In the middle of the 18th century, there was an ordinary and peaceful village in northern England, surrounded by greenery, flowers and birds, everyone lived a contented and happy life. In a thunderstorm late night, everyone was closed behind closed doors, even the dog stopped barking and was immersed in sleep. Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the door bolt, and a girl with loose hair rushed out of the house screaming in disregard of her family. No one remembers her name anymore, only remember that her face was full of grief and jealousy, twisted and deformed, and a vicious curse spurted out of her eyes. In such a situation, it was as if the goddess of vengeance had possessed her body, guiding her to wield a long sword to fight. She braved the heavy rain and ran to an empty flat ground, knelt down on the ground and prayed to the sky, shouting wildly, and with the glare of lightning and roaring thunder, she summoned the devil. The girl couldn't wait to sign a contract with the demon, betrayed her soul, in exchange for a powerful force, to retaliate against the man who abandoned her.
In Western literature and movies, you will always see people's worship of the devil, as well as some little-known secrets to sacrifice to the devil. For people who are weak but too ambitious, the devil is not a god of death holding a sickle to take human lives, but a belief that has a powerful force other than God. They don’t care about the hell after selling their souls, just to enjoy the power of having power. The miracle of a moment, the extremely dangerous pleasure when the desire is satisfied. The most well-known contract between a person and the devil should be Faust and Mephistopheles in Goethe's writings. In the first tragedy that Faust experienced, he was tortured by his limited ability to acquire knowledge, "I have worked tirelessly on philosophy, law, medical classics, and regrettably, theology, all thoroughly studied! As usual! It's a poor fool, so how wise is he better than before!" He gradually evolved from complaining and self-blaming to desperate misery. Mephistopheles appeared at the right time, insidiously tempted Faust, bowed to him, willing to be his servant, and let him experience all kinds of life. For a person like Faust who embraced "the highest level of humanity, all thoughts are gathered here", naturally, he did not take much effort to agree to the devil's conditions.
The first half of Andrei Zulavsky’s work "Familiarity" seems to be normal. It is about the emotional crisis of a couple. In the second half, the audience will be surprised to discover the source of all these crises-Iraq. Anna, played by Sabella Adjani, is tempted by a filthy demon. The devil uses Adjani's body to create a human appearance for herself and officially descends to the world.
The story begins with the argument between Anna and her husband Mark. Mark is angry with his wife because of something, but Anna cannot explain why. It can be seen that they are experiencing a emotional crisis, and their husbands can only drag their luggage home on weekends because of work. The two were lying on the bed. Anna reviewed her problems guiltily with tears in her eyes. The husband also said that he could not live without Anna, and then they calmly asked each other if there was a third party. Naturally, such a conversation has no results.
In order to save the marriage, Mark quit his job, but when he returned home, he disappeared from his wife. He only received a call from her, saying that he wanted to think about his life. Mark searched for his wife’s clothes, hoping to find clues about his wife’s abnormal behavior, and he found a postcard written by a man to Anna, "I have never seen the light of God until I met you." (Henry) Look at it. , Mark went crazy looking for Anna's whereabouts, and agreed to meet in a cafe to clarify this extramarital affair.
Negotiations in the cafe started from the beginning of the division of property, and gradually began to be tense. The husband roared and reprimanded his wife for his infidelity. Both were angrily like two mantises twisting and preparing to fight. The subsequent outbreak was absolutely devastating. The tables and chairs of the restaurant were smashed in anger, and finally held by the guards who came up. Afterwards, Mark slowly decayed while waiting for Anna. He often curled up on the bed in pain and twisted his body like a dying maggot. The quarrel with Anna became fierce every time, and each time the two were exhausted and wandered. On the verge of collapse. Anna left home more and more times, Mark tried his best to find Henry's residence, angrily asked the man to leave Anna, but was beaten up by him. When Anna's good friend Margie came to help Mark, he extended an ambiguous hug to him.
Mark hired a private detective to follow Anna and found that she really had a third lover, in an old building facing the street. What's strange is that none of the people who followed her in to investigate did not come out again. They all saw a huge fish-like creature, covered in dirty green mucus, hiding in the toilet and emitting a pungent fishy smell, which made people sick. It is estimated that such a smell can only be smelled in the sewers full of rotting corpses. . Anyone who saw him would lose control, convulsed and panicked, and was immediately killed by the crazy Anna, chopped into pieces and stored in the refrigerator. As more and more people died, the devil gradually became a man.
After Mark knew the truth, he hid traces everywhere for Anna and prevented the police from investigating the case. Finally, he and Anna died under random guns.
The devil has grown into the appearance of Mark and officially descended into the world.
