Let me first introduce director Sally Porter, who is probably best known for the film "The World," starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, and "Orlando," starring Tilda Swinton. . She has a great advantage - learning dance since childhood, which has cultivated her talent in music and dance. She's even done composing for a few of her own films, which is a testament to her musical taste, which plays a big role here.
The advantages of the film are very outstanding. In just 71 minutes, the climax is full of dramatic tension, and it completely pulls the emotions of the audience. (All kinds of grotesque jokes) In recent years, this kind of low-cost indoor drama has gradually become popular, and it is especially loved and welcomed by the audience. The most typical example is last year's Italian movie "Perfect Stranger". In a small room, the plot is developed to one climax after another through the insidiousness of the characters and the witty words, and the suspense is retained at the end. This approach can be said to be tried-and-true, and "The Cocktail Party" is another typical example. The film's characters are distinct and inherently dramatic, such as lesbians, mad men, and vitriolic women, making their actions and lines interesting (and laughable). At the same time, the film's satire on politics, class and people is quite spicy. However, the disadvantage of this type of film is that the script and actors' performances are strong, and the lines and the body movements of the characters are too eye-catching. "It's the loss. In order to make up for this, Sally Potter, as a "director", worked hard to improve the "movie quality" of the film, which can be described as a great effort.
Cinema is about the language of sight and sound, and Sally Potter starts with both. She deliberately chose black and white photography to enhance the texture and expressiveness of the picture, while the black and white film loses the harmony of colors and the lighting is like life. The lighting of "The Reception" is exquisite and elegant, fully demonstrating the charm of light and shadow, and it was the black and white stills of the film that attracted me at first sight. In addition to the visual carvings, the director also put a lot of effort into the auditory. Since there are no resources on the Internet, I can't determine the specific music, but I remember that every time the music played by the gramophone played a great role in rendering the environment and emotions (I won't spoil it first, but the director also uses music to create a laugh. ), there should be some kind of disco music, latin style music, classical sad music, light and joyful and the most impressive Portuguese fado. This tune is the main melody of a Portuguese 1963 black-and-white film "Love in Lisbon" (also translated as "Green Years", "Dark Green Years") that I watched last year. forget. The movie itself is relatively unpopular, and I was really surprised to hear this song, but it also shows the director's musical skills.
Finally, let's talk about the actors' performances. I'm not familiar with all the leading actresses in the film... Of course, they are all excellent, and their perspectives on feminism are quite interesting. The male protagonists are all old acquaintances. Nolan's favorite Murphy is actually I don't really like his depressing and crazy performance style, but he can really incite the audience. The male protagonist is actually Timothy Spall, who plays Peter Pettigrew. It can really be said that he didn't see it at all! Swept away my impression of him being bloated, fat, wretched and stupid, with a beard that looked like a literate but opinionated masculine man (and really lost so much weight that I mistook him for some masculine Iranian guy actor…). There is also the "Führer" Grandpa Bruno Ganz. This time he played a slow-moving slapstick. After watching "Under the Berlin Sky", how he felt cordial and amiable, it was difficult to find the shadow of Hitler.
It is expected that there will be a small-scale explosion after the resources come out.
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