Undercurrent·torrent

The strangeness of language and culture makes me always stay away from well-known French films. In such a long movie-watching career, I have only watched a handful of French films, and few have been impressed. However, recently I started to read Bazin's book. The French who knew so deeply and rigorously about movies made me regain my yearning for French movies. I just saw a movie that I liked and watched it immediately.
Speaking of, I heard about this film when it was first promoted, so when I look at it now, it feels a bit like yesterday.
First of all, the filming is very solid. Regardless of the angle of the camera, the change of the plot, and the rhythm of the editing, this film makes people look at the big screen, rather than those who have to sit in the cinema to know that this is a movie. Moreover, the scenery and plot photos in the film are very well deserved. They are not like some movies that are full of scenery. It will only make people feel why the movie theater can't fast forward.
However, for me personally, I regret that the suspense is a bit weak. Although some people in the film critics say that they don’t understand, the subject of "eugenics" has actually been shot very much. This film follows a very traditional route, so it’s not difficult at all for the plot of this film. predict. Since seeing university professors intermarried with each other, their shameful things have actually become clear.
And these clues are explained very early, I think the reason why some people think they can’t understand it is probably because in the process of solving the puzzle, the center of gravity in the movie is not put on it, whether it is the magnificent glacier scenery, Renault and the undercurrent of the heroine. Love, and the handsome Vincent show off his fist and kung fu, the bright and smooth editing makes these interspersed like flowing water, which makes people dizzy, and naturally ignores the "undercurrent" that really pierces the plot. Therefore, at the end of the film, when Renault broke out the truth of the case in one breath, he accidentally missed it...
Finally, I personally regret that the length of the film is too short. For such a case involving a huge and profound subject, more than two hours is really not enough. There are too many places that make me feel like a handful. I hate that the country has not seen the introduction of the original work, and I also hate that France does not like to turn popular blockbuster movies into TV like the United States and Japan. Therefore, although I know that the second part is not an adaptation of the original work, I still look forward to it, hoping that the surprise will continue. .

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