Minimalist guru Bresson is best known for. As a prison break film, Bresson cut off all branches and unnecessary extensions, and directly used footage and editing to show the audience all the action materials needed for prison break from start to finish. This is a pure story. story movie.
The story is very simple. Francis was imprisoned by the Nazis and sentenced to death. He tried to escape by jumping out of the car on the way to the prison, but failed and was caught back. From the moment he entered the cell, the escape plan had already begun. The whole film revolves around how he escapes and whether he succeeds in jailbreaking. Bresson simplifies all dramatic elements, and often only uses voice-overs to complete the plot and promote the narrative, such as the footsteps of the prison guards walking, the sound of keys, and the sound of beating the wall with the next inmate to communicate, etc. A lot of hands The close-ups of actions and tools have the taste of "Pickpocket", and the inner monologue of a large number of male protagonists allows the audience to go deep into the camera to understand the movie and the hearts of the characters. Francis is creating opportunities and tools for escape step by step, and he also communicates and encourages each other with other inmates during the public time of each wash. In the context of the Nazis, jailbreaking became a matter of justice. Later, Francis got to know the young inmate who was newly detained in the same cell. Francis gave himself two choices: 1. Worrying about the inmate's whistleblowing, he killed the inmate. 2. Tell the inmates about the plan and escape with the inmates. In the end, he chose 2, and the two finally escaped successfully under the mutual trust and cooperation. During the escape process, the shots always stay on the behaviors and faces of the two people. There are no other redundant empty shots, no dialogues and lines. The tension comes entirely from the audience's brain-filling of the space and the information omitted in the movie. The movie ends with the pair set free.
Bresson's film career has always been looking for the true nature of restoration, the essence of film, that is, shots and editing. In the minimalist style, many mainstream movies and movie elements respected by mainstream movie viewing logic have been omitted, which makes Bresson destined to be a polarized director.
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