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Movie｜The Testament of Orpheus (1960)｜Jean Cocteau
This year marks the 61st anniversary of the release of Jean Cocteau's The Testament of Orpheus. As the final chapter of the great "Poet Trilogy" series spanning nearly 30 years, this work publicly displays Cocteau's artistic ideals on film and poetry. It is also the director's last song on the screen. It can be regarded as the disclosure of his private diary and his farewell to film art. In the film, vision "degenerates" into an auxiliary, returning to language, the basic tool of the poet.
This year marks the 61st anniversary of the release of Jean Cocteau's The Testament of Orpheus. As the final chapter of the great "Poet Trilogy" series spanning nearly 30 years, this work publicly displays Cocteau's artistic ideals on film and poetry. It is also the director's last song on the screen. It can be regarded as the disclosure of his private diary and his farewell to film art. In the film, vision "degenerates" into an auxiliary, returning to language, the basic tool of the poet.
Movie｜"Ivan the Terrible" (1944)｜Eisenstein
Still one of my top ten movies
The film, with its grand and dazzling scenery, modeling, photography and performance style that inherits the expressionism and does not rely on it, and dazzling expressionist lighting, has occupied an unshakable position in the entire Soviet Russian film before the 50s. In that era when the national ideology was extremely rigid and single, Eisenstein, without montage, could still continue to output his own film ideas through historical epic films.
Still one of my top ten movies
The film, with its grand and dazzling scenery, modeling, photography and performance style that inherits the expressionism and does not rely on it, and dazzling expressionist lighting, has occupied an unshakable position in the entire Soviet Russian film before the 50s. In that era when the national ideology was extremely rigid and single, Eisenstein, without montage, could still continue to output his own film ideas through historical epic films.
Stage movie | Oedipus Rex (1993) | Julie Taymor
I accidentally discovered a stage movie when searching for Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. The stage design in 1993 was amazing. Stravinsky, who was particularly suitable for Oedipus Rex, turned from modernism to classicism, with strong dramatic conflicts and abstract solemnity.
I accidentally discovered a stage movie when searching for Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. The stage design in 1993 was amazing. Stravinsky, who was particularly suitable for Oedipus Rex, turned from modernism to classicism, with strong dramatic conflicts and abstract solemnity.
Movie｜"Medea" (1969)｜Pasolini | 04
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
Movie｜"Medea" (1969)｜Pasolini | 03
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
Movie｜"Medea" (1969)｜Pasolini | 02
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
Movie｜"Medea" (1969)｜Pasolini | 01
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
The country under Pasolini's lens is wild and mysterious. Callas's wild beauty releases Medea's self-agency that transcends gender roles. It is lush and primitive, and the fishy smell hits you in the face.
Movie｜"Valerie and Her Week of Miracles" (1970)｜Czech Republic | 04
Movie｜"Valerie and Her Week of Miracles" (1970)｜Czech Republic | 03
Movie｜"Valerie and Her Week of Miracles" (1970)｜Czech Republic | 02
Movie｜"Valerie and Her Week of Miracles" (1970)｜Czech Republic | 01
The girl's bizarre and magnificent sexual enlightenment: it is chaotic, full of taboos and transgressions. Valerie flies away from the secular society, and in a form of interpenetration between dreams and reality, she represents the human society of the complementarity between the secular and the sacred: in the world of taboos, she jumps back and forth to the limited world of transgression.
Rebellion at the religious level - the power of fear and trembling emotions - turns to worship at the extreme. Taboos and transgressions echo these two contradictory emotions: taboos make people reject, but fascination leads to transgression.
The girl's bizarre and magnificent sexual enlightenment: it is chaotic, full of taboos and transgressions. Valerie flies away from the secular society, and in a form of interpenetration between dreams and reality, she represents the human society of the complementarity between the secular and the sacred: in the world of taboos, she jumps back and forth to the limited world of transgression.
Rebellion at the religious level - the power of fear and trembling emotions - turns to worship at the extreme. Taboos and transgressions echo these two contradictory emotions: taboos make people reject, but fascination leads to transgression.
Movie｜"Heroes of Troubled Times" (1967)｜Francisco Veraci
The first of the 100 best Czech films, the director depicts the grievances and sorrows of two families in the Middle Ages, showing the difficult choices faced by children in troubled times and the doctrine of loyalty, as well as the unswerving pursuit of true love in a special situation. Unlike other new wave directors who simply criticize policies, Veraci is more keen on analyzing humanities and history (the complex contradictions within the nation and the erosion and enslavement of external forces), reflecting the current social form in an obscure poetic packaging. As a pioneering film with an anti-traditional structure and unique narrative techniques, its intricate character relationships and plot lines are confusing. One way to understand and appreciate this film is to translate the name "Markota Lazanova". It is obviously much easier to try to look back at the whole story from Markota's perspective.
