Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets,1971

Movie Overview - After 1970, although Japan has continued to grow economically, people's spiritual world has entered a period of darkness and stagnation. The Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets film present messy pictures, violently shaking shots, and people's various expressions of pain, revealing the collective melancholy and depravity of contemporary young people.

電影概述 - 日本1970年後,雖然在經濟上持續成長,人們的精神世界上卻走向黑暗停滯期。拋掉書本上街去電影呈現雜亂的畫面、劇烈搖晃的鏡頭以及人們種種即為痛苦表情,顯露出當代年輕人不知何去何從,集體憂鬱、墮落情景。

Visual expression - The typography presents a ladder-like pattern, expressing the instability in people's hearts at the time. The torn book expresses people's dissatisfaction with the system and catharsis. The color chooses five tones with low lightness for expression, emphasizing the strong depression at the time.

視覺表現 - 文字排版上面呈現階梯高低狀,表現當時人們心裡的不穩定感,書本撕碎表示人們對體制的不滿以及宣洩,整體色彩選擇明度低的五個色調作表現、強調當時濃厚的鬱悶氛圍。




Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003

Movie Overview - People's hearts are eager to be close, but they are afraid of being hurt, we are hoping to find someone who simply likes your essence to get along with. But what you met were old friends who were no longer so close, sisters whose status was very different, and the establishment of each relationship was no longer simple. In this eleven scenes, every protagonist smokes a cigarette and sips the coffee. It is obvious to feel the melancholy and helplessness towards life.

電影概述 - 人們的心渴望靠近,卻又怕受傷害,希望能夠找到單純喜歡你本質的人去相處。但遇見的卻是不再那麼好的舊友、地位相差懸殊的姐妹,每一段關係的建立不再單純。十一個場景,主角分別抽著菸、喝下那一口濃稠的咖啡,對於人生的惆悵及無奈,顯而易見。

Visual expression - I re-display the classic shot, black and white tablecloth with coffee on it. Coffee is expressed in a gradual way, echoing people drinking the same coffee, hiding what they really want to say, and maintaining the surface peaceful.

視覺表現 - 將經典畫面重新展現,黑白間隔的餐桌布,上面放著咖啡。咖啡以漸層的方式表現,呼應人們喝著同一款咖啡,彼此隱藏內心真正想說的話,維持著表面的和平。​​​​​​​




Parking, 2008

Movie Overview - The protagonist finds that his car is blocked by the next car. He walks into the abandoned apartment, trying to find the car owner, but he faces many difficulties. The director used the temporary time of parking to see the microcosm of society.

電影概述 - 主角發現自己車子被停在旁邊的車子擋住,他走進旁邊的廢棄公寓大樓,想找出車主,卻面臨到許多困局。導演運用了停車的暫時性,去窺探社會的縮影。

Visual expression - English character layout, cutting up and down, showing the neat feeling of parking. The protagonist is drawn with a diagonal line, so after the daily parking incident, he encounters conflicts with others and conflicts with his own family relationship. The cutting process in the stills shows that the absurd dark side of society gradually disintegrates the human spirit.

視覺表現 - 英文字排版,做上下切割,顯示停車整齊的感覺。以斜線帶出主角因此日常停車事件後遭遇到與他人的衝突、自己家庭關係的衝突。劇照上切割處理,表現社會的荒謬黑暗面使人的精神漸漸地崩解。




Mystery Train,1989

Movie Overview - The Mystery Train is a Japanese couple chasing Elvis, a woman who temporarily stops due to a plane failure, and three boys who are in trouble. They stop in Memphis, the hometown of Elvis. They live in the same hotel and carry different stories. Everyone is heading in a different direction. When will they pass away and meet again?

電影概述 - 神秘列車是一對追逐著貓王的日本情侶、飛機故障而暫做停留的女子、三個闖禍的男生,在貓王的故鄉曼菲斯做停留。他們住在同樣一家旅館,身上背著不同的故事,每個人要前往的方向不同,什麼時候他們會逝去、又會相遇在一起呢?

Visual expression - I visually presenting many squares, showing the train passing by. The three story lines all came to Memphis, the hometown of Elvis, for different reasons. They once intersected, but did not recognize each other on the road. Like a mysterious train, people will not know when to stop and when to get off.

視覺表現 - 視覺上呈現許多方塊,呈現列車經過的樣子,三個故事線都因不同的理由來到貓王故鄉曼菲斯,他們曾經有所交集,卻沒有在路途上認出彼此,人生就如同一列列神秘列車,何時靠站、何時下車,人們不會知道。




A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, 2015

Movie Overview - A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence see scenes of unemployment, sudden death, and long lying in bed waiting for death. When emergencies happen, bystanders are cold-eyed, ignored, and only care about immediate benefits. In this cold and alien modern society, it reminds people to think about the meaning of their own existence.

電影概述 - 鴿子在樹枝上沉思可以看見失業、猝死、久臥在床等待死亡的場景。當突發事件發生的時候,旁觀者的冷眼、忽視、只在乎眼前利益。在這冷酷異境的現代社會中,提醒人們要去思索自身存在的意義。

Visual expression - Roy Anderson's movies feature fixed focus and fixed lens, one scene and one mirror, using theater-like scene frames. The visual presentation of the Roman beams and columns gracefully framed the "daily dialogue scene", hoping that people can focus on the meaning of their own existence from the frame.

視覺表現 - 洛伊・安德森的電影特色採定焦定鏡,一景一鏡,採劇場式的景框。視覺上呈現羅馬樑柱優雅地將「日常對話場景」給框架出來,希望人們能從框架裡去專注去思考自身存在的意義。


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