Long shots, silence, empty shots, medium and long shots, still life, life and death. The whole film is full of poetry. I don't resonate very strongly, but I feel the stillness of life and death, the flow of emotion, the power of silence, and the changing life that he is trying to convey.
Everything is telling and never returning. At the beginning, I couldn't understand the relationship between the grandmother's runaway at the beginning of the film and the relationship behind it. Later, I gradually understood that life and death cross the border, never return, and return to the origin, it is all reincarnation.
At 45 minutes, when Minxiong took Yumiko to visit the old man on the street, the light changed from dim to bright, and then dimmed again. In just a few seconds, the light and shadow change. When I first saw it, I just instinctively felt that there was something different here. After seeing others mention it, I realized the beauty here. The flow of light and shadow in the real world is just to reflect the dryness and confusion in Yumiko's heart.
From a life of perplexity and ashes, to a new life in a cold town, facing the sea and mountains, Yumiko has never been able to escape. Returning to the original place, seeing the cafe owner, sitting in a daze by the window, every freeze-frame shot is evidence of her helplessness.
The national character of Japan determines that many directors are more inclined to forbearance, silent and implicit expression. Extreme tranquility can manifest strength, and extreme emptiness contains great sadness and joy. The blank spaces in Chinese painting are long shots and empty shots in the phantom light. The precise grasp of space is extremely precise, and I like a lot of close-ups of still lifes. Lots of shoes, extended rails, warm lights, power and charm.
The long shot at the end is beautiful. The funeral procession, the gray sky, the endless sea, and the drifting snowflakes. People walk along the seashore, the camera freezes, and the group of people is slow and silent, with a medium and long view. People are just small shadows in the picture, as simple as symbols and sacred as religion.
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