"Martyred" is really heretical in the personal horror film list. For those horror fans who can eat-painful visual effects blended into the mysterious and cold atmosphere, and then mixed with religious thinking-this film is in Baska. Under the force field of the style directed by Laojiha, there are both accurate layout of commercial horror and interpretable details everywhere. It is almost every word, and it has become one of the "bad films" that I have treasured. . These films of neo-French extremism have even watched "High Voltage Electricity", "Being in It", "Border City", etc., and they all passed by like smoke. It wasn't until later that I met "The Antichrist". Because of the similar theme and atmosphere, I evoked the depressed look and feel of "Martyred".
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At every point of succession and transformation, almost all of them staged a twists and turns of tricks, full of commercial percussions. A straight-on wedge such as the jump scare, which has always been popular in Europe and the United States, such as the silhouette flying by behind and the bed probe jump scare; when the executioner family scene is introduced, the chase scene is used to create the false alarm of the daughter trapped for a while; in the process of clearing the obstacle, the woman is left for a breath. This accident led to the confrontation and division in the middle, and the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Nearly halfway through the film, the real heroine has only taken over; the whole film committed suicide by gunshots, making people fall like a cloud... Lift.
Audiovisual
The multiple shots in the front section closely follow the wind and grass of the body and the trivial objects. The close-up quick cut, dynamic jump, and the first perspective of large shaking create and magnify the panic and anxiety (see After the door-Anna rushes to the front, reveals West Alone the whole play).
The tension of the sound, the natural sounds of wind, rain, and forest, if there is no sound, the choking and roaring from far and near, the sizzling of the knife blade into the clothing, the skin and the sizzling of fiber, the iron shackles in the prison are sharp and brittle The sound of trembling, the weakening of the legs of the stool, the discordance of the spoon and the teeth, the murmur of murmurs...The sound fields are real and claustrophobic, and ghostly.
The makeup effect is true, the intertwined limbs and muscles, the wound healing or the folds that have been sewn, the blue and gray pupils, the sometimes wrinkled swollen eyelids, the subtle subcutaneous blood vessels, markings, etc., which show the dedication and dedication.
The blood plasma is swayed or deducted just right, and the violence will be rendered with the help of the lens and editing. Take the passage of beating the hostess as an example:
Lucy shot out halfway, a close-up of her face was screaming-the head was hit, the woman flew out, and the close shot-a few quick cuts flew forward and backward, Lucy got rid of Anna's entanglement-the woman tried to get up slowly, Lu Xi knelt straight at the upper back to suppress the position, cut to swing the hammer, and cut his head to the floor. The continuous editing showed fierceness-Anna pulled forward for the second time, was thrown to the side, and crawled away from the back, revealing As an uncontrolled master, Xi has always occupied the foreground of the lens aggressively-the camera fell down and looked at the woman's side face, hitting the wound with a blunt tool again, no response, wide-eyed, seemingly unwilling-keep hitting Hit, the empty mirror with a swipe of the hammer, and the movements of back clapping hands up and down, appearing that the murder weapon is extremely large, fast, and powerful-ending with a close-up of the faintly condensed hair on the top of the head.
In this case, the entire passage shows crazy dominance, reminding me of the shots in "Nightmare of the Old", which is very exciting.
wedge
Looking back at the first paragraph of the wedge, the escape scene. Lucy looked around in panic and turned her head frequently. The camera unanimously echoed her logic of sight, creating a tense sense of being chased. In the distance, the roar of a machine, close-up of scars, and running and jumping, which are very intuitive, seem to be panting and fleeing with Lucy. After running for a certain distance, looking back at the camera, the house still occupies most of the frame with its mouth open, conveying pressure. Finally, there is a low-position wide-angle lens, repeated dense short warehouses sandwiching narrow roads, dilapidated thick walls, dark and narrow windows, the screen is barren barriers, the lens does not explain what Lucy sees in front, because the environment is unfamiliar , And escaping from something behind is the first urgency. That tearing cry, like a foretaste of the shadow and hopelessness will always accompany. The abandoned factory area is barren and oppressive. The scene selection here is very good, and the development of the organization is self-explanatory compared with the site later.
In the second paragraph, the old-fashioned polished film, like the image format of the old family video tape, uses a small-scale format to allow the audience to focus on the mood of the characters. Lucy never looks directly into the camera, sometimes facing her back, turning sideways, and her hair covering her face. When you look away, there is always dodge or stunned, the lens watching, so there is a sense of distance and peeping.
By the way, light leakage was used in the transition method, and the golden-red color was over-cold, similar to "crimes in the sun", and there would be a sense of discomfort.
Domesticated family
At the beginning of the main story, it is no different from the dinner table conversation of the ordinary middle-class family. It is ironic and foreshadowing: the mouse picked out from the blocked water pipe refers to the test product. The family chuckled and avoided its corpse while laughing and playing, revealing a kind of paradox. Disgusted, the father jokingly called "cooking and adding vegetables"; both children, they are about the same age as the victims, sitting one by one, discussing money, puppies, honors, school choice, and future ambitions; he suggested that his son should study law, so that "the law is useful everywhere." "It is warned that parents who act contrary to the principles of the law are like a fish in the water in a legal society, and they are in violation of the law; "Don't work on Sundays?", consistent with the law and high commitment to the career; as the key facade of the organization and the taming of people, the father will easily Opening the door unguardedly, perhaps it was too long outside the law of ease, which made them lose their sense of alertness.
