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Liana 2022-03-22 09:02:01

Fellini came from the wave of Italian realism and shot the masterpiece "The Great Road", which combines the characteristics of realism. " was recognized as a master. And this transition from documentary realism to psychological realism is what Teacher Mao Jian called "the road narrows".

I have to say that Gersomina is so cute. When she smiled, the world became brighter. She pursed her lips, and when she was shedding tears, the sky seemed to be about to cry. For this task of a clown-like, pure and kind-hearted, clumsy, clumsy as rich as emotion, it is hard for me not to associate her with Chaplin, especially Gersomina's first encounter with Zampano. When Zambano turned his back when she was in the circus hat, she danced happily, which made people laugh.

Female version of Chaplin haha

Fellini admits that many elements of the road were influenced by Chaplin's "City Lights," and that many of Fellini's films feature circuses, given Fellini's childhood experiences in circuses. Group of juggling elements. Feifei (Fellini's childhood nickname) has always been obsessed with the world of inner memory. He has a famous saying: "I am the clown, and my film is the circus."

“Symbolism” is a very important creative skill for Fellini. Even though Fellini was born under the master of realism Rossellini, he will naturally take over the baton and carry the banner of Italian realism. . However, as a born artist, Fellini does not just limit himself to the creative techniques of his predecessors, he strives to find his own creative comfort zone, or style. So the emergence of the obscure, disorganized narrative of "Eight and a Half" can be explained. In his early work "The Great Road", Fellini also used a lot of symbolism as a training experience for his own learning and experimentation.

According to Western word of mouth, fools are angels. They don't care about the world and only act according to the original goodness of human nature. In the film, it is obvious that Gersomina is an angel, and the third character, the tightrope walker, who The man nicknamed "The Fool" is also an angel. Everyone should be obsessed with the wonderful encounter between the two angels in the film. The fool couldn't stand Zampano's evil. He said: I don't know why, I want to make fun of this big man when I see it. As for Gersomina, the fool showed the same kind of love, and the two of them had a rare tacit understanding in their cooperative performance, which was extremely harmonious.

The most tearful scene in the whole film should be the scene when the fool and Gersomina parted. Ersomina hopped away under her tearful eyes. Since that warm and short encounter time, Gersomina and the fool have entered their respective tragic endings, and every audience fantasizes about the Hollywood-style ending in which the fool and Gersomina are happy together Also completely broken. This may be the reason why "The Road" is so popular. When the whole film uses most of the space to create the audience's sympathy for the disadvantaged characters, the end of the film uses a tragic ending to shock the audience's heart again, making it feel like an aftertaste when leaving the scene. This is true of Yellow Earth, it is true of Hamlet, and it is true of Blue Sea and Blue Sky.

So far, I still can't figure out the narrative structure of a film, but the narrative of "The Great Road" is a very clear ballad-like structure. , gentle, one extremely vulgar, violent, and shameless, rather than describing this opposition as the two extremes of human nature, I would prefer to describe one as divine and one as animal. So at the end of the film, the animals suffered endless pain due to the sacrifice of the angels and gained their humanity. Is this also a happy ending in a certain sense?

How do you keep the tears in your eyes?

So far, I still can't figure out the narrative structure of a film, but the narrative of "The Great Road" is a very clear ballad-like structure. , gentle, one extremely vulgar, violent, and shameless, rather than describing this opposition as the two extremes of human nature, I would prefer to describe one as divine and one as animal. So at the end of the film, the animals suffered endless pain due to the sacrifice of the angels and gained their humanity. Is this also a happy ending in a certain sense?

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  • Zampanò: [reciting his act by rote before a crowd] Here we have a piece of chain that is a quarter of an inch thick. It is made of crude iron, stronger than steel. With the simple expansion of my pectoral muscles, or chest, that is, I'll break the hook.

    [collecting money from the crowd]

    Zampanò: Thank you, thank you. Now, to do this feat, I must fill myself up like a tire. If a blood vessel should break, I would spit blood. For instance, in Milan a man weighing 240 pounds lost his eyesight doing this trick. That is because the optical nerves take a beating, and once you lose your eyes, you are finished. If there's any delicate person in the audience, I would advise him to look away 'cause there could be blood.

    [with seemingly great effort, he breaks the chain]

  • Gelsomina's Mother: She's not like Rosa. But she's a good girl, poor thing. She'll do what she's told. She just came out a little strange. But, if she eats every day, maybe she'll get better.