warm story

Marco 2022-02-27 08:01:38

Strictly speaking, this doesn't count as a "movie" because it doesn't have a generally complete story. A person leaves home, rents a house, goes to school, attends classes, and participates in club activities. It is silent and dull. One day, when everything turns around and the mystery is revealed, it ends with a heavy rain. How can this be considered a "story"? The prince went through all kinds of hardships, defeated the demon and the evil queen, and finally lived a happy life with the princess - this is the story in the general sense. In April Story, the person who has a crush has just appeared and the story has just begun, and everything will come to an abrupt end, and the end is written. Shunji Iwai adopts such an extreme way of expression, which makes the story have a strong oriental color, subtle and introverted, meaningful and long. A heavy rain at the end of the film pours down the accumulated emotions like a torrent. When the subtitles rise, it can still push the story to continue in the audience's mind, thus reaching eternity. The rain will always stop, but the details will gradually emerge in my heart. Example: Stopping in front of the school band and looking out is like searching for someone. In the bookstore dodging overwhelmed, I heard the heartbeat sound like thunder. Before leaving, his eyes wandered just to see more of the person in his heart. Because of the unconcealed joy, I cooked more curry rice and summoned the courage to invite my neighbors for dinner. It was actually just so that someone could share the joy that overflowed my heart. Red umbrella in the rain. The broken corner of the red umbrella that symbolizes happiness. There is also the recurring place name Musashino. The person who has a crush, has no purpose but only a direction, that is Musashino. Musashino. Musashino. A place name is condensed into belief in deep thoughts and needs to be repeated in my heart, Musashino, Musashino, Musashino in Tokyo. It is entirely possible to think that this movie was made by Shunji Iwai's heart. The director's own personal emotions are universal due to enough blank space in the picture, so they have also gained the power to move people's hearts. When the subtitles are raised, they are as happy and joyful as Matsuko, and they seem to be able to raise their heads. I saw that there was such a red umbrella on top of my head. The movie is one hour and seven minutes in total, and the story really begins at the 50th minute. If you also want to experience this kind of mood, please be sure to prepare 12 points of patience.

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