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
  • Ericka 2022-03-20 09:02:55

    While thinking of "forget him" and "Want you near me", people are so interesting, so they are people. There are a lot of hits. Wong Kar-wai's random episodes are all about love. When he's bored and plays songs, he's emotional.

  • Amelie 2022-03-29 09:01:08

    Continuing the Chongqing Forest, such films will not expire, and there will be more characters in the story, so Wong Kar-wai and Double Photography have played with various techniques and images too high. Compared with Li's cool and crazy Li's masturbation, Takeshi Kaneshiro is simply too good, and his humorous, tragic and affectionate interpretations are so good that his father Braided Man and Yang's infatuation are amazing. The existence of human beings in the urban space is like a ghostly angel that can't be seen clearly or can be forgotten and disappeared at any time. 2014 Archives Wong Kar Wai Film Festival, 2018 North Film Festival Wukesong.

Fallen Angels quotes

  • Wong Chi-Ming: The best thing about my profession is that there's no need to make any decision. Who's to die... when... where... it's all been planned by others. I'm a lazy person. I like people to arrange things for me. That's why I need a partner.

  • He Zhiwu: They say that love can change a man. I start to find myself looking better and more charming, and suddenly I discover that I'm turning blonde.