"Landscape in the Fog" is a film about finding and growing up. The older sister and younger brother embark on a misty journey with the obsession to find their father.
A slow-paced movie, one part makes you sleepy, the other part surprises you. "Landscape in the Fog" belongs to the latter.
The single camera + slow motion combination creates an unreal sense of recording. There is a scene in the film where the sky suddenly starts to snow and the pedestrians on the street stop and look up, they are motionless. The camera slowly sweeps across the street, then settles at the other end of the street. When I was amazed at this oil painting-like quiet and elegant picture, the sister and brother appeared in the picture, happily running in the snow, making the painting move.
Since it was different from the normal shooting speed, the slow motion successfully piqued my interest, and I was curious about what the director wanted to express with the slow motion. The same is true for a single camera (fixed camera), because it is single, the subtle changes in the picture are easily captured by the audience, and I taste the meaning of these changes like a treasure hunt.
This kind of film, if you really watch it, will have a strong sense of substitution and empathy. It is part of the air like fog,
Envelops you and breathes freely in the movie. The simpler the method, the more purposeful it is. It looks like a documentary, but it's not. I'm lonely and calm, so I don't want to try to catch other people's little expressions and movements, I'll just stand there and watch you.
Damn, it's really overbearing.
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