Old and new, fashion and civilization, life and death. It is about life, meaning, and life. Fragmentation is used in the film. There is no established proposition, but the focus is on life. The poetic processing and the expression of stream of consciousness add a sense of mystery to the film. This film only belongs to Rome. This kind of shooting technique and aesthetic perception also belong to Europeans. This special style, the cognition of art and culture, and the criticism and exclamation of life are extremely detached. Even if we don't understand the Italian culture in it, we don't necessarily fully understand what the film is saying. It's true that sometimes we all watch movies vaguely, but in fact we don't need to understand everything in the world at all. Some things are good enough to know that it's good, from the use of music to the sway of the camera, the film is a delight to watch.
Director Paolo Sorrentino has been selected for many Cannes Film Festivals, and "The Great Beauty" won the best film of the European Film Award, which is relatively the European Oscar. At the same time, the film also entered the top nine of the Oscar's best foreign language film. The movie looks at the passing of the times through the vision of an upper-class old man, JEP, and the soul blinded by fashion and material. One day, I suddenly look back on my old love, close my eyes, who do I miss the most? is first love. A sixty-five-year-old old man is thinking about his first love, surrounded by people of social status, some of whom are married, and he is sadly lonely after his wife leaves. He used to be a writer, but now he's lost in writing, and even he thinks he shouldn't write a book and discards his own words. From the age of twenty-six to Rome alone, watching the prosperous world, going to parties many times a week, every day is very busy, but my heart is very empty.
People in social circles are basically intellectuals, but mostly party animals. They danced and drank to music, and some in the circle were nobles, writers, etc. They wear fancy clothes and live only to show off and play. In the bright city, they reflect the pain behind the prosperity. The beauty on the surface is actually the destruction of the will. Did Rome destroy him or enrich him?
Most of the characters presented in the play are extravagant, but in the eyes of the protagonist who comes into contact with and witnesses, they are honest with themselves and give this kind of high life a slap in the face. At a party, the children of one of the families were going to perform painting. She poured paint on the canvas, crying and screaming all the time. A family born in the upper class is destined to be a cash cow for the parents in the big season. She cried. It's because she still has persistence and innocence. In this social circle, there are scandals and gossip, but lack of self. Even the protagonist himself is indulging in a world of intoxication, and through the imagination of the people he meets later and his first love, he finds that he is old and wants to do something he wants to do, which can be regarded as a kind of self-discovery.
The role of religion in the film is also ironic. The nun also has a greedy nature and is also interested in the opposite sex. The use of religion is to bring out the divinity of Rome, or to regard religion as a kind of totem, a sacred symbol. However, religious people will inevitably attend dinner parties of the upper class and make it a part of social interaction. This way of preaching is really only in name. In fact, religious people also hope to receive some kind of decent hospitality, which is slightly different from the teachings. The old nun in the play lived with the poor all her life, and she spit out the principle of abide by poverty at a dinner party, which can be said to be in sharp contrast to the luxurious life of the upper class. At the same time, people of the wealthy class still live in comfort and ignore world affairs. The appearance of religion only satisfies the vanity of some people and becomes a symbol of self-satisfaction, but the real religion has not entered the community at all.
The highlight of the film is that it makes the audience feel empty, regardless of whether or not to pay tribute to Fellini. The fragmented expression method looks at the glitz and noise of the city from many aspects, and looks at the essence of a city from the scenery and characters. Any purpose, because she is not only gorgeous, but also contains a decadent beauty. Upside down sentient beings, blow dust free, take you as her fan.
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