What struck me most about the film "The Trial" was the contrast it created, and it was this contrast that added to the absurdity of the story and its irony.
Maybe because I didn't know about the movie in advance, I was a little surprised to see its black and white picture when it was first shown. I have never liked black-and-white movies. In my opinion, this tone is somewhat old-fashioned and serious. It is far from bright colors that can bring people a strong visual impact, and in my opinion, more visual Less affect people's inner emotions. And when I watched the film, I began to sigh the role of black and white in expression - in my opinion, this is the biggest contrast, telling a seemingly nonsensical story with a monochromatic stereotype, but it is more Highlighting the absurdity in it, this imbalance actually deepens the taste of irony.
Let's talk about the space and setting of this work. Spaces that are too cramped or crowded, bedrooms with doors and windows on three sides, courtrooms with uniform audiences on three levels inside and outside, office halls full of upright and dense screw-type staff, almost all the sets in the film are It can be described as "crowded", which made me feel uncomfortable in front of the screen, which was almost breathless. Narrowness and squeezing may also be a vivid manifestation of society and the unfair legal system oppressing the male protagonist. At the same time, the scenes of this film also continue the "sense of contrast" in my eyes. One of the images that impressed me the most was the scene in the square, where no scrawny "prisoners" stood with numbered signs, and the statues of goddesses covered in white cloth stood behind them. One big and one small, the contrast is so obvious. The goddess of justice is hard to find, and the fairness and justice of the law are nowhere to be found, but even if she is hard to recognize, she still oppresses people who wear numbers and wait for trial.
In addition, the plot handling of this film also uses contrast more cleverly. In the second half of the film, K leaves the painter's house, the children chase after him screaming, and he can only panic and escape through the narrow wooden corridor. The interlacing of light and shadow made him seem to be wearing a "prisoner uniform", but the children's sweet voices turned into extremely terrifying screams at this time, and those curious eyes made people horrified and chilled. The drama was also pushed to a climax at this time.
In the end, what I want to say is that this movie is not just about an absurd story, but an allegorical absurd story. The fable at the beginning reappears at the end, but the protagonist becomes the lawyer and the male protagonist K. This kind of treatment not only forms an ingenious echo between the beginning and the end, but also reflects the symbolic meaning of the story.
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