白色物质

晚上看了一部法国片《白色物质》，从开始收紧的一口气，憋到结束还没吐出来。又是一部讲坚强的白人女性的电影，与《抵挡太平洋的堤坎》如出一辙，于佩尔也是在远离法国的殖民地，看着一篇土地和收成，养着关系不睦的孩子，于佩尔顽强拼搏，与天斗与地斗与人斗，最后收获一场凄惨。但《白色物质》更让人震撼。

影片最重要的对话是：“离开这里我啥都不是”，“你放不下你在这里的所有”

电影的配乐，基本上就是贝斯在营造压迫感的气氛，属于sound design一类的配乐。有一段配乐相当耐人寻味，一群黑人小孩学习叛军拿着枪从山坡上走下来的那段，音乐居然显得那么轻松，如此讽刺性的配乐。

电影不好看，三星完全给于佩尔

The first question is, “Why did she stay?”, followed by, “How would she stay?” It’s perhaps easier to analyze by exclusions: Jean-Marie did NOT stay for political reasons; nor for profit; nor for love of the land or culture (as Dinesen professed to be). In fact, Marie didn’t seem to be capable of sentimentalism, let alone living and dying for it.
Clues? “Your father said happiness is not enough for me.”
“I am a good fighter, too. How could I show courage in France? It would be absurd; no rhyme or reason. I’d slacken off, get too comfortable.”
These are not the finest examples of eloquence by any measure. But one can hardly articulate better, such being the revelation of the private psycology of colonialism.
It is not defiance, nor ennui; it is more like some sort of wounded pride, or possessiveness, or hauteur. Or a despair at one’s own fitness to live anywhere else. Is that the quintessence of colonialism? If it is, according to the film-maker, then we are really witnessing an author’s empathetic greatness. The attitude is difficult yet not alien, not off-putting. The thing you can indeed fault the French characters is that they had no imagination apart from a vague animalistic awareness of danger and opportunities. This lack of imagination insulated them and ultimately destroyed them.
What does Denis try to tell about Jean-Marie through her family? Was Manual supposed to be the decadent, deadbeat offshoots of colonialism losing its mojo? What did the black man mean when he said, “You botched it with him; you didn’t finish the job” – is that a metaphor for colonialism at the end of its tether? And why did Andre stay? Was he shamed into staying by Marie?

Very disciplined camerawork, directing a viewer’s line of sight and perspective’ almost bossy. The tempo of the movie is great. The languour of the landscape and climate contrasts most poignantly with the graphic, gratuitous violence.

Dream can be built in one's mind freely, also can be spreaded and hung on with one's spirit. But when the dream against the fact that cannot change, we should give up and hold the precious life, 'cause when everything is set up by humanity, you can recover your dream by your living, or you have to pay the suffering because of your stubbornness.....