1. The story opens with a fascinating posture: how the protagonist's experience of shooting trauma was sold for money. From this, we realize that the film presents consumerism that is even more terrifying than terrorism (consumerism is a point that is difficult for people living in its social pattern to detect). Echoing: The voice-over of the movie reminds that, on the verge of death, the protagonist and the devil made a Faust-style deal.
2. We have seen how a living body has been harassed by the world and destiny and changed qualitatively, from school shootings, terrorist attacks, drugs and sexual experiences, giving birth out of wedlock, flashing spotlights, fame and wealth... The phrase "I'm a private girl in a public world" in Natalie Portman’s concert brilliantly interprets the point of "alienation", deduces a drug addiction, alcoholism, alienation and disgust And the undesirable character image of the idol superstar. This is a magnificent and profound film describing the personal growth history of a rock star, regardless of the social or psychological level.
3. The fast-playing video part interspersed during the march of the Queen of Backlight (Vox Lux, 2018), the production has the taste of the whimsical world of Emily (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2003), but the nature of this comedy is now Black humor focuses on sarcasm, ridicule, and irony.
4. The prelude to the story is drawn from the incidentalization of the Columbine campus in 1999. The movie Elephant (Elephant, 2003) in which Gus Fansang was awarded the Palme d'Or was produced on this theme. Twenty years later, the Queen of Backlight (Vox Lux, 2018) showed a failure of hedonism, like drugs or alcohol, trying to distract the attention of superficial consumption patterns. Perhaps our consciousness will strongly maintain ourselves in numbness. In the state, our unconsciousness and our dreams will still reveal our anxiety.
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