The film feels depressing, full of unknowns, fears, and struggles. When everyone in it appears, whether it is expression, tone, expression, or action, it is full of firmness. Perhaps the yearning for freedom and rights is the highest at this time. Moment of light.
The closed shots of almost the whole article feel like watching "Battle of the Sleepy Beasts", and this method also makes the audience always look forward to what will happen. The rhythm is full, and even after watching it, it will feel unfinished. This is my decision. I never thought of it before.
In terms of the story, the director did not deliberately create suspense, sacred and other atmospheres often associated with political records from the beginning, but recorded everything through various factual and highly restored lenses, just like a recorder without any emotions. Passing by here, record it by the way. The director wants to record Snowden so that every audience knows that he does not have any protagonist halo or other characteristics that are different from you and me. He is an ordinary person who will face difficult choices because of his family’s feelings and because of watching. When the one you love is hurt and painful, you will panic and care about your own image. That's it. The whole movie successfully interprets Snowden’s words: I’m not saying how noble I am to sacrifice myself, but It's thinking about what I can do for everyone's rights and freedom, which in itself makes me very happy. Yes, he is an ordinary person, and the director succeeded in doing it.
There are a lot of edits in the film but there is no blunt feeling. In terms of framing, lens movement, space setting, etc., I have seen the director whisper everything he wants to express in the lens language, such as the live atmosphere during the fire alarm test. Through the closed and shaking lens, everyone except Snowden was given close-ups. Only Snowden was in and out of the frame, making people eager to know what was going on. The shots of the opening reporter and a bunch of dogs are full of metaphors. A few black dogs face to the left and a white dog looks at the camera in the upper right corner of the frame. It is really great.
In addition, the close-up of the email content and code is also very impressive. The black screen makes people breathless. This method is more suffocating than fast-paced drag racing and fighting scenes.
The close-up of the scraps of paper at the end of the film loves, and the BGM is just right. You will think about how to deal with these, you will wonder if what they spelled out before is the truth, you will wonder if anyone may continue to fight to spell it out, and then there is no Then, the perfect ending.
The whole story seems to be well received. I spit, if you want to say that the scale is large, you still have to watch the United States. This film dares to give Oscars, it is so cool. Finally, the reason for this recommendation is: As a citizen of the Celestial Kingdom, don't you really want to see what the normal world is like?
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