first, many people went to the actor, Halle Berry; later, they liked this film more, "Dance of Death Row". After I watched this film, what I want to say the most is this sentence. Compared with Halle Berry who won the 2002 Oscars for this film, what I’d like to remember is that this is a film that can go deep into the soul. This is the work of the young director Mark Foster. Famous work.
At first there were two clues to the story of this film. One is the chief caretaker, his son and his father. This is a conservative family with serious racial discrimination. Repression and indifference are the key words of this family. The son inherited his father’s inheritance and also served as a guard on death row, but when he was on duty for the first time, he vomited because of the unbearable dying pain. Later, he was scolded by his father and committed suicide. After that, the guard also died. Resigned because of depression. On that duty, they executed a black painter. The other is the family of the black painter, his wife and their fat son. The black wife lived a long and poor life and was overwhelmed. Later, his son died in a car accident and was heartbroken. But in that rain car accident, the two women got in the car of the chief guard and were rescued by him. So, the two clues merged into one, and the two lonely people finally came together.
To be honest, there are actually a lot of drama conflicts in this film, but director Mark Foster did not put more concern on this, but on the psychological ups and downs of the parties before and after. For example, in the scene of the execution of a black painter, he focused on portraying the death row’s fear and struggle before death. The two guards felt the same pain and perseverance. The focus was on the black wife’s restlessness, pain and entanglement on the night of her husband’s death. In black sons, overeating is used to relieve the sadness and depression of young hearts. In terms of plot extension, Mark Foster showed the restraint and composure rarely seen by young directors. He was always bored and sullen, with distant soundtracks, dignified shots, sad faces, and lonely hearts, until he was full. After all the emotional rendering, until the anxious pain has penetrated into the depths of your soul, only through a sexual orgasm to resolve, to vent all the depression, heart-piercing. But soon calmed down, separated the two hearts again, let the racist, the father of the caretaker intervene, injured the black wife again, made the caretaker lost again, and then passed the caretaker left by the black painter before his death. The portrait of Chang and his son deeply touches the black wife and brings the two lonely hearts back together. The scene under the stars and above the steps, eating ice cream and holding hands, is as beautiful as a dream and as quiet as the depths of the soul.
This is "Dance of Death Prisoners", a quiet to dull literary film, yet beautifully graceful, touching your soul meticulously and intimately. It requires you to stare quietly, in that state, just like you are alone, watching your own soul. It is like a cup of strong hot coffee, bitter and bitter, you need to savor it slowly to taste the taste of life.
In addition, I am particularly optimistic about the cutting-edge director Mark Foster. I have watched three of the films he has directed, including this one. "Dance of Death Prisoners" is a kind of flowing sorrow; "Finding Neverland" is a kind of light and warmth, "Life and Death" is a kind of illusion of turbulent light and shadow. Each of his films has a different tone. But I feel that his most powerful place is to grasp the characters' hearts, especially the kind of emptiness that has nowhere to go, the kind of suffering that can't be reached. This is very powerful. Because this emotion itself is erratic and difficult to capture, but Mark Foster can vividly convey this emotion to you through the lens, making you feel the same. This is indeed very powerful. Therefore, I am very optimistic about "The Kite Chaser" directed by him. Moreover, the director’s strength is still accumulating. In "Dance of Death Row", I found that he has the kind of calm and leisurely emotional control ability, and has a master atmosphere; in "Finding Neverland", I found that he can The plot and scenes are well arranged and humorous; in "Life and Death", I found that he can also create dizziness, create hallucinations, and portray dreamlike profoundness. Therefore, I think that the drama directed by Mark Foster is not narrow at all, and it is also very long. Therefore, I am also looking forward to the 007 series directed by him.
About Halle Berry. Yes, that year she became the first black Oscar queen in history with this film, but in the first half of the film, her role is actually very small, almost belonging to Billy Bob Thornton's one-man show. Until the last 40 minutes, it suddenly broke out, it was amazing! Shocking! Perfect! It makes me think that this queen of hers is really not an understatement. In addition, what you may be more concerned about is how much Halle Berry is exposed in this drama? I tell you bluntly, completely naked, and very passionate. But that sex scene is not very good-looking, the degree of beauty it presents is far beyond, and the suffering it pervades you. That's it.
PS: I finally got to the realm of watching a movie by the director and fascinating D9. Savoring a director’s experience in filming and playing with the story behind a film has become my most enjoyable thing after watching a film. I plan to refine a series about directors in the movie section of the blog, niche directors or popular directors. The two I want to do now are: Terry Gilliam (niche director) and Ridley Scott (popular director), there are still a few movies short of each.
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