The first of the 100 best Czech films, the director depicts the grievances and sorrows of two families in the Middle Ages, showing the difficult choices faced by children in troubled times and the doctrine of loyalty, as well as the unswerving pursuit of true love in a special situation. Unlike other new wave directors who simply criticize policies, Veraci is more keen on analyzing humanities and history (the complex contradictions within the nation and the erosion and enslavement of external forces), reflecting the current social form in an obscure poetic packaging. As a pioneering film with an anti-traditional structure and unique narrative techniques, its intricate character relationships and plot lines are confusing. One way to understand and appreciate this film is to translate the name "Markota Lazanova". It is obviously much easier to try to look back at the whole story from Markota's perspective.
Blu-ray movie poster｜Herzog
Movie｜"The World Is a Moment" (1973)｜Fassbinder
One of the top five science fiction films in my personal review, it was released one year later than Tarkovsky's "Solaris" and had a certain influence on the settings of many science fiction films such as The Matrix.
The exquisite and beautiful color composition, the cool German future retro texture and color, and the avant-garde scene setting deeply fascinated me as a graphic photographer. The three-world mosaic composition, the presentation of virtual and real is as gorgeous and messy as a broken mirror. Better science fiction thinking must be wrapped in the core of sociology. The future imagination under the background of the Cold War, even if it has developed to the level of group deduction, still cheers for the courage of individuals to resist the system. The contrast of scenes and the alienation of mirrors, Fassbinder's spatial grammar completes the construction of mysterious temperament, which is very exciting.
One of the top five science fiction films in my personal review, it was released one year later than Tarkovsky's "Solaris" and had a certain influence on the settings of many science fiction films such as The Matrix.
The exquisite and beautiful color composition, the cool German future retro texture and color, and the avant-garde scene setting deeply fascinated me as a graphic photographer. The three-world mosaic composition, the presentation of virtual and real is as gorgeous and messy as a broken mirror. Better science fiction thinking must be wrapped in the core of sociology. The future imagination under the background of the Cold War, even if it has developed to the level of group deduction, still cheers for the courage of individuals to resist the system. The contrast of scenes and the alienation of mirrors, Fassbinder's spatial grammar completes the construction of mysterious temperament, which is very exciting.
Movie｜"The Crusader" (1960)｜Alexander Ford
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of Poland and Lithuania fighting against the invasion of the Teutonic Knights, and depicts the origin and course of the Battle of Grunwald (translated as Grunwald in the film). The film has a grand scene and a magnificent plot. It is highly recommended by Martin Scorsese and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition of the 21st Venice Film Festival.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of Poland and Lithuania fighting against the invasion of the Teutonic Knights, and depicts the origin and course of the Battle of Grunwald (translated as Grunwald in the film). The film has a grand scene and a magnificent plot. It is highly recommended by Martin Scorsese and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition of the 21st Venice Film Festival.
Movie｜One Thousand and One Nights (1974)｜Pasolini
My favorite of Pasolini's trilogy of life
The rough beauty of the human body, the relics of civilization, and the primitive power
Explore the connection between fate, dreams, and sex in a very natural way. Pasolini said that the trilogy was aimed at fighting against the excessive politicization and utilitarianism of the left at that time, while also fighting against the hypocrisy of popular culture. Now it seems that the times have not changed, and existentialism is still manifested and thought through other ways. What is different is the cultural inclusiveness.
My favorite of Pasolini's trilogy of life
The rough beauty of the human body, the relics of civilization, and the primitive power
Explore the connection between fate, dreams, and sex in a very natural way. Pasolini said that the trilogy was aimed at fighting against the excessive politicization and utilitarianism of the left at that time, while also fighting against the hypocrisy of popular culture. Now it seems that the times have not changed, and existentialism is still manifested and thought through other ways. What is different is the cultural inclusiveness.
Movie｜"Valley of the Bees" (1968)｜Francis Vlasi
Selected as one of the 100 best Czech films, a mixture of religion, poetry and humanity, a unique hazy feeling, adherence to religious morality and sincere secular friendship, cold and condensed; Oedipus and hypocritical religion, the good and evil of faith ultimately lies in the human heart, and cannot be circumvented by dogmatic precepts.
Selected as one of the 100 best Czech films, a mixture of religion, poetry and humanity, a unique hazy feeling, adherence to religious morality and sincere secular friendship, cold and condensed; Oedipus and hypocritical religion, the good and evil of faith ultimately lies in the human heart, and cannot be circumvented by dogmatic precepts.
