"Unbelievable"
The biggest inspiration to me: In fact, the stories are very simple, but the details are infinitely told, coupled with wonderful lenses and art, which make the whole story very vivid. Movies don't need complicated plots, modern movies should do subtraction.
I've never been too fond of segmented movies, it's not good for the empathy of the audience.
In 1964, the production cost was as high as 35 million, and Kobayashi Masaki sold the house at a loss, but left a masterpiece for film history, which may be the director's fate.
The picture is wonderful and concise, and "single color" is also a factor.
Sports footage.
Add a reed in the corner of the picture.
Red, green: a representative thing.
Each lens is meticulously designed and elegant. There are no generic bastard shots.
Wife weaving beautiful light and shadow transition.
The actress looks good when the camera is top-down, or with her hair covering her face.
Flowers and plants in the foreground, hand-painted vistas in the background. Shooting at night, there is a shed smell.
To shoot an actor, you must have bright eyes.
I still insist: 1. There are no special effects shots. 2. No narration.
Shooting in the studio has a special sense of story and absurdity.
When talking is boring, add the suspense soundtrack. Or use some dramatic bird and beast sounds. The sound cannot be left behind.
Some "you think" necessary plot connections are directly removed.
Showing eroticism by rubbing the calf is very advanced.
Lighting is constantly changing, describing the heart of the characters.
In fact, the story is very simple, but the details are infinitely told, which makes the whole story very vivid. Movies don't need complicated plots, modern movies should do subtraction.
The decisive battle must spend a lot of money to set up the scene in order to convince the audience, which is the only way to go.
Combining drama with painting.
Characters in the isolated island, pay attention to the use of smoke.
One is smoke, but light.
A hearty battle, a pipa like weeping. If a movie goes very deep in a certain area, it goes beyond the image and rises to a whole new level. Be sure to go deep!
When necessary, you need to spend some money to build a big scene, which will raise the upper limit of the movie, whether it is wonderful or legendary, it depends on the upper limit.
study notes:
The filming of "Strange Talk" was done in a studio, but the stage effect is very much in line with the characteristics of the Japanese folk stage art Kabuki, or it is more appropriate to say that the filmed Kabuki is more appropriate, and the narration form of the film is even more suitable. Kabuki style. Like the snowstorm scene in "Snow Maiden" and the beautiful scene where the Snow Maiden turns into a virtuous woman in the village, it is an expressionist style that combines the characteristics of traditional Japanese painting Ukiyo-e, which is very Japanese nationality and film expressiveness.
Noh is used extensively in "Strange Talk", and Noh and the whole movie "Strange Talk" are undoubtedly thematically compatible. As a horror film, "Strange Talk" has few terrifying and bloody pictures and strong dramatic conflicts. The steady and calm narrative makes the film show a wonderful balance, which is a mysterious, profound, ethereal and mysterious beauty that appeals to sensory experience. It can be said that the perfect combination of "Strange Talk" and the concept of Noh music provides a good example for the internalization of traditional drama in screen images and the rebirth of traditional national aesthetics in contemporary popular art.
Kobayashi Masaki uses magnificent colors and light and shadows to create a strange and terrifying atmosphere unique to the genre of bizarre stories, which makes the viewers hang their hearts in every picture. He doesn't irritate the audience with gory and scary makeup, but achieves the best results.
There is no transitional rendering in the soundtrack, but a single note sets off the story even better.
After watching this film, I realized that the essence of the so-called bizarre story is neither horror nor story. Strange stories are not known for being dramatic. A new version of "Tokaido" may improve its plot tension and fluency, but it will still be inferior to the Kobayashi version. Because the essence of strange talk lies in that kind of mysterious artistic conception, that kind of subtle state that is both empty and real, but cannot be expressed in the heart.
Quiet and quiet, chilling and gloomy, bizarre and bizarre, the set music is all top-notch.
Why is it possible to create such a "real" dreamy atmosphere with such primitive sets and props, while computer stunts that strive for realism often give us a "fake" feeling? This is a question that filmmakers should consider carefully.
Unlike ordinary horror films, there is nothing scary about it, it is more like a drama, both the stage and the form of performance are like the style of drama. Every story actually anticipates disaster from the beginning, but the director is to make you anxiously wait for the ending. Because monsters and monsters also have emotions and desires, and they will hesitate, which will affect the final outcome. This is the demon with human nature.
Although the potential of its content has not been fully tapped, the film has indeed reached its peak in form.
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