The lens is poetic

Krista 2022-03-23 09:03:02

Nominated for "The Hidden Life" in the main competition section of the Palme d'Or, a film about World War II, the subject matter is very good, with a wide-angle lens, a close-up shot, and a very poetic scenery. Due to work reasons, this film was watched. It's a silent movie, I like it very much. But it expresses a depressing theme, the lines are very thought-provoking, and some screenshots, the film is very suitable for watching quietly...

Surprisingly, the score is not very high, probably because the empty shots are too long, the rhythm sequence is slow and deliberately profound, and the subject background of the wide-angle shots is too beautiful, thus weakening a certain emotional expression.

At first, I couldn't understand who the heroine was, and I was a bit face blind, but the facial bones of the female characters were so beautiful.

In the end, who doesn't want to have a tea garden manor, who doesn't want to live in a secret and quiet paradise, in the end, will everyone choose the final ending of the protagonist?

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Extended Reading
  • Seamus 2022-03-24 09:03:18

    85/100, starting from the first shot, the familiar "Ma Shi" super wide-angle comes into view, and the Steadicam lens is still dreamlike, as if once again leading to a fairyland in the foggy valley. But this time no longer connected to God, but deeply rooted in the world, chanting the psalm of life, "And there will be no mysteries. We will know why we live".

  • Clare 2022-04-24 07:01:21

    The martyrdom-like suffering seems to always be able to reveal the hope of humanity under Malik's flowing lens, those whispers, questioning and self-examination, those looking up to the radiance, more like a religious poem, and in today's world, it can still be seen. Made me feel the pain that wasn't from bystanders, and it made me stop and hold my head many times to think. I like Malik so much.

A Hidden Life quotes

  • [first lines]

    Franz Jägerstätter: [narrating] I thought that we could build our nest high up, in the trees. Fly away, like birds - to the mountains.

  • Title Card: During World War II, every Austrian soldier called up for active duty was required to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler.