Given my constant preference for magical style, the name of the film alone is enough to make me drool. Pan Shen, what is Pan Shen? Classmate Pan Shen has always been known for his lewdness and eroticism in Greek mythology, and because of his ugly appearance, he is often rejected by the fairy sister, Pan Shen's labyrinth? Could it be that she imprisoned Pan Shenjiang fairy sister in the maze, and then ------------ saliva----------This is the end of refusing to watch any introduction before watching the movie!
First of
all, I want to clarify a concept. At least in my mind, fairy tales and magicalism are completely incompatible. Fairy tales are all made up for children, taking full account of the acceptance of the fragile and tender soul, while magicalism (often called magical realism) is for adults. It magnifies certain absurdities in reality by exaggerating means. The logic and phenomenon, as a result, is more real than reality. Regarding the position of his boss, there is no better than the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude". You can hardly say that this book is a fairy tale or has nothing to do with reality. He is simply an alternative Cambridge Mexican history, but more boring. Historical data looks a hundred times better.
One more thing to talk about is Mexico (although the story takes place in Spain, but the director is a Mexican), this special nation, although about 93% of the people in modern Mexico are Catholics, this is the poison of colonialism. Maya culture is a standard polytheism. Not only is it polytheistic, it seems that all Maya people get along with gods (like ancient Greeks). The distance between gods and people is not obvious. It seems that every backyard hides a What a ghost or a strange thing, it's not like the silly Christian children, who always look at holy relics, pay homage, and worship.
If these two views of mine are tenable, it can solve the situation that many people cannot understand the two clues in "Pan's Labyrinth", but there is no explanation for each other, and there is not much overlap in the plot. In my opinion, Pan Shen’s clue is a huge metaphor at all. It seems to be an alternative commenter. In the middle of the movie, he constantly satirizes the reality without mercy. This is also the most important thing in this movie. The absolute part.
First of all, Ophelia picked up the remains of the idol as its eyes on the way to the camp. Eye! She put the eyes of the idol in place, what did you think of? Secondly, the toad that caused the ancient tree to die is dirty and greedy. A huge slime full of filth (Like the artist, the budget of 5 million is so realistic, it turns out that 500 doesn't need a chrysanthemum stand?! #) An ugly toad, which was originally gloomy (the movie was so surreal at the end that it was so white But the big tree withered under the parasitism of the toad. The film took place in Spain under Franco's dictatorship. What can you think of? After killing the toad, get the golden key, the door opened by the golden key, you can get a sharp dagger. In the second mission, the murals are full of monsters killing scenes, extravagant dining tables and feasts. Pan Shen repeatedly warns not to eat there (don’t be tempted by the material). In the third mission, it is very symbolic. Meaningful child (half of the devil and half of the fairy descent), Ophelia would rather sacrifice herself in order to protect this newborn child. When Vidal handed the child to Mercedes, she asked her to tell the child the time of his father's death in the future (the continuation of hatred? Fascism resurrected?), but Mercedes resolutely refused him.
In addition, the concept of "father" was mentioned many times in the film. Ophelia's biological mother had already asked her to call her "father", and later asked her to "obey" her, but Ophelia resolutely said, "He is not me." "Father", in the reality clue, Ophelia said "My father is a tailor", and in the magic clue, her father is the king of the underground palace. Then at the end of the film, Ophelia's biological mother and an old man with a brilliant white beard became her parents. Her mother's line was "Come to me and sit next to your father. He has been waiting for you for a long time." NS".
Well, I admit, maybe I think too much. Maybe someone tells the story of a guerrilla (not as good as the railway guerrillas and tunnel warfare) and the fairy tale imagination of a beautiful little girl. Based on this, can they win the film critic award? Can you also get 6 Oscar nominations as a Mexican film?
I think when Ophelia’s mother threw the mandela grass (I only knew this lovely grass in Harry Potter) into the fire, she said it well: "You are also growing up. You will find that life is different from your fairy tale. This world is a cruel place. You will know this, even if you will be hurt, Ophelia, magic does not exist, for you, for me, for anyone Neither exist!” This is the case. In fact, there are no fairy tales at all, and fairy tales are more cruel reality than reality. A nation needs to regain its head under the power. What it needs is to keep its eyes open and recognize the origin (father). Although this newborn is bleeding half of evil blood, it is because of Ophelia (the country’s female reference). Protection will eventually get out of the confusion (maze) of reality and survive.
Please forgive me for my shallow eyelids. If anyone has a deeper understanding of magic realism and the history of the Spanish Civil War, you may be able to see more from it.
At least, I have never understood, what is the role of Pan Shen used for? What kind of metaphor does mandela grass occupy so many shots? Etc., etc.
Second,
I remembered that when Director Lai talked about "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land", he mentioned that the Japanese Noh drama midtime performance and the ancient Greek tragedy midtime performance of the Goatman drama are both comedy ways to set off the tragedy, and the same is true of the secret love in Peach Blossom Land. The tragicomedy becomes the two sides of a coin, each other uses their own existence to set off each other's brilliance, and because of the power of contrast, they become more moving. "Pan's Labyrinth" also has this feature.
Without the little girl's innocent eyes, those elves and Pan God who let people relax their vigilance completely, the other clue would not appear so violent and cruel. I closed my eyes in front of a few killing shots, thinking about it, it's actually not as bloody as some real war movies. But with the other side's set off, it seems particularly unbearable.
On the other hand, those wars, gunshots, and terrifying rainy nights are accentuating the preciousness of the magical world. It is a place where you can escape reality. In fact, Ophelia did use this method to escape her even though she was young. The cruel situations that must be encountered.
It is conceivable that the audience's heart suddenly lacks blood supply, and suddenly has too high oxygen content. It is pinched by an invisible hand, sometimes fighting millet and sometimes soothing. This film allowed me to see 2:30 in the middle of the night when I had to get up at 7 o'clock the next day.
This is the highest level of a blockbuster (although 5 million is not a huge capital). The tense plot, wonderful performance, perfect soundtrack, and visual impact are not only perfect at the time of watching the movie, but also worthy of continuous aftertaste. Whether it is the most ordinary audience or professional film critics, you can find your own fun in it.
3. The
film won 6 Oscar nominations, best original screenplay, best photography, best art direction-prop setting, best costume, best soundtrack, best foreign language film, all of them live up to their fame. I won’t talk about the script. In the video, although I downloaded it via BT and watched it on a computer, the blue-blue with a slightly lower saturation and gray tones still glowed with an oil painting-like glaze, running through the darkness of the film. The deep and gray tone is depressing. Only in the end, Ophelia returned to the underground palace, and the golden brilliance that suddenly displayed made people excited.
A few bloody scenes with particularly visual impact--------Vidal smashed the peasant’s nose with a bottle, the doctor saw the guerrilla's leg with a saw, and Vidal sutured the torn face with a needle. ------, the rhythm is extremely slow, the angle is excellent, the sense of reality is extremely strong, and it is creepy.
The actors are also very good. If this is an American film that speaks English, it can definitely be nominated for best actress. Maybe Pan Shen can get the best supporting actor, roar.
It's really a good film, IMDb 8.5 rating, by no means a false name
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