you were never here
Answer the following questions from fans 1 How to interpret the title of the movie? What is the metaphor at the end? What is the relationship between the little loli and the male protagonist's mother? 2 Analysis of the language of a large number of shots, the purpose of using a lot of close-ups and long shots. Why is the film presented in fragments? Is it incomprehensible to a director playing a stream of consciousness movie? 3 Are the governor and his subordinates killed by the little girl, why is the plot set up like this? What is the director trying to convey?
Cannes Film Festival ( 2017; 70th ) Awards: 2
Awards Palme d' Or - Best Screenplay Palme d' Or - Best Actor
Female; it's another best screenplay award. I'm so mad. The story is just three and a half sentences. The key is that I don't understand the movie. What the hell is this? In addition, it is said that this film has mixed reviews and different opinions, but I never expected that Cannes would still award him the grand prize... Haha, I can only explain to you this way: I really understand this kind of movie, and I am hooked . I don't understand, I'm confused, everyone is the same! Female: Is it because this movie is a stream of consciousness, so it has attracted a lot of attention? Hehe, if no one can understand your stream of consciousness, why don't you fool the ghost? So film awards have nothing to do with stream of consciousness, genre anti-genre, political correctness, feminism... fart ! Who are the judges at Cannes, old master drivers, do you play this trick with him? But as long as they think you are creative and can play the movie to a high level, the grand prize will be served immediately... Female: That's not difficult to say! I think the story is quite simple...
The story is really simple, the key depends on how you shoot! You think so, how many complicated stories can a soldier who has been traumatized, show his muscles and tenderness ... Female: I always feel that the director did not intend to tell the story well, and was completely indulged in his own world , stream of consciousness ... Do you think this kind of stream of consciousness is not difficult to understand, very obscure? Woman: Exactly! I just don't think anyone can explain it clearly... that means you still don't understand what film is and what art is! If you can't explain it clearly, people won't win ! Movies are never high and low, and the stream of consciousness is not that scary... Then you explain it to me, you explain all the problems to me, long takes, close-ups, language at the end of the film, and what other flashbacks are unrelated to the plot. ...you explain the reason to me, and I will obey you! Row! What do you ask, what do I answer... Female: Just talking about the plot, what kind of story is this? The story is simple! The congressman and the governor opened a brothel and exchanged little girls for hooliganism. The congressman was not the little girl's father. In the end, the little girl killed the governor and his subordinates... Female: Just remember these? At the story level, remembering this is enough!
Woman: Then how are you sure that the little girl killed the governor and some bodyguards? Pay attention to the picture, the male protagonist goes to the governor's house, and the body is already lying on the ground... Female: Will this have a clip effect? Montage ah , many viewers may think so, but the director is playing a game of eyesight test, let's see, first of all, the male protagonist is neatly dressed, there is no blood stains, the male protagonist makes one action, and the hammer is against the shoulder, pay attention, there is nothing on the hammer. The bloodstains showed that there was no fight at all... Then it became more obvious, there was a razor next to the bloody tableware of the little girl...
Woman: OK, then I will continue to ask questions! First of all, why does the director test the audience's eyesight, and second, it's just that a little girl kills the governor, but also kills so many bodyguards, is it reasonable? Maybe the bodyguard was poisoned by the little girl...? ! Woman: The key question now is, why does the director test the audience's eyesight, and why does the little girl kill so many people? , Also, why is the title of this film called "You were never here"? Okay, so I'll give a step-by-step analysis... We find a lot of close-ups in the film, right? I still remember the male protagonist appearing, wiping the blood from the hammer, tearing books, cleaning the sheets, public drinking fountains... and we found a few unrelated characters, watching the male protagonist... There are women at the station, passers-by, and children too Looking at the male lead, of course, the child was later discovered by the male lead and did not cooperate with his father... Female: Yes, it shows that the male lead is a very cautious person...
The question is, why are so many irrelevant people in the painting... There are also a lot of close-ups, long shots... We have to find the pattern to understand the director's thinking, isn't he a stream of consciousness, let's dig into her head and see Her stream of consciousness... Female: Then you say wipe, public drinking fountains have and metaphors? The male protagonist wipes many times, indicating that no traces will be left, including the public drinking fountain, a very typical metaphor, the water has no traces... Any close-up of wiping and deletion, such as: the male protagonist wipes the floor in the bathroom, tearing books ... etc. , are all analogous to the psychological trauma that the male protagonist suffered during his military service. At this time, the male protagonist most needs to delete these memory fragments and relieve the crisis in his heart ... Female: Oh, I see! It was so!
