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Leviathan (Russia)
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to solve the questions raised by fans What thoughts and topics do you want to express? The following content is the script version of the upcoming film review program, please do not reprint it! Cannes Film Festival (2014; 67th) Awards: 1 Award · Main Competition - Best Screenplay Award Golden Globe Award (2015; 72nd) Awards: 1 Award · Film Category - Best Foreign Language Film Female: The Truth , I really don't understand this movie, but I know it is very deep, tell me about it! Male: Telling the story of Nail House must be an attack on the system... Well, we analyze the story a little bit, through the plot, the characters, and the processing of the footage, and what is the reason the director wants to tell the audience through the story? Woman: What do you see from the camera? The basic camera techniques we are talking about are push-pull panning, heeling, elevating, tilting… Some camera lenses don’t move, while others move, right? But when you watch this movie, there is basically no follow-up, all the camera is in a fixed position, at most, the camera is shaken, and there is no push or pull of the camera. This can actually replace the subjective camera, as if a person is standing at the scene of the incident watching the fun, everything All in all...
Man: Yes, they are called melon eaters on the Internet!
That's right! A lot of shots are handled like this, and the camera is almost used as a camera, especially at the end of the film, and a lot of scenery is inserted... I will tell you the metaphor at the end.
According to the four-dimensional integrated pull-tab analysis method, let's analyze the characters. The male protagonist, Nicholas, is an alcoholic who is drunk all day long. He is also a loser. He is the bottom of the society, and he is bound to become a thorn in the eyes of the powerful. So everyone came to find fault, as if they were bullying him
... Yes, even his lawyer friends gave him a cuckold...
Besides, lawyers are smart, capable, capable, and deeply tainted with these filthy things in the officialdom. When they are in danger, they can really rely on people.
The heroine, Leah, is Nikolai's second wife. She had an affair with a lawyer. In the end, because of family disagreements, everything went unsatisfactory and she committed suicide. But in fact, the important point is that even our audience did not understand what happened to Leah in the end. Dead, anyway, certainly not his husband killed! His husband was wronged... In fact, the director hides a creative purpose, which is the truth that we will never know!
Think about it, why do we never know the truth!
Male: In fact, the people in the play can't understand the truth, and no one knows how Leah died!
That's right! First of all, can the lawyer who cheated with Leah understand Leah's suffering, because he doesn't want to understand, do you understand? He just wants to have an affair, and doesn't want to talk about the family of an old comrade in arms...
Does the husband know his wife, he drinks all day long, and he can't be sympathetic to what happens under his nose, he just loves his wife...
Does the son know his stepmother, a Bastard, what do you know?
The key is that we have to think about what is the purpose of the story, so that we can understand the director's creative thinking and
why the lawyer finally left? Because of his fear, he knew that if he pursued it further, his life would be at risk!
Everyone pay attention here. After the lawyer left, he looked into the distance in the carriage. The little girl looked at him curiously, and then peeked at him again... Let's
watch some other plots
When the child found out that Uncle Handsome and Leah were having an affair, and the men were chasing after him, the audience must be curious, but why didn't the camera follow up to shoot? Those of us "melon-eating people" were also scared. We could only be like the traffic police wife who heard a series of gunshots and hid behind the car in fright...
Female: Ha, the melon-eating people you're talking about are subjective shots, right? That is to say, the cameraman arranged by the director?
Male: Well, there was a premeditated plan. This method of filming does have meaning...
Let's see, near the end, when the father was taken away by three plainclothes police officers, the son chased after him, but suddenly stopped and braked suddenly. Stop chasing, walk back angrily... What does it mean?
Wow, you look so meticulous? How many times have you watched this movie?
Once is enough! It's because I can watch, I know where there is a way, where the director is using tricks! The key is to find the theme and everything will be clear... Otherwise, you still don't understand it after reading it a hundred times!
Man: Wait, what do you mean, the director is filming this scene, and every little action has a purpose?
Have you been to the set? What do you think the director is doing one by one, pretending to be x? A truly master-level director, especially when dealing with certain shots, when he wants to convey his thoughts, treats details carefully until he is satisfied, but whether you can see these doorways depends on your eyesight!
Woman: So what does that mean?
I will only give a few examples, including the processing of the shots. You will find that if you want to dig out the truth, the movie is to tell the audience that we have all the reasons for not finding the truth, fear, helplessness, nothing to do with me... and so on, and Pure curiosity is not enough to make us go all out to pursue and defend the truth with our lives, which leads to the fact that even if a tragedy occurs, the truth cannot be found out, and some people can cover the sky with one hand and cover up the truth forever, we know that The husband in the film did not kill his wife, but we are powerless to pursue the truth. So we viewers, these "melon eaters", understand how difficult it is for the people at the bottom to fight against the powerful. The truth just sinks into the sea and is submerged in history...
Female: Wow, that makes sense!
In order to consolidate my thoughts, I will add some other interesting content in the film, you look at the artistic expression of the master director...
At the beginning of the film, we found that in fact, the entire town is almost a human relationship, established by mutual use, not to mention the high-level people, the public prosecutors and the law are all family, interest groups. You can also feel that a loser, an alcoholic can't compete with those powerful people.
Female: It's not an opponent at all!
We often say that film is about telling stories with the lens, and master directors use the lens to convey ideas. Let's look at some shots and detailed descriptions.
Woman: But there is one thing that I think this movie does not handle well! The rhythm is too slow...
M: Dare, why do you mention the rhythm again, the master won't let you mention this kind of thing in class...
Let him finish...
Woman: People don't understand! Excuse me, Master Sensen, in the courtroom, the judge and the woman reading the verdict, oops, it's stinky and long, it annoys me!
