"Art comes from life and is higher than life" It is wonderful to extend inspiration through a painting. Because at the moment of inspiration, the two arts blend together, and new social values emerge. Moreover, in the film, what really blends is not just the two arts, but also a sense of resonance. The feeling at that moment was as novel as Mozart when the male protagonist poured his desires when watching "A Clockwork Orange" for the first time. Of course, in "A Clockwork Orange", elegance and vulgarity are organically combined, and in this film, the concept is mentioned most deeply.
In the painting "The Gleaners", several women are bent over, while most of the scavengers in the film are still bent over. What Varda wanted to express was, of course, not stooping, but a group, a group that belonged to frugality. Aside from the main idea of advocating frugality, the author thinks that this idea is very one-sided. If this film is just like the preaching of "everything is hard work" in the ancient poem, it is too rigid. It is better to enlarge the vision. A society, and even a vision.
The film follows Varda's footsteps from beginning to end, and comes to some places in France, which are all different sites, including farms, wineries, cities, and even the director's family. Behind the extremely random location, we can also see many scavengers, including young people, middle-aged people, old people, white and black people, and even hippies, lawyers, people who work normally, and sometimes directors will participate in the rise. Go to the scavenger hunt and find something you love, such as a clock without hands?
The commentary says: You cannot see the passage of time and space.
It can be concluded that the tone of this film is relaxed. It can be said that the word "casually" is really expressed. It is very similar to the recent vlog, but the film is different from the vlog perspective. It has its own logic. On the other hand, it has a different soul. This is the most important.
Since the soul is mentioned, one cannot help but wonder, what is the unique soul of the film? The author believes that its soul is precisely the sense of substitution. Please note that this sense of substitution does not bring the audience into it, but brings the director into it. During the viewing process, the film seems to remind you of the presence of the director all the time. When watching the film, there are not only the audience, but the director watching the film together. In the film, we learn what shape the director's favorite potato is - the heart.
The director ate figs and praised them as the fruit of heaven. At the beginning, Varda also tried to cos a character - the proudest of the gleaners.
The most humorous part is that Varda tries again and again to catch the truck on the side of the road. When the audience has entered the film, they will find that this approach is undoubtedly like returning to the innocent feeling of childhood.
This sense of substitution is so disarming, because the film reduces the preaching sense of the usual documentary, as well as the microscopic sense of oppression. The director is also an audience. He is also listening, participating, and even putting forward his own opinions. From time to time, little jokes will adjust the atmosphere. For example, when the director forgets to put the lens cover on, he will unconsciously smile. a feeling.
Of course, it is inevitable to be impetuous during the observation process, because after using bbc and other style documentaries to get used to, the rhythm and the church will inevitably go deep into the bone marrow, so it is difficult to adapt to the fast-forward part. But if there is a choice, the author thinks that the audience can watch the work again, adjust it to a normal speed, and experience this masterpiece without falling at all.
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