In "The Double Life of Veronica", the craftsman who made the puppets said that he would always make exactly the same backup of the puppets he particularly liked. So God created two Veronicas. In "Infatuation", the director also created two Ajani, one is Anna, the other is kindergarten teacher Helen. The only difference may be that Anna has dark, thick curly hair, while Helen has golden braids. Usually, a woman named Anna has a moving beauty and a miserable ending. For example, Anna Karenina gave up her life by lying on the rails. Helen is the name of a beautiful woman in Greek mythology. Such a woman must have pure power to deter the world with her beauty.
The devil will not find someone for no reason. It must be someone who is dissatisfied with life and has desires. Such people are easily tempted by it and give up their souls. It will choose Anna. Naturally, her beauty is indispensable. Another reason is her insatiable life. She loves her husband Mark deeply, but can't bear that he is always running away for work. She is afraid that such a perfect husband will not love her and leave her. In a confrontation between quarrel and silence, the director showed the audience Anna's fear.
"Did I do something to make you hate me so?" Mark asked Anna helplessly scratching his scalp.
"No."
"I'm taking it for myself?"
"No."
"You want to get married with him, and my son and I are your stumbling blocks?" Mark rushed to Anna again, and asked in a low voice, holding back his anger.
Anna shook her head silently.
"Are you afraid of me?"
Anna still shook her head with tears in her eyes.
"Are you afraid that I don't like you?"
"Yes." Anna responded weakly and nodded vigorously.
So Anna resisted her husband's betrayal in the opposite way: she chose to betray first, and found a Henry who didn't seem to suit her. Henry has no place in her heart, it's just a tool for her to escape, so she will categorically answer that there is no third party when Mark asks her for the first time. However, when Mark knew the truth, this matter was beyond Anna's control, and she and Mark began to hurt each other, and even fisted together, resulting in self-harm with a sharp blade. After cutting her neck with a meat-cutting knife, Anna looked blankly at Mark, who was also cutting her arm with the knife, and said that it didn't hurt. The possession and desire for love made them feel no physical pain.
Helen is the first drop of water from the melting of a glacier that has been sleeping for billions of years. It is pure and flawless, carefree, and can shine in the sun. She represents all men's fantasy of women, beautiful, quiet, warm, dedicated, she is perfect, without desire, until she fell in love with Mark. Although he has exactly the same face, Mark still thinks Anna is more beautiful, he even loves her crazy soul, this is a kind of magic, love makes people turn into a devil. Helen went from simply caring about her students to entering Mark's world, and finally fell in love with him. She ran to open the door for him, like a girl in love. When she heard the call of her lover, she couldn't wait to plug her wings and turn into a bird to fly to him. The demon transformed into a human form was waiting for her outside the house.
When the devil knocks on your door, you have nowhere to escape.
2. She is a sharp blade that pierces the heart.
The name "Ajani" is your first impression when you see her. When you say "Ah", it is the moment when she is stunned by her unparalleled beauty. She is the most beautiful tomb in the world, burying all your desires; when you say "Jia", you watch her walk towards you with breathlessness, and keep your eyes open. Watching her pierce your heart like a sharp blade, there is no room for resistance; when you say "Ni", you will quietly enjoy the thrill and pain of her stirring in your heart, and feel the joy of eternal heartbreak.
Zulavsky’s shocking work was banned in the UK for 18 years and was only released as a videotape in 1999. It is estimated that Ajani was the only reason to lift the ban. Only Ajani can make the word madness carry the sweetness of a rose, even if there are spikes on the stem of the rose, people can't help but hug them into their arms and pierce their chests. Only she can make this movie, like a nightmare like a shadow, bring people endless intoxication. The French are like teenagers in love. In the same year, they gave all the honors of Cannes Queen and the Best Actress of the Caesar Award. They were crazy for her.
Adjani's superb acting skills allow this horror film to create a creepy atmosphere without any special effects. She interpreted Anna's gradual madness, self-harm, and dedication to the devil's psychological changes extremely hierarchically and shockingly. At the beginning, she was only slightly haggard, and she often groaned when she spoke, with tears in her eyes, looking at Mark with longing eyes. Then, as the quarrel escalated, she began to speak incoherently, sometimes quietly, sometimes violently, she kept rubbing her hands, as if trying to get rid of the demon's attachment from her body. When she decided to turn to the devil, her eyes could freeze everything she saw, just like Medusa's eyes.
The most exciting scene in the film is the scene where Ajani shows that Anna is extremely struggling in her heart, almost torn apart. The picture started when Anna looked up at Jesus who was tied to the cross, and the moans from her throat echoed in the hall. Her face was full of doubts, and she was asking why God gave her so much pain. When she walked out of the church and entered the underground passage, Anna began to laugh uncontrollably. She laughed while holding her belly. She laughed so hard that she dragged her body to walk. She laughed so hard that she could not stand firmly. When she dragged her body, she also walked. When he was not moving, he screamed and slammed into the wall, screaming, as if something was about to burst from his chest. She threw the things she bought against the wall, and again and again, the milk splashed out and splashed all over her. From uncontrollable wailing to intermittent yelling, she twisted back and forth with her body, and finally fell to the ground and struggled to roll. , Behind is a place of rubbish. She was sitting on the ground, leaning forward, holding her hands on the ground, vomiting unstoppable, blood mixed with thick liquid came out of her ears, and green juice came out of her legs. At this time Anna screamed out with all her strength. This was a long shot that lasted three minutes. Adjani's performance was stunned. The demon attached to her seemed to be braving hot poisonous gas, and was about to burn her to death. She didn't need to turn her head 180 degrees and crawl upside down to create a suffocating horror, spread the plague, and do it all in one go.
