The first story is about "estrangement". The close contact between the two only exists in imagination. Two years ago and two years later, the male protagonist was in charge of all this, but cast a "distance" on the relationship between the two. It's beautiful", when the two met, they both escaped, but, as the heroine said, literature is beautiful when it is mysterious; this also applies to the love between the two, and such mystery and The male protagonist's behavior that he wants to talk and give up is the most beautiful. The doors and windows are very symbolic in this short film. The two explore each other and then return to their original positions. The distance between the skin becomes more and more beautiful. The male protagonist quietly leaves in order to maintain such a beauty and does not have the heart to destroy him, or it is a virtual reality created by the distance. Sex satisfies the man, but not reality; in the end, the heroine watches the hero leave through the window, leaving behind a story that seems possible but nothing happens.
The second story is about "taboo", the director follows the heroine, the answer lies in "finding the story", but the story is fully revealed, obviously yes, the heroine is not surprised by the arrival of the hero, and takes the initiative to review This history is a "taboo" for the heroine, and the director's confession has actually entrusted himself to the director, and the subsequent lovemaking is just a continuation of this form, which lies in the "completion" of the ceremony, Coincidentally, after the wind and rain between the director and the heroine, as in the first story, he waved his hand away by the window, but it was a man who left; at the same time, the director pondered the "truth" and "reality" at the separation between the swimming pool and the seaside. What does fiction mean, and what it means in the stories he seeks, the swimming pool is filled with "artificial" and the sea is filled with "natural", but for the sake of "literature" or it can be said that In the pursuit of "artistic", the director chose "artificial" just as he did, because no matter what, he could not change this "taboo" story. It's better to let him be more "pretentious". In front of people, what's the truth.
The third story is about the characters in the "Ask" movie. In the process of asking for love, they are always imprisoned by the desire to be alone. Looking back, they find that we, who are constantly responsible, always become love at a certain moment. The driver of desire is not that love is wrong, but that the desire for love is endless, and the uncontrollable desire will always bring people some unexpected consequences, which may be good or bad, but no one formulates It is a norm to constrain such a person with the strongest emotion by nature, which will eventually become revenge. The way of revenge for the two is to take the material in life as their own, and the two of them are in an empty room. found each other in common.
The interlude between the fourth story is "Gesture of Genius", "Portrait Imitation", and "Suicide Attempt". The three clips are actually my favorite clips in the whole movie, but because of the subtitles, these clips feel like they are still missing the point. , passing here.
The fourth story is about "parting". The metaphysical answer between the two is more like a game of life and death. The girl doesn't know why her heart has died. "Dead a little" is what the girl said, my heart has died. The girl is afraid of life, the boy is afraid of death, but the boy who is afraid of death loves the girl of death at first sight, the girl seeks hope in the church, the girl seeks the vast peace, the boy seeks the subtle pleasure, the girl worships the icons, the boy is in the church No need to sleep; communication is built on conversations in the pouring rain: "What if I told you I love you?" "It's like lighting a candle in a bright room." The two who are too extreme actually tend to be homogenous, they Seems to have found the essence on a path lacking raindrops; then, the girl seems sad, she retreats to such a sanctuary, saying that I will dedicate myself to God, she says it out of fear of the possibilities of existence, and The instability of love, only by praying to God, returning to peace, or death, can it be stable and long-lasting; the boy's sudden departure may be just a small episode in his prosperous life, maybe such a day will be for him It is full of sadness, but such a sad day is the most beautiful day for a girl. After midnight, the candle is extinguished, leaving only the Light in the heart, and love is extinguished at this time.
Days on the Clouds combines the characteristics of the two masters. Wenders added his own unique soundtrack and footage to Antonioni to express the same themes of his works of "estrangement", "request", "parting" and "taboo". The director who talks to himself has played any role, bystander, participant, narrator, thinker; but in the end, he will take the camera, record him one by one, and then go on to come back to life, or die.
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