The girl in the mountains who "blows the whistle"

Ezekiel 2022-03-21 09:03:24

Simply put the feeling, four words, shock and wonderful.

The parallel narrative of four clues, the highly simulated Babylonian castle, the photography of rocker arms and hot air balloons, the use of theme montages, these are not simple techniques that seem to be very simple today, but were used by Griffith in movies more than 100 years ago. As an offspring, I don't know what to do.

The climax of the four clues at the end of the film, including two last-minute rescue sequences, is really addicting. After 1904, American films began to explore the coherent narrative system. By the mid-1910s, the classic Hollywood narrative model was basically established, and this movie is the best illustration. The film not only tells the story clearly and wonderfully, but also includes the theme of "prejudice and narrow-mindedness", which is incredible.

In addition, the portrayal of the characters in the film is also very delicate. Especially the girl in the mountains in Babylon, the character is very three-dimensional, and the image of the lively and agile girl is very successful and popular.

Most importantly, the film more than 100 years ago unexpectedly showed concern for reality. "Whistleblowers" have existed in all dynasties, and their fates are very similar, which is embarrassing.

Great work, what it conveys, is penetrating.

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Extended Reading
  • Dorthy 2022-03-28 09:01:13

    3.5, more than half of the stars given to history. Without escaping the restrictions of the stage play, it is basically a blind patchwork of single-view lenses. One of the few close-ups, a place of real beauty. Music sucks. Basically equivalent to Eisenstein's dialectical montage. But according to Deleuze: Eisenstein's organic montage spiral of life should be presented scientifically through dialectics, not empirically (parallel montage). [Personal understanding is that the whole is only regarded as an organic combination of parts, rather than a part as a representative of the whole to design a film. In the parallel montage, there is an extraction summary, the upper and lower wings that make up the flight time, and the amplitude of the flapping (clip) is reduced as the parallel lines get closer and closer, which is a spiral. However, each flap does not reflect the entire structure. Perhaps it can be simply understood as follows: the bricks are too rough, and even if the building can be built, it is not refined enough. 】Also, scenes and montages are chaotically scheduled. It's a good idea to have a blue girl. But not organic enough. Using blue casually in broad daylight is definitely not a good choice. Too many words. Or theatrical thinking.

  • Skyla 2022-04-22 07:01:54

    #North Film Festival Rewatch# At the beginning of the film, when this scene appeared for the first time, Whitman's verse was played on the subtitle: "Today is like yesterday, the cycle is endless. The cradle is shaking, bringing the same passion and the same worry to mankind. Happy and sad."

Intolerance quotes

  • The Boy: Say kid, you're going to be my chicken.

  • Meddler at the Wedding in Cana: There is too much revelry and pleasure-seeking among the people.