The long mirror run that engraved history

A classic among the Truffaut classics, this film draws an arc that heralds the start of French New Wave cinema, and at the same time gives birth to the camp of authorism in film criticism... For the minutes-long running scene at the end Needless to say, it's already a textbook, but Truffaut's subversions abound in the film. For example, echoing the escape from the juvenile supervisor at the end, the school runs in the play and the children run away. This kind of long-shot scene scheduling has already demonstrated Truffaut's picture structure, the film's perspective is not within the scope, looking up and looking down are switched, just right, it seems that for children, they look up at the world history, but when they look at adults, they are full of disdain looking down, the music of the film is a keynote , the soundtrack is very good, often starting from silence, making the heavy theme of the film feel more soothing and relaxing, the film does not deliberately use montage, such as the end of the juvenile detention center, two teenagers discuss their disgust for their father, and they rely on The building is the Virgin and the Angel showing intimacy. This irony is unique. In the first half of the film, the male protagonist stole the milk, and he entered the angle of black. The use of color is also the characteristic of this black and white film, not only the Hollywood-style aesthetics or contrasts are more of a reflection of the protagonist's state of mind. When he walks into the black corner and drinks milk, black and white become a stark contrast. Of course, under normal circumstances, the white of the milk in the corner is also invisible. Yes, this is the lighting design. It can be seen that the author did it intentionally. At the end, the mother comes to see the male protagonist, and the camera moves up and down. The protagonist looks at the mother's hat. In his mind, the mother is no longer important, not as good as that To see his friends who can't enter... The film is not so much a reflection of social reality, a discussion of education, including family and school, but more of Truffaut's autobiographical experience. If it is explained by psychoanalysis, the protagonist He lacks the role of a father, just like the author himself. He found Bazin as his godfather in reality, but the protagonist is still lost. Life has to go on, where will it go in the future...

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