I am so excited! This was the first time I saw a Jacques Tati film and I was overwhelmed.
It's a film I can't help but describe as advanced, with a postmodern experimental comedy. There are so many elements in this movie that fascinate me, it's deadly fun to take out a little bit! Eighty minutes later, I laughed like an idiot. The director's humor is right and wrong, and it's really advanced! The first half is a deserted, neat and almost impersonal Paris, and big cities always become homogeneous when they develop to a certain extent. Everything is like copy and paste, technology traps people in a forest of concrete and steel bars. The heroine came to Paris from the United States to travel, and was fascinated by the Parisian atmosphere she imagined. Even when taking pictures, she had to wait for several passers-by that did not match the Parisian temperament. The director's use of glass is fantastic, the real Paris is in the mirror. The episode of the male protagonist visiting a friend's house reminded me of Hitchcock's "Rear Window", but the difference is that the rear window is a voyeuristic perspective, and the playtime is a complete display. Everyone lives in model rooms with similar decorations, and the houses facing the street are completely transparent, and life is like a public display.
The second half of the movie is in stark contrast to the first half, and it's very lively! There are many group scenes in the restaurant. There are many details and jokes in the same picture. The director's scheduling is too good! I was half-dead from laughing at "Emperor's Glass Door", "Crown Chair" and "Tool Man Waiter"! It was an absurd night, and the next morning came with a rooster crowing—in this big city. In the end, the heroine is about to leave Paris. The city is like a playground, and the restrained colors in the front have become rich and jumpy. The carts surround the flower beds like a merry-go-round, and the reflection of the cleaning workers cleaning the glass reflects the passengers on the bus going up and down like a roller coaster. The bus drove into the distance, and the streetlights lit up one by one in the lilac sky, making a ding--sound (I fainted, this is my favorite lucky moment on weekdays) It must be a good journey.
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