Many movies are difficult to understand or require analysis of their themes, intentions and overall meaning. We have been thinking about the director’s point of view, or their motivation for making this movie. However, some movies are just hard to keep up. We may get lost in the narrative, lost in the rhythm or rhythm of the movie, or just lost the logic to follow the story.
There is a clear difference between not watching this movie and not understanding it. In this list, the movie goes deep into surrealism, highly original terminology, and experimental background that is difficult to follow. Therefore, here are 5 great movies.
1. Mr. Arkadin (1953)
This film was produced by several supporters and editors. It is notorious. No one really knows what version Wells wants. All of this is a strong fusion of reality and fiction. Behind and in front of the camera, a reporter is hired to discover the past of Gregory Arcadin (played by Wells himself). The
film opens in a Welsh style, with black and white images, shrouded in an atmosphere of mystery and tragedy. With the end of the first episode, we are almost as lost as Arcade, because he claims that he does not know his past or the strategy that Robert Arden hired to investigate the matter. From that moment on, we have entered a flashback that may or may not happen. Then we jump to the present-or do we really dive into the past?
In many versions, it is still difficult to track what happened. On the contrary, it is hard not to like Wells’s funny description of his swelling face in his role and narrative, Spanish background and Dutch perspective. Every frame of
is a visual enjoyment, because the sound quality is not the best, so we rely on it. Therefore, when Wells exiles himself and becomes a truly independent filmmaker, he must be creative to maintain our attention. The way he did it was to keep throwing us into a loop, and we were still trying to keep up with this loop from beginning to end. But it is still a pleasant puzzle.
2. Colors of the Countercurrent (2013)
After the great success of "Introduction", it is not surprising that his second work may be a bit difficult to understand. There are so many things happening at the same time, and this movie needs to be watched multiple times. Yes, the explanation and meaning behind it are always under discussion. From the beginning to the end, there are an average of 15 shots per minute, so our minds, eyes and attention are constantly refocusing. The sound design, soundtrack, and film photography increase the complexity of the narrative and the reality of the character.
We asked ourselves, who are these people? What's going on? Overlapping memories? Many of these issues are more prominent in subsequent views. Carew did not let the audience rest for a second, but we did not let the audience interpret or think about the direction of the story. We got this omitted information thrown to us, we just have to keep up. In this 94-minute movie, many things happened in nature, human life and scale. In order to figure out what happened, it is important to watch it a few times, you will still be curious and discover new things.
3. Kaos (1984)
They know how to capture chaos and anarchy in a wonderful way. This chaos and anarchy will slowly seep into your heart for a long time after the end of the credit period. The
film is divided into five independent stories, unfolding around the coast of Sicily: a mother prefers her two long-lost children instead of her current children; a wife replaces her missing husband every night; a man repairs one Olive oil jars; farmers trying to bury their own children; and an epilogue.
These five stories have minimal dialogue, rich film photography, and a scene without waste, in a pure Italian landscape and urban landscape. This movie is more of a meditation, because we are following a lot of characters and stories, so it is difficult to connect these points. The
Taviana brothers just let us into the lives of these people without any explanation. We are forced to decide where they are now, where they were, and where they are going. Why? Because their sense of frame and storytelling will not attract our attention and must attract our attention.
If not, yes, you will enjoy beautiful photography and classic soundtracks, but you don’t know the intentions of the characters. What is the point? Therefore, this is a beautiful movie,But it needs to be seen more than once to truly understand what happened.
4. Heaven and Earth (2002)
Almost all Regadas films can be on this list, but the most difficult to catch up is his directorial debut. Maybe it's because he developed his skills and attention when telling his obsessive stories through movies.
A man went through a crisis and decided to end his life in the county, away from his city. Once there, he fell in love with an elderly woman. It sounds simple, but what really works is the metaphysical exploration of what happened in a person's consciousness in his last days. With the accompaniment of Bach music and through a 16mm lens, we shuttle between the lyrical poetry and the cruel reality of this man.
But when it comes to love, people get confused. He fell in love with an elderly woman, and in the visual poetry, we did not get any explanation. What happened? Where did his thirst for life come from? Regdas challenged us to follow the scenes that shocked the audience with nakedness and even animal sex. This film is a starting point for Regadas' confusing narrative, it is what attracts our attention and lets us really know what is happening before us.
5. In the second act of the film, the psychedelic performance
was initially a direct low-level crime in East London, with a unique style, but it quickly went off track. In a surrealist transition movie in 1970, we were pushed into an apartment.
Jagger's introduction and Fox seem to have taken a converted role. We really don't know what happened between the characters, the disguise about who is who, and the inner world of the two men. In order to increase the narrative effect, the film's oval shape, almost dreamlike jump editing, and the claustrophobic frame, create constant tension and chaos. Eventually, Fox's story began to appear in the role of Jagger, and even he performed songs from the Rolling Stones. In this movie, we must follow his movie style.
