Bella Tal's "The Whale Circus" is still full of Bella Tal's personal style, and the excellent long-shot scheduling and actor scheduling make the visual perception not boring. Compared with the later "Horse of Turin", this The storyline of the film should be relatively rich, and with the melancholy soundtrack, the long shots are full of charm. At the same time, the whole film adopts a short-focus lens, which refers to the visual habits of the human eye, and relies on natural light for light design. However, it is separated from reality through extremely beautiful verses, adding a touch of absurd appearance. The opening starts from a carnival of drunkards to play the universe, and a few drunkards play the role of planets, turning around in the tavern, laying the groundwork for the whole film, which is absurd and realistic. The recitation of verses during the solar eclipse adds poetry to the film. Of course, it is not because there are verses that it is poetic. Whether it is the shooting of the camera or the development of the plot, it pays great attention to the transmission of poetic emotions, and the black and white image texture and roughness The photography style of the film is constantly helping the image of the film. On the theme, the whale circus still reflects Bella Tarr's thinking about society and the people. The political irony in the story is not prominent, but the political situation in reality is deliberately downplayed, and more riots for no reason are told. . And this kind of riot is essentially a mass panic of lack of clothing, lack of food, and everyone's confusion about the future. Under the anxiety, a violent vent was formed, there was no reason, no reason, but it happened. If that's all, then "The Whale Circus" won't have such a high status. For those in high positions, the riots of the people at the bottom seem to have no reason, no reason, in fact? When city managers are blindly pursuing interests, when the activities of the people at the bottom are only alcoholism, and when people get poorer and poorer, riots have become inevitable. And the victims are not only the victims of the atrocities. When the old man stands alone in front of the hospital bed and stares at the camera, all the viewers who have ignored it are also members of the perpetrators. So did Whale Circus make you despair? not at all. After the eclipse, the sun still rises; after the riots, people still live in panic, as Bella Tarr said in an interview: "You always say that my films bring disappointment and despair, but I think Ask you, did your life get worse when you watched it? Don't you love your life more?" And that's exactly what Bella Tarr wanted to convey. Digression: "The Elephant Sitting on the Floor" is very similar to Bella Tarr's style, whether it's the superb long-shot scheduling level or the realistic photography style , and there is resonance in the conveyance of emotions and the degree of theme. However, I personally think that "The Elephant" has developed new branches and deepenings on this basis. "The Whale" is the torture of the group in the era, and "The Elephant" is the torture of the individual and the intimate relationship in the era.
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