After reading it, everyone is convinced that Adjani has the ability to summon the devil.
3. The art of horror in movies
Rilke said, "Beauty is not nothing, but the beginning of horror that we can just bear." Zulavsky has surpassed this limit time and time again.
The first time I saw Andrei Zulavsky’s work was his 1989 "Your night is more beautiful than my day". This is the second collaboration between him and Sophie Marceau. There is a 1985 "Wild Love" (Amour braque, L'). "Your night is more beautiful than my day", it is said that Blanche, played by Sophie Marceau, is a girl with predictive ability. She is regarded as a cash cow by her family and goes on stage everywhere to please the rich. She met Lucas by chance. She knew that this man would die soon, but she couldn't help but fall in love with him. The relationship between the two seemed to be true, and finally Lucas saw a clown, as often said in the story, he hugged Blanche and sank into the sea. This is not a story that can be explained by logic, as if countless pieces are put together. Although the movie ends in death, the love between Blanche and Lucas makes the movie exude a warm atmosphere. Blanche does not have the kind of madness that the characters in Zulavsky's mirror are used to, but a woman controlled by fate, full of mystery life experience, but whenever she comes to Lucas, she seems to simply It can be seen through at a glance.
Zulavsky's film focuses on the creation of atmosphere, so if you want to figure out the connection of every detail in the film, it is really a headache. In the "fascination" of 1981, the creation of this dream-like horror atmosphere is a kind of culmination. You will find that there is no difference between reality and dreams. Reality is more like a nightmare than dreams.
Music is one of the directors' weapons of terror, much like the soundtrack of "The Shining", entering the theme of horror unabashedly from the beginning. "The Shining" relies mostly on ready-made classical music, such as the beginning of the medieval prime song "The Doomsday" and Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste" to create a doomsday The panic and the weirdness in the dark. The soundtrack of "Infatuation" comes from the original creation of Polish composer Andrei Kozinski. The use of electronic music expands the space of the image and puts people in a very strange and dangerous environment. The piccolo that plays from time to time makes people tremble. Feel. "The Shining" is pronounced in abnormal string music, such as playing on the other side of the piano code, as well as flicking, a large number of overtones and plucking strings. This way of creating atmosphere has left many people with constant confusion. A terrifying dream chased by evil spirits. "Infatuation" is even simpler. In the background of the character dialogue, add distant and rhythmic onomatopoeia, such as the sound of high heels stepping on an empty room, the flapping of insect wings, and the impatient ticking of clocks. The director allows certain sounds to be extracted and amplified, creating the effect of the devil approaching step by step.
The physical movements of the actors and the director's close-up shots also made a huge contribution to the horror of the film. After Mark learned of Anna's betrayal, it was not only his hideous expression that was frightening, but also his swaying on the rocking chair, which hinted at his unbalanced and uncontrollable heart at the time. When he was questioned by company personnel, he was sitting in a swivel chair, turning around constantly. At that time, he was upset that he could not find Anna. While they were arguing, Anna kept cutting the beef in her hands, chopping it into pieces until it became minced, and their family was scattered like this beef. In horror films, the director's grasp of close-up shots is also the key to success or failure. In "Rosemary's Baby" (Rosemary's Baby), Polanski allows close-ups to appear in very strong or very weak light, giving the film a sleepwalking quality. In "Infatuation," Zulavsky likes to zoom the camera very close during the private conversation between the hero and the heroine, to capture their subtle emotions, and each freeze frame gives the audience great imagination.
The movie itself is a metaphor, and the highest art of horror lies here. It makes all illusory nightmares come true in real life. People can sell their souls and copulate with the devil for love. The director satirizes those who are too crazy and possessive love, such love can only bring each other to destruction. In the movie, the devil was not eliminated as usual, but successfully descended into the world and appeared as a human being. He can easily capture people's hearts, allow them to commit crimes and enjoy the joy of killing. In this society where desires are swollen and chasing fame and wealth, there are too many hearts that are more terrifying and dirty than the devil. Maybe they are your favorite and closest people, using your weaknesses to seduce you.
At the end of the film, the devil knocked on Helen's door. The air defense sirens sounded in the sky, the sound of plane bombing resounded through the sky, and the roar of the earthquake made the lights flicker. The devil brought war and destruction. War is the destruction of mankind to himself.
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