confused, confused

Jarret 2022-03-28 09:01:14

Because Astro Boy missed an appointment with the French cinema, I found this new work by Jarmusch.

To sum up, this is a boring movie

. A man with half of his nostrils goes to complete a task. After several trains, the task is completed and he goes home. In this way, the story in the movie is not important at all, the important thing is the meaning. Like, suits, trains, matchboxes, coffee, nude girls, tai chi, transparent raincoats~~~ Every shot in the movie seems to be talking, the deliberate composition, close-up emphasizing emotions, and deeply psychological music, these elements make this movie It's so confusing. Every time I watch a movie, I have strong emotional emotions. Only this one doesn't have it because it's too abstract~~~ When

I saw the last subtitle, I was stunned to find the photographer Du Kefeng, well, no wonder, every The shots are all drawn deliberately, the arrangement of the still life is irregular but in line with the aesthetic concept, Du Kefeng has not seen it for a long time, I miss these imaginative shots so much~~~, Wong Kar-Wai has lost a lot of color without him~~~

Music, the music of the movie is very It's nice, but it's extreme. It's a combination of electronic music and rock. The music is very suitable for the mood of the movie. The faces in it are all cold or expressionless, and there are few lines. The music becomes the expression of psychological activities. The important means is that every time the soundtrack appears, it is when the actors should make expressions in ordinary movies. This one does not, relying entirely on hearing, and then creates psychological activities of sadness or fear or loneliness.

After watching the movie, an old lady grabbed me and said angrily, why did he kill him, I don’t understand, and then a few people around me whispered to their companions that it was a strange movie, and now I understand why art films can live so well in Europe, The film was boring, but no one slept from the beginning to the end, well, I was influenced by the French petty bourgeoisie again~~~

Whoever watched the film, please tell me, I can't move my mind, there are too many images, I can't figure it out~~~

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Extended Reading

The Limits of Control quotes

  • [last lines]

    American: What is your fucking agenda here?

    [pause]

    American: You people don't understand a fucking thing about how the world really works.

    Lone Man: I understand. But I understand subjectively.

    American: That's fucking nonsense. Your sick minds have been polluted with crap. Your music, movies, science. Fucking bohemians on hallucinogenic drugs. All that shit has poisoned you. And it has nothing to do with the real world. And I suppose you believe that by eliminating me, you will eliminate control over some fucking artificial reality.

    Lone Man: Reality is arbitrary.

    American: Fuck you.

  • [first lines]

    Creole: [character speaks in Spanish/French creole, English subtitles] You don't speak Spanish, right?

    French: [character translates for Creole] You don't speak Spanish, right?

    Creole: You are ready? Everything's cool?

    French: You are ready? Everything's cool?

    Lone Man: Yes!

    Creole: Good.

    French: Good.