inflatable doll diplomacy

Pasquale 2022-04-23 07:01:51

During the horror movie boom, I remember watching a movie that was also related to Real Girl. It was about a beautiful woman who broke up with her boyfriend, and her boyfriend killed her in a fit of rage and melted her into a very delicate humanoid model. Resentment, this model kept seducing new male owners, causing these men to die tragically because of this and that. Beginning with horror master Tod Browning in the 1930s, "human figures" have often been given an imagination that seems to be diametrically opposed to their function and image - they have souls, or they have sealed up an unbearable history, when the dead of night is silent. , they will wake up... Japan has "Hanako" ("Ghost Doll Hanako", 1995), and America has "Rocky".

If you really watch these crazy movies so much that you feel your hair stand on end when you see the "human shape", then you'd better watch "Love of Inflatable Dolls", except that it is a very poetic and quiet warm film. In addition, it will also allow you to eliminate prejudice against "human figures" and regenerate a little romance!

The movie tells the story of a big otaku named Lars who is known to be socially phobic. One day, he ordered an inflatable doll named Bianca from the adult toy online. He respected and loved it like a real person, and grandly introduced it to his brother and sister-in-law's neighbors. At first everyone treated him as a patient, cautiously, and pretended to communicate and interact with Bianca. Who would have thought that over time, the people of the town began to accept this inflatable doll in a "human" way, and she was everywhere in social welfare. Subsequently, people's life mentality began to change, including Lars, of course he couldn't fall in love with an inflatable doll all his life...

From beginning to end, Bianca did not transform into a human form, did not speak, and let the actors play against an inflatable doll from beginning to end, which is quite rare in American movies. According to imdb, Bianca was treated as a "superman" on the set. In order to cultivate the emotions of the actors, especially the leading actors, Bianca has a personal dressing room, and only "appears" on the set when it is officially filmed. I'm afraid even Nichole Kidman Not as good as her "big style". The most surprising detail is that the producer claims that, in line with the development of the plot, Bianca, the makeup of this inflatable doll is also different, the first appearance is gorgeous, and the solemnity in the church has been specially polished. , But when he was dying, it was easy to find that his face was pale, and his dark circles were especially deepened to highlight his state of health at that time, which was really ingenious!

Yesterday, I saw a post on Tianya. A good person posted a link to Taobao and said, "Let's see all kinds of inflatable dolls!" To be honest, the level of Chinese people's manufacturing is really uncomplimentable, except for the function, There is not much left, look at the workmanship of Bianca! Before watching "Love of Inflatable Dolls", I really didn't know that inflatable dolls can still be so beautiful, which thoroughly explains what "heavy makeup and light makeup are always suitable", I think, it is also because of the simulated proportion of this doll and its beauty Exquisite, the people of the small town can so gallop their imagination! All in all, Bianca is the most beautiful actor and the best prop in the whole film!

Come to think of it, everyone has more or less an imaginary friend, and Bianca's shocking effect is just because she is an adult toy. She is a code name in the fantasy formula, if you change it to another image, maybe you will realize it. Bianca could be Ben's kindergarten buddy in "Growing Pains", or Nash's nonexistent roommate Charles in "A Beautiful Mind", or what all pet lovers call "son" and "baby" all day long Pets... Humans naturally like to give thought to some other species or object. When imagining an image, he is undoubtedly separating his own personality, or the personality he yearns for. This is the case with Lars. He is withdrawn and shy, but the inflatable doll is very cheerful and enthusiastic. His life is two points and one line, and the inflatable doll His life is colorful, he is afraid of physical contact, but inflatable dolls are always eager to hug... So, Bianca is an outlet for Lars, leading him to contact the outside world like a psychic, so in the end, he integrates into life in Lars , Bianca was "sentenced to death" by him, poor inflatable doll! We are used to "pet diplomacy", why not? 1950's "Harvey" starring James Stewart also has the same purpose. Through the illusory six-foot-tall rabbit Harvey, the people in the town gradually opened their hearts. It's just that "Charge" insists on fantasy, and "Harvey" wants to turn fantasy into reality, but through superb interpretation, I always feel that Bianca is also a living creature with a haunting soul...

Have you seen "Six Feet Under"? Yes, the script of "Love of Inflatable Dolls" is the original author of "Six" Nancy Oliver! Since corpses can be "YY", what's wrong with inflatable dolls? !

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Lars and the Real Girl quotes

  • Lars Lindstrom: I was talking to Bianca, and she was saying that in her culture they have these rites of passages and rituals and cermonies, and, just all kinds of things that, when you do them, go through them, let you know that you're an adult? Doesn't that sound great?

    Gus: It does.

    Lars Lindstrom: How'd you know?

    Gus: How'd I know what?

    Lars Lindstrom: That you were a man

    Gus: Ahhh. I couldn't tell ya.

    Lars Lindstrom: Was it... okay, was it sex?

    Gus: Um. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's uh, yeah, yeah it's kind of - it's uh - no. Well, it's kind of sex but it's not uh, you know? I don't know. I don't know. It's - uh - good question, good question.

    Lars Lindstrom: Yeah, but I have to know

    Gus: [dryer buzzes] Hold that thought.

    Gus: [in basement] You know, you should ask Dagmar

    Lars Lindstrom: I did ask Dagmar. And she said that I should ask you.

    Gus: Okay, you know I can only give you my opinion.

    Lars Lindstrom: That's what we want

    Gus: Well, it's not like you're one thing or the other, okay? There's still a kid inside but you grow up when you decide to do right, okay, and not what's right for you, what's right for everybody, even when it hurts.

    Lars Lindstrom: Okay, like what?

    Gus: Like, you know, like, you don't jerk people around, you know, and you don't cheat on your woman, and you take care of your family, you know, and you admit when you're wrong, or you try to, anyways. That's all I can think of, you know - it sound like it's easy and for some reason it's not.

  • Reverend Bock: Lars asked us not to wear black today. He did so to remind us that this is no ordinary funeral. We are here to celebrate Bianca's extraordinary life. From her wheelchair, Bianca reached out and touched us all, in ways we could never have imagined. She was a teacher. She was a lesson in courage. And Bianca loved us all. Especially Lars. Especially him.