on the way

Archibald 2022-04-08 08:01:01

Compared with the Berlin sky, this film is relaxed and even a little naughty.
The place where the story begins is New York, I don't like the city, and I can't see the cuteness from the director's lens.
Then there is Amsterdam, an empty suburban luxury hotel, the little girl said I was hungry and the adults said I had no money, a very interesting conversation, and the Amsterdam restaurant that reflected the real situation of street restaurants in China, especially Beijing.
Then there's a place where I'm too lazy to look for place names, the dreamy suspended train, it turns out that I can walk in the air without the high technology of maglev or the whimsy of science fiction writers. Driving through old buildings and farmland to meet old men and women walking in a car, the buildings in black and white images are the most wonderful.
On the way, there are pranks, there are police, there are quarrels, there is the warmth of a box of drinks and bread handed over for breakfast, and there is a search full of expectations. On the road, is the simplest life, even two people who have never met, are not lonely.
Wim Wenders' shots, anyway, are a little dreamy. So watching the big house in front of me float by and deform from both sides, I also seem to be on the road.

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  • Don 2022-04-08 08:01:01

    This one is so cute. Traveling alone is like a light-heavy feeling of smoothness, and like the male protagonist, the temperament is very comfortable. "Talking to oneself is more like listening than talking", "Why photos can't always record the reality I see", "You take pictures only to record the evidence of your own existence, but you can't go on like this". The male protagonist's name is Winter, and the hidden title is Winterreise. (Want to go to Wuppertal!

  • Derek 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    Wandering and wandering among the four cities where they have lived, but they have no home. Two rootless souls cling to each other on the road, not to get lost. Wenders told the little girl the story of the knight protecting the boy, and on the day the newspaper revealed that John Ford died, he was like a western hero, the girl returned to her family, and he found the story and the direction. In the end, I leaned out of the train window, and the blond hair fluttered in the wind. The originally cramped and empty inner world expanded infinitely as the camera zoomed out, and some things in life were no longer the same.

Alice in the Cities quotes

  • Philip 'Phil' Winter: Taking pictures is a way of proving things. Waiting for the image to develop, I was often filled with a strange unease. I could hardly wait to compare the picture with reality. But comparing them wouldn't reassure me either. As the still images were always overtaken by reality...

    Angela - Friend in New York: You can't stay here.

    Philip 'Phil' Winter: I photographed even more obsessively.

    Angela - Friend in New York: You're really beside yourself!

    Philip 'Phil' Winter: That's why I only took Polaroids...

    Angela - Friend in New York: I don't want you to stay here, understand?

    Philip 'Phil' Winter: What? Are you serious?

    Angela - Friend in New York: Yes, my friend. I can't help you.

  • Lisa - Alice's Mother: I can't sleep with you. But, I'd like to share the bed with you.