This film mainly revolves around the two complex and profound philosophical issues of "humanity" and "existence". It tries to reflect the connection and contradiction between the two through novel and unique audiovisual feelings and intuitive expressions. The film began with Roy. Anderson offered the idea of "Encounter with Death" in three paragraphs. In the light and funny soundtrack, there is a sense of chilly humor, starting with a fragment of simple daily life, sharp and precise directly into the vital points of human nature. A middle-aged man twisted the bottle cap hard, resulting in a sudden death from a heart attack, but his wife was still cooking in the kitchen; the eldest and not-so-young son wanted to take the hand of his mother who had not spent much time in the hospital bed. Wealth; Passer-by, who was inexplicably braided just after buying the order, left a free meal. When the waiter asked who needed it, the audience was silent, and then only one fat uncle took a beer, except for "existence" inevitable "death" "Besides the constraints of ", things are impermanent for a while, and human indifference, greed, selfishness, and jealousy are fully revealed. The existence in a complex society has resulted in sharp reflections on human nature.
Comedy elements are also divided into levels. Needless to say, vulgarity is generally defined as superficial funny that is fleeting or forgettable, while cold humor or black humor with cleverness is often classified as a relatively advanced and rich The fun of nutrition. The fun in "Hard Branches and Quiet" is wrapped in the bitter laughter produced by the absurd reality, with a slight irony. Compared with the subjective and serious criticism, this joking technique increases the visibility of the film. The expression will also become more in-depth and sharp. In the established concept, we often regard the plot as the core and soul of a movie. It is natural to one-sidedly think that if even a story is not well told, then this film will have to be It is greatly discounted, and may even be dubbed the title of a bad film, but some directors prefer to take the sword and slant to attack. I didn't focus on the plot, but focused more on expressing my thoughts through the image style, so that there is no story line, this film belongs to the latter. After "Meeting with Death", Roy Anderson uses two down-and-out salesmen as the axis to develop the full picture of the film from their experiences in the process of debt collection and debt collection.
Men and women looking for pleasure in the wasteland; dancing teachers who love to eat tofu and igniting lust; men who have not waited until the people who appear as agreed are waiting outside; in order to help the man who used to be the captain of his brother-in-law, he has no hair cutting skills. Later, the salesman who was sitting aside ready to cut his head immediately flashed up; one side is the monkey who is suffering to be tested, and the other side is the human being who is leisurely talking on the phone. The common denominator is the annotation of existence—the consciousness and essence of existence are established in the social relations and the laws of existence formed by being attached to others. The comparison between the heroic departure and the return of the wounded soldiers when the king passed the tavern is an amazing section in the film. The overlap and juxtaposition between the old and the new reflect the corruption and incompetence of totalitarianism. , But the interesting thing is that after expelling the women, using military service to serve the country as a reason, the king caught the handsome young bartender at a glance, but his demeanor could not conceal his inner love. After returning, the defeated king also had to work for the toilet. Entering the ranks of waiting, there is undoubtedly a somewhat ridiculous intention. The reflection on the past decadent system and war damage is also the questioning and overthrowing of the certainty and authenticity of "existence" in the established impression and time cycle; two images Salesmen who have been isolated and abandoned by reality, whether they are being reprimanded hard when collecting debts or being warned hard when collecting debts (whether they are bumped or sick), the hollow humanity in the established business relationship has been benefited by both. Filled up with words, it seems indifferent and ruthless.
The cold reception in the process of selling goods, the slow, dull and serious two people also feel a kind of sour and sad comics. The vampire braces with long fangs, the haha bags that make cold laughter, and the ghost-like people. Weird scary headgear, whether it is to scare customers in a small shop, hear haha bags make a "hehe" speechless laughter in a quiet little bar, or sit on the side of the road to sell customers unattended at half price, They all reflect the difficulty and difficulty of survival. They often say "to bring joy to the audience", but they gradually run counter to this concept, encounter various cold spots and embarrassments, and finally leave their depression and pain to themselves. In the bar where two salesmen drank, there was an old man who remembered the scenes that were impressive, and instantly pulled back to the past. The singing voice floated and sang: If you don’t have money to pay for the wine, you can offer it. For a kiss, the men in the bar lined up to give affectionate kisses to the female shopkeeper. The contrast is the loneliness, depression, and the helplessness of the passing of time. Finally, the twilight old man puts on his coat and is slow and fragile with the help of others. Departure.
The two people who were under the pressure of sales to no avail finally broke out in a small universe with disputes and disagreements. After a short separation, the feeling of loneliness once again restored the relationship between the two, but one of them has fallen deeply into the doubt and bitterness of survival. Unable to extricate himself, Roy Anderson inserted a very shocking clip through his thoughts. A group of soldiers were cruelly driving a group of thin and weak blacks into a weird device full of horns and copper, closed and lit, like The kebab keeps spinning like kebabs, so that the fresh lives are brutally tortured and ignored in front of them, and are ruthlessly annihilated under the fire, and then the glass door reflecting the weird device is gradually opened, and a group of holding goblets drinking The luxurious old people who wore dresses as if they were appreciating a "wonderful feast" appeared in front of them. The injustice, cruelty, absurdity and sorrow of the distinction between high and low are distressing, and such a naked and terrifying manifestation is also Roy Anderson. Looking back on history, reflecting on reality, and vigilant about the future.
There is a line that often appears in the film: "I am glad to hear that you had a good time." It seems to be a sincere, eager, and polite reply, but in reality, this kind of uniform reply is more like a repeater in order to maintain a certain relationship. In response to a polite, perfunctory and superficial remark out of instinct, the relationship between people like a thumbs-up becomes extremely pale and weak in the lines and situations designed by Roy Anderson and floats on the surface. At the end of the film, it can be seen from a few conversations among passers-by waiting for the bus on the side of the road that even the long-belief definition of time does not seem to have impeccable substantive meaning and rock-solid certainty. It is more like A kind of artificial conscious induction and summary, what is the meaning of existence? An old-fashioned question was once again brought to the table by Roy Anderson, just like the poem that the little girl wanted to recite and the very symbolic exhibits in the opening museum. Throughout the ages, countless people are like the ones that just stayed there. Birds on branches will often unconsciously think about this question, but people are different, and the answers are not the same. Many people don’t even get an exact answer for a lifetime, but they only wander around in existence day after day. And struggling without actually entering or integrating into life, Roy Anderson focuses more on expressing the human abuses and cruel results that are reflected and triggered by the extremely absurd and bleak reality, as well as the hypocrisy, emptiness and emptiness of existence.
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