Reflection:"All about Lily Chou-Chou"(1)

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"All about Lily Chou-Chou".青春電幻物語 日本2001岩井俊二Shunji Iwai
2002 柏林影展C.I.C.A.E. 特別獎、2002 上海電影節評審團特別獎、最佳音樂
2001紐約影展、多倫多影展 、 2002鹿特丹影展、三藩市影展

My reflections about "All about Lily Chou-Chou" part (1): ~by Cheng

At the first sight, my eyes were caught on the green color of the rice field. Gradually, my heart filled with various emotions as the film played. The green, blue, red, gray, white and black colors turned one by one, the bully, the death, the piano-playing and the screaming scenes impressed me deeply. The music was like the light, spread out the screen of my mind and faded away gradually. It caused me to think about something in my childhood, I didn't remember why, I just knew that I doubted my parents " Am I really your child? " and felt some anger that wanted to stab the bully (I didn't remember why, either). Although that was so long ago, I knew that it had really happened.

This film made the sound resonate of my deep heart. It is a story about the abandoned soul of teens. It seems to be a photo shot of the process of the teen in whole life. It reminded me of the feeling of the depression, frustration, isolation, not being understood and even suicide.


"Wheat Field With Crows" by Van Gogh

This film makes me think about a painting of Van Gogh's "Wheat Field With Crows". The wheat field was bright and gold with waving and moving, the black clouds covered the whole sky with roaring, two gray clouds curling up, announcing the storm was coming soon, the black crows flew away from the wheat field, which seemed to warn that there was something awful would occur. We know that Van Gogh committed suicide with a gun after finishing this painting. Is this what the colors and the music lights of the film want to tell us?

Ether, I see the Ether, I float in the Ether, and I enjoy the Ether....

 

Arabesque #1 composed by Debussy


 
To be continued...