The film uses a lot of deep tones to allude to the character's ending, and occasionally uses instant red to break this vision, which is Harry's mother's hair and the red dress. When Harry's mother decided to dye her hair red after receiving the notice of the show, she was accidentally dyed orange by the neighbor, which also hinted at her final ending. In Harry’s hallucinations, Marianne has a red dress like her mother. The mother wore this red dress to attend her son’s high school graduation ceremony, so it is of special significance. She hopes to wear this dress to participate in TV shows, but unfortunately because Her body deformed and had to start losing weight, which was the main reason for her ultimate destruction. Red started to give dreams in the film, but in the end it symbolized disillusionment. The red hair that was very eye-catching at first gradually turned into an orange that was dyed the wrong way at the end, which contrasted with the gray and dark setting in the film at the beginning. At the same time, the rhythm of the soundtrack is quickened, and the scenes are quickly switched, making the plot very tense.
The film proceeds in the order of seasons. There is no spring. It starts directly in summer and ends in winter. At the same time, the characters experience the process of seeing dreams-realizing-hope breaking. In this process, a question arises: Where is the origin of dreams, and what are the reasons for despair? The first question I think their dreams originated from feelings, mother-child love, so mothers want to express their love and blessings to Harry on TV shows; for lovers’ love, Harry hopes that Marion will have her own clothing store; friendship, Harry and his black friends make money through the drug trade. And the second problem I think the main reason is that they lack perseverance. They are eager to succeed through convenient channels. They eat weight-loss drugs with side effects, sell drugs to make money, and sell sex in exchange for drugs. They insist on their dreams, but because of unrealistic methods. Towards destruction. It is worth emphasizing that at the end of the film, the four characters are all lying on different beds in the same posture, still indulging in dreams, falling into despair, and bystanders crying.
As a reflective film, the director did not simply reflect the dream, combined with the performance techniques to make the nightmare into reality, and reality turned into a nightmare in a disturbing way.
-A requiem dedicated to dreams
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