First of all, when the subtitles of the film came out, I found that we were all played by the director, and even for a moment, I didn't understand that the whole drama was What's the point. If such an evil spirit really exists, then there is no need for him to make such a big circle. He could have killed any creature he wanted to die. If he wanted to, then there were not only people in the village, Any creature with two legs will die because no one is his opponent. Then, I went through the director's other works and found that this is his inherent technique. Then, I have to talk about this play~
Let's start with the whole movie viewing perspective. This is the way of thinking. In the first 40 minutes, I would also be amused by the timidity of the male lead and the maturity of the little girl several times. There was a hint of humor in the director's convoluted nightmare and slightly less cult tricks. Then about an hour later, when the male protagonist entered the Japanese room for the second time and killed his dog in front of him, and he was unmoved, I knew it (of course, it turned out to be self-righteous in the end I know), the male protagonist is wrong, this old man is not the real murderer, maybe he is trying to save the whole village who stayed here specially, of course, such an assumption is very suitable for the opening subtitles, "they panicked and thought that what they saw It is the soul. Jesus said why are you troubled? Why do you have doubts in your heart? Look at my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is really me. Touch me and see. The soul has no bones and no flesh, and you see that I have Yes. After saying this, show them your hands and feet." The male protagonist was obsessed with his own belief that he believed that the Japanese was an evil spirit, so when he went to the priest, the priest said, "You see Yet? Did you see it with your own eyes? Since you already think so, then he is. Then lz I watched the remaining hour and a half anxiously from the "God's perspective", when Bai Dashen took off his pants and exposed his diaper, when the Japanese picked up the camera and turned into a goll, when the woman in white was wearing the clothes of the dead and told the male protagonist You don't want to go back until the cock crows three times, but the male protagonist still left, leaving the woman in white with a sense of loss, I just realized that we were all fooled by the director!
First of all, let's say, "Why are you upset? Why are you suspicious?" Why do I think the Japanese are not evil spirits turned saviors? It's because when we were suspicious, the director stretched out his hands and feet, saying, come, touch. The woman in white appeared strangely, threw rocks, told the male protagonist what happened, and then disappeared. In fact, she just wanted to tell the male protagonist, "Grandma said that the Japanese are demons." Then, we saw the horror of the Japanese home, full of The photos of the dead on the wall, the unidentified altar, the repeated nightmares, and then invited Bai Dashen to appear in the wonderful dance, and then the director used a unique editing, the Bai Dashen, the little girl, the Japanese, and the deceased were constantly interspersed. , So, we thought, look, I was right, the Japanese are not evil spirits at all, he is "saving" the dead man. Then the male protagonist stopped and chased away the Great Master Bai, and the Japanese were chased and killed, so we thought, stupid human beings~ Then the Great Master Bai was scared away by the woman in white and hurriedly called the male protagonist, saying that he was wrong, evil ghost It's that woman, the Japanese are gods, we will think, finally understand? And then thought it would end like this, but we totally underestimated the director's intentions.
In fact, in the whole film, rather than saying what the director wants to tell us, it is better to say that he wants us to recognize ourselves, see others from the perspective of God, and think that our thoughts are accurate. Compared with the male protagonist, obsessed with the Japanese are evil spirits, Are we not? From thinking yes to no to yes, what makes us doubt it?
In the bible, Jesus said, you will not know me three times until the cock crows twice. Peter said, even if I die with you, I will never deny you. The Great White God, the Japanese, and the woman in white, exactly three times. However, the male protagonist missed it three times.
I'm a theist, I believe in something, but I don't just believe in a certain religion, I'm just curious about the unity of opposites in various religions. God exists because of the existence of the devil. There is good because there is evil, there is life and there must be death. So, the most classic, the opening bible, "You can see my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is really me. Touch me and see. I have no flesh and no soul, and you can see that I have it." When Cheng Gulu's Japanese mouth said it, I was not surprised at all, whether he is a god or a ghost is actually irrelevant.
Finally, the most pitiful male protagonist has a sense of suffocation in "The Mist". Is he wrong? What's wrong again? What is right and wrong? If he chooses to believe, will there be a change?
So, I thought, maybe the director just wanted to tell you, what made you suspicious? What makes you so obsessed? This is a problem. . .
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