(The film review written in November is now posted)
November, International Youth Film Festival. It is the happiest thing to be able to watch a good movie on the huge screen of the theater. "Agnès on Varda", "Wild Pear Tree", "Poor Mountains and Bad Waters", "The Man and the Dog in the Mountain" were very enjoyable this week, and I will continue to enjoy the good films next week.
The Wild Pear Tree, a Turkish film directed by Nuri Big Ceylan. Seated, the two left and right came alone like me. The theater was surprisingly quiet, there was no light on the screen of the mobile phone, no one spoke, and all the people who came to the film exhibition were people who really loved movies. At the beginning of the film, it was a bit boring. The poor villages in Turkey, the garbage on the hillside, the confused eyes of the male protagonist who just graduated from college, and the lines of words, I felt like I was going to be hypnotized. When I was about to fall asleep, the wonderful rural autumn scenery cheered me up, the golden autumn scenery is so charming. Afterwards, the viewing experience got better and better. The constant chatting and chatting actually made me excited. There was a lot of information. I had to concentrate on reading the text at the bottom of the screen, and also take into account the screen.
The film is 188 minutes long, nearly an hour long, and the male protagonist and various people are arguing endlessly on topics such as philosophy, society, and history. There are two very exciting chats. The male protagonist argues with famous writers about literature in the bookstore, which is very interesting and makes people laugh. In the end, the broken part of the mermaid on the bridge was secretly thrown into the river by him. He hid in the Trojan horse and woke up in panic. Is it a dream? There is also a chat between him and two clergymen about religious beliefs. The three of them walk and talk on a rural hillside, the lines arguing, the long takes, the subtle changes in the characters' attitudes... I'm kind of fascinated by this part. "Do you want to live in a world where God exists or where God does not exist?" "The low crime rate in atheistic countries means that morality has nothing to do with belief." "But the suicide rate in atheist countries is high." "Traditional beliefs need to be reformed."... male protagonist Incessantly arguing, I see a little bit of a daughter's shadow in him. My daughter sometimes discusses issues with me, and many things in her mind are common to the male protagonist in the film, and the feeling is very similar. The confusion of youth, thinking about literature, philosophy, and life, of course, the expression of the daughter is still very simple, but the state is similar.
The male lead's father is a very interesting character, he always laughs, and the laughter is a little weird. The male protagonist hates his father and even suspects that his father stole his 300 lire. There are two sets of shots. First, he looks at his father's dog. The camera immediately changes to his father's dog, which is tied to a dark room with lights on, and he is counting money. It's crisp, but creepy. Dogs are my father's favorite thing. My father said something like: Only dogs will not judge me. It is people who judge others by their own subjective will. The male protagonist went to his father's school to get money, and when his father saw him come in, he hurriedly hid the paper in his hand. The male protagonist went home and told his mother that his father was still gambling. The mother yelled at the father. At this moment, the father walked into the son's room and said, "You have tried me without evidence." Then he threw the piece of paper to him. The male protagonist opens it, which is a dog-hunting revelation. The loss of the dog, the father cries like a stomachache in the dark.
The male protagonist used the money from selling dogs to publish the book "Wild Pear Tree" for himself. The wild pear tree is a tree that grows in Turkey. It is twisted, lonely, and the fruit it touches is bitter and unpalatable. It is out of tune with the surrounding environment. It is the tree of its hometown.
When the male protagonist came back from military service, "Wild Pear Tree" did not sell a copy. His favorite mother, he dedicated this book to her mother, but her mother did not read it, and her sister said that she had no time to read it. At this time, Dad's gambling debts had been paid off, and he lived in a small black wooden house beside his grandfather's sheepfold in the countryside. Dad cut out the passage of his son's book published in the newspaper and put it in the wallet. He read "The Wild Pear Tree" and read many passages in it even twice. He knew what was said about him and what was said about him. No, he doesn't mind. Son said, you are my only reader. The son dreamed that the father, who was still a baby, was hanging in the cradle under the wild pear tree, and his whole body was covered with ants.
His father's well was dug for 10 meters and no water was seen. He finally believed what everyone said to him before, and he gave up. It was winter, and the fog and snow in the Turkish countryside were so beautiful. I have a feeling of watching Anzhe or Tarkovsky's films. At that time, I watched them on TV at home. I always sighed: How enjoyable it would be to watch these kinds of films on the huge screen of the theater! "Wild Pear Tree" made me enjoy it. The father fell asleep sitting in front of the wooden house, and the son was hanged in the well. When I woke up, it was snowing in the sky, but my son was gone. My father heard the sound of chiseling stones and walked slowly to the sound. Snowflakes fell from the well, and my son was chiseling at the bottom of the well...
I don't quite understand the intention of hanging in a well. What does the hanging lens mean? The son who was incompatible with his father died? That young man who was contrary to society and the surrounding environment died? The man full of ideals and beliefs died? Will that young man finally compromise? Will the confusion and struggle of youth finally pass? Will it end up being the same as my father?
However, the father gave up digging the well and the son continued...
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