I started a big title, but I actually don't know how to define "literature". It's really not the same as everyday drama. I remember watching the first season of HBO's "True Detective", and some viewers commented that it was very "Faulkner". Although I have not read Faulkner, I figured out the main idea. The American South depicted in the book: hot and humid Swamps, woods, intricate water networks, ignorant masses, mysterious religions. So a good TV series can be comparable to a literary work. Here My brilliant friend is the first of the four novels. I haven't read the original novel, but I feel that the TV series has a strong literary color.
One is to have the perspective of the narrator, rather than the perspective of omniscience and omnipotence;
Compared with other film and television works about family and growth, sometimes the story of children is told from the perspective of adults, and sometimes it is the bystander who tells stories about adults and children. Viewers use flashbacks to see their surroundings, friends, and themselves from the point of view of a little girl. For example, in the industrial town in the background of the story, adults have things they need to take care of. They are busy for their livelihoods, or quarrel with blood, and they can't see children. As long as children go to school and eat without causing trouble. As for the affairs of adults, children can see clearly in their transparent state (not taken seriously by adults): poor people who are beaten by rich people, women who are emotionally injured and hysterical, in this violent In the environment, adults are not surprised. In the eyes of children, they are surprised, fearful, and puzzled, but they will not talk to adults.
The second is to construct a different world that is different from other American drama works;
The industrial neighborhoods of Naples in the 1950s and 1960s were a distant and unfamiliar existence to audiences accustomed to everyday American life. I think it is very similar to the small cities in my country in the 1980s and 1990s. There are gray cement unit buildings. In a unit, everything is clear. If there is a slight movement, there will be crowds on the surrounding balcony, and girls will jump on rubber bands and play with dolls downstairs. ; Strict teachers in the school, learning competitions between classes; on the way home from school, children are playing and playing, surrounded by parents who are setting up stalls and doing business. Ha, it feels very similar to where I grew up as a child. Today's domestic youth films do not know where the story is, but many viewers see the shadow of the growing environment from this.
Third, the emotional and psychological descriptions are very delicate and accurate;
There are many emotional layers in one little thing. For example, two little girls went to the basement to find a lost toy, bravely went downstairs in the dark, they were frightened by a little movement and rumors circulating among the children, and they were not reconciled that the things were not found; Reading, studying, being liked in all aspects, secretly competing, envious and appreciative but dissatisfied. A little girl is a little girl, and a girl is a girl. Before watching it, I was worried that it would be too trivial. After reading it, it felt very real. I have experienced these psychological activities more or less. Mental state sometimes has many dimensions. Some people are rougher and have lower resolution. They can only have a black and white outline. They don’t think too much about themselves, and they can’t feel others. However, they are often easily troubled by the outside world because they are too sensitive. This may also be why it is sometimes easier for girls to communicate with each other. This is also where writers are amazing.
Very attractive work, after reading it, I still stay in that world and care about our protagonist.
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