The movie begins in a pale face, a monologue and showing off the rapid retreat of the road, as well as the misty jungle, and the rotating spiral staircase. Three fun and mellow roommates sit on the green sofa and the red back cushion opposite. Nearly I am ridiculing those who come to rent a house, and it is not important at all what these people are or which type they represent. When I watched this passage, I only thought that it was just a show of the director’s alternative style, but as the plot continued to advance, I realized that there was actually a deeper meaning and a broader symbolism buried in it.
So when that Hugo appeared, the black thriller elements began to pave the way for the casual beauty of friendship, like the electronic contacts of music, the red door, the red phone, the red bed sheet, the coexistence of desire and fear, and The conversion of humanity between good and evil, darkness and light is only a moment. Before we can distinguish in detail, this misfortune and blessing are already attracting each other, and the decision maker is ourselves.
In that piece of red, we are always conveying to us the desire to be confident and able to control the male Juliet, and Alex, who hates children, is a real witty and unwilling to take responsibility. His inner sensibility is as ignorant as a child. And that David, who is engaged in the work of recording, represents the inner depressor who has super-high logical thinking and lacks correct emotion expression under the scientific civilization assembly line. The three people are a perfect combination in the light, but this is not It represents the inseparable evil in human nature, and this evil will only be sealed deep in the heart without the guidance of specific events, just like this rotating spiral staircase.
However, this balance or darkness has become light. In Alex's almost ignorant persuasion, the sensible David and the sexy Juliet are easily persuaded, but what follows is darkness. The development of the story is promoted in the main and auxiliary lines. In order to keep the box of money, the three must dispose of Hugo’s body, while the other man is looking for Hugo. The setting of this plot reminds me of Iwai Shunji’s "Swallowtail" "Butterfly", misty jungle, panic and anti-self pain.
Unfortunately, like "Swallowtail Butterfly", the happiness brought by money is always short-lived. In the money and Juliet and Alex’s stray happiness, he always thinks that he is a David who is forced to commit a crime, and he takes his own unbearable pain It was pushed to a friend, so doubt, distrust, and his own desires, like giving up the darkness of light, reunited the whole earth and the subtleties of the soul into disaster. David became a real murderer. The room came to the dark attic, Juliet continued to use her identity as a woman to walk around the two men, and that absurd and meaningless Alex finally gave it a go for Juliet, but human nature is not so simple.
When the green sofa reappeared, the people sitting there were no longer the ones who came to rent the house, but represented the three people on trial. Of course, the judge was the police. Although the symbolism is so obvious, its appearance here is not just a form. From a psychological point of view, it is actually the three people's face to their inner desires and exposure, without repentance or repentance. Naturally, the ending was unexpected but also unexpected. In the end, Alex’s smile made a meaningful aftertaste. At that time, I thought that Juliet might love Alex. Under the flashlight that came to take pictures, I don't know whether it was a corpse with a lost soul or the child successfully concealed the parents' pride. However, when Juliet made that tragic scream, we could see the depths of sin and the complete loss of self-goodness.
Someone may ask, then what else can we believe. In fact, we can believe a lot. The least we can believe is that darkness is darkness, and light is light. We bathed in the sun cannot deliver our soul to darkness. This way We can have a "Happy Heart".
2010-6-21
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