My own creation, let me give it a try, take a look if you don’t mind it

A torn hymn

——Comment on "Dancer in the Dark" 》

One of the reasons for agreeing with the film: the heroine-Selma.

Thelma has no husband, and Thelma’s son has no father. Therefore, this family is a family in which the "father" is missing, so in a sense, the "mother" Thelma also fulfills the role of "father". Many times, women play a coordinating role in social conflicts, but Selma is not allowed to do this here. The cruel reality does not allow it, and the surrounding environment does not allow it. As a result, this environment made Selma become a person who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She was taciturn but extremely determined, she was lonely and helpless but optimistic, her heart was gentle and kind, and she even stubbornly kept her promise until her death. Not for a moment did she betray the man who had stolen her money. In past movies, women were often just "seen" on the screen, in other words: "women as images/men as subjects of viewing." But this movie makes us feel a different image of women. Although she is not as passionate and strong as Louise and (another) Thelma in "Thelma and Louise", her inner tenacity and stubbornness are enough to make us admire this great mother with admiration. Selma's problem forces us to face up to a series of social and cultural issues that contemporary society and contemporary women must face. Although Selma was hanged without negotiation in the end, it did not mean the end, but the process of regeneration or differentiation of feminist issues in a more complex context. ?Just like in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the young heroine's passion and energy that are not easily disciplined eventually turn into humility and regret, which proves the complexity of feminist issues in the new context.

In addition to Selma, there are two other female characters who are equally unforgettable. One is a female factory worker - Jia Fu. As Selma's friend, this kind-hearted woman accompanied her friend to rehearsals and tested her eyesight; she scolded her for working day and night regardless of her life, but she came to help her and was concerned and worried about her. It was she who shed tears as she looked at Samantha's back walking alone along the railway track while testing her feet; it was she who quietly measured the steps for her to reach the center of the stage and then held Thelma's hand to the center of the stage; it was she who , she covered her face and cried when she saw her friend on the gallows singing vigorously. ． ． ． ． ． The other one is a female prison guard. When other prison guards were dragging Shaman, who was too frightened and unable to walk, to the execution chamber, she was categorically sure that Shaman could walk on her own; she used the method of counting steps to create a rhythm for Shaman and accompany her through the final stages. Road, she applied for execution without a hood, hugged Thelma tightly and shed tears. ． ． ． ． ． ． Throughout the film, when men had the right to speak and make decisions everywhere, I saw these women silently caring for each other, trusting each other, and supporting each other through difficulties.

The second reason for agreeing with the film: photography and editing-the movement and stillness are appropriate.

Despite the cruel reality, Selma still has her own way of pastime - her spiritual pillar is her passion for music, especially her interest in Hollywood musicals full of singing and dancing. At the beginning of the film, the narrative of the film is unfolded through the rehearsal of "The Sound of Music" in the form of a stage play. Many of the videos were shot with hand-held cameras, so the shaky lenses and dim lighting made them look so real. From the perspective of shooting angle and method, it is basically a subversion of traditional movies. In this film, Trier almost shot the entire film from an ordinary person's point of view - he always paid attention to keeping the camera at the same height, horizontal. That is to say, most of the camera positions are as high as the subjects' eyes. This visual form with civilian characteristics expands the scope of the audience's acceptance and recognition of image forms, and combines the characteristics of objectivity in recording and subjectivity in photography.

In terms of editing, especially the brisk song and dance that Selma imagined in the factory, the editing confirms a sentence: good editing is editing where the joints cannot be seen. Its most obvious feature is that the editing speed can be slow or fast. When Selma becomes dull and exhausted, the relatively slow editing speed gives her enough time to breathe and imagine. It is precisely because of such a slow editing speed that we can capture enough information in one shot. It allows us to carefully see the changes in the details of the heroine's facial expressions.

And perhaps, the editor is also gestating the following plot and rhythm explosion in such a slow rhythm. We can all feel that when the tempo gradually speeds up and the music becomes brighter, the editing speed gradually speeds up along with the tempo. Several shots of less than one second are smoothly connected together with the music. When people are dizzy, they feel a sense of smoothness that is ready to come out. While watching, they enjoy this beautiful scene with the protagonist. Life, the audience has almost put aside the dullness just like the protagonist.

