"The Office Story" is a movie that made me watch with a faint smile on my face. Although it is a big plot movie, unlike most Soviet movies about war, it focuses on a group of ordinary people. Although the characters have obvious class differences, the director tries to downplay the differences to build a 20th century 70s and 80s Group portrait of the era. He uses bland little things to advance the narrative from beginning to end, sometimes a little cute and funny, and the characters' actions are within our expectations, so the overall look is comfortable.
In terms of narrative clues, the director takes the relationship between Yelimdovich and the director as the main line, the emotional changes of Yuri and Olia as the auxiliary line, and the Bureau of Statistics as the time and space background, interspersed with a series of events that happened in the Bureau of Statistics. Things and people, showing us middle-aged office love stories and the working environment of the Bureau of Statistics. The incident happened to promote the change in the relationship between the characters. When Yuri took office, the party held a preliminary relationship between Jelimdovich and the director, and the director began to introspect his own shortcomings; The letter sent to the trade union made the director angry and disappointed, and sympathized with Oriya, so she later praised Oriya as beautiful... "Do" is like a tie-dye painting, with layers of smudges by the director, the plots are interlocking, The relationship between characters is progressively deepened.
From the character setting point of view, the setting of the happy enemy between Yelimdovich and the director can be seen for the first time from the party, to the cry and can be confirmed, and the overall development is based on the audience's expectations, so compared to this Yes, I care more about Yuri and Oriya. I think Oriya is the most powerful one in this film. Oliya covers a lot of women's shining points, such as being very beautiful and moving when she was young, charming and lovely even if she is a mother, always an optimist about life, very understanding, very loyal to her friends, although she likes Yuri, but she is not. When you are aware of the negative impact, pull it out and actively avoid it. But Yuri has been taking advantage of Oriya's liking for him (Olia is reminiscing about his old fashion while dancing), and he is enticing Oliya to keep her liking for him (Olia reminiscing about old fashions with him). As soon as she realized something was wrong, she shied the responsibility and took the initiative to expose the letter written by Olia. In the end, she was jealous that Vicky and the female director were together and went to report Vicky. The role of Yuri is a typical portrayal of such men who play with women in life. The director dismissed the male and female protagonists as a counterattack, and satirized this delicate egoist.
In terms of shooting techniques, one of the things that caught my attention was that when shooting the scene where Oria was outside the Bureau of Statistics, the photographer always shot Oria from a distance and through many obstacles. There is one shot that I particularly like, that is, Oriya takes the shuttle bus to work. The camera does not get off the bus as she gets off, but the camera keeps panning from right to left as the characters run. I think the beauty of this shot is particularly strong. From a technical point of view, with the premise that there are passengers inside and pedestrians outside, Oulia can be photographed so clearly, and the technology is very superb; from an emotional point of view, obstacles Most of them are the externalization of the characters' sadness and inner feelings. The director is unwilling to disturb the inner experience of the characters. Their lives are really living, and the director is just recording from a distance. This kind of distance is a kind of alternative care.
Another point that I feel very uncomfortable is related to gender. When my colleagues know about Oriya and Yuri, they are demeaning, mocking, and contemptuous of Oriya; but when everyone knows about Vicki and the director At the same time, everyone is a blessing. This emotional difference can be deeply reflected in Vera alone. It seems that everyone's emotional requirements for women have always been higher than men's, and the influence of public opinion on women can be seen from Olia's self-abandonment.
There are a lot of characters and scenes in the film that are worth interpreting, such as the director who everyone mistakenly thought was dead, sitting under the stairs in a wretched and depressing office, always expecting someone to disappear, such as the trade union worker who was busy asking everyone to raise money. Noisy and warm; for example, the director kept hiding his legs because he was not confident in his appearance, hoping that everyone would not see it, etc. In general, this is a film that makes me very comfortable to watch. The whole working atmosphere is very warm, and the relationship between everyone and the leaders is relatively equal, which surprised me and a little envious.
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