male protagonist Clay Riddel is a cartoonist, separated from his wife (to be precise, divorced, and the wife has a new love), and has a child, a good relationship, but not his own. The man in red in the comic is the real father of the child, and the male protagonist hates him abnormally.
The male protagonist paints in a simple studio. The studio is located on the second floor next to the airport. Noisy plane noises are heard every day, which shows the poor status of the male protagonist. There is also a male protagonist who is autistic and has a certain fear of the outside world.
He lives mostly in his own world, in his own cartoons. There are few relatives and friends, just his wife and son, and another protagonist-the black Tom.
I moved to the studio alone, and at first I just separated. The male protagonist took his son Johnny to school when he had time, but after the complete divorce, it was obvious that the custody of the child was not in the hands of the male protagonist, because Clay's simple studio showed that he was unable to raise his son. , Besides, the child is not his.
So there is no need to pick up the son. The real father of the child can definitely hire a nanny for his son. After that, the mobile phone was the only hope for Acacia. After the host moved to the airport, he often saw the girl upstairs, and he was enamored with it, but they won’t succumb to you at all!
His wife’s betrayal made him unable to accept the facts. He lived in the ambivalent mood of hating the man in red and the deep love for his wife, unable to extricate himself from his betrayal, and became addicted to drugs and abandoned himself. In
addition, Clay has several close friends. , But the only dear friend is the black protagonist Tom Mccourt (Tom Mccourt), and they met in the bar, and Dj Liquid (liquid, wine, alcoholic friends) is just getting along with each other, and there is not much affection.
The protagonist and Tom became friends because they both had the same tragic experience. The protagonist's career was low and his love failed. Tom participated in the Vietnam War when he was young, but later in the 2008 financial crisis, his wife divorced in 2009. Eventually Tom also became addicted to drugs.
Clay finally killed the man in red, thinking that he could save the family, and then he got the eggs; then he shot his wife and strangled his son, and planned to flee to Canada, but made police tracking everywhere...
in this background and alcohol Under the complex mood of drug psychedelic and self-blame, Clay fantasizes and directs the dream we have seen like a comic.
0x0. Detailed analysis
First of all, the protagonist is Clay. The supporting role of the movie has a prototype in the real world of the protagonist. Clay drew a cartoon but did not finish it. Under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Clay directed the story we saw. From this we see only the emotional world of Clay between comics and reality.
Some characters are idealized, such as: Alice, some are close to him, such as Tom, but they are still polished. Tom drug use is also deleted, Clay The hatred is amplified in the form of expression: such as the man in red, the boss in
red sometimes also implies Clay in reality, because he is also responsible for the change of life and family life, and the man in red in the movie also has miserable moments. The
movie starts
0x1. The airport, the color is the same as that of the bar, barefoot appears twice-->The
first sentence of the obvious abnormal dialogue is "go home".
The fat man who named the main topic of cooking appeared several times, and he also had different identities. The chef, the conductor, the passenger (more than one, died several times), the sewer worker appeared again after the corpse was transformed. --> Obviously,
a boss appeared abnormally , and he went to the toilet while making a phone call. The camera and the like showed that he was right. The subordinate's sternness, this should be the boss of the male lead. Talking to
his wife, Clay said that he did not understand that the boss proposed various graphics platforms during the meeting, VR (virtual reality), algorithms (algorithms), interface user stuff (user interaction), which shows His work cannot be elevated to a higher level
I have been away from home for 1 year, and the manga artist needs to be away from home for 1 year for work? In any case, it can be seen later that mobile phones play a very important role in family communication.
Video calls with his son (with his wife's language), Johnny wants his father to go home, and the sentence to go home appears many times when
his ex-wife talks to him and said " I love you, but it's not that simple", very realistic.
After the corpse transformation, Clay's first reaction after the
corpse transformation : wearing a headgear -> personality ; the above briefly explained the ideal situation of the Clay family, and the big transformation of the corpse showed that the introduction of the family has not been completed
0x2. I met the driver Tom Mccourt in the car, Except for the three of them, Mike Mattickt, the characters are messy, and the picture changes as soon as the picture turns, and then Dj Liquid quickly hangs up in the hero's fantasy world.
;The above briefly explained the situation of Clay's friends: there are many friends, friends, and confidant Tom
0x3. Clay said that he had just got off the plane, then his corpse was changed, and soon he left the airport and arrived at the host’s house (second floor). This is unscientific, because of reality. Clay lived here originally, this is in fantasy.
A woman died on the first floor. Pay attention to the broken glass. The broken glass on the first floor. Use the glass as a reference. Turn right and go up to the second floor. The
dog barks before the door of Clay's house
. There is a cat in the room. His companions, cats and dogs, also appeared behind them, all next to lonely people. The
phone is next to the faucet? Yes, I will wash my hands and emphasize once. If you look closely, many details in the movie are not very scientific. I
sent a text message to my son and the reply received was garbled, but it was clear that there was a string of characters in the middle: kashwaknofo This string is the next one The sign of the bar, the hero said that the characters are garbled, but if the characters are really garbled, they won’t appear so coincidentally.
