FIFF14丨DAY4 "Spider's Nest City": The horror lies not in the environment, but in the hearts of the people

Adonis 2021-12-22 08:01:06

The 14th #法罗岛电影节# will bring you "Spider's Nest City" on the 4th screening day of the main competition unit. Here is the evaluation of the front-line "loyal" subordinates who have killed the king and become king!

zzy granite:

Desire is the murderer of death.

Fruit trees:

The Japaneseization of "Macbeth" is really appropriate. After weakening the protagonist's madness in the second half, the highlights of the whole film can be gathered in two appearances of gods and demons.

O. Yin:

Fog, woods, nest city, arrows; confusion, desire, heart, collapse. The song of the demon spirit is unpredictable in the hearts of the people; the gods blame their prophecies to bring out the reincarnation of fate. The atmosphere is bare and slightly haggard.

Her Majesty:

It is also a stage play movie, and all the key plots basically rely on the mouth. Before Hong Kong action films were invented, all the actions and expressions of costume films were accomplished by superb scene scheduling and outstanding performances by actors.

coco:

Just like the Oedipus tragedy and "Macbeth", the West is more inclined to struggle with fate. In this film, Kurosawa integrates it into the oriental cultural background, combining the history of the Warring States Period in Japan and the creation of Shakespeare. In the maze forest, ghosts and demons are rampant, the horror and hideous dreams are not in the witch, but hidden in the heart.

Poem to Adelin:

The dramatic irony originating from Shakespeare is very strong, and it should start from subjective awareness of objective reality, that is, when the heart demon finally predicts it, but the reluctance is too tightly matched, and the context is biased, and the character and the owner are also hard to see. However, it is easy to see from the heart, and the metaphors with strong externalized meaning at the linguistic level also complement the unbalanced expression. It can not be said that it is not strong, but it is inevitable to lose the charm.

No one at midnight:

People walk in the fog, lost and overwhelmed by desire. "There is no soldier, I don’t want to be the lord of the city." If you don’t kill, people will kill you; even if no one wakes up, you will eventually hear the voice of the demon; There was a second time, because doubt was unceasing and inexhaustible. The transplantation of the background of "Macbeth" is very beautiful. Western fatalism has broken into the atmosphere of Japanese evil killing, and there is no tension. The ambiguous texture of the image and the dark scene of the sound effect work together. The characterization is refined, so this "re-enactment" itself is the pursuit of conciseness and thick lines, and it is still very staged.

Pincent:

It can be described as "Game of Thrones: A Feast of Crows". The carrier of power and desire at the end is filled with bows and arrows like an iron throne. Generally speaking, the character adaptation is relatively simplified. The three witches are transformed into three forms of monsters. The crows rush out to imply the "movement" of the woods, thunder and lightning, heavy rain, fog... Carried out effective use. Seeing the ghost, the blood of the former traitor cannot be wiped off. It is close to the oriental mysticism and has no sense of conflict with Japanese culture. With the help of Noh drama elements, Macbeth’s face is as exaggerated as Peking opera’s facial makeup, and his heart is filled with anger. Ambition and desire are undoubtedly revealed, and the white-faced woman who repeatedly washes hands by Mrs. Macbeth resembles a Japanese-style horror movie. The scene of the main character acting drunk and seeing the illusion is like a stage play in a play. The design of the whole play seems to have been directly borrowed from Ninagawa's version of "Macbeth".

#FIFF14#DAY4’s main competition score will be released for everyone later, please wait and see.

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Extended Reading
  • Aaliyah 2022-03-24 09:02:11

    Ghosts are obsessed with power, and one step is wrong, and the whole game is lost. Very advanced and ghostly "horror movie", not much nonsense, just give it five stars and it's over! ~

  • Aliza 2021-12-22 08:01:06

    Replay. There are still big problems with the play. It is the same as "Chaos". The theme is out of place due to inappropriate irony. The characters become flat and lack dimension. It can be regarded as the result of the adaptation not being effectively separated from the original stage setting. Weak expression. In terms of audio-visual style, "Spider" is a bit more agile, and "Chaos" is heavy, which has a lot to do with the latter's pursuit of grand narrative and objectified narrative, as well as the way the actors perform.

Throne of Blood quotes

  • Lady Asaji Washizu: I did not stain my hands with blood to forward Yoshiteru, Miki's son.

  • Old Samurai Entertainer: [singing] All of you wicked, listen while I tell of a man, vain, Guileful, vile, Who through ambitious, insolent, Could not escape his punishment.

    Taketori Washizu: Stop the dance!