First of all, disaster scenes in disaster movies are one of the commercial elements in this type of movie. But if it is said that the scene of disaster, the disaster of blindness, it is precisely the loss of this possibility of congenital deficiency.
Secondly, in disaster movies, the filmmakers never let go of the opportunity to create heroes in disaster movies. Therefore, the plot often ends with the hero leading everyone out of danger, and the hero is often a white male. It is also a test of human nature. Sensationalism is an inevitable ability of disaster films. However, in the film, the protagonist is a woman, a wife, and is not portrayed as a hero. As the only visible person, she has to take responsibility. Many blind humans lose their dignity and conscience. , She became a witness of suffering, a sober perception of suffering that was more painful than a numb victim. However, the work chooses a woman, a kind of instinctive kindness and warmth of motherhood, which meets certain expectations of human beings in despair. In a cold and dark environment, women are a kind of warmth, and this kind of warmth is a kind of strength. She is not a hero, more often like a kind of compassionate saint.
Third, in general disaster movies, a logical reason is always found for the arrival of disasters, which is the key to finally overcoming disasters. In this film, the disaster goes as silent and strange as it comes. There are many criticisms of this as a funnel of plot. I don’t think so. Maybe this is exactly what the author intended. The disaster that fell out of thin air is even more chilling. The disaster itself is actually optional, because what we see in the disaster is only the humanity hidden in our daily lives. , This hypothetical disaster only allows us to see the other side of our possibility in astonishment. Reasonable disasters are solvable disasters, and such unprovoked disasters are more like apocalypse.
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1. At the beginning, the Japanese man was blind when driving at Lions Crossing, the sense of confusion in traffic, and the busy surroundings, and the concern of a few people.
The thief took advantage of the void and entered. Just an introduction. (The film pays more attention to the internationality of human society than the original. This fable applies to the entire human society, regardless of region, race or era)
2. The white picture that imitates the feeling of blindness is like a ghost (with an ethereal sound), spreading The whole video. Many transitions also use this white screen.
3. From the first blind Japanese man as the source of transmission, he infected many people who had been in contact, such as hospitals and thieves. (The transmission channel is terrible) A series of characters also appeared.
Development-the climax is in the isolation ward.
4. The government's measure is isolation, but people after isolation cannot get any help and can only help themselves. They are like a group of people who have been abandoned and sacrificed. They were detained and monitored, without any channels to communicate with the outside world, and without enough food and daily necessities.
5. In the initial stage of the isolation ward, under the care and leadership of the doctor and wife, although life is simple, it is still orderly, and they treat each other kindly. The music played by the old man’s radio can still be seen, and civilization still exists in the human group.
6. As more and more people were sent to the isolation ward, the situation inside quietly changed. A fair and democratic environment is provoked (the rationality represented by doctors), powerful elements come forward, and some are for personal gain regardless of the interests of others. When the material is more scarce, human civilization disappears. Whoever possesses food and weapons is the strong, and whoever has the right to speak, while others can only obey. Even trade with body and dignity. The same is true between different levels and classes of human beings in reality. The poor dignity of the weak is only premised on the satisfaction of their basic needs.
7. Of course, at the same time when the evil of human nature is exposed and manifested, the goodness and conscience of human nature are also presented. Good and evil are mutual. This is the author's certain confidence and hope in mankind to appease the fragile civilization of mankind.
8. In one of the episodes, the lost doctor had sex with a prostitute, and the wife saw this scene. From the perspective of the characters, it should be very playful. The doctor, as the husband, was blind, after his leadership was dispelled, and the wife There is less and less sense of existence in front of me. Between the prostitute and him, it is understandable to vent and comfort. And the visible wife did not condemn it, the visible pain was deeper than the invisible perception. From this point of view, the image of this wife is no longer the image of an ordinary wife, but an image of a saint who is detached from his own standpoint. And this detachment comes from more painful perceptions.
9. When women are used to exchange food, the conscience of the powerful is wiped out, the dignity of women and husbands are trampled on, and people become animals standing in front of food. Someone faced it with a begging for death, and was eventually beaten to death. Eight women in Ward 1 scrubbed the body of the deceased, so that the deceased could rest in dignity.
10. The film has a strong sense of rhythm, warm and dark, nervous and soothing, and the picture is bright and dark, and some comedy factors are also used to adjust emotions. However, the rhythm of the characters' emotions has always maintained a forbearance. As a climax (assassination), the catharsis of emotions has to be quickly hidden. Perhaps this cold, gloomy and desperate environment can only be so numb.
11. At the end of the end, when the Japanese man regained his vision, he hinted that the blind flu was about to disappear, while the previously visible heroine flashed white in front of her, implying that she was going blind. For humans, they are eager to see, but for the heroine who has witnessed this disaster, she is willing to become blind. Perhaps seeing is a kind of true blindness, not seeing the ugliness of oneself.
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