The significance of film history is greater than the film itself. The film tells the story of a woman who was concussion in a car accident and gradually alienated in an industrialized city, and finally went to bed with her husband and colleague to relieve her sexual repression. The film focuses on the modern urban society and the life of urban people. It has deep meaning in the picture and highlights Antonioni's film style. At the same time, the film is very prominent in the use of color, and it is the first film in film history to use color accurately.
Red is the color that appears the most and represents impulse. It is reflected in the red hut and the red bed frame. It also represents death and alienation. At the end, the woman walks in the red factory, rendering a chilling atmosphere and symbolizing the cruelty of the industrial society. and silence.
Green symbolizes life. Women wear green clothes, like the only oasis in the industrial city, and the place for private meeting with husband and colleagues is also green, creating a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
White symbolizes sickness and is reflected in factory smoke, plague smoke, and white wards.
At the same time, yellow symbolizes pollution (yellow smoke), blue symbolizes coldness, black symbolizes death, and pink symbolizes beauty.
However, the dialogues and pictures of life in the film are too redundant, and the motives and plots of the characters lack logic. The film often uses colors to imply the plot and promote the development of the plot, so the structure of the whole film is scattered. In my opinion, such a creation is unqualified.
First of all, weakening the expression of the plot itself causes great difficulties for the audience to understand and understand. At the same time, the film is narrated around the inner experience of a delirious woman, adding an extra layer of ambiguity to the originally ambiguous plot. Chaotic colors. Although the film strives to speak with pictures, it is not the same as painting. There can be many abstract and suggestive signifiers in the painting, because the audience has a short time to appreciate the painting, and the picture does not move. Movies are always in motion and are the art of time. The audience needs to grasp the theme in the movement of time. If the plot of the film is thin and lacks logic, then the audience cannot be supported to follow the time of the film to understand these constantly moving pictures.
Second, everyone has a different understanding of color. The film's reliance on color to suggest is a very avant-garde approach and has great significance. However, relying on color to promote the development of the plot is not enough. If the audience deviates in their understanding of a certain color, they will be confused in the subsequent films, which not only affects the creator's expression, but also affects the audience's acceptance.
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