In addition, have you ever noticed a daily phenomenon, some people are often in a daze, staring at something , just like the camera, close-up: hammer, jelly beans, keychain, such as you find a woman on the street, staring stupidly You, don't know what she's thinking...? But it was because something deeply attracted her and made her distracted... This is actually a very common situation in dead life! Woman: Wow, yes, there is such a scene... but it has nothing to do with the plot at all, so what are you doing? In fact, it is closely related to the plot! We see that the male protagonist often loses his mind when talking with the contact person . When it comes to the case, he is highly focused, and despite eating jelly beans, he is not distracted at this time. And once the conversation turns to something unrelated to the missing girl, he asks: What are you talking about?
Mother kept cheese in the fridge for decades, sure it was something she remembered! And some rotten meat, the male protagonist throws them away, and deletes the ones that should be deleted... Note: The elements of these details are all analogous to memory fragments , these memory fragments will pull away from our thoughts and affect each of us. The spiritual world of , at light is distracted, at worst it is divided! Let's see again, some of the most important memory fragments of the male protagonist are stored in his mind like photos...
White headscarf on her face, suffocation, little feet on the battlefield , mother abused by her father when she was a child, chocolate, girls shot by guns... and I found that feet appeared many times , the feet of girls killed in the battlefield, and little loli nina The feet of the male protagonist's mother, which means that the feet have left a deep and indelible impression on the male protagonist, which makes him pay attention to the feet every time ... The close-up shots also appear on the feet many times, for example, the girl Nina Captured by the bad guys again, close -up of her feet in white stockings ...
Why prompt the meaning of memory fragments? Because these memory fragments are what caused the male protagonist. For example, a certain thing I found in my life may not be new to others, but for me, it is likely to trigger various thoughts, perhaps various good and bad memories. , even that is an indelible thing in my life, and then I will be in a daze, distracted... Female: Wow, the movie really is life, the director has been interpreting it with the camera...
The key now is how to remove some indelible marks, because those are the shackles that torture the male protagonist, make him depressed or even attempt suicide, and can't break free... Female: That's right! The male protagonist is a very emotional person. At a certain moment, when a certain point is triggered, he will be furious... I saw a long shot connecting the outer door of other people. Yes , you can kick with your feet but not with your hands, haha, very violent ... But this long shot is quite chewy! Yes, you see, when he is with his mother, the literacy game, he will have his own interpretation of those letters, LFK...that's a nursery rhyme sung with his mother, and he will smile when he thinks of the good memories of childhood ... And when he thinks of those memory fragments, feet, hammers... he will be in a state of suffocation, in extreme pain , with a towel covering his face ...
In addition, we saw some pictures and found that the male protagonist often acts according to his mood. He is very kind to all girls and takes pictures of them on the street. Because he once faced the misfortune of girls, he would sympathize with them, so he wanted to save them. But the scenes of many girls suffocating in the container are also the nightmares that haunt him for many years, the lingering fragments of memory ... So now I understand, why close-ups, long shots... These are all hints that someone is in a daze They paid close attention to them and caused their associations. Can you understand the mood of the male protagonist at this time? Woman: Finally got it! The director just hopes that the audience can understand these long shots like photos, and also the protagonist , because some pictures really dirty their eyes, the child sees the mother being raped by the family, and the father covering his face with a towel... a lifetime of trouble!
Yes, there is a plot where the male protagonist opens the door, and someone is suddenly headshot in front of him, with blood splattered on his face... If it were someone else , this would definitely be a picture that often pops up in their minds in the next life, and many people were stimulated by this. Many of the surviving soldiers were traumatized...
Then, let's think further along with the film: how to delete bad memories and save the soul of a good person! We see that the male protagonist is also quite old, but he lives with his mother. Obviously, he has a wounded heart . Although his shape is huge, his muscles have partially degenerated. Anyone who works out knows that the current muscles are by no means the strongest state they were in. We can feel his mental state is not good! Woman: Oh, I see! I think this must also be the body shape the director requested, because it can interpret the characters and themes well. Although the male protagonist is a little depressed, he is still fully capable of rescuing the girls. He strikes decisively and unexpectedly, and he is chivalrous and gentle, and he is the best partner with little loli Nina.
Woman: By the way, I found a few shots that may be related... First: Little Loli's golden hair dripping with water, close-up...
