A movie that pays homage to the late 1960s and early 1970s is more boring to think about. However, "The Witch of Love" has soared to a 96% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was widely praised at the Rotterdam Film Festival. In the confines of a tribute-themed genre, where does this film that combines comedy and horror elements win? First of all, it is the exquisite craftsmanship of the mirror language presented externally. In "Witch of Love", whether it is lighting, shooting, the use of zoom lenses, costumes, vehicles and other sets, for a film with a special purpose of expression (a tribute to the work), it is very novel and sincere . With the help of exquisite and very classically colorful sets, it boldly restores the inheritance and crystallization of witchcraft culture over the centuries. The visual enjoyment of watching the movie is like traveling through the past and the present in time and space. Whether it is the configuration of the magic potion, the pentagram casting ceremony, or even the spell books and crushed psychedelic herbs, they are all carefully crafted and presented. Produce extremely saturated and beautiful scene details. At the same time, director anna biller skillfully accesses a number of peach-colored erotic scenes, revisiting the visual style common in horror films in the 1970s in a classic way. Several seemingly typical and conventional scenes actually show the director's romantic and exaggerated imagination and unique artistic taste, while the utopian beauty and the dramatic and exaggerated performance of the actors are accompanied by the final return of the picture to the popular style of the last century. Italian Giallo movie. Very different from the baroque mythology in Italian horror movies, giallo's works are relatively popular, showing the horror atmosphere of the film within the established rules, and behind the retro mirror language carving, it is for the unique cult core of the film Find a home. Second, a well-narrated script paradigm provides a solid foundation for the film. After the film received a good reputation, it also exposed the most fatal flaw-improper time control. The film, which is close to 120 minutes, is weak and thin because of the fragility of the plot. In the middle and back parts, the curiosity of the audience watching the film and the freshness of the film itself are greatly reduced. Anna, who also wrote the script Biller is not too entangled in the complex and cumbersome play structure, and the overall storyline has been repeatedly weakened. "Witch of Love" tells the cliché story of Elaine, a beautiful young witch looking for true love. She makes magic potions and spells, and then picks some men to lure them into copulation, expecting true love. However, her spell was too effective, and when she finally met the man she wanted, her longing for love led her to the brink of insanity and the sin of murder. At the beginning, the director explained a pair of female characters in the relationship between girlfriends: the witch Elaine and the professional woman Trish. The initial trish harvested a love that lasted for many years, with a loving husband, just like a happy character soaked in a love honeypot. And the witch Elaine is miserable, lost in love and a lonely single. The completely different identities and emotional states of the two characters imply the screenwriter's understanding of women's diverse views on love, and through a series of dialogues in scenes, they explain their views on love and marriage to the audience. The story line of the whole film is connected through several love experiences of the witch Elaine: first, the first lover who abandoned her and finally died suddenly, and appeared as a corpse with a pentagram pentagram symbol; then it was the fragile French teacher. wayne, overdose of hallucinogenic herbs (a kind of grass leaf hallucinogen) caused a rainbow-colored illusion and died; then the husband richard who seduced his best friend Trish, who is now learning and selling, used dancing magic to confuse him, causing him to cut his wrists and commit suicide; finally, the daughter The protagonist thinks that he has gained the sincerity of the police detective griff. After holding a magic wedding simulated by the wizards, he is discovered by his best friend Trish and showed it to the public, but he finds that his lover still changes his mind, and always has a grudge against his witch identity. The heroine Elaine eventually lost her mind and lost control of her love magic, and finally stabbed her lover Griff in the chest with a dagger in the collapse, causing her to die. Through the line of heroine Elaine's experience, the director uses witches and magic to express Gender The theme of the relationship - perverted witchcraft is still difficult to determine a man's heart in the end. Most of the joy and motivation of women's life comes from men. In fact, here, grafting and borrowing are still the values of the 1960s and 1970s. But in emotional life, men are so narcissistic that they use women's dependence on them to punish women in reverse. Thus, the vulnerable and hopeless woman is played by Elaine's witch character - a woman who is hurt and has to find her own hidden power. In the film, love magic is used to play a metaphorical function. In the end, Elaine, the witch Elaine, who is crazy for love, may also be a tragic character. The successive deaths in the past were caused by her inadvertently and indirectly, and she felt a lot of heartache. However, in the end, she turned passive into active, holding a sharp blade and piercing the heart that was surging with blood, in order to pray for the man's eternal sincerity. . This is the sadness of women, but also the irony of men. Anna biller is very smart. She starts from the perspective of tribute, and finally hits the pioneer concept of the new era with the edge ball. The novel and innovative spirit leaks through the text. This is the third point to be mentioned in the article. Third, the genre pays tribute to the bold innovation of the old bottle of the film. As mentioned above, the horror films of the 1960s and 1970s that this film pays tribute to are actually quite different from the baroque mythology of Italian horror films. It belongs to the category of giallo's works, and its style is relatively popular. The giallo mentioned here is that before Dario Argento filmed Profondo Rosso, its genre is still constrained by traditional narrative logic, even more like a legendary drama in the 1970s; the murder in the film minimizes the complexity of the twists and turns as much as possible, But the mysterious atmosphere is still hidden in the dialogue lines, in the structure and visual motivation of the work. Therefore, the director guarantees the authenticity of the typed tribute. But obviously it's not just new clothes from old bottles. In "The Witch of Love", anna biller pioneered the concept of women in the new era to hit the 1970s, which burst out humorous irony about gender issues, and it was a serious narrative. In the middle, it pretends to have a comic effect that the sense of history is separated from the new era. Although the limited plot was stretched to two hours by the director, it seems protracted and tedious, but this work with a very satisfactory degree of completion is from the female anna biller alone, from the director, screenwriter, and even the end credits in the later stage. The composition is all done by one person. this work does not stop at the Italian giallo With the cult classic "Fried Cold Rice", it contains a humorous and bizarre fantasy world of women, and there are surprises that can be tapped everywhere. If you have the chance, it is worth spending two hours to savor it. In the review, you will feel the classic beauty and strength of Italy, as well as the witty witchcraft stories.
View more about The Love Witch reviews
