"In this film, Scorsese uses the film technology of the times to complete the sacred mission of dreaming, just as his predecessor Merimi once did."
- "Empire" magazine
Oscar curtain Fall, a few happy and a few lonely. "Hugo" finally ended with five technical awards, including best visual effects, best photography, best art direction, best sound effects, and best sound editing. James Cameron commented that the film has the best 3D effect so far. Since it is a movie in which the way of viewing the movie determines the visual effects, the comments made by viewing the disc are really one-sided. Leaving aside the 3D effects, the 2D visual texture of this film is amazing enough: sophisticated picture production, superb color control, and skilled photography techniques bring the film's imagination into full play. In the first long shot of the film, the maze-like complex mechanical system transforms into Paris, a city with surging vitality. The second long shot gallops down from the snowy city and crosses the endless train of people. Station, and finally fixed to the first protagonist - the bright blue eyes of the little boy, the relationship between the characters and the background of the times is clear at a glance. It's hard to imagine how photographers can travel through the intricate mechanical parts and the train station where people come and go to capture these difficult pictures with constant motion shots and constant subjective shots.
Scorsese claimed that he was shooting a children's fantasy movie from the perspective of his daughter, but this is not a pure children's movie, but a pure tribute to the movie. There are only two generations of people's persistence in their dreams, A hint of innocence is revealed. The plot setting of "Oliver Twist", after the suspense, an adventure, unearthed the forerunner of the film Master George Merrime and a precious history of early films. "I will fix you" - Hugo's voice for robots, and Scorsese's voice for discovering early film history and restoring his dreams. Once, because of the cruelty of the world, people lost the ability to appreciate their dreams, and all the beautiful things were burnt to the ground. From then on, a generation of film masters, Mei Limei, lost all thoughts and chose to seal the past and seal the mirror from now on. However, fortunately, the unremitting exploration of film fans, as well as the little boy Hugo's obsession and pursuit of machinery, stirred up the waves in Meilimei's heart. Looking back on the past, the movie dream of the innocent era, tears filled her eyes. Movies are intertwined with machinery and magic. They are all the art of dreaming. The world is like a machine. Our existence is indispensable because we all have the ability to dream. This is what the director expressed to the audience through Hugo's mouth. Although the old horse is old, his inner innocence, his dedication to the film, his deep affection and deep affection are beyond words, and he is eager to make people cry. Looking at domestic movies, from the low-budget productions that flooded the seas to the blockbusters that cost a lot of money, there have long been no movies that are pure and simple, and explain their dreams. Hollywood is Hollywood. Even if the industrialized system is questioned by countless people, the value of its existence is that it can still make the best movies continue to emerge, because dreams exist.
Movies that pay homage to old movies have long existed, such as "Dream of Paris", such as "Paradise Cinema". From "Hugo", we can vaguely see "The Arrival of the Train", "Travel to the Moon", "The Great Train Robbery", "The Birth of a Nation", "The Factory Gate", "Modern Times", "Metropolis" "...a precious old movie preserved in the ashes of time, and more old movies corroded by time: under the close-up of the huge clock, the film was dissolved by chemical reagents and turned into high-heeled shoes that were trampled underfoot, Old movies are constantly disappearing, which is the ruthlessness of time and the problem of film restoration.
The nostalgia aspect of the movie is really touching. If we talk about the shortcomings, the sadness and pain of the first protagonist's little boy are superficial, and the audience's sense of substitution is not strong, and it is difficult to empathize with it.
3D technology, since Avatar, has been embraced by more film directors: Wim Wenders for Pina, Scorsese for Hugo. Using new film technology to miss the silent film era, it seems that 3D film is not only a new film mode in the future, but also a means to be closely connected with the old film mode, linking the past and the future, so modern and dreamy.
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