In order to express the inner thoughts and emotions (repressed desires), the director (subconscious) uses various artistic techniques to process (condensation and displacement) the trivial memories of the last few days, splices out a script, and submits the film for review (preconsciousness). Auditing role); the script is cut and revised and then filmed (regression role), the director uses montage to edit footage (splicing images from long life memories) to obtain raw footage, and then carries out final retouching (retouching role), and finally obtains a film that makes people feel The movie (dream) of the realm.
It is not difficult to splicing memories in a dream, but it is difficult to tell stories with the lens during filming, and it is inseparable from the inspiration of genius. Film artists are dream-makers in the waking world, using that magical screen to lead the audience to realize and shatter all the utopian dreams that human beings once had.
Although I believe that movies can explain dreams, I didn't believe that movies can recreate dreams, until I saw the work of Toshi Kon, a new generation of Japanese film directors. "Red Pepper", a film about dream therapy, uses incredible lens changes to interpret the too illusory world described by Freud; "Millennium Actress", a film about love beliefs, uses difficult The confident editing of the shots has achieved the seamless realm that many filmmakers have been pursuing. All I can say about these two films is that they are dreams.
As someone wrote when introducing Jin Min's works: "In Jin Min's works, it seems that all people are running non-stop, out of life, out of the changes of the times, and out of their own way. Life." Movies are not only movies, but also the stars that guide our lives, leading us to chase our dreams while running, and experience the happy process of persistent pursuit.
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