This string was randomly pressed after drinking too much, and the male protagonist consciously wrote down (this string is also best remembered in the entire screen). As for the place name, it does exist in the United States, but it is meaningful. The
subsequent dialogue, Tom He talked about his outlook on life: in order to survive, one must let go of noble sentiments and pay attention to Clay's expression; Tom participated in the Vietnam War, which has an impact on Tom and Clay's outlook on life. Then the heroine Alice appeared to kill My mother knocked on the door. When the
door opened, I saw two medicine bottles as soon as the screen moved. Alice said she smelled of mother’s perfume and blood. Clay said that his girlfriend had jeans here and a lot of pajamas. They were talking in the bar behind. Liz in the movie (liz is a one-night visitor, just like Liz appeared once in the dialogue in the movie, the clothes are actually his wife, but the "girlfriend's clothes/jeans" that appeared in the movie is Clay's fantasy of the two At the same time, the details of the clothes and Clay going home after the movie)
Light the candle is a picture of a man in red on the table. The camera has been turned several times, and there are skeletons on the wall [and graphics platform, VR (virtual reality), algorithms( Algorithm), interface user stuff (user interaction) is not very harmonious], later Tom said that the man in red was hanging on the wall, but I didn’t see
the heroine taking a bath, and said that he found something in Clay’s bag. Tom/Clay had a big reaction, saying no no no, then Tom started smoking, and then it was alcohol. There are many scenes about drinking in the whole movie.
There are two close-ups of Tom smoking. After smoking for a long time, the cigarettes are the same length. Then in the whole movie Tom does not smoke, and the male protagonist Clay has never smoked. This is the fact that he wants to erase drug and alcohol abuse
. Appears:
A. In reality, Alice has a person, who is upstairs, but it may not be called Alice. Alice only represents a kind of expectation.
A woman died before entering the door at the airport. Clay said, "I know her" (I have seen her). This is Clay's feelings for Alice in reality: death is not a pity
. B. Under the contradiction, Clay still draws the ideal Alice upstairs to himself In the comics, Alice appeared in this film is indeed an ideal comic character, but the character image is just a girl wearing sunglasses dancing in the bar. The appearance of Alice is
very contradictory. It is placed on Clay's extravagant hopes for his ex-wife Sharon, but it is based on a cute bar. The girl is the girl who doesn’t like upstairs very much. In the end, Clay’s disillusionment is disillusioned and Alice hangs up.
After the zombie closes up, there are unconnected scenes, and the whole movie has many unconnected scenes
; the above explains the author’s working environment , To further explain the reality and the background of the comics
0x4. Take the gun, two girls died, I always feel familiar with the clothes and hair in the movie. And a boy appeared holding a cat (dog?), the boy appeared alone, and then It is a group of cellphone weird people appearing and being chased by zombies. The pictures in the film are not continuous, they are all composed one by one. The previous picture and the next picture are not completely connected, just like reading a comic,
0x5. Go to university, Discuss with the boy Jordan about software updates, drives, logins, bytes, GoogoPlex, hard disk memory...
Jordan is actually a reflection of his childhood. He is the role of Clay’s son Johnny in Clay’s fantasy. Because he killed his son himself,
on the other hand, the childhood has passed for too long, and nothing can be changed.Clay fantasizes about the childhood, but only expresses his regrets,
"I am knowledgeable, experienced, code coquettish, efficiency horrible, C/ C++, Java, Php are all proficient..." --- But this is in the comics, or the hallucinations after the psychedelic drug,,,
When I was young, I might not think about doing a career, or as Clay said, I like to draw comics, but one day at the end of the world, I find that I don’t have the ability to deal with it
. What's ridiculous is that the principal died after chanting the poems in the book that he did not know.
Clay's faith: no faith, or a happy family, having a child, such small things are all faith, and the principal's death shows His disdain for this kind of people’s beliefs
Clay reflected on the past and let go of some of his unwilling careers
; the above author’s beliefs/view on life values and their life expressions
0x6. Go to the theater (Six Drive-In Theatres) and sell popcorn. The slogan of the theater began to be the focus, because here, Clay began to uncover his scars; the angle of the camera was chaotic, because Clay was very emotional, which began to trigger the main line of the wife buried in the front to
sleep. This began, before Alice's eyes. The gun was back to Clay. After
Clay woke up, the gun back to Alice was rotated 180 degrees. The color of the table where Alice was sleeping was changed. The half-yellow and half-black thing on the side of the table was gone. This Clay woke up twice: the
first time he woke up a person, and saw the man in red and his wife cheating in the toilet (the wife does not have to appear in person, the fantasy is mapped, and combined with the comics, it is like the insinuation of the cheating man. It's so ugly because Clay added a mapping of his hatred)...
