Sebastian Spur's "Victoria" (also translated "Nights in Berlin" 2015), once again proves the saying "impulse is the devil", or the old adage "excessive joy begets sadness". Of course, this one-shot movie does not stop at the evolution of the plot. The 8-hour "Empire State Building" and long-shot films such as Bella Tal's "Satan Tango" made people dumbfounded, but suddenly wondered: What is the meaning of such a one-shot image? "Victoria" tells me that one mirror is not for the sake of one mirror and one mirror to the end, as Yesenin said, "I don't write poetry for what, but for what."
Yes, Victoria is clearly out of cost considerations. As a novice in acting and directing, he needs more shocking experimentation, rather than copying what others say, or cloning the shell of old-fashioned movies, just to be a "scissor hand". It is rare that there is no dizzying shaking that we usually see, which is a superficial "experiment". "Victoria" is good at coherent narrative, concise and smooth, gripping, not sloppy, and rich in quality. At least not the long-awaited disappointment we've seen before.
This is due to the overall rhythm of the film, and the control can be described as seamless, which is by no means a compliment. Think about it, the 135-minute video, with the evolution of the plot, extremely tests the ability of a director to take pictures. Easier said than done. There may be countless times of preconceived ideas and deductions. But what falls on the paper is completely different from the real shot on the street. Just like training troops close to actual combat, there is still a fundamental difference from combat on the real battlefield. It must have practical countermeasures, otherwise, in the face of sudden problems, it can only be helpless.
Such a follow-up shot to the end, not to mention the large amount of exercise, the weaving of a single thing is very trivial. Often only those young people with passion, energy and aggressiveness can complete their achievements in one battle. An old director with too much practical experience may be left because of too many concerns in all aspects. Documentary-style direct films, in terms of form, are between feature films and documentaries, but the core is pre-arranged, which is quite different from the real documentary. It needs other elements of the drama film as nutritional supplements, such as the gradually rising piano soundtrack in the film, which is extremely harmonious with the plot to be explained in the film, with a sense of integration and no separation. In addition, in the scheduling of the entire lens, there is no dead angle in 360 degrees, which can be said to be peaceful.
When we finally saw Victoria walking out of the hotel sadly and walking down the street, although there was no sunlight hitting her face, she lightly shook her arms, this casual gesture finally made me breathe a sigh of relief. Coupled with beautiful songs, it can be described as a good start and a good end. A mirror to the end, to a successful conclusion. Victoria, played by Leia Costa, resembles the powerful French actress Eroldi Boucherz who has appeared in "Angel of Two Poles". She is not bright, but is extremely easy-going, natural and bright. The emotion of consternation and helplessness is truly extraordinary.
At 4:00 in the morning, in a speakeasy in Berlin, Victoria from Madrid met four best friends, Sonny, Boxer, Faith and Brinker. The guys said it was Faith's birthday tonight, and the buddies celebrated his birthday. When they left, they bored her and played together. The cheerful Victoria, without even thinking about it, mingled in it. Stealing beer, going upstairs to get drunk, playing around, and having fun. Victoria said I had to be back at the cafe by 7am. Handsome guy Sonny took the initiative to take her to the cafe on a bicycle. Sonny said he likes cocoa, double. A self-proclaimed pianist, he was completely dumbfounded when he heard the "Devil's Waltz" played by Victoria. Victoria said sadly that she had studied at the Conservatory of Music and had been practicing the piano since she was a child, more than seven hours a day for 16 years. There is no social interaction, only children like myself, gradually become competitors in music, so, I finally gave up the path of music. Sonny said emotionally, you can do it. He joked before that my uncle was Mozart, and Victoria touched the piano and said I was Mozart's daughter.
