6.24 Shanghai Film Festival

Jada 2022-03-25 09:01:19

Gone With the Wind is, in one word, "headless" (as is the case with Abbas's country trilogy). Every time my grandma watched a TV series, as long as it had an open ending, she would scold it for being clueless. I was speechless to her, but in essence, I was also like that, eager to see a specific and complete narrative in the movie. The origin, development, climax, reversal, decline, and end of the story must have clues and logic. This habit is cultivated since childhood, including the clear separation of the protagonist and the supporting role, the good and the bad. But life doesn't really make sense, it's headless, headless, boring, trying to recreate life and put it on the screen must be very hypnotic, not to mention that it can't be a story at all, when, where, who ,how don't know anything, only see the turtles that can't turn over, the rams that mate, the wheat waves blown by the wind, the blue windows of the dirt house, the singing of the people who dig the well... . In this kind of sticky and wet weather, it is easy to think of a roadside picnic when watching a large section of long shots, but the dryness and brightness of Hamadan are too eye-catching and too boring. The Iranian literary film does not violate the harmony. There is no sense of force, poetry belongs to everyone and flows in everyone's life

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  • Myrtle 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    [Exhibition at the China Film Archive] Everywhere is dull, but also full of ingenuity. The male protagonist who was very troublesome on the phone went from hunting for curiosity to being relieved. During this period, he came into contact with all kinds of villagers: the guide boy, the tea lady, the digger, the milking girl, the motorcycle doctor... The gentle long shot reminds me of Angelopoulos, again different. Anzhe is a deep historical and political change, and Abbas is a unique regional cultural style. The poetry that runs through the film is very meaningful

  • Drake 2022-04-22 07:01:48

    The answers in his films that can never be obtained, the people who can never be seen—the insurmountable sense of distance are the most intimate and alienating interactions with the audience. Everything changes like this, and in a vast world, all thoughts must keep moving and not dwell on any one tricky question. Because the wind will bring something new. /archive.

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The Wind Will Carry Us quotes

  • Engineer: Hurry up. Get in.

    Farzad: I can't come now.

    Engineer: Why?

    Farzad: I need one more answer for the exam.

    Engineer: What is it?

    Farzad: The fourth question.

    Engineer: You don't know the answer?

    Farzad: No.

    Engineer: Why?

    Farzad: Because I don't.

    Engineer: What was it?

    Farzad: What happens to the good and the evil on Judgment day? "

    Engineer: That's obvious: the good go to Hell, and the evil go to Heaven. Is that right?

    Farzad: Yes.

    Engineer: No. the good go to Heaven, and the evil go to Hell. Hurry in and write that, then come back.

  • Engineer: But it wasn't Farhad who dug Behistun.

    Hole Digger: I know.

    Engineer: Who Then?

    Hole Digger: It was love. The love of Shirin.

    Engineer: Bravo! You must know love.

    Hole Digger: A man without love cannot live.