Because he always stands at a height that is enough to despise the whole world, and takes pictures of what he likes; the whole world says that it is obscure, profound and even difficult, and he smiles, ignorant crowd.
I love that he ignores the mostly idiotic audience and treats his films with willfulness.
In front of his films, I felt like I was still in kindergarten.
"The Limits of Control" was filmed by Du Kefeng, and in the play itself, there are many big-name actors who will appear in commercial films, but Isaach De Bankolé is still paralyzed and handsome. Many of Jarmusch's films have many famous empty shots, and under the lens of Du Kefeng, the beauty of each place's scenery and architecture is extremely magnified.
And the purpose of the film itself?
It's really empty. Actually the movie is a poem.
The skeleton is Two espressos, in separate cups.
You don't speak Spanish, right? Two espressos, in separate cups
.
You don't speak Spanish do you?
Do you like music?
I believe that music, every wooden instrument, has its memory, notes that resonate even when stationary.
Red matchbox, green matchbox.
Two cups of extra strong, separate the two cups.
You don't speak Spanish do you?
Do you like movies?
I believe old movies, good old movies, can teach you how people smoked a cigar decades ago.
Green matchbox, red matchbox.
Two cups of extra strong, separate the two cups.
You don't speak Spanish do you?
Do you like science?
I believe in molecular science. Everyone is a transformable molecule, spinning in ecstasy.
Red matchbox, green matchbox.
Two cups of extra strong, separate the two cups.
You don't speak Spanish do you?
Do you like art?
I believe in art. Boho style should be an inherent art form, not the shawl that can be seen everywhere on the street.
Red matchbox, green matchbox.
Two cups of extra strong, separate the two cups.
You don't speak Spanish do you?
Do you like hallucinations?
I believe in hallucinations. All that the eye can reach is a layer of colored glass covering the surface of the object, and the illusion is sometimes more real.
In life, we meet and absorb constantly. Many different opinions will continue to enter the process of your dream pursuit. Whether you absorb it or not, others may just want to talk to someone, and no one cares whether you accept it or not.
For example, in Jarmusch's films, there is always someone who keeps talking and keeps talking calmly, saying what the director wants to say, and he doesn't care whether you appreciate it or not in front of the screen.
Light and shadow, pigments, molecules, hallucinations, or have always been the director's favorite, but in real life, people are constantly telling him to give up. My God, Lao Jia, why do you live like an ascetic, thinking of going to Pangu to catch a flea? Then the director said, why are you so single-celled as humans?
Crazy thinking is a common problem for artists. After all, not everyone can find a black man with facial paralysis to play Tai Chi.
Zen is unfathomable.
I like very old films, you can really see what the world looked like, thirty, fifty, a hundred years ago. You know the clothes, the telephones, the trains, the way people smoked cigarettes. The little details of life. The best films are like dreams, you're never sure you've really had.
It's like a game. Deception, glamour, a shootout with shattered mirrors. These
are the lines that moved me to the core. God knows, a lot of friends around me have been persuading me not to get too involved in movies, and I have always regarded them as idiots who don't understand me. Some things are not the reason why I avoid life, but the source of my love for life.
I like Kudo Yuki very much.
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