Why are you so serious?

Candelario 2022-01-12 08:01:44

Every era is crazy, not just modern.
We are now criticizing modernist cities, saying that cities have driven us crazy...
A villain who looks exactly like Ma Jingtao shouted hoarsely in his mind:
You Why do you do this to me!

This movie did make a lot of jokes about modern cities,
but if you draw a conclusion from this, "Modern cities are crazy, consumerism is crazy."
Then you wash your sleep, it's really a tragedy. .

Seeing the world with a critical eye, everything can be criticized.
Seeing the world with an aesthetic eye, beauty is everywhere.
Glass can smash your nose, but it can also let you see the most beautiful scene inadvertently.
Just like immediately after we laughed After finishing the "Privacy House", the
workers moved the windowpanes on the open second floor as if they were performing modern dance on the stage.
Another example is the girl in green clothes, where she is not only negative, but also changes everything. Beautiful,
as an American tourist, she did not buckle a lot of peony flowers on her head.
On the collapsed stage, she played a very elegant music.
On the dance floor, she did not twist like other people. ...(The dancing of the girls in front is really ridiculous)
Of course, she also hinted at love, which made the movie become affectionate at the end.

Very importantly, the scarf given to her is actually very famous in Paris Travel souvenirs (the most famous Hermes scarf), this product is not fundamentally different from the previous products that put people out of focus, but it has become a "gift" and a "love token" It has been surpassed, although the gift-giver is still trapped in "modernism" with a silly outlet. This negates the previous mocking attitude towards consumption.

Such denials can be seen everywhere in the film, so
many people believe that the director is not criticizing, but aesthetic.

And this aesthetic is vividly expressed in the last paragraph, when the city becomes an amusement park. This amusement park only exists in the eyes of aesthetics, or in the eyes of children.

If the world does not necessarily exist except for your consciousness, then what does your madness have to do with the times? It's
because you are serious about your life and become crazy .

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Extended Reading
  • Idella 2022-03-20 09:02:24

    Jacques Tati’s classic works still seem forward-looking. The cold steel glass labyrinth with the main color of blue and gray, the application of glass reflection (Eiffel, Sacred Heart, Arc de Triomphe); exquisite group play and scene scheduling, shot on 70mm film in the old "Tati Village", information content It's huge and needs to be watched many times; cool humor emerges endlessly, and the dining room scene is very exciting; the playground carousel flow; the tourists in the shaking mirror and the screaming dubbing. (9.0/10)

  • Rico 2022-03-29 09:01:06

    It's so sophisticated that urbanization has become a playground life, and the entertainment is constantly amplified. Although the tones are cool, the modernity of the equipment is overwhelming, probably because more than half of the time is spent repairing and dealing with equipment problems.//Many people The scheduling of the scene is really well organized, clear and layered. The focus of the lens is fully displayed. The scene reflected by the glass is used many times to make a stalk.//It's dazzling and overwhelmed. It's just a trivial matter here. One of my bucket list really is getting lost in Paris

Playtime quotes

  • Barbara, Young Tourist: How do you say "drugstore" in French?

    Monsieur Hulot: Drugstore.

  • Monsieur Hulot: [in English, to Barbara] I'll be back.

    Old Woman 1: [in French] What's that mean?

    Old Woman 2: [in French] I've no idea. Can't they use French?