I didn't expect such a film to be nominated for Oscar. Because this movie is not a good movie in the traditional sense. This film has a literary character. It uses long-term hand-held lens shaking, which is very close to the art and scenery of life, and has a deliberate sense of avoiding lighting. In many places, natural light is used directly. Overall, it feels like a documentary filming method. It is these shooting methods that make people feel that it gives you a whole life without rhetoric and trimming, and then allows you to experience the emotion that this life brings to you. After watching the whole film, everyone will remember the image of this recurring room, remember the wires and leaves swaying in the sky. But the truths and opinions that everyone feels are completely different. Is it about the great parent-child love? Praise children's natural vision of observing the world? Accept the pain of the past to move towards the future?
Movies are born out of drama, and are inherently constructed with contradictions and conflicts, which has been the case since the beginning of movies. Conflict, typified characters, structure, symbolism, these are movies. But is this correct path the only one? Will this correct path sometimes constrain us?
The images of rooms and windows recurring in this film reminds me of a 2006 film, Inita’s "Tongtian Pagoda". That film talks about the estrangement between people, and the things discussed in this film are still different. Kind of close. It is really an allegorical, typical, structured conflict story, and the creator's film craftsmanship is top-notch. However, because of the excessive pursuit of structuring, there is always a sense of deliberateness, losing a sense of obscurity and uncertainty that art should have, thus reducing its own charm.
In other words, there are originally two ways to tell the film. One is Western style, with all kinds of things inside, lest there is nothing without meaning, all kinds of hints, all kinds of typical characters, like the Tower of Babel, or the juvenile school. (Without derogation). Or, you can choose to leave it blank and follow an Eastern story. Without so clear meaning, without so many skills, presenting a life that is not so typical to you, but with its own unique charm.
If we study movies or creative theories for too long, we will be overly pursuing the form. But all art has a root, that is, it needs to be truly moved from the heart, which cannot deceive people. If there is a gap between what the director conveys and what he really thinks, he will definitely be seen.
The creator has sincere heart. The film is like ink painting, with blank techniques, and the overall emotion is above the content, which is very shocking. I thought it was a skillful film with a sense of space in a small space, but it was not. After the unforgettable image of a room with skylights, some people saw family affection, some saw children’s innocence in seeing the world, some saw each other's salvation in love, children need parents, parents actually need children even more, and some people saw it The relationship between freedom and happiness, and some people have seen how to get out of the pain... These are all because the movie has no tricks, and presents an impressive life without excessive abstraction and drama. Some of the long-lasting performances like an oriental kung fu master are not strong at all, but they have a kind of indispensable charm.
Muyu’s fully subjective score
Director 8.5
Screenplay 7.5
Documentary filming method to present the image of life 9
Literary film, the image of the room is unforgettable 9
General review: 8.3
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