The doomsday feeling is very good

Santos 2022-03-18 08:01:01

After more than ten years, I revisited this controversial classic by Kurosawa Kiyoshi, only to realize that this is not a horror film like "Midnight Bell", although both draw on the same type of film methods, through daily electronic media. to convey the horror atmosphere. After many years, I gradually realized that the computer in "The Loop" is definitely more creepy than the TV that Sadako crawled out of. Maybe it's the speed of technology development. Now, looking back at the scenes of dialing up the Internet and operating a desktop computer in the film is a bit out of place with a sense of humor, however, the film conveys the separation between people and the topic of loneliness has not weakened in the slightest. The meaning of it is closer to the trend of the current society. Just look at the bow-headed people who play with their mobile phones in the subway every day.

The most brilliant thing about Kurosawa Kiyoshi is that he borrows the shell of the horror genre and constantly fills it with intriguing philosophical thinking, so that the film gradually goes beyond the connotation of ordinary horror films, and the interpretation level can be continuously extended. The idea of ​​"being lonely when you're a human being is eternal loneliness when you die" strikes me the most. And the name of the film also makes me wonder, is the director implying that humans and ghosts are actually in two worlds that are connected to each other? With the medium of computers, will these two worlds be connected to form a "loop" at some point? The protagonist in the film once mentioned that as humans die, the world of ghosts becomes more and more crowded, and it is natural for them to choose to return to the human world.

Although the film is full of jumpy and inexplicable cuts that obscure the characters and plot, the director is amazing in terms of color and sound handling, such as the shape and speed of the ghosts' appearances, the horror makes my scalp tingle; the current of interference; Voices and calls for help on the phone also added to this strange atmosphere. As for the handling of the space and atmosphere of the story, it is even more classic: the woman who jumped from the tower, the wrecked plane flying over the city, the sense of doom in the film is very well created, and the scene I watched more than ten years ago is still alive today. vividly.

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Extended Reading
  • Layla 2022-03-23 09:03:33

    4.5 The secret room is the hub, the general brain, the entity that can rule out the irresistibility of time, the enchantment, the curse that blocks the mind, the choice forced by shock, the consciousness, the doomsday leader who controls the no-man’s land, and the The time that distinguishes reality is the holy hand that carves life, the simple concept of possession, the ghost, the ubiquitous communication without the medium, the death that cannot change the status quo, the ghost, the palpable phantom, the inescapable Shadow.

  • Alessandro 2022-04-22 07:01:55

    "Death will definitely come. Anyway, if we gather together, we may be happier. However, we continue to move forward and go farther and farther." The horror and discomfort at the mental level is much higher than the shocking one. Whether it is the image expression or the theme setting, it is better than the generally recognized "Midnight Bell" and "The Grudge" series, my favorite one so far. Kiyoshi Kurosawa!

Pulse quotes

  • Boss: Words said in friendship with the best of intentions always wind up hurting your friends and then you wind up getting hurt. Is friendship always that way? If that's so, what's left? If I were you, who needs friends like that? A courageous choice in itself.

  • Ryosuke Kawashima: [reading a book about phantoms] "Everyone dies, therefore there's no logical reason for ghosts not to exist. How many ghosts have existed since prehistoric times?"