The alternative is still

Eddie 2022-03-23 09:03:28

Such an alternative literary film created in 1958 is still unique today. In the nearly two-hour length of the film, the protagonist "My Uncle" has only a handful of lines, with a pipe in his mouth, and this "uncle" who takes a parasol when going out on a sunny or cloudy day is the screenwriter of this film. director. A former comedian, he made full use of his flexible body language in the film to vividly interpret the funny and embarrassing events that happened when a countryman went to the city to visit the rich sister's house.

Rich people don't live easily. In order to maintain a decent image, my sister is busy with gardening all the time. Every time someone rings the doorbell, she turns on the fountain decoration in the garden like a conditioned reflex. Behind the delicate is the bottomless vanity. The life of the poor is much easier. Although the 72 tenants living in an apartment have limited living space for each other, the fun lies in the interaction that can be seen everywhere. Every morning, "uncle" goes downstairs to meet the flower girl on the first floor. Compliments on her clothes, and the birds who look forward to him opening the windows every day and waiting to sing. Behind the ordinary is an ordinary happy heart. It is not difficult to find that in the editing, the director deliberately added cheerful music when telling about the life of the poor, but only heard the hostess chattering and endless urging and complaining when telling about the rich.


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  • Golda 2022-03-22 09:02:58

    20210527 Rewatch, perfect masterpiece, comedy master. Tati observes the changing world with his tender eyes and deals with it with a comically awkward but determined poise. The demolished curvilinear old block and the new building erected at right angles, close neighbors and familiar strangers, warm colors and cool colors and loneliness, there are only two worlds separated by a rubble, even if they cannot see each other, Unable to stop the sound of China Unicom (the music from the phone in the factory, the noise from the nephew at home), and the memories of happy and happy experiences brought back from the other side of the wall (both from friends and uncles) ). The same "meandering path" and the emphasized "connectivity of every room" present the relationship of completely different people on both sides. In the end, because of the unexpected mischief effect, the son takes his father's hand, and the uncle has flown to the other side of the ocean, you know what is most important. Jacques Tati, using window glass to reflect sunlight and make birds sing.

  • Brionna 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    8. witty and humorous

Mon Oncle quotes

  • Charles Arpel: We could go to the Sexy Club.

    Madame Arpel: I prefer Constantino and his nice music.