Light at the end of the tunnel

Zita 2022-01-07 15:54:04

I like films made in small European countries, "Mysterious Eyes", "Death Papers", "Investigator", and this "Mysterious Disappearance". These films have a gloomy look, like patches of moss spreading out of the cold black forest of Northern Europe. These films pay much attention to the inner portrayal of the characters, which dilute the plot, but increase the sense of reality. They are very serious films. By the way, there is also "The Long Reader", which is also the feeling when reading the original novel. The tone of "The Investigator" is particularly similar to that of "Mysterious Disappearance". Even the male protagonist is very similar. It is impossible to distinguish whether it is played by the same person or not. The acting skills are amazing.
Before watching it as a horror movie, after watching it, I think it shouldn’t be a horror movie; it should be said that the genre is an invention of Hollywood, which is also their patent; this movie is not strictly a genre, just like a good painting in a corner, The author is a person living alone in a small country. Although good, you can’t distinguish between impressionism and figuration, because it downplays the characteristics and impresses you in some places. It may be true, but it’s not just for your comment. Consumer goods, it is a work of art with a single soul.
This movie is full of loneliness and fatalism. With the two soundtracks in the beginning and the end (thinking of Hong Kong movies in the 1980s), it is easy to draw people into a gloomy mood. In the opening dream of the heroine, she dreamed of a golden egg floating in the vast universe, struggling in the golden egg; in a later dream, another golden egg ran into it. She is extremely insecure, and her love with him makes her feel lonely. It is not that he did not do well, but a kind of ordinary loneliness, which everyone has. The same goes for chemistry teachers. He is good at disguising, perfectionism (protagonist), and claustrophobic. The chemistry teacher is gradually lost in the watery life. He is a good wife in front of his wife, a good husband in the eyes of children, but his perfectionist heart and childhood trauma are the first before he jumps to save people. In an instant, it was released. Many things are just an instant, just like fate; an instant may become a devil, an instant may be broken into a fracture, an instant may be fascinated by a stranger, an instant may be buried alive by a liar. In fact, the chemistry teacher is very timid, especially for the male protagonist, who is completely timid. The ending is very classic. I think the most psychologically scary scene is the buried alive coffin, the kind of enclosed space that can only turn around, and the oxygen is thinned out in a few seconds, and it is extremely depressing. I think of the classic part of the movie in "Kill Bill", lying in the coffin waiting for death, and then punching through the top of the coffin with one punch and one punch. It can only be said that it was too unexpected. Ding Neng figured it out.
Finally, the actor lay in the coffin, and the lighter went out a little bit. He passed the last firelight, as if it was the end of the tunnel. A few hours before his girlfriend disappeared three years ago, he was facing the light. It was her in the sun. .

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The Vanishing quotes

  • Raymond Lemorne: My daughter was bursting with pride. But I thought that her admiration wasn't worth anything unless I could prove myself absolutely incapable of doing anything evil. And as black cannot exist without white, I logically conceived the most horrible deed that I could envision right at that moment. But I want you to know, for me killing is not the worst thing.

  • Rex Hofman: Sometimes I imagine she's alive. Somewhere far away. She's very happy. And then, I have to make a choice. Either I let her go on living and never know, or I let her die and find out what happened. So... I let her die.