The geographical location in the film is Georgia, and the embarrassment of the country itself and its history filled with gunpowder doomed the film to be unsettled. It is very similar to the movies of the third world countries, and it has a very strong director's individualism style in the image. It is not like traditional narrative movies, where one shot after another expresses the director's demands, but uses bold and avant-garde films. camera to show a series of actions. The narrative structure is not compact, but full of strong poetry. Among them are not only the desire of young girls to grow up, but also the persistence of old people to their homes, and the destruction of people and land by war.
The rise of Georgian film In
recent years, the rise of Georgian film has been obvious to all. The director Ota Ioseliani in the 1970s shot "Pastoral" with a unique perspective and interpretation, and won the award. 1982 Berlin Film Festival International Film Critics Fabisi Award. From the beginning of the Abrazer trilogy in the 1980s, Georgia has shown its own unique feelings and sensitivities. Today, in the international film circle, Georgian films are showing an irresistible rising momentum. "The Age of Cardamom", "Morning in Venice", "Kumquat", "The Other Side of the Shore", etc., these films not only show Georgia's unique national customs also indirectly show their cultural attributes and ideology. And director George Owashwilly's "Island of the Crops" made Georgian films even more brilliant.
It is very different from the previous film "The Other Side of the Shore". If you want to position "The Other Side of the Shore", the most appropriate label should be a road movie. And this "Island of Crops" is obviously simpler. Whether it is the story structure or the way of narration, "Island of Crops" has "converged". Obviously, the director wants to express a deeper and more compassionate feeling through this small-scale film. Therefore, although the whole film is simple, there are still many points worth pondering. Simply put, "Island of Crops" tells the story of an old man and his granddaughter growing crops on a small island formed by the impact of the river. There are naturally complex reasons behind the simple story setting, such as why they don't grow crops on their own land, why they leave their hometown and choose an island with nowhere to go... These questions are all the director wants problem of expression.
At the beginning of the film, an old man came by boat to check on a sandbar. As the story progressed, the old man built a house and farmed on this free land. There is very little dialogue throughout the film, and what drives the film to continue is the action of time and mission. From the initial frame of the house to the final crops all over the island, I thought the story would end here. In fact, the story is just beginning... The sound of paddles paddles, the chirping of birds, the chirping of crickets often appear in
poetic island
movies, these sounds make the movie more full, and the far Mountains and rivers form the background and location of the story, and at the same time, also form the poetic style of the whole film. The elderly and children live and work in such an environment, and they look peaceful. Soothing moving shots and a light soundtrack complement and enhance this poetic shot. Suddenly one day, a gunshot broke the tranquility here. Some people came here to find enemies, some people came here to save friends, the only constant is the life on the island.
The poetry of Georgian cinema is more or less inherited from Soviet cinema. Although Soviet cinema has become history, the contribution of Soviet cinema to world cinema cannot be ignored. Those who are familiar with Soviet films will find that Soviet films are highly progressive in content. They can not only keep pace with the times, but also bring forth new technologies in technology. At the same time, there are also a group of senior film scholars and practitioners in the Soviet Union. The film language of the film is also original. Under such influence, today's Georgian films also have such a style.
The narrative style of "Island of Crops" is somewhat like Chinese idyllic poetry, but at the same time, it also has the profoundness of Tarkovsky. The life of the old man and granddaughter on the island is as natural and peaceful as birth, while Ling Lie at the end is peaceful and peaceful. Sad, let people see the cruelty and sharpness of George Owashwilly.
The river is still flowing, but things are no longer human.
Director George Owashwilly uses this island of crops to metaphorize an inescapable cycle of fate, struggling to survive, destroying homes by war, finding a quiet place, sandbars dismembered by heavy rain, old people. Buried in the river, the granddaughter is far away from the hands of death... A new sandbar is re-formed, new people board the sandbar, this cycle of reincarnation, endless life...
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