It was cold, and after reading "The Complete New Testament" on the sofa, I lay in bed and watched Terrence Malick's "Holy Grail Knight" (2015).
The only thing in common between the two films is that they both mention God. Just like Malick’s willful images in the past, "The Knights of the Holy Grail" can be described as an ukiyo-e of three-dimensional images. The 30-year-old protagonist Will, wandering between reality and soul, gradually loses himself in the flashing and flying moments, his direction is unclear, and his breakthrough is fruitless.
As stated at the beginning of the film, "Everything in this world is arranged by God. In the final analysis, the purpose is like a dream. We will encounter dangerous temptations from time to time and find balance in the whirlpool of desire." In fact, this "foreword" sets the tone of "temptation" and "balance" for the film. In fact, after experiencing the exploration of "Day of Heaven" and "Thin Red Line", Malik began to devote himself to the fragmented and messy narrative. "The Knights of the Holy Grail" is just after "The Tree of Life" and "To the Wonderland". , Another trip to the spirit of creative vision. It can also be regarded as a fierce advance with Hollywood, but it can't help but tremble weakly.
From the perspective of film traditional aesthetics, it is just an anti-narrative "movie". Not to mention linearity, it can't even be spread out even non-linear, but it is indeed expected. "The Knights of the Holy Grail" consists of chapters such as "Moon", "Hermit", "Judgment", "Tower", "Death", and "Priestess". The scene of chaotic clouds flying across and rapidly rotating, fits with the deep voice-over, and works together to carry out a "murder" effect with a shocking image. I have to say that I am fascinated by the beauty of the construction of light and shadow, and let go of the procrastination of narrative, and let the colorful images become chaotic light and shadow poems. The reason why we say "chaos" is because the camera switch is too fast, which is really dazzling, and it feels like you can't catch the stubble.
Maybe it doesn't need to be regarded as a feature film, but it can be regarded as a documentary film. There is no strict distinction. The only difference is that Christian Bell, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman are so dazzling and dazzling, in self-exile, temptation and temptation, indulgence and debauchery, and then surpassing the world. Among them, look at the short version of yourself to clear the swollen heart. In fact, it is just a life buffer, and new troubles will always come as scheduled.
The meticulous capture of these images is of course not only cool, but also not just photography for the sake of photography, even though it is misunderstood that there is such a tendency. The gray-headed Will, like a floor-to-ceiling version of Batman who can never fly, is suddenly in a small space, suddenly in the boundless wilderness, suddenly in the jungle of the buildings, and then strolling on the beach, following Malik’s little magic wand, carrying out a game. The impact of the premeditated visual revolution deliberately made the film nihil, hollow and "pseudo-film".
"This world is made of desire, there are no rules, no one cares, you have to adapt", this sentence also applies to the evaluation of this movie. "You have to adapt", this is the world of light and shadow that Malik encourages. "The love is so far-reaching, I will give up my life and love what you love", this is his voice, he must stubbornly carry out the experiment of light and shadow to the end. "You are still the love of my life, everything is wrong, there are too many upsets, I hope to disappear, hope to live a peaceful and undisturbed life..." This is the sudden, weak and rushing "Holy Grail Knight", piled up There are so many rigid platitudes, but this is the normal state of life.
Just like this cold night, putting both feet on the hot water bottle, warmth gradually rising, after watching the movie quietly, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and felt like traveling thousands of miles across thousands of mountains. You have to get up quickly, take a pee, drink a few sips of warm water to keep the old blood vessels open, then slowly lie down and sleep soundly, open your eyes tomorrow morning, and you will talk about a new day again. A good life is nothing but that. Never expect a miracle. The world is changeable, life is normal.
In such a turbulent world, it is the most comfortable thing to be a safe bystander. Just like "The Knights of the Holy Grail", the weakness of wandering, the gasping of hypoxia, the eager call, all of these, the sound of adult life, and the direction of abnormal life, simply speaking, no matter good or bad, it is only Malik carefully played. A card. You see, under the heavy black iron curtain, you can sleep peacefully, and everything is OK.
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