Three evils in a period of time and space

Alexandrine 2022-01-02 08:01:45

Let’s start with this poster, which is my favorite among all district posters plus trailer posters. First of all, the composition is very innovative. The scissors are the pointers and the protagonist is the dial. The three most important elements of the whole movie are the time and space protagonist and the bloody scissors. The clock composed of these three elements is the most attractive time of the film. The entire poster expresses all the connotations of a movie, implicit but still eye-catching, very outstanding.


This is a Spanish science fiction thriller. According to my personal viewing experience, this type of film is rare in Spain. Like the well-known Spanish director Almodovar, they are all famous for their artistic connotation films, but Spain The horror and suspense films of ”can always bring surprises to us, not only the crime of time and space, the room of Fermat in 2008 is also a surprise work, which integrates math puzzles into the movie, giving the audience a whole new experience of watching movies. Interesting. However, what this movie brings to us is constant insight. A fun game of time and space begins. In addition, in order for everyone to fully appreciate the charm and accuracy of this film, it is strongly recommended to watch it more than two times. You will find more surprises than watching it once and feel impressed by the nearly perfect use of time and space in this film.


The specific plots will not be discussed one by one here. In short, the whole film is covered with before and after shots, and you can know it at a glance. In addition, the director's overall control is quite strong. The same scene was filmed in several locations and then edited to synthesize this few very rigorous space-time films with philosophies and revealing human nature.


Since it is a "Timecrimes" Let me compare and analyze this low-budget sci-fi movie masterpieces on film appears three sections of "evil" and a lot of the movie "detail"


the main character in the same space and time which, at the same time the three sections of the different nature of evil .


The first appearance is that No. 1 accidentally saw the figure of a beautiful woman in the bushes in the courtyard, and this beautiful woman took off her shirt in front of the protagonist’s telescope. The naked jade body made the protagonist’s heart burst. When the director made a very ironic joke, just when the actor was looking forward to the next showtime, the actor’s wife came to kiss the actor goodbye because he was going out shopping, but he had no choice but to put down the binoculars and give his wife a kiss. , But he didn't even bother to listen to what his wife said. When his wife asked for the key, he didn't hear him, who was full of naked women, until his wife asked for it again. On the way his wife walked to the car, he was guilty of not daring to pick up the telescope, but his breathing increased and his heartbeat increased. Domi's meticulous and true portrayal made him love the director to death. When she heard his wife closing the car door, he immediately picked up the binoculars. Unfortunately, after his wife left, his binoculars could not find the beauty. He changed the position and searched again, only to see that the woman’s pants fell on the ground. No one is seen. Let me think about it, first I took off my shirt, and then my pants were scattered on the ground. What a temptation for a voyeur. Driven by this, the actor sets out to the woods with a telescope, with a heart that wants to feast his eyes. When the actor found her, she found her naked and lying on the ground in a coma. The excited male protagonist immediately walked over. At this time, the director used a detail to portray the male protagonist's impatience. As soon as the male protagonist moved his foot, he was tripped to the ground by a tree branch. It's really the color word in the head, and the surroundings are completely ignored. Unexpectedly, on the way to the beauty, a masked weird suddenly stabbed a pair of scissors behind her back. The panicked actor flees immediately.

At this point, the first sin is over-Lust


No. 2 is the masked weirdo. When he found out that he was trapped by his past self and became a third party unable to enter his life, he wanted to regain his own life. With the help of the machine of time and space, the other self in the same time and space should be sent back to the past so that oneself can return to a normal life. So, in order to adapt to the stability of time and space, he had to make everything go according to the original track, so there was a scene of intimidating the beauty and stabbing No. 1 with a knife. He even killed his own wife by mistake (it was found to be a fake later).


This is the second sin of the male protagonist-selfishness


The number three has gone through all the previous tribulations. The only thing I want now is to be able to live a good, quiet life. However, there were two more opponents out of thin air. However, he is no longer what he was a few hours ago. If you look closely, you will find that the hero of the first crime is panicked and his actions are cautious. In the second crime, the hero's heart is just a little bit. Uneasy and nervous, he was quick to act but he often made chaos. By the time of the third crime, the male protagonist was already a general demeanor, quite like lLocke in "lost", and all the criminal steps were taken care of, every step of the way. The implementation is methodical, extremely capable and confident, and completely aware of everything. In order to save his wife, he did not hesitate to deceive the poor beauty to become a substitute for the dead



. This is the third crime-cheating and killing the



three crimes is the process of the worsening of crimes. What the director wants to tell us is the principle of preventing dysfunction, even if Any evil thought can cause great evil.



In addition, there are many points worthy of scrutiny in this film. Here are a few simple examples



. 1. Table



Regarding the wooden table made by her wife, first of all, it was one of the reasons that caused the wife to go out, and it was about this table. A bet, the wife has to drive out, there is no kiss, no short-term beauty disappears, I don’t know if the crime will happen, besides, the table plays the role of No. 3 repelling at the back. The important role of No. 2, by the way, almost all the small things in the film have been fully utilized. Telephone, scissors, walkie-talkie, everything is used to the best of their ability, and the level of screenwriting is surprisingly high.


2. The

irony of the victimized film is that the male protagonist is always hurting himself continuously. No. 2 hurts No. 1, and No. 3 hits No. 2, and No. 3 is the victim of No. 1 lust. It's really interesting. But who is the biggest victim of the film? Obviously that poor beauty. Just riding a bike passing by, became the fate of being peeped, coerced, and killed. I really hope that there will be a number four to save her (Spanish beauty... very good, very powerful 囧rz)

3. Destiny

One of the difficult questions in the film is how the protagonist threw the heroine’s pants in the position in his memory. Obviously, when No. 1 first discovered the pants, it was impossible to pay attention to the position of the pants, while No. 2’s. All crimes are carried out based on memory, so I really don’t know how to do it. I really want to say, I can only say that I have everything in my mind, such as the walkie-talkie. Even though the number 2 is thrown away, the number 3 is still obtained. Up. Do people really have to obey fate?

4.

The front and back echoes of the whole film are very well done, from the sceneries, the still life to the characters' movements all explained clearly. This is the rigorous narrative of this film as a spatiotemporal film.

The ending of the film is also quite interesting. The director puts the different protagonists of the same time and space together through a pan, and No. 3 is enjoying a moment of tranquility before the rain, and No. 2 is driving to send No. 1 into the space-time machine. On the road, and No. 1 is experiencing the fear given by the masked weirdo at this time.

It is quite ironic that this is life? Is this destiny? No this is sin!


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Extended Reading

Timecrimes quotes

  • [last lines]

    Clara: Hector...

    Héctor: It's okay.

    [throws the scissors]

    Héctor: We still have a while before it starts raining.

  • Héctor: I need help. A man is after me. He's trying to kill me.

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