Unexpectedly, a few days later, I saw the most perfect interpretation of this kind of child violence against adults in Cannes. Thomas Winterberg's new film "Hunting" allows a girl to make a lie at will. After being transformed and expanded several times in the small community, it completely destroys an adult. From this, you can see how the entire Western society has tightened its nerves on the "weirds", and can be deeply shocked by the lethality of the rumors in the information age. At the same time, in the sense of righteous indignation conveyed by the film, it is once again unbelievable to believe. Children are never innocent angels who can't lie, but are more likely to be devastating little demons. This kind of destructive energy has long been seen in the famous novel and movie "Atonement" in previous years.
The background of life in the Danish town of "Hunting" is much simpler than that of "Atonement" with the foundation of a big era. Regarding the theme, it can be as simple as "a lie destroys the personal world", but how the theme can be fermented into the power of deafness under a simple background depends entirely on the ability of the director.
For so many years, Danish filmmakers have been in major film festivals around the world and even the Oscars. It is enough to make people believe that the Danish film school where they came from is undoubtedly the best training camp to train directors to grasp the conflict of drama. As early as 1998, director Thomas Winterberg, who went down in history with the great "Family Banquet", is undoubtedly one of the top students coming out of this school. The "Family Banquet" won by the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival is great, although it is more because it is crowned
The first work of the "DOGMA 95" manual school, but it does make people fully aware of Thomas' dramatic explosive power: put a group of rational adults in a closed space, and then an embarrassing moment will carry the energy of destruction arrival. In retrospect, the formalism of "Family Banquet" is almost live broadcast, and it is more to make DOGMA 95 a destructive film revolution, and it doesn't care about the difficulty of entering the drama brought by the anti-traditional attitude. After this revolution withered like a flash in the pan, the leaders Thomas Winterberg and Lars von Trier focused on developing their own unique expressions. The former's "All for Love" and "Gun Story" have more It is like an exploration of how the spirit of art can be smoothly combined with vulgar commerce. Finally, these 14 years of exploration and hard work have produced tangible fruits. "Hunting" is full of entertainment, allowing the audience to enter the play very quickly and become more worried about the character's situation. It can also freely release the feeling of sorrow that has been substituted when the oppressed object rises up and resists. This is a kind of What a sophistication of the live experience can be seen from the constant sighs on the scene to the venting applause that finally came; at the same time, it did not sacrifice even the slightest amount of realistic and profound themes.
The director harvested this story on a winter night in 1999 from a psychologist who suddenly visited. Thomas, who was busy with all kinds of trivial entertainment after the success of "Family Banquet", was too lazy to listen to the doctor’s "thoughts are viruses" and "repressive memories." The complicated vocabulary of ", politely sent away the guests, and threw the story to bed in the living room. 10 years later, they need a psychiatrist Thomas, for the return visit of courtesy to others, he pulls out the story, and was surprised to find, "Is not that a modern witch hunt drama!"
The fear caused by the witch hunt and all the people Killing witches is an important part of Europe's dark medieval history. Even in the modern civilization, a misunderstanding or a lie will turn the target into an evil witch. The friends who gathered together yesterday turned their eyes back. The gas station of the school supermarket that came to visit every day became a restricted area. The relatives all said "We believe in you" while standing up vigilant. A terrible hunting ground is formed, and the injured by the rumors will be thrown into the bullseye. . Lying children are blinded by what they see, and if they want to defend themselves, they will be considered "excessively intimidated" and will intensify the confirmation of the behavior of "suspected persecutors" by their families and neighbors. And which parent will not protect their children who have made mistakes?
In this film, led by the Danish chief actor Mads Mikkelsen, all the actors were thrown into the hunting ground and immediately became outstanding performers on the theater stage. The tension of interpersonal relationship, the development of mental motivation, and the intensification of physical behavior all make the theme of the whole story run toward the strongest energy field.
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