Textbook-like Japanese style and the originator of Vlog

Anabelle 2022-04-22 07:01:53

Give it 10 points, it is the most vivid movie that shows the characteristics of the wind direction constellation.

The PTSD of "Love Letter" was still vivid in my mind last time. I tried Shunji Iwai again, and I met Yuchan's face for the first time.

Maybe I didn't expect much, so when I saw it, I felt amazing.

The essence is a youthful love triangle with vulgar blood, but Iwai has made it extraordinarily delicate, beautiful, beautiful, small and fresh and eccentric. Like the agility of all wind directions and constellations, the affection is touched to the end, and the sadness is touched by one stroke. The film is full of indescribable emotions and eccentric humor, which are constantly ridiculed and dispelled.

The hand-held lens like a Vlog, a lot of nonsensical jumps, stylized small fresh color palettes even do not match the color of the scene, creating a strong sense of form.

Let's talk about the tone first. Today's Meitu Xiuxiu, Weibo, and various photo and editing software filter styles often have a so-called "Japanese style small fresh" color tone. If you trace the source, it may be similar to Iwai Shunji. Great relationship. This 2004 film has brought the "small and fresh Japanese style" to the extreme, with different stylized color palettes in different scenes, and even similar shots in the same scene have different color tones mismatches. Some kind of lively atmosphere.

Speaking of audio-visual, if the tone of the film is the originator of "small and fresh Japanese style", then the audio-visual technique of the film is the originator of today's Vlog - a lot of hand-held shots and a lot of jumps. With the well-filled piano and violin (mainly lively and light) soundtracks, all the ignorance and lightness of adolescence have overflowed the screen.

The theme is a youth love story, and the essence is really about the friendship of two girls. As we know, friendship between girls may be the most complex and delicate emotion in the world, with beauty, jealousy, competition and uncontrollable care. Iwai brings out all the delicate emotions to the fullest. But it is constantly dispelled through nonsense and weirdness.

Careful recall, every scene is very interesting. The scene of looking for "Ace of Hearts" by the sea is really moving, and the scene where Alice and the puppet hero say goodbye. Under the sunlight, Yu Aoi's golden bangs are very beautiful, and then she says in broken Chinese " I love you" and "Goodbye". After the cruise, the moment the rabbit on the back of the ace of hearts and Alice kissed, I almost burst into tears.

Another very clever point - the family and history of the two girls are told in a point-to-point manner. Alice's house was set up like a junkyard, with dolls filling the room. Alice's mother is like a little princess who never grows up, but Alice is like a mother. My mother divorced my father and kept dating handsome guys. The father's love is deep and mean, giving his daughter a pen, but his mouth is full of ridicule. When leaving, teach her two Chinese words "I love you" and "goodbye".

And Hua's mother was even more surprised. Hua's house is completely decorated like a flower room. The beautiful mother appears in front of the puppet boy in her underwear and then disappears awkwardly. The history of the flower is also pointed to, through a fairy tale-like story narrated by the girl in the ballet room, the past life and personality of the characters of the flower are vividly and vividly displayed.

But all the cuteness and hatefulness of air signs is here, they are smart enough, but they don't like depth and don't want to get into it. Whenever you are emotional, when your eyes are full of tears, they take it away with a joke, you swallow back tears and burst into laughter. Maybe it is escape, maybe it is dissolution, in short, like the wind blowing, the stagnant water is slightly turbulent. "I'm just asking, why should you take it seriously?"

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Hana to Arisu quotes

  • Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I saw 'Hannibal' on satellite last night.

    Hana: So did I.

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I was scared.

    Hana: Isn't he creepy?

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: Yeah. Don't you think real people are scarier... than zombies and ghosts?