The new version of "The Storm"
The new version of "The Storm" is a horror film directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton. Although it is a remake of the 1977 film of the same name, the story and form are quite different, so You can watch it as a brand new movie.
Although the movie is classified as a horror movie, I personally think that this is a veritable cult movie. The scary scenes in the movie have gotten rid of the stereotyped scary horror. The overall presentation is the horror of atmosphere and hints, which is roughly the same as last year's explosive horror. Compared with the film "Hereditary Doom", "The Storm" is actually very familiar to "Hereditary Doom" in terms of structure and image style, and you can even feel that the director's individual thoughts and artistic atmosphere are more intense, and it is boring to watch in today's era. Routine-style conventional horror films will have a brand new feeling to watch this type of film again, but whether "Hereditary of Doom" or "Squirrels of the Wind" are also seriously polarized in word of mouth, and a large part of the audience is enough to express their appreciation for this type of film. The negative comments of "the movie is too difficult to understand" or "the director's literary atmosphere and obscurity are too heavy and a bit out of the definition of horror film", etc. As for this kind of opinion, I still like this style of film very much, and I I am sure that this style will definitely skyrocket in the future.
The personal evaluation of "The Storm" is still quite high, because the atmosphere, the plot, the performance, and the plot are all very good. The atmosphere in the movie can make me shiver all the time, and the horror in it is also from the bones. , the parallel editing of the twisted body and the dance in the early part of the movie, the dance in the middle and the back part, and the ceremony at the end all made me shudder. The weird atmosphere in the movie extends from the trailer to the whole movie.
The plot and details in the movie can be said to be well connected, and the overall shop is full. As for the performance, Tilda Swinton's performance of one role and two roles is enough to explain everything.
The only downside of "The Storm" is that it's too boring, the director is too expressive of his style and doesn't fully control it, the overall story looks too scattered, and this movie also requires some relevant information to be popularized before you can fully appreciate the movie. To be honest, the content hurts a bit. The recommended crowd requires an audience with a little patience and a lot of reading.
Below I combine online information and my own feelings to piece together some hidden points in the story.
1. The concept of the three goddesses in the film comes from the meditations published intermittently in 1845 by the British prose writer Thomas de Cuisy. One of the works describes the three goddesses with the goddess of childbirth Levana. to the three goddesses.
2. The ubiquitous feminism can be divided into several points: (1) All the female characters in the movie, even the only male is the Gu Yi master. (2) The reason why Su Xi does not charge tuition fees is to help girls become financially independent and grow up. (3) The sabotage of the Red Army was broadcast on TV in the film (this is a representative feminist event) (4) The struggle for sovereignty between Mrs. Marcos and Mrs. Black in the school also implies a symbol of feminism. (5) The sacrificial ceremony requires a man to be present to witness the implication of letting men see the awakening of feminism.
3. Why did the woman with glasses suddenly kill herself with a knife in the first part of the movie: There are only two explanations. She may feel that she cannot prevent all horrors from happening, so she chooses to kill herself with a knife, or Mrs. Black's witchcraft kills all obstacles.
4. What happened to the massacre at the end: First of all, Blake suddenly objected to Susie's sacrifice. It should be because she had feelings for Susie and initiated the blocking. The final reversal of the movie is also at the end. The old woman Marcos has actually been pretending to be herself. It is the goddess of sighs, and the reason for the sacrifice is just to prolong her life. On the contrary, Susie is the real reincarnation of the goddess of sighs from birth (this also explains why since childhood, the reason why her mother abused herself and the reason why salad, whose upper body was fractured by witchcraft in the latter part of the movie, suddenly failed from dancing witchcraft, because the goddess of sighs has power break witchcraft)
5. Tribute: The music and camera applications in the movie are very retro, and there are many tribute movies. The ones I can feel are "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Shining". The film's story is set in Berlin in 1977 and also pays homage to the release time of the old version.
6. Details: The killing scene at the end also hints at the political landscape of Germany at the time. The increasingly red hair of the heroine also hints that danger is imminent.
It can be said that there are too many details in "The Storm", and it is only for this that I can say and see. I hope my friends can talk about other details in the movie together.
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