Looking at it today, I still think it is one of the best children's films made in the world. Another children's film that is on a par is Abbas' "Where Is My Friend's Home". I especially admire these two directors. It feels like a children's film, really observe the world from the perspective of children, and use images to interpret this world that belongs to children only, rather than from the perspective of adults, this is really too important! ! ! The world in the eyes of children is often contrary to the world in the eyes of adults. Adults who have not grown up psychologically always use their so-called secular theories to educate their children, and then gradually obliterate the nature of children, making them premature I believe that children who grow up in such an environment are unfortunate or defective in childhood, and then they are trapped in their childhood defects for the rest of their lives. Spielberg knows children too well, or he himself has a pure mentality to face the world like a child. I believe that when he directed the play, he did not tell the children condescendingly, how to play this and that. How to act, such a mechanical, adult, but completely play games with children, communicate with them from the perspective of children, play games together, and fight against the world built by adults, with a The pure heart made this big adventure, so that the children's hearts have truly grown. At the same time, I believe that the adults in front of the screen will also cry for it. At that moment, we are all children. A gang is not controlled by the world, and they are dedicated to doing what we think is right, and all this is discarded by us little by little and unconsciously in the process of growing into an adult.
The audio-visual quality of the film is also very good. The lighting can be regarded as a textbook for Hollywood commercial films. This lighting mode has been further enlarged by later commercial films. As of today, the lighting mode with too large contrast is no longer applicable. Unlike commercial movies, ordinary mainstream audiences want to see the actors and the scene clearly. Of course, it is necessary to use light to shape the contrast between the characters and the environment. The soundtrack is also very typed, which is basically consistent with the development of characters and events. Photography is not too stylized. Every shot is very formal and appropriate, but it has no style. All of this has also set a benchmark for mainstream commercial films, which has continued to this day.
The structure of the film's play is also a very typical three-act play, and the length of each scene is also very in line with the standard proportion of length. In the process of basically watching, you can clearly feel where the plot has developed.
Therefore, this is a standard Hollywood commercial film, but in this standard it just highlights the creator's strong creative vitality. In a standard genre framework, the core is actually very literary and artistic, telling a child's mental growth process, through and An alien gets along day and night, joys and sorrows, and finally presents a theme of parting. Through this parting, it also conveys the creator's outlook on life: true friendship is devotion, letting go, achieving each other, not possession. The ideological realm is a very noble and noble emotion of human beings, and all this is precisely expressed through a children's film.
So who says children's films can't be profound? Isn't that deep enough? Isn't this kind of communication about the most sublime emotional theme of all human beings difficult enough? Therefore, from this perspective, it seems that a certain degree of irony has been interpreted.
Although this is one of my two favorite children's films, I still have to say that this film is still inferior to "Blade Runner" from a comprehensive point of view at the time, even now. Although the scope is wide enough and deep enough, it always feels that from the depths of the subconscious, it is a little bit far from the real immortal work. This is also why Spielberg's early films seem to always be better than Ridley Scott. Almost a little bit of a master's enthusiasm, of course, after entering the 20th world, Spielberg gradually grew into a great master of both business and art ("Schindler's List")!
Therefore, the study of art is never-ending. By studying the growth trajectory of the masters and representing the works, we can stimulate our passion and motivation to study film art. Learning - never stop!
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