This movie is simply awesome!

Ulises 2022-01-01 08:01:50

Three brushes and heavy bids, masterpiece of Hideo Nakata. The film uses the basic setting and plot structure of Suzuki Mitsuji's original novel to reconstruct a typical Japanese-style horror story (female ghost grievance & fatalism): a ghostly death event triggered by a video tape is used to intervene in reality investigation, and is accompanied by a narrative. Push forward and let the secrets of the videotape appear as if it was a cocoon. 1. The protagonist has subverted the image from rational suspicious thinking to fanatical behavior; the visual and auditory fright from the conceptual concept to the deep meaning/straightforward sensory impact. 2. In the first part, a lot of pages describe the relationship between family and love, and there are several warm scenes as a contrast-the sorrow of the loss of human nature and the emotional decision in the latter part is depicted (the fate of Sadako/Asakawa & father). 3. Horror symbolization of daily audio-visual elements (ringtones/photo-screen/mirror). 4. Substitution of perspective embedded in the memory of others & film picture changes. 5. The persecution of the indoor claustrophobic space & the creation of a sense of suspense: the characters are suppressed by the environment & the close-up view occupies two-thirds of the screen to express unknown fear. 6. Multiple interpretations of water well in female birth canal & incest metaphor. 7. Media ridicule & information technology worries. 8. The state of the Virgin with the dead body. (9.0-/10)

Talia 2022-01-01 08:01:50

【Exhibition at China Film Archive】Film version. Buying the last row of seats with a guilty conscience is actually far less scary than "Calling the Soul". Watching video tapes and watching the screen form a wonderful interconnection. Japanese-style horror films and games often take resentment, tragedy and fate as the themes, and are very good at shaping the atmosphere and digging out the stories behind horror phenomena. Think of the "Silent Hill" and "Dead Soul" series. The soundtrack is great. The ending climax is coming but it stops abruptly, the meaning is still unfinished