I feel that we must first have a clear understanding of life

Layne 2022-03-20 09:01:47

This movie...is dark. Actually, I don't really like it. Because it blurs all the beautiful things, and the real things appear cruel. Finally, add a seemingly hopeless black ending. I was really depressed after watching it, so I simply put it at the bottom, and I didn't even want to see the cover.

What is it trying to tell us? The bottom line is to show that reality is hopeless, horrible, cruel, ugly. Beautiful and hopeful things are imagined and unrealistic. So, what's the point?

By comparison, films like the French "Butterfly" are much better. In terms of pain, things are always simpler. People always sigh when they see a tragedy, and the tragedy seems profound, but it is really nothing more than that. But it's much more difficult to say something profound with beautiful, cute, and even funny plots, but once it's done well, it's even more profound.

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  • Rosalee 2022-03-24 09:01:55

    75/100 1 One of the conscience trilogy, I only know about Lars von Trier only in "Dog Town". I like it very much. I can only say it's okay. 2 The camera shakes my head, especially this one. The good thing about this forced face-pulling shot is that it really allows you to focus all your attention on the heroine, but the bad thing actually widens my distance from the movie. Foolishness, halo, saint, these words are my impressions. I can't see the director's position and don't think it's an expression of praising mother's love and escaping from reality. The fantasy of the 3 songs is full of contrast with the silence of reality. I like the train scene, the money grab and the murder and the end of the court, especially the hysterical screaming and the silence after the end of the hanging. 4 "Why did you give birth to him? I just want to hold a little baby in my arms." "I'll leave the theater at the end of the second song so the movie will never end." ps that Cannes "Devils Are Coming", "One One", "In the Mood for Love" and Palme d'Or? ?

  • Jennifer 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Although I can't stand Lars' shaking shots, Bjork's looks and singing voice, it still can't erase the greatness of this movie. The American dream built under the hypocritical middle class is a bubble that bursts when it is touched. Most people are in it without knowing it, and the dream is broken and still has illusions. Falling into the abyss after a daydream is not one person's fault, nor is it an exception.

Dancer in the Dark quotes

  • Selma: There's no more to see...

  • Selma: [singing] This isn't the last song, there's no violin, the choir is quiet, and no one takes a spin, this is the next to last song, and that's all...