The film "My Blueberry Nights": reviews, review

Melodrama "My Blueberry Nights" reviews movie critics immediately dubbed export car repair, a Hong Kong film shot with the actors, Europoids in English style. Indeed, the American debut of the Hong Kong director Wong Karwai causes the viewer mixed feelings. To some, it seems lusciously sweet, others - surprisingly superficial, the third shrug their shoulders in perplexity, repeating the phrase: "Mastery will not spend on drink."

Recognized manner

Reviews of the film "My Blueberry Nights", a description of the advantages and disadvantages of the tape is not a verdict, they are quite easy to challenge. The main advantage of almost unanimously was the recognizable manner of the director. At the same time traditional endless rapid speeds, voiceover voice, unbearably bright lights of neon signs - everything was densely covered with a decent layer of gloss. Therefore, Wong and accused of gravitation to the mainstream Hollywood. Reviews for the film "My Blueberry Nights", written in this perspective, are absolutely groundless, as the picture of joint production of China and France, and in the United States, such projects would be considered a bizarre art house, which would have neither big box office nor all-consuming popularity . To accuse Wong is possible only in that he shot a qualitative melodramatic picture in a pure genre. The author has such experience, because he already presented the audience with the "Love mood", "Chungking express" and the sensual drama "Happy Together".

The plot of the film "My Blueberry Nights"

The description of the film should begin with the main intrigue of the plot. According to him, the main character - Elizabeth, a young inhabitant of New York, is experiencing a painful break with her boyfriend. Unable to find comfort, the girl decides to change the situation and goes on a trip to America. By the will of fate, it crosses almost the whole country, meeting on the way of different, but equally unhappy people. Strangers help her get rid of memories, past and open the way not only to the depths of her heart, her soul, but also to true love.

Blueberry obsession with famous actors

All the random and non-random companions of the main character were played by the most popular and well-known actors: David Strathern ("Good Night and Good Luck") - a silent drinking policeman, Rachel Weitz - his broken wife, poker crazy rich idler Natalie Portman. And the heroine suffers from the memories of a friend left in the homeland - a thoughtful barman who fed her blueberry pie, performed by the inimitable Judah Lowe. The film "My Blueberry Nights" reviews unanimously and deservedly called the film debut of a jazz singer - beautiful Nora Jones. It is interesting that many glorified Hollywood stars dream and are willing to work with Wong, but the maestro provided them only secondary roles. The multiple winner of the Grammy, the heiress of Ravi Shankar became the real director's muse. Affirming Norah as the performer of the main role, Wong said: "There will not be her - there will not be a movie."

Not without acting

This principle choice was approved by everyone after watching the film "My Blueberry Nights". The reviews were definitely positive, because Nora is not just a pretty young girl, she has an innate acting talent. In addition, it is the embodiment of light and unobtrusive, even intelligent music, which has no place in the rotations of pop radio stations and MTV. It is in demand by real gourmets, just like the current child of Wong Karwa. Ironically, but in the film there is not one of the tracks Jones. Her work as a retro-director preferred Ray Cooder and Otis Redding, although one new track was included by the creators in the audio version of the soundtrack to the film "My Blueberry Nights". Reviews about him were expressed only in a positive way. The composition was a success, like Nora's first album.

Consumer Conservatism

Wong's work in all aspects and relationships is conceptual. For a very long period the director was waiting for a fantastic triumph of the epic phantasmagoria "2046", but his work was simply not understood in Cannes, and the author was disappointed. At the urging of producers, he went on a deal with his conscience and even mounted a more simplified version, while finally destroying the work and dream of his entire creative life. Therefore, in the picture "My Blueberry Nights", the comments of the observant spectators are proof of this, he endlessly complains about the established conservatism of the consumer, however, with the mouth of Judah Lowe. Maybe the reason for the release of the "Nights" rental is nothing else than a film-perekur of an unintelligible genius, a reactionary deviation from innovative-revolutionary experiments, some highly artistic "nate" of an offended author to a dull public.

The Creator by Influx

This attitude is quite typical for the director from Hong Kong: he basically does not recognize the cinema industry and creates, like a free artist, outside the schedule, in a whiff. Its distinctive feature is complete improvisation. Most episodes are shot without a script, at times even actors have no idea about what their characters should be. Such images are created from the footage simply on the mounting table. But "My Blueberry Nights" (testimonials are a confirmation of this) are different from the Wong author's style. For the film, a script was written for all the laws of the genre, developed to the smallest detail, and the picture itself was taken off in the conditions of industrial production. And his desire to shoot in the US director explained that the most distant point from the Earth from Hong Kong seemed attractive to him because of the distance. It was an author's experiment: how much the director will be able to fit into the cardinally opposite reality. In addition, American literature and cinema, according to the maestro, had a tremendous impact on his becoming an artist-creator, so his offspring should be regarded as a tribute to the United States.

Technical side

About the visual component and the entire technical side of the film "My Blueberry Nights" reviews are left rather restrained. Operators Pung-Leung Kwan and Darius Honji together with William Chang proved their professionalism. The shooting is done extremely accurately, subtle plans from the top striking in their grace. The installation of the picture is attractively carelessly tidy, and this is not a mistake, not a proof of unprofessionalism. All intentionally and harmoniously - inimitable author's style. The presentation of the material itself is similar to the displacement of two vectors - the far-sighted and predictable Western drama, which is inherent in most film-winners and the eastern direction in the cinema. And he is momentary and at times short-sighted, somewhat festive.