Because I watched "Desperate Driving", I enthusiastically fell in love with nicotine and the high commander under his control, the kind of cool, quiet, cold, stuffy, and full of black atmosphere and sub-cultural complex pretense. It really made me fascinated. Therefore, I have been paying close attention since the establishment of "Only God Can Forgive". I have not let go of every studio photo, every poster, and every trailer. This year’s Cannes, among the many participating films, is the most personal. Note that this film and hard work such as "Only Lovers Live Forever", "Drunk Country Folk Songs" and "Venus in Fur" have to stand aside first. As soon as the resources came out, all the versions were collected madly, including the original French release and the rough translation Chinese version. The film did not disappoint me in the end, and I found that nicotine has made cool progress.
"Desperate Driving" is a work taken by nicotine in a passive state. After all, it was directed by the protagonist Gao Commander appointed nicotine, so although nicotine gave this story the most gorgeous and melancholic charm, it is not its own script. "Only God Can Forgive" is a standard author movie, which is essentially nicotine. The core of the film’s story is very simple. In Bangkok, Thailand, a thug with a strong tendency to violence and sexual abuse, Billy, was secretly slaughtered by a ghostly underground policeman because he raped and killed a prostitute. Billy’s younger brother Julian Also in Bangkok, Julian, who lived by black fists and drug trafficking, and who had been at odds with his elder brother since childhood, did not investigate the matter deeply, but was full of sickly love for the eldest son. At the same time, the mother of the gangster elder sister made a special trip to Bangkok and ordered Julian. To avenge his elder brother, Julian, who has a serious Oedipus plot, had to go into battle and start a chaotic fantasy battle with the underground police. The story of the movie can be told in half an hour, similar to "Desperate Driving", but it is better than its unique weird style. The lines of the whole film are extremely scarce. I watched the Chinese version after watching the original version and found that the understanding of the film can still be formed without the assistance of lines. "Only God Can Forgive" achieves a purely cinematic narrative. The film focuses on the slow movement of the characters and the close-ups of the cold expressions. The nicotine can't be seen in the whole film, and the whole film is shot with upgrades. A large amount of slow motion makes the brutal and bloody form of violence like piercing eyes and ears. The shots are more impactful, just like the patient display of how brains burst from the explosive head of the "big breasted girl" in "Death Driving", the violent scenes in "Only God Can Forgive" also make People can't bear to look directly. Nicotine compares his movie to a sex scene, and violence is another orgasm. Blood has become the primary way for nicotine movies to sublimate emotions. But the point of view of the film is not limited to violence. It has played many tricks in narrative methods. In fact, the film’s narrative has two lines. One is the real world Julian’s negative and self-salvation road to revenge, and the other. It is Julian’s inner self-struggle. On this line of showing the inner drama, Nicotine photographed the taste of David Lynch, the pathological symbolic things, the evil and blurred light colors, the nightmare-like spatial layout, and the snake movement. The roll of the camera resembles that of "The Lost Highway" and even "Inland Empire". When the underground police appeared, they were often lit in green or blue, suggesting the calmness and calmness of the character. When Julian and his mother and others appeared, the lights turned into a terrifying blood red, a metaphor for their mania and anxiety. At the beginning of the movie, through the appearance of the characters, Nicotine has already told
Since all the actors, whether it is Commander High, Thomas or the Thai uncle, appear coldly from beginning to end for the style of the whole film, so the construction of the role is all based on the behavior of the characters. Julian Oedipus, while mother Christo was cold and even hated herself, preferring his eldest son Billy. From the conversation between Christo and Chen before his death at the end, we can even conclude that Christo and Billy are not in harmony. Relationship, which stimulated Julian’s desire even more, so he honestly took on the task of avenging Billy, and in the second half of revenge failed and was beaten into a pig by Chen, he still protected Christo, who had no feelings for him. . And Christo also took advantage of Julian’s feelings for himself. When the femme fatale asked Julian to kill Chen’s little daughter, Julian finally awakened, saved Chen’s daughter, and was killed by Chen. Before the corpse of his mother, he used a knife to cut a hole in the belly of the corpse and inserted his arm in to flush out the last trace of desire for the mother in his heart. The movie's name is "Only God Can Forgive", and the god in it should be the underground policeman Chen. Maybe Chen is indeed a god-like existence. He can always magically drew out the short knife that symbolizes the trial and execution from behind. Every time after punishing a villain, he must sing a song of karaoke affectionately to appease the souls of the dead victims. Chen's nature is kind, but his methods of dealing with crimes are too cruel. He has retired and still follows a few policemen by his side. Regarding him as a leader, working with him to control violence, surpassing the judicial system, and allowing the system to trust and imitate himself, Chen has indeed achieved the realm of gods. What excites me the most in the movie is the fight between Chen and Julian. Julian just wants to prove to his mother how loyal he is. Chen knocked down and defeated to end his inner struggle, and Chen also chose to perfect Julian, and at the end of the movie, he satisfied Julian's desire to purify his soul by accepting punishment, and cut off Julian's arm. Each character in "Only God Can Forgive" has acquired sufficient personality and depth due to their actions and interactions with each other.
After writing so much, let’s stop here. I heard that Nicotine’s next work will be a hardcore porn. I don’t know if it can be installed. At least the current "God Can Forgiveness" is enough and qualified. Come to install.
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