Artificial Survival in Wilderness and Scorched Land

Arturo 2022-01-19 08:02:12

Watching her movie for the first time, jot down a few pens. (For the first time, I made a lot of mistakes, thanks to the private reminder from Douyou juliette)

1. The lens is very stylish.
Hand-held photography, the camera moves with the movement of the characters, and when shooting characters and actions, there are many close-ups and even close-ups, and the big screen looks very dazzling. Although the shaking is disturbing, the close-up makes people see the expressions and movements of the characters more clearly, but it is strange that the movement inside the movie is very intense, but the rhythm is very slow. I feel that I can't clearly see the inside of the character, and I feel very lonely. It seems that the emotional release of these forgotten soldiers can only be released through endless training and physical overdraft. There are particularly long paragraphs that fully express their training. It is very real, and the presentation of the camera is also the most intense.


2. The composition is
far and vast ocean and blue sky, barren and single land, if it is a panoramic shot of a distant view, the character only occupies a very small part. As for the corners of the picture frame, the foreground is a large area of ​​coarse-grained land. Regular composition, a large number of such compositions.

3. The wind all the time.

4. The sculptural male body of ancient Greece, the silhouette of the figure under the side light and backlight, is really beautiful.

5. The current time is static, while the time in the lieutenant's memory is flowing. Flashbacks continue.

6. The scene I like very much. The long shot slowly passes from a distance to a sea of ​​salt that gradually changes from blue to transparent, from far to near, slowly pulling to the white salt beach, and the distance is on the seashore. Santin, lost in the desert, was drinking salt water because he was thirsty. In the next shot, cut to the middle shot, he was lying on the white salt-alkali beach with cracks everywhere, with a layer of white salt on his dark skin, he pulled the backpack to his head and wanted to block it. A scorching sun. He is dying.
When the camera was taken again, a broken compass was covered with salt (galoup framed Santin and gave him a bad compass, and Santin got lost in the desert, and his strong desire to survive made him have to drink salt water).

And the sheep's head that was corroded by salt.


7. Showcase of scenes of indigenous people in Africa
They began to live next to a human-traveled city, then moved to a wasteland, and finally reappeared. I feel that part of the daily life in Africa is about the environment. The environment they cannot escape from is very harsh and the people are very poor, but No matter how dirty or tired, this group of soldiers will still wash their uniforms and keep them in a different state from their surroundings. The director took the trouble to use the camera to view the clothes and underwear hanging in their car, as well as the scenes of the soldiers ironing their clothes.

8. Empty shots of three active volcanoes in the sea.

9. In ritualized movements, the soldiers form a circle for training. The movements are very dance-like, very powerful and a cohesive sense of dance.

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Extended Reading
  • Dorthy 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    The freedom of the camera lens is quite shocking; the envy and fascination with the young masculinity of the recruits in the colony implies the recollection of their own past; and the film starts from the memory of the superior, and becomes a double-sided mirror; coupled with the isolation The environment and the particularity of the army can be said to be perfect. Although it forms a rich mirror relationship, it is also a bit over-designed, like the design that Coetzee will do. The "Out of Body" perspective is especially useful in such films. The fresher one is "Taekwondo", and the more storytelling is "American Beauty"; why does the "Out of Body" perspective always have amazing effects in gay movies? I think one is from the gaze of the hidden desire to hide and shame, and the other is because all gays split themselves into two perspectives from the moment they realize their identity, one is for pretending to live or perform; the other is for Look at the previous self, and judge and adjust the relationship with others at any time; while other sexual minorities will split more perspectives, so it is still suitable for Gay.

  • Daron 2022-04-20 09:02:22

    The Chinese title is translated very sinisterly, using same-sex gimmicks to cover up the issues discussed in the film, in an isolated and different cultural environment, the appearance of masculinity (peer competition, subordinate dependence). The story line is very weak, with a long record of life in the army. In addition to physical training, there are housework, entertainment, and the ambiguity of black girls. It's more enjoyable to write a paper than to watch a movie. The close-up of the body is exquisite, but it is cut into small pieces and abruptly. Her way is a bit strange.

Beau travail quotes

  • Commander Bruno Forestier: [subtitled version]

    [in Russian]

    Commander Bruno Forestier: Why did you join the Legion?

    Legionnaire: [in Russian] Commandant, you know what it's like in Russia. No money, no work. I was in the army there for two years. I fought for Russia. But it's impossible to fight just for an ideal. An ideal that just keeps changing. You know what I mean?

    Commander Bruno Forestier: [in Russian] What ideal?

  • Galoup: [subtitled version] Maybe freedom begins with remorse. Maybe freedom begins with remorse. I heard that somewhere.