Movie｜"The Garden" (1990)｜Derek Jarman
Jarman's images are like his garden, growing among weeds and fighting against strong winds and scorching sun.
Jarman's images are like his garden, growing among weeds and fighting against strong winds and scorching sun.
Egyptian short film | "The Eloquent Peasant" (1970)
This film uses images to show one of the longest and most complete documents preserved in ancient Egypt - "The Eloquent Peasant". The full text covers a wide range of topics and plays an important role in studying the social classes and conditions of the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The film is 20 minutes long and is directed by the famous Egyptian director Shadi Abdel Salam. The visual style is similar to the work "Pharaoh" (1966) by the famous Polish director Kawalerowicz. The restoration of this film was supported by the World Cinema Fund.
This film uses images to show one of the longest and most complete documents preserved in ancient Egypt - "The Eloquent Peasant". The full text covers a wide range of topics and plays an important role in studying the social classes and conditions of the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The film is 20 minutes long and is directed by the famous Egyptian director Shadi Abdel Salam. The visual style is similar to the work "Pharaoh" (1966) by the famous Polish director Kawalerowicz. The restoration of this film was supported by the World Cinema Fund.
Movie｜Greenaway｜"The Belly of an Architect" (1987)
It is still Greenaway's favorite collage technique, and there are countless allusions behind each polished picture. He uses a flat shooting method with a sense of drama, and linear objects such as stone pillars and tripods divide the picture. There is also a perspective space of the porch in the large picture frame, and different rooms have their own lighting colors. The details are weird and playful: reporters watching the corpse twitching, the floor is covered with photos of the abdomen, the person who knocked off the statue's nose, and the opening ceremony messed up the dining table.
It is still Greenaway's favorite collage technique, and there are countless allusions behind each polished picture. He uses a flat shooting method with a sense of drama, and linear objects such as stone pillars and tripods divide the picture. There is also a perspective space of the porch in the large picture frame, and different rooms have their own lighting colors. The details are weird and playful: reporters watching the corpse twitching, the floor is covered with photos of the abdomen, the person who knocked off the statue's nose, and the opening ceremony messed up the dining table.
Movie | French version of The Manuscript of Zaragoza (1973)
My personal favorite fantasy movie.
The movie is adapted from Jan Potocki's novel The Manuscript of Zaragoza. It tells the story of Alfonso, a young officer of the Walloon Guard, who rushed to Madrid to join his army. On the way, he was trapped in a mysterious roadside inn and stayed with all kinds of weird people: thieves, robbers, nobles and gypsies. He recorded their stories in sixty-six days. About forty years later, the manuscript was found in a locked box.
The novel uses strange stories, magic, love, comedy, Gothic and other literary styles. There are stories within stories. It is hailed as a masterpiece comparable to The Decameron and One Thousand and One Nights.
My personal favorite fantasy movie.
The movie is adapted from Jan Potocki's novel The Manuscript of Zaragoza. It tells the story of Alfonso, a young officer of the Walloon Guard, who rushed to Madrid to join his army. On the way, he was trapped in a mysterious roadside inn and stayed with all kinds of weird people: thieves, robbers, nobles and gypsies. He recorded their stories in sixty-six days. About forty years later, the manuscript was found in a locked box.
The novel uses strange stories, magic, love, comedy, Gothic and other literary styles. There are stories within stories. It is hailed as a masterpiece comparable to The Decameron and One Thousand and One Nights.
Movie｜Walk About (1971)｜Nicolas Roeg
The brother and sister's magical journey to Australia is full of details and metaphors, and the nude swimming scene is like Ophelia.
The brother and sister's magical journey to Australia is full of details and metaphors, and the nude swimming scene is like Ophelia.
Movie | Parajanov | "Hakob Khvnatanyan"
Godard: "There was a temple of film, where there was light, images and reality, and the master of this temple was Parajanov."
In this 10-minute short film, Parajanov mostly only uses the characters' subtle expressions, movements, and clothing details to show the characters' psychology or life state. While retaining the unique Armenian national style film language, he skillfully uses the minimalist techniques loved by Tarkovsky and Bresson at the same time. It is also a film experiment of sound and picture opposition and collage editing.
Godard: "There was a temple of film, where there was light, images and reality, and the master of this temple was Parajanov."
In this 10-minute short film, Parajanov mostly only uses the characters' subtle expressions, movements, and clothing details to show the characters' psychology or life state. While retaining the unique Armenian national style film language, he skillfully uses the minimalist techniques loved by Tarkovsky and Bresson at the same time. It is also a film experiment of sound and picture opposition and collage editing.