library book. Sam asks Susie: Are you depressed?
The tenth paragraph:
Susie's parents discovered that Susie had run away from home, waiting for Susie's mother's lover police officer who was at Susie's home to learn the news. From the correspondence between Susie and Sam, they discovered the reason why Susie ran away from home.
Paragraph 11:
Flashback. Through the communication between Susie and Sam, the director shows how the relationship between the two pen pals has progressed, and at the same time reveals two The
twelfth paragraph of the lives of each person :
Susie and Sam met the boy scout squad who was looking for them, and they clashed. Susie stabbed a boy scout with scissors. The
thirteenth paragraph: On the
dock, Susie's parents and the police officer , Boy Scout battalion commander clashed, and the teacher who taught Sam Geography provided clues. The
fourteenth paragraph:
Susie and Sam came to a beach. The two lived happily together, and they had their first kiss and sleep together. The
fifteenth paragraph. :
people find them, Susie and Susie's father asked Sam never meet, and the Boy Scouts battalion commander Sam reconciliation
sixteenth paragraph:
Department of Social services contacted the sheriff Sharp, Sam was asked about the abandonment of the adoptive parents
Sharp The sheriff learned that: under normal circumstances, the social service department will find a foster family for Sam, but according to the file, they are likely to send him to the juvenile management institution (ie: orphanage)
Paragraph 17:
Susie's mother and Susie Chatting, Susie and her mother "showdown": I know what you did with that silly policeman. The
policeman chatted with Sam and told him that "your life is still a long way."
Paragraph 18:
Battalion 55, the battalion commander was silent to record The
other "soldiers" in the diary felt very sorry that poor Sam would be sent to the orphanage. They discussed together and decided to complete the love between Sam and Susie. The
nineteenth paragraph:
All the soldiers of the 55th Battalion began to move.
At the same time, Susie's mother and the police had a showdown. : Everything ends in the
twentieth paragraph:
Susie’s parents talked together, and the couple had separated in the
twenty-first paragraph:
Sam and Susie fled to the base camp of the Boy Scouts, married
Sam in order to retrieve Susie’s telescope (he thought it was her special function-special meaning) Something), which alarmed the boy who was stabbed by Susie who was injured in the Boy Scouts, and a chase began.
The twenty-second paragraph: the
church rains Susie and Sam escape to the roof of the church, Sheriff Sharp has to assume the custody of Sam. The
twenty-third paragraph: the
two people live happily together...
——Analyzing the structure, it is not difficult to see In fact, "Moonrise Kingdom" has always been a suspense, namely: Will Susie and Sam be together? In addition, the film's creator has ingeniously set up a "villain" role for the two little protagonists, namely: Tilda Swinton, a social worker responsible for handling the guardianship of orphans.
Taking a closer look, although "Moonrise Kingdom" is under the banner of art films and children's films, it is still a commercial film that conforms to the law of mainstream Hollywood film creation. The film strictly complies with the golden rule of film creation in the beginning (character and background account of the hero and heroine)-development (adventure of the hero and heroine)-climax (hunting on rainy night)-ending (fairy tale)]. Director Wes Anderson's last film "The Great Fox Daddy" has a similar pattern, but it still doesn't affect its unique style.
[About the style]
1. The fairy tale aesthetic composition
"Moonrise Kingdom" still continues the very personal style of lens language in Anderson's "The Great Fox Daddy", for example; camera shift, comparative editing of close and distant scenes, and the composition of fairy tale aesthetics Way.
One of the most impressive is the photographer's exquisite presentation of the scenes in the film. If you take screenshots of some scenes in the film, I think you can print them directly as postcards. And these shots are placed in the film, but they are rarely abrupt. They are completely integrated into the "rhythm" in the film (serving the theme), and even the shots that express the characters are in harmony with the background...
2. Expressionist colors
Another noteworthy aspect of the film language style of "Moonrise Kingdom" is its color. The use of chiaroscuro and the white space of bright color blocks are similar to the expressionist painting style that emphasizes the inner emotions of the creator. But the difference between many shots in the film and most expressionist paintings is that they often express beautiful metaphors of excitement.
