dance is everything

Garrick 2022-04-20 09:02:53

Biography is not my favorite genre, whether it's a book or a movie. Because I wanted to watch Wenders's films, I recently watched three of his biographical films in a row. In addition to this "Pina", there is also the earlier "Finding Ozu" and later "The Salt of the Earth". Although they are both biographical films, the narrative methods of these three films are different. The narrative main body of "Xun" is a series of interviews, the main narrative main body of "Earth" is the follow-up of the biography, and the main body of "Skin" is the biography. A collection of dance works, I love this "Pina".

Dance is an art I'm interested in, but I haven't taken the time to study it, except for a little "waltz" in college and a little bit of online pop dance at the annual meeting. Because I have so many hobbies and hobbies, dance requires a lot of time, so I haven't studied it, so I can't understand what the dancers want to express when I watch this movie, but I still feel the beauty, those backgrounds The music, the lines of those handsome men and women, those dancing scenes, are all beautiful.

Although the film's biography is the late modern dance master Pina, she rarely talks about her life in the film, and is all about her dance works. Why shoot like this? I think Wenders has explained it with Pina's words in the film: "Dance, Dance, otherwise we are lost." Dance is Pina's life and everything, so Wenders chose to only shoot works . Later, he used the same technique to shoot "The Salt of the Earth", but because the main works of "Earth" were mainly photographs, he made some adjustments, and he also told a little about his life while showing the works.

There is a saying, "It's hard to match a reputation." For an artist, no amount of halo is false, and the work is the most important thing. I like Wenders' approach and attitude very much. While watching this movie, I also thought of another dancer, Lin Huaimin from Taiwan, who also regards dance as his life. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to watch his performance. I wonder if anyone would be willing to do it. He made such a biopic? I'll have to check it out when I get there.

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  • Nicholas 2022-04-07 09:01:06

    I lack appreciation for dance

  • Gayle 2022-03-30 09:01:12

    It's beautiful, but my sister doesn't understand it at all.

Pina quotes

  • Pina Bausch: What are we longing for? Where does all this yearning come from?