a picture of desire

Evalyn 2022-04-23 07:04:11

At first, I thought it was too literary, and what people said was as confusing as an experimental drama. When I saw half of it, an intuition appeared in my heart (this kind of intuitive summary often captures the central idea of ​​the movie faster than logical thinking): This is a movie with thoughts as the main line.

Later, when I looked at other people's summaries, I partially understood what I wanted to express. Except for the second murderer, the meaning behind the pair of elderly people on the top of the mountain is not clear.

The soundtrack of the film is really wonderful, and the use of shots is also full of beauty, especially the small seaside town in the second story. Every shot is a beautiful landscape painting. I have always believed that such a separate composition of scenery does not convey information and is an empty shot. Through this film, it is found that, triggered by the storyline, with a specific soundtrack, scenery shots can achieve the effect of conveying thoughts and feelings. For a while I felt lost in that small town, accompanied by the background music with a post-rock flavor (I wish I knew where that place is? I want to travel and see. I also want to listen to the OST)

There are so many things in this world , To be clear, you will no longer feel romantic. It was like a sudden thought in my head before sex, that what I was facing was just a skin sac, which might also be filled with the stuffing of the leek box from dinner an hour ago, and what was going to be inserted into the crack of the body was a blood-filled cavernous body. So lingering went to the door of the room and told the other party: I am going to be a monk tomorrow, to get rid of this fleshly desire. The good love you are after is nothing but a carnal fantasy. Young people always interpret physiological impulses as the beauty of life.

I would like to mention two points that I think the filming is not good:

1. The way of telling the story: Many art films use this way of telling. The actors do not need any personal performances, and the lines are only the director's personal diary content. The story is zero, and the film rises to a blunt pure philosophical speculation. After watching it, the director's intention is clear, but there is no personal feeling left.

2 The sudden disappearance of the atmosphere: When the background of the story takes place in Italy, the footage is smooth and the soundtrack is reasonable, which outlines the atmosphere of the mind and reveals something beyond the story itself. When the scene moved to France, the characters in the story were clunky, the plot was vulgar, the setting was cramped, the soundtrack was inaccurate, and the mood suddenly disappeared. The story about the third party is a failure. I can feel that this is not something in the director's life and thoughts, but to put together the logical plot of the story. This is just my subjective feeling, because the atmosphere cannot be described in words.

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Beyond the Clouds quotes

  • The Girl: I killed my father. I stabbed him twelve times.

  • Carlo: There's a cure for everything.

    Patricia: That's what disturbs me.