Another topic about "Star-Crossed Lovers". I've said this is the subject I can empathize with the most, and this one is no exception.
Let's talk about some flaws first.
Aside from political metaphors, the director made anti-dynamic and blunt editing in the transition of several urban scenes, and most of the transitional content was directly omitted. In addition, there was no parallel construction of the protagonist's psychological world, and there was a lack of sound transitions. , so that the director did not establish a benign interactive communication with the audience, which means that the audience cannot understand the logical relationship of the plot to a certain extent.
But beyond that, the film’s use of space and light and shadow is truly extreme. The 4:3 screen size directly restricts the horizontal part of the screen, but at the same time, the depth of field lens expands the vertical space infinitely (there is a scene where Victor and the female teacher face the mirror, and the effect of that scene on the mirror is really Amazing, we can even directly find the point where the eyes of the hero and heroine meet).
In the film, the camera is in an overhead view for almost the whole time, so that the characters are framed in the lower half or one-third of the picture. In addition to the director's own hobby, this kind of oppressive and strict composition happens to reflect The limitation of the tide of the times on the little people.
For the black and white image part, this high-contrast tone can make people directly see, "It turns out that the director wants to play big this time." Whether it is in a scene with strong light or not, the extremely high contrast has more visual impact, which is in line with the movie called "Cold War", the tension of the world situation, and the collision that can be seen visually.
and light. The use of light in film can be said to be sublime. One of my favorite scenes in the whole film is when Victor scores for the film in the Paris soundtrack room, and the picture is extremely dark. At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and a beam of intense light directly pierced the black balance of the picture, and Zura appeared at this moment. Because of the light, she was not only beautiful, but also holy. This light and her appearance also directly changed the direction of the movie.
I can say that I have an almost paranoid love for the subject matter of this movie, and I may rewatch it countless times in the future.
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