The splendid dream revealed a strange smile in the dark; the ruins were scattered in every corner; the plane was buried silently on the river beach with its butt upside down; the crazy old man hugged his big cock, in addition to fear, there was a deep look in his eyes. Doubt; the river flows through the forest, the reflections of the trees, the mirror image and reality are connected in a line, extending infinitely; the truck full of apples drives by, and the apples fall all the way, horses bow their heads, one by one, very romantic feeling; the mirror hangs on the On the wall, young officers are reflected, like a painting; the flares fly into the forest one by one, illuminating the lake, like shooting stars, and the boat slowly moves forward in waves of bloom, which is amazingly beautiful; the beach is very beautiful; Sunshine from above... Children running in the water...
Tarkovsky's poetry in the processing of pictures and scenes is really fascinating. The application of light is more effective in the rendering of black and white film and television atmospheres. The long shot of Tarkovsky's signature shows a long sense of flow. The presentation of a scene, the movement of characters, turning around and changing positions, are all exquisite, and the visual beauty alone is enough to make people stutter. However, these poetics and beauty make the cruelty even more cruel and the pain more painful. This kind of cruelty and pain is very real and calm in the expression of the dream, there is no heroism and no tragic complex. "Ivan's Childhood", looking back at the title, Tarkovsky is really a cruel guy. The cruelty of war, this theme has nothing special, we are familiar with, "Schindler's List", the panic, helplessness, despair of Jews being held in concentration camps, the brutality of Nazism. "Nanjing, Nanjing", women raped and murdered, babies provoked by bayonets. "Blood Battle Hacksaw Ridge", there are broken arms and legs all over the ground, and a wave of soldiers who have gone back and forth. People express the cruelty of war through screaming, roaring, cannonballs, gunpowder, blood and maiming, but when all this disappears, when the fierce and tragic sound ceases, when the world shows its bleak and poetic When it is beautiful, does the battlefield really quiet down? Has the war really stopped?
Tarkovsky put the topic in a quiet world, on one of the most vulnerable children. Little Ivan walked through the wilderness, crossed the river with proficiency, shouted at the orders of the young officers, howled with anger at the unwillingness to leave the battlefield, and murmured with the adults that his comrades would return safely, emphasizing his "useful" over and over again. ", these always make people feel absurdly funny, just like that kid wearing dad's suit is funny and lame, Ivan doesn't want to be seen as a weak person who needs protection, he tries his best to show in real life. He is strong and brave, yet his body is so thin and petite. The young officer said: "You have done what you should have done, and you can go back to school." Ivan rejected such a statement. He did not think, and perhaps the director did not think, to let him, this fragile little man, go back to school. It is a beautiful and great thing to go to a safe place, grow up, and live. He lives in this war, just like thousands of people.
After a round of artillery fire, the scene of the young officer rushing back to the house to find Ivan is impressive. The officer was relieved when he saw Ivan who was safe, and told him not to be afraid. The mirror on the wall reflected Ivan. Fan's blurred figure, then the camera turned to Ivan, slowly zooming in, he stood blankly in the sun, his eyes widened, his face expressionless, his tears still dry, and he said, "I'm not afraid. His ignorance of the artillery fire did not show a kind of fortitude or tenacity, but a kind of weird, morbid and gloomy, so that the officer asked in a panic: "What's wrong with you?" What happened to Ivan ? He just woke up from a nightmare.
In a dream, Ivan could no longer hide his childishness, vulnerability, and panic. In his three dreams, he became a carefree child, shirtless, with a safe smile, whether in the forest, in a truck or in a deep well, he all lived in an open world, with bright Sunshine is scattered everywhere, there is a peaceful and loving mother, and there is a sister who smiles like a flower... When everything suddenly disappeared, he couldn't hide the panic on his face. When Ivan was left alone in the room, the little smile on his face disappeared, and the dagger inserted into the wall seemed to shout: "Vengeance!" As a bell rose in the picture, Ivan Squeezed at the bottom of the picture, squeezed against the wall, as if pressed hard to breathe, and then the whole room was plunged into darkness, the light of Ivan's flashlight dominated the whole scene and line of sight, and a strange light hit Ivan's face. , resentment, crying, shouting, bursts of sound, in this empty and silent room, in Ivan's ear, the words of accusation on the wall, the girl's resentful face, also Ivan's flashlight As soon as it was illuminated, he rang the bell above his head, like an alarm, but also like a call for help, the fear was clearly made clear by the strange light, which was a fear he had never had when facing bullets and corpses.
Ivan, thinking of the innocence and carelessness that he once had, immersed in the pain of what has been lost, fearing the loss that is about to face, open his eyes and live, he still has to live, so he is unwilling to leave the battlefield, unwilling to endure peace and quiet. The suffering of silence, nothing can calm him down more than "revenge", so the path he ignores is not due to his perseverance and bravery, nor is it due to his resentment, but for Ivan, this It was the only way he could fight his fear and pain, which stemmed from the reality in his dreams, the dreams in reality. The obstruction and care of the parents appeared pale and powerless in the compromises again and again, not because they didn't love Ivan, but, what about love? The image of Ivan here is full of contradictions, strong and stubborn, and fragile and fragile.
Compared with Ivan, who was tortured by both dreams and reality, the "adults" seemed to be much simpler and more pleasant. They almost never showed the pain and panic in the war, and the beautiful medical assistants would still be immersed in the beauty of love. Colonels Herring would laugh under the fire, repairing their gramophones before going on dangerous missions, just to listen to a song before dinner... But when the war is over, when young officers with scars on their faces clean up When he was holding the archives of Ivan's hanging and watching the torture instrument fall into an illusion, he knew that no matter how cruel things happened, the world itself was still beautiful and poetic, but Ivan, in the end, became a his nightmare. Colonel Herring? He no longer knew where he was.
Finally, the tower master showed us a wonderful dream childhood. Ivan stepped on the sparkling water, towards the sun, towards the vast sea, all the way forward... But there are still dead trees that block the sun, but the sun is still there spilled on the sea...
Ivan's battlefield has no artillery fire and smoke, the ruined world is still poetic and beautiful, and the war can't make its beauty dim. Ivan's childhood was full of gunfire and gunpowder, but dreams are always poetic and beautiful, and pain and fear can't dim their beauty.
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