The first is the dog, which appears repeatedly in the movie, and continues to be the key to the story. This horrible dog is either like a bystander or a hinter, every time it appears it brings a turn for the story.
The second is when the male protagonist bombed Park Changmin, when Black Hyundai turned and left, the camera stayed on the dam and the water, and the black bird flew over and landed on the water, implying that Park Changmin was actually not dead.
The third type is the fish tank that appeared several times in the second half of the film. It was placed on the coffee table at the man's house, and it was spotted in the dialogue between brothers and sisters several times. But it really becomes obvious at the end of the film. The male protagonist who thought it was over came out of the bathtub, washed his body and prepared to surrender; while the extremely confident Park Changmin returned from diving and decided to continue tracking, but in fact they were still in the water and in the fish tank. The fish tank is like this room, like the last entanglement. The bullets shot through Park Changmin and also through the fish tank, and the entanglement between the two is over.
Ironically, the male protagonist has survived several desperations. In addition to relying on his mother's coffin, he also relied on his daughter Min'er a few times. It was not that the daughter wanted to help him, but it did help him. When I didn’t know how to transport the corpse, it was Min’er’s military toy, which reminded the male protagonist that it could be used to thread needles, and the newer, faster remote-controlled car seemed to be an irony to the male protagonist; when he was repairing the grave. It was Min'er who picked up the key to the lipstick, which made the hero think that there was still a large amount of savings to be put in his pocket, thus making the treasury the end.
The mother’s coffin was written with Chinese characters on the nail that pressed the lid of the coffin, the cross used as a tool, the male protagonist who was crying when he entered the soil was praised as a dutiful son, and the younger sister said that the dead mother had a man, etc., and so on. Very ironic in nature. The irony is not only the corresponding plot, but also the prevailing social ethics and moral judgments.
PS Since "Everything About My Wife", Lee Sun Kyun's acting skills surprised me again. His handsome and conspicuous appearance, angry and helpless expression, he interprets absurdity and black humor very vividly.
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