Kafka's Castle

Vivianne 2022-04-11 08:01:01

The director is Capricorn Soderbergh, and the heroine is beautiful.

The black and white and gray three-color movie images are like the texture of film, and we are more likely to use this as an opportunity to enter the gloomy and heavy world of Kafka; of course, occasionally because of the strong contrast with reality, it is easier to withdraw from the environment. individuals to rational reflection.

The high-saturation three-color allows us to pay more direct attention to the action details and character expressions that the director wants to present. Combined with the sound of the tiny objects in the picture and the tight circling background music, we can feel the absurdity of the world and the tension and fear of the individual. feel.

The exaggerated deformation of the projection makes people feel hesitant and panic.

The old-fashioned architecture of the early days, the modern people who are bound by the system and move in a hurry, the characters and dialogues of mysticism, are dull and depressing.

In Kafka's dream, the protagonists are endowed with the guilt of the characters. They are cautious but are constantly deceived, mocked and insulted. Behind the weak individuals is the metaphor of the ubiquitous, huge and indifferent society - the castle.

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Extended Reading

Kafka quotes

  • Doctor Murnau: You despise someone like me - because you despise the modern. But you are at the very forefront of what is modern. You write about it, you document it... Unlike you, though, I have chosen to embrace it.

  • Youthful Anarchist: [discussing Kafka] How much have you told him?

    Gabriela: He's a clerk; he knows nothing.

    Mustachioed Anarchist: Eduard said he's a writer.

    Youthful Anarchist: That could be useful.

    Female Anarchist: That could be dangerous.

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