There are too many points worth scrutinizing, and this movie is worth watching several times. Here are some highlights of the first time you watched it. This is a work that can be chewed over and over again, but not over-interpreted.
Chapter 1: The Awakening of Consciousness. The connection between Jack and Jack may be because serial killers generally do not use sex as their main motive, and many of them are even impotent. Their sexual expression is to seize the victim's gender, that is, to cut off the sexual organs; as for why the victim is a female Mainly, it usually comes from family reasons, maybe it has something to do with my mother, it was mentioned in this movie, but I forgot, I will pay attention to it next time I watch it.
Chapter 2: Miracles/Faith. A sudden heavy rain, I think it is a psychological suggestion similar to the influence of religion, for Jack, this is an opportunity to make him more confident in his beliefs. The movie may be a way of drama, but it is actually a daily psychological mechanism for everyone. Cutting off the duckling's legs, in a psychological sense, was one of the early important traits of a serial killer, a lack of empathy.
Chapter 3: The relationship between the strong and the weak, family, sacrifice. Here Jack talks about how his addiction is like any other, and shows the terribly empathic side of serial killers. And he begins to find inner balance in killing.
Chapter 4: The power of idols. Here, Jack's relationship with Simple reflects that he has completed the identity of a strong man, and began to be fanatical and narcissistic. Like other idols, he not only deprives the body, but also deprives the spirit, such as his PUA for Simple, cutting off the breast symbolizes deprivation of personality and sex. Keeping as a souvenir is one of the important hobbies of many serial killers. As for the grapes, I have to think again.
Chapter 5: Destroyed. Jack finally built his own spiritual temple, he completed his redemption, but also fell into a doom. "Dante's Crossing the Styx" is a straightforward implication, and it also reminds me of Hitchcock's "A Lonely Boat". The director himself also mentioned in an interview that this film draws on Hitchcock's idea. Red robes with guns. Van Gogh's Wheat Field and Reaper. The male victim was rescued, not sure if there were other implications.
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