The director vaguely expressed his sorrow for the passing of ancient wars that are full of ritual feelings. New and updated class concepts will replace the past, but they will also bring more bottomless and cruel wars.
The director's father is a well-known impressionist painter, which may affect his son's movie style to some extent. The camera is like a moving picture frame.
This film is famous for camera movement, similar to Tarkovsky's sense of flow, but the difference is poetic and narrative. Bringing all kinds of details in the movement, deliberately point out the attention. The posters in the bar, the decoration of the German officers, singing in unison on the stage, and the prisoners of war discussing escape from prison...
The movement of the camera emphasizes connection and contrast without destroying the integrity of the space. This requires very complicated scene scheduling and large-scale camera movement. This may also be the earliest and most famous example of using a deep focal length lens. It is said that Wells's filming of "Citizen Kane" was deeply influenced by the style of this film.
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