Chapter 5 Heralds of the New Wave in Jazz: The Elevator to the Gallows, 1957

Heralds of the New Wave in Jazz: The Elevator to the Gallows, 1957 Louis Malle (Louis Malle) was only twenty-five years old when he filmed this thriller. This film has been called "the harbinger of the New Wave", and this harbinger has a very strong flavor of film noir.The story is completely set overnight, two murder cases, one is premeditated, the other is accidental, the connection between the two is two accidents.If you just talk about the plot, it is clichéd, nothing more than adultery, love murder, and arrest.But Louis Mahler broke through the traditional classic techniques and created a fresh atmosphere, making it a masterpiece.In the two accidents of the film, machinery plays a very important role: the elevator and the car, which is the sensitivity of the young Louis Mahler to the new post-war era.On the other hand, this young man did not criticize or sympathize morally or humanly.What's even more ironic is that the men and women who killed each other for love have never appeared in the same picture, and the only scene of them being together remains in the photos of the lab.Under the influence of Bresson's style, the details of the film are excellent, and the tense links are not only calm and calm, but also simple and poetic.There are some people's bewildered and fateful life attitude.

It is said that when the film was being edited, Miles Davis (Miles Davis) went to Paris to perform, and at the begging of Louis Malle, he agreed to complete the soundtrack for the film in one night.When the heroine Jeanne Moreau was wandering the streets of Paris at night, the soundtrack of Mills Davis sounded at the right time. A master classic. Around 1958, French publications already felt the new breath of film. On January 30, 1958, the cover of "Express" published a still photo of Maurice Ronet, the actor of the film "The Elevator to the Gallows", and quoted an inscription by Louis Deluc: "From now on , not just well-behaved children fiddle with memories."

There are only artists in this world, but no art: Mazui, 1958 "The Horses Mouth" (The Horses Mouth) depicts the relationship between artists, artworks and society, which seems absurd but real.A selfish, irascible artist who doesn't want to be a Picasso, Gauguin, Van Gogh, only dreams of a perfect, imaginary, blank wall on which to paint his murals.His paintings are exhibited as national treasures in museums, and people line up to see them, but he wanders the streets disheveled, lives in a dilapidated houseboat, and relies on deceit and intimidation to make ends meet.The artist's name is Guli Musun, and he's a fictional character.It is the protagonist of the "On the Artist Trilogy" by the British writer Joyce Cary (Joyce Cary). "Horse Mouth" is the last and the most outstanding.The adapted film has the cool tone of traditional British films, and all the pictures appear very objective.Director Ronald Nem is a famous photographer, producer, screenwriter, and director. He has shot commercial and literary blockbusters. He is most proud of being Hitchcock's photography assistant.

In the movie "The Horse's Mouth" directed by the British Ronald Neame, Gurley Jimson painted twice, both related to "destruction".The first time in a patron's apartment, he painted a masterpiece of national wealth at the cost of destroying that apartment; the second time, on a large isolated wall in the ruins, he directed his students and followers Those who painted a huge mural turned out to tear down that wall in front of reality.The film reaches a climax that is both tragic and mysterious.Desolate and unlovable Gurley Jimson, left his patrons, his followers, his relatives, let go of his houseboat, and drifted on the Thames.At this time, he has let go of himself and seems to be completely free.When a large ship passed by Jimson, in his eyes, the iron plates on the side of the ship were his walls, and his paintings were in his heart.The interpretation of art and artists was sublimated before the end of the film.

This film, as outstanding as the novel, recalls Gombrich's words: There is no such thing as art in this world, only artists.