Play Time

Raven 2022-03-23 09:02:49

In a modern lost city, everything is the same and has no characteristics. Society turns each individual into an appearance, and seemingly different faces hold one thing in their minds.

The first half is restrained and orderly and even repressive, while the second half is indulgent and chaotic and cheerful. It is hard to say which is more desirable. The order displayed in the first half is breathless. The development of commodities comes from the constantly expanding and constantly guided heart. Everyone is like a clockwork in society. While seemingly highly developed, everything is homogenized, modernized and It is boring again, the sense of alienation between people can no longer be weakened with the shortening of distance, people become indifferent, society becomes indifferent, Paris becomes a reflection in glass, a beautiful life becomes a mirage, everyone Being in it but no one would feel that this is the desired future.

Later, indulging in disorderly joy is more like a kind of destruction to the front, messy restaurants and gradually brightly colored streets, people are more like a play machine in it, entertaining to death in PlayTime, people are in it The confusion of differences manifested is even more alarming and frightening, as people who seem to have finally shown themselves to be different are united on a higher level, an involuntary animal. Society seems to become kinder when night comes, but it also brings a stronger sense of chaos. The order of the day disappears at night, and all the scenes make people feel confused and disillusioned.

A masterpiece of dazzling skills, the director's composition and group image scheduling scene conception is quite ingenious, and the idea of ​​glass in the image is absolutely amazing. When watching it, I always wonder why there is such a good idea. I think it is very boring but very boring. Interesting type, it's hard to guess what the director meant, but that's what makes it so appealing.

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Playtime quotes

  • Barbara, Young Tourist: How do you say "drugstore" in French?

    Monsieur Hulot: Drugstore.

  • Monsieur Hulot: [in English, to Barbara] I'll be back.

    Old Woman 1: [in French] What's that mean?

    Old Woman 2: [in French] I've no idea. Can't they use French?