"Roman Graffiti" still continues the usual Fei style: there is no complete plot structure, the real clue is in the theme or connotation of his films. The most important of which is to show a series of scenes. Behind these scenes, his moral criticism is clearly revealed, which is the choice of his life path. In this Roman style painting chosen by Fellini, he showed Rome's contradictions and extreme affinity.
From the beginning of the picture, we see a teacher enthusiastically waving a wooden stick in his hand, leading a group of students across a small river, chanting "Go to Rome" and "Go to Rome!" The stick in his hand seems to have magic power Like, leading not only a group of young children, it seems to be commanding thousands of troops and you and me in front of the screen. Next, we walked into the bizarre Roman world.
Rome is a dream city. Rome, an elegant gentleman in a black suit in a cafe, and the unbridled laughter of street men - "the women in Rome have such big butts"; Rome, an afternoon outing for ladies with exquisite make-up, with heavy make-up The prostitutes hook up with men at midnight; Rome is the Romans who laugh and sing, the Romans are lively and happy, the Romans are full of style, the Romans who are decadent and flashy, rest on their laurels, seek pleasure and get drunk at midnight Romans; Rome even, funny clowns, popes and nobles aloof, bare-chested prostitutes, crowded trains, busy streets, roaring machines, splendid theater singing Fellini as much as possible To express Rome, I only know that facing the overwhelming Rome, we in front of the screen are drowned in the torrent of the city.
There is a paragraph in the middle of the film that really impressed me. This is a turning point for the film, and a turning point for Rome. In the front part, Fellini tried his best to render everything in Rome. These charming and prosperous buildings are based on the development and inheritance of ancient Rome for thousands of years, but when the wheel of history rumbled over, this ancient city faced the biggest challenge challenge. The machine is turning, and the high-pitched roar seems to be howling: "Change, change!" In the new era, Rome needs not only ancient civilization and history, but also needs to make great strides to modernize. Modern civilization says that we need to develop, solve traffic problems, and build subways, like Munich and Dublin, so following Fellini's footsteps, we entered the underground world of Rome, but when the locomotive slowly started, we A voice like this sounded in my ears: "In the underground engineering in Rome, there are amazing discoveries every 100 meters. There are many ground floors here, and the engineering is very difficult, so the engineer was forced to be an archaeologist." The underground engineering is advancing vigorously. At the same time, our line of sight moved forward with the dark underground passages. The disturbed Roman people were awakened by the underground movement. They shouted earthquakes and earthquakes. The locomotive still led us along the excavated passages. Farther and farther, gradually deeper, one side is the ruthlessly turning wheel, and the other side is the loess that never sees the sun. Finally, the machine stopped, and in the midst of the brokenness, I felt the momentum of the ages. Facing the ancient and powerful civilization, We can't shake it.
With the collapse of a mud wall, what unfolds before our eyes is a tomb awakened by a machine. In this at least 2,000-year-old tomb, the footsteps of modernization are put on hold, our machines cannot run over the back of history, and ancient and modern civilizations collide with huge sparks. But before people have time to savor the beautiful wall murals and lifelike statues, the invasion of the air has brought terrible consequences, and all the historical treasures have disappeared. They peeled off a little bit, and the wonders in front of them turned into mottled earth walls.
Under the process of history, it has become very difficult to preserve a complete ancient civilization, but because it has gone through a long period of time, it has been precipitated by history and formed a strong protective barrier, which is destroyed on the one hand and strongly obstructed on the other. Invaded by modernity, like all ancient civilizations in history, they are fragile and stubborn looking for a habitat.
I was deeply moved by this passage, the picture in front of me was a low and dark color, and my ears were filled with the noise of the rotation of the machine and the movement of the underground air (I don’t know who, except Fellini, dared to put the sound element in the form of near noise, Really and without any scruples), with the close-up shots of all the frescoes gradually disappearing into the air, I think of Dunhuang, and my motherland, which is also an ancient land with thousands of years of civilization, and it is as scarred as Rome. Tired, but no one can change it. At this moment I almost burst into tears, I think Fellini must love this city, he loves her present, past, and future
. There is another important element in the film-- ---theater. Not only in "Romanesque", but in many of Fellini's films, the theater element is interspersed. On the stage of the theater, there are dancers who make people bloody, there are funny clowns who are grandstanding, there are singers who sing, and even the most powerful religious believers. The stage is a representation of life, presented to the audience in an exaggerated form. The performance on the stage was only a moment, and the actors came up one after another, and then flowed away one after another. There are various poses and expressions on the stage, and there is a lot of fun off the stage. It made me suddenly feel that life is like a play, and play is like life.
When midnight hit, the bustling dissipated. After the carnival, all kinds of people gathered in the detention center. Everyone squatted on the ground and communicated with each other, expressing their opinions. The women sang a sleep song in a sweet voice. This moment of silence made Rome. Quiet, the night is deep, Rome seems to have fallen into a nap, but tomorrow the sun will rise as usual.
Under Fellini's camera, the strong tension brings us into a wonderful dream world. While lost, Anna's figure appears, and she asks who I am to the camera. Like asking everyone in front of the screen who am I? Who is Rome? who are you?
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