The fairy tale of Shunji Iwai

Summer 2022-02-27 08:02:17

Flower and Alice are two girls who are inseparable friends and practice ballet together. Miyamoto Masashi is a young man, holding a Buddhist scripture in his hand and reciting chanting all day long, a child who looks weak and unpretentious. The slender teenager has a good-looking profile. At the station where he can always be seen, his figure has become the object of the camera in the girl's hands. Is this out of love? Perhaps, this is nothing, in Iwai's lens language, this is the beautiful feeling of youth. Everything is so beautiful, when you see the flower's home surrounded by all kinds of flowers, everything is so beautiful, when you see two girls bathing in the cherry blossom rain together, everything is so beautiful, when you see the girl's slender and powerful double The legs show a graceful ballet pose. Really, everything is so beautiful. Hua always watched her Miyamoto-senpai silently, and by chance, she told him a big lie about love. The story of the three people unfolds in this lie. The young man was always soft and soft, as if he was not willing to fight much against reality, he just accepted the easy deception of a girl vaguely. Did you ever show love to me, did you forget? We are lovers, have you forgotten? Did you forget my name too? Then you must be suffering from amnesia. Unnecessary amnesia, an unwarranted love, broke into the teenager's life like this, and the poor teenager is still trying to recall that unwarranted memory. His eyes were always so dazed that he couldn't see the world clearly. And the photo of himself he stumbled across on Hua's computer -- thought to be the key to unraveling the mystery -- became the start of another, bigger lie. Alice was also invited in. For her friendship with Hana, she seemed to spare no effort to use her imagination and play the role of Miyamoto's ex-girlfriend. Do you remember? This is where we first dated; under this big tree, where we kissed for the first time, it was raining like that day! Do you remember? Do you remember? Do you remember? Alice was so persuasive and eloquent, that the young man's heart was filled with layers of ripples, and I seemed to remember it! But why did we break up? How did I fall in love with flowers? If half of the memory is restored? Poor boy, his words make me feel bad, he has fallen in love with Alice, but lovely Liz said that you should love flowers, yes, why should love? The story is intertwined among the three people. A simple love triangle story, not every director dares to try this theme. Because if you're not careful, you'll fail miserably. Only Shunji Iwai has this ability. In Iwai's shot, everything is Become unparalleled beauty, when you are in it, it seems that you can temporarily forget the hustle and bustle in the world, and experience a real cloud and wind. Friendship, family, love, life, study, work, everything is what you see every day, so real, but so real and moving. Perhaps Shunji Iwai has more eyes for discovering beauty than we do, that makes his films so touching and touching. A story about two girls, the unfolding of the movie is like a gentle wind blowing over the pages of a book, every frame of the picture is full of warmth, and every page of the story is moved. In the eyes of Shunji Iwai, youth is not so crazy and warm, nor so dark and cruel. Youth is also a natural life, with sprouting, shyness, lies, and true feelings. Youth is still the rhythm of life. She is hidden in the girl's body. When she dances, I believe that every one of us has seen her.

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  • Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I saw 'Hannibal' on satellite last night.

    Hana: So did I.

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I was scared.

    Hana: Isn't he creepy?

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: Yeah. Don't you think real people are scarier... than zombies and ghosts?