Suspense thrillers generally have a secret, just like the hero in "Closed Island" is a patient, and the heroine in "Muholland Road" is dreaming, revealing the final mystery, and you will suddenly understand the previous plot. But the superb thing about this film is that it has many mysteries in the end, and these mysteries together explain the whole process and reasons of the strange process. The connection is reasonable and harmonious, slowly deepening, but not clichéd.
There are four final mysteries in the film
1. Xiulian is dead
2. The stepmother in the house has always been Xiuwei who pretended to have split personality
3. Xiulian died in the closet, and the stepmother did not save her
4. Xiuwei once had a chance to save the dying Xiulian, but she did not, which became the
beginning of the shadow and trauma that will never go away in her heart . Dad asked "Are you still in the car?" This is obviously a directional address. Xiulian is just a character resembling Xiuwei, but Xiuwei does not actually exist.
The shots of the two girls by the water echo the wounds on Xiulian's hands found later in the article.
Among them, the film mentioned a total of two "mental illnesses", one was when the stepmother told Xiulian, and the other was to give her stepmother medicine. All this shows that Xiuwei's extreme rejection of her illness is determined by Xiuwei's conceit. She is confident that she is brave and that she can resist her father's desire to find a new stepmother. She is confident that she She could protect her sister, but the reality gave her a merciless blow, so that her psychology appeared to be cracked and went to extremes.
Dinner with "Uncle": The stepmother at this time is Xiuwei herself, so the people at the table are so embarrassed. As for the person under the table, Xiuwei’s memories of her sister should be on the one hand, and at the same time, that person’s The horror image is also a true portrayal of her inner distortion.
Finally, who did the stepmother see in the closet?
It should be Xiulian who turned into a ghost after she died. Because the stepmother was able to save her at first, but not. Xiulian just regretted that her sister didn't save her, but she couldn't produce half resentment towards her sister Xiuwei in her heart, so she was extremely resentful and did not save her stepmother. So it turned into a ghost to kill him. After the stepmother entered the house, the temperature of the room suddenly became cold, and it can be seen that there must be supernatural substances interfering. And although the film is reasonable in the end, the whole story does not deny the existence of ghosts. Xiuwei suddenly yelled "Xiulian" in the hospital for a lifetime. She might not have imagined it. The side confirmed the existence of Xiulian's ghost.
After finally knowing the truth, the latter is not difficult to understand. The atmosphere of the whole film is gloomy and weird. Although it is still inevitable in terms of horror and ghosts, which makes people see through at a glance, it has always been around what happened that year. The gradual unfolding of the mystery can be said to be the top work in plot design and arrangement. It's not like the "Black Swan" where the heroine kills the competitor and finds the broken glass in her belly that makes people feel dizzy. Although the heroine is gradually approaching perfection, she is lost in perfection. "Rose and Red Lotus" is a gradual process of cognition and awakening. Although the final plot still has a suspenseful color, it is a matter of course. Including the death of her stepmother, including Xiuwei finally swallowing the psychotropic drug, it makes people think that the plot of the movie should be designed in this way, perfect!
In addition, the background music at the beginning of the film really made the audience a little depressed. It can be said to be unsettling. It does not reflect the purity and beauty of the two sisters, so that the images of Xiulian and stepmother appear more real. It completely sets off the weird and terrifying atmosphere, which is a bit nondescript. But in the end, the background music that revealed the story of the year I found it to be impeccable and perfect, and the feeling of sadness, helplessness, choice, and confusion was just right. The familiar scenes, the slightly sentimental music, the right rhythm of the story, and the dark and depressing colors, can be said to be the perfect ending.
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