As a living fossil representative of the Polish school, the 78-year-old Polanski inherited the inherent characteristics of the Polish school style. After the death of Kieslowski, there was only Polanski in the world. The trend of Eastern European cultural revisionism in the 1960s It suppressed the development of Polish school film, but Polanski brought it to the United States, and based on the strong film industry in the United States, developed its own unique Polish school film art style, Polanski’s gloomy childhood imprint and The black life experience undoubtedly influenced and deepened the style characteristics of his movies. Audiences familiar with Polanski should be able to feel that Polanski’s films are always filled with a low, gloomy temperament, even in "Orphan Twist", this feeling still faintly exists. Another aspect of Polanski's films that is difficult for younger generations to reach is the profound inherent power of the film. One is the perfect performance of the film technology such as lens, light, camera position and some basic film montage combinations, and the other is Polanski. Strong grasp of the film temperament and rhythm. As far as "Shadow Writer" is concerned, although the subject matter is old-fashioned, other than that, there is almost nothing wrong with it. This film is still Polanski's signature long and cold style, which is murderous in the low. There are also many masterpieces of political thriller movies. Polanski may not have as many ideas as they are facing the younger generations, but in terms of the ability to control the movie, the master is the master after all, and the internal strength of the movie takes years and slowly. After practicing, no matter how fancy the moves are, the internal strength is weak, and it will not be a major event in the end. The old Polanski played Tai Chi with deep internal strength.
Polanski's films, I am very happy to call it "classical film". I personally think that classical films follow more of the expression of film connotation. They explore the language of film through the director's profound film culture, and are close to following the essence of film. . Polanski’s works are in line with this style of classical cinema. In many cases, the pursuit of classical films is not the presentation of the story itself, but the presentation of the comprehensive art of the film, but it is not easy to achieve this. The internal power mentioned above cannot be hacked. With the development of film technology and film commercialization, this internal power has been forgotten, and the "exquisite" works coming out of the assembly line are impacting the film market. , Fast-food production and consumption, but at this time the artistic and heavy aspects of the film have been ignored, and the essence of the film has been ignored by many people. So people's impression of classical movies only exists in those few CC discs, and the departure of the masters makes the classical movies more and more lonely.
Going back to "Shadow Writer" itself, there is nothing new in the movie story. Polanski’s expression technique is the most worthy of attention in the film. Polanski’s films have a feature: white space, white space and The blanks of calligraphy and fine arts are similar to each other, and the blanks of a movie can often reflect the director’s skill. The blanks of "Shadow Writer" are master-class blanks, and this kind of blanks It is different from the ending of O. Henry, but the ingenious arrangement in the different structure of the whole story, not just the last glimpse. The blank space of "The Ninth Gate" is a very typical Polanski-style blank space for movies. , After reading it, it is memorable. But it is necessary to leave blank space and make the movie perfect. This is a university question. Polanski is a master of this kind of knowledge. "Shadow Writer" tells the story of a knife hunter, a knife hunter. The person is the Ghost, and the ghost’s task is to restore a story that does not exist with a vague existence. This mode makes the narrative of the story much more promising. Everyone can have a different way of saying it, and how to deal with it is another. For one thing, Polanski is obviously not Christopher Nolan. He is not good at the subtle management and logical replacement of narrative structure. Polanski’s deconstruction methods are relatively simple and straightforward, but they are very detailed in the scope of atmosphere and story control. , Adhering to its consistent quality.
What can a small person do in the face of national conspiracies and open and secret struggles among interest groups? Polanski gave us an answer. The existence of the knife hunter itself is a paradox, and the job of the knife hunter is to construct nihility. This kind of plot structure makes the plot of the film become obscured and hierarchical. When the humble little character approaches When conspiracy or interest is at the core, most Hollywood blockbusters will write about this, chasing cars, gun battles, and finally overthrowing the boss, but Polanski does not eat this set. As a realist with a darker movie style, Polanski is destined to erase this little person. Ghost itself is a non-existent thing. His non-existence can make everything logical. The wife of the former prime minister can continue to be successful, politicians can continue his lies, and people can continue as if nothing happened. In his life, everything is so orderly, and those who disrupt this order must die. This two-tier structure is the most interesting part of this story. The non-existent story of the non-existent structure does not intentionally discover the conspiracy of "non-existence". When ghost wants non-existence to exist, it acts as a Little man, he doesn't need to exist anymore. Either he stays silent or becomes a real ghost. This is reality.
Many passages in the film will make people smile, some of the irony of current affairs and Polanski's ridicule of himself are shown in the film. In short, All in control. Polanski is also our Polanski. In view of the old age of the master, every work he has created is a precious gift for us. Don’t start holding the CC collection of the master after the master’s death. , Remembrance, this is the time to pay tribute to the master.
I wish Master a long life.
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