I downloaded this more than two-hour film for the director Kusturica and the goddess Monica Bellucci. Although the "K-style" elements are still eye-catching - carnival, war, animal carnival, cruel reality, and beautiful love, the works presented As a result, compared with Kusturica's previous works, especially compared with the peak work "underground" (underground), there is a clear gap.
Closer to home, try to use the most concise language to interpret this crazy, confusing, lengthy, romantic "K-style" new work.
I. Kusturica Complex
As a director with a distinct personality, Kusturica's films never let the audience get bored. In the imaginative plot, the opposition of "war and peace" is always enriched, the sadness of "love and parting" is permeated, and the truth of "this life and the next life" is told.
From "underground" in 1995 to "black cat and white cat" in 1998, from "life is a miracle" in 2004 to "promise me" in 2007, step by step, Kusturica used his works to show the world his personal talent , also let the audience remember this maverick Eastern European director.
II. The goddess complex
Monica Bellucci, with "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", became famous overnight and became the dream lover in the hearts of many fans. This time together with Kusturica, we once again interpret the beautiful and bleak love chapter, which is heart-warming.
III. Animal carnival and sharp satire
animal actors are a feature of Kusturica's work. A carnival full of animals - howling pigs, blood-soaked geese, neighing donkeys, milk-drinking snakes, flying eagles, chickens in the mirror, exploding sheep, stinging bears. There are too many, it seems to be in the animal world, and it seems to enter the magical world. It's like a dream, and it's both true and false.
Metaphorical satire is another characteristic of Kusturica's work. All animals are "implicitly referred to", I'm just here to give a glimpse, without going into too much depth. For example, "the big white goose that bathes in pig's blood, attracts insects to bite, and makes these small insects its own food" implies the arrogance and dominance of the victorious country; Innocent people; "Bear wounded by stab", implying that the male protagonist Kosta has a knot in the past wars and the loss of his lover, like a thorn in his heart. There are many similar "metaphors", so I won't list them one by one. Interested viewers can pay attention to them while watching the film.
IV. The cruelty of war and the beauty of love
Kusturica's childhood memories and traumas have been vaguely appearing in her adult films, most of which are related to war. It is very realistic, very helpless, very cruel, so it becomes a kind of symbol, which is like a shadow in life.
Kusturica's pursuit and yearning for beautiful things are also vaguely revealed in several of his masterpieces, all of which are related to love. For "longing for marriage" and for "attachment to love", it is very romantic, very delicate, and very beautiful. After a long time, it will form a kind of mark, which will be with you all your life.
In this film, without exception, Kusturica copied herself again, putting the two themes of "war" and "love" in front of the audience. The only difference is that this fusion is not brilliant, it is a bit cliché, the flavors of "criticism" and "sarcasm" have not been fermented at all and remain on the surface.
Written at the end, as Emir Kusturica's first film after nearly ten years of absence from the film industry, the quality of this work is still "acceptable". The design sense of the story, the expressiveness of the pictures, the collocation of the music, and the tacit understanding of the actors are all remarkable. Only the ideological, critical, and satirical aspects have gone backwards a lot compared with the earlier works. Perhaps it is the director's age, which makes his life look down on his life and is no longer so cynical.
Director ★★★☆☆ (lost the halo of the past, the mentality of aging is obvious)
Actor ★★★☆☆ (The two heroines are very involved in the play, Kusturica's performance is very ordinary)
Plot ★★★☆☆ (still Crazy, still absurd, still magical, still sensational, but unfortunately thinking, irony is less coquettish)
visual effects★★★★★ (colors, backgrounds, all kinds of blurred styles, fascinating)
sound effects★★★★★ (after all He is a talented person, Kusturica does have a set of soundtrack choices)
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