For this movie, many people are only immersed in the romantic love between the male and female protagonists, which is too limited. If you want to truly understand the director's good intentions in shooting films, you must deconstruct from multiple dimensions. @Bingyan Chen
The Japanese pure love fantasy film "Tonight in the Romantic Theater" was created by director Hideki Takeuchi over a period of nine years and released on February 14, 2019 in Chinese mainland. After the film was released, it received unanimous praise from a large number of audiences, and many people were touched by the love between the male and female protagonists, and burst into tears on the spot.
The setting of the film is full of fantasy: It mainly tells the story of Kenji, a young man who dreamed of becoming a film director in Japan during the Showa period, who often went to a movie theater called "Romantic Theater". He falls in love with Miyuki, the heroine of a black-and-white movie, but they can only think across the screen. One day, Miyuki miraculously walked from the screen to the real world. The two gradually fall in love with each other, but due to the cost of Miyuki coming to real life, it is impossible to touch others, so the two talk about an "untouchable love" for a lifetime.
This is a romantic tear-jerking film where reality and illusion intertwine. The director conveys the beauty and truth of love to us by creating contradictions, the male and female protagonists cannot touch each other, but they are in love for a lifetime.
Through the plot content and movie feedback of "Tonight in the Romantic Theater", I found that many fans were touched by this kind of pure love movie. Fairytale love, presented through the film, is heartwarming.
So today, I will use the film "Tonight in the Romantic Theater" to interpret the unique charm of this type of romantic romance from the three angles of "film rhythm, story setting, and film art characteristics". In the third part of the article, I will combine my viewing experience of pure love movies, and talk about the characteristics of Japanese pure love movies and the experience they bring to the audience.
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In fact, a big reason why romantic pure love movies can capture people's hearts is that they can bring audiences an audiovisual feast. The beautiful pictures, warm tones, and melodious melody arrange the rhythm of the film just right.
So how did the director perfectly blend the two elements of vision and hearing in this film?
(1) Visual rhythm: The seamless connection between bright colors and story plot makes the audience bright and renders a romantic and beautiful atmosphere
In "Tonight in the Romantic Theater", the beginning of the movie is that the male protagonist is watching a black-and-white movie. The heroine on the screen has no bright colors, beautiful and moving, but dull and dull. After that, the female protagonist broke through the second dimension to come to the male protagonist, and the director used saturated tones and brilliant colors to unfold the romantic love story of the male and female protagonists, attracting the audience's attention and immersing people in it.
With the development of the plot, the male protagonist and the female protagonist know and fall in love, and the feelings of the two gradually heat up. The male protagonist took the female protagonist to appreciate the brilliant colors he had never seen before. Saturated yellow, dripping red, fantasy purple, eccentric and gentle green, as well as multicolored shaved ice and seven rainbows, the director interprets a Platonic fairy tale through full and colorful tones.
In my opinion, the director uses a large number of bright and bright colors, in addition to matching the fantasy and romantic plot of the film, but also to enhance the expressiveness and appeal of the film picture, so that the audience can have a strong psychological feeling through the color they feel, and experience the sincerity and warmth of the love between the male and female protagonists.
The climax of the visual experience of the whole film lies in the end of the film. Echoing with the beginning when the heroine came to the real world to find the male protagonist, at the end of the film, the male protagonist came to the screen world and was reunited with the female protagonist. At this time, the picture has also changed from color to black and white again, and the only one with color is the delicate rose in the male protagonist's hand.
This scene reminds me of the classic picture of the little girl in red in "Schindler's List". Red represents the future and hope, and the director uses this red color to imply that the ending between the male and female protagonists is happy and happy. Sure enough, when the female protagonist took over the male protagonist's rose, the black and white world instantly turned into color. He walked into her black and white world, just to give her a whole world of splendor.
Under this visual rhythm, the director uses the presentation method of black and white and color contrast to impress the audience through the most intuitive visual impact. The first half of the story is humorous and witty, and the second half is touching and tear-inducing, full of "laughter" and "tears", touching people's hearts and letting the audience savor the pure beauty and romance of love. I think this is also the reason why this film is recommended by many fans.
