Animality, humanity

Rickey 2021-11-15 08:01:28

Reposted from, "8mm" at No. 60 Sunset Boulevard,

an eight-millimeter film, some of the already dusty crimes suddenly reappeared after the death of a respectable old guy. As a result, a series of bloody crimes happened unstoppable, and six people died as a result: curious adult bookstore clerk, congressman’s wife who committed suicide with guilt, scum lawyers who ate money without spitting bones, and of course the 3 Three criminals who planned to kill the girl Mary.
Although the film was a bit bloody, I always felt that what the director wanted to say had nothing to do with it. After all, it is a question of human nature. In the depths of human nature, there are always demons like this: the desire for excitement caused by perversion and tyranny, the stimulation of seeking the extremes of the senses, and many strange and strange hobbies. But you can't see their abnormal mentality from the outside.
The old congressman was tired because of the peace of life, so he wanted to have something to enjoy, and he did not hesitate to spend millions of money to watch a small movie of a live-action killing show; the "machine" was cold and ruthless when killing people, but he was usually a man with glasses and an extremely ordinary appearance. Young man; even the little pornographic movie boss, he was just out of curiosity when he watched the torture on the spot.
"What are you looking forward to, a full face? How could this kind of face do such a thing, so I will wear a mask, so that I can play my instinct, and the instinct is born." "The machine" is forced by Tom When I took off my mask, I said, "I didn't have a terrible childhood, my mother didn't abuse me, and my father didn't rape me. This is totally natural, nothing more." This is everything, everything the director wants to reveal. Demons in human nature exist innately, and they can also be changed through acquired. Max told Tom "The saint cannot change the devil, but the devil can change the saint".
The evil nature is a nightmare that everyone can never get rid of. Even if you have always longed to be an upright person and have a normal and happy family, when you are stimulated by the outside in a special environment, you can't help but do something you can't predict. Of course, more people get a kind of perverted satisfaction by watching some images and the obscenity of being alone. The little boss went to watch the murder out of curiosity. He said, "Do you think I'm going to be very excited? It's too late to turn my stomach"; and Tom himself unknowingly goes to hell, although he thinks that the murdered girl is revenge, even It is ridiculous to get the support of the girl's family, but when he kills in almost the same brutal way, he has completely become a believer of the devil.
Human sorrow is precisely here. We are always concealing the existence of primitive animality in ourselves (maybe this is not accurate, a friend once said to me that bestiality is much cleaner than humanity), but we are obsessed with our innermost being. The pleasure of being stimulated by nature. Desire will bring motivation. People will not live without purpose. Every behavior and every action has a different purpose, and all the purposes are to satisfy one's own desires, whether it is primitive or so-called advanced. Life is limited, but desire is endless. If you get it, it will be boring once you keep repeating it. New needs appear again. Life is like a horse lashed by a whip. Once the rider has a little The consequences of carelessness will be unimaginable.
The old man once said, "One step is wrong, one step is wrong." Thinking about it, this is actually the case. If the saint does not go to hell to meet the devil, then he will probably be his saint forever. As for the protagonist holding his wife and repeating "Save me" at the end, instead of seeing it as a kind of redemption, it is more of a self-saving mechanism triggered by the cowardice of human beings after transmutation, using this kind of prayer and repentance. To alleviate guilt, but is it really useful? Only he knows.
Finally, I want to talk about the director of this film. The movies shot by Joel Schumacher are very tight, with a strong sense of visual impact, such as "Phantom of the Theater", "Sniper Phone Booth" and the two Batman series of movies. The director also has unique characteristics in the depiction and exploration of human nature. The conflict of human nature in racial discrimination in "Moment of Killing", the struggle between life and death in the square inch of "Sniper Phone Booth", etc., this 67-year-old The old guy also has good eyesight, and he is good enough to hold the bad boy Colin Farrell in one hand.
I won’t say anything about Nicholas Cage, because his performance is basically nothing to say!

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Extended Reading
  • Madonna 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    65/100. This story could have been shot very deeply and brilliantly, otherwise it would be pretty good to make it into a suspense detective film. The final product is a mediocre piece!

  • Kirsten 2022-04-21 09:01:48

    Hey. . . It is another film with a metaphor of gray often with flavor. .

8MM quotes

  • Daniel Longdale: I just want this to be over nobody else needs to get hurt. Now Eddie I know you have a gun take it out.

    Eddie Poole: FUCK YOU!

    Daniel Longdale: TAKE IT OUT NOW! DROP IT or I will shoot!

    Dino Velvet: Don't be stupid Edward.

    Daniel Longdale: [Eddie drops the gun] Now kick it on my direction hard.

    [He kicks it]

    Daniel Longdale: Now Dino, drop the crossbow.

    Dino Velvet: Okay, ACTION!

    [drops the crossbow but kills Mr. Longdale]

  • Tom Welles: [on Eddie] STOP EDDIE! I swear to Christ that I'll shoot you in the back!

    Tom Welles: [on Machine] Take off the mask.

    [Machine shakes his head saying no]

    Tom Welles: TAKE OFF THE FUCKIN' MASK!

    Machine: HE'S ONLY GOT ONE BULLET!

    [Tom kicks Machine]