The opening of the film establishes this religious atmosphere for the whole film. Accompanied by an elegant and holy religious piano solo, the faded-in picture is a layer of transparent plastic net that is violently hit by a golf ball, and behind the net is a white marble statue of the Virgin Mary. , as if being hit by a ball. The author's attitude towards golf, which was originally a modern and elegant sport, has become a tool of injury, is very clear. In fact, this motif or similar plots appeared repeatedly in the film. The motorcycle youth used it to hit the rich middle-aged. Later, the rich man took revenge in the same way. Another time, the motorcycle youth practiced golf on the road. When the ball is hit, it accidentally hits the ball and hurts pedestrians, which is a direct denial of golf. At the same time, when the motorcycle youth practiced hitting the ball, the young victim also blocked the ball in front of the ball many times. This echoes the opening scene and makes people think of the content of suffering and redemption in religion. After this accidental injury, the young man wept sadly, and the victim woman incarnates the Virgin to comfort him. At this time, the piano solo at the beginning of the film played again, allowing us to once again confirm our sense of religion.
In fact, watching this movie, you can't miss the "Long Live Love" by Cai Mingliang (who just came out of the closet) 10 years ago. The two are surprisingly similar in the image of an empty room. The difference is that Cai Mingliang pays more attention to his heart. The distortion, and Jin Ji De is full of strong religious atmosphere.
The protagonists of the film are motorcycle youths and victim women. They are all typical of contemporary people. Motorcycle youths seem to wander and sleep in empty rooms every day (the owner is out and temporarily absent). Although the victim women are naturally beautiful, they are "businessmen". Paying more attention to profit than parting”, and suffered domestic violence. This time, the motorcycle youth broke into her house unintentionally, and she resolutely sat on the back seat of his motorcycle and wandered together to find an empty room. The woman even cut her long wavy hair and replaced it with an ordinary ponytail. They are loners in the urban jungle, longing for the warmth of family and friendship but not being able to. When the young man entered the first home, he played with toy guns with a childlike innocence. The young man and the young woman took a group photo with the photos in the room. They repaired the home appliances, washed the clothes for the original owner of the room, and even took care of the old man who died alone at home. They are almost stubborn and do not speak, and they are a silent resistance to the real society and the cold humanity.
Although the whole film is simple, the narrative is very distinctive. In the first half, the two constantly enter different rooms, not only showing us a cross-section of society, but also full of tension because of the danger of being discovered from time to time, making the audience feel as if they were there and trembling. The second half, especially the composition of the youth in prison, is mysterious (could it be a parody of "Birdman"), which makes me puzzled. The announced results fell into the eyes. Can it be summed up in this way that young people have developed unique skills in prison just to secretly reunite with young women? It seems a bit incompetent to understand this.
Let's go back to the title again, which one is the empty room? Is it the empty room left by the master when he goes out, the room of the rich man and the young woman, the heart of the rich man and others, or the heart of the young man and the young woman? Better to be silent.
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