One of the reasons I like it: the settings. Abbas's burden is just right and not narcissistic. In the first scene where he is most likely to say the protagonist's purpose of seeking death, Abbas decisively blacked the camera; he thought that Abbas would delight the audience with this, but he quickly did not embellish it. Come to the Cherry Tree—while suspense is an essential skill in storytelling, cinema must never be a mere plaything of skill. Later, although the appearance of the old man in the museum was obviously a dramatic arrangement, Abbas was obviously impatient to tell the story in a narrative way, and the unnecessary must be thrown away - this is the hegemony of film.
Like the second reason: dialogue. The dialogue between the protagonist and each candidate is very concise and exciting. It is not only a psychological battle between the protagonist and the conversation object, but also a psychological battle between the audience and the director, which is very intriguing. The best part is the dialogue between the protagonist and the old man in the museum:
"You can wear two stones tomorrow, and I may still be alive."
"I will take three."
"You can also shake it . I, I really may still be alive."
"You will definitely be alive."
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Like the third reason: the lens. Abbas is very good at finding the right distance behind the protagonist's hesitant face, suddenly arranging to appear a working crane, a group of lively children, etc., the whole static picture becomes agile, and a man who is dying is walking on the In other people's lives; it is worth mentioning that every time the protagonist takes the candidate under the cherry tree and asks the candidate to get out of the car to look at the tree hole, Abbas is always very considerate to take the precious footage. Focus on the protagonist's expression instead of following the candidate to get out of the car to the tree hole (which is a common mistake of many directors who use the movie machine as a shovel); and the protagonist is in the hotel before he dies The scene processing after thinking about it, so long, so far away, I don't need to see the protagonist's face, I'm as restless as him - I must say, Abbas would like to thank this actor for his acting skills, otherwise It is impossible to achieve a close-up of facial expressions for a long time, as far as a strong emotion can be expressed with just a shadow.
About the ending. I thought the movie would come to an abrupt end after a few black screens, but the director still let us see the beginning of a "new day", but outside the scene, the broken car the protagonist once drove disappeared in the green mountains. Cherry blossoms are also in bloom.
Maybe Abbas is more optimistic than I am. It seems that someone once said: People who make movies are more or less people who love to dream.
The whole film from beginning to end did not take the time to explain why the protagonist wanted to die. I also liked it very much - people who want to kill themselves probably can't give one, two, three, or four reasons for dying, otherwise they will either die or die. It also appears to be slight.
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