Just like the superstitious "first seven" argument, movies will come back to life.
Zombie movies in Hong Kong were popular in the last century. Different from foreign movies that also borrowed the theme of "dead immortality", Hong Kong's zombie movies combine the horror of immortality with folk superstitions such as traditional Taoism. On the one hand, it improves the logic of zombie movies. , and also expanded the style of this type of film, so that it is not only limited to the exciting point of "horror", but also has mysterious and magical highlights such as Taoism, fairy magic, and exorcism. Although the sense of terror is weakened, it is much more endearing. Then came zombie comedy. However, if there is a climax, there will be a decline. In the past ten years, there have been few excellent works with zombies as the theme. It is not only affected by the death of Mr. Lin Zhengying, the subject matter has been fully explored, and the latecomers lack innovation and cannot develop new points of view, which is the main reason for the decline. This can also be said to be the "death" of zombie movies. But Director Mai insisted on making this subject "dead but not stiff"! In terms of shooting techniques, atmosphere rendering, and various bridges, various elements are integrated and innovative, as if the series of movies have not died, but have "revived"!
Most people watch movies just for fun: for excitement, emotion, inspiration, or pity. Otherwise, study all aspects of it. Although a thousand people have a thousand Shakespeare in their hearts, it is difficult to resonate with this film if they have not experienced "loneliness". "I left the housing estate at the age of thirteen, and I became a leading actor for the first time at the age of sixteen. I have accomplished many things. Today, I can only say that it was all for the sake of living, but I never imagined that I would come back after half a hundred years. Many People say that the movie world is absurd, and it turns out that life is even more absurd than movies.” The few words in the title not only lead to the plot, but also have a profound echo with the theme. Throughout the whole film, it is similar to the sadness, which will be described in detail below.
Let's talk about the hero first. With the help of Mr. Qian Xiaohao's acting career, the film combines several plots to show the audience such a scene: the once popular star has passed away and has not had a chance to turn around. That kind of loss day after day, year after year Until the numbness, coupled with the breakdown of the family, separation of relatives and friends, once the loneliness of life exceeds a degree, it will turn into a feeling that life is not as good as death. Only by ending life can you be complete. How sad is this situation?
Say buddy again. As a Taoist priest, there are no demons to get rid of, no demons to surrender, so he can only change his career to start a small business in catering, and occasionally go overboard, eat, eat and chat with ghost friends "on New Year's Day". Judging from the fact that he fried glutinous rice for Sister Li, who had just died, he had a kind heart, but why did he leave the twin evil spirits alone and condone the roaming of the unborn ghosts? It turned out to be "there is no place for one's ability, even if there is righteousness, it is in vain", a sentence "not born at the right time". The days when there are no zombies to catch have evolved for a long time, and the mentality of living with it has evolved. Isn't it sad?
Then there's Aunt May. Aunt Mei's feelings for Uncle Dong are so deep that she can't bear the reality that Uncle Dong died in vain. After her mental breakdown, she became superstitious and believed in the evil way of A Jiu. On the surface, her purpose was to revive her deceased husband, but in the end she was helping A Jiu refine the corpse. Aunt Mei was originally kind-hearted, but in the end it developed into the cruelty of killing Uncle Yan and even sending young children into the corpse. Can this still be considered "alive"? Aunt Mei is considered "dead" since Uncle Dong died, and she is "dead but not stiff"!
There is also Ah Feng, who is mentally ill, has no family to return to, is helpless, can't take care of herself, and almost can't take care of her children. The situation is really miserable and emotional. This state of hers is also a kind of sadness by normal standards.
As for the demon Dao Ajiu, who wears a sanctimonious skin and does evil things, the whole plot of the film is basically because of his purpose-refining the corpse to prolong his life. Before he finally died, he said that "two years have passed since the deadline", which can also be said to be a metaphor for him as a dead person.
The encounters of the above-mentioned characters, combined with the genre of the film itself, it is not difficult to see that this "Zombie", from the title to the characters, and even the "existence" of the film, all echo the "Zombie: Dead without Death" Stiff" theme!
To be able to photograph a class of second-rate themes that have already declined to this level is an improvement in realm for Mr. Mai himself, and even for Mr. Shimizu Tsong! It is invaluable!
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