free,……

Jewell 2022-03-22 09:02:44

She lay in the stiff ditch, her body cold. The camera is reversed from here. From one person's narration, clip to another's, she's pieced together. Connection makes people imagine without reason.
Wandering always leads people into a romantic situation.
The lines of her face are like the outline of charcoal, tough and concise. Hair, clothes, backpack, rubbed into the dry and gloomy sky and earth. I smell cold, presumptuous.
Isn't it better to tell the truth than to have a few cut flashbacks? people tell. Inadvertently, they speak out about themselves, so many people participate in one person's story. We saw one person after another talking to the camera, moving, like being interviewed. They were watching her and we were watching them all. It's uncomfortable. Perhaps a narrative that moves forward in time is more appropriate. She walks the path of self-imposed exile: laziness, starvation, filth, theft, sexuality, disease, and finally sinking into death. The question should be discussed in this way. Disjointed, unfamiliar and obviously noisy, we didn't hear her own voice.
Actually, there is no story here, it's all about freedom.

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Extended Reading
  • Deondre 2022-03-20 09:02:42

    Varda's masterpiece, the young Varda's narrative scheduling and directing skills are well worthy of being a rider. Leaving aside the social reality of this film, Varda used the “heard” method to supplement the story clues around the vagrant girl, making the story as if "Oedipus King" was sung, and so was the death of the vagrant girl. Oedipus himself embraced the fatal fate, so should we blame the mound that tripped the girl?

  • Adolfo 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    100 points, it's great, the separation is natural and smooth, the non-professional actors are also well selected, and the technical aspects of this film are very good, and the art photography is beautiful. The mini crew who made movies in that era were really amazing. The choice of details and close-ups is also very effective when it comes to characterization. Seeing that the actress was covered in mud and her hair was sticky and dirty in the end, I sighed for the actress in our country.

Vagabond quotes

  • la platonologne Mme Landier: Why did you drop out?

    Mona Bergeron, sans toit ni loi: Champagne on the road's better!

  • les Bergers: She blew in like the wind. No plans, no goals... No wishes, no wants... We suggested things to her. She didn't want to do a thing. Wandering? That's withering. By proving she's useless, she helps a system she rejects. It's not wandering, it's withering.