When the situation was getting better and the conversation was very enjoyable, the bald and irritable Boxer arrived and said that he had to do it immediately. Sonny told Victoria that Boxer had just been released from prison and that the man who got him out needed something from him. Time is only 10 minutes. Victoria went with them without a second thought and let her drive. It turned out that the man who had been out of prison by Bokser had them rob a man who had withdrawn money from the bank. At the Bank of Limburg at 26 Seymour Street, customer Weigert took out his 50,000 euros from the safe and was about to buy a classic car. But Boxer was hesitant, as it would amount to re-offending, and the risk was too great.
Although Sonny repeatedly said that Victoria would not be implicated, the man wanted to detain Victoria, and told Boxer that I bailed you, you owe me 10,000, you can not do it, but I have to get you back I owe me 10,000. Obviously, compared to the group of wily guys in front of him, the young men of Boxer seemed too naive and ignorant of the world. In desperation, Boxer had to bite the bullet and agree. The four brothers hit the road, and Victoria was driving. On the way, Faith, who was twitching with fright, got out of the car and continued on the road. When they got to the bank, the three of them got out of the car wearing hoods and rushed towards the bank. But Victoria couldn't start the car. When they came out for the money, she screamed so anxiously that the engine wouldn't start. Fortunately, the engine rang at the last second.
Victoria was driving, the three men were in a panic, chatting, but only Victoria was extremely calm. When they stopped in a secluded place, they felt safe, changed their clothes, and walked to the speakeasy together. They want to revel, want to throw money, but people say something. Obviously, they are not welcome. They had to come out, and then they thought of Faith, who got off the bus on the way, and Brink went shirtless to find it, only to find that the police car blocked the passage way out. The panicked Brinker ran back in fright, causing the police to chase.
The three fled in a panic, and a gunfight broke out amid the chaos. If they threw down their guns and surrendered to the police early, it would not have led to an irreversible tragedy. Brinker was shot and fell, and Boxer resisted desperately and was also shot. Boxer tells Sonny to take Victoria with the money and leave quickly. Under his cover, they fled to a residential building. The police, who are not vegetarians, surrounded the building. They broke into a family with a baby. Sonny, who has been shouting constantly, is ordered by Victoria to shut up. She came up with a plan to escape with the baby, and she promised the crying mother to carry her baby to the small shop in front of her, making sure not to hurt the baby.
When Shuangshuang pretended to be calm and went downstairs, the police asked, and after reporting, they were unexpectedly released. After they came out, they hurriedly escaped. Took a taxi to the hotel. Sonny, who is humming, and Victoria who is not flustered, let us feel the quietness of women compared to men at critical moments. These lads, who always act foolishly on their own impulses, and then reproach themselves for their foolishness. They have no sense of direction, judgment, and endurance. They only roared after panic, but did not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and even lack emergency ability.
Fortunately, they arrived at the Westin Hotel safely. Without a passport, she made up a story and let her move in smoothly. When I went upstairs, I realized that Sonny had already been shot. It turned out that he had been enduring. It turned out that he kept yelling. His wailing of pain and despair manifested. After being helped to the guest room, he lay on the bed and groaned in pain. Victoria was going to take him to the hospital, and he wanted her to leave quickly and leave him alone. She burst into tears and kept calling him "don't sleep, don't go, don't leave me behind". She still called an ambulance. She continued to wait. It's just that these young men, before they have gone through a long period of time, have turned their sturdy lives into a pale blue smoke because of "nonsense come true".
Yes, Sonny is dead. When she heard the sound of the ambulance, Victoria quietly left Sonny and walked out of the guest room with tears in her eyes. The sky was clear, and Victoria, who walked out of the hotel, did not seem to be entangled in sorrow. She shook her arms gently, as if she quickly bid farewell to the painful experience of more than three hours. Not so, for a girl in her 20s, what can she do after crying. Youthful flames, muddy splashes. Being young is not an excuse for making mistakes. For life itself, the final blow has no age. It's just that compared to Sonny and the others, this night is equal to a lifetime. For Victoria, this life will not only be engraved on this night, but also the ultimate understanding of fragile life after the heartbreak.
2015, 11, 29
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