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Son of Thor
Lizzie 2022-03-25 09:01:14
The perspective of this World War II film is rather special. As a member of the contingent, Sol, who helped the Nazis clean up the gas chambers of the concentration camps, was only temporarily survived. Once found a boy survived, although still executed, but Thor seems to have found a miracle, desperate to find a Jewish priest to bury the boy. Thor is already desperate for life and death, but he has great determination for this matter, which is a kind of religious redemptive sustenance. The film uses a large number of hand-held close-up long shots, blurring the bloody and brutal concentration camp massacre, shaking the gray close-up of Sol, mixed with sudden sounds and events, conveying an atmosphere of unease, despair and depression, and an immersive sense of helplessness. It's the overwhelming sense of oppression brought about by this way of shooting. The film never elevates the theme of war. It uses a combination of reality and reality to design the atmosphere realistically, and uses the despair and cruelty of war to express another understanding of human nature under oppression to life.
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Aubree 2021-12-27 08:01:42
#Cannes2015# As soon as the debut work enters the main competition, I still have a hand, with a bright style of lens language [background defocus, full-length facial close-up and long shots, a large number of horrifying sports shots] refreshing, but unfortunately in the powerful narrative With the double lack of motivation and emotional performance of the male protagonist, the freshness ebbs quickly. Follow the hero and the camera that has been on the side for a panoramic tour of the underworld-like concentration camp.
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Tressie 2021-12-27 08:01:42
After the screening, the two aunts sitting next to me started discussing whether the boy was the son of the protagonist or not. I really...show the concentration camp from an individual (indifferent) perspective, especially those who have never been the protagonist before. The task force, the idea is good. But the endless short-focus lens really made me irritable. The character of the hero also makes me irritable. This film is so full, I really admire the French audience more and more!
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Saul Ausländer: Rabbi, Help me bury a body.
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Abraham Warszawski: Who's this boy?
Saul Ausländer: My son.
Abraham Warszawski: But you have no son.
Saul Ausländer: I do. I have to bury him.
Abraham Warszawski: You don't need a rabbi for that.
Saul Ausländer: At least he'll do what's right.