Second: The body of the male protagonist's mother sank to the bottom of the water, and the yellow hair is the same as that of the little loli, and it is a close-up...Third: In the water, the little loli and the mother appeared in the male's mind at the same time...The first Four: At the governor's house, when the male protagonist is holding a hammer and kneeling in front of the little loli, the little loli looks like an adult and says: Joe, it's alright... Female: This reminds me of the male protagonist's childhood, After her mother suffered from domestic violence, she was under the table and kept him from getting close... Well, what you found is accurate, then let's see, what kind of connection does the little loli have with her mother...
We found that the male protagonist's heart disease may only be cured by his mother. In fact, the male protagonist is in a state of a mother's treasure, or he may have an Oedipal complex. So think about it: When the male protagonist was a child, his mother suffered domestic violence, why didn't his mother let him come over? Female: Because the child is too young to take up such a thing! exactly! like soldiers in war, when they are traumatized,
When they need comfort and love the most, the first person they will think of, Mom!
I mentioned the nursery rhymes just now, and at the beginning of the film, the male protagonist is in the taxi driver's car, and the black man sings... We found that there is one thing that can make the male protagonist quiet, and that is music! Female: I remember that in a piece of music, the male protagonist hummed with the murderer who killed his mother who fell to the ground...
Yes! It sounded like my mother was whispering...
Child, don't come here, you are still too young... Child, don't kill people, that guy is about to die anyway... Female: Wow, your explanation is so artistic, it really sounds like a mum's mumbling, as if there is a god Generally speaking, the male protagonist is being taught... Then do you remember the lyrics of the background music that appeared in the governor's house?
Angel girl!
Yes, the gods you mentioned appeared immediately!
So, we came to such a bold idea, I believe this is also the director's good intentions! My mother died, so I found an angel to accompany my son... At this moment, a voice said:
Don't let my son be lonely, you must take care of each other, heal each other, and be a good person...
The son got a girl of his own because he saved too many girls who were victimized, right? God arranged a gift for a good man!
When his mother died, the girl took care of the boy instead of her mother, accompanied her, told him stories and sang nursery rhymes like normal mothers, and helped him out of the haze of war...
Oh, by the way, I remember that the girl and the male protagonist once kissed, and the male protagonist was very embarrassed at the time! Yes, warriors in war, especially those who are mentally wounded,
You need someone like a mother to care and accompany you, because only a mother can do this...
Now everything can be explained, right? The little loli finally treated the male protagonist like a mother, as if saying: child, it's alright, don't be afraid, if your mother is here, your mother will carry it for you ... Female: You have too much feel! Angel appeared! My mother turned into a little angel Lolita to defend the crying big boy in front of me... I seem to hear the director say: child, you can't handle a lot of things, even a strong man can't handle it! How many fragments of memory in the war, like glass, can cut through your eyes, make you linger, and destroy your spirit and will... At this time, if you still want to be a good person, you should take care of it first Be good to yourself!
Woman: I think your brain is a little too open. Is it necessary to watch a movie with the back of your head? This is not my nonsense, I still have many reasons to explain why girls are angels? Let's just say, angels have wings, they usually don't move around very much. They often take low-flying mode , right? Let's look at the close-up shot: although the feet are close-up, the girl is wearing white stockings and does not directly show the feet...
After the male protagonist rescues the girl, he is always carried by the male protagonist , watching close-ups, and his feet are off the ground... Either he is carried away by the bad guy, or he sits on a chair, that's all, if you don't believe me, see for yourself ... Also, why is the girl in the car looking up at the sky, blankly wiping the rain from the car window , thinking about it...? Just because she came to the world accompanied by the rain!