Look at Clay's reaction with the gun. His hands are shaking and his facial expressions are violent (note: Clay does not know that the man in red is the boss at this time). The heads of the zombies were also exploded and the zombies were shot and killed. Although there is no majesty of Xiao Ma, it will not be shaken like this. The explanation is that the reason is that the woman, but the movie shots are very few for the woman, and the woman can’t even be seen clearly. A close-up of the man in red. This is another key point.
Back to the theater for the second time, other people said that they had dreamed of the same man in red (again by showing the hatred of the man in red by the side of others), Man in Red: a prophet about the destruction of the world in Clay comics , Because in reality he ruined Clay’s family,
Clay and his wife Sharon divorced, it was because of the man in red, and Sharon’s son was also in red. The
emotions continued to be agitated, and the picture when going out was quite different from when he came in, and the theater signs were changed. It became a bar because Clay spent too much time in the bar
0x7. In Kashwak no fo;
Clay talked about vanity in the text message from his son , and Tom talked about experience, showing the reason why the two are friendly in reality: the same is the end of the world Fort Washington
"I'm not the first person on paper devil," because I attack someone else to do evil, tragedy is forced
Tom comes to justice triumphs over evil, Clay facial expression changed - yet another close-up, then to divert attention
The background of the wall is changing. The woman wearing sunglasses and singing was brought into fantasy before going to bed. Suddenly the prototype appeared. The rhythm of the music shows that Clay feels safe to see the familiar comic characters, and the male protagonist soon continues to enter the fantasy. In the
movie , Alice talks with Clay, and girlfriend Liz appears (the owner of the clothes Alice changed in the bath); Clay said that Sharon fell in love with her when he hated herself and all kinds of things such as in the bar after separation,
aroused feelings for his ex-wife , This emotion about his wife caused the zombie to be forced to update...
Sally went to lock the door. The lock appeared twice in the movie. It is very important that
Clay woke up. Many pictures were different from when Sally went to lock the door.
Before Clay woke up, Sally looked back and saw that Clay was sleeping. Alice was next to Clay. She went to lock the door and went around a pillar to
sleep on the sofa. There were two wine bottles, a wine glass, and a can on the table. I don’t know what they were. They were placed next to each other, a gun in the corner of the table, Clay's wine glasses, bottles, and jars were scattered after Clay woke up, and there was a large bottle of water. The gun was in the wrong position.
Before Clay woke up, Sally went to lock the door. , She looked at the left hand side specifically, there was a person sleeping on the table, and there was an X-shaped thing
on the right hand side Sally listening on the door. The screen was frozen. After
Clay woke up, she gave Alice a close-up. The opposite direction (take the audience as the reference), that is, the position of the extension line of Clay and Alice. In
theory, Clay can't see Alice when he wakes up and sits up, but when Clay wakes up, he sees it, behind Sally. The table and chairs are in a disorderly position. Sally’s left side has become a bar counter. The bottle position is not right for the
fight. There is no space and the shooting angle. After all the angles of each character, I never saw that piece of X-shaped thing again. Alice still I ran between Clay and Sally inexplicably. I can only say that in Clay’s illusion, I can do whatever I want.
Alice hangs up and shoots with two different angles. Alice says "Let it snow", and then it snows. Actually It snowed before, and the weather changes and the scenes that appeared did not match what
Alice said when it snowed. Building the castle, building the birds, and playing games are all about Clay's family, children, and affection. When Alice hangs up, it means that his ideals are shattered, just like At the beginning, there was girlfriend Liz, but he did not replace his ex-wife Sharon.
After Alice hangs two different shots: one is Alice and Clay, Clay is very sad; one is Tom holding Jordan, and the second angle composition: Tom and Jordan are the foreground, Clay is the background, I can’t see Alice, I intend to finish watching the movie It's obvious.
In addition, in the theater (Six Drive-In Theatres, bar), you will find that the unified picture is shot in the opposite direction of the mirror. When you look at the subtitles, you will find that the movie was shot with two cameras... with good intentions. ah
when snow red man, in fact, at this time the red moral person is the protagonist Clay, Clay found himself just like the comic book character of the same sad shape
0x8 sunny, grove:.
Ray's "kill them ( Cell phone geek), just like you" Although inexplicable, but meaningful,, like Clay, did he see Clay kill someone? No, I just met. In fact, many characters in the film are just conveying Clay's thoughts, saying Clay's words, or conveying Clay's situation in reality.
