It should be said that the technical level of this film is very perfect. Exquisite and smooth pictures, colorful costumes and sets, humorous space and scheduling are all impeccable. The dance and stage shot in 3D can more realistically restore the stage than the two-dimensional flat film, making the audience feel close to the actor. The movement and interaction inside and outside the camera can also amplify the emotion and tension of the dance. Wenders believes that 3D is very suitable for expressing dance, and Pina's dance emphasizes the desire to convey the soul through the body, so Wenders chose 3D technology as a medium, trying to use images for Pina to convey the love and love she wants to express. strong. In fact, Wenders should even give up a more diverse audio-visual language for this, but try to keep it at the level of restoring the stage, and even the perspective is very conventional. Except for some passages that were specially spaced from the audience, such as the scene of the stage auditorium or someone talking to the theater model, he respected the stage and the dancers on the stage as much as possible.
The dance sequences that appear in the film include such well-known repertoires as "Café Mueller", "The Rite of Spring" and "Full Moon". Unfortunately, Pina died of cancer on the eve of filming. However, although there is not much video material about her used in the film, it is still a very refined biographical film.
The advantage is also a pity that Pina's dance aura is too strong. Because Wenders respects this aura very humbly, the power of the film is weakened, so that the audience is more difficult to appreciate the charm of the film except for dancing. Akira Kurosawa said that although a movie is like this and that, it is still the most like itself. This "Pina" lacks some of the characteristics of the movie. But perhaps for Wenders, the meaning of filming itself is to convey the spirit most powerfully for friends.
And I believe that all people who have seen the film, whether they know Pina before or have not seen the performance of the Wuppertal Dance Theater, will have deep respect for the dancer from the bottom of their hearts and are eager to see it once. Performance. In this sense, "Pina" not only did not weaken the expressive power of the theater due to copying, but instead made a beautiful publicity. It is a profound tribute!
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