Road films often have two extremes: either warm and literary, or rough and violent.
The Texas series is undoubtedly the latter.
Road films will definitely be born in the United States.
There are endless interstate highways, cabbage-priced cars and uninhibited and indulgent Americans who love freedom. There was Bob Dylan’s music on the radio, the trunk was full of beer, and of course, a stick of marijuana was indispensable.
Literary road movies are often light comedies. The protagonist takes the troubles of life on the road. I encountered all kinds of people and things along the way, and gradually discovered the beauty of life and emotional fetters. In the end, the protagonist reached the end of the journey and completed self-salvation.
So, what is the meaning of rough road films?
The answer is: meaningless
The characteristics of this type of film are: pure, unadulterated violent display.
"Skinner Walker", "An Eye Behind the Mountain", and "Deadly Curved Road" are all representative of them. But in terms of popularity, the gold IP must belong to the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
The adaptation of real cases certainly adds a lot of points, but what has supported the Texas series to this day is the temperament that runs through the entire series: rough violence
The temperament of this place in Texas is rough and full of grain. Same as the cowboys in Texas. If someone walked towards him with no messy hair and shiny leather shoes, it must be a bounty hunter from Philadelphia, not a Texas cowboy.
Everything in the movie is also rough. Rough plot, rough picture quality, rough house, rough car, rough murder tool. Our protagonist wears a human skin mask and holds a chainsaw in his hand. There is no reason or logic. He kills when he sees people. The movie ends when he kills them. Intertwined with screams and broken corpses, the audience walked out of the cinema, confused: Why did he kill? What exactly does this movie say? What do you mean? But the amazing thing is that, although there are countless question marks in my mind, there is always an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in my heart. That is the desire for violence in the depths of the soul has been satisfied.
Asians are always unable to photograph such crude and pure violence.
Among the leading countries in Asian movies, India and Iran have almost no violent themes due to cultural and religious reasons. Thailand seems to pay more attention to mysticism. They shoot terror rather than violence. Of course, Japan and South Korea do not lack violence. But the East Asian cultural circle is still full of humanistic care. I always want to make a movie, but I still have to convey some interpretations of human nature. The directors can't accept the completely headless and unintelligible plot. For example, in "Battle Royale", a large number of characters appear in the film's inner depiction, destroying the purity of violence.
Therefore, only the unfettered United States has a road full of blood. Only in the desolate state of Texas can there be a low-pitched chainsaw covered in viscera and bone debris.
Written on a boring early autumn night
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