Nothing is certain in life except death. ——The actor's lines
The first time I knew that the Czechs had the contradiction between Germanic blood and Slavic blood was after watching "I served the King of England". However, the male protagonist in "Burner" is not contradictory, he is just hypocritical. What kind of identity is beneficial to him, choose what kind of identity. For the proud Czech identity he can part with friends, and for the German identity he can kill his wife and children.
Such swaying is not because of his own stupidity, not because of being bewitched by propaganda, nor because of something noble, but entirely because of his own desires. This man is utterly hypocritical. He scolded drug addicts and hated lazy people, but he was a lecherous scumbag himself. He is obsessed with death. He was always combing the hair of dead or dying people, combing his own hair. In fact he was so close to the dead that there was no difference. On the surface, he likes the Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation in Tibet, but in fact he wants to become a living Buddha who stands above the life and death of others.
The later killing of his wife and son was completely annihilated. Here, the male protagonist represents the destruction of humanity by the Nazis. The male protagonist really realizes that he has some connection with the Nazis, and is really determined to join this "great cause", probably when the Nazis saluted him when they went to the crematorium to arrest people. Then, in the name of religion, he persuaded himself to "save" his wife and son with death. Such darkness, such distortion, isn't that what the Nazis did to aliens during World War II?
The male protagonist played very well and very perverted, elegant pervert. I don't know why he always reminds me of the hero of "Human Centipede 2", even though that guy is not elegant.
In addition, there is a black-clothed "Central Queen" flashed several times. She is not a real character, is she some kind of portrayal of the hero's heart, or some kind of desire? In the films of the masters, there is always something that I cannot understand, and this is one of them.
The way the film is edited will definitely impress you. One is that in the subjective lens of the male protagonist, things that represent his desires in his consciousness often appear outside the performance. The other is to use a lot of montages. From one scene to the next scene, it is usually connected by shots that are consistent in composition or interconnected lines. However, if you use too much, you will feel like it is rotten. This makes me think the movie is a little too contrived.
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