(2) Auditory rhythm: Lyrical and beautiful music, coordinated with the development of the love story of the male and female protagonists, makes people cry and is deeply moving
In addition to the excellent plot and attractive pictures, another important magic weapon for a film to capture the audience is the auditory factor. The auditory factor is mainly reflected in the soundtrack and melody of the film, which has become an indispensable finishing touch to the film.
Director Hideki Takeuchi, who had directed "Symphonic Lover's Dream" before this film, won the Best Music Producer Award, Best Director Award and other awards. Therefore, in this film, the soundtrack of the film is also really outstanding.
In my opinion, like most pure love movies, the film soundtrack is like a film language with a pulse, with the irrepressible feelings of the male and female protagonists and the repression that cannot be touched by each other, and the lyrical and soothing melody trickles in the theater.
What is impressive is that the male and female protagonists have never touched each other in their lives in order to stay together all their lives. In the end, on the occasion of the male protagonist's death, the female protagonist decided to embrace the male protagonist and feel the temperature of the male protagonist. The heroine fulfilled her wish in this life and gradually disappeared into the real world. At this time, the wonderful lingering soundtrack sounded, revealing a faint sadness, and the scene of snow outside the window was shining, everything was so gentle and sentimental, making people cry.
Listen carefully, and under this ingenious arrangement of auditory rhythms, each note is seamlessly embedded with the rhythm of the narrative. With a high-quality soundtrack, the love between the male and female protagonists has also been created to create a stable rhythm of a long stream of fine water, so that people can experience the truth and purity of love while tasting the glass slag in it, laughing with tears.
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(1) Most of the romantic love movies tell the story of lovers eventually becoming dependents, which is the ending that the majority of audiences want
The male protagonist of the movie "Tonight in the Romantic Theater" has a simple and affectionate personality, the female protagonist is beautiful and kind, and the appearance and interior of the characters are very compatible. In terms of plot, the director also achieved stylistic unity and harmony between the comedy style in the first half and the heart-wrenching plot in the second half by creating a number of "famous scenes" in love. Whether it is the reconciliation of the two under the rainbow after the rain, the "glass kiss" in the telephone booth, or the confession surrounded by fireflies, it is an extremely romantic and fairy tale plot.
But what makes the film appealing is that it creates conflict. The love of the male protagonist and the female protagonist is deep, but because the female protagonist cannot touch others, throughout her life, she cannot embrace and kiss like an ordinary couple. It was not until the male protagonist died that the two really touched each other, and then the female protagonist disappeared into the real world, and the male protagonist also passed away. But fortunately, the director arranged for the male protagonist to come to the female protagonist's screen world, where the male protagonist brought brilliant colors and eventually became a lover with the female protagonist.
The director let the male and female protagonists go through twists and turns, and finally join hands together, which is the promotion of beautiful love and the best arrangement to attract the audience to be moved. Having a lover eventually become a family is the best ending that the audience wants to see in a romantic retro pure love film, and director Hideki Takeuchi knows this very well.
In my opinion, the word "love" is a beautiful and happy existence in everyone's heart. Rather than loving each other and not being able to stay together, the audience hopes to see a happy and regretless ending in a movie. And the audience's needs are very much in line with the purpose of pure love films to heal people's hearts, so the director arranges a happy ending after the tear-jerking plot, which is an important design to meet the emotional needs of the audience.
(2) The expected ending is actually people's yearning for a beautiful love, and the happiness of the ending is a key point that makes people cry
Most pure love movies end with comedy, and this movie is no exception. The regrets left by the male and female protagonists in real life have been made up in the screen world. They kissed each other affectionately, received the blessings of everyone, and the picture was warm and happy.
In fact, the seemingly cookie-cutter ending can stimulate the audience's emotions and resonate with the audience. Because the love that the audience yearns for in their hearts is pure and beautiful, it ends in comedy at the end, which is the best explanation for the romantic love between the male and female protagonists. At the same time, it is also a key point to move the audience, poke the tears, and promote emotions.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >03, characteristics of film art: I will talk about the characteristics of Japanese pure love films based on the plot content and viewing experience of "Tonight in the Romantic Theater"</h1>
Since its inception, Japanese pure love movies have become a good medicine to heal people's hearts and have won the love of everyone. But in my eyes, pure love films express not only a single beautiful love, but also a unique value behind it.
