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Fragments of French Family Memories
Alayna 2022-04-22 07:01:54
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The tones are colder, and the warm yellow light illuminates a small house. The female perspective tells the short memory of a small home. As a tribute to the classic film "le ballon rouge (red balloon)", this film does not give many pictures of red balloons, but only occasionally appears in the story, with a bit of symbolic meaning. The narration of a French family's memories, the addition of Chinese elements is also integrated into the film. Ordinary life is full of attitudes and philosophies about life. This is the story with a bit of warmth, but random fragments of life naturally become a whole to convey to us attitudes about life. The piano soundtrack, urban scenery, and Chinese elements added to the film make the film more full of imagination and emotion. Juliette Binoche's style is still the same. Although she is no longer the young girl she once was, she is more prominent under the background of the little actor Simon. This is a memoir of a slice of life, so understanding may lead to more connotations from this film
Extended Reading
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Tavares 2022-03-15 09:01:11
The essence is a journey of discovery and capture. The overlapping of multiple spaces allows us to have more room for observation and feel the looming emotional ups and downs. People in Paris are deeply immersed in the city street shadows, and in the process of evaporating the seawater, the beauty of life is focused by the camera or our eyes. Hou Hsiao-hsien presents us with a floating way of viewing, ambiguous and real. (Probably thanks to the photographer for the most part)
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Janie 2022-04-24 07:01:24
Trivial fragments, loose rhythm. The film has no theme, just an honest record of life. The French version of "The Forgotten Time" is very good. Maybe the best time is really wasted. This time I finally finished it. .
