Sure enough, modern dance fits the body language of "The Storm" more closely than ballet. The visual sense of the 1977 version made a pure horror film the leader of Giallo, even though I personally think that Argento in 1973 did not put too much emphasis on the technology of magic light, or under the background of the technology of special art color, "Blood at Night", which retains the legacy of early giallo, can become a better representative of this style of film. The new version is completely different. The director kept a distance from all the signature lead-yellow elements of the original version, and composed its colors, making it more like Rohmer with reduced lightness and saturation. A film that takes on the popular cult and attacks the sensory defenses. Guadagnino set the original in 1977 and introduced the chaotic and oppressive political situation of the German Autumn during the same period. However, Gua Dao has a big heart and is not satisfied with the double-line implication of only using the historical background to reflect the mythological background to insinuate the theme. Filled with hints of feminism that are ironic towards the end of the film, the film shows a certain pathological process of free will, reminiscent of the fate of modern Germany. This excessive arrogance in human rights awareness has instead spawned new centralization and led to the "evil of banality". As a result, both indoors and outdoors, whether it is the real world where political campaigns, equal rights denunciations are surging, or the den of witches fighting for power in dance schools, have become the habitat of demons. Guadagnino wants to make his "Squirrels of Wind" achieve a qualitative change in terms of technique, style, connotation, etc., and can also point out some of the current atmosphere by the way. But the injection of a large number of metaphors and ideas from different positions and directions has not only broken the balance and narrative effect that horror films should have, but also made it a kind of film that is talked about in general terms. Fortunately, there is still a lot to like about the new version. For example, the scene scheduling and the shaping of horror are first-class. And the part that starts at 37 minutes
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