Insignificant, works worth seeing.

Beth 2022-03-23 09:03:21

It's a 2006 production with a decidedly dark comedy style. There are not many works that can really be called black comedy, because this type of film itself needs to achieve the effect of making the audience laugh and also have a little black hint. The Coen brothers are very good at it, but this is definitely not a patent. Written and directed by the French niche director Jean-Baptiste André, this "Insignificance" is enough to be called a masterpiece in black comedy.
Compared with "trivial", I prefer its other translation, "little things become big", which explains the plot direction of the film very bluntly. Charlie can actually continue his writing in peace, but he still has to find a job in a "big company" and get to know the usual Gass and the unidentified Zhu Qian. Of course, using the phone to blackmail a low-key priest is the safest way to make a fortune, but many coincidences and conspiracies make this "gentle" blackmail very risky and terrifying. The unfortunate policeman makes the plot more twists and turns, and the ending is more exciting.
The first part of the film develops very smoothly, and even makes many viewers feel bored and miss the whole film (the fact is, the film has been on my computer hard drive for a full two years), but the film continues to increase. The few gunshots that Sneak sneaked into the priest's residence became confusing because the pace of the process changed completely after that, and it was almost difficult for the audience to guess what happened next, even 5 minutes later. The abrupt change doesn't bring discomfort, on the contrary, it truly interprets black humor.
The film uses a well-known American comedian, the star of the American drama "Six People" David Schumer as the male lead. But what is surprising is that the role of the male lead in this film is rigid, the data male is a bad guy, not to mention the slightest sense of humor. Garth, whose words and deeds are very comical, is starring the famous British comedian Simon Pegg, but such a kid who is funny from the beginning to the end of the ancient forest died tragically at the hands of the diabetic FBI (this role is also set in black of). The female No. 1, the Ohio beauty pageant champion is the famous Black Widow serial killer, and that's not all, the ending is even more of a meeting with her peers. Patrol officers with their hands tied were smashed to death on the toilet, old ladies who were headshot by an axe managed to climb out of the trunk but were still run over by a car that was looking for someone else, and a wily old FBI agent actually died under a lollipop... The plot and character settings full of wickedness are always revealing their dark humorous identity to the viewers all the time.
That's what black humor is, and there must be a tragic ending to add a touch of gravitas to the laughing movie theater. The tragic and joyful plot and absurd performance, human nature is alienated and distorted in the escalating conflict of the plot, but it is constantly fighting, struggling, and ironing and criticizing the real world in the most helpless way.

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Extended Reading
  • Weston 2022-03-02 08:01:23

    Domestic films should really learn how to shoot crime films. The protagonist in a domestic crime film will never succeed in committing a crime, and he will definitely be punished by law. As soon as he sees the beginning, he guesses the ending, which is too preachy. Although all three protagonists in "Insignificant" did not end well, the director did not force a confession and surrender to educate the audience, but gave them a more unexpected ending. Charlie gets killed by bad cops; Garth gets hacked; Josie the "Wyoming Widow" meets the Oregon Killer. No one was arrested and no one went to jail. Even Detective Wood, who kept saying that he wanted to be unselfish, did not arrest Charlie, but threw his colleague's badge into the river, and finally did not take the initiative to hand in the stolen money. There is no majestic Virgin in this film, only the warmth of humanity. If this is a domestic film, the police must have arrived in time to capture Charlie and Josie before Charlie took the poison. After a strong ideological struggle, Detective Wood decided to hand over the ill-gotten gains and continue to live a hard life with his daughter.

  • Virgil 2022-03-16 09:01:08

    An out-of-control extortion case, the plot structure and humorous style are very similar to the Coen brothers, but they are not the same, interlocking, and the script is too good.

Big Nothing quotes

  • Penelope Wood: [cell phone rings from car] Are you going to answer that?

    Josie McBroom: No, it's probably just my ex-boyfriend!

  • Charlie: Hey Gus... What's the greek word for "bullshit"?