Let us give the applause to the director, to the world he has created, to the love he depicts, to the simple heart that he will never want to abandon in this world of x eggs.
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Gyro's new film has exploded!!!
For him, who has encountered too many bad comments in the recent work, this is undoubtedly a turnaround battle.
This "The Shape of Water" continues to have elements of Toro: unique monsters, strange atmospheres, and unchanging innocence against the world.
Let's understand how this water monster yangbo water city from the detailed evaluation.
The whales of 52 hertz, found their kind
James Cameron had this to say about Gilmour del Toro:
Gilmour's work fearlessly confronts all the beauty and horror of life itself. He sees the world with the curiosity and undisguised fear of a child. ”
I used to think that Kashin was a gyro blower, but after reading [The Shape of Water], I believed it.
The name is "Hellboy", but the director's careful thinking on the fishman is no less than that of the gentle and reckless man with the big pliers.
After all, as a teenager Gilmour was heavily obsessed with drawing three monsters.
The gill-man in [Black Lake Demon] is one of them.
The Fishman shows a unique charm in [Hellboy]:
He has a fondness for corrupt eggs, knows round dance music, and likes old-fashioned vinyl record players.
Many gentlemanly behaviors and elegant products are good, so that the fish people have accumulated a certain popularity in the fan circle.
[The Shape of Water], on the other hand, cuts from the love between fish people and people, telling how fish people become a "man".
And how love affected the rest of life.
Dumb girl
Eliza, the heroine played by Sally Hawkins, is a handyman at a biological research institute, or biological abuse institute.
She is mute, a kind painter neighbor, and a bloated colleague friend, all she has to her social circle.
She was alone, masturbating in the bathtub every morning, and sleeping after setting an alarm every night. The cycle repeats, and there is no such thing.
Until, that is, she met her future boyfriend.
The Cold War background and obscure biological laboratories set the tone for the film's solemnity and slaughter.
Love is in this space, and it needs a desperate fight to survive. Just like Eliza did next.
Fish that eat eggs
Menopause, more ignorant, more pronounced muscle lines. In order to distinguish this fishman from Abel, the director put a lot of effort into it.
What makes the director even more painstaking is how to give the fish people humanity.
In the beginning, the fishman's survival mode is closer to that of the fish.
Swim in a limited pool, probe the brain, get the egg and plunge it back into the water.
The process of becoming familiar with and falling in love with Eliza and the transition process from "fish" to "person" with the fishman also followed suit.
A few details:
When eating the first egg, the fish people swallow dates. When dating Eliza, fishmen's plates were already lined with knives and forks.
When Fang arrived at Eliza's house, the fishman still used a creeping and climbing posture.
By the end of the film, the fishman was used to walking upright.
The power of love.
Clumsy love
Eliza's initial contact with the Fishman is a game of curiosity and fear between the two sides.
He tentatively took the egg, carefully enjoyed the music, and learned the sign language of "egg" with Eliza.
Gyro said, "I'm stupid about explaining love." Hellboy was at a loss when he was in love, just like he was.
And this feeling of clumsiness is more convincing to the fish people who have been forced to step into human civilization.
After all, before meeting Eliza, he was just a frightened child.
I am you
When Eliza anxiously and eagerly explained to others why she had fallen in love with the fishman, I cried.
Many people have heard the story of the 52 hertz whale. The whale was called Alice, and to the eyes of other whales it looked like a mute.
Because her frequency is several times higher than that of ordinary whales, no one hears her when she sings, and no one pays attention when she is sad.
You can imagine how much the whale needs its kind, and you can imagine Eliza's dependence on the fishman.
"None of us can talk! Be treated like a freak! You can only listen with your ears..."
Eliza meant, "You see, isn't he just me?" ”
Some people may not understand, why did Eliza vow to protect the fishman and save him from water and fire?
, she's saving herself.
Half the sea
When I look at [Hellboy], I think the fish man and the baron are half seawater, half flame.
To create the effect of seawater, the gyro placed a huge filter between the screen and the audience.
The green picture makes the cinema smell of seaweed and salt.
When the tap water filled the entire bathroom, we seemed to be in the middle, obscenely and happily watching the two snuggle and blend.
The film's lighting and cinematography are open in Eliza... Forget it, no spoilers.
I would say that Gyro creates a fairy tale. It happens on land and condenses emotions in water.
Let's dance
Round dance music played, how to do without dancing?
The director arranged a romantic tiptop dance for Fishman and Eliza. The night sky is dotted with stars, city of stars.
I thought that this gorgeous bridge section was already the ultimate in warmth.
But the director still gave the single dogs a fatal blow before the end of the film.
The simple and kind gyro never wants to destroy the good, which makes the director's film, no matter how dark, like a fairy tale.
The love of the fishman should be in the water. FishMan and Fishman (?) Love, take it for granted.
The director believes in magic and love, and before writing the script, he first codes the ending of the story.
Same tree
The Impressionist master Pierre Auguste Renoir once said: "A painter paints the same tree all his life." ”
From [Hellboy] to [Pan's Labyrinth], from [Ghost Boy's House] to [The Shape of Water], Guillermo del Toro should be.
With his own image magic, Gyro repeatedly changes the appearance of the only world in his heart and shows it to the audience.
Show the audience fear, show the audience the mood of sharing the feeling of isolation together.
So you begin to empathize with the protagonists of the film. Those lonely, marginalized children, struggling in a different world.
The gyro tirelessly shapes monsters and infuses them with serious thinking that people should have about the human condition.
Baked with pop culture and Latin American elements, the Dark Ages can also exude the smell of humanity.