The whole film does not have too many lines, the tone is cold, the plot is strange and vague, the expressions of the characters in the film are basically zero, there is not much emotional expression in the dialogue with each other, and the way of doing things is also very different from our daily life. It seems that we are presented to a place that is isolated from the world. People live in dilapidated wooden houses, chopping wood to make fires for warmth, hunting, slaughtering a deer under the beams of the house, and waiting for a long, long time in the woods with shotguns. They brought back a few squirrels, and then the siblings pulled one end each other and peeled off the squirrels with all their strength. Children's entertainment is to jump around on the trampoline outside the house, or skateboard by themselves, or ride a wooden pony, or sit on a chair with a big dog's face against its head.
From the very beginning, the movie did not have any foreshadowing or explanation of the story, but just unfolded the daily life in front of the audience, so that you can guess what happened to the family, what kind of person Ree's father is, Ree What kind of history does the family have with the people around them, and what will their future life be like. Ree is different from any girl we usually see. Sometimes I can't help but wonder, what kind of environment made her grow like that, every move is like a tough guy, there is no warm expression to anyone, her face Her lines are so rigid, she rarely speaks, even if she does, she doesn't speak a lot, her tone is very aggressive and tough, if she didn't speak it herself, the audience would never have imagined that she was only 17 years old. The neighbors brought the food they needed to Ree's house, and offered to let her use her own sawing machine. She did not show a grateful expression, but said: Thank you, we can use these (food), I will use it (saw wood machine). In that environment, drug production and drug use seemed to be a part of daily life. When Ree said "My father is a good drug maker, he can't go wrong", the audience's instinctive shocked emotional reaction seemed out of place. The viciousness of the string of words used by the police officer who came to his father to describe his deceased father cast doubt on whether she had feelings for her father. But when the film ends, everything has an answer. Because the answer is in every detail of these 100 minutes, in the few dialogues, in the tone and eyes of the characters.
Digging into the traditional or cultural foundation of the region where the story takes place, the extended feminist research, and the social issues such as drug production and trafficking in the film can lead to many directions and many results. But I just want to emphasize the emotional impact of the film itself: the sense of despair brought by the heroine's encounter with the wall in the film, the sense of horror brought by the ruthless behavior of the mountain residents in the film, struggling in a life like stagnant water The warmth of a little bit of friendship that remains. The film is interspersed with some lonely mountain shots, some clips of cattle and sheep, and the right music, pushing the suffocating atmosphere to the apex. The film unknowingly pulls you in and puts you in a cruel environment, but there is no one to rely on, everything has to be on you, and you have to take care of others, and a piercing chill permeates the whole body. In the end, Ree finally grabbed the hands of his father's corpse in the icy lake water, but he could only saw off his hands and take them away. That heart-piercing feeling must have grabbed everyone in front of the screen.
Exploring the warmth in the whole film, there are still some, the selfless help of the neighbors, Ree's uncle took her to find the whereabouts of Ree's father, the glass of water handed to Ree by the wife of the drug gang boss, and finally took her to find the whereabouts of Ree's father. Ree's father's body and help her saw off his hands. It's like looking for a breath of air in an airtight iron barrel, and finding limited relief in infinite cruelty. Seek a little warmth and hope on people's expressionless faces. In the end there is no family, there is no friendship? I think the answer is yes.
The film manages to let that cruel cruel chill and a little warmth touch you through the bones, make you struggle, and make you tremble.
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