So in order to let everyone better understand the Japanese pure love film and understand its value, I will combine the plot content of "Tonight in the Romantic Theater" to talk about the value of Japanese pure love films:
(1) The picture is beautiful and the story is warm, reflecting the plot of the Japanese people's "goodness".
The warm tones and pure pictures set the tone of the film's purity and beauty, which makes people feel comfortable after watching. In addition, the characters portrayed in the film are so beautiful, there is no conspiracy to fight, tearing up for love.
Miss Second Tower, she loves the male protagonist and provides him with opportunities to help him realize his dream of becoming a director. But when she discovered the existence of the heroine, she first gracefully inquired about the relationship between the male and female protagonists and expressed her love. After learning the male protagonist's intentions, Miss Tazi relayed the female protagonist's feelings for the male protagonist, and she also chose to give up, even if behind the abandonment was loss and pain.
In my opinion, the movie "Tonight in the Romantic Theater" conveys the "goodness" plot of the Japanese people. In the film, the relationship between people and people is harmonious and sincere, which is also the interpersonal relationship that everyone expects most. Regardless of the difference in sexual desire, materiality and class, the male second who lives in high society will also encourage the male protagonist to bravely pursue love, and the theater owner living in the civilian class will also assist the male protagonist in pursuing the female protagonist. Society is so complicated, but everyone treats each other sincerely.
(2) Create a love "utopia" and create a pure and beautiful love world for the audience
The love of the male and female protagonists of the film is pure and fascinating. In the plot, there are many rose rainbow fireflies and romantic elements; on the set of the hospital creek, the confession scene does not fall, and the romantic scene is deeply moving. Sweet with sadism, but also with a hint of warmth, the bland tone pokes tears in the middle, the audience will be moved by this romantic retro love.
The reason why the director arranged it in this way is to create an idealized emotional "utopia" for the audience, providing the audience with a more sunny, pure and hopeful love experience. Usually, the male and female protagonists will hardly express themselves directly on love, but use the language of the lens and the storyline to let the audience feel the sweetness, sincerity and romance of love. In the process of watching the movie, as the love line unfolds, the audience will feel a sense of happiness slowly climbing up to their hearts from the back ridge and immersing themselves in it.
(3) Mobilize the audience's emotions, so that the audience can get inner peace and emotional satisfaction after watching the movie
The plot of the first half of the film is witty and humorous, whether it is the brutal behavior of the female protagonist or the silly performance of the male protagonist, the audience will laugh, thinking that the male and female protagonists will be carefree and happy forever. However, with the reversal of the plot, the audience was moved to tears by it, and it was so sad that it could not be calmed down for a long time. In the end, the moment when the female protagonist took over the male rose in the screen world, the picture changed from black and white to color, and the audience cried with joy and cried for the beautiful love.
In my opinion, the meaning of the existence of pure love movies is to use the quiet, subtle, and sad emotions revealed in the movies to deeply soothe the audience's potential anger and despair, and to obtain great inner peace and emotional satisfaction after watching the movie.
The whole movie is like a slow flowing mountain spring water, flowing from the heart, comfortable ironing, relieving the inner fatigue, so that you just want to slow down and enjoy quietly. I think this is also the reason why pure love movies are so popular, after all, not all movies can bring this kind of comfortable viewing experience to the audience.
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"Tonight in the Romantic Theater" as a pure love film, to bring the audience the most direct feeling is the aesthetic and romantic love. But the value of pure love films should not be limited to this, we should explore the charm of romantic retro romance films through the story content and other elements in the film. The director's arrangement of the plot, scenes, pictures, soundtrack, etc., actually has his intentions, conveying to us other thoughts that remove the content itself.
Therefore, in order to explain these things to you, after analyzing the rhythm of the film and the story setting, I also talked about the characteristics and values of Japanese pure love films in the third part of the article, and expressed some of my thoughts.