"1917" is probably the best war movie I have ever watched—the poetic mirror creates a surreal lens language, placing the audience behind two 16-year-olds and following them through the trenches. , Crossing the battle zone, avoiding enemy planes, fighting, dying, crossing the river, running away, listening to the early morning songs, avoiding the rain of bullets... This sad long run ended in a quiet morning light, leaving the audience with huge emotional space.
Technically speaking, the sense of presence has always been a problem for film directors. Many directors choose to use more and more gorgeous firework effects, but it may not be able to narrow the distance between the audience and the characters in the play. A shot is a huge technological breakthrough. Inaritu has successfully tried it, but after all, "Birdman" has very small scenes and few characters; Sam Mendes has shown unprecedented results through the lens of "1917" The magnificent war scene has also unearthed the depth of the war that can only be presented long enough and close enough (in simple terms, it can be understood as: how cruel the war is). As the war correspondent Capa famously said, "If you are not shooting well enough, it is because you are not close enough." "1917" is just a film that sends the audience to the front line.
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