Long poetic and full sense of presence

Halle 2022-03-18 09:01:02

"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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Extended Reading
  • Toney 2022-03-24 09:01:10

    An image victory supported by industry. The scene scheduling almost exhausts the possibilities of viewpoints, and brings an unparalleled sense of immersion. The experience itself is meaning, like letting you witness the death of a person. The film avoids direct confrontation, and shows the war from the side of wreckage and ruins. This in turn highlights the cruelty of war. One detail is clear, it is said that the protagonist's hand was scratched by a barbed wire one second, and he tried to protect it, but the next second he inserted it into the body of the corpse. When you experience cruelty, the milk, falling petals, sudden songs, and running up the current are more like miracles. In a particularly favorite stroke, the protagonist is so exhausted that he can't restrain himself from immersing in the water, and then quickly coughs up the water. His success depends on instinctive will. PS: A literary and artistic work that achieves the ultimate in a concept is worth five stars.

  • Zechariah 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    On the front line, the most dangerous thing is not artillery fire but hope, and the most precious thing is not rations but luck. Maybe God stretched out his holy hand to fish up the young man in the waterfall, filled it with milk to rescue the fallen baby, and sang songs to comfort the dead spirits. The ribbon is no match for the wine, the core is not afraid of being buried, the dangerous hope must be extinguished, and the good luck of blessings cannot be shared. Against the charging soldiers, the selected boy realized that this was actually a journey destined to embark in this life.

1917 quotes

  • Lieutenant Leslie: Straight ahead to the left, past the dead horses, there's a gap directly behind them. Useful, because if its dark you follow the stench. When you get to the second wire, look out for the bowing chap. There's a small break beside him. The German line is 150 odd yards after that. Watch out for the craters. They're deeper than they look. If you fall in, there's no getting out.

  • Lieutenant Leslie: Any cover sir? Any where to jump off from?

    Lieutenant Leslie: No. The sub-trench was blown to hell weeks ago. Its full of bodies anyway. Your best bet is to pop over here. If you do get shot, try to make it back to the wire. We won't come after you until its dark. If by some fucking miracle you do make it, send up a flare.