An idol is an idol! Martin Scorsese! This is the movie that won him the Best Director award in Cannes... I adore him, and one of the main reasons is because his films are full of originality, from Mean Streets to The Last Temptation of Christ, there are How many timeless shots are still the objects of imitation and plagiarism by junior directors? Moreover, in the music video that is advertised as innovation and avant-garde, Martin Scorsese-style shots abound. In terms of his contribution to the world cinema of the 20th century, I personally think he is the leader among American directors.
A 7.4 rating for this film is an insult, I would have to give it a 9, and it's very rare to win an award in Cannes and be so good and engaging. The opening music is also good, but it seems to be Mozart, and it feels like a movie theater in Paradise. The original composition is Howard Shore, and now the most famous work is The Lord of the Rings, huh.
It's a weird movie, the type where a series of small events get bigger and bigger and can't be managed. Because too many plots are in a trance without answers, the atmosphere is where Martin Scorsese put a lot of effort into. I like a few places very much: 1. The hero and heroine went to the coffee shop late at night, and they followed the shooting from a ten-centimeter-high camera, sliding through the steaming streets of New York, bringing out the bleakness of the cold night. 2. When a woman goes to take a shower, there is a vague whisper in the bathroom, which makes you horrified. Just this one, how many horror movies have been copied since then! 3. At the end, the exhausted male protagonist is sitting in the office, colleagues start to come to work one after another, and the camera dances randomly between the desks, laughing like a prank of God...
In addition, Martin Scorsese also made a cameo role in the play: the person who operates the spotlight in the Berlin nightclub. If you are interested, look for it when you watch it yourself :)
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