(Issue 52) Dayin Niche Film Group Watching Party
——The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie / The restrained charm of the middle class
Your movie viewing career is incomplete if you haven't seen a surreal (Bunuel) movie
The director perfectly connected several dreams with meals that were interrupted again and again but continued again and again, and satirized the nihilistic life of the bourgeoisie at that time.
• Dinner: full of "forced style", show of knowledge, comparison between the surface and the secret, looks bright and lonely inside, arrogant and narcissistic. Everyone's temperament and cultivation are extremely close to perfection, forming a natural barrier with the stupid "proletariat" without culture and education
•Dream: Taking off the mask, the subconscious surfaced to the surface, revealing the true self. In the weird and eerie dreams, the true self was shown, but it was so anxious, fearful, aggressive, and empty.
The stage-style framing and dialogue of the drama are full of a sense of age. The director uses his own understanding of dreams, subconsciousness and consciousness to skillfully express his reflections and jokes on the nature of the bourgeoisie. Every character and every dream is worth pondering over and over again, but beneath the seemingly absurd appearance is a sophisticated expression with logical rigor.
Recommended crowd: people with background knowledge in psychology; interested in surreal art; friends who want to enrich the types of movies and broaden their perspectives~
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