"The Commandment Cemetery" received high praise in the horror genre of the 20th century. In terms of its horror level, it is far inferior to Shenren from "Ghosts", "Moonlight Panic" and "Exorcist", but this film definitely gives people an unprecedented scalp tingling experience.
1. Name
First of all, the original title of the film, Dellemorte, Dellamore itself is actually the theme of the film. Dellemorte means "about death" in Italian and Dellamore means "about love". Dellemorte is the name of the hero of the film. As the "gravekeeper" who decides the order of the dead in the cemetery, it is obvious that the male protagonist is also the "god of death" himself. The name of his incompetent little friend Nahji means origin and birth. In fact, it is the real body of the male protagonist in the world. This truth was also mentioned twice in the film by the sheriff. The first time the male protagonist killed someone in the middle of the night, the sheriff said that he saw his friend, and the second time the male protagonist slaughtered in the hospital and the sheriff reminded him to defend himself. .
2. True and False Goddess
When the male protagonist first met his goddess in the cemetery, he seemed to have found the meaning of "life". The goddess also has a this woman because heaven angel face and devil. As soon as the goddess appeared, she declared that although she was a widow, she would always be absolutely loyal to her husband. And when she made love to the male lead on her husband's grave , her character collapsed , and her dead husband turned into a zombie and killed her. At this time, she didn't really die. When she turned into a zombie and came to look for the male protagonist again, she tried to throw the male protagonist's gun into the pond, and "influenced" the male protagonist with love to stop the killing. But in the end, Nahji, the hero's real body, was hacked to death with an axe. In the subsequent narrative, the male lead also mentioned that she did not actually die, it was me who killed her. This is the first time a male protagonist has killed him because of love .
After that, the goddess appeared again as the little secretary next to the new mayor. There is a line here-I haven't asked your name yet. The name of the goddess may be exactly-Dellamore, that is, the mother and lover in the hero's fantasy. At the beginning, the little secretary claimed that he had a cold personality. He loves the male protagonist for no reason, and claims that it is precisely because of his incompetence, which is known to all, that makes her more able to experience fearless and pure love. And when the male protagonist really gave up sex for her, she retorted that she fell in love with sex after being forced by the mayor and fell in love with the mayor. The hero is hurt by love again.
At this moment of grief, the goddess appeared again. And this time she is a rebellious young female student. The identity of the heroine continues to decline in age, and the quality of the heroine is also constantly declining. This time it was simply a prostitute who came out for tuition. The hero finally didn't believe in love anymore, and once again killed the goddess with a heater and decided to escape from the cemetery.
3. Two books
The protagonist in the film said-I have only read two books in my life, one is not finished, and the other is a phone book. The moment the phone book was burned by Nahji by mistake, it turned into a god of death. The phone book is the death note of the male protagonist . The male protagonist kills people in real life in the order of the phone book. The parallel montage scenes of page turning and killing scenes are impressive. The other one is a novel about a realistic friend of the hero’s fantasy. Franco, a friend lying in the hospital, does not know the male lead, but is actually a character living in the novel. And the male protagonist's last name Francisco seems to be his surname.
4. The "real" world
The male protagonist in the film left the cemetery three times, the first time he fought for a salary increase with the mayor. Nahji also met his true love at this time, and later imprisoned him in his favorite TV. But this encounter with love led to a series of car accidents and the death of the masses. The second time, the male protagonist shot and killed seven people late at night because of betrayal of love. The third time was in the hospital, killing all the medical staff who disturbed him and his beloved "friends". From this point of view, is the real world just a slaughterhouse for the "Reaper"?
5. Put down the "butcher knife"
There are two similar shots in the film, and the pistol is thrown into the water . The first time was the goddess, and the second time was Nahji who was fleeing. He was unsuccessful when he decided to "kill himself". After Nahji woke up, the pistol was thrown into the water again, and the two seemed to have exchanged identities. The superego meets the id.
Death asked the hero: "Between life and death, where do you think you can escape?" Perhaps, there is only love between life and death. But love will eventually be destroyed, and it has even become the motive for killing countless times. We live in such a world where there is nowhere to escape. Born to die, Born to love, Love is a Laserquest. Since there is nowhere to escape, choose Vivre sa vie...
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