The Creation of Sick Loneliness

Ottilie 2022-03-25 09:01:21

"Fallen Angel" can be regarded as the emotional continuation of "Chongqing Forest". The plot elements and styles are very similar, but the structure is not divided into two parts, but tells the stories of several people.

He Zhiwu appeared in the movie again, but this time his role was no longer a policeman, but became Faye Wong in "Chongqing Forest", following the style of the second half of "Chongqing Forest"; and the first half of "Chongqing Forest" The style is carried over from the plot of Dawn and Li Jiaxin. Although different characters show different styles, the elements of "Chongqing Forest" are evenly distributed to each character. For example, Jin Chengwu met a flight attendant, Li Jiaxin secretly cleaned the room for Liming, Liming became a Lin Qingxia-style killer, and Yang Caini became a Jin Chengwu (referring to Jin Chengwu in "Chongqing Forest")-style lovelorn...

Like "Chongqing Forest", the movie The protagonists are lonely individuals who do all kinds of weird things in it. But the characters in "Chongqing Forest" are still acceptable to ordinary people, and the eccentricity of the characters in this work can be regarded as aggravating. Under such circumstances, how does the director legitimize these actions that are contrary to reality?

In order to create a mood that matches the behavior of the movie characters, the movie uses a lot of wide-angle close-ups of the faces, which makes the movie characters look very weird in the camera. In the wide-angle shot, the scene lines appear distorted, and the close-up of the character's face in the center looks a little sick. The close-up shots completely magnify the characters' loneliness, while also allowing the audience to directly examine the characters' expressions and feel their emotional changes "up close". This also directly builds a "sick" lonely emotional world for the audience," so the characters' strange behaviors and character relationships are acceptable to the audience.

For me, the quality of the sequels is generally poor, and "Fallen Angel" As another form of sequel, it just remakes itself again. Except for the camera and Li Jiaxin (too beautiful), there are no more bright spots. From the perspective of character relevancy, it can be regarded as the completion of the three films in the 1960s in the future. Qu made a basic attempt.

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Extended Reading
  • Aubree 2022-03-24 09:03:36

    I haven't been on a motorcycle for a long time, and I haven't been so close to a person for a long time. I know that the road is not very long, and it won't take long for me to get off the car, but this minute I feel very warm.

  • Jamarcus 2022-03-28 09:01:12

    At first glance, Wong Kar-wai is very artificial, but gradually in his stream of consciousness that seems to be incomprehensible, you will find a special kind of truth, not the truth of a documentary, but a poem or a song. It swirled and stirred in the deep part of my heart, slowly wrapping the whole person.

Fallen Angels quotes

  • Wong Chi-Ming: [after being bitten by Blondie] Why?

    Punkie: [sobbing] I've left my mark, okay? You may forget my face, but you won't forget my bite.

  • The Killer's Agent: There are some people you can never get close to. Get too close, and you'll find him boring.