Because of the Oscars, I went to see "The Shape of Water" with my dad...
Ten minutes into the show, in the slow rhythm and dark tones, I could clearly hear a purr from the cinema! Not a case!
1. Why should art be separated from the masses?
Because of the award of "The Shape of Water", film and television experts will naturally come up with a set of theories to verify the various benefits of this film. These theories will include techniques from shooting techniques, picture metaphors, deep exposure of human nature, and satire on politics. , All of these, each of which sounds paradoxical, and because it is obscure and profound, it cannot be understood by everyone, so that those who explain it cannot help but have a strong sense of superiority.
But even so, I don't want to give arty nods to these claims.
Because in the eyes of all beings like me, movies are certainly works of art, but at the same time they are also special commodities for audiences to see. Only when they meet market demand and are loved and accepted by most audiences can they be labeled as "good". Otherwise, please don't talk about the spring and the white snow, the high and the low, if it is only a hall art that a few people appreciate, the film will lose the true meaning of its dissemination and the meaning of existence.
So please stop telling me that what most people understand is not art!
2. Why is art always related to politics?
From ancient times to the present, we have never been free from the shackles of politics! A simple artist, if he does not associate his works with current affairs and politics, seems to lack a grand pattern and a lofty position.
So, the most common story of Beauty and the Beast is added with the background of the times in "The Shape of Water": the dark cold war period, the Soviet-American spy war, the moon landing plan, the cold-blooded general, the ruthless security officer, the lack of warmth The upper class of society, the black colleague Zelda who is always chatting, the lonely old painter, the only ones who can really rely on each other and cherish each other are the cleaners at the bottom of the society. Small enough to be the smallest social mote.
The appearance of the half-man, half-fish monster broke the balance. With the merman being abused, dying and being rescued, the security officer will not only lose his finger, but also the general's trust. After the killed biologist, he will become a Abandoned son.
The addition of the Soviet spies made the incompetent and flawed theft plan a success. The Soviet spies died at the hands of American security guards, and the American security guards wantonly mutilated the people and died at the hands of mermaids. The plot is not complicated, but I don’t know how much it implies. Heavy meaning deeper?
3. Are metaphors and metaphors really for the audience?
The simple heroine fell in love with a monster with scales and unable to communicate verbally. In order to make this love more rational, the film designed a series of shots to verify the marriage between the heroine and water. For example, this little girl can keep sliding the raindrops that fall on the car window. She is always facing the water at work, and she will save the fish in the fish tank in the restaurant...
In the overall simple and dark picture, there is a mute heroine who is aphasia, unbeautiful, and even a bit unreasonable, willful and stubborn. She has scales, rolling eyes, strange hands, and can bite to death with a single mouth. The owner of a cat. Everything deviates too far from the conventional aesthetic standards, coupled with the low and soothing background music, it seems that it is difficult not to fall asleep?
At this time, please don't tell me what the wallpaper pattern on the wall means? How many meanings are there in the layout of the house, and what are the deeper meanings of the programs broadcast in the empty theaters? etc.
After all, I'm just a regular viewer who doesn't have the sharpness to quickly capture these details in a flash of footage.
4. The increasing exhaustion and poverty of content creation
Since 1910, Hollywood has been associated with the film and television industry, and Hollywood has gone through a hundred years of history. From silent films to commercial blockbusters that explode on the screen, as the capital of film, Hollywood has presented countless high-quality film and television products, but looking at the Oscars in recent years The award-winning film has to be said that it has become more and more difficult to break the rut and find innovative breakthroughs today when the content is constantly being excavated in depth. New content mines are waiting to be discovered and mined.
"The Shape of Water" is almost a copy of the sci-fi movies in the early 1990s. There are no dazzling stunts, no big scenes that warm the eyes. It begins in depression and ends in restraint. If you have to use a good idiom to describe it, you can say It "returns to the basics", but it can also be said to be "poor skills"...
At the end of the film, one can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, because at last one can escape from the oppressive atmosphere and go to the sunny world outside.
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