The fable of life

Assunta 2022-01-03 08:01:17

If entertainment and enlightenment (propaganda/expressing a certain value or thinking) are the functions of movies, it is easy to be popular if both are taken into account. This film obviously focuses on the latter, using the death-defying deeds of a small government cadre who has been doing nothing for 30 years to explore the meaning of survival, the eternally entangled theme of the Japanese. It also promotes the use of passion for the people. Service is such an excellent answer that is socialist and progressive (although it is not the only answer in the film, at least it is also the main feature)! At the same time, it reflects on the contemporary parent-child relationship of Little Japan and the "democratic" efficiency of government institutions (from which it is learned that playing football is not just a Chinese characteristic, which is very gratifying afterwards = =).

The film is full of the solemnity of black and white films. The protagonist has the feeling of a drama actor. The performance is very deterrent-closing the eyes will clearly reveal the serious gray face and painful and stubborn eyes, releasing a deep bitter hatred. Power is enough to make people feel grief ==. Other characters, whether they are the playboys of the game life, the politicians who have earned their reputation, the uninspiring bureau staff, or the kind and straightforward girls, are symbolic but representative. Except for Fukada Kyoko, the performances are the same nonsensical and cute, and they are more vivid. Although there is also a lot of black humor and some warm nostalgia for family love, the main theme (especially the first half) is relatively serious and heavy.

The theme is not special, the characters are not special, and the story is not special. What's a little special is about the structure. In general, it is a distinct desire to promote and suppress. The first half is based on the protagonist’s perspective and experience, directly rendering the protagonist’s dreary and gloomy work life and the despair of the end-of-cancer search, but the value of life is always rare. After the protagonist is finally inspired, the camera cuts the photo of the protagonist at the funeral, and the early ending of the character becomes a powerful turning point in the tone. The second half is the dialogues and memories of the hero’s deathbed deeds performed by various characters on the stage of the funeral, gradually splicing how the author used his deathbed passion to make the impossible possible, resolutely and resolutely to make up for his life. "Finally, the process of completing the merits and gratifying the death. This way of restoring the facts through multiple perspectives is somewhat similar to Rashomon.

In short, it is a well-structured fable about life. The concise principles are boring to some people, but classics to some people. The passionate is passionate, and the past is mediocre. It is a miracle to be touched by this fable. It is also a miracle that the passion continues to burn. Most of them are just like people who return to a boring life after the passion extinguished in the last moment of the film, because we are all realistic and healthy. To talk about the value of the film as an educational film, or someone will start to accumulate courage and wait for an opportunity.

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  • Verdie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Reflecting on a whole day of movie disasters is the fastest and cruelest way to make us see the truth, but only in this way can we think clearly about what we are living for. It may also be the strangest existence

  • Carmine 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    9. Akira Kurosawa's real-life subjects are equally awesome. People don't make sacrifices for others until they die. Think about how ironic it is. Sorrows for Middle Ages has the same effect. Akira Kurosawa's scheduling is really master-level, deep focus on the use of depth of field and space, the birthday song of rebirth, the death of the protagonist in the middle, the flashback puzzle narrative at the funeral, and the famous swing scene at the end, this film is also quite colorful.

Ikiru quotes

  • Novelist: That's not art. A striptease isn't art. It's too direct. It's more direct than art. That woman's body up there? It's a big juicy steak. It's a glass of gin. It's a hormone extract. Streptomycin. Uranium!

  • Kanji: [singing] Life is brief / Fall in love, maiden / Before the crimson bloom / Fades from your lips / Before the tides of passion / Cool within you / For those of you / Who know no tomorrow...