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At the beginning of the story, Peter, the psychologist who lost his beloved daughter, was immersed in the huge trauma and was unable to extricate himself. He had no choice but to look forward to restarting his work. However, his heart was incomprehensible and he was mostly absent-minded in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. A girl mysteriously visits and disappears mysteriously. The huge mystery and the recurring train image guide Peter to find the truth. In this part, the fragmented images that keep flashing back, the sound of the train that suddenly breaks in, the wandering switching of reality illusions and dreams, the creepy background music and the increasingly obvious "ghost" direction are completely horror film tunes.
Next, Peter decided to go back to his hometown to look back at the starting point of the heart demon. Under the stimulating reminder of familiar things and dusty old things, the forgotten pasts are remembered one by one, and the hidden scars are uncovered one by one. Underneath are the crimes committed by two bear children ignorantly, and the forgetting of this past is also hidden. Indirectly led to the death of his daughter. This paragraph follows the standard psychoanalytic logic, because the trauma is too painful, people self-protectively suppress the relevant memories into the subconscious, which is manifested as psychogenic forgetting. However, the suppressed content will not disappear as a result, but will continue to affect psychology and behavior on a level that people do not realize, and the "ghost" in the heart comes from this. Once the memory is restored and the repressed experience reappears in the consciousness, the psychological symptoms can be relieved, and then salvation can be obtained. So this part of the work is the psychological film.
Under the torture, Peter chose to surrender, hoping that his demon would disappear and his conscience would be at ease. However, instead of disappearing, the ghost in his heart has become more tyrannical. It turns out that there was still a case in secret back then, the truth has not been fully recalled, and the real culprit is also someone else. The plot took a turn for the worse, and the style suddenly became a crime chasing movie. The policewoman joined in. A little bit of suspicious cases came to light and confronted each other. In the end, all the parties returned to the original point and completed a true "reproduction treatment" for Peter. , The whole film ends.
In view of the fact that the stalks used in the film are not new, the three parts are not perfectly kneaded, and the audio-visual effect of low-cost production is only acceptable, which is about the same for a Samsung. However, after watching it, it reminds me of a real event, which is also a case of years of unsettled crimes, traumatic depression, and forgotten memory, as well as the logic of psychoanalysis. Although the later trend is completely different from the film, I am afraid that I will not lose if it is made into a film. In this film.
In 1969, an 8-year-old girl Susan was murdered in the United States, and the case has not been solved. Twenty years later, Susan’s little friend Elizabeth suddenly recalled Susan’s death when she was undergoing psychotherapy. She recalled that she saw a man sexually assault Susan and smashed her head with a stone. It was George, Elizabeth's own father. Based on his daughter's testimony, George was sued in court and convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury believes that Elizabeth, like Peter in this film, chose to be depressed because the memory was too painful, so Elizabeth's testimony is credible. This case caused great controversy, until 1996, George received a retrial after serving 5 years in prison, and was eventually acquitted due to insufficient evidence. Loftus, an expert witness who was involved in the defense of George at the time, once said: "You cannot conclude that all restored memories are false just because some cases have been proved to be obviously wrong. Nor can they be taken because of the memories in some cases. If it is confirmed to be true, it is assumed that all restored memories are true." In other words, the human mind is far more complicated than imagined, and so-called scientific theories are not necessarily applicable to all situations. However, I think the logic of "trauma→repression→conflict" has a strong sense of conflict, drama and appeal, and suspense thrillers tied to it will continue to have a large market.
ps, Brody's performance is within his usual standard. Because of the unresolvable melancholy, he is really suitable to play the role of unlucky and unlucky, pity and affection.
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