Brief Analysis of Narrative

Danielle 2022-03-15 09:01:02

"Chain Saw" is a classic horror film directed by Chinese director James Wen (Wen Ziren). As Wen Ziren’s film debut, this film does not appear to be young at all. He tells this completely and maturely. Horror story: Two men are locked in a room and the only way to survive is to kill each other. The film's narrative processing is very delicate, using a lot of montage. While narrating the main storyline, it also uses montage to add other stories, such as the two protagonists recalling what they have done, etc. This kind of narrative method is very big for this escape room horror movie The rich function makes the story not boring, avoids straightforward narration, and makes the connection of clues clearer. More importantly: the movie is for the audience, and the role of the audience in this film is the person who is in the same unknown perspective as the protagonist, so that the audience can feel the story and plot more immersively. There is another bright spot in the film's narrative. Because it is a film that relies on the story to win, it handles the plot reversal quite well. The audience and the protagonist are in the same unknown perspective is the basis for the reversal, and then the director needs to prepare step by step before the truth arrives, so that the audience and the characters "go astray", such as: Zap's appearance, Zap abducts the protagonist's wife and daughter plot , There are also the plots of two policemen desperately arresting real criminals. The settings of these plots are good for the audience to think that the murderer is so and so and so and so and so and lay the foundation for the reversal of the final ending. (But the police's combat effectiveness is too weak...Is the law of death for blacks...). But this film is awesome. The director used the last five minutes or so to fill in all the "pits" and set an ending that surprised the audience. The murderer is not anyone but the one lying. The person in the room who was assumed by the protagonist to be a corpse... that was a cancer patient... the last five minutes not only surprised and unexpected the audience, but also made all the previous preparations work, such as the connection between John and the doctor. And the jigsaw likes to observe and feel the details of his prey at close range, which makes the audience and the protagonist deeply feel this feeling of deep thinking and fear. As a crime film, it also rounds out the murderer’s criminal motives, and at the same time promotes the expression of the final theme: from a cancer patient’s cherishment of life... It even has a sense of inspiration...

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Extended Reading
  • Alivia 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    If you can only recommend ten horror movies, this is definitely one of them. That old man is absolutely fascinated by me!

  • Bonnie 2021-10-20 19:00:42

    Only by facing our own stains can we achieve self-salvation.

Saw quotes

  • John: Hello, Mark. If you are so sick then why do I have so many photos of you up and about? Let's put your so called "illness" to the test. Right now, there's a slow-acting poison in your veins. The antidote is inside the safe - the combination to the safe is written on the wall. Hurry up and program it in but watch your step.

    [Mark steps on one of the many pieces of broken glass scattered on the floor]

    John: By the way, that's a flammable substance smeared on your body, so I would be careful with that candle if I were you... or all the people you've burned with your act just might have their revenge.

  • John: Hello, Paul. You are a perfectly healthy, sane and middle-class male yet last month you ran a straight razor across your wrist. Did you cut yourself because you truly wanted to die or did you just want some attention? Tonight, you'll show me. The irony is that if you want to die you just have to stay where you are, but if you want to live, you'll have to cut yourself again. Find the path through the razor-wire to the door but hurry. At 3:00 that door will lock and then, this room becomes your tomb. How much blood will you shed to stay alive?