Form also matters

Paxton 2022-04-20 09:02:36

For a long time, our films have been influenced by the theme first. During the production process, the emphasis is on ideological content and social content, so that in order to express this content in a hurry, the necessary formal language is ignored, or the same theme, Do we have a richer formal language? This is a topic worthy of discussion, and "Kekexili" is no exception.
Before watching the film, I had heard rave reviews. At that time, I was thinking in my heart, should I hurry up and watch it. Because my experience tells me that if you join in the fun like this, there may be problems. Sure enough, when I watch a movie, I just watch the beginning, and I'm not used to it. The dialogue of the film is in dialect, because it is difficult to listen to, and my good impression of the film has been dispelled a lot. I had to concentrate more on listening to the dialogue, and the compliments I heard before watching the film were thrown into the air. I also tried if I could tune up a channel with English dialogues, but I'm pretty sure it didn't. It doesn't matter if it doesn't fall, but after tossing and turning, the thinking is extraordinarily chaotic.
The theme of "Kekexili" is very good. I believe that even if we read similar reportages, we can get the same feelings and reflections as watching movies. In fact, when watching the film, all my experience is reading reportage, which is both the charm of the film and the flaw of the film. If you think about it, film and television works, of course, must use unique language in order to better play their aesthetic role. If film and television works rely too much on the appeal of text scripts, and do not do well in their own language exploration, then we will Why don't you just read those reportage texts, why stay in front of the screen, and constantly practice the mode conversion of language and plot from the eyes to the brain? Film and television is film and television. It has its own language expertise. It relies on visual forms, rather than textual narrative modes. To put it another way, Lu Chuan's works, in terms of the brilliance of the film and television language, are not as good as "Looking for a Gun". On this point, even if you cannot accept my point of view right away, I suggest you compare it quietly, glance away from your feelings towards the theme of "nature conservation", and re-examine it from the perspective of the formal aesthetics of the language of film and television. I believe, at least, you will have a new feeling.
In fact, the formal aesthetics of "Kekexili" is not bad. If it hadn't had such a high public opinion, I wouldn't have felt this way. As the so-called "famous, it is actually difficult to meet", "famous" is the "major premise". Enthusiastic fans, there is absolutely no need to be shaken by my opposing opinions. Good is good. What I want to emphasize is that when we watch a "good film", we can also try to reflect on its shortcomings. This is not deliberately critical, but sticking to principles.

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Mountain Patrol quotes

  • Ga Yu: I'm a reporter from Beijing.

    Ri Tai: I don't have the time.

    Ga Yu: Wait a second. You want this place to be declared as a nature reserve. Maybe I can help.