Under the wings of sin, no one can stay out of it. The son played by Dolan didn't dare to move rashly at the table. Maybe he didn't know it, but he was so scared that he couldn't open his mouth to explain and begging for mercy. …For Lucy’s question, he shrugged with horror, instinctively shrugged, and the choice of answer was subtle and ambiguous. I like this approach.
The end of the family of the tamers is to be thrown into a pipe tunnel-buried in a self-dug grave, and Lucy is led to death by the shadow of hatred, a pair of sinners, a pair of (perhaps) innocent children, and A pair of victims who had spanned fifteen years, all involved in them, were ironically treated the same after their deaths-they were buried in hastily by the cult's thugs. Along with the cycle of evil and suffering, the growth of hatred makes one, one unfortunately tied together.
House
The main site from beginning to end—this modern villa has multiple functions—testing grounds, petri dishes, prison cells, tombs, and even an altar. It tried to cover up the secret with a decent shell, until after Lucy brutally broke into the bloodbath, the house's sinful cocoon was shaken and shattered. Inadvertently, it opened to Anna's rotten womb, and Anna crawled down the cramped and tortuous birth canal. , Leaning into the deep hinterland, the fetus in the dark amniotic fluid clenched his fists and shrank to the corners where he could still be safe. The innocent baby was cut out by Anna. As for herself, she was forced to witness the heavy truth, and the two girls she wanted to save but failed to save were buried together in this secret and became part of the secret.
Logical flaw: Anna's unprovoked stay on the scene was the fuse of the final tragedy. In my humble opinion, suppose the mother is contacted in advance as the second call in the phone booth. It is determined to insist on helping Lucy, and the on-site call is changed to a series of dramas like dialing, speech, thinking, and hanging up to show hesitation and confusion. , And at the same time abbreviated the unreasonable scene that she was sleeping on the sofa where Lucy’s body was placed and awakened by the sound. Will it be more compact and smooth?
Believers
The congregation, dressed in black attire in dignity, gathered together to greet each other and whisper from time to time. Most of them were gray-haired, and they were a group of half-length people stepping into the coffin. The assembly did not read the preface of regulations and etiquette, and soon announced the convening matters-witnessing the double breakthrough in the history of this religion and human cognition. Seeing a pair of eyes suddenly glowing with hopeful light, I suddenly realized that "Martyrs", not so much their god matchmaker, are more like a life-saving straw.
The wealthy, powerful and leisure class often hope to step on the only uncontrolled thing, time. When she was still young, she kept her freshness, like the Countess Bartori taking virgin blood to drink and bathe to keep her youth, and when she grows older, she will not look good. Just like the ancient emperors, she asked for immortality and asked the master to refine the elixir. The old French guys in China are also a way to go to find out what happened behind them, so as to calm down the obstacles to life and the fear of death. This is not a gathering of faith, but a shareholder meeting that the whole church is looking forward to.
martyr
There is a translation of "martyr" with quite local characteristics as martyrs. In the original Christian meaning, the martyrs dedicate their lives, testify for their faith, and suffer to die. They are accepted voluntarily. In this sense, girls will not be true martyrs. The Mrs. Black Turban, who presided over the affairs, was able to speak eagerly and generously, but also appeared to be exaggerated and high-sounding. She was both thoughtful and obsessed. She was the representative of the "Xun" Taoists. In the end, she became the only true truth. The person who actually died for the "Tao".
The primary screening criteria for martyrs are young and young women. (According to legend) this group of people is not only a high degree of mental activity, sensitivity, endurance, and self-discipline, but also a safe zone where gold masters can watch the fire from the shore. As for the deified martyrs, it is possible to distance the congregation from them, and at the same time to face the bloody tragedy without the need for collective worship. It must be the same consideration.
Cult system
The boundary between underground human experimentation and cult. Through rigorous organization, clever establishment of names, and systematization of language skills, advancement is achieved.
From the perspective of religious structure, the cult organizations in the film:
In terms of world outlook and core doctrine, there is a world after death, a world in which people are saved, using the connection of suffering and detachment in many religions. Girls’ names, dignity, and character gradually disappear from crying, to fatigue, to obedience. , The so-called "let down everything", "liberate, detach, and regard the surroundings as nothing," and get away from suffering and happiness. I am skeptical of whether this teaching can clearly explain the concept of "God". "All evil is added to his body, and he transcends everything and sees the truth." If there is an anthropomorphic god, it is difficult to treat evil. The sins and punishments are set aside, so it is inclined to be a godless, simple faith in the laws of nature.
In terms of beliefs, the establishment of superstition here is realized through a twisted interpretation of unresolved signs of science, namely, rolling eyes of dying. The martyred becomes a medium, leading to the mystery of death, and the martyred and the mysterious experience itself are shared. Is fixed as an object of worship.
