Fortsættelsen til Johnnie To's stærke triade film, som vandt prisen for bedste HK film sidste år, er på vej. Første screening har fundet sted og der bliver noget at se frem til!
What Election 2 makes clear is that Johnny To excels in the cinematic presentation of violence. He gives it such a suffocatingly dismal atmosphere that you are left with a bitter taste in your mouth. A person is quietly asked to lie down inside a coffin and then we see the lid calmly being screwed shut. A man is tied up, quietly stuffed inside a duffel bag and thrown overboard. To doesn't highlight the brutality with music or with screams. Characters struggle, but are usually overwhelmed by greater numbers and must face their fate. This is not the violence of Scorsese that goes off with fireworks and a blasting score. And the mallet scene in Election 2 makes Scorsese's controversial hammer-to-hand or head-in-vice treatment in Casino seem somewhat more... tame.
To's suffocating atmosphere is highlighted by his use of shadows. The greater portion of the film takes place in darkened rooms, where the characters are only half visible. Though the physical darkness of the scenes may be a common stylistic touch, To manages to give the shadows a heaviness and a richness that could be compared to the paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn. To isn't using the shadows to conceal the characters, he's using them to reveal the characters. This is the dark heart of Triad life; this is the violence that is as natural as breathing; this is the fear of being the next hit or the decision to kill your best friend, which is an everyday part of their lives. And though To wants to show this life as ugly, at the same time, he wants to show that the loss of Triad culture in the face of Mainland officials is the loss of something idiosyncratically Hong Kong, and by extension, he is referring to the danger HK faces of loosing its own culture, its identity, and perhaps more importantly for To, the democratic freedom it came to enjoy under colonial rule, as it faces an increasingly uncertain future with Mainland China.
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#1 filmz-Bruce 19 år siden
What Election 2 makes clear is that Johnny To excels in the cinematic presentation of violence. He gives it such a suffocatingly dismal atmosphere that you are left with a bitter taste in your mouth. A person is quietly asked to lie down inside a coffin and then we see the lid calmly being screwed shut. A man is tied up, quietly stuffed inside a duffel bag and thrown overboard. To doesn't highlight the brutality with music or with screams. Characters struggle, but are usually overwhelmed by greater numbers and must face their fate. This is not the violence of Scorsese that goes off with fireworks and a blasting score. And the mallet scene in Election 2 makes Scorsese's controversial hammer-to-hand or head-in-vice treatment in Casino seem somewhat more... tame.
To's suffocating atmosphere is highlighted by his use of shadows. The greater portion of the film takes place in darkened rooms, where the characters are only half visible. Though the physical darkness of the scenes may be a common stylistic touch, To manages to give the shadows a heaviness and a richness that could be compared to the paintings of Rembrandt van Rijn. To isn't using the shadows to conceal the characters, he's using them to reveal the characters. This is the dark heart of Triad life; this is the violence that is as natural as breathing; this is the fear of being the next hit or the decision to kill your best friend, which is an everyday part of their lives. And though To wants to show this life as ugly, at the same time, he wants to show that the loss of Triad culture in the face of Mainland officials is the loss of something idiosyncratically Hong Kong, and by extension, he is referring to the danger HK faces of loosing its own culture, its identity, and perhaps more importantly for To, the democratic freedom it came to enjoy under colonial rule, as it faces an increasingly uncertain future with Mainland China.
#2 elwood 19 år siden
Tom Cruise: "I just love this scene, and the set"
#3 filmz-Bruce 19 år siden