I watched "Watching Movies" a few days ago, and it talked about "Elephant", saying that the story of the previous hour can also be expressed with surveillance video footage-yes, the content may be expressible, but the feeling conveyed is completely different. For a long hour, the camera followed the backs of different people for a long time. It only showed a very limited plot. Such a shot is the eyes of a person wandering in the school. This person is a complete bystander. Moreover, it is extremely silent. When the screen is shown, what the person sees is what the audience sees, and the audience becomes the silent person who is completely watching.
I don’t think anyone can capture Biggs Van Sant after a long walk.
So he successfully constructed a prank, the audience participating in the game was mercilessly played with, restless after the massacre, covering their faces in exclamation, and finally tortured into horror and despair. In the final analysis, it is actually a very simple technique: first suppress and then rise, the contrast between a long follow and a rapid death.
There are several special places in the film, and the director expressed some personal opinions.
1. Kisses in the bathroom.
"I haven't kissed anyone yet, how about you?" a teenager said. So the two teenagers kissed, and one held the other's upper arm with his hands, a little restrained. This kiss is very sad-they are not GAY, but at the age of seventeen they chose to destroy, choose to give up the rest of their lives. Before that, they had to simply, but solemnly, have a small wish.
They are calm, including when they kill, as if they were calm after rehearsing countless times.
2. BENNY.
The black boy in the yellow vest. After the massacre began, the rogue-style tracking shots of the first half began to show a brand new character. After the massacre began, this man did not run away like others, but kept walking steadily. He wanted to know What's going on? When he appeared in a scene with a boy with a gun, I believe many people hope that he can do something immediately, such as subduing a villain like a hero to save the school, and he is only in a moment He was shot mercilessly.
When he appeared, it was just when the audience became nervous. The film showed the scene of the massacre while filming BENNY's back. The eyes of the audience are led by the camera, walking behind him, trying to find and stop, but this idea is instantly destroyed, the feeling of despair pounces on it, leaving the mind blank. Without the appearance of this boy, the impact of the film would be much smaller. This is the director's high end.
3. JOHN.
Is it necessary to arrange this role? Yes, this role is very, very important. He is the first character to appear in the film. He walks through this school. At first glance, he is no different from other people. He has a father who makes him annoyed. He is dealing with some troublesome things, but he appears mature and mature. calm. The specific matter about him is not explained in the film. We only saw him walking into the empty classroom, hiding his face and weeping alone, a girl came forward to ask, and then left with a light kiss on his cheek. Later when he saw two young gunmen entering the school, he ran around, telling everyone that there would be danger. His behavior created a comparable relationship with the two teenagers with guns.
In youth, everyone has experienced the anxiety that is close to collapse. We become emotional and we become impetuous. At this time, some people know how to heal themselves, and some people choose to destroy. The film does not explain the specific motives of the crazy massacres of ERIC and ALEX. I believe that the teachers and students of the school will not have any terrible hatred with them. Seventeen is a long way away from me, and trivial things will also torture me. It was a restless age. If I was given a gun at that time, I would not know what I would do.
What the director focused on is not the issue of arms. Ammunition destroys lives, but what destroys youth?
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