It was not until the end of the film that the girl walked around the restaurant, indicating that the angel had transformed into a human figure and could take care of and accompany the male protagonist... Female: Absolutely! Now I am convinced! We have talked about why the close-up shots of this film are fragmented, and there are various long shots... Why there are so many still lifes, including the role of "deletion" and other pictures, is to link the male protagonist's depression and analyze his psychological causes. ... Woman: Just like burning those photos in the opening sequence , delete the fragments that have a bad influence on him...Woman; one more question, what is the metaphor for a large number of "countdowns"? It should be said that in a state of meditation or hypoxia, there is a voice that counts down, both for girls and for male protagonists! After all, the male protagonist is in a hurry to communicate with each other and is in a state of hypoxia, but he is sure that the male protagonist can't suffocate, it is just a kind of masochistic behavior ... Female: It is easy to have hallucinations due to hypoxia in the brain! Yes! But we found a close-up: at the end of the film, the gas station, the girl is in the car, and the male protagonist is refueling! At this time, we think of "countdown", the stopwatch in our hand is ticking, ... In fact, we can have different understandings of a scene and dialogue, such as the countdown, it can be considered that the oil is almost full ... Or, that is the stopwatch. The meaningless reading, 32 32 30... can also be interpreted as, you still have ten seconds to live, 10. 09 08... In the end, you have to read it again anyway, if you can't die, why bother! This is how life is, let's look at it from a different angle! Your angel will help you solve all problems! Female: So what do you mean, the angel has been in the heart of the male protagonist from the very beginning! Yes, so the male protagonist can't die, and his "countdown" can always be repeated... Because the male protagonist is a good person, he can help the weak, so God sent an angel to help him... Female: Wow, so romantic! turn out to be,
Little Loli is the hero's hit angel, the incarnation of her mother...
Then let's talk about the ending, there are more things here! At the end, the male protagonist and the little loli are in the cafe. There are many movies ending with this environment. ,where are we going? These are the three major philosophical questions of life, who am I, where do I come from, where do I go... It means that the male protagonist has been reborn, the angel has become his partner, and will accompany him to the world...
The male protagonist shot the headshot, blood splattered at the bar, but the people around didn't respond, as if nothing had happened... It turned out to be just a dream... Subtext: Okay, let's stop playing breathing games, half-dead... Don't you want to commit suicide? , Come on, let's get a headshot ... This time, I'm satisfied, I'm dead in the imaginary world, it's time to live a good life ...? The male protagonist and the drink, the harsh sound of the straw, indicates that there is no air again, and then the two disappear, the empty scene...
Kongjing: This time corresponds to the title of this film, I have never been in the future...
I wrote a little poem by myself, and interpret it: I have never been to my mother, I have never been to the nightmare that never appeared in my childhood... A comrade in arms said: You have never been to the battlefield that never appeared in the smoke of gunpowder... Luo Li said, you never came to the governor's house and I swept it for you, this time you really didn't kill anyone... I also said: I never came... because I can no longer remember those frightening scenes... Woman: Okay, wonderful...Applause!
In addition, the male protagonist made a sound of air when he was drinking, which is equivalent to using "the sound as a plastic bag, covering the audience's head and feeling the oxygen-deficient state of the thin air... After that, the director began to hide and seek with the audience, testing eyesight. , a game appears at this time. The picture is still, long shot, the camera does not move, remember; this is not a photo, a careful audience will find that the two people on the left are talking and laughing and moving, while the right has half a head , motionless, female: Ha, I was also thinking at the time, is that a mop?
Remember, I analyzed that scene for you before, the governor's house, there was no blood on the hammer, and the male protagonist really didn't kill anyone... This is the game of eyesight: we the audience have to prove for the male protagonist: he did not kill, never did At the crime scene, there are no painful memories that he can't look back on... I have never been in the future, we are going to another visual level, if we are a sniper, when an animal is motionless, will we think it is not a prey but a Broken jar or something? Did it never come, or did it hide? Art is like this: when you associate at multiple levels, you will find it novel and interesting... Female: Yes, it has individuality but also has commonalities and connections, and does not exist in isolation. So, to appreciate the realm of some puns, let's start the game mode : After three minutes, I found that the mopping cloth on the right moved a bit, it turned out to be a person, and then it stopped moving , completely still... Haha
I never appeared, an eyesight test movie and game!
How much comprehension do you have in art, your observation and judgment on things around you, your interpretation of the language of the camera, your understanding of music and life, how much attention do you pay to retired soldiers, and what do you think of your mother? Do you believe in angels? ...to consider it comprehensively!
I and many fans think of two American movies with similar themes. I know what you're trying to say, when I meet a neurotic veteran, I think of "Taxi Driver" , and when I see Uncle and Little Loli, I think of "This Killer Isn't Too Cold ," right? In fact, there are many good movies, especially Cannes-level movies. Which award-winning work has nothing new and strange? Are you fooling around, a blind cat kills a mouse? Female: Yes, only those directors who are not creative will copy it, and the international people will not buy it at that level! Creativity must first be built on an academic basis. Only with solid basic skills can we compete with other masters in the world for ideas, realms, and finally creativity!
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