In the later stage of the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", there is a ten-minute period of brilliant light and shadow. Some people say that it symbolizes the path of the protagonist into another world, while others say that it is the end of the pursuit of light. In the end, the protagonist watched in the mirror as he ages and becomes a "superman", reincarnation to the embryo, looking at the blue, shiny planet from a distance.
For the essence of light, the understanding of light, these magical beams have been extended and paid tribute in "The First Man on the Moon", and they have been given concrete meaning by the director.
The film first fully captures the light during its initiation.
At the beginning, Armstrong drove out of the stratosphere in the test machine. The cabin was light, the vast blue sky was light, and outside the sky was black.
A large number of indoor handheld photography are basically from the night. At this time, outside the house, the promenade is black, the dancing couple, the rotating gramophone, and the children playing are white.
The forest beside the lake is black, and the moonlight is white in the clouds. The test desert, outside the cabin, and the environment will always be darkened.
The camera always stays in the dark, allowing the surrounding darkness to frame the narrative subject, making the audience obviously feel very claustrophobic and lonely.
After the preparation period, with the progress of the soundtrack. Light is appearing more and more in grand form. Commander Gao, who was about to enter the cabin as he ascended from the elevator, his face appeared in the glass reflection. And this reflection was quickly echoed by the silver earth and sunlight reflection of the high commander's aerospace helmet on the moon.
Although the entire moon landing process was backed by a soundtrack, it was filmed extremely forbearing. We rarely saw the camera appearing in the third perspective to reproduce this historic moment. It can be seen that the director has no idea to restore this history in general.
The camera still abides by the foreshadowing duties he laid down at the beginning of the film and stays in the dark.
At the moment of landing on the moon, only some chaotic shots of alternating black and white were given. The cabin is black, the sky is black, and only the silver ground is white.
Armstrong, who was in a daze on the moon, the earth in the distance was white, and the universe was black. The mission was completed and the film reached its climax
"The First Man on the Moon" is actually a journey to guide you to chase the light.
"Light" symbolizes the moon at the beginning of the film. We look at the sly moonlight on the earth, thinking that we must go to the moon. Although we have other things, we are not going to the moon to go to the moon, but we can see things. see the light. This is a feat of the year, It is also the driving force behind the film.
However, light seems to be chased forever but never be chased. On the earth, we want to go to the moon, which symbolizes light. When we reach the moon, the earth becomes light again, and the sun is still light. And everything else remained dark.
"Light" here no longer only refers to the moon. He returned to its own meaning, referring to everything we can see, and we are full of yearning for these things in the flesh and blood nature of human beings. Longing to inspire us to explore the end of the world.
The backlight travel brought by the movie is short-lived, but the curiosity about the light and the desire to hold it in the palm of the hand are endless. Whether the experiment failed, the casualties, or the death of relatives. Can't stop us from chasing the light. The good news is that we successfully landed on the moon, and the sad thing is that we discovered that this is just a light in many beams. The world is still dark, and the desire to chase light will never stop.
The people on the moon look at us, and we look at the people on the moon. We miss Chang'e, and Chang'e also knows that someone on the blue planet misses her.
Always advance to a place where there is light, and always advance endlessly.
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