The first archive viewing

Nolan 2022-01-28 08:31:17

I watched "Return" before, and was amazed by the film's stern style. I watched it today and understood the reason, but I couldn't resonate with it. The indifference of the world, the indifference of family affection, and the various regrets between them are not the emotions that I have come into contact with in my experience. I have a deep memory of the scene where the two people quarreled in the car. The quarrel caused by music and smoking was written in a delicate, true and powerful manner. The voice of the camera is calm and slow, and there is a force in it, but it has been closed, and in the end, it has not yet exploded. It's just a color bar floating gently on the tree, an intention that echoes multiple meanings. In this film, the scene has become an important means of expressing emotions, shaping the atmosphere, and explaining the plot. The sense of existence is no less than that of the characters. For example, the dim snow forest, the deep green forest, the snow floating outside the window, the water, and various streets with posters of missing persons. The camera schedule follows the characters. In the husband's cheating scene, he always follows the position of the husband slowly, not only shaking, pushing, but even following the action of the husband standing to sitting down, slowly moving down, and then slowly pushing to the window, Take the action of the two making love from the long shot to the medium shot. It is the most attractive long shot of the whole film. There are quite a lot of scenes pushed, most of which are related to the emotions and dramatic tension of the characters.

Watching this film, there is a story beyond the film.

Yesterday coincided with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, and watched "1921". Before watching, I had lost my glasses for several weeks, and I thought that since I was going to watch a movie on the big screen, I would go for a pair of glasses. I have seen the film before, and I have been to the optical store, but the glasses have never been matched. So, I got a pair of my favorite, but I couldn't get it that day, so I wanted the next day.

The next day, I went to get my glasses at about five o'clock. I thought that since I had to get my glasses, I should watch a movie. There were no good films in the schedule, and I was close to the China Film Archive, so I watched the archives and saw the work of the director of "Return". The time was right and the film was good. So glad to go.

In the movie hall, I actually met a friend, Joe, a girl who worked with the small crew before. I was so happy that I wanted to go up to say hello, but when I saw a long-haired man beside her, I put my hand away. Seeing people chatting happily, I was embarrassed to interrupt. So I found my seat and messaged Joe with my phone, telling her I saw her. She didn't have the habit of looking at her phone, so the movie started, and we watched the movie separately.

I won't talk about it later, in short, I thought she was having an affair with this man and was a little jealous. She has a boyfriend, and the two are fine. I just wondered if longer hair would be more attractive to literary girls and make them crazy. Later, I saw the man again, tied his hair, and saw his temperament, and recognized him. It turned out that he was her boyfriend, but I couldn't recognize him with loose hair. It's not important, what's important is that I probably didn't wear glasses yesterday, and even if I have these glasses, I'm very likely not to watch a movie here today, and this is my first visit to the museum. If I hadn't lost my glasses before, they wouldn't be where they are today.

The cause and effect of things are always inadvertently connected in this way, which makes me feel the power of God. I don't know why there is an arrangement today, whether I missed something or gained something, and it will lead to an unknown result.

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Extended Reading
  • Hal 2022-03-21 09:03:24

    To some extent, is it thanks to the Ukraine issue that the subtitles were not translated at the end of the news, even though the heroine in the last scene was wearing a tracksuit like the Russian national team on the treadmill and insisted on spoiling...

  • Isac 2022-01-28 08:31:17

    Steady brother. The disappearance of "Adventure", the snow field in "Mirror", the labyrinth of "Stalker", the communication dilemma in "Hibernation", until the national metaphor of "Return", Sarkinsev used the same cold tones and simple strokes as before. A painterly camera movement paints a picture of "no love for life" on Russian soil. The image is shocking, the meaning is profound, and the level is higher than or even higher than the Leviathan

Loveless quotes

  • Zhenya: I think I've made a terrible mistake.