3. Benjamin Britton
director Wes Anderson, who set the "key tone", once said in an interview: "When I was a teenager, I played "Noye's Ark" with my brother. Fludde), it’s his music. I’m so impressed with it, I’ve never forgotten it. Benjamin Britten created a lot of symphonies for children. The protagonist of the film happens to be children. In addition, his music is full of the flavor of that era. Yes. Said that Benjamin Britten’s music set the tone for the entire film.”
In the film, the theme song entitled "The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34" is even more extraordinary. interesting. This piece of music was originally commissioned by the British Ministry of Education to introduce this "guide" for young people to introduce the orchestra. It was put in the film, but it became the best "condiment" for the growth of a metaphorical film.
——Benjamin Britten, this famous composer who is good at combining traditional and modern elements, is vividly demonstrated through the ethereal and tranquil visual style of his music award "Moonrise Kingdom", especially when the subtitles at the end of the film rise The "Easter Egg" at that time is worth listening to repeatedly.
[About Easter eggs]
One of the most interesting things about watching "Moonrise Kingdom" is that you can find many unexpected "Easter Eggs". The director consciously uses the sections in the film to compare many classic films in the history of film (and even classics). Art work) tribute.
The author found a few places here, and welcome all the experts to continue to add.
1. Sam's escape, paying tribute to "Shawshank's Redemption"
2. Camp 55 dinner, paying tribute to Da Vinci's famous painting "The Last Supper"
3. A "soldier" of the 55th Battalion driving a motorcycle, paying tribute to James Dean in "Rebellion Without Cause", and some shadows of "The Great Escape"
4. Sam drew Susie to pay tribute to "Titanic"
5. The Boy Scouts talked about Sam being cut off, paying tribute to "Flying over the Cuckoo's Asylum"
6. The slow motion of Sam and Susie leaving the chapel after "marrying", paying tribute to Quentin's movie "Falling
Water Dog" 7. The water rushes over the dam And Police Officer Sharp holds a "tomahawk" in his hand and pays tribute to Kubrick's "The Shining"
8. One of Sam's paintings (the one on the telegraph pole) pays tribute to "Journey to Heaven"
0. The most funny YY found by netizens Tribute: The actor's hat pays tribute to "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", Waterfall Khan. . . . . .
[About "Noah's Ark"] In
"Moonrise Kingdom", there are two sections about "Noah's Ark". One is the scene of the children's opera where Sam and Susie first met. One is an opera about "Noah's Ark"; the other is a colorful mural when heavy rain hits the church.
What is the connection between "Moonrise Kingdom" carrying the banner of children's film and the religious "Noah's Ark"? This is the biggest question I have when watching this film repeatedly!
According to the descriptions in the "Genesis" and "Quran" in the "Bible", "Noah's Ark" is a large ship built according to God's instructions. It is recorded as a square ship according to the original theory, but there are also many image paintings. Depicted as a similar ship-shaped ship, it was built to allow Noah, his family, and various land creatures in the world to avoid a major flood disaster caused by God for some reason. According to the legend, "Noah's Ark" flower It took 120 years to build.
In history, there are countless interpretations and discussions about "Noah's Ark". Among them, there is a view that most people agree with that "Noah's Ark" symbolizes a rebirth of mankind (although the human world is not so good now) Where to go): After the "flood", the sins of the world disappeared. Only the kind and upright Noah and his wife, their three sons and daughters-in-law, and the clean animals of seven males and seven females were left on the ark. Male and female unclean animals and seven male and seven female birds in the sky.
On the other hand, in "The Kingdom of Moonrise", the contradictions between the characters in the film always broke out in a heavy rain at the end. Two children who are unwilling to follow the "rules of the game" have mixed up in the dirty and depraved adult world (the reason why God wants to punish humans is also the reason), and choose to leave (this is very similar to the "Noah's Ark" leaving. Director Anderson also very cunningly took a series of shots of several children escaping by boating), and the "contract" on the roof (namely: Sheriff Sharp agreed to adopt Sam) and the heavy rain all symbolized the portraits of the two protagonists. Like the "Noahs", they experienced floods and heavy rains and achieved a brand new rebirth.
In summary, the true theme of "Moonrise Kingdom" is also very obvious. Through the eyes of the two little protagonists, the director criticized the rules of the game in the adult world and came up with a conclusion-kind, innocent people, only Only by insisting on those precious characters can you get a real "rebirth" after experiencing the ups and downs in the world.
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