Dance of Death

Karley 2022-04-20 09:01:40

Unlike "Husband Has Depression", this is another version of depression. It was so heavy that it couldn't be cute and healed, and it was like a black hole that devoured everything in the end.


The "melancholy star" in the film is depression itself, and some people say that Justin called it.
(I'm afraid that the film's symbolism, which is both real and virtual, has also caused me and many people to understand obstacles...)


Justin's various moods in the first half are the manifestation of depression. She has worked hard but can't overcome it, and can only let depression drag her into the abyss, hurting all those who care about her and love her. (Pity her fiancé Mike, what a handsome guy) It's a pity that people who don't have depression can't understand it, and it's hard to really understand it.


When she couldn't step into the bathtub anyway, the heroine was completely crushed by depression. And that profound powerlessness I felt for a moment.


When the depression continued to worsen, from the time she moved to her sister's house, she was like an asteroid approaching the earth, dancing a quiet and beautiful dance of death, dragging her sister Claire's family to destruction.


From the reaction, it can be seen that the brother-in-law is the most unbearable of all this. At the same time, he is optimistic that Melancholy is "impossible" to crash the Earth. And when he realized he was wrong, he suddenly collapsed. Sister Claire endured everything in forbearance, but she couldn't escape.


In contrast, Justin finds relief in the face of destruction. Finally, she was no longer the only one who had to face great fear and pain.


In the face of depression, reason, affection, love, everything is as self-deceiving and vulnerable as the "tree hole" that Justin put up at the end.


Just write it out and organize your thoughts. so. The scene where Justin was naked under the Melancholy star was beautiful.

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Extended Reading
  • Dedrick 2022-03-21 09:01:49

    [B-] The first eight minutes of high-speed footage cut through the stream of consciousness, compassionate and solemn. The chapter-based story that is then introduced is the continuous description and structure of the stream of consciousness itself in the visual narrative. The personal images shown by the two types of melancholic patients in the two chapters are completely different from their own changes. This contrast is used to express Von Trier's resentment, pity and indifference towards the human world. No matter whether this world and the life it contains have value or not, one thing is certain is that in the face of destruction, there is no heaven or hell, and everything will be turned into nothingness.

  • Thea 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    I don't understand this

Melancholia quotes

  • Justine: I smile, and I smile, and I smile.

  • Justine: But I tried, Claire.

    Claire: You did. I know you did.