girlish feelings

Irma 2022-04-21 09:03:32

After producing an "Arita" for the independent short film collection "Jam Films", after two years, Shunji Iwai released a new film "Flower and アリス", which consists of three independent and related short chapters: One "Love of Flowers", "Secret" and "Ran Dance" of the second "Land of Flowers", and the third chapter "Flowers and Alice" were originally published on the Internet. This time, the three Parts are connected in series and summarized, and upgraded into a unified and full 2 ​​hours and 15 minutes long. It tells the story of a wonderful love triangle that is both cute and slightly terrifying when two middle school girls walk through their swaying thoughts of puberty.

In terms of theme setting, this film chooses to depict the love triangle between two girls and a teenager. It can be said that there is nothing new in itself. In many love stories of ancient and modern times, this theme has been told repeatedly and has become outdated. But for Shunji Iwai, a multi-talented director who is good at script creation and has written and planned all his works since his debut, he did not make the depiction of the story stay on a superficial and single level. In his famous work "Love Letter", the touching love story revolving around "a letter from heaven" is still fresh in the memory of many Iwai fans. And this time, Iwai Shunji once again used his superior imagination and inspiration to set the key word of the story on the small link of "memory loss", which made the plot have an unexpected development of "completely impossible to predict".

This is a film about growing up. The youthful and unconscious days of the girls are meticulously expressed in a comical style and slightly mysterious. At the same time, the nonsensical plot starting with "memory loss" is like a locomotive that has lost its brakes. Rush to an unpredictable and unexpected ending that the protagonists cannot control. On top of all this, the two girls are quietly completing their transition to adulthood and maturity.

As a love drama, the special feature of this film is that the love story fabricated and fabricated by the girl flower itself has been branded with a rest from the very beginning-the lie will be exposed at some point, and love will It went as easily as it came, so light and erratic that it could stop abruptly at any time. The love experience of adolescence often does not last forever. The boys and girls involved in the vortex of the story have experienced profound beauty in the chaos and unconsciousness.

Iwai Shunji's film style has always tended to be meticulous and beautiful. From "Love Letter" to "April Story" to "Everything About Lily Zhou", the delicate sensibility conveyed by the characters and the pure images full of transparency can be touched. To the deepest and weakest chord in the viewer's heart, and this time in "Flower and Alice", the light and soft image is like the petals that hold the heart of a girl, making the heart beat the most subtle and graceful. , but also captured and presented on the visual. The most impressive and elegant scene is the scene between Hua and Alice in the rain. The rain falls on the top of the head, which wets the girl's uniform hair and eyes, as well as the girl's budding fascination.

The protagonists in the play are the young and beautiful young girls Suzuki Kyo and Aoi Yu, who are almost the same age as the characters. The pure and beautiful appearance of the two and their true colors guarantee the "youth love" of this film. The original freshness. Spend. What's more worth mentioning is that the music production this time is also entirely in charge of director Iwai Shunji himself. It is composed by computer. Iwai has always continued his film pedigree and constantly refreshed his own records.

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Extended Reading
  • Sandrine 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    It's nice to have people like Shunji Iwai in this world

  • Ettie 2022-03-23 09:03:18

    Perfect for cloudy days, nothing to do, neither happy nor sad

Hana to Arisu quotes

  • Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I saw 'Hannibal' on satellite last night.

    Hana: So did I.

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I was scared.

    Hana: Isn't he creepy?

    Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: Yeah. Don't you think real people are scarier... than zombies and ghosts?