Make a cup of human tea with shadow as water, Reivew on Land of Mine

Cool tone, retro minimalist shot. The composition is simple and clear, the picture is clean and atmospheric, and the telephoto and the close-up lens are used on the scene and characters in a targeted and moderate distance. The far lens is far but not insignificant, highlighting the vastness and desolation of the scene; the close-up lens is close but not huge, a close-up of the mental state of the upper body characters. With its cold and simple pictures, it shows the contrast between the big scene and the characters, as well as the current narrative and the historical background.

The biggest feature is that the warming of human nature is integrated into the warming of the picture tone. From the extremely cold to colorless tones accompanied by brutal shouting and beatings, to the yellow tint of the sergeant and the boys in harmony with the wind and the grass, to finally the sergeant's death and determination to send the boy back to the country's frontier. green. The hue gradually heats up and develops color.
The story is a little shorter, but it is also full of ups and downs and rich chapters. Accompanied by the sweeping away of the occasional thunderstorms, the film calmly dissolves the grief of war and the misery of history into a bright color of human nature, and at the same time puts more attention on the future represented by boys. . Rather than just blindly hating history and war without thinking and punishing evil for evil.

The coldness and simplicity of the picture, the innocence and yearning of the youth, are like cold spring water.
It can be said that a cup of human tea is brewed with shadow color as water, but the taste is clear. And it is also full of Zen with a big vision and a big feeling in a small way.

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