No Existentialism, No New Wave
"Even if people are in the same space, they are like crossing the road. After all, everyone is a lonely individual. This loneliness is eternal."
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First screenshot. At 15:02 of the full film. The three were in English class, the English teacher was concentrating on reading Shakespeare's plays, and Arthur took the opportunity to hand Odile a small note. The content of the note was not translated, "I read it carefully for a long time before I could see the words from the cracks"——
tou bi or not tou bi
contre votre poitrine
it is ze question
Of course, what he meant to express was actually
To be or not to be
against your breast
it is the question
Although it is a parody of Shakespeare, it can be seen that Arthur's English is obviously bad. Except for a bunch of typos, the parts that you can't write simply write in French, much like a child's homework.
Naturally, Godard will not demand that a thief can export a chapter. Instead, it seems more fun to write such a note.
After all, who cares about English?
When seeing this scene, it is estimated that most of the audience will laugh. Although it is only a casual take, but being appointed by the masters of the new wave, it is easy to excite fans.
Outlaws was filmed in 1964. Two years later, China's Cultural Revolution broke out. Four years later, the May storm that swept across Europe erupted. A group of hair fans rushed to the streets under the naive idealism.
"Dream of Paris", which is often compared with this film, is based on this background.
It is completely conceivable that the young Westerners of that era had a beautiful illusion of the mysterious East.
You see, the goddess did not say that China will "get stronger".
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Second screenshot. At 66:30 of the whole film. The protagonists buy books at a used book stand on the banks of the Seine. Then the narration started:
The Seine is like one of Corot's landscapes. Odile asked what the white building was. That's the Louvre. She said it was beautiful to be painted white and that the person who painted it deserved a medal.
Not to mention the Louvre on the other side, let's talk about the second-hand bookstore first. Don't underestimate this old book stand, which is one of France's intangible cultural heritage. Not long ago, it also started the road to apply for a world cultural heritage following the "baguette (bread)".
But - why?
You may not think, because this thing has been spread out on the river bank for hundreds of years.
When I went to Paris this time, I also saw bookstands that were almost the same as a hair, with all green leather boxes. It looked very interesting, so I complimented them. The tour guide got excited when he heard it, and insisted on introducing these babies to me:
It turned out that as early as the 19th century, the book stalls on the riverbanks were under the unified management of the government. In order to maintain the city's appearance, the government has given vendors a unified business license, and stipulated that all book boxes must use green iron boxes of the same size, and the booths are basically fixed.
In addition, books cannot be sold casually. At least 3 of every 4 book boxes are used to sell antique books, and the last one can be used to sell tourist souvenirs.
The beloved Mr. Zhu Ziqing once also left his back here. In his "Ouyou Sanji" he wrote:
Along the river wall along the Seine River, there are old book stalls, six or seven miles long, which are also unique to the left bank. It's a bit like an old book stall in the Dong'an shopping mall in Peking. But the background is so good, the river flows leisurely all day long, and the two ends cannot be seen at a glance; the Louvre on the left and the Notre-Dame Church on the right are antique. The book stalls are dark, low, and narrow; there are small cells and small cells, which are connected or broken, but they are not as big as those in Dong'an Market. There were some broken books on the stand; the shopkeeper sat on the small stool next to him. When the time comes, cover the stall, lock the small iron lock and leave. These situations also resemble the Dongan market. "
It's a pity that the whole thing looks like the smell of old Beijing bean dregs.
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Finish the bookstore. Let's talk about the Louvre again.
The reason why I watched this movie can be said to be all because of the "Crossing the Louvre" in less than half a minute. It's just -- wonderful.
Before this, probably no one dared to play Uncle Louvre like this. When we mention this, we will think of inviolable words such as "art", "sacred", "solemn" and "noble". Jiang Xun said that it is a luxury to be able to walk in the Louvre. And the situation is strictly controlled, who can run inside?
Godard will.
Seeing Uncle Ge running wildly and recklessly, all the classical art influences he received along the way seemed to be twisted and cracked, deformed like Kafka's bugs. Imagine yourself standing upright and unable to sit upright.
Louvre can do that. And, it has to be played like that.
I recently read about the difficulties when the "Grand Louvre Museum" project was launched that day. The shape of a low glass pyramid made I.M. Pei face the surging abuse of the entire French cultural circle.
It was already the 1980s, the New Wave had receded, and the conservative momentum continued unabated.
Because of this, someone is always needed to play a tomb dance.
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It must be said that I have always wondered if this scene was actually shot at the Louvre. But seeing the glass ceiling above and the "Oath of the Horas Brothers" hanging on the wall, I decided that I didn't run away.
C'est le Louvre.
It is said that filming in the Louvre is very expensive, and "The Da Vinci Code" paid a high price of 25 million US dollars for it. I think, Godard may not be able to pay this tuition. After thinking about it, it can only be interpreted as the Louvre in the 1960s, not so aggressive. (I don't know how much it cost to pay tribute to "Dream of Paris"?)
PS:
Finally, there is a picture at the end where the goddess sees the death of the person she loves, leaning against the tree and unable to hold herself back.
I don't know what to say about this picture—everyone who really likes it often does.
OK, let's end with that.
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