When the 83rd Oscar's best foreign language film rematch list was announced, people were a little surprised. The two heavy-tasting films "Confessions" and "Dog Tooth" were on the list, which made people surprised that the Oscars were different from the usual fraternity. Compared with "Better World", "Life Is Above All" and "Beauty Mistakes", which focus on the hardships of small people in a turbulent society, "Confessions" and "Dog Tooth" are too pioneering and exciting for the academy. Up. However, after watching "Confession", I realized that it was Oscar's great courage to select the absurd and satirical "Dog Tooth", and the favor of "Confession" that favors formalism can actually be said to be inevitable.
"Confession" is like a cold old man living in a deep alley, his appearance is extremely cold and cruel, but a certain slight movement in his eyes still reveals the purity and beauty of his heart. "Confession" is on the surface a story about a female teacher avenging her beloved daughter, but in fact this is just an introduction. From this introduction, the ins and outs of the whole incident were told through different people at the time. The story was pieced together bit by bit, and the chill was approaching step by step. The hypocritical world was peeled off piece by piece, revealing the naked and most primitive desire and cruelty inside. Life is like a distorted photo, out of focus and blurry and finally decayed. The confession of each party is like throwing huge stones into the calm lake water, and all the illusions disappeared in an instant, the hidden darkness opened his eyes, and he grew up with his arms around the ugly and helpless people. "Confession" was written by Tetsuya Nakajima, director of the Japanese Visual Department. The tone of the whole film is gloomy, and the sky seems to have never been clear. The gloomy weather and the solemn clouds create a mood of sadness and sigh. Under this gloom, there is a deep sorrow and shocking cruelty. And some of them are full of decadent and poetic slow motion, and some surreal performance techniques also make the film's temperament more prominent. The director’s focus is not actually on crime and punishment, but on the growth of the new generation of children with cold eyes, the crimes on campus, the creepy dark side of children’s innocent smiles, and the fact that the family is affected by reality and society. Distorted and distressing extreme thoughts. Just like the enthusiastic students in "The Tide", these children who cannot find the beauty of life, feel the warm love, and cannot appreciate the value of life, prove their existence with all kinds of terrible behaviors. In the dark night, they looked so terrible and so sad, like wild cats abandoned by others, their eyes flickering defensively in the middle of the night, but their hearts were always filled with helplessness and confusion. The more crazy people are actually the more vulnerable. The director's performance techniques and narrative methods make people feel the pain with the children as if they are on the scene, and witness the enthusiasm and horror of the children with the society. Borrowing different narrators to narrate the story is like "Rashomon", let us face the sin and cowardice in each party's heart. While enriching the film, it also made great contributions to the performance and preparation of the theme. Matsuko's role in "Confession" is not as many as expected, but unlike her innocence in "April Story", she plays a teacher who looks full of revenge this time. Matsuko's performance can be said to have completed the task, and the complex performance of the characters in certain emotional catharsis scenes is very good. The courage of the film to face the cruel focus of the hot spots of the era is a factor that Oscar has always liked, but until the film is about to end, I still have doubts about how such a cold and cold film has been favored by the warm-hearted Uncle Ao. The answer to everything is in the last line of the film. When the film ended, Matsutaka's last line came in the dark scene, and all the questions were answered, and all of Matsutaka's performances received the most reasonable explanation. The words Matsushita said in the film sounded in his ears: "I won't let him go." Yes, kid. Have you ever heard the sound of losing your favorite? Do you know the love that still exists in the cruel world? Do you understand the heavy value of each living life? Do you have the awareness of cherishing life and respecting life? If not, then how do we deliver the future world to you. If not, I want revenge, I want you to remember the value of life.
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