"Only God Forgives" has the shadow of Zodulowski in the aesthetics of violence, including the performance of the Oedipus complex. But tribute is by no means a copy. Nicholas's strong personal style has formed his unique movie vocabulary. In the film, the movement of the characters and the camera is deliberately slow, and the panning and symmetrical images are used extensively. The lines are often muted. All these static and regularity have accumulated power for the impact of violence. The music and sound effects are particularly awesome. Nicholas can create a strong sense of oppression only with sound, light and shadow, which makes the plot dispensable. Like all classic cult movies, after watching the movie, you forget the story, the characters, and the impressive classic pictures and fragments
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A major feature of the film is the extremely stylized audio-visual language. The film is full of stressful and oppressive music, and you can feel violence just by listening to it. The tone has always been dark, and the layout of monochromatic light is often used to set off the gloomy atmosphere. The movement of the camera is extremely slow, constantly pushing people closer, creating a sense of tension. Although these elements are used by the director handily, they still cannot conceal the weakness of the plot logic
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