Misnomer

Deshaun 2022-04-21 09:02:50

As a commercial feature film, this flawed and rough detail coupled with deliberate lens handling is actually a kind of devastation to the audience, but as an anti-war film that exposes Nazi atrocities, this so-called Sol story In fact, this feeling of repression and cruelty has been completely destroyed. Compared with the previous "Schindler's List", "Life is Beautiful", and "The Pianist", it is too far and too far. Perhaps it is precisely because it has been difficult in recent years. There are such excellent works, so under the premise of political correctness, the dwarf is the highest? Having said that, why are those three classics so touching? In fact, it is very simple, that is, they are very pure, there is not so much expression for the sake of expression, but for the sake of depth and depth, that is, in such an atmosphere that ordinary people can bring in, use a very bland method to tell a story that does not require brain cells. A simple plot that can be understood, and the depressing cruelty and horror in the story also made the audience feel the same way, and this film, sorry, is a story that people can't understand and can't bring into the story, from the beginning to the end, the personalization of various directors. People quickly get tired of the camera, and the first thing that comes to the minds of the audience while watching is - what, why, how, and what are the feelings that people originally gave? After all these, it is difficult for people to have deeper feelings, rather than some feelings are all "after reading, taste carefully", this is not necessary and should not be, because that is history, That is pain, you don't need to use your brain, you should feel it.
Son of Sol, from the name, "Sol buries his son" should be the main line, but this main line is inexplicably full of loopholes, and it is really not a good story, so what about this line? On the contrary, it is the scene of the contingent that should be what this film really tells. Sol as a lens to tell the self-rescue of the contingent is already a complete and profound story, but this scene has to be against the customer, and I want to use a The misery of human beings has overwhelmed the misery of a period of history. It can only be said that it is superfluous.
I can feel that the director has a great heart, the use of various shots, the excellent group performances do not need to be blurred by money, and the atmosphere is also well done (especially in the early stage). Some shots can even be said to be amazing, but it may be because The heart is too big, and the force is too much. As a result, several amazing shots are not enough, and the result is aesthetic fatigue; if the emotional atmosphere is not enough, add a line, and the result is that it can be taken out as a film The movie's burial of sons and the task force's self-rescue turned into mutual interference, a mess, and what they wanted to express became deliberate.
You know, the simpler and purer the talent, the more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Too many techniques and treatments are not suitable for this kind of touching subject matter. Should you show off your skills? Then you just go to a commercial film!

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Son of Saul quotes

  • Saul Ausländer: I have to take care of my son. He's not from my wife.

    Abraham Warszawski: When did you last see him?

    [pause]

    Abraham Warszawski: You have no son.

  • Abraham Warszawski: You failed the living for the dead.

    Saul Ausländer: We are dead already.