EUREKA is not quite like a movie. It is dull and tedious, and this tediousness is not at all like epic masterpieces like " Lawrence of Arabia " and " Gone with the Wind ". Experienced literature.
The whole film can be said to have no suspense and "fascinating" places, and all the selling points that may be exaggerated in other films - such as violence, murder, pornography, revenge, etc., have all been passivated and cold-treated to the greatest extent here, plus The light brown black and white image runs through almost the entire film, which often makes people feel a sense of loss of the coordinate system of time during the viewing process. When the 217-minute film ends, it seems like a lifetime has passed. However, verbosity is one aspect, and when Shinji Aoyama montages a single still image to create different narrative effects, it is a waste of money. This can not help reminiscent of Pudovkin's narrative editing and the editing technique often used in Ozu's films, which is symbolized by parallel contrasts to guide the audience to understand the characters' inner transitions and narrative development.
Shinji Aoyama's depiction of the crazy world in his eyes is very personal, full of uneasy, dreamy and eerie atmospheres like Munch's paintings. The spatial contrast arrangement is like Chirico's painting. Through the condensed long lens, the background of heaven and earth is separated by color blocks, and then simple geometric lines are used to symbolize people and architectural shapes, conveying the loneliness and insignificance of human beings in the vast world. And with the atmosphere of dream space. In the film, the Naoki siblings and the driver Cheng are calm and taciturn people who have suffered irreparable wounds in their lives. The director depicts the psychological ups and downs of people waiting for redemption in a very delicate and vivid way, and feels sympathy for these people who have split personality and violent behavior due to the unresolved inner conflict. Because of his compassion, Shinji Aoyama was able to take pictures of violent conflict so calmly that the viewer could face the tragedy calmly and think further about the reasons for the tragedy. Shinji Aoyama expresses the bloody and violent conflict scenes with a soothing rhythm of moving the mirror, with a lyrical soundtrack that is almost clean, to show the inner world of constant conflict and isolation, forming a unique and unique style that is different from other directors. , warm and cool black style.
Therefore, EUREKA should be a prayer for modern people, dedicated to those who need the courage to continue living. The landscape is the texture of the heart, the tone is the return to the original black and white dyed brown, and the end of the road is rebirth.
In fact, the original title Eureka means "I found" or "I found" in Greek. It is said that the word was first blurted out by Archimedes when he discovered that the purity of gold could be measured according to the principle of specific gravity. The writer and director Shinji Aoyama borrowed this term and led the audience through a long black and white video journey of nearly three and a half hours, finally allowing these injured people to find a reason to live. In the film, when the little girl and Zhi ran to the edge of the cliff, facing the mountains and the land, and shouted loudly: "Dad, Mom, Prisoner, Brother, Qiuyan, Makoto, and Hezhi", her brows stretched and she turned with a slight smile. In the end, the whole film also returned to true color in the last minute.
"EUREKA" may not be an interesting movie, and even too dull for many audiences; but at least it has struggled to find light and warmth in desperation, and tried to survive
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The whole film proceeds with seemingly dull plots and scenes, but at the end of the film, it gives people a feeling of sudden enlightenment, which makes the audience suddenly want to understand the ideas that the film wants to express. That is, no matter what difficulties people encounter, they should not give up life easily, give up life, have a reason to live, give themselves a spiritual support, be reborn in thought, and start a new life
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