Sleepwalking in the day, waking up in the night

Marcelle 2022-01-23 08:01:55

"I feel about "Dad Going on Business"" The roar of the train meets on the smoky platform, daydreaming in the night, waking up yesterday, today and tomorrow, the crisp copper bell ringing through the dark room, the black notes are lost Language The accordion is always wandering, whether it is sunny or rainy, singing sad songs at the wedding, mumbling to oneself at the funeral, what is love? It is the eyes of children when they are parting.

This "Dad Going on a Business Trip" is my third favorite among all his works. This film is the second feature film directed by the talented director Kusturica. His famous work is so awesome that it does not require explanation. The "Cultural Revolution" of Yugoslavia, the madness of the little people in the big environment, is humorous beyond imagination. The father's cheating and the little fat man's sleepwalking together constitute a metaphor for the country. This film is Kusturica's least madness and warmth. The whole film still shows his unconstrained imagination. Really outstanding critical political works need to be told through children, peeping at the complexity of the system through children’s perspective, and lightly dispelling the sense of absurdity. I couldn't help but think of Schrondorf's "Tin Drum", which uses a child's vision to depict cruelty, always such poetic sadness. Only when you love your country to a certain level can you derive such a love-hate movie. No matter what country and dynasty, the white terror is terrible. The "Waves of the Danube" throughout the story is full of affection and gentleness. I like the scene of a family gathering. The accordion and singing create a special flavor. Lao Ku always likes to end the film in the wedding banquet and music. Those about Yugoslavia have bitter and sweet memories.

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  • Kaylah 2022-04-21 09:03:17

    Looking at it, you will find that there is a lot of intertext between the movies. You can find out where "The Tin Drum" is like, and you can also see where "Maria Braun's Marriage" is borrowed. And "Burning Sun" undoubtedly also absorbed nutrition from this film. But the music alone could tell it was Kusturica. Sleepwalking four times is very surreal.

  • April 2022-04-20 09:02:25

    You can see where the dots are in the Palme d'Or, but the film is actually pretty average. The only thing that I find particularly magical is my son's sleepwalking. He really swam out of the realm. At first, he went downstairs, went up the street, and finally climbed the iron bridge. In the end, the first-person perspective of the back of his head swam up and flew up. For a long time, he stood on the top of the mountain when he was found. This sleepwalking is truly amazing in the movie, and in a relatively depressing and dull atmosphere, it produces some bizarre effects, a kind of socialist magic reality effect. The other side of the dreary is that the most common post-Cold War use of sex is to discuss the challenge to the repressive atmosphere of socialism, which is very cliche and has nothing to say.