Black in Color

Elsie 2022-03-22 09:01:25

The plot is unmistakably dark humor, reminds me of Woody Allen's various farces, especially his inexplicably famous and outdated Leopoldo in To Love In Rome, satirizing the entertainment of the flashy world to death - no one cares What have you actually done, even if you've killed people - people consume a trend, frenzy over it in concert, cry, then quickly forget it, and flood into the next trend with the same infatuation.
And I think that what makes this film unique is not its dark humorous attitude, the playful and exaggerated plot, but the ingenious combination of musicals and movies. At the beginning of the film, the audience was amazed by the fast-paced, ingenious switching of two parallel lines. In the subsequent plot, the film performance and singing and dancing were even more melodious - yes, just like a pair of tacit lovers, using tango, Different dance steps such as tap dance are closely integrated with the rhythm of the plot, the psychology of the characters, and the content of the performance. Combination is also a perfect example of expressing the content of a film in the form of a musical in my mind - it reminds me of Woody Allen's attempt to add a narration of the drama in a movie to connect the story and express the heart of the characters, but I don't have a deep feeling.
All in all, this is one of the funniest, most colorful, and most exciting dark comedies I've ever seen, and I have to say it lives up to its name.

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