Incomprehensible, form is supreme

Keith 2022-04-23 07:03:40

Lighting (massive smoothing of characters), composition (extremely symmetrical), camera movement (both push and traverse are used to the extreme, and the cramped space is well represented), setting of supporting actors and extras (stiff, stagnant), sound and picture Separation (text and images remain separate), the sense of alienation caused by overexposure (that is, the feeling of modern literature and film), as well as the sound (such as the sudden silence at the climax) and the music (something eerie). Many of Greer's new novels are simple still life sketches without subjective feelings and non-narratives, and the scripts written by him should be closer to the images themselves.

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  • Alena 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The heat in Kunming is crazy, and the newspapers are hoarsely issuing high temperature warnings. No wonder I was sweating profusely when I stayed indoors yesterday. It is said that the hottest place in Yunnan is Qiaojia County, 38℃; the coolest place in Kunming is in the monastery in Xishan Senli 25°C. Taking advantage of the coolness of the morning, I reviewed "Last Year in Marionba", and I still like it. I write novels on film. The sense of form and emotion are super charming. The ambiguous feelings between men and women are probably nothing more than hallucinations.

  • Chadrick 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    French film #300. Made by a five-star god. The overlapping of sound and picture, the reality created by the narrator's narration. God clip, God script. Highly dramatic or sculptural performance. Anti-narrative. Nothing can be overstated about this film.

Last Year at Marienbad quotes

  • X: I must have you alive. Alive, as you have already been every evening, for weeks, for months.

    A: I have never stayed so long anywhere.

    X: Yes, I know. I don't care. For days and days. Why don't you still want to remember anything?

    A: You're raving! I'm tired, leave me alone!

  • X: [Last Lines] The grounds of the hotel were symmetrically arranged, without trees or flowers, or plants of any kind. The gravel, the stone, and the marble were spread in strict array in unmysterious shapes. At first sight, it seemed impossible to lose your way. At first sight... Along these stone paths and amidst these statues, where you were already losing your way forever in the still night, alone with me.