Xu is the director Lynn Ramsey who was originally a photographer. She used proficient and accurate lens vocabulary to tell this thought-provoking film about taboo topics. We need to talk about Kevin (We Need to Talk About Kevin)" (also translated as "What happened to Kevin"). The beginning and end of the virtual nightmare-like vicious event is presented in a complex, blurred and shocking way. Although the audience can guess what happened, they still feel the lingering worry when they see the specific picture. And fear.
In the film, Ramsey uses a variety of narrative techniques such as flashbacks and contrasts to express the obscure and unspeakable psychology of the characters, creating a bleak and depressed gray tone, although many scenes in the film use a lot of red , Like an overwhelming ketchup, it contrasts with a frightening atmosphere, and its effect is like a strong warning color. At the same time, the editing of the film is very distinctive, seemingly messy interspersed and memories, as if the whole is broken up, but it can organically connect the fragmented fragments. And this process of fragmentation and reorganization is like the mental journey of the heroine Eva in the film. In this heavy and painful process, this incompetent mother finally realized that there was a lack in the growth process of her son Kevin. what.
Kevin was born special. In some respects, he is like another Eva, sensitive and sharp. He said "used to, not necessarily like" at a very early age. It’s just that Kevin was not lucky enough for Eva, and he was not popular when he was still an embryo, because his mother was not ready for family life at that time. When little Kevin tried to arouse the maternal love he needed in all kinds of extraordinary ways , Can only cause the mother's dazedness and indifference. Faced with a child with a difference, Eva, who lacked mothering skills and patience, was helpless. After her emotional out-of-control caused little Kevin to fracture his arm, she didn’t even have the courage to tell her husband that little Kevin at that moment. As if to see through the mother, his active responsibility and the lack of responsibility of the mother finally made the bond between mother and child into a twisted state...
Although the film is adapted from the novel of the same name, it is by no means a copy, but a re-deconstruction after mastering the essentials. Such a reconstruction gives the film the main theme of intensive discussion, namely, maternal love and family education. Just like a child who lacks care will have retaliatory behavior, in the accumulated psychological imbalance, after being constantly stimulated by new stimulation, Kevin magnified his resentment towards his mother, his personality has been distorted, so he will act The standard was set on the basis of making Eva painful. The atrocities on the lawn at home and the campus basketball room became his way of finally torturing Eva. His smile and eyes at the moment of surrender were creepy.
In terms of performance, Tilda Swinton, who plays Eva, gave an outstanding performance. She took the character's temperament and mentality at different times and interpreted the painful entanglement between them. At the same time, she was intersecting memories and reality. In the narrative, Swindon’s outstanding performance is the key to connecting various time and space. Both big and small Kevin’s plays are good. Among them, Jasper Newell, who plays 6-8 year old Kevin, is eye-catching. At a young age, he can express what he wants to express after all kinds of "awkward" actions. Psychological needs are quite convincing, which is really rare. The last scene of Ezra Miller, who played the young Kevin, was quite difficult. He was competent. After being imprisoned for two years in the juvenile prison, Kevin spoke to his mother who was constantly visiting for the first time. He finally Feeling uncertain about what he was doing, he finally realized his mother's love, and the look in Miller's eyes said everything.
In addition, what is hard to ignore is the soundtrack of the film. What is amazing is the use of the Chinese pipa song "Ambush on Ten Sides". His emotions tighten the conflicts between mother and child, and continue to escalate them. The use of old English songs, such as Buddy Holly's "Everyday", Wham's "Last Christmas", The Beach Boys's "In My Room", etc., all appear in appropriate paragraphs, rendering the atmosphere and setting off the mood of the characters.
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