It can be said that in this clip, the editor used all visual and sound techniques to cleverly hide the editing points from the audience, thereby controlling the audience's psychological rhythm of watching the film. The basic consistency of the camera scenes (close-up shots of hands, feet, machine parts, and machine operating conditions) also allows for quick camera switching without making people feel cluttered and scattered. The superb editing actually follows the rhythm produced by the machine, making the originally monotonous editing full of movement and vitality, making the entire clip come alive, and immediately changing the lifeless atmosphere.

In fact, looking at the entire film, all the editing has almost no picture technology, but uses the method of directly cutting out and cutting in and out of the camera to connect the shots, connect the scenes, and transform time and space. There is no need for any optical techniques such as showing, hiding, slicing, and blurring as a transition. Directly switching from one shot to another. Editing is like following Thelma's thoughts. You can almost follow the time, space and movement regardless of everything. to assemble the various shots for continuity. However, under the seemingly free editing ideas, it is not difficult to feel that under such editing techniques, the entire film handles the mobilization of scenes, the arrangement of shots, the simplification of actions, the omission of time and space, and the highlighting of characters very well. character, creating environmental atmosphere and other issues, and achieved quick rhythm changes, smooth lens connection, natural scene transitions, and reasonable paragraph composition. ?

The third reason for agreeing with the film: singing and dancing - pain and happiness.

The film is divided into two parts: realistic and unrealistic narrative techniques. Whenever real life becomes too difficult for her to bear, the music will sound and she will sink into her world. The sentimentality bursting out between the brightness of imagination and the heaviness of reality will undoubtedly move every audience. There is no doubt that in addition to the twists and turns and ups and downs of the main story line, the highlight of the entire film is the director's re-continuation of the true definition of song and dance. In the director's eyes, dancing is a symbol of freedom and resistance to the oppression of fate. In her imagination, she had no control over her life, but she could control the operation of the factory machines. She, who was lonely and unnoticed in life, could dance happily with the male workers in the factory. These all reveal her undiscovered secrets. Romantic feelings. And above all this is her humanitarian mind. The topics and things she appreciates are values ??that have long been forgotten by people - noise, noise and human weakness. And these are transformed into music and dance through the operation of the brain.

In the whole film, what moved me the most was Thelma's imagined duet with her secret admirer Sheff on the train.

"Honestly, I'm indifferent. I've seen it all. I've seen darkness, I've seen the light of little sparks, I've seen what I want to see, what I need to see - that's Enough is enough, thinking too much is greedy. I have seen who I am, I know what I will be, I have seen everything, there is no need to see anything else," Selma sang these lyrics melodiously in the soft sunshine. , and that smiling face that looks particularly lonely. Singing these lyrics to people who care about you is nothing more than an escape. In a seemingly self-absorbed world, she struggles to convince herself and others that she doesn't care. Her concern and sympathy for the friends around her and her strong self-esteem made her sing these lies that made people cry. But what about reality?

The fourth reason for agreeing with the film: the ending - a moment of falling

The song and dance scenes in the film, except for the intermittent rehearsals on the stage, are the beautiful songs and dances that Thelma imagined. scene. And at the end, when the prison guards put the execution rope around Selma's neck, who was trembling with fear, she unexpectedly sang a song. Such a realistic singing came from the moment before she died. The song is melodious, desperate, continuous and sad. ． ． ． ． ． In the midst of her own singing, she finally woke up from the endless fear, her eyes became firm and bright, and the expression that looked like a smile but not a smile appeared on her face again.

She sang a song of life that was entirely her own. When we were immersed in it, life stopped ruthlessly and Selma hung empty in the air. Then, the curtain was drawn, as if an absurd and tragic drama of life had come to an end and everything had returned to zero. When we are still recalling the dark and disturbing scenes in the film, when we are still feeling those visual and poetic song and dance clips, when we are still sighing at her tenacity, her perseverance, her optimism, her When singing, the film is like Selma's life, everything is gone forever. ． ． ． ． ．