I don't know if you're annoying, no one wants to listen to these things, watch movies, who likes to watch this... But precisely because of this, you have to understand why the director is instilling such annoying things in you...
Female: The more you talk, the more dizzy you are Now, why is that?
Red tape, that's not what the audience wants to hear, annoying, disgusting, noise, right? ...and food and wine are what the people like, right? Everyone, pay attention, this film has a lot of scenes of eating food and gathering money and drinking. Pay attention to these scenes, all of which are purposeful...
Let's conclude, can these irritable laws and fine wines and food be compared? Think about it, what does the people need and why does it feel like noise? Because those legal provisions don't belong to your bottom people at all, do you have a feel? The people do not need such laws, and the people need good food and wine.
Including the last, those laws and regulations are not used to protect your people, they are only used when a crime is pronounced, and they are only used when your property is confiscated! Can you not get bored of things that don't belong to you?
Woman: Wow! You explain it like this, it's amazing, you can only feel when you watch a movie like this!
Let's look at the role of religion in this small town
Religion tells the people to be kind and friendly, and the protagonist's friend, the traffic policeman and his wife, are also such people, and finally adopted the male protagonist's son. However, since he knows his friends so well, why does he still suspect that the male protagonist killed his wife? Just because they don't think, they don't pursue the truth, so they become the accomplices of the powerful and wronged their friends. It's not that they don't have love, it's because they are lazy in thinking and searching for the truth. The fate of the household, although the lawyer knows the truth and the inside story, but if he loses his courage due to fear, he will stop there! Of course, the tragedy must be blamed on the system, the public prosecutors and the law are all family members!
Let's watch the scene where the male protagonist buys a wine priest in a small shop
: the priest pours him ecstasy soup, and the male protagonist finally walks away quietly
...
These all have the subtext
that the people need alcohol, whether it is for enjoyment, drunkenness or anesthesia, but the local religion may be the Eastern Orthodox Church. It can only give the people bread, but the bread is actually similar to feeding pigs...
M: Wow, the language of the camera Ironic enough!
In other words, if the people don't wake up, they will be similar to those pigs! If you don't think, don't seek the truth, what's the difference between you and a pig? Can religion help you at this time? Didn't the leader and the dignitaries see it?
Re-emphasize the importance of thinking and exploring! Don't be afraid, don't make excuses... Otherwise, the truth will always be in the hands of "God", not in the hands of "the melon eaters" anyway...
Woman: Yes, let's watch the end of the film and walk out of the church in rows The car, hi...
Everyone pay attention to the prayers in the church at the end of the film, with the civilians on one side and the powerful on the other, pay attention to the long shot, the pure girl, listening to the preaching of the leader, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes with threats and intimidation. Call the truth, but let's think about it, can we see the truth and the truth in their focused eyes?
The same pious eyes, but can you know what the dignitaries on the other side are murmuring in their hearts and what he said to the children? People at the bottom will never know! Because the people don't deserve to know the truth if they go on like this!
I can feel that the director is actually shouting! People are getting drunk, anaesthetizing themselves, giving up thinking and searching for the truth because of fear. In the end, it will always end in tragedy. Everyone may be the hero and heroine and the broken family.
We can compare it. In the newly built church, there are crowds of people. The child looks up at the dome and sees the man-made halo hanging above his head. Then think about the old church where the child and his father often went to in the previous film.
Man: So the director is not against religion, but is calling for a religion that can truly benefit the people...
Yes! From the film, religion teaches you to love and makes you do good, but cannot give you the truth. The protagonist's friends are all kind and loving, but they can't see the truth. The male protagonist doesn't know the truth about his wife's death... The
lawyer ran away and gave up the search. Everyone seems to have a reason to give up the pursuit of the truth...
In fact, the director has deep feelings for the nation, and also has a deep understanding and pain of nationality.
Male: The anger is indisputable, the sadness is unfortunate, the whole people are getting drunk!
Very true!
Female: What other camera language we haven't discovered, tell us about it?
Man: Let me also say one, the windows in this film are very beautiful, the scenery outside is beautiful, and at the end the bulldozer pulled out the scene, it was very artistic...Leaving a chair as if someone was watching the show...
that's right, that Did you notice that after that, the mayor with a fat head dined in a bar in a high-rise building. After answering the phone, he learned that the male protagonist Nikolai was sentenced to 15 years. He sat on the sofa with satisfaction, staring at the large window in front of him. There are every family outside...
Oh, do you mean that there is also a conspiracy in this scene selection?
Woman: Of course, this is for comparison! That 's right, Master Sensen...
That's right! The people at the bottom are in front of a beautiful and idyllic landscape, and the powerful people are staring at every household...
Female: Wow, it's the language of the camera again...
Only when we really understand the film can we understand the director's good intentions and feelings!
Let me talk about the ending, why insert a lot of scenery and beauty
Woman: And why is the title of the film called Leviathan?
I have summed up all of the above, the meaning of seeking the truth and the truth, people stagnant thinking, for various reasons, fear, acceptance of fate or simply indifference to stop the pace of seeking the truth, it will be the tragedy of the entire nation. Our nation has never been short of beautiful scenery, picturesque, rich accumulations and ancient legends...
But what we lack is the truth! Our people are still in a state of anesthesia. The history and scenery that have lost the truth are pale. As long as they exist, there will be imprints, just like old ships and bones...
M: Yes, Leviathan is an ancient legend, That may be the mapping system, but the second layer of meaning is the legend you said.
Do you still remember the end of the film, when Jingtao hits a plastic bucket on the shore? That is the mark of humanity. We live to leave traces and history, and we must not let the truth be buried.
The people must prove that they have lived here and persisted in the struggle... They must not stop pursuing the truth and the truth!
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