The overall storyline itself is quite simple even to those who are confused, like Bollocks, or like me, since events themselves are quite simple. Of course this evident plot is somewhat "f***ed up". Overall order of sequences is intact to give the minimal level of information to audiences (and which is why we kind of understand what is happening), but scenes inside each sequence are generally messed up. I don't know if this analogy works, but it is like a normal brick wall, except that each brick looks somewhat strange. All of this is to give us the effect of ... something.
I'm lost at this "something", or, as to what the director was trying to do with this "f***ed up" style. Strange style, just like a normal one, must have been employed for something. Let's think of movies like, well, what about Un Chien Andalou? That movie is basically a hot mess that does not make sense. But this mess makes sense because this is actually quite hilarious. What about notorious jump cuts in Breathless? It is supposed to be distracting and strange choice, but somehow it feels like a quite natural way to sum up the passage of time. I'm also thinking of the song "A Real Hero" used in Drive. Lyrics accompanied with the scene feels cheesy, but I think that actually works, because the movie suggests that characters are partly aware that this is a movie by playing with digetic and non-digetic .
Shaken timeframe in Upstream Color, well... I would appreciate it if someone can understand and explain the purpose of this style. This is not the kind of thing to do for no reason at all, and I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. That is why I am doubtful about this film.
I'm lost at this "something", or, as to what the director was trying to do with this "f***ed up" style. Strange style, just like a normal one, must have been employed for something. Let's think of movies like, well, what about Un Chien Andalou? That movie is basically a hot mess that does not make sense. But this mess makes sense because this is actually quite hilarious. What about notorious jump cuts in Breathless? It is supposed to be distracting and strange choice, but somehow it feels like a quite natural way to sum up the passage of time. I'm also thinking of the song "A Real Hero" used in Drive. Lyrics accompanied with the scene feels cheesy, but I think that actually works, because the movie suggests that characters are partly aware that this is a movie by playing with digetic and non-digetic .
Shaken timeframe in Upstream Color, well... I would appreciate it if someone can understand and explain the purpose of this style. This is not the kind of thing to do for no reason at all, and I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. That is why I am doubtful about this film.