Miss Brother Wasteland Almanac-Civilization is a high hat

Filmed in 1971, "Miss Brothers Wasteland Almanac" seems to be a life experience of the two younger brothers in the wilderness with indigenous people, but it is actually a spiritual contest between modern society and primitive nature. In terms of shooting technique, the life of the indigenous people is described through the form of imitation documentary, which enhances the realism of the film, coupled with the conversion of real life shots, successfully draws the audience's attention to the director's intention. Most importantly, the best thing about "Miss Brother Wasteland" is that the director breaks the conventional method and integrates documentary, adventure, society, nature and other elements into the film's storyline.

At the beginning of the film, the father drove the younger brother to the wild to eat, but suddenly drew his gun and attacked the younger brother, and finally committed suicide by lighting the car. Regarding the father’s abnormal behavior, there is no specific statement in the film. We can temporarily understand his behavior as mentally abnormal. There is a philosophical saying that "people are the product of society, that is, human consciousness. It is a product of society.” Therefore, the father's behavior must be related to the society to a certain extent. The film only amplifies this point.

Contrast is one of the commonly used expression methods in movies, and this is more obvious in "Miss Brother". The director compares primitive and modern, civilized and barbaric, simple and complex, dream and reality, among which the most ironic is It is a male sexual performance. Men working in the wilderness only see women with exposed breasts and panties, while indigenous people can swim happily with naked girls, just like Adam and Eve who did not steal the forbidden fruit.

With the development of the plot, it is not difficult to see that the two brothers and sisters represent two different people. The sister is eager to return to nature but cannot do without material comfort and civilized society. In contrast, the younger brother has innate innocence and is in the difficult field. Still playing with toys, even persuaded her sister to stay.

The end of the film is like a general adventure film, and the younger brothers and girls will eventually return to society, but the death of the aborigines is unexpected and reasonable at the same time. Regarding the aboriginal suicide, I guess there are two reasons: one is that the courtship is not successful and it is caused by sadness; the other is that the aboriginal people see their status through civilized people. Civilized people use shotguns and cars to hunt and kill, and the indigenous people are just one. A higher animal who can use simple tools, he knows he can't surpass a civilized person.

Looking at the film, one question will be found: what primitive man and what is a civilized man? The primitive life is simple but difficult to take in the brothers and sisters, the civilized people directly shut out, in short, civilization is just a high hat that people wear.

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