The film is not long, a total of 107 minutes, but I have to regret why I have only seen this excellent film that makes me highly nervous. Every minute from the beginning of the film is full of scenes, a space where reality and dreams coexist. The director used the shooting scene of two people in one room to demonstrate the dramatic scene shooting. The whole film is based on the venue. There are also two places, one is the police hall, and the other is the heroine's home, which seems to be a scene-changing stage play arrangement, and the visual impact of the stage play version can be perfectly felt across the screen.
From the content point of view, this is a psychological crime theme. The heroine has severe psychological depression. Maybe people who don’t understand depression will think that the heroine is a lunatic version of existence, but the general symptoms of depression patients are indeed It is completely consistent with the characteristics of the heroine, anxiety, mania, fantasy, unconscious sadness, of course, there is also the most terrifying state is the normal state that is no different from ordinary people, often in real life, people will hide when they see madmen and fools. It is far away, because everyone knows that they are not aliens, and they are likely to cause personal harm to individuals, but patients with depression are relatively indifferent from normal people when they do not suffer from the disease, and even cause people to suffer. I feel an unprecedented goodwill, because depressed patients always exaggerate some of their emotions, just like the smile of the heroine of a movie, which makes people feel happy and harmonious like never before. She pleases the author without concealing her madness for the author. Love, it can also be said that she places all her spiritual sustenance in the illusory world of the protagonist Mizelin in the author's book. There is a scene in the film where the hero reads the heroine's past diary, which records all the criminal experiences of the heroine from childhood to adulthood, so it is not difficult for us to see that she is a marginalized group who has suffered extreme setbacks. She has an unknown past. , she also hopes to have a perfect fantasy space, which is Mizelin's space. She added all the raw materials of her fantasy and longing to the hero's subjective consciousness. In fact, the hero himself intends to write Mizelin to death. However, we saw the entire state of the heroine's rage for the first time. She did not allow her fantasy world to have death again. She asked the author to say that Mizelin's writing was perfect and to her satisfaction. Of course, this It is the only bargaining chip that the author can survive in the end. Of course, this is also the play of the author's final anger to the heroine, which really destroys the eternal dream in her heart.
There are also many small details added by the director throughout the film, such as the incarnation of Mizelin, the black pig, the pig is not clean in life, a symbol of being abused, here the heroine raises a pig to accompany her, and To name it Mizelin, then this also implies that the ideas created by human beings are impure and should not be overly respected. In the restaurant paragraph at the end of the film, the actor's agent suggested that he write his experience in the cabin as In a book, the hero responded: If he didn't know her very well, then he would think that the agent just wanted to use this to make money, instead of letting himself actually write a book, which also happened to be a metaphor for the darkness of selfish desire and use. In the final fight scene, the hero came to the corridor after the heroine fell. The heroine rushed over after sobering up. The hero grabbed the black pig sculpture on the ground and killed the heroine. The black pig of Mizelin was mentioned above. This sculpture just happens to represent Mizelin in the heroine's heart, and it happens that Mizelin ended her life.
When it comes to performance, there are four protagonists in the film, the writer, the female killer, the policeman and the policeman's wife. This movie is regarded as a satirical movie with a bit of black humor. Those who know how to perform will surely appreciate the difficulty of the role of Annie. It is a performance that is too tense and has a clear sense of hierarchy. Among them, after the whole movie, the heroine's smile makes the audience even more horrified, and it seems that they can clearly feel the murderous intent hidden in the smile. The male protagonist's performance is also very good, but it is slightly boring and not full enough compared to the female protagonist's role. The policeman and the policeman's wife are two very special beings, with some comedic contrast and a moderate angle.
On the whole, this is a successful psychological horror film. The reason why there is no bloody murder is not completely bloodless. There are many scenes of violence and blood in the film, but these are not the point, the point is that it is more It touched the nerves of the viewers, deeply felt the horror behind the beautiful smile, and felt the reverse teaching material of love in a morbid state.
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