This is destined to be a film that will not be recognized and enthusiastically praised by most audiences, and it will even become marginal. The evaluation may develop in polarization. Some people will feel bored after watching it. It's like a hemp rope twisted into a bundle of twists in my mind, without saying anything, but for some people, after reading this piece, it is like swallowing a PTA carefully crafted brain. Psychedelic drugs are powerful and unstoppable. They don't need too much understanding or discussion. Even if you are confused and confused, you will always feel drawn by an intriguing addiction and enjoy it very much.
It is not easy to narrate the plot of this film. There are many characters involved, but I still want to try my best to make a simple combing based on my memory. Private detective Dock learned from his ex-girlfriend that the wife and lover of her current lover, the real estate tycoon, were preparing to join hands to send the tycoon to a mental hospital to swallow his property. Unexpectedly, the ex-girlfriend and the tycoon mysteriously disappeared together. At this time, a black man who was released from prison also disappeared Ask Dok to help find a person who owes him debts, who happens to be the bodyguard of a tycoon. One day, Dok came to the strange shop and met an Asian woman and was inexplicably knocked out. When he woke up, he found the body of the bodyguard lying beside him. , And the disgusting Banana Sheriff brought a ticket to the police. In order to find out the truth and retrieve his ex-girlfriend, Dock waded into this muddy water and began the bizarre journey of role-playing.
First, I visited the tycoon’s wife to find clues. In a bar, I met a rock musician and undercover (a woman commissioned to find a husband). He sneaked into a mental hospital and wanted to rescue the dentist who was rejected by the tycoon and died mysteriously. Then his ex-girlfriend appeared magically. Stop it, but in order to get the musicians back home, Doc decided to investigate further. An amazingly huge drug organization and a dark business surfaced. The little head found behind the scenes was the former enemy who used loan sharks and had a face. The former bodyguard of the tycoon with the NC logo tattooed on it, and Dock, whose life is hanging by a thread, met the Banana detective after killing the two. After receiving contact from the organization, he found that the father of the rebellious girl was a member of the organization, and the transaction was completed. Later, the musicians returned home, and Dock and his ex-girlfriend also went on the road speciously.
The texture of the film undoubtedly puts a more charming coat on that special era. The use of the soundtrack is a bit special. Like a low-key stalker, PTA obviously did not want to impose excessive emotional ups and downs on the audience through the soundtrack. Or to play up the plot, but you can still smell the retro folk music style of the year. It is very beautiful. Dock, played by Phoenix, shows his personality and charm with every gesture and action. It is very attractive. The righteous hippies are portrayed well. As we all know, this film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Mars Pynchon. PTA seems to deliberately dilute everything to retain the original flavor of the original. On the surface, it looks like clues and details like a dragonfly. Interlaced echoes, the narrative technique of multi-line crossing seems confused and sleepy, but still can feel the undercurrent emerging in it, with introverted climax and suspenseful foreshadowing.
With the solid foundation laid by the novel, it is inseparable from its strong literary nature. Sometimes difficult, sometimes philosophical, sometimes straightforward and profound narration, revealing a sense of emptiness and poetry, which seems a bit laborious, but mixed in. His humor mobilizes the fun of watching movies. The absurdity in the plot of the film creates an interesting contrast, whether it is the funny and terrifying expression, the witty jokes, or a serious and serious angry young sergeant Banana Sheriff, They are all impressive highlights. In the plot, PTA perfectly and ingeniously blends the virtual and the real into one, making it difficult to distinguish clearly. There are imagination, hallucinations, and memories, interspersed with reality and overlapped with each other. Through vision, perception and understanding, they are guided. Immersively walk into that psychedelic and unique hippie age.
Drugs, sex, casual sex, wanton, restlessness, bad morals, dangerous elements, these are the negative labels many people would impose on hippies back then. Nick in the film has a messy wavy hair and a face full of beard. He is usually dressed casually and indifferently, loves drugs, loves beauty, loves adventure, and has a character of love and righteousness, but in the film, he is often ridiculed, ridiculed and degraded by the people around him. Disliked, insulted and spurned by the invincible banana detectives, and despised by the menacing and upright police officers. In their opinion, the hippies are the kind of people who wander at the bottom who are not to be seen and welcomed, but the irony is that these seem to be The justice messengers with glamorous identities and status are actually not noble. They have a sluggish life, a troubled life, and a dark conspiracy and system. They hold the banner of justice all day long and actually hide the dirt. The place is more like an "evil organization" with a mask of hypocrisy.
Although Dock is a drug addict, he also has a good side. Whether he is trying to find his ex-girlfriend, he sympathizes with the banana detective after understanding the truth, and goes deep into the poison den just to help the musicians return home, with his attitude towards life. , Make no secret of it, have kindness and tenderness, and be the truest self. The Banana Sheriff is also a person worth mentioning. He is a funny sergeant who seems to be serious and stereotyped but loves banana ice cream, but he often reveals a sad sorrow. His hot wife, no promotion. Possible short positions will play treasures in restaurants, and will also make guest appearances in film and television dramas, just to have more dignity, and Dok is always incompatible with him. Although Dok hates him very much, but with Dok from The file knows the cause of his partner’s death, sees his colleagues' ridicule of Banana Sheriff, and realizes his inner resentment and depression. A poor man in a gray area, a sergeant swallows a breath of arrogance in front of a hippie. When you shed all the drugs, you can feel the meaning of it, like a cold humor wrapped in sadness and catharsis. The trace of puzzled tears left by Dock undoubtedly contains deep sympathy and understanding.
The PTA sprinkled many fragmented but closely connected clues, unable to conceal the clear and profound core. What it wanted to expose was the hypocrisy of the overall social formation and class in the U.S. at that time, and the key foundation and source of these phenomena. As the straightforward film title shows, the "evil" of human nature, greed, greed, cruelty, hypocrisy, and insidiousness, do everything for power, whether it is a brainwashed mental hospital, and the organization is inextricably linked. A dentist addict, a decent dad with a rebellious child, a despicable political conspiracy, a huge and amazing illegal business between the police and drugs, an involuntary musician, a sad banana inspector, like a rotten man Plenty of onions, foul smells and filth all over the eyes, this deep and sharp reflection and criticism is obvious under the accumulation of various information in the film, and these bad roots can be said to have been accompanied to this day, and they have not been removed from society with the changes of the times. Successfully eliminated. "Sexual Evil" is not an entertainment product for one-time consumption, but a high-quality movie with endless aftertaste. In the end, Dock's meaningful eyes lit with lights and a proud smile are very beautiful.
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