Condensed version of the absurd

Josefina 2022-12-07 18:51:54

Even at the age when marriage can be discussed, the eldest daughter in the movie cannot speak proficient vulgarity. "Mom, what is a bitch?" she asked as she sat at the dining table, not offended. The mother glanced at his father, the color changed a lot, and calmly replied: "'Batch' is a big lamp. Example: The room is dark when the bastard is turned off." Then the son and the eldest daughter slowly raised their heads together, as if unbelievable.

But they did not question. Although I was stunned by this absurd dialogue outside the screen, it all happened naturally in the movie. The father took a woman to his son’s room, then hid the door and left. They took off their clothes and made love expressionlessly; the eldest daughter willingly licked the prostitute’s lower body in order to get a headband; and the children in order to resist the cat’s invasion Lie down on the ground with my mother and bark... Trivial scenes, almost long camera pauses, Kafka-style monotonous horror-I think maybe one day my son will ask: "Mom, what is a dick?" The mother is busy. As he prepared fresh juice, he told him numbly: "The dick is a kind of soft paper. Example: A highway is blowing, and the cock is flying all over the sky." The highway-that is a strong wind.

"Mom", what an intimate and even childish title, just like it came from a child. Have these three children grown up? Benjamin Franklin said: "We were all ignorant when we were born, but it takes great effort to maintain this stupidity." We see the father in the movie make great efforts because the prostitute gave the eldest daughter two As punishment, he took up the video tape projector awe-inspiringly, smashed the prostitute to the ground, and yelled: "I wish your children all grow into black skins and become bad ones!" As a dedication to his father In return, the children retain their original instincts, and they don’t know what sex is, eating, shit, sex, and playing games, these are all the content of life. Although, this is often bad. For example, they did not learn language violence, and when they encountered a little trouble, they directly used a bloodier and more violent method-slashing.

But all this absurdity does not seem to come from the crazy imagination of a screenwriter or a director. Do these ridiculous things really only happen in fictional works? I think it's not true. What are human rights? Some people will rough their necks and say: "Human rights are a guise for the evil American emperor to harm the vast number of Asian, African and Latin American countries." You may think this movie is absurdly inexplicable, and although real life is fucking, the rising and falling of the moon are always regular. Shouldn't give ridiculous hats. Some people even quote Hegel: "Why, you are yelling all day long, it is reasonable to exist!" Although it is a pity that the person who said this kind of thing never really understood the meaning of this famous saying. In my humble opinion, the House of Canine Tooth is a mini-version of a totalitarian state. Although the sparrow is small and has five internal organs, it already contains all the absurd factors in reality. When we hold up a magnifying glass to observe the daily life of the Canine Tooth House, all viewers collapse because of the obvious and concrete absurdity, but when these absurdities are diffused in the air we breathe, we can't always stay ignorant of Xi Yan. It is to stay alert.

Repressive rule, the isolation and simplification of information, brainwashing, and wishful thinking protection... Well, I can’t bear to point out the relationship between these words and a huge collective, and it’s not convenient to reveal the role of a certain organization and the father in the film. connect. The reason is to paraphrase what the elder daughter said: "My head is to be used elsewhere, not as a sandbag for people... My head does not look like a sandbag."

When I mentioned this movie to others, "Heavy The three words "flavor" always squeeze into my mind first. I know that after living in this harmonious land for so many years, I am vaguely afraid of cats, and I am used to subconsciously treating them as human-eating scourges.

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Dogtooth quotes

  • Older Daughter: Do that again, bitch, and I'll rip your guts out. I swear on my daughter's life you and your clan won't last long in this neighborhood

  • Father: Do you want to hear your grandfather sing?

    ["translating" Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon to his children]

    Father: Dad loves us. Mom loves us. Do we love them? Yes, we do. I love my brothers and sisters because they love me as well. The spring is flooding my house, the spring is flooding my little heart. My parents are proud of me because I'm doing just fine. I'm doing just fine but I will always try harder. My house, you are beautiful and I love you and I will never ever leave you.