Ordinary lives of heroes

Damian 2022-09-25 10:46:06

It is not obvious that Cha Zelei is a director born in 1985, and his skills are too skilled.

If "La La Land" is a realistic story told in the form of romanticism, then this film is a complete realism from form to content.

In the family scene, he designed a large number of hand-held, over-the-shoulder close-up shots to convey the nervous and anxious emotions of Neil and Jane. At the same time, he also artificially increased the graininess of these shots, making these pictures rich in film quality, thus strengthening the The age of the film. In several sailing scenes, the subjective lens of Neil's perspective accounts for a considerable proportion. At the same time, Chazelle also set up camera positions on the sides of rockets and spaceships. This is the way of shooting documentaries and news. Such scenes appear in the film and are not harmonious, but extremely realistic.

In the text, 30% to 40% of the content of the film is describing Armstrong's family and the mood swings of his wife Jane, which may reflect the traditional American conservatism's concern for the family, or the director himself has been subjected to feminism. Influence is good. Chazelle did not overplay the legend of this deed, but paid more attention to depicting Armstrong's ordinary life, which should be related to the basis of the film text, that is, Armstrong's own autobiography, which is also very good.

Being able and willing to express the ordinary life of heroic characters, while excavating the legendary stories of the general public and all living beings, is also one of the charms of popular culture.

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First Man quotes

  • Janet Armstrong: It'll be an adventure.

  • Bob Gilruth: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know there is no hope for their recovery.

    Bob Gilruth: They will be mourned by their families; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown...

    Bob Gilruth: Others will follow, and surely find their way home. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

    Bob Gilruth: For every human being who looks up at the moon in nights to come will know there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.