keep moving

Laura 2022-03-13 08:01:01

All the reviews will mention that this is Martin's rare warm-hearted film. In fact, the warmth is mainly reflected in the ending, which makes everyone feel relieved and reunited. With a little modification, the film would still be a desperate and tragic story.
There are a lot of people who mentioned that the shots of this film are not so exciting, and I don't really agree. Most of the shots in the movie are in motion, and even at home, the camera moves slowly sideways. That's why the movie doesn't seem boring at all. The other movement is through the content of the screen. The movement of people, the movement of cars... In short, the movement in the picture is everywhere. The exception is when the heroine and cafe friends bask in the sun... Finally jumping to the big vision, the wind and sand swept through the desolate town, and the two women basked in the sun in the middle of the road. This is definitely the director's interest...
Obviously new Hollywood style, I can't help but think of "Easy Rider", I can't tell what it looks like.
The biggest influence this movie has on me is about how to be "like a movie". I often talk to my friends about XX movies that look like TV series... How can they look like movies? I think the key is exercise. Whether it's camera movement or character movement... it's always in a dynamic. This will always catch the audience's eyes and hold them firmly on their chairs.
PS: Another kind of movement is heartbeat. People such as Ozu and Yang Dechang use the space outside the painting to form a composition with a sense of lack on the screen, and then this idea of ​​what is missing in the picture (usually a person) leads people to think about what is wrong (what about people?) ? what happened?

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Extended Reading
  • Jarvis 2022-03-13 08:01:01

    "Pack your bags and I'll take you to Montreal. What the hell is that farm!" Courtship Line of the Year

  • Reyes 2022-03-23 09:03:28

    Martin's...how to say it, it is neither like another Alice filmed by Wim Wenders in one year, nor even as Soderbergh's new millennium film "Never Compromise", it is far-fetched to take a movie actress. Just remember Jodie Foster's "is today the ripple day?"

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore quotes

  • Alice: We decided we wanted to go into show business from the movies.

    David: Why did you leave?

    Alice: I got married and Donald wanted to live in his hometown. I wanted to go on singing. He said, "No wife of mine is going to sing in a saloon." I said, "Yes, master." I kind of liked that.

    David: You liked it?

    Alice: It was like, you know, my idea of a man: strong and dominating.

    [laughs]

  • Audrey: My dad was a bastard, all right. He used to make me bend over while he whipped me with his belt. I still think about going up to him and saying: "All right, Harry, bend over. You're going to get the belt for that."