Chapter 16 We meet in a pool of blood: The Red Circle, 1970

We meet in a pool of blood: The Red Circle, 1970 "Lecerclerouge" (Red Circle) seems to come from American film noir and B-movies.Just slow down the pace and make the plot abstract.Dramatic conflicts are transformed into calm observations, and fateful tragedies are transformed into close gazes.Director Jean-Pierre Mayville loved American culture and changed his original surname Grumbach to the author's surname; Mayville loved movies and said, "Being a movie audience is the most important thing in the world. good career". "Red Circle" is cold, concise, and meticulous, "Racine-style cutting skills".Although the thief is not omnipotent, he always has the temperament of a personal myth. Now that the title has drawn a circle, death is inevitable.Alain Delon, Yves Montand, Bourville, the robbers and the police are all alone, fighting against trapped beasts.The title says that the Buddha drew a red circle, saying that some people, even if they don’t know it at first, go to different paths, and on the appointed day, they will eventually meet in the red circle—this red circle means a pool of blood, meaning a pool of blood. namely death.It was once rumored that John Woo would remake the film.Wu has absorbed a lot of Mayville's nutrients, and his shape and personality are mostly from the former, but with his enthusiasm, he can't capture the calmness of the former, one kind is like fire, and the other is like ice.There are too many works currently in full swing, and the silent and unostentatious action scenes of "Red Circle" are no longer popular.But the rhythm and scheduling still present a kind of elegant temperament.The scene of the train crossing the screen is familiar, and it was originally used by De Palma in "Mission: Impossible".

"Goodbye, Children": Louis Malle, 1971/1974/1987 In the Louis Mahler set (3D9+1D5) published by Criterion? Collection, three films of the New Wave Left Bank director with "children" as the content are included, namely "Curiosity" in 1971 (LeSouffleaucoeur, also translated "The Whisper of the Heart"); 1974's "Lacombe Lucien" (Lacombe Lucien); 1987's "Goodbye, Children" (Aurevoir, lesenfants).However, these three films are not a "series" in the general sense, and it seems that it is not the director's own will to make them a "trilogy".If you want to find the same theme, then you can find what Louis Mahler himself said: "All my films are based on the theme of 'the loss of innocence'"-if you take "the loss of innocence" as In a narrow sense, it applies to this suit.Louis Mahler was born in an upper-middle-class bourgeois family, and his autobiographical films often involve wealthy family backgrounds. His mother's family (Beghin family) owned one of the largest sugar factories in Europe, and Louis Mahler Le and his brothers and sisters all grew up in a large house in the Catholic area, and received good private tutoring at an early age.But Louis Malle had a deep-seated aversion to the upper class, which is not only revealed in his suit, but also he has a documentary that actually explores the lower class and blue-collar life.Louis Mahler received no less controversy than any new wave director. In terms of style, he constantly tried to establish a new film discourse structure system, but because he was rarely revolutionary and did not make shocking remarks, he was often misunderstood as "conservative". "; In terms of subject matter, he boldly involves various topics such as politics, ethics, and sex, and often causes uproars, from the documentary "Phantom of India" to the work "Lover in Fire" in his later years, and of course including the first two films in this package.

1.curiosity Spring of 1954.Laurent, a 15-year-old boy who loves jazz and Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, is infatuated with his mother.During the depressing adolescence, the two elder brothers taught him about smoking, drinking, and sex while teasing him endlessly.The open Italian mother is always surrounded by young lovers, and Laurent is deeply jealous.During a night of drunken carnival, mother and son commit the forbidden deed.Afterwards, my mother said, this is a beautiful secret, it will never happen again, but never regret it.Louis Mahler never indulged in vulgar criticism and sensational display in his works.In particular, this film with incest as the final content is handled delicately and tenderly, turning a so-called "abnormal love" into an intimate and touching emotion, which shows the director's own sensitivity and tolerance.Before an interview with Louis Malle, some commentators pointed out that his works "are mostly like a 'cultural case', which is the director's analysis of the theme, the subject, and the subject's spiritual and social cultural background", This "Curiosity" especially.Faced with stories that cannot be understood and forgiven in the world, Louis Mahler gave "generous forgiveness" in his own delicate, steady and lyrical style, which is the "healthiest" performance.

2.Lacombe Lucien France under German occupation in 1944.A country boy named Lacombe Lucien, full of unrestrained wildness, wanted to join the resistance organization but was rejected because of his young age; he accidentally broke into the hotel where the Gestapo was stationed, but he betrayed him without thinking. Fellow of the underground movement.So he became a "German policeman", with his own guns and power, and doing whatever he wanted.On the eve of the liberation of Paris, he flees into a forest with his Jewish lover and her grandmother.At this time, the film suddenly restored the idyllic style of Lucien when he was still a simple boy.This film aroused the anger of the left in France at the time. It is said that the thinker Foucault scolded the film for using pornographic tricks to create an anti-hero image and so on.According to the director himself, "Lacombe Lucien" depicts "ordinary crimes"-inwardly, this is indeed more chilling than simply depicting the crimes of fascists, because an ordinary person can be so easily And simply betrayed the country and compatriots.Although the tone of the film is cold, it is still delicate, mostly in the middle ground, "observing the characters and the environment with a mixture of personal emotions and an objective distance".Although the development of the story of this work is somewhat surprising from the perspective of a melodrama, Lucien, a reckless and taciturn boy, is still portrayed in flesh and blood. The 138-minute length tells the story of a Frenchman during World War II. A legendary, perhaps also a fate with a certain typical meaning.

3.bye kids The winter of 1944.Like many rich kids, Louis Malle was sent to boarding schools in the countryside; like many kids his age, he fought with other kids, had hobbies, and read dirty books.But one morning like any other, the Gestapo stormed the school and took away his best friend because he was Jewish; then they took the headmaster too.The loving priest turned to say goodbye to the students: "Goodbye, children!".Louis Mahler later said that this was the moment when he lost his innocence, and all the good things turned to dust.He said in voiceover that in forty years he had not forgotten that morning.For most of the film, this is a "refreshing prose of a schoolboy's life". If it weren't for the kind of Louis Mallet's characteristic poise and rectitude, as well as a vague uneasiness, then this might be another "Four Hundred Blows" .However, it was not until 40 years later in the United States that Mahler felt that "it should be filmed at that time", which shows the weight of this work in his heart.He pondered, reviewed, searched for information, and revisited old teachers and classmates.After doing rigorous and meticulous work, he produced the heartrending and touching "Goodbye, Children".This film is not only Louis Malle's personal confession and farewell to the past, but also a reminder and wish for the future world.After the opening credits, when a group of children are pouring into the school, the words "To Manuel Cuotemoc, Justine, and Chloe" appear on the screen-the three The first names are the three children of Louis Malle.