Memories under Parallel Narrative

Braxton 2022-01-15 08:01:17

Guillermo Ariga and Gonzalez Inalado’s joint and breakup are so worrying. After cooperating in the last movie "Terrazzo", the best partner in Mexico City officially parted ways. Regardless of how Aliga reprimanded Iran for being a "film author" for corruption, we don’t have to respond to Aliga’s “deliberate incitement to the media”. At least in the end of the criticism book, I expressed hope that the latter will succeed. "Wishes". When the frustration was over, they turned around, and the fight between the two turned to the rivalry in the works. Ariga's new work "The Burning Plain" was the first to enter Venice, realizing the transformation from a screenwriter to a "first author".

In other words, "Burning Plains" is the beginning of this pair of former partners breaking their wrists. Guillermo Ariga continued his multi-thread narrative method in the past, but on the basis of the separation of characters in the past, Ariga also Added another dimension-time. "Burning Plain" has a ten-year span of time and space, which not only strengthens the depth of the timeline, but also produces a defamiliarizing effect on the characters and regions. There are actually only two three-line narrative structures that appear in the film, one of which is Split by the so-called transformation of time and space, the girl Mariana changed her name to Serbia after she became an adult, which also successfully confused the audience's sight. Ariga threw out clues bit by bit in a way of shaking his baggage, and then gradually took shape, until weaving the final ending of the film.

"Burning Plain" is still an out-and-out formalist film, and if its parallel narrative is thrown out, the plot of the entire film will become pale. There have always been many good works of formalism in the history of film, whether it is "Pulp Fiction", "Extraordinary Apartment" or "A Rainstorm Is Coming", the play structure and mystery have given the film a new language, and it is difficult to have this kind of film. Profound meanings or propositions, perhaps just a formal expansion, can complete the film style to a whole new level. Griffith was the first in history to create parallel editing, which once aroused the enthusiasm of the viewers. From "The Birth of a Nation" to "Party Facing Differences", Griffith also tried to challenge the audience's thinking with two clues to four clues , He personally encountered a gap from applause to boo. Until now, movie audiences can only accept three-line parallel narratives at best, and works like "Love is a bitch", which was co-authored by Arija and Yinardo, still discourage many audiences.

Guillermo Ariga used this method to achieve his position as the number one screenwriter in Mexico, and the "products of labor" of his three collaborations with Inaldo should have accounted for the majority of the screenwriters. The level of photography and lens editing in "Burning Plains" is not inferior to that of the previous works, and it also proves that Ariga can still survive independently without Inalado. In other words, this type of film wins by mode, and the potential role of screenwriters has been Surpassed the director. From "Love is a bitch" to "Tongtian Pagoda", the chaotic lines of the story and the results of the reorganization have been presented. All the director needs to do is "lens expression". The so-called jump cuts and scene transitions cannot be called in-depth exploration. Perhaps "Burning Plains" lacks the subtlety and novelty of "Love is a bitch", but it still captures the essence of South American novels and presents colorful fantasy colors. Unfortunately, the concealment between the clues of the film The sex is poor, and the amazing effect of turbulence is less at the moment of interweaving at the end.

The film is basically divided into two lines, one tells the past and the other depicts the present. The two time and space stories show different warm and cold tones on the screen, and the part surrounding reality presents a dark, cold, and humid atmosphere, which contrasts with it. Early life was bright, full-bodied and fanatical. The same difference is also confirmed in the appearance of the respective characters. Serbia in Portland (middle-aged Mariana) has empty emotions and sluggish expressions. The Mexicans of another clue are full of restlessness and anxiety. The director turns the latter paragraph into a story. In two paragraphs, one describes the tryst between Santiago’s father and Mariana’s mother, and the other describes the mutual love and love between the boys and girls. In terms of means, Guillermo Ariga once again used "Time Scissors" "Chopped up this paragraph of narrative. The past around Mexico is divided into two with the fire in a private house on the plain as the center. It is the end of the previous story and the beginning of the latter, and it affects the protagonist in real time and space, making the film finally present the so-called Triple structure.

The biggest contribution of the multi-threaded parallel narrative structure to the film is to complete its polyphony. The three lines are intertwined but parallel to each other. The perspectives and concepts of different characters produce a multi-voice effect, thus breaking a single character. The traditional creative thinking of monologue. In "Burning Plains", the three narrative lines represent responsibility, understanding and salvation respectively. Mariana’s mother indulges in the pleasure of extramarital affairs (the film explains her husband’s impotence) and looks forward to 12 o’clock every day Meet the lover in the private house of the grassland; Mariana, as a witness of her mother’s cheating, struggles to save her family and seeks to find the origin of her mother’s derailment; Serbia, as a successful career, also faces emotional decline, and she is powerless The people around me didn't even dare to accept my daughter. The director skillfully used flashbacks, contrasts, symbolism and other techniques to interweave the story, creating different suspense on the clues, and the fire incident around the private house on the plain has become the core of the entire narrative, and the "burning" here also reflects a kind of obvious The symbolic meaning of is used to refer to the suffering and struggle of the character's heart.

Perhaps this parallel narrative model is not new, but there are few people who can use it proficiently. Guillermo Ariga has relied on this kind of skill to become a master screenwriter and got the Hollywood production department. Favorite. As his Virgo, "Burning Plains" still includes two Oscar queens, Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger, as well as super behind-the-scenes teams such as Robert Elvester and Craig Wood, which shows Hollywood Sincere trust in this talented screenwriter. There are still quite a few attractive elements in the film, whether it is Charlize Theron's nude, or Kim Basinger's crazy eroticism, or Mexico's Latin style, they can achieve the expectations of different audiences. The film won the Best Newcomer Award at the 65th Venice Film Festival, but it passed the golden lion, the highest honor, and it more or less reflected the overall dullness and lack of grace of the film. For Lemo Ariga, everything has just begun. Text/grey wolf

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Extended Reading
  • Sheridan 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    various acting skills

  • Hubert 2022-03-24 09:03:10

    Desire is burning. 4 clues come together

The Burning Plain quotes

  • Laura: Late night?

    Sylvia: I guess.

    Laura: Again?

    Sylvia: Again.

    Laura: Hmm. Same guy?

    Sylvia: No.

    Laura: Do I know him?

    Sylvia: Maybe.

    Laura: Do you know him?

  • Sylvia: What grade are you in?

    Maria: 9th.

    Sylvia: Do you have a boyfriend?

    Maria: Nope. Do you?