The advantages of Lao Bu are not in the above two aspects, otherwise he will not be one of the best masters. The rhythm of "The Encounter of Balthazar" is reflected in the connection between pictures and pictures, and between shots. The meaning does not come from the picture and the lens itself, but from their transformation. This is probably the artistic technique advocated by structuralism. That is to say, two (more) shots and pictures must be connected in order to know the meaning of the film. A single shot and picture are meaningless and do not know its meaning at all, or if they are understood individually, it will form a wrong View. It just serves its positional function, not its meaning.
The experience of the donkey in "The Encounter of Balthazar" was not directly explained by the director. It was all based on the relationship between the picture and the camera. Full of doubts, why did this happen all of a sudden? Who does the donkey belong to? Lao Bu's use of language is very stingy, and its function is also a function, that is, when the narration between the picture and the camera is difficult to express clearly, the language will appear on the stage. It is faithful to film as an art of visual vision.
Lao Bu's actors are all puppet-shaped, which will increase the difficulty of the audience's understanding. When the actors do not show their due psychology and character, it is easier to grasp the meaning of the film. At this time, all thinking and understanding are concentrated on the pictures and shots. To understand the inner turbulence of the characters through the dull expression, and when all these techniques are blocked, the audience has to understand the film from a relationship perspective. That's exactly what Bresson was aiming for.
He likes to break down events into how many shots and pictures to show, no matter simple or complex events, these shots and pictures only function as a position in itself, it does not constitute meaning, much less meaning, a series of relationships constitute Events that can manifest meaning, and they are nothing more than a group of "relation elements". Just like a spider web, a single network point cannot catch the prey, it must connect the network points to achieve its purpose, and in fact it is the network connected by the network points that plays a greater role in catching flying objects, The function and meaning of the spider's web emerges in this relationship.
Therefore, watching "The Encounter of Balthazar" must focus on all relationships, not on individual images and shots. Those poetic shots and beautiful and even symbolic images are not what the old cloth pursues; focus on all actions. , because the actors are expressionless; focus on all the language because it's used quite sparingly.
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