It is extremely happy to see a new film that can enter the classics of movie history. As a movie fan, it seems to have witnessed the birth of a miracle. There is no disrespect to say that "City of Philharmonic" is very "cheese", but the cliché here is not a derogatory term. On the contrary, the cliché mentioned here is a far-reaching commendatory term.
It can be said that the classic movies are all clichés. The clichés here do not mean that there are no new ideas, no new creations, and no pioneering art forms. The clichés here refer to the classics at the level of "motif". The theme of "City of Philharmonic" is simple: dreams and reality and love. This is one of the most common motifs in literary and film works, and the reason why the motif is called the motif lies in its eternal nature. Dreams, reality, and love are at the core (conflict) of human real life and emotional life in any era, and they are also secular dilemmas that are always inexhaustible and unknown.
"City of Philharmonic" has a very strong fanfare plot. Audiences who are familiar with the classic Hollywood musicals of the 1950s and 1960s will find the shadow of many classics in the film (which will be discussed in detail below). Director Damy Ann Chazelle also made no secret that the film was influenced by many classic old-school musicals. The most influential was the musical "The Umbrella of Cherbourg", which was captured by Jacques Demi in 1964.
The visually unparalleled beauty of "City of Philharmonic" relies to a large extent on the excellent use of color matching and spatial scheduling. The colors of the costumes between the actors and the actors, the colors of the actors' costumes and the surrounding environment are all carefully designed. Emma Stone played Mia and her roommates at the meeting, which set the tone for the color matching of the whole film: four passionate girls, the blend of red, yellow, blue, and green. collision. -A short paragraph directly pays tribute to some classic musicals: "Grease" in 1978, "West Side Story" in 1961 and "Melody of Life" in 1969.
There are also many scenes such as streets, billboards, alleys, apartments, cafes, restaurants, etc. The colors must be indistinctly matched with the protagonist’s clothing (from head to toe), and it also implies the protagonist’s state and mood at the time—— It's not just that simple lively colors correspond to lively emotions, but vice versa, to achieve the effect of rendering and highlighting.
This method was used to the fullest in "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" for more than half a century. In terms of the use of color, "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" is the pinnacle, which perfectly superimposes and contrasts the characters and the surrounding environment. Each scene has a unique color scheme, no matter whether it is conspicuous or not. It should be noted that every song and dance film attaches great importance to the costumes and costumes of the actors, because in the state of singing and dancing at any time, the colors on these costumes will also have a rhythm, which will add the icing on the cake to the whole scene-see the Hollywood classics of the last century Songs and dances, it's like that.
"City of Philharmonic" has an old school style, from jazz elements to various retro-style props, an interesting detail: except for the mobile phones used by Sebastian and Mia, there is almost no 21 The elements of the century (almost, not absolute), the opening with very strong color saturation (Sebastian's car is also a retro model), it is hard to imagine that it is the present, there is a trance back to the 1960s and 1970s .
This old-school style connects "City of Philharmonic" with classic musicals in film history with a bloody blood. We can easily see "Cherbourg's Umbrella" in terms of story and color processing. Influence-What I want to say here is that the story of "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" is also very clichéd. Two young people in love are separated because of the war. It's wrong, and it's just sorrowful.
The classic Hollywood romance film "Broken Blue Bridge" and the great Soviet poetry film "Goose Nanfei" are almost all similar story modes. Not to mention that Woody Allen’s "Coffee Commune" last year is also a hypothetical love tragicomedy, full of regretful sadness, and it is also a variety of jazz elements-"City of Philharmonic" and various masterpieces have happened. On the surface, resonance is cliché, but in fact it has risen to the level of "motif".
Regarding the plot of Sebastian’s love for classical jazz in this film, the way to show that he "forgets his original intention" is that he joins the once disdainful, modernized pseudo-jazz band, and performs kitsch and frivolous new jazz. ——In another literary film "Starting Again", Keira Knightley's boyfriend "betrayed the dream of music" by adding disgusting electronic elements to the new song. This similar detailed treatment once again shows that good works have their own connections, and at a certain advanced level, they all have the same effect.
The love story of "City of Philharmonic" and "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" share a common theme with the classic romance films mentioned above, which is "the beauty of regret". There are deficiencies in life. After the deficiencies, there is a sad beauty like a stone from nowhere, which breaks the ripples of life from time to time. This is not chicken soup, but the cruel truth of life. "City of Philharmonic" just boldly uses images to realize this hypothesis: If we were together as we wished then, what a beautiful picture would it be today. This hypothetical plot has also become the climax of the whole film, and it is also the heartbreak for the fans who have concerns.
In classic Hollywood musicals, there are basically scenes like this: In an uninterrupted scene space, the protagonist uses a series of superb dance moves to perform a dazzling singing and dancing performance, with pedestrians, ready-made objects, and props in hand. Interesting and clever interaction, and sometimes even a circus juggling, to entertain the audience. —— "While with me" in 1937, "Song in the Rain" in 1952, "Caravan of Canopies" in 1953, and "Sweet Girl" in 1957, there are a lot of such scenes.
The dazzling long-shot group singing and dancing scenes at the beginning of "City of Philharmonic" form the inheritance of the "splendid dance performances" of these classic song and dance films, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, and great The immortal Fred Astaire (especially his work, which can be described as a tribute in this film), Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Audrey Hepburn performed Resonance across time and space.
Not all musicals have dynamic camera movements. Like "Song in the Rain" and many classic musicals, the scenes are actually fixed positions. In an open space, the actors are allowed to play and then switch between different camera positions. That's it, and the camera movement of "City of Philharmonic" has made more tricks and innovations, and the use of the sports lens is very free, making the whole film surging with continuous beauty. And many shots also directly used the approximation close to the "remake" to pay tribute to the classic movies in the history of film. Dean), including in the planetarium where the film was filmed, the two danced dreamily. The hypothetical paragraph at the end, dancing in the sky also has traces of "Broadway Melody 1940" in 1940 and "Moulin Rouge" in 2001.
——These are just a tribute to the film or a small part of the classic movies involved. A large number of fascinating elements give this film a psychedelic and surreal color. After all, the cafe where Mia works is located on the big studio. Among them, opposite is the famous window of "Casablanca". Falling in love here, if you don't pay attention, it will resonate with the plot of the historical masterpiece-giving the movie's original cliché story a deeper charm.
In addition to tribute to various fans, entertainment is an important attribute of musicals (mainly Hollywood, such as "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" is obviously not this kind of trend, and I will not go into details here), "Caravan" in Fred ·Asnell’s characters are all "entertainment", everything is for the purpose of entertaining the audience, of course it is high-level entertainment, not a pastime. The entertainment of "City of Philharmonic" can also be said to be sensory, such as visual color, but not entertainment. For example, there is no such a variety of cabaret performances. Channing Tatum is very good at dancing skills), pursuing the effect of art that is generally focused and cohesive and full of charm.
Therefore, this movie does not make people laugh out loud, nor is it heartbreaking and crying-to instigate and control the emotions of the audience, at least not its own pursuit. This movie aims at the classics of film history and demands itself by classic standards. Create a classic nutrient absorption, develop a new independent story in a common motif, and eventually become a new classic.
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