In the event ceremony, the cellar is a fixed ceremonial place, cold light lights up the promenade, and you see huge images of the martyrs arranged on the wall. The belief is established and confirmed by the continuous cultivation of the martyrs, the collective Listen to his instructions, hoping to get closer to the true meaning.
In terms of organizational structure, in order to inherit and develop, it is obvious that cults have standardized and improved their structure and discipline over the years. They receive mantras in person, preachers who have the right to preach to the faithful, performers of rituals, groups of believers, responders, and thugs. The organizational hierarchy is complete and distinct, and the salespersons themselves are also included as believers.
The spiritual and cultural system of this teaching is very thin, and there is no systematic brainwashing classics, which makes the teaching imperfectly formed on the real level, but it also has stable factors that can be maintained. In fact, the cult and the congregation are mutually beneficial in the secular sense. For the needs of the rich, they can not only serve the needs of the rich, but also have a better name and martyrdom. For the opportunity to communicate, the cult itself certainly has the consciousness of doing things cleanly and taking risks on its own.
ceremony
The process of cultivating Anna is 20 minutes of violence. The audience needs to hold her back together, and endure the almost endless visual abuse and pain, until we are also in a daze, and Fang ushered in the last ten minutes. The drama climax, a ceremony.
The "Martyr" was fixed on the torture frame, which was designed to resemble a sundial. She turned, as if turning the axis of the earth and the ignorant time, and the sound of metal movement was like groaning on her behalf.
The sense of ritual rise and collapse here are synonymous with one mirror, clean and bloodless, with straight texture. This human scene has a solemn divinity, and the cold equipment and iron cyan color alienate the former to be extremely cruel; Moreover, the messenger heard the dictated by the martyrs, and wanted to preach the miracle to the world, but after a brief return to the true meaning of his pursuit, only the sound of gunshots remained-futile empty noises, this echo haunting the lofty picture , The two coexist violently.
end
The wife asked, "Etinene, can you imagine what is behind death?" This statement must be a taboo in normal times. Because of the existence of an abstract discourse system, she can't directly talk about or even expose the essence of the organization, let alone pass a message to a subordinate Say? This question was already out of her disregard, all thoughts were lost, so the man was puzzled when he heard it, and understood that something was not good.
For "endless doubts", I think there is no need to deconstruct it too much. This is a self-report of inner despair. No matter what Anna’s original words are, as long as they sound credible and let her understand that there is no afterlife, or that the afterlife is not a world that makes life easier, she will be disappointed and use a semi-openness. The expression is very clever.
The English subtitle of the last line is "Keep doubting, Etinene", we can think of it as a statement, and if it is understood as an imperative sentence-needless to say, Etinene, you and the group of people outside are curious-I am afraid it is equally unacceptable, why bother You know, I'm going one step ahead. Think of it this way, it seems to be OK.
Anna
What kind of girl Anna is, tough, moral, and a moral person.
A person who slides towards morality is often a sage and a lamb.
To Lucy, Anna is the only sun in the soul world. I remembered the words in Gu Cheng's book, "Being with you, if you are in true love, you will leave the devil, and being with yourself is the same as being with the devil", look. Looking at their stories, it makes no difference. For this reason, Anna's misgivings and kindness, for Lucy, are a total betrayal and even betrayal. As the glare retreats and the spiritual pillar collapses, Lucy is delivered to her dark side, and the haze of illusion arrives as scheduled. , At this time the devil appeared, it was with Anna for the first time, and could no longer be dispelled by her calling. The ghost refused to reconcile and clamored to die together, so Lucy had no choice but to die. As for Anna's ending, her kind and unintentional failure caused her own repentance and punishment. Isn't this kind of helplessness.
When Lucy's heart was tortured, we saw the interlacing of reality and illusion in her eyes, but until the end, we didn't know what Anna saw. When there was Lucy in her time and space, she was dazed, just staring, without crying, in the limited field of view of the lens, there was no other person's appearance, no beauty or ugliness, only the dark image stagnant sea of bitterness, only people inlaid The vast corpse bed.
Double love
From the video, it can be seen that Anna is younger than Lucy. She left her mother and became a mother herself. She used her powerful wings to tolerate and bless the girl. Accompanied by ten years, kissed uncontrollably, and cleans her corpse graciously, restrained and natural. After Lucy appeared, Anna was quiet, opened her mouth docilely, accepted feeding, and accepted violence. At this time, there was a beautiful piano, warm, peaceful, and sad, coexisting with the tragedy, which made people feel intertwined.
As a French film, the moving part of the film’s double love is not those old stereotypes, pure lace romances, or idyllic pastoral songs of childhood sweethearts, but a combination of different film genres and deeper religious and social issues. The emotion is that way. The supplementary meal, together with the call that the mother had not had time to hang up, the mother's persistent and repeated inquiries were concise and moving, and still meaningful. The significance of these fragments is to arouse the viewer's greatest intolerance. After the intolerance, the end of the anti-cult will be closer to us than ever before.
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