Malik's Prose Poems

Alden 2022-03-14 14:12:23

Using the smallest aperture to shoot the star rays from the half-shielded sun, it keeps reappearing at various times. It's beautiful, and it's also very funny. Even I have used this technique badly. The movement of the camera stops for a moment, it moves close to the person, and when the person doesn't move, it can slide from the foot to the head along the person, because the tension of the film itself is too low, it is too quiet, the movement of the camera language can make up for this quietness, so as to avoid Everyone fell asleep. Quickly cut in and out of some irrelevant content in consecutive shots, it is fleeting, and does not give you time to react, because the front and rear shots are coherent, and he has no clue about what he inserted in the middle, also to prevent immersion and sleep. , shake you violently, give you a shock. In short, Malik tries to explore a film technique of peaceful self-expression and expression through symbolic audio-visual language without the core of narrative logic and the tension of dramatic conflict. In my opinion, this kind of exploration is very valuable. The family frolics on the lawn accompanied by the gradually magnificent symphony music of the Vltava River. The atmosphere is very good. I especially like this part. Too much classical music for background music, the soundtrack is superb. Why is Antelope Canyon so ugly? The red rock gray is not pulled a little, the dark part is dark, and there is no aesthetic feeling. I am so disappointed. In Death Valley, California, my mother was walking on the pure and white salt field facing the rising sun and stars, and the camera followed from behind, which was so beautiful. Sean Penn walks in Death Valley Palette Hill and Goblin Valley, which are not so good-looking. These two scenes need to be seen from a distance, and they are wasteland when viewed up close. The panorama overlooking the shot must be spectacular, but unfortunately Malik's lens is firmly sucked by the dungeon, and none of the shots are overlooking the panorama. Sean Penn is too old to be Brad Pitt's son? I always think he's Pitt's dad, and he's in a play. Pete said don't talk during dinner, unless there is something very important to say, not even half an hour. The sons were silent and bowed their heads to eat, but he himself got excited and started talking bbb non-stop. The second son whispered: Quiet! Pete exploded in an instant, smashing into a ball. The filming is so wonderful, the various ugly states of patriarchy and authoritarianism are deeply interpreted by this scene. The most three-dimensional and repeated strengthening of the entire film is also the relationship between father and son, and the performance is very good. Other points, including mother-daughter relationship, brotherhood, growth, rebellion, youthful sprouting, etc., are superficial, superficial, and symbolic. Although it is a prose and poetic film, Malik still organizes the material around a theme. Shooting a person does not necessarily start from birth to death. It can also start from the birth of the universe, to the birth of the soup of life, to the extinction of the dinosaurs, and then to receive a baby Birth, child growth, as far as you can go. The film keeps asking where is God? God doesn't seem to have done anything other than take the child away by doing something bad. The evolution of the universe, the evolution of life, and the evolution of human beings are all pictures of the effects of the scientific spirit criticized by religions, and did not make a picture of the Old Testament Genesis as God intended. The beach reunion at the end is a bit abrupt, and the rambling and chaotic scenes greatly spoil the poetry. It is estimated that it is also a high spot for laughs.

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The Tree of Life quotes

  • Mrs. O'Brien: [voice over] Lord, Why? Where were you? Did you know what happened? Do you care?

  • Prologue: [on screen, unspoken] "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Job 38:4,7