Stupid because of pain

Cheyanne 2022-01-19 08:02:57

As the sages of ancient Greece said, the purpose and meaning of our lives is to live a "well being" (good life). For this purpose, many people have been tolerant, sacrificed, and "self-castrated" in the family, and finally become cowered, like a dirty and tattered rag, subjected to ridicule and neglect.

At the beginning of the film, Xinben appeared as such a "shrinking, dirty and tattered rotten rag" man, he was in the gloomy and cold family "ice cellar", although he worked very hard to build a warm relationship between his family Relationship, but it doesn’t matter. Xinben was a sluggish, self-castrated man at this time, lumped into a ball in front of his family and life.

At the same time, a dispute about his daughter brought Murata the intruder into Nobumoto's life. Murata grew up amidst his father’s abuse and abuse. This extreme situation made Murata deeply understand that if he wants to not be abused by the outside world, he must first become a wicked person who is worse than evil, and he must cold-bloodedly crush everything in his body. The grille of moral ethics, (reflected in the film, after he kills a person, in addition to breaking him into pieces, he also has to thwart his bones and ashes). The world stays alive, to get close to that distant sweet "well life". Under the guidance and urging of the "godfather" of Murata, Xinben finally ended his "self-castration". He stood at the starting point of blood and revenge. The construction of the male subject.

However, it is also sad that Xinben, who has become cold-blooded and strong, enjoys his decisive and violent action and control over his family after he has deteriorated. On the other hand, he also felt more sad about the disgust of his wife and daughter. Life is painful. As long as you are alive, you will be able to feel the "pain" of life all the time. Whether you are in a state of self-castration and shrinking, or in a state of "angry bull", what you end up savoring is still being born. The misfortune of being a man.

The middle-aged man who has struggled, worked hard, and fought hard, believes in this book. Finally, he murmured to his daughter about the "pain" of life. Maybe he wanted to get a reconciliation and understanding with his family when he died. After the daughter's screams, the only thing her daughter sacrificed to him was an evil posthumous name-you are a SB! The last sentence "Get up, you SB", I think it is the attitude of Director Wen Yuanzi towards this universe and the earth in the universe. In the eyes of the director, they have not changed to be vast and magnificent due to the existence of human suffering. , And become-even more stupid.

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Extended Reading
  • Adaline 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    In fact, this true story is about how two neurotics turned an uncle into a dismemberment madman. The sex scene is not as vivid as the murder and dismemberment.

  • Lexie 2022-03-21 09:03:09

    Not an aesthetic of violence, it's an aesthetic of sin, and there's just one step between the director going mad or the director showing madness, and the title of "true-event" saves the film. I know that I want to move closer to the sense of documentary, but I really don't like this kind of photographic quality, so I can change the tone to fill it with five stars.

Cold Fish quotes

  • Aiko Murata: You scared the shit out of them! It should be okay. If things go wrong, we'll just make them invisible.