Another Cannes darling director, Kleber Mendonça Filho (Kleber Mendonça Filho) so far, two of the three feature films have been shortlisted in the main competition. Following the defeat of "Aquarius" two years ago, this year This new work "Baclaw" unexpectedly won the jury award and shared this honor with "Les Miserables". Surprisingly, Director Mendoza basically abandoned the clear-cut realistic documentary style in the first two works, and boldly turned to the Western movie mixed killing genre. Whether this is the result of co-working with another director is unknown. However, it can be seen that this attempt to fill the blood plasma violence does not seem to have made much breakthrough on this subject, and it weakens the critical power of this good subject in a disguised form.
In fact, this genre film is the same as the previous two works. It can also be classified as a community-themed film. From the residential area in "The Sound of the House" to the independent villa of the heroine of Nailzihu in "Aquarius", to this work. In the Baklaw villages, there is a common motif that the protagonists(s) swear to the death to defend their homes from foreign enemies. The director’s various author tags are still clearly visible, the camera is roaming between buildings, sounds and voiceovers from unknown sources render an uneasy atmosphere, and a handy zoom lens highlights key figures or objects. The portrayal of this isolated village in the first half is quite fascinating, including the composition of the villagers, the funeral of the elderly, and their confrontation with the new mayor, all of which planted rich metaphors for this highly realistic and critical story. detail.
However, I did not expect that the attempt to typify in the second half quickly reversed the previous careful bedding and spiraled downward towards the plot of gimmicks that pleases the public. The portrayal of the members of the killing organization and the murderous leader is full of Hollywood clichés and stupidity. Although trying to introduce the Nazis to disprove the ugliness of this torture, it can only be reduced to a boring graphic design, which is far from the last year of Von Trier. The philosophical depth of the indiscriminate killing work "This House Is Made By Me". The last scene of the killing climax was deeply influenced by Kurosawa Akira's "Seven Samurai" and Quentin's deconstruction techniques, which made the audience enjoy the sensory stimulation, but it was a pity that it was difficult to leave more thoughts on the theme of resistance and cultural demise. .
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