It turns out that a story with a relatively simple plot can be made so advanced. Shoes, spiders, eagles, pianos and other ubiquitous objects allude to and promote the development of the storyline. The pictures of the stationery box, the refrigerator and the piano opening the lid are cut together, which perfectly integrates the three things, which well expresses the thoughts of the characters at that time, and also arouses thinking about the connection among them. The director's good intentions can be seen everywhere in the film, which is full and does not feel too deliberate to cause discomfort, and the overall suspenseful atmosphere is also well grasped.
This is a story about the Stoke family. The heroine India, father Richard and uncle Charlie are all part of this family that loves to kill. Mother Evie seems out of place in this eccentric family.
Uncle Charlie was taken to hospital for treatment as a child for killing his youngest brother, Jonathan, with his own hands. Father Richard seems to be no different from ordinary people through self-control, and even guides the heroine India by hunting.
In fact, Charlie has been monitoring India's life through the housekeeper, and realizes that India is the same type of person as himself. Charlie asked to be released on India's 18th birthday, hoping to give her a special coming-of-age gift. From the conversation between Charlie and Ivey later, we can see that Charlie feels that India has grown up and can choose the path he wants to take. Richard had no intention of letting his younger brother get close to his family, and was brutally murdered by Charlie in a dispute. After that, Charlie killed the housekeeper who provided him with information before, Aunt Jin who tried to tell the truth, and Vip who wanted to have sex with India. At the end of the film, Charlie is shot and killed by India when he tries to kill Evie.
Mother Evie may be the most unfortunate of them all. She was out of tune with the entire family, and a happy life before marriage and the birth of India could not offset the loneliness after marriage. The indifference of daughter India and husband Richard makes Ivey's lonely heart easily captured by Charlie. Even realizing the problems with Charlie, she was hopelessly in love.
The growth process of the heroine India is the main line of the film. With the development of the storyline, the nature of the Stoke family carried by India was released step by step. India and Uncle Charlie have an inexplicable sense of closeness, maybe it's the mutual attraction between the same kind! Charlie gives India a birthday present every year and desperately wants to be friends with India, and India's closeness and dependence on Charlie are also shown in the film. In the end, India kills the sheriff, which means the birth of a new Stoke.
Father Richard and Uncle Richard both love India very much and want to witness India's growth. One hopes that she can get rid of her family inheritance and live an ordinary life, and the other hopes that she can choose her own path. Maybe I can't get rid of the 23 pairs of chromosomes on my back, but I still believe in the importance of the environment to human development. I prefer to believe that the tragedy of Charlie's childhood was caused by the deviation of love, and the tragedy of India is the lack of father's love due to the death of his father.
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