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Antwon 2022-04-22 07:01:54

Twenty-one years ago, I was shocked by an alternative musical . I felt a little dizzy when I watched it. It was only because the whole film was shot with a portable DV, and the shaky photography and jumping editing made me feel more Novelty and excitement, never...

Crawford 2022-03-12 08:01:02

This article is translated from an interview with Karax

Monique 2022-03-18 09:01:09

From beginning to end, from "May we start" to "Do you like it", Karax's works still lead us to realize the meaning of the film itself and the performance itself with a strong reflexive attitude. The color coding in red, yellow and green, the recurring image of apples, and the element of "water" this time, all make one cannot help but try to figure out his intentions over and over again. Its structure is very neat, but the text level is extremely rich. The audiovisual is still first-class, and the transitions have replaced jump cuts and upgrades, becoming his latest grammatical element, adding a ghostly atmosphere.

Jewel 2022-03-15 09:01:11

10+++/10 "Don't breathe until the end", from the beginning of the film, Karax no longer "hypnotizes" but directly tries to "kill" the audience, Henry becomes the director's stand-in, and the interrogation on the talk show stage becomes A love-hate entanglement between creators and viewers on and off the screen, but in the end, the audience "imprisoned" Henry, ending this violent carnival. The shell or structure is very classical, even Victorian, falling in love, having a child, a murder and revenge, the text often goes back to the Middle Ages, the demon who rides a bicycle in the night and the angel who relies on self-sacrifice, Annette who is neutralized At the end, he was cowardly and turned into an adult. And its singing is a miracle, triggered by the revolving lampstand brought back by Henry, just as Karax once paid attention to the early film form (a short film of character behavior in the sacred car dealership), this revolving lamp is exactly the same. The prototype of the moving image: Magical Lantern (Magic Lantern), and when the lantern is broken, the holy relic withers, the singing ceases, and all the violence that has been whitewashed by the stage or image is no longer protected and exposed.