Buried for eternity - "Renaissance"

Daniela 2022-03-20 08:01:50

It's been a long time since I saw such a pure sci-fi film, a pioneer in expressiveness and a tradition in the story. The last time this vivid feeling seemed to be still on "Ghost in the Shell 2". In my opinion, a pure sci-fi film should have: a polarized fantasy city, a heavy-duty male protagonist, a beautiful heroine who meets by chance in pursuit of the truth, a mad scientist, a kind prophet-type victim, and a huge business group that controls society. , an ultimate secret that involves the future of mankind or the truth of the universe, and everyone is drawn into the infinite vortex by this secret. "Renaissance" perfectly complies with each of the above criteria, combining the new wave style of science fiction and cyberpunk style, and cleverly using "motion capture" technology and then imitating "Sin City" to completely make black and white images style, It made the film out of the cliché and brought a visually shocking and very thoughtful and memorable viewing experience.

Paris in 2054, like the metropolis in "Metropolis", under the glitzy surface is a rotten and cold underground world; and Sheriff Karas, like Deckard played by Uncle Ford in "Blade Runner", The gloomy indifference is all to cover up the loneliness in the heart; the crazy Frankenstein is a persistent girl, smart and young with ignorant passion, and would rather open Pandora's box by herself; the ubiquitous Avalon company is like Gattaca with health, Lies of beauty and longevity to cover up and dominate people's numb lives. The secret this time is immortality, Live forever or die trying. The sentence on the poster is concise and to the point, but how can people who have not experienced immortality understand the true meaning of "without death, life has no meaning"?

Dr. Muller chose death for this sentence, he withdrew the bullet from his pistol, and pointed at Karas. This is my most moving moment in the movie. After he saw the truth and the devil in the box through the slit, he was close He fastened the box tightly, just to leave a hope for human beings, maybe the last hope, to protect this hope with all his strength and life, he finally said, "Life is beautiful, just as death is gentle, I am at peace. Rebirth", in the symphony that calmed down from the tension, his body fell infinitely in the sky above this fragile city, gently and infinitely.

The only immortal Claus has an aging and distorted face; and the true meaning of immortality was discovered when studying progeria. In fact, we already know that without death, there is no life, otherwise immortality is death, just like Claus will His last memory was burnt to ashes, his body was alive, but his soul was dead. Karas fired that shot soberly, which shocked me, even if he will face his beloved with lies and sins for the rest of his life, such a person, even if the body dies, the spirit will last forever. However, there is still a slight sadness, sadness for the future, sadness for life, sadness for the unknown. In the hazy rainy day, standing in the center of the city, crowds of people and traffic, the black and white, magnificent, withered world emerges before my eyes, and the Avalon with false lies is beckoning, but at this moment His heart was soaked by the cold, and he didn't know where to go.

A new generation of French director Christian Volckman, he prepared this work for seven years and invested 10 million euros. Using motion capture technology, he first shot a real person, then reconstructed it frame by frame with computer software, and finally made it into an animation. This technique was previously used to the extreme in Waking Life by Richard Linklater, and this year he used it to bring the A Scanner Darkly that I have been dreaming about for a long time. The same type of black-and-white style that used black-and-white style to increase its expressiveness was the popular "Sin City" last year, but the more shocking of "Sin City" is only visually, and it does not require too many brain cells to watch. "It's really a sci-fi animation film with form and connotation that I am satisfied with.

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Renaissance quotes

  • Barthélémy Karas: First, we find her. And then, we sleep.

  • Bislane Tasuiev: [to Karas] Come back or I'll kill you.