"Learned how to use explosives." ---The determination to kill, the final explosive headshot shows that the determination is wrong
"Kashwakamaka lake is a lie." ---What I have imagined is not a lie. "Blew
up the first wave... I thought she was mine..." ---Killed the man in red and couldn't change it his wife left their facts
Denise Link --- Mary became the talking
, "she is my Mary, pregnant with a child, not mine, but she was still my Mary." --- this is the true story of Clay
" You can resist and leave the group when you are awake.
Then I went to see the cell phone weird caught. In fact, Clay felt that he was poorly mapped. He was in a bad mood and didn't eat or drink. In the eyes of others, there is no value, really worthless, and completely worthless. Do you understand this feeling? Do you really understand? Finally, Beng, a headshot with a shot--- It’s about me
Denise: "Sometimes I think she can recognize my voice" ---Clay: "Sometimes I think Sharon still loves me" Then there is the weirdo There is a sound, when Clay is weak-willed:
"Are you comming home?..."
"You know that isn't your son?"
"Your child is dead..."
; The above is the breakdown of the whole family Reason
0x9. Going home and
entering the door, seeing the things on the table, there is indeed the role of a son. It is not a fantasy to
walk in. It is strange that there is no response when seeing the broken glass. Instead, he walks directly into another room, indicating Clay's purpose. It is very clear, and I am very familiar with the scene.
I saw my son's message. I was not nervous. On the contrary, when I saw his expression and
saw the clothes of the man in red, it should be said that this clothes is the key. Look at the expression, angry... the man in
red this shows once again red clothes in which people living with the mother and the fact that
on the second floor, is on the second floor? coincidence .. the whole process is natural look
and then unlock, unlock this little change, twice appeared in front of unlocking memories , And then I know that the overall change of Clay’s emotions
from beginning to end, several fights close to reality, the picture is very blurry, because Clay is the protagonist of the fight.
Then, pay attention to observation, slap Clay and wake up again, watching his expression
wake up and immediately join the battle, just like waking up in an Internet cafe to continue to lol, so naturally,
look carefully again, the woman is not a zombie, but a living who just died. People, a normal person---some memories can’t be erased, just how to conceal the
fact that there have been foreshadowings before, at the
airport: "Hey, buddy, he is normal"
sewer, Tom: "Do you think they are Is it normal?" The
second floor studio: Clay: "Are you normal?"
Alice: "You the fuck think I'm not normal?"
Tom: "We are American!" This sentence should be translated according to the situation:" We are normal people!"
...
an hour has passed since the movie. According to the previous one, we can be sure that this is definitely a normal person. A dead normal person
and Sharon's arm clothes were torn. The movie showed that there was no torn during the whole fight. After the
fight, Clay sat at the table. The color of the wall was not the same as when he came in. Then Tom appeared, and the background was restored to when Clay came in. During the conversation, the room layout was all
messed up. Clay had to go to Kashwak and write TKD on the tree. Tom, Jordan, Denise), at this time, he imagined that he had completed the ideal family of three.Tom is Clay's ideal self, Jordan is the ideal son Johnny, Denise is the ideal
mother->TKD, For Tom, Jordan,Denise
This movie is about how a person is shattered. . . . . .
Clay's fantasy is getting more and more blurred, getting closer to reality, and his will to self-existence is getting more and more blurred. The circles of cellphone weirdos are like messy thoughts after drinking or taking drugs.
The fantasy of a cell phone weirdo:
airport noise + bar noise + noisy living environment + bone cracking sound of beating wife / choking sound of choking son = cell phone weird kikikaka voice
killing lover + bloody shooting wife + choking son choking Expression + behavior of drug addicts = behavior of
cell phone geeks The bloodthirsty of cell phone geeks is a reflection on their own crimes of murder.
At the end of the movie, walking with his son on the road is based on the combination of his memories of sending his son to school and his previous fantasy. This The color of Duan is different from the others, it is the expression that he cannot be freed from the hell and life is better than death. The picture is like heaven, but Clay wears clothes like a devil (the only clothes he differs from other fantasy pictures). The two slowly walk away. The devil-like father contrasts sharply with the angel-like innocent son. In the
end, Clay's definition of himself: The devil
movie/fantasy ends with Clay's inability to extricate himself from missing and self-blaming his son. Together with the cell phone geek is his disillusionment. The fantasy can never change the sadness of reality; I
can't help but admire the cartoonist. Imagination, the story is almost perfect, but the story still has to return to reality, so it lacks an irreparable perfect ending. The end of the
subtitles, there is a sound similar to a cell phone weird, but it is single, it is the reality that Clay wakes him up next to him. Voice, this is the beginning of the real reality. The result of the fantasy is completely unimportant. Reality is the beginning of the nightmare that fantasy can't hide...
According to his definition of himself, After waking up, it may be another killing of oneself, a bloody start again, and finally borrowed a sentence from Tom: "Ada! Ada! (Sad!)"
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