"Beauty" is the dialectic of our existence

Mylene 2022-03-25 09:01:10

Outdoor rainstorm, watching a movie with friends for the second time, there are still new inspirations. Just like this kind of film is as slow as the lake, the waves are calm, and it seems that there is not much focus. It is also not as good as those classic blockbusters as usual, the ups and downs of the plot design, the text follows the cause and effect of good and evil, and the succession and transformation. Unlike Hollywood movies, it does not rely on dramatic tension and no longer simply focuses on narrative. With a brand-new attitude, he writes about the surroundings and details of the novelist's life, and paints a picture of the floating world with a grand ecological view. The technique of the film is as wonderful as prose, with a deep taste of still water flowing, but calm down can arouse a layer of inner waves. In addition to taking people's life as the background, "City of Absolute Beauty" is based on life phenomena. In addition, there are metaphysical existential reflections, and the rich ecological humanities of Rome are displayed in the lens, exploring the deep crisis of this modern world. The one that has been mentioned and discussed the most in various news media, and is always unavoidable, is "La Dolce Vita" written by Italian director Fellini in the last century. The two films can be said to have the same origin in a sense. In a country like Italy, perhaps stemming from the dark shadows of Pompeii history, the film presents a space of gloom and decay that is in the same vein, exuding an Italian-style apocalypse everywhere. In order to bring comfort to the soul, people play on the scene and pursue the infinite pursuit of material things. Anesthetized ego, still unable to disperse and fill their increasingly empty inner world. As the protagonist of intellectuals, he is also the builder of this city. In this beautiful world, during the period of his sinking, in this absurd world, he can do nothing, so it is better to go with the flow. Faced with this kind of situation, people are in it, crawl in it, and eventually die in it. A modern ancient capital like Rome, of course, is prosperous. Tear off the veil and Rome is barren. What does Rome carry and what is the meaning of life? In a torn world where prosperity and desolation coexist, the contradiction between individuals and society, the alienation of people, and the loneliness of cities are all shackles that cannot be relieved in today's society. But "City of Absolute Beauty" is not desperate, looking for the original intention of the past, the real beauty that belongs to me in my memory, only they are dialectizing the meaning of our existence.

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  • Aimee 2022-04-24 07:01:12

    Photography, music, and camera sense are all good, but the form outweighs the content—writing, glitz, life, everything is discussed, but it seems that nothing is explained thoroughly. Art is thought-provoking with its natural incomprehension, not a deliberately drowsy incomprehension.

  • Wayne 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    So lucky to see it in theaters today. It's beyond words, but for two and a half hours, I was completely sucked into the screen. “Italian cinema is the best”

The Great Beauty quotes

  • Egidio: Do I seem like a loser?

    Jep Gambardella: No, why?

    Egidio: Because I can hear myself talk, I sound like a loser.

  • Egidio: I'm not important. It's her I worry about. I love her. And I'm not a loser there, I'm a father. And like all fathers, I'm worried. What'll she do